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The article profiles the British Columbia-based nuclear energy company General Fusion, as of 2014. It notes existing nuclear reactors utilize nuclear fission and says the company is working to develop the nuclear fusion process as an alternative. Topics include the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) in France and the founding of General Fusion by physicist Michel Laberge.

The article focuses on the proof of greater assertiveness among U.S. clients and the country's strength and confidence as claimed by Canadian software and hardware service provider and reseller Phoenix Systems, with its foreign sales already 10 times higher in 2012 than in 2007. It mentions American's gross domestic product (GDP) topping 16 trillion dollars in summer 2013. It also discusses why joint ventures are more important to Canadian firms selling overseas.

A list of Canada's 100 wealthiest people is presented, which includes Galen Weston, owner of Loblaw grocery chain, James Pattison, owner of Ocean Brands, Overwaitea supermarket group and News Group, and Internet mogul and philanthropist Jeff Skoll.

The article profiles Canadian executive Rick Waugh, who plans to retire as chief executive officer (CEO) of the Bank of Nova Scotia (Scotiabank) on November 1, 2013. Particular focus is given to Waugh's successes in expanding the business during his tenure, including increasing the number of employees and bank branches, net income gains, and share dividend growth. Other topics include his start at the company as a bank teller, his leadership style, and response to the 2008 U.S. mortgage crisis.

The article presents an overview of the small business economy in Canada, noting a 2013 survey by market analyst BMO Financial Group which found that small business owners were optimistic about the economy and planned to expand their businesses. Topics include government financing programs and incentives for small businesses, challenges for recruitment and retention of employees, and business franchising benefits and strategies.

The author reflects on the publishing and newspaper industries and the mistakes they have made which threaten both industries. He states that independent Canadian publisher Douglas & McIntyre declared bankruptcy while Penguin Books and Random House are considering merging in an effort to stand up to electronic commerce company Amazon. He mentions the establishment of paywalls by Canadian magazines and newspapers and suggests both industries have failed to emphasize the value of their content.

The article discusses the chef Lee Cooper, his restaurant L'Abattoir in Vancouver, British Columbia, and his assembling of a ploughman's lunch with pickled yellow beets, fruit, and pate.

The article presents the author's opinion regarding the Northern Gateway oil pipeline debate between British Columbia Premier Christy Clark and Alberta Premier Alison Redford in 2012, with a focus on Canada's energy industries. Topics include interprovincial trade in Canada, the economic benefits of the proposed pipeline project, and oil spill prevention measures.

The article reports on a fungus called white-nose syndrome that could decimate the bat populations in Canada and its impact on agriculture. Brock Fenton, a biology professor at the University of Western Ontario, stated that most of the bats in Canada will be dead by March of 2011. The fungus, which affects six bat species in North America, thrives in cold environments in which bats hibernate. The death of the bats could reportedly affect agriculture since bats act as a natural pesticide, eating at least half their body weight in insects every night.

The article reports on problems related to parking fees in Canada. A class-action lawsuit has been filed by two women against Imperial Parking Corp., the largest parking management company in Canada, for allegedly violating the province's Consumer Protection Act with its parking tickets. A study by economics professors William Goodling and Samuel Olson found an association between the nameplate on the offending vehicle and parking citations in Eugene, Oregon.

The article examines the outstanding performance of women in politics and business in the midst of the global economic meltdown in 2009. In Iceland, Johanna Sigurdardottir was elected the country's first female minister, while Elín Sigfúsdóttir and Birna Einarsdóttir were chosen to lead two newly nationalized banks. In Canada, there is no change in employment rates among women. Several reasons for the trend are also discussed.

The article discusses Canada's Office of the Superintendent of Bankrutpcy (OSB). Money recovered during a bankruptcy resides with the OSB until a creditor makes a valid claim on it. The largest such sum currently held by the OSB exceeds $179 thousand, and the total is more than $12 million. The $0.01 owed to Chung-Lee Chang by Mynix Technology Inc. would cost Chang $30 to recover.

This article discusses strategies for minimizing the environmental impact of direct mail marketing campaigns. The importance of retaining credibility in claims regarding environmental consciousness, following best practice guidelines, and measuring business benefits for these practices is explored. The establishment of a Canada Post Corp. microsite at www.canadapost.ca/green for more information in this field is also described.

The article introduces a section on the 100 richest people and families in Canada. People and families profiled in the section include Ken Thomson, Galen Weston, the Irving family, Paul Desmarais Sr., Ted Rogers, Conrad Black, the Asper family, and Steve Stavro. Details about the process of compiling the list are also provided.

The article profiles Francois Coutu, the chief executive officer of Canada's Jean Coutu Group PJC Inc. A discussion of Coutu's salary and bonus, and of controversies that he has seen as a result of some business decisions he has made for the country, is presented. Coutu's views on factors which are necessary to succeed in business are discussed.

The article profiles Edmund Clark, the chief executive officer of Canada's Toronto-Dominion Bank. A discussion of Clark's tenure, salary and bonus at the bank, and of changes which he has made at the bank, including a March 31, 2008 $7.5 billion acquisition of New Jersey based Commerce Bancorp, is presented.

This article discusses the Canadian government's efforts to increase aid to developing countries. Prime Minister Stephen Harper has invested money in Bangladesh's Grameen Bank, but some have suggested that there may better ways of aiding developing countries without using taxpayers' funds and which might be more beneficial to Canada. Danielle Goldfarb of the Conference Board of Canada suggests letting more temporary workers from developing countries into Canada so that they can transfer funds back home.

The article discusses how investors are reaping big dividends from investments in commodities like corn and wheat. Ethanol demand has caused corn prices to soar and a drought in Australia and a drop in U.S. corn production has helped to keep prices high. The rush for alternative fuels has caused ethanol production capacity to increase dramatically. Brazil is the ethanol leader in 2006, but the U.S. is poised to seize the No. 1 spot in 2007. Canada is also rapidly building ethanol production facilities.

The article focuses on a report entitled "A Crash Program Scenario for the Canadian Oil Sands Industry," which was produced by Kjell Aleklett, a physicist at Uppsala University in Uppsala, Sweden. The contents of the report are presented. Aleklett's involvement with the Association for the Study of Peak Oil is discussed.

The article reports that analysts deny anyone is tampering with the Canadian bond market. A combination of a strong economy and investment from foreign hedge funds and central banks is flooding the market with money. The "Globe and Mail" speculated that the spike in prices was the result of questionable bond trading practices.

The author comments on public service announcements (PSAs) in Canada and whether they have any real impact on how Canadians act. Successful PSAs need a message and an audience. Yet achieving success with PSAs is difficult, because a PSA tries to get people to change their behaviour in some major way. Marketing professor Magdalena Cismaru investigated which PSAs get the best results. She discovered that soft-sell advice on how to change behaviour was far more effective than scare tactics.

The article presents data on the top-performing companies ranked by "Canadian Business" in its All-Star list. A graph of the top-performing companies shows the metals and mining, oil and gas, and diversified financials and insurance are the largest sectors. The percentage of growth is graphed using indexed All-Star total shareholder return, indexed TSX total shareholder return, and indexed GDP growth.

The article provides a time line for Canada's Sea King helicopters, details efforts to replace them, and states they should have been sold off for scrap long ago. Canada's navy buys 41 Sikorsky Sea King helicopters to help monitor Russian sub activity in 1963. The military starts looking to replace the Sea King fleet in 1977. In 1987, Defence Minister Perrin Beatty announces the Sea Kings will be replaced by the EH-101. In 1992, EH Industries (now AgustaWestland) and Paramax sign a joint contract for 43 choppers worth $4.7 billion. Newly elected Liberals cancel the contract in 1993. In 2004, the government taps Connecticut-based Sikorsky to replace the Sea Kings with 28 H-92 Superhawk maritime helicopters, but losing bidder AgustaWestland files legal action claiming the process was unfair.

The article focuses on mid-cap stocks which produced far from middling returns over the past year. For the 150 companies that fell into the "Canadian Business" definition of mid-cap for the Investor 500, the average one-year return (as of April 22) was 65.5%. Fully 27 stocks enjoyed triple-digit gains, led by high-flying communications equipment maker Sierra Wireless, which returned a phenomenal 642%. Another 108 stocks enjoyed returns in the double digits. In contrast, troubled drug maker Biovail bottomed out the list, with a steep loss of 64%--far worse than this year's second-worst performer in the mid-cap category, grocer Sobeys, which returned-14.4%.

The article focuses on large cap companies, ranked by "Canadian Business". The stocks of Canada's largest 50 companies (by market capitalization) returned an average 50.6% over the one-year period ending April 22. Five stocks (including Nortel Networks) enjoyed triple-digit returns, while 39 showed double-digit gains. There were also several top-performing stocks in each of these industries: insurance, mining, telecommunications, railroads, utilities, broadcast and cable, and communications equipment.

The article offers news briefs about Canada. At the annual meeting of Shaw Communications Inc. in Calgary in late January, investment manager Stephen Jarislowsky criticized the board and management for paying five executives--three of them members of the Shaw family--$14.3 million in bonuses last year. Under Ontario's Waste Diversion Act, "brand owners" (for example, Coca-Cola) and "first importers" (such as a food distributor) must contribute 50% of the province's net recycling costs, pegged at about $62 million annually and expected to as much as double by 2006. While Ontario's new system is supported by many, the program faces a number of criticisms. These include: a complicated formula for calculating fees and determining who is affected, and the fact that brand owners and first importers can ask suppliers (packaging companies, for instance) to voluntarily pay part or all of the fee, putting pressure on their already-tight margins and potentially removing the incentive to use recyclable packaging.

Comments on securities regulation in Canada. Report by the Wise Persons' Committee which will provide a framework for the various issues; Results of National Bureau of Economic Research tests which showed that private enforcement was more efficient than public enforcement; Compliance of new U.S. securities rules by corporate Canada; Passport model which would promote regulatory competition.

Presents a humorous account of two troubled Canadian companies. The news from Air Canada was bleak; reports out of Quebecor Inc. were contentious. With critics closing in, few analysts gave the top man at either troubled company much chance of survival. Then, in a stunning turn of events, characteristic of their visionary leadership styles, embattled chief executive officers Robert Milton and Pierre Karl Péladeau announced their decision to replace each other. They revealed the switch to reporters at a joint press conference in Montreal.

Somewhere along the path to corporate oblivion, Enron's board mutated from a collection of supposedly smart and financially literate business-people into a group that is now synonymous with complete incompetence. In an effort to take some lessons from the doomed Houston-based power company, the Conference Board of Canada and Michael G. DeGroote School of Business at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, have joined forces to roll out Canada's most ambitious director education plan to date. Launching this fall, the Directors College aims to educate on everything from the basic roles and responsibilities of board members to reading between the lines of financial statements. Curriculum details and tuition costs are still being worked out, but the program will offer both one-day classes and evening courses that could span several weeks. Boardroom ABCs will draw on current and former directors and other business veterans, says Mark Schacter the Conference Board's director of governance and corporate responsibility.

Comments on proposals of the federal government of Canada on how the country might meet greenhouse-gas reductions set by the Kyoto Protocol, an international agreement. Criticism of the proposals by Environment Minister Lorne Taylor; Options which are being discussed, including a domestic emissions trading plan.

Reports on redistribution of profits from offshore gas deposits in Nova Scotia. How Canada's redistributionary policies are hurting Nova Scotia economically; Percentages of oil and gas revenues in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland that are taken by the Canadian government; View from the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies that equalization has entrenched inequality in Atlantic Canada.

Discusses voluntary environmental programs of corporations versus government-sponsored environmental regulation in Canada as of May 2001. Study conducted by Kathryn Harrison concerning which method works to protect the environment better; Her investigation into the perceived success of two federal programs.

Discusses the fiscal implications of Canada's 2000 federal election. Factors affecting Prime Minister Jean Chretien's decision to call for an early election; Details of legislation left unattended as a result of the early election; How such legislative delays increase the burden of taxpayers; Outlook for the election's impact on financial reform in Canada.

Offers Canadian business-related news briefs as of May 15, 2000. Attempts by Hollinger Inc. to partner with another company in its community newspaper endeavors; DaimlerChrysler's continued success in the minivan sector of the automobile industry and the release of the PT Cruiser by Chrysler; Possible buyers of the Eaton's building in Montreal, Quebec.

The article ranks the stocks of each of Canada's 500 largest publicly-traded companies, known as the Investor 500 list (I-500), and discussing the profitability of each by exploring the companies' returns on investment, market value, and relative rank. Companies listed include media company Thompson Reuters, power company Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp., and beverage company Cott Corp.

The article considers business networks and business incubators for new business enterprises in Canada. A study in the periodical "Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship" on the importance of business networks to new business enterprises is cited. Business incubators operated by the École Polytechnique de Montréal and the National Optic Institute in Quebec City, Quebec are discussed.

The article presents information on the dispensary Cannabis As Living Medicine in Toronto, Ontario, which sells marijuana. It informs that the Health Canada's Marijuana Medical Access Program has control over 28,000 authorized users in Canada. It also informs that medical marijuana dispensaries, online seed sellers and head shops selling drug paraphernalia, are regulated under a renamed Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Marijuana and Firearms.

The article presents a list of the 100 richest people and families in Canada for 2012, including the Thompson family, who own the company Thompson Reuters and the hockey team the Winnipeg Jets, Galen Weston of retail and grocery chain company George Weston Ltd., and the Rogers family, who own media company Rogers Communications Inc. The effects of the 2012 economic slowdown on rich people is discussed, and charts of their net worth are presented.

The article discusses social enterprises that combine capitalist revenue-seeking strategies with community service, focusing on the Stop Community Food Centre (Stop) food bank in Canada. Topics include "The Green Barn" food production and education centre, the executive director of Stop Nick Saul, fundraising strategies, cooking classes, and government finance of organizations.

The article examines American discount retail store Target Corp's plans to expand into Canada beginning in 2012. Marketing strategies used to increase the company's brand awareness in Canada are discussed, including establishing a temporary, or "pop-up," store, sponsoring the Montreal Film Festival, and hosting beach-themed parties. Other topics covered include Target's company history, its competition with retailers KMart and Walmart, and the company's potential economic impact on Canada.

The article discusses Chinese politics, examining the effects that a power struggle could have on the Canadian economy. The article reports that Bo Xilai, a Chinese politician, has been removed from the Politburo, while his wife, Gu Kailai, has been charged with the murder of the British businessman Neil Heywood. The article says that Chinese demand for many products made in Canada led to higher rates of employment and higher profits, but that the economy could be harmed by a political crisis.

The article presents a chart which lists the top-performing stocks on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) Venture Exchange as of May 21, 2012. It explains that top stocks are generally associated with companies which exhibit a low price-to-book ratio, low price-to-earnings ratio, and a high dividend yield. Companies in the chart include Aecon Group Inc., Algoma Central Corp., and Canadian Tire Corp. Ltd.

The article discusses efforts by the Canadian finance minister Jim Flaherty to curb the generous lending practices of the country's banks. The goal is to cool down the Canadian real estate market by driving down prices and making mortgages more expensive, but without having to increase interest rates. The author discusses the actions of Flaherty and Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney.

The article looks at the rising retirement age in Canada as of 2012. Topics include changes to the cutoff for Canada's Old Age Security (OAS), the effects of demographic changes and poor financial markets on the retirement income system, the history of government-sponsored retirement, and the potential effects of the retirement of the baby boomer generation.

The article offers business world predictions for 2012. Topics discussed is the expected implosion of the housing bubble in China, the crash of the Canadian housing market, and that Mitt Romney will win the 2012 U.S. Presidential election. Also considered are Germany's economy, the likelihood streaming video services will outperform broadcast television, and Russia's political power. Gadgets like tiny printers, powerful tablet computers, and encrypted USB storage devices are mentioned. INSETS: COULD CHINA BUY HUSKY?;WILL KINDLE PUMMEL THE iPAD?;WILL THE HOBBIT BE THE BIGGEST BLOCKBUSTER OF ALL TIME?;ON WHY WE SHOULD COOL IT

The article profiles technology firm Research in Motion (RIM), makers of the Blackberry smartphone. Topics discussed include co-chief executive officers Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie, the flop of the company's PlayBook tablet computer, and RIM's initial refusal to try to compete with smartphones from companies like Apple or Google. RIM's complex hardware customized for clients is noted as a reason the company suffered financially.

The article provides an overview of Master of Business Administration (MBA) programs in various universities and colleges in Canada. The Alberta School of Business of the University of Alberta in Edmonton is the only Canadian school to offer an MBA in natural resources, environment and energy. The Centre for Innovative Management of the University of Athabasca in St. Albert, Alberta is offering its MBA online.

The article offers a look at the most-affluent people in Canada as of 2011. The Thomson family is the richest family in the country with a net worth of 21.34 billion dollars and is headed by David Thomson, chairman of Thomson Reuters. Galen Weston, who is ranked second, owns grocery-store chain Loblaws and other high-end retailers such as Holt Renfrew in Canada and Selfridges in Great Britain. Bernard Sherman owns Apotex Group of Cos., the largest generic-drug manufacturer in the country. INSETS: The richest famous;Top movers and shakers.

The article features scientific studies indicating that sitting in the office can cause problems and make people sick and suggests possible solutions. It discusses results of the Canada Fitness and Lifestyle Research in 1981, the study by Peter Kazmarzyk that was published in "Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise" and the Vanderbilt University Research in 2003-04. It also notes the suggestion that sedentary periods should be offset by physical activities.

The article highlights events, people and issues that made an impact on the world as of September 2011. It applauds the people of Libya are winners for successfully ending the 42-year reign of president Moammar Gadhafi. It states that Canadian Tire is one of the losers as the company's credit rating was downgraded by DBRS. Former British Columbia labor minister Iain Black is considered a winner for getting appointed chief executive officer (CEO) of the Vancouver Board of Trade.