OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says has instructed his finance minister to enter negotiations with Kinder Morgan to “remove the uncertainty” hanging over the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project. Trudeau also says federal legislation is coming that will “reassert and reinforce” the fact that the federal government is well within its jurisdiction to approve […]
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Sioux Falls’ airport saw record traffic in 2017 for the seventh consecutive year, but this year could see a drop. The Sioux Falls Regional Airport had more than a million passengers go through the airport last year, the Argus Leader reported . The spike is largely due to Frontier competing with […]
OTTAWA — Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says her province and the federal government have agreed on a plan to “eliminate” investor risk surrounding the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project. As a result, Notley says, the pipeline “will be built,” although she refused to provide details. “The federal government, along with the government of Alberta, has […]
OTTAWA — Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says her province and the federal government have agreed on a plan to eliminate investor risk surrounding the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project. As a result, Notley says, the pipeline “will be built,” although she refused to provide details. Notley’s remarks followed those of B.C. Premier John Horgan, who […]
OTTAWA — B.C. Premier John Horgan says his meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Alberta Premier Rachel Notley did nothing to end his ongoing efforts to block plans to expand an existing diluted bitumen line between the two provinces. Horgan, Notley and Trudeau met today on Parliament Hill in hopes of finding a solution […]
LOS ANGELES — Dwayne Johnson’s arcade game-inspired “Rampage” crept past last week’s top film “A Quiet Place” to take the No. 1 spot on the box office charts, but just barely. Studios on Sunday estimate that “Rampage” has grossed $34.5 million in its first weekend in theatres. In a very close second was the modestly-budgeted […]
WASHINGTON — Sales Tax: $0. Online shoppers have gotten used to seeing that line on checkout screens before they click “purchase.” But a case before the Supreme Court could change that. At issue is a rule stemming from two, decades-old Supreme Court cases: If a business is shipping to a state where it doesn’t have […]
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PHILADELPHIA — Starbucks’ CEO says he wants to apologize personally to the black men arrested at one of his Philadelphia stores, an incident that prompted accusations of racism on social media . Kevin Johnson posted a lengthy statement Saturday night, calling the situation “disheartening” and that it led to a “reprehensible” outcome. Videos posted online […]
CALGARY — After nearly a decade since the last major oil pipeline was built, and with existing ones brimming with crude, Canada’s energy industry is wondering when and if any new lifelines to foreign markets will go into the ground. Those concerns were heightened last week after Kinder Morgan effectively put its Trans Mountain expansion […]