President Donald Trump's administration has opened the door to industry-friendly changes to a sweeping plan imposed by his predecessor to protect a ground-dwelling bird across vast areas of the West.
The Interior Department on Monday, August 7, 2017, scrapped an Obama-era rule on coal royalties that mining companies had criticized as burdensome and costly.
"I have 35 years of of service, I have worked 18 years as an agent on the field at the border and I have never seen anything like that," said Jean-Pierre Fortin, president of the agents' union.
The Trump administration has endorsed a plan to slash immigration in half, limit the entry of non-English speakers, curb family sponsorships and penalize migrants whose spouses are less skilled.
The Trump administration says a Pennsylvania-based coal company has won a contract to supply coal used for heating to Ukraine's state-owned power company.
Enhanced labour mobility is high on the list of goals for the Canadian government as it gears up for next month's start of negotiations on a renewed North American Free Trade Agreement.
British Columbia Premier John Horgan says Canada and the United States are close to reaching a softwood lumber trade deal that could come as early as next month.
The Canadian Forces says it is pressing ahead with improvements to its transgender policy, even as US President Donald Trump looks to bar transgender people from military service south of the border.
Premier John Horgan is in Washington D.C. for two days of meetings with Trump administration's top trade officials, where he intends to press to resolve the softwood lumber trade dispute.