CALGARY — The amount of money that was flowing freely at the annual Calgary Stampede canvas auction Thursday night was just the sort of gusher that Alberta’s oil and gas industry likes to see. The event is typically considered a bellwether for Alberta’s...
By James McCarten in Washington Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland warned a U.S. audience Wednesday about the potential dangers of a global subsidy “race to the bottom” as government largesse fuels the growth of the new green economy. Freeland, in...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is accusing Prairie premiers of distorting the words of his justice minister after comments David Lametti made at a meeting of Assembly of First Nations chiefs last week. Lametti told the meeting he would commit to “looking...
By Bob Weber After 44 years as the face of Canada’s premier science TV show, you might expect David Suzuki to feel a little sadness and a little nostalgia as he steps down as host of “The Nature of Things.” Not so. “Happy as hell,” he...
By Ian Bickis in Toronto RBC chief executive Dave McKay defended the bank’s climate plan at its annual shareholder meeting Wednesday as numerous attendees criticized it for not doing enough. Speaking at the event held this year in Saskatoon, McKay...
