Forecasting mortgage rates beyond the short term is extraordinarily difficult, but not impossible. Today’s econometric models ...

Oil topped US$100 a barrel this week and gasoline approached $1.60 a litre in parts of Canada, but where is the price going ...

Brent crude traded above $100 a barrel following one of the most volatile weeks ever for the oil market, with investors ...

Prime Minister Mark Carney announced billions for defence upgrades in Canada’s far north, boosting the country’s military presence after the White House complained about its vulnerabilities in the ...

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Alberta’s recent budget demonstrated the complete inability of the Smith government’s legislated fiscal framework — the Sustainable Fiscal Planning and Reporting Act, which it passed in spring 2023 — ...

Wisely, Alberta has so far avoided rent controls. But it has at times imposed market-destroying price controls on auto insurance. Premiums have risen by a third since 2018 and consumers are grumpy ...

It was only a few years ago that housing advocates were warning about the lack of purpose-built rentals (PBRs) in cities ...

Banks are key institutions of modern life. The idea that they might become ideological actors and deny service to — or ...

In June 2025 the CRA again declined to provide relief. The CRA’s written decision indicated that the taxpayer “did not make a reasonable error because it was his responsibility to maintain records, ...

Empire Co. Ltd. reported a net loss of $385 million or $1.68 per share in the third quarter, a 371 per cent drop from the $146 million in earnings (or $0.62 per share) last year. The company ...