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Banking on tidal power

A new installation marks the largest transmission capacity for tidal power in the world and could open doors for Nova Scotia

A death trap for Wildrose

It can be politically advantageous to have scoundrels in your midst. When scandals hit and the public grows weary of your political party, you can…

  • By: George Koch
  • December 1, 2014 October 29, 2019
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Of technology and toilets

A new "smart toilet" has memory and a remote control. But if my toilet has memories, I would prefer it keep them to itself

  • By: Paul Rush
  • December 1, 2014 October 29, 2019
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Deficits and elections

This year's federal budget update has to leave many fiscal conservatives wondering about deficits linked to tax cuts

The benefits of no-contest settlements

Editorial

  • By: IE Staff
  • November 28, 2014 October 29, 2019
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Who holds the cards?

To Alberta's oil and gas industry, and a great many of its people, pipelines to the B.C. coast have become a sideshow

  • By: Mike Ganley
  • November 10, 2014 October 29, 2019
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Ms. Watts goes to Ottawa

The retiring mayor of Surrey, B.C., hopes to win the federal Tory nomination By brian lewis

  • By: IE Staff
  • November 10, 2014 October 29, 2019
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Trudeau’s Gen-Y advantage

What if the millennials, which represent a powerful voting bloc, were persuaded to embrace the Liberal leader?

Ensure IIROC remains credible

Editorial

  • By: IE Staff
  • November 10, 2014 October 29, 2019
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It’s not Scotland

The Parti Québécois (PQ) lost the Quebec election this past April largely because Philippe Couillard cast his Liberals in the role of blocking PQ plans…

Carbon capture and climate

A new plant in Estevan may be a world model for post-combustion technology

Unintended consequences

Harper's criticisms of the government while in Opposition are haunting him on the other side of the House

A nice problem: Spending the surplus

Editorial

  • By: IE Staff
  • October 23, 2014 October 29, 2019
  • 23:00

Humour: Splitsville lives: Scotland’s ripple effect

Breaking up can be hard to do. It all depends which side you're on after the split

  • By: Paul Rush
  • October 23, 2014 October 29, 2019
  • 23:00

Guest column: CRM2 and the end of 60/40?

Fee disclosure and the new "pay for performance" mentality will likely lead to abandonment of the typical 60/40 asset mix

Museum opening bumpy

IF THE CANADIAN MUSEUM FOR Human Rights is going to succeed as an international tourist draw and driver of dialogue on rights and freedoms, it…

The key to the city

Toronto has not done well under the mayoral system maybe it's time to restore an office with lots of photos ops and virtually no power

Old grids, big costs

Upgrading Alberta’s electricity transmission lines to keep pace with a fast-growing province generated bitter controversy lasting almost a decade. Then, one day a few months…

  • By: George Koch
  • October 14, 2014 October 29, 2019
  • 23:00

Editorial: Regulators failing on transparency

Can securities regulators be trusted to judge the adequacy of transparency when they fail to be transparent themselves? One of the central articles of faith…

  • By: IE Staff
  • October 14, 2014 November 12, 2019
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Bixi’s uphill grind

Despite a sorry history of negative news and misrepresented membership numbers, the bike-sharing service is worth saving

  • By: Andy Riga
  • October 14, 2014 October 29, 2019
  • 23:00

Unglamorous answers

Nova Scotia's aging industrial base seems to be past saving. Other, low-tech alternatives need to be explored more fully

Pondering a Trudeau government

Justin Trudeau is likely to follow in the footsteps of Jean Chrétien and Paul Martin

Guest Column: Investor choice, not bans, best approach

One of the benefits of CRM2 is that it puts a visible, understandable price tag on the value of advice

  • By: Noel Archard
  • September 18, 2014 November 17, 2019
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Pension showdown

Philippe Couillard became Quebec’s Liberal premier this past April on a promise to deal with les vraies affaires – the real issues. Couillard won after…

Before the flood

A new report says future flooding on the Fraser will be more frequent and far more costly. Will it galvanize local and regional governments?

  • By: Brian Lewis
  • September 18, 2014 October 29, 2019
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