Corporate Governance

An operator’s guide to developing policies for employees and customers With the legalization of recreational cannabis in Canada in October 2018 (and, more recently, edibles), many businesses, including convenience retailers, are now faced with the challenge of managing the effects of the legislation on their workplace while also protecting their rights as employers.

Ongoing environmental criticism, delays in building oil pipelines and a surge of separatist sentiment following the last federal election are hurting Alberta's reputation, presenters at a business forum in the Alberta mountain resort town of Lake Louise said Friday.The rise of the western Canadian separation movement or "Wexit'' cost Calgary an opportunity to attract a major technology head office, said CEO Mary Moran of Calgary Economic Development during a speech at the event."We as an organization just lost a 1,000-person company that didn't come to Calgary, selected another city, because they're concerned about Wexit,'' she said.