Senate
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Stakes are high as Senate tables study on safe hydrocarbon transport
The study, launched last November, comes weeks after an oil-laden freight train jumped the tracks and exploded in the Quebec town of Lac-Megantic
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$53M mining-centric Peru aid announcement clouded by Senate fiasco
The aid will be spread over six years and go towards mining-related initiatives and education—a new and controversial approach for Canada’s aid and foreign policy
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Protesters mass on Michigan capitol grounds as law limiting union rights nears approval
Vote on so-called right-to-work law dealing with private sector workers anticipated shortly