year ahead 2016

Prince Harry and the Invictus Games

Paralympic-style event is the brainchild of Prince, who openly modelled it after the U.S. Warrior Games

Why 2016 is shaping up to be a bad year for Canada’s banks

If the oil crash and housing slowdown were not enough, banks now face their Uber moment

The roller coaster arms race heats up

Among the record number of new coasters that will open next year is the world’s fastest, with the longest drop

Divided it stands: The year ahead in American politics

Hillary Clinton will win a nasty presidential race that strains U.S. democracy and leaves a trail of bitterness

All ears on Calgary’s National Music Centre

Calgary readies to open a long-sought headquarters for both music lovers and makers

The world’s first ice-busting yachts open the High Arctic

But how will the polar-capable yachts stack up against new Canadian patrol ships?

Prepare for a whole new refugee crisis in 2016

The defeat of ISIS will unleash a new flood of refugees just as nations try to seal their borders

The new milestone for the world’s richest that’s coming in 2016

2016 is the year when the world’s wealthiest one per cent will get richer than everyone else combined

The Alberta NDP vs. budget reality

What happens when the NDP’s plans to transform Alberta run up against ugly budget realities?

After 98 years, the Romanovs may be buried together at last

Ninety-eight years after their infamous execution, the Russian imperial family may finally be reunited in death

Vote-fixing: The Liberal plan for electoral reform in 2016

The Liberals hope to change the way we elect MPs and win over the opposition in the process

Pope Francis has unfinished business

Welcoming the marginalized may prove easier for the Pope than cleaning up Church finances