G8 leaders summit in L'Aquila
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper (L) and U.S. President Barack Obama pose during the G8 leaders group photo at the G8 summit in L'Aquila, Italy on July 8, 2009. (UPI Photo/Anatoli Zhdanov)
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Israel's Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will adopt the role of "spoilsport" when addressing the U.N. General Assembly in New York, officials said.
Canadian National Railway said delivering oil by rail to export terminals along the western Canadian coast is just as safe as pipelines.
Canada needs to respond to increasing oil and natural gas production in the United States with diversity, the natural resources minister said.
Canada is preparing defenses against hostile laser deployment by nations it sees challenging its arctic sovereignty, most likely Russia.
The Canadian government is working "aggressively" to enhance its role as a leading oil and natural gas exporter, the minister of natural resources said.
Environmental activists said U.S. President Barack Obama would be supporting financial interests over the climate if he signs off on the Keystone XL pipeline.
A helicopter traveling with the Canadian coast guard cutter Amundsen crashed into the Arctic Ocean, killing all three men aboard, officials said.
Approving the Keystone XL oil pipeline would displace foreign oil that may have a greater environmental footprint than Canada's, the Canadian oil minister said.
Canada can't move forward with a viable plan to cut back on climate emissions while pressing for the Keystone XL pipeline, an advocacy group said.
U.N. officials urged Syria's neighbors to keep borders open amid "escalation of the Syrian conflict" as the United States planned for a strike against Syria.
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