“Canada” on The Daily Caller

KITAMAAT VILLAGE, British Columbia (AP) — The latest chapter in Canada’s quest to become a full-blown oil superpower unfolded this month in a village gym on the British Columbia coast. (more)

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Sarah Burke was an X Games star with a grass-roots mentality — a daredevil superpipe skier who understood the risks inherent to her sport and the debt she owed to it for her success on the slopes. (more)

The Obama administration will announce this afternoon it is rejecting a Canadian firm’s application for a permit to build and operate a massive oil pipeline across the U.S.-Canada border, according to sources who have been briefed on the matter. (more)

For the fourth year in a row, the United States has fallen on the Heritage Foundation’s international Index of Economic Freedom. For 2011, the U.S. fell from 9th to 10th, just behind Ireland. (RELATED: IMF providing bailout support to heavily indebted Ireland)
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Before Mike Eruzione, there was Paul Henderson. (more)

Key features of payroll tax and jobless benefits bill passed Friday by the House and Senate: (more)

MOSCOW (AP) — The sinking of a floating oil rig that left more than 50 crew dead or missing is intensifying fears that Russian companies searching for oil in remote areas are unprepared for emergencies — and could cause a disastrous spill in the pristine waters of the Arctic. (more)

America’s northern neighbor has banned women from wearing the burka and niqab while taking their oath of citizenship. (more)

The U.S.-Canada partnership has delivered enormous benefits to both countries over many decades. The relationship transcends economic issues; it is rooted in history, shared values, and common security. (more)

Earlier this month, President Barack Obama delayed until after the 2012 election the decision on whether to proceed with construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline, designed to transport crude oil extracted from oil sands formations in Alberta to refineries in Oklahoma and the Gulf Coast. Environmental activists have long criticized the project, but National Review columnist Mark Steyn argued that by putting off the decision, the White House is demonstrating poor judgment and twisted priorities. (more)

Alberta’s top official said this evening that the White House’s surprise opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline pressures the province to seek different export routes for its valuable oil. (more)

A U.S. trade agreement with Columbia is about to put an end to the 14-year exemption allowing Canadians to fly or sail to the U.S. free of charge. (more)

The United States now ranks behind Canada in economic freedom for the first time ever, according to a video released Tuesday by the Charles Koch Institute. (more)

A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck the Vancouver Island region of Canada today. (more)

To show her support for American workers, President Obama’s labor secretary, Hilda Solis, has junked the standard black limo and purchased a new Chevrolet Equinox to ride around Washington in. The problem: the crossover SUV is built and assembled in Canada from parts also made in Canada. (more)

I had hoped to write my first Daily Caller op-ed on early vice-presidential speculation, or Sarah Palin’s upcoming presidential campaign, or something remotely conservative. But sometimes major events snuff out our plans, and instead I find myself penning an obituary for a socialist Canadian politician who most Americans have never heard of. (more)

On June 29, the Sixth Circuit federal appeals court ruled that the individual insurance mandate in Obamacare is constitutional. Today, the Eleventh Circuit appeals court ruled that the mandate is unconstitutional. (more)

Canada’s gradual shift to slick, cleaner, synthetic banknotes won’t just mean your money can stand more wear, will not tear and, for the first time, will be recycled into other products instead of destroyed. (more)

Americans are worried about high gasoline prices and slow economic growth. The State Department has a rare opportunity to mitigate both of these problems at once — by signing off on the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. (more)

The one bright side of having bed bugs — if you wanted to be really optimistic about it — has always been that at least the tormenting critters didn’t transmit disease. But now researchers in Vancouver report that they’ve found bed bugs with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA. (more)