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The article presents the discussion on the project "The Well." Topics include subruban slab apartments and down town back towers moving through the era of arterial point back towers; and coming and goings are expected to sustain the retail space and provide a major boost of the King West district.

SPECIAL FEATURE A few years ago, the senior management team at Longo's decided they needed to study their corporate DNA. Anthony Longo, CEO of the 32-store supermarket chain based in [...]

The article focuses on concern over airborne transmission of covid-19 virus and importance of managing indoor air quality as an integral part of the ventilation system in building design.

Few people navigate an entire career--in whatever field--without feeling that itch to switch. If you are an accountant in public practice, you might want to go into industry; if you're [...]

During the summer of 2009, Bay Street finance legend Brad Griffiths and a pair of co-investors created an oil-and-gas exploration company called Griffiths Energy International Inc. (GEI) and set out [...]

IN 2009, DANIEL RICICA, A SENIOR MANAGER IN KPMG'S TORONTO-based mining practice, embarked on a two-year stint at the firm's Rio de Janeiro office, which had been handling a steadily [...]

IN APRIL, A GROUP OF ANGRY CITIGROUP SHAREHOLDERS TOOK what was once thought to be an unthinkable action against a corporate board and its well-paid CEO. In a so-called 'say-on-pay' [...]

IN EARLY 2005, ONTARIO'S LIBERAL GOVERNMENT embarked on a hard-nosed negotiation with Bruce Power, an energy consortium, over a proposed deal to refurbish an aging nuclear plant on the shores [...]

Like all professional investors, Robert Floyd spends a lot of time poring over disclosure documents. And not surprisingly, the president of Birch Leaf Investments of Mississauga, Ont., has formed some [...]

NOT LONG AGO, Belleville, Ont., accountant Bob Robertson, a partner with Wilkinson & Co.'s Quinte West practice, found himself grappling with the problem of what to do about a difficult [...]

AS INVESTMENT PROPOSITIONS GO, IT WAS AN AMBITIOUS and visionary plan. In the early-2000s, when hospitality entrepreneur Ken Fowler began planning Red Leaves on Ontario's Lake Rosseau, he dreamt of [...]

In November 2009, Waterloo, Ont's DALSA Corp., a digital imaging and semiconductor firm with 2009 revenue of $162.5 million, invited financial analysts to an investor presentation with CFO Wajid Ali. [...]

LAST YEAR, ROBERT DAVIS, A PARTNER IN KPMG'S TRANSFER PRICING group found himself meeting a prospective client--a large Chinese manufacturer setting up a Canadian operation. While much was at stake [...]

For veteran Winnipeg CA Joel Lazer, it was a revelatory moment. A co-founder of Lazer Grant Chartered Accountants and Business Advisors, he had set up an innovative employee bonus pool [...]

It was one of those roller-coaster rides that have become all too common in Canada's corporate landscape. In March 2008, Kim Yost, then president and CEO of The Brick Group [...]

LIKE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF CANADIANS, northern Ontario CA Darryl Gagnier saw his outlook on retirement change dramatically after the meltdown on global equity markets this past fall. At 65, [...]

As residents of Canada's most populous province look ahead to next June's provincial election, they could be forgiven for feeling more than a little perplexed. In many important ways, the [...]

ONE DOESN'T NEED TO BE AN EXPERT ON CLIMATE CHANGE and energy markets to realize that companies with large vehicle fleets are hurtling toward a future of rising operating costs [...]

Bottled water companies being criticized by environmentalists and anti-corporate activists, saying that they are taking much and profiting from natural resources and that packaging wastes are added to their products. Bottled water companies are enhancing their products by adding vitamins and other nutrients. Other issues regarding the industry are discussed.

An overview of Transat's management is presented. Transat, a travel company, acquired Thomas Cook's Canadian travel agency network in 2006. The company also invested in a Spanish hotel chain. Jean-Marc Eustache, Transat's chairman, also discusses the company's launching in 1987.

Glenn Murphy, chief executive officer of Gap Inc., is facing the task of restoring the company's profitability. The company's earnings per share and stock price have increased since the Canadian was recruited by the struggling clothing company in 2007.

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] C. W. JEFFERYS COLLEGIATE is just an ordinary suburban high school. Built in the utilitarian style of the 1950s and '60s, it has a scruffy field out back, […]