Time to have “the talk”?
Alimentation Couche-Tard’s hosts its first-ever investor day on Monday. The large convenience store chain, which operates as Circle K outside Quebec, recently said it hasn’t given up hope of selling cannabis as some Western Canadian provinces turn to the private sector for over-the-counter sales.
Getting nasty over NAFTA
Canadian negotiators will put their game faces on as they enter the sixth round of NAFTA negotiations in Montreal on Sunday. President Trump called NAFTA a “bad joke” last week and linked its future to Mexico’s willingness to pay for a border wall. Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau conceded that the uncertainty surrounding the deal might be causing some companies to hesitate in making investment decisions. Talks run until Jan. 28.
Telcos behaving badly
Rogers Communications Inc. discusses fourth-quarter and year-end results on Thursday. The company just came out of an intensely competitive holiday sales period, in which Rogers and its competitors offered a limited-time low-rate plan to counter inroads low-cost carrier Freedom Mobile has been making with Canadian consumers.
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Progress can create unlikely allies
There was a time when mining exploration and the environment were like oil and water. Several years ago, I attended social impact investing conferences in America and the U.K. with
How the uOttawa faculty of engineering instills an ‘entrepreneurial mindset’ in students
A decade ago, Terrafixing chief operating officer Vida Gabriel was a chemistry-loving student in high school with little to no interest in business or entrepreneurship. “I didn’t like the sales
A slew of November data
Statistics Canada releases the wholesale trade figures for November on Monday, a sector which was credited with adding 55,000 Alberta jobs in 2017. StatCan will also release the retail trade figures and payroll employment, earnings and hours for November on Thursday.
Syncrude in court
Syncrude Canada will appear in provincial court on Wednesday to face charges related to the deaths of blue herons at one of its mine sites in northern Alberta in August 2015. Despite initial reports that bird deterrents at the facility were fully working, a Syncrude spokesman later acknowledged that no such equipment was in operation. The company is facing both provincial and federal charges for the incident.
