With a barrel of Canadian oil now going for the same price as a cup of coffee, some renewable energy experts say it’s time for a different approach to building Canada’s energy sector. They say the massive job losses and economic turmoil hammering the oil industry could be at least partly offset by a more…

The province is enabling police and other enforcement officers to issue $2,000 fines to people engaged in price gouging, and the reselling of medical supplies. B.C.’s minister of public safety Mike Farnworth made the announcement on Sunday morning, saying enforcement will come from bylaw officers, liquor and cannabis inspectors, park rangers, conservation officers, and others. He said his…

Even with the country in lockdown, a number of Canadian entrepreneurs are plunging ahead with new ventures. Some are focusing their startup on issues related directly to the virus. Others had begun to put business plans into action just before the pandemic hit, and it wasn’t possible to pull back. Still others find that the…

How did the numbers connected to the Cargill meat plant outbreak increase so drastically over a period of days? That’s the obvious question posed after Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta’s chief medical officer of health, announced Friday an 842 per cent increase in COVID-19 cases associated with the plant. Cargill previously told CBC News that it would temporarily reduce…

Grocer Antonio Leto never imagined that he’d be managing an essential service during a global health pandemic, but that’s what he’s inadvertently been tasked with doing in keeping his customers, his staff and himself safe from COVID-19. “Walking into the store never used to be so stressful,” admitted Leto, who manages a Metro outlet in Toronto.…

On Thursday, Essential Energy Services CEO Garnet Amundson announced he was cutting his salary in half, rolling back wages for senior staff and suspending bonus programs. The next morning, he could still manage a smile. The federal government’s plans for helping the oil and gas sector won’t allow him to reverse course on those difficult decisions,…