Canada
Oil sands are Canada’s environmental nightmare
November 25, 2013Oil companies have not yet fulfilled promises to develop new technologies to treat toxic water in the tailing ponds, and fears exist that this dirty water will sit there for decades, leaking toxic water.
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Canadians sue spy agency over secret surveillance
October 28, 2013As with the National Security Agency in the United States, Canada's spy agency, has come under fire after it was revealed that the agency is illegally spying on Canadians.
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Train carrying oil derails, sets Alberta town ablaze
October 22, 2013A train carrying crude and petroleum derailed and caused explosions near the Canadian village of Gainford, Alberta, forcing the entire community to evacuate, and firefighters have decided they must let the resulting blaze burn itself out.
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Mi’kmaw nation fights fracking on sovereign land
October 22, 2013Why is Canadian government concerned with the Mi'kmaw land? Canada accepted Houston-based Southwestern Energy Company's bid to begin an exploration program over 2.5 million acres to test new hydrocarbon basins.
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Alice Munro, Canadian writer, wins Nobel Prize in literature
October 10, 2013She won a National Book Critics Circle prize for "Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage," and is a three-time winner of the Governor General's prize.
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