The head of the National Energy Board says the agency is legally obligated to review Enbridge's decision to reverse part of its "Line 9" pipeline from Sarnia to Westover, Ont.

Federal Public Safety Minister Vic Toews has called on the Canada Border Services Agency to review the seizure of money from an Ottawa mother and figure out why it was not returned.

Ottawa is reducing the number of departments and agencies that can do environmental reviews from 40 to three to speed up approvals for projects that will bolster Canada's economy, Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver said today.

The federal government will cut 19,200 jobs, about a third in the National Capital Region around Ottawa, as part of a spending review that will cut $5.2 billion over three years from government departments and agencies.