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276Green healthAlberta unveils $500 million subsidy for companies building petrochemical processing plants
CALGARY C Petrochemical companies have begun lining up to apply for the Alberta government’s new $500-million subsidy program meant to bring more...
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155HealthyEnergy uncertainty moves upstream
On Jan. 27, the federal government injected yet another syringe filled with uncertainty in to the country’s gas and oil sector, announcing...
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220HealthyCanadian banks relying more heavily on wholesale funding than global counterparts: Moody’s
Canada’s biggest banks are relying more heavily on wholesale funding than their global peers, a scenario that tends to enhance the risk...
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172HealthyAmid wave of layoffs, Canadian labour force in need of employment insurance reform, better support for workers: C.D. Howe
After a year marked by reports of mass layoffs and sector contraction, Canada’s labour force is in need of a change, a...
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170HealthyImperial Oil Ltd fourth quarter profit plunges 84% on low oil prices
Imperial Oil Ltd., the Canadian affiliate of Exxon Mobil Corp., said profit in the fourth quarter sank as oil remained near 12-year...
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160HealthyWilliam Watson: How negative interest rates could spur more fear than growth
I possess a proposition for you. I’d like to borrow $100. Just how much are you willing to pay me for the...
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163HealthyNo living large for oil majors as even they take a savage beating from fall in crude prices
Integrated oil companies such as Imperial Oil Ltd., its parent Exxon Mobil Corp., and BP PLC are made to be resilient to...
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207HealthyReport on regulatory change in China ‘mild negative’ for Manulife: RBC
A report that China’s foreign exchange regulator is tightening restrictions on purchases of insurance products oversees is really a “mild negative” for...
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214HealthyPeter Foster: Uneasy peace in the Great Bear Rainforest
The GBR agreement seems to legitimize misinformation and intimidation as bargaining tools Monday’s agreement on “protection” for B.C.’s so-called Great Bear Rainforest...
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195HealthyJoe Oliver: Canadians should beware the consequences of climate change … policies
The Liberal government sure is talking the discuss the overarching challenge of climate change. The question for Canadians is what the effects...
