Can a Canadian industry that has been abused for more than 15 years by speculators, incompetents and in some cases, outright thievery, reinvent itself to occupy a meaningful place in a fast-changing media world?

Mexican businesswoman says it could be their last trip to Canada “If they don’t want my $13,000 or $14,000, I’ll spend it somewhere else where they don’t ask me for a visa. ... I don’t want to go through the trouble of asking for a visa ... it’s a lot of hassle,” she said.

Richard Blair of All Spin Zone has had it with the AIG leeches feeding off of the American taxpayer, and is hitting the road to its head quaters. He emailed me (and other bloggers last night):I'm pretty much living day-to-day at this point, having been laid off in late 2008. So, the AIG bonus thing has really, really, gotten under my skin.

Couple's tax battle ends on high note as Judge allows expense claim
for music venture

Of billions flowing to boost BC economy, a mere trickle for start-up owners. He's an entrepreneur in the heartland of B.C. A Quesnel-based businessman who lives with his wife, dogs and small child on an acreage near town and chops firewood in the winter cold. For years, he's wanted to build a set of advanced greenhouses that could grow year-round produce for local markets.

US bullied us into an ill-founded trade complaint. Now we look silly. Late last month, the World Trade Organization released a much-anticipated decision involving a U.S.-led complaint against China over its intellectual property laws.