Corrupt civil servants, shady engineering bosses, a mayor who didn't see anything and another who allegedly acted as a gangster, although - and this is a redeeming factor - he does not smoke crack.

Former Executive VP of Suncor's Oil Sands Business Unit and VP of Suncor's Sarnia Refinery, Kirk Bailey. Misrepresentation and misconstrued information about the Alberta oil sands has taken away the pride Canada should feel in the industry.

CALGARY - A subsidiary of a Spanish renewable energy company has received the go-ahead from the Alberta Utilities Commission for its proposed 120 MW wind farm near Medicine Hat.

Since the start of the year, the S&P/TSX bank index is up just 3 per cent, leaving investors who rely on these institutions for returns incredibly underwhelmed.

Canada's banking regulator Julie Dickson says that her agency is a dark place, and that gives her comfort as she prepares to enter her final year on the job.