CBC.caPrice of oil inspires Nova Scotia man's mournful country tuneCBC.ca"You work all your life to become a tradesman or another worker out in the field there, and it's just so fragile. Your job, your entire existence is based on the price of …

Wall Street Journal (blog)Energy Downturn Spreads Beyond Oil Patch — Energy JournalWall Street Journal (blog)The ripple effects of low oil prices can be seen world-wide, even in places like the Chili's Grill & Bar chain. The restaurant chain's …

GristNew tool will scrub the oil off your investmentsGristPut your dirty money — soaked in tar-sands oil and sprinkled with coal dust — in at one end of the machine, turn a crank, and out it comes: clean, green, and carbon-neutral. That's exactly what …

The Globe and MailSuncor and Canadian Oil Sands CEOs both say they've got votes on their sides ...The Globe and MailRyan Kubik, the Canadian Oil Sands CEO, said in an interview Thursday that shareholders, big and small, aren't being wooed by the $4 …

The Straits TimesOil slides to 6-year low as commodities tumbleFinancial TimesOil prices slid more than 2 per cent as asset classes fell across the board in the Asian morning, pushing a broad index of commodity prices to its lowest level this century and h …

BDliveGrindrod sees opportunity in oil slumpBDliveThe shipping and freight company, which reported results for the six months to June on Friday, is expecting to get a boost from an increase in demand for shipping with old oil refineries in Australia, Europ …

The Globe and MailFort McMurray's booming schools brace for impact of oil crashThe Globe and MailFor more than a decade, Fort McMurray's schools have choked with growth as families from across the country and the world poured in to chase oil sands …

CBC.ca3 ways smaller oil and gas firms can survive the downturnCBC.caWhen most Canadians think of the oilpatch, the names Suncor, Shell or Imperial Oil come to mind — the big guys, the companies that sell us our gasoline and announce multibillion-dollar oi …