On a hot summer day, there's a distinct smell around the remote, northern town of Fort McMurray, Canada. You might think it's the oil being processed at nearby plants. But most residents will tell you it's the smell of money.
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) -- The Edmonton Oilers acquired defenseman Lubomir Visnovsky from the Los Angeles Kings on Sunday for forward Jarret Stoll and defenseman Matt Greene.
Rising gas and grain prices, along with the closure of American slaughterhouses, are leading to a dramatic increase in unwanted, stray horses
This was, to be honest, simply a different kind of journalism. I've never done anything quite like it.
Two-bedroom apartments at $3,200 a month sparking bidding wars. Cash deposits of $6,000 made on the spot. Manhattan? Dubai? Think again. While the rest of North America is mired in housing pain, the market is scorching in Fort McMurray, Alberta.
A plane en route from the Dominican Republic to Canada made an emergency landing Tuesday night in Florida after passengers complained of being sick, officials said.
U.S. Coast Guard planes and ships were searching Friday for a Japanese balloonist who disappeared off the Alaska coast while flying from Japan to the west coast United States.
The NHL is using its All-Star weekend to spotlight its efforts to increase African-American interest in playing and following the sport. But it's still fighting a losing battle
MELBOURNE, Australia -- I'm dragging from jet lag, but I've called the trainer. After this rubdown, I should be good to resume my duties. OK, where were we?
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On a hot summer day, there's a distinct smell around the remote, northern town of Fort McMurray, Canada. You might think it's the oil being processed at nearby plants. But most residents will tell you it's the smell of money.
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) -- The Edmonton Oilers acquired defenseman Lubomir Visnovsky from the Los Angeles Kings on Sunday for forward Jarret Stoll and defenseman Matt Greene.
Rising gas and grain prices, along with the closure of American slaughterhouses, are leading to a dramatic increase in unwanted, stray horses
This was, to be honest, simply a different kind of journalism. I've never done anything quite like it.
Two-bedroom apartments at $3,200 a month sparking bidding wars. Cash deposits of $6,000 made on the spot. Manhattan? Dubai? Think again. While the rest of North America is mired in housing pain, the market is scorching in Fort McMurray, Alberta.
A plane en route from the Dominican Republic to Canada made an emergency landing Tuesday night in Florida after passengers complained of being sick, officials said.
U.S. Coast Guard planes and ships were searching Friday for a Japanese balloonist who disappeared off the Alaska coast while flying from Japan to the west coast United States.
The NHL is using its All-Star weekend to spotlight its efforts to increase African-American interest in playing and following the sport. But it's still fighting a losing battle
MELBOURNE, Australia -- I'm dragging from jet lag, but I've called the trainer. After this rubdown, I should be good to resume my duties. OK, where were we?
Plumped up and flying high, the newly mighty dollar is TIME's Canadian Newsmaker of the Year
Students will learn about different winter weather events, their causes and effects, and the regions most likely to experience them.
Oil prices nearly touched a $100 a barrel Wednesday on declining U.S. supplies, a falling dollar and refinery outages, but later retreated after failing to breach the elusive triple-digit mark.
A scarcity of petroleum engineers means hard-to-get crude is increasingly difficult to extract -- and even high salaries will not solve the problem overnight
S. regulators have tightened restrictions on meat and poultry products from Canada because of concerns about testing practices at a Canadian firm
Watching the Minnesota Wild so far this season is to witness the importance of team identity in the NHL. They play the same way all the time. While talent is necessary to succeed, under the regime of GM Doug Risebrough and head coach Jacques Lemaire, the Wild consistenly employ a style executed by players who are well-suited to it.
Olympic champion pairs skaters Jamie Salé and David Pelletier welcomed their first child on Sunday.
Plans to process a heavy grade of crude oil from oil sands in the Canadian province of Alberta have sparked a nasty battle in the Midwest, where some politicians are angry that the move will increase pollution in the Great Lakes, according to a report Wednesday.
Over the past decade the medical world has been the beneficiary of some of the most promising advances in virtual reality technologies, transforming the lives of patients and medical students as well as equipping doctors with more efficient tools and means of treatment.
Having spelled "serrefine" to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee, Evan O'Dorney is ready to tackle an even more unusual challenge for a 13-year-old boy
As the self-appointed, mythical general manager for all 32 NFL teams -- and someone drawing from a hypothetical talent pool deeper than Barry White's voice -- I expected that the picks I made last week in my third annual Ultimate Mock Draft would provoke some heartfelt dissent.
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They're stuck in our brains and uttered by our lips: catchphrases from TV shows past and present. You hear them and use them -- so much so, they've become part of the American lexicon.
The answer to America's oil addiction lies in Canada.
Nothing says hot like an Arctic bidding war.
An estimated $30 billion a year is pouring into developing liquefied natural gas.
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Canadian health officials said Thursday that tests have confirmed a seventh case of mad cow disease, in a 50-month-old dairy cow from Alberta.
The last time we recommended a group of energy stocks - 17 months ago - the price of crude had fallen to $42 a barrel from a recent peak of $55 (see "Three Ways to Make Money in Energy Stocks").
CNN.com readers have been sending us their thoughts as Britain's Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her 80th birthday.
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An Internet chat room that streamed video of live child molestations has been shut down and 27 people have been charged with online child pornography offenses, federal authorities said Wednesday.
It's morning, and your cell phone directs you to a nearby Starbucks--not just for a mocha, but also for a free vial of magic potion. Spotting a friend in line, you strike him down with your virtual...
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According to the International Energy Agency, oil production is declining in 33 of the 48 largest oil-producing nations.
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Pedro Mujica settles in low over home plate, his golden Caracas jersey fluttering in the wind. The pitch comes in fast, and Mujica swings, lining the softball to left field. "Aut, aut," a throng of Venezuelan and Colombian players chant from the sidelines as Mujica is tagged out sliding into second. It's a familiar scene, except that this August day is cold and blustery, and the field we're on is far from South America--about as far north as you can get and still play ball. It might seem strange to find 40 families from Venezuela living here in Fort McMurray, Alberta, a former fur-trading outpost closer to the Arctic Circle than to the northern border of the U.S. But lately people have been flooding in from places like Newfoundland and South Africa and Indonesia. "They've given me a second chance here," says Mujica, who lost his engineering job in Venezuela when Hugo Chavez came to power in 1998 and who was hired by Shell Canada in January. Downtown Fort McMurray, where residential side streets hang like
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Canadian officials said Monday their nation's beef supply is not threatened by a dairy cow in Alberta that tested positive for mad cow disease.
Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin recounted Wednesday the hospitality Canadians displayed to stranded travelers after U.S. airspace closed in the wake of the 2001 terror attacks. Following is a transcript of his remarks.
Investors may hope to see some guidance from Wednesday's July durable goods reports and revised second-quarter gross domestic product figures due on Friday. Stocks finished Tuesday again near the unchanged mark.
A Canadian alderwoman who went missing south of the border for three days in 2003 was found guilty of fabricating a stalker and writing lurid letters to herself.
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