Western Canada love

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  • proper noun The Western provinces of Canada.

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Examples

  • American West -- better, as it seems to me, than that reflected in the rapid and wholly commercialized development of Western Canada, which is not flavored by any age but this.

    The Passing of the Frontier; a chronicle of the old West Emerson Hough 1890

  • It would take the proposed Keystone XL pipeline expansion in Western Canada, which is designed to carry around 500,000 barrels of oil a day, about 220 days to transport that much water.

    CBC | Top Stories News 2011

  • The Grizzlies will now battle for the Keystone Cup, the junior B championship for Western Canada, which is being held April 15-18 in Kamloops, B.C.

    Kootenay Rockies - News Webpapers Admin 2010

  • The deal would combine Pembina's crude-oil pipeline and natural-gas gathering system in Western Canada with Provident's NGL processing, storage and marketing operations located along major pipeline routes connecting Western Canada with markets in the U.S. and Eastern Canada.

    Pembina to Buy Provident Energy in $3.1 Billion Stock Deal Edward Welsch 2012

  • CALGARY— ConocoPhillips is seeking a 50-50 joint-venture partner for its oil-sands projects in Western Canada, according to the investment-banking firm marketing the assets.

    ConocoPhillips Seeks Partner for Canada Oil-Sands Assets Edward Welsch 2012

  • The Rangers are 2-1 on their current Western Canada roadtrip and Monday's game is their last before their first home game of the season on Thursday against Toronto.

    Rangers Make First Trip to Winnipeg Since 1995 Kevin Clark 2011

  • The Groundbirch development sits in a far-off corner of Western Canada that boasts some of the richest shale-gas basins in North America, but the area remains relatively unexploited.

    China Fuels Its Global Energy Supply Edward Welsch 2012

  • Now, in a surprise to Disney, the Pixar name is being linked to pipelines of a different sort: Ones tapping petroleum deposits in Western Canada.

    Walt Disney Stakes Claim After Oil Firm Adopts Famous Name Erica Orden 2011

  • TORONTO-- PetroChina Co.'s planned 5.4 billion Canadian-dollar $5.42 billion deal to acquire a 50% stake in EnCana Corp.'s Cutbank Ridge natural-gas reserves in Western Canada will be reviewed by Industry Canada, a federal ministry, to determine if the proposed transaction generates a net economic benefit for Canada.

    EnCana-PetroChina Deal Subject to Review Ben Dummett 2011

  • UBS AG analyst Chad Friess said Athabasca's decision to opt out of MacKay may endanger the success of the project because PetroChina will have to hire outside expertise in an already-tight labor market in Western Canada's oil patch.

    PetroChina Buys Oil-Sands Project Edward Welsch 2012

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