Energy
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European Central Bank joins global push to help economy
The central bank for the 19 countries that use the euro pushed back the earliest date for an increase in interest rates from current record lows
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Oilsands producer MEG Energy posts $199M loss, vows to ship more oil by rail
Steep discounts for bitumen produced at its northern Alberta steam-driven project resulted in a net loss of $199 million in Q4 of 2018
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Who got funded in February (Cleantech)
Fundingportal helps Canadian manufacturers to get funded
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Who got funding in February
Fundingportal helps Canadian manufacturers to get funded
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Statistics Canada says trade deficit hit record $4.6B in December
Also in December, exports of energy products fell, while imports of motor vehicles and parts were up
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Obama urges action on climate change, inequality in Western Canada speeches
The former president said the chaos wrought by global climate change will make politics more toxic
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Scheer makes election promise to remove GST from home heating bills
The rebate would be capped at a maximum of $200 per household and would not be available for commercial energy costs
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Manitoba won’t charge provincial sales tax on federal carbon levy
Manitoba is one of four provinces that will have the federal carbon tax imposed on them because it has not come up with a plan acceptable to Ottawa
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Saskatchewan’s Moe wants carbon tax delayed pending Appeal Court ruling
Ottawa argues it can impose the tax on April 1 because climate change is a national issue
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Carbon tax: small biz to get rebates for some of the cost of energy efficiency projects
The federal carbon price of $20 per tonne of carbon dioxide will start being charged April 1 on fossil-fuel inputs in Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and New Brunswick
