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Robert Leech knew that he was dangerous to women. On Dec. 18, 1972, the 20-year-old was sentenced to life in prison for kidnapping, raping and sodomizing a Calgary woman at [...]

British Columbia, by any measure, occupies the most spectacular wedge of Canada's real estate. But it is its people who have constructed for their province a unique role in Canada. [...]

The renewed political interest in energy resources, caused by the 2008 elections, issues of climate change, the growing energy demand, and the issues of energy security, has greatly affected the U.S. coal industry. Perspectives in mine safety have also been influenced by the changes in the political landscape.

A profile of Linda Hipp, the Canadian clothing designer of leisure ware Lija under the Lija Style Inc. is presented.

The article presents a speech titled "To Provide a Better Quality of Life" given by National Mining Association's chief executive officer Hal Quinn, delivered as part of the University of Kentucky Mining Engineering Foundation's Distinguished Lecturer Series on April 20, 2011 in Lexington, Kentucky in which Quinn talked about the U.S. mining industry, the demand for commodities in China and India, and public policy on energy resources and commodity control.

Presented is the text of a speech given on June 25, 2009 by Hal Quinn, head of the National Mining Association, at a hearing on "The Impacts of Mountaintop Removal of Coal Mining on Water Quality in Appalachia," held by the Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, in which he expressed support for mountaintop removal mining, stating that it was the safest and most efficient method for extracting coal in steep terrain.

It began officially on Sept. 18--five weeks of politicking that in the end left many of the participants exhausted and emotionally bruised. As in any campaign, the referendum battle had [...]

A self-described federalist and Conservative party supporter, businessman Pierre Goulet seldom needs to hesitate before making political decisions. The 36-year-old Goulet, who runs a printing company in Sherbrooke, Que., is [...]

The fourth-floor boardroom's oval table was barely large enough for the midday spread of corned beef sandwiches and salads. But the 13 members of the B.C. chapter of Friends of [...]

The families stood huddled together in a large hall in Winnipeg as local farmes walked among them, appraising their suitability and making selections. They were on display after the British [...]

Moments before the polls closed in British Columbia, Michael Harcourt was relaxing in a Vancouver Chinese restaurant with his wife, Wibecke (Becky), their 10-year-old son, Justen, and Harcourt's parents, Frank [...]

After almost five years of former premier William Vander Zalm's stranger-than-fantasy administration, British Columbians have become accustomed to erratic behavior from the Social Credit party's elected officials. Still, when Rita [...]

A conga line of Rita Johnston supporters--waving signs and chanting 'R-T-T-A, Rita-J, all the way'--rode up one escalator and down the adjacent one at the Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre. [...]

TESTING THE PUBLIC MOOD WITH ELECTION FEVER MOUNTING, B.C. PREMIER WILLIAM VANDER ZALM CONSIDERS A FALL CAMPAIGN Smiling broadly, and with members of his cabinet dutifully in tow, British Columbia [...]

A heavyweight fight between 2 Irishmen On December 17, 2014, The New York Times published a guest editorial, Coal: An Outlaw Enterprise, penned by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Hal Quinn, [...]

The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) proposal to establish carbon dioxide performance standards for existing power plants is a stunning attempt to remake the nation's entire electric grid at a great [...]

THE PAIN BARRIER MANY EFFECTIVE THERAPIES EXIST, BUT MILLIONS STILL SUFFER NEEDLESSLY Last November, 700 scientists gathered in a glittering ballroom of a posh Toronto hotel to acknowledge a 24-year-old [...]

THE STEROID SCANDAL TESTIMONY ABOUT BEN JOHNSON'S USE OF BANNED DRUGS STUNNED THE SPORTS WORLD The central figure in the drama that unfolded in a Toronto hearing room last week [...]

Note: This is an abridged version of a January 16 speech to the 9th Annual State of the Energy Industry Forum in Washington, D.C., hosted by the U.S. Energy Association [...]

Recently the National Journal asked NMA CEO Hal Quinn and others to weigh in on the question of whether the administration's 'Ali of the Above' energy plan is genuine or [...]