Bondar has been cultivating curiosity on Earth since then, and she’s been on a quest to improve our appreciation for this planet. The grant program, which launched in May, helps cover the costs of investments in energy-conserving improvements like electric heat pumps, new windows and doors, solar panels and better attic insulation. The overwhelming majority […]
Canada’s TSX was fully swept up in the selling action on Friday, closing down by more than 2%, its worst slide since Nov. A number of analysts cut price targets on Shopify this week, as the outlook for ecommerce growth slows amid anticipated lifting of pandemic restrictions. “The theme so far this year has been […]
While one quarter of all its members are in the U.S., India accounts for eight per cent followed by the U.K. Millions of other players are engaging every day on a variety of other platforms, including Lichess, Chess24, Playchess and many more. …Read the full story
On one hand are the environmental and climate arguments that such a program does nothing to help Canada kick its fossil fuel habit. The International Energy Agency, a Paris-based organization that advises industrialized nations on energy policy, says CCUS will play a crucial role in global emissions reduction. The group would much prefer Ottawa nix […]
The Saskatchewan Party government doesn’t define it as a “carbon tax” because it gives larger industries three options to reduce emissions. Last June, legislation was passed enshrining the country’s commitment to net-zero emissions by 2050. …Read the full story
The practice, which puts a value on trees that remain standing and absorbing carbon, is one way of dealing with the problem of greenhouse gas emissions. Carbon markets and regulations for participating in them are maturing as Canada seeks to achieve its goal of net-zero emissions by 2050. They want a bigger share of stumpage […]
Dissatisfied with traditional methods of listing real estate, they decided to market the house themselves. After only two months in the market, the $1.6-million house sold. In late 2021, the detached segment in Calgary showed strong signs of recovery, and a tight market drove up sales even in the $1-million-plus price range, a niche that […]
The province – through Emissions Reduction Alberta, a Crown agency – will spend $30-million on research and development that can help clear some of the engineering and design hurdles facing sectors that haven’t yet deployed the technology. Carbon capture, utilization and storage, or CCUS, traps carbon-dioxide emissions and stores them deep under the ground. Steve […]
Andre Kutyan, a broker with Harvey Kalles Real Estate Ltd., predicts that the first quarter of 2022 will look much like the fourth quarter of 2021 in the carriage trade segment of the market. Mr. Kutyan says these trends are fueling demand for properties in neighbourhoods such as Lawrence Park, Lytton Park, Forest Hill and […]
Oil prices settled higher on Tuesday, with Brent crude ending the session near $80 a barrel despite the rapid spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant, supported by supply outages and expectations that U.S. Investors are awaiting an OPEC+ meeting on Jan. …Read the full story
57th Ave., the developers saved a handsome heritage house and turned it into eight strata homes with potential for two rental suites. “The market in Vancouver is definitely going to go higher,” said Mr. Chan. The 100-year-old house has been converted into three units, each with three bedrooms. The property was subdivided, and the duplex […]
On Wednesday, Fidelity was approved by the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada to launch a new digital asset service. Fidelity Clearing Canada provides services to more than 100 investment companies in Canada. If approved, the Fidelity funds would join the growing list of existing bitcoin funds already launched in the Canadian marketplace. Mr. Mackenzie […]
Logan Dunn, the CEO of micro cultivator Dunn Cannabis, says the recovery time could be lengthy and costly because the disruptions come months after B.C. …Read the full story
merged to form the largest pot company in Canada by revenue, Quebec company Hexo Corp. “I don’t think any of these companies have solved the puzzle yet of how to build and maintain market share,” said Aaron Salz, principal and founder of Toronto-based Stoic Advisory Inc., a boutique investment firm focused primarily on cannabis deals. […]
Already we are seeing some of our nations failing,” said Gabon’s Environment Minister, Lee White. Delegates to the United Nations conference kept watering down drafts of a deal that was intended to put the spoken commitments into action. Ultimately, despite compromises that made the outcome more weak in environmental campaigners’ eyes, it wasn’t the worst […]
For anyone who wants to drink their cannabis, 2021 has been a good year. The reason for this surfeit of choice is that drinks were, at one point in time, expected to be the future of cannabis. But despite the industry’s enthusiasm, sales of the beverages have lagged expectations, leading some observers to say that […]
The Greta Thunberg-led protesters and other activists who always considered the whole thing an exercise in greenwashing will insist that it produced nothing but hollow declarations meant to make jet-setting elites feel good about themselves. The text features clear progress, such as stronger transparency in how countries deliver on their national emissions-reduction pledges and an […]
Baseline estimates assume a $2-trillion price tag for Canada to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. We have much work left to do as part of – and moving beyond – the recent COP26 discussions centred on international efforts to limit rising global temperatures in the 21st century. We must focus on how Canada can […]
