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The tale of two (coastal) cities

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When I moved to the West Coast from Halifax 22 years ago, I had heard that the Vancouver real estate market was tough to break into. But how bad could it be? I had just sold a beautiful three bedroom heritage house in one of Greater Halifax’s quiet neighbourhoods. It went for $134,000, 40% more than what I had paid for it a decade earlier.

Global Trade Credit offers risk mitigation, better access to capital – and a great sleep!

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Despite being the main revenue driver for his company Global Trade Credit, Graham MacLachlan never feels like he’s selling anything. "I am just providing information to educate people, so they can make an informed business decision and they can decide what is best for them."

Senior executive Desmond O’Kell explains Enterprise Group’s winning formula

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(BE) Today, we are speaking with Desmond O'Kell, senior VP and director of Enterprise Group Inc… Congratulations – I took a peek at the latest financials, and they are quite impressive. Do you mind providing a summary for our audience?

Investment tips for 2023

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As I write this on Dec. 16, I look back and see that all the way through 2022 we have been talking about facing tougher conditions such as supply-chain disruptions, inflation, higher interest rates, and the likelihood of a recession.

AI: Where are we and where are we going?

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Artificial Intelligence has people fretting. High-profile disagreements among tech gurus make us wonder, anxiously, what the future will be like for ordinary people. If geniuses like Bill Gates, Elon Musk, and the late Stephen Hawking cannot agree on the usefulness and the relative benefits or dangers of AI, what hope is there for us to understand or even imagine how our lives will change?

Prairie Lithium positioned to capitalize on rising demand

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By now, most investors are aware that lithium is a critical ingredient in our energy future. Many are also aware that lithium is the lightest of all solid metals, and that lithium demand is rising sharply because of its essential role in lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) that power portable electronics, electric vehicles (EVs), and energy storage systems (ESS).

Capturing carbon – the science and the subtleties

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Modern humans have, through their daily activities, been liberating carbon at a furious pace. By “carbon”, I specifically mean carbon dioxide, or CO2, which is a naturally occurring gas molecule made up of one carbon atom and two oxygen atoms.

Return to sensible energy policy – a painful but necessary transition

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Many would agree that the energy world has changed dramatically over the past couple of years. In early 2020, energy commodity prices, particularly oil, plummeted as response to COVID-19 devastated demand and producers could not sell their oil.

Hit the gas on undervalued stocks before the Fed hits the brakes

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I would argue that we are already in recession in 2022, as defined by world negative output growth, measured in actual goods and services produced in 2022 vs 2021. Or measured in GDP in U.S. “constant” dollars, in other words, adjusted for inflation. The main reason for that is that:

Director claims TIFF prize with tale of Korean mother’s challenging life in Vancouver

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Anthony Shim has a palpable presence as he stands outside the Vancouver Playhouse at the hometown premiere of his feature film Riceboy Sleeps. The world premiere was on Sept. 11 at the Toronto International Film Festival.

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