Democracy
Pipeline foes decry Canada oil-sands boom
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Environmental and indigenous groups stepped up their attacks against Canadian oil sands development as two U.S. representatives met with Canadian officials in Ottawa to discuss energy policy.
Economy
Issues resolved, a spectacular new National Park for Canada
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The Canadian government and the region’s northern aboriginal people, Lutsel K’e, hammered out a framework agreement for a new National Park in the Northwest Territories, nearly completing a contentious process that began 41 years ago.