Business

The new CEO of Barrick Gold Corp, who came over in its takeover of West Africa-focused Rangold Resources completed earlier this year, faced protest outside and a pointed question inside about the Canadian mining giant's role in the world. Mark Bristow has big shoes to fill at the Canadian mining giant's head office.

If the allegations are true, it would mean that consumers were likely deprived of opportunities to buy cars with the latest clean technologies.

Japan’s continued support for coal power should be on the agenda when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe this weekend, given the recent surge in public concern about climate change.

For Coastal Shellfish Corporation, a scallop aquaculture venture located on the rainy northwest coast of British Columbia, two things matter most: sustainable business in an area too familiar with the boom and bust of fishing industries, and that their activities cause as little harm to the natural environment as possible.

The number of companies actively drilling in Canada has declined by 40 per cent since the oil price crash of late 2014, according to a research report by AltaCorp, which cited consolidation as the biggest reason companies have disappeared and insolvency of several smaller companies also a factor.

Royal Dutch Shell, one of the world’s biggest oil companies, recently dropped out of a D.C. lobby group, saying its lack of support for the Paris Agreement to fight climate change is a "material misalignment" with Shell's stance.

Canada's central bank said Wednesday it is creating a multi-year research plan to study climate-related financial risks.

The Nissan Leaf led the pack with 247 sales in January, narrowly beating the Chevy Bolt, with the Hyundai Kona, Tesla Model 3 and Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV rounding out the top 5.

Perhaps the most depressing spectacle of the entire Trudeau SNC-Lavalin implosion is that neither the prime minister nor the people around him seem to have any idea of how badly their tunnel vision distorted their judgment in the conduct of this file.

Accounting giant Deloitte is a powerful auditing and consulting company with a troubling history of business and political scandals.

Quebec has edged closer to increased hydroelectric power exports to Massachusetts after Maine’s new governor signed onto a deal to get a transmission corridor built.

For a second time, the NEB has recommended that the federal government should approve the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project.

All in all, minimum-wage hikes don’t hurt our economy, they help more working Albertans share in the province’s prosperity.

An international committee of legislators wants executives from some of the world's largest digital and social-media firms to testify on disinformation and "fake news" when it meets in Ottawa this May.

Alberta's NDP government says that sharp reductions in pollution from electricity production over the past two years prove that carbon pricing is effective.