Business
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Couple with late-start retirement plan putting a lot on shoulders of their small business
Situation: In mid-40s, small business owners have taken dividends more than income, cutting CPP Solution: Cut dividends, then boost salary to raise CPP to build pension security ... -
‘Iconic political football’ Keystone XL nears end zone after 10-year battle
CALGARY – When former TransCanada Corp. executive Dennis McConaghy first put together the commercial agreements for the Keystone XL pipeline 10 years ago, he ... -
A game plan for wannabe home buyers priced out of the market
We’re finally seeing some hopeful signs for the wannabe home buyer who has been priced out of the market. The twin cities of unaffordability, ... -
OPEC and Big Oil thought they had 50 years. At best they have a decade
OPEC, Russia and Big Oil thought they had half a century to prepare for the end of the internal combustion engine. At best they ... -
Home Capital loss bigger than forecast — but says troubles are ‘resolved’
Alternative mortgage lender Home Capital Group Inc. reported a $111.1-million net loss in the second quarter as a liquidity crisis eroded its profitability — ... -
How to smother a resource economy to death, starting with LNG
Last week, Canada received more bad news in its prolonged failure to export energy resources abroad. Petronas decided not to proceed with its $36-billion ... -
Canada’s cooling experiment
Canada’s housing sector has been whipsawed by policy changes over the past year as governments have tried to cool overheated markets in Vancouver and ... -
Increased freight volumes fuel profit growth at Canadian railways
Higher freight volumes across a range of sectors — including metal, coal, grains and fertilizers — are driving significant profit gains at Canada’s major ... -
‘A tragedy for Canada’: Petronas cancels $36B LNG project as B.C. jacks up demands
British Columbia’s new NDP/Green coalition government was in damage control mode after the most ambitious of the province’s proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects, ... -
This obscure chapter in NAFTA could be Canada’s deal-breaker
On Oct. 1, 1987, days before the U.S. and Canada signed their biggest-ever trade deal, then-Prime Minister Brian Mulroney shocked the Americans by walking ...
