Climate change is making insurance coverage more expensive and more limited – and it’s only going to get worse

[ad_1] Open this photo in gallery: People embrace near a damaged road, after the heaviest rain to hit Nova Scotia in more than 50 years triggered floods, in West Hants,…

Dramatic week for Sam Altman and OpenAI, Canada’s most livable cities and surging rents: Must-read business and investing stories

[ad_1] Open this photo in gallery: The Globe and Mail’s inaugural ranking of the most livable cities in Canada looks at economy, safety and, yes, the cost of housing.Illustration by…

Millionaire owner of Kitsault, B.C., hopes ghost town sees a second life as an energy hub

[ad_1] In the abandoned mining town of Kitsault, B.C., where time has been suspended for the past 40 years, tourists are no longer welcome to take a journey into nostalgia.…

Bank of Canada rates, St. Lawrence Seaway strike and The One’s stuck condo buyers: Must-read business and investing stories

[ad_1] Open this photo in gallery: A temporary foreign worker from Mexico is shown on a berry farm in Mirabel, Que., Wednesday, May 6, 2020.Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press Getting caught…

Opinion: Untangling the great policy mess of Canada’s innovation problem

[ad_1] Open this photo in gallery: Illustration by Domenic Bahmann xDavid Naylor is president emeritus of the University of Toronto. He has served on federal panels addressing funding and governance…

Costs are down. Profits are up. For these businesses, it’s all thanks to generative AI

[ad_1] Open this photo in gallery: Ever since OpenAI released ChatGPT in November, 2022, companies such as Shopify Inc. and Thomson Reuters Corp. have looked to capture the potential benefits…

The early promise of legal cannabis in Canada has gone up in smoke. Five years in, how much is the sector worth?

[ad_1] Welcome to The Globe and Mail’s business and investing news quiz. Join us each week to test your knowledge of the stories making the headlines. Our business reporters come…

‘We’re barely making it’: Eight Canadian stories reveal the pain of soaring mortgage costs

[ad_1] In July, 2020, Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem assured Canadian households that borrowing rates were very low and would stay that way “for a very long time.” And…

Live updates: New inflation numbers are released today

[ad_1] The latest on inflation in Canada Welcome to The Globe’s live blog for the release of July inflation numbers. Canada’s annual inflation rate rose to 3.3 per cent in…

Inside Quebec’s crumbling pork empire

[ad_1] The most memorable part about how the sausage is made is the scent. La Fernandière sausage factory smells a little bloody with undertones of copper. Maybe a whiff of…