One converting trust announced a plan to transition with a dividend cut. Nine will hold the line. This is yet more evidence of the emergence of a new kind of high-yielding investment vehicle in the income trust wake. Or should we now call it a party? Read More

The Canadian dollar hit parity with the US dollar today. Will the loonie's rise continue? Read More

Box office records mean riches for Hollywood’s famous. Here’s how to get your own piece of that action. Read More

Canada is often overlooked when it comes to global-scale stories. But data reported by Statistics Canada last week suggest the world is now paying attention to the Great White North. Read More

The new royalty regime itself is an acknowledgement that front-end investment--particularly where innovative extraction techniques are absolutely critical to success, as in the long-lived Pembina field--in conventional production often demands new technology. Read More

Canada's prudence obscures what could be an explosive upside in coming years--particularly for US-based investors who will get the added benefit of putting greenbacks to work in loonie terms. Read More

Annex B to the Fifth Protocol--the Canadian explanatory notes--provides that distributions from “income trusts and royalty trusts” that are treated as dividends under Canadian tax law will be treated as dividends under the Treaty. Read More