Could the oil sands catch fire?
What if the wildfires raging in Fort McMurray hit the oil sands?
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Chris Sorensen
Chris Sorensen is a senior writer, covering business and financial news. He has also written about the growing number of deadly airline disasters caused by confused pilots, and about sandwiches. Both stories were nominated for a National Magazine Award.
What now, for those in Fort McMurray who’ve lost their homes?
What insurance policies will cover for those who lost it all in the Fort McMurray fire, and what to expect
Greece’s Marxist former finance minister speaks
Yanis Varoufakis’s assessment of what’s wrong with the Eurozone
How snowless ski resorts are adapting to climate change
Resorts are scrambling to adapt to climate change by offering ‘weather independent’ attractions, like wave pools and ‘mountain coasters’
Just how safe is the ’safe’ world of syndicated mortgages?
The condo boom has seen investors pour billions into syndicated mortgages. They’re pitched as high return, low risk investments—but is that too good to be true?
Excited for Tesla’s Model 3? You should be—you’re paying for it
Subsidies will play a huge part in the success of electric vehicles like the new Tesla Model 3. That’s not necessarily a bad thing.
Canada’s wait-and-see innovation budget
When it comes to Justin Trudeau’s innovation agenda, what didn’t appear in the budget was as important as what did
Is there an auto bubble on the horizon?
Strong auto sales are dangerously dependent on cheap debt. Are auto loans the next ’Big Short’?
Bombardier’s rail business’s reputation problem just got worse
A new report slams Bombardier’s performance on a London Underground contract as "shameful" but it’s far from the first transit dispute the company has faced
In defence of genetically modified food
More scientists are coming around to GMO safety. Why are environmentalists, who preach the science of climate change, not listening?