The US/Canada Relationship ices over…

or… what to do during the hardest days between two longtime friends. Imagine for a moment, a frigid day across Canada in mid-January, 2010. The Olympics are just around the corner, the athletes are already arriving, and the whole country is revving up with excitement. A cold snap comes… nothing new for Canadians… it reaches …

Israel targets and destroys UN outpost – Harper says?

The title says it all. Israel has deliberately destroyed a manned UN observation post in southern Lebanon. There is some conflicting reports on the nationalities of the peacekeepers, but there seems to be agreement that one each from Canada, Finland and China were killed. The BBC reports that the 4th was from Austria. The CBC …

Mexicos largest oil field starts to decline?

Saw this on the Oil Drum this afternoon The original article appeared in the LA Times today. Production at Cantarell, the world’s second-largest oil complex, in the shallow gulf waters off the shore of Mexico’s southern Campeche state, averaged just over 1.8 million barrels a day in May, according to the most recent government figures. …