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Toronto's one-of-a-kind downtown novelty shop Ontario Specialty Company is slated for closure at the end of the month and will be packing away hundreds of vintage sunglasses, mountains of eclectic knickknacks and rows of ancient toys, all reminiscent of a bygone era.

It's an Olympic sport that has brought Canada glory over the years, but now dozens of schools across Ontario are dropping it from gym class because administrators believe it's too dangerous.

If new bitumen pipelines are not built to the West Coast, Alberta must opt for both new local upgrading projects, and more capacity to produce refined products which can be more easily shipped and exported, a global energy expert said Thursday.

Regulators have approved proposals by Enbridge Inc. for two oil pipeline projects, one of which replaces part of the line that ruptured in southwestern Michigan in 2010.

Enbridge Inc. is being "coy" about its objectives and has "studiously avoided" revealing the complete picture of its proposal to reverse the flow of an Ontario pipeline, says lawyer for several environmental groups.

There is little doubt that Canada's energy industry is in the midst of great change.

The idea is being trumpeted as a way to ease the bottleneck of crude oil in Alberta while lowering costs for refineries in eastern Canada.

Canadian Pacific Railway 's freight deliveries screeched to a halt early Wednesday after workers went on strike.

Native and Occupy protester have brought to a halt a hearing by the National Energy Board that environmentalists feared would bring oilsands oil to Ontario and eventually the United States.

The movement to ship Alberta bitumen to Canada's eastern provinces is gathering momentum as plans to build the Gateway and Keystone lines languish in political limbo.

Environment Canada has issued a smog advisory for dozens of Ontario communities on Sunday.

Modifications to Enbridge's Seaway crude oil pipeline in the American midwest have been completed, with the first barrels of oil scheduled to flow down the pipeline this weekend.

In March, the Supreme Court of Canada justices ruled that the background of aboriginal offenders must be taken into account when they are sentenced.

"The pipeline which would carry the tarsands oil all the way from Alberta to Quebec would go through some of the most densely populated areas of the country, such as the Greater Montreal area," Equiterre's Steven Guilbeault said, adding polls have shown Quebecers are against tarsands oil.

London is one of dozens of Ontario centres where private operators could be allowed into the gambling industry, a shakeup that could also create a Toronto mega-casino. Sweeping changes to the gaming industry unveiled Thursday include 29 new "gaming zones" where private firms would be allowed to operate a single gaming facility.

Enbridge Inc kicked off one of the most sweeping expansions in its history on Wednesday, a C$3 billion series of projects across its pipline system aimed at moving western Canadian crude to Eastern refineries and preventing bottlenecks in the U.S. Midwest.

SARNIA, Ontario -- -- Industry excellence is being celebrated as BioAmber moves steadily toward construction of their full scale, commercial facility in Sarnia, Ontario.

Canadian heavy oil prices firmed on Tuesday as strong demand from Midwest refiners offset a weaker Canadian call on supplies due to maintenance work at three Imperial Oil Ltd refineries.

Craig Short, 52, is seen in this photo with his wife, Barbara Short, 48. Barbara's body was found in the early morning hours of Sunday, Oct.

When he was born, the family of Kristopher Knowles was told a serious liver disease meant the boy would likely not live to see his first birthday.