LONDON (Reuters) – Europe’s oil and gas sector is building up a crowded pipeline for stock market flotations, but investor appetite is limited given painful experiences after the last oil price crash and a backlash against fossil fuels. Norway’s Okea, Britain’s Neptune, Chrysaor, Siccar Point and Spirit Energy are all either actively preparing or expected […]

An RCMP officer on the Piikani Nation is changing the lives of Indigenous youth with rodeo for the seventh straight year. Tyrone Potts started the program, and each summer he teaches rodeo to groups of as many as 40 kids. While many of the children and teens are from the Piikani Nation, Potts also gets […]

Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me, the old saying went. Only, we know that’s not too true. Verbal abuse, innuendo and mockery can have devastating consequences for people – particularly younger and vulnerable people. Bishop Dermot Farrell of Ossory Diocese said yesterday in a statement he was “saddened” […]

Museum London is welcoming a new head of collections, exhibitions and programs this summer. The museum announced Friday that Andrew Kear, former head of collections and exhibitions at the Winnipeg Art Gallery, will join the team in July. Kear, who also served as curator of Canadian art in Winnipeg, began his career in 2007 at […]

For his unexpected surge in the nascent contest for the Democratic presidential nomination, Pete Buttigieg, 37, can thank his formidable intellect, his considerable poise and political instincts that have been close to flawless so far. But his greatest debt of gratitude goes to Donald Trump. Ask Buttigieg-besotted voters whether his youth gives them pause and […]

TORONTO/LONDON (Reuters) – British hedge fund Odey Asset Management said on Thursday it would reject any offer from Barrick Gold Corp for its stake in Acacia Mining Plc that is framed as “best and final,” becoming the second Acacia investor to publicly oppose the Canadian mining giant’s buyout proposal. “Odey is not rejecting any specific […]

(Reuters) – Activist fund Trian Fund Management LP said it has built up a 6% stake in Ferguson Plc, disclosing the investment days after the British plumbing products company reported disappointing results and slowing growth in its biggest market. Ferguson shares jumped 8.5% to an 8-month high on the news, topping London’s FTSE 100 blue […]

Colette Brown, (Irish Independent, 12 June 2019) suggests “it is difficult to understand why Scottish ministers have adopted such a belligerent attitude over Rockall of late”.  Unfortunately, it is not surprising at all.  What is being referred to as the “Scottish government” is a devolved part of the British state run by Westminster and it […]

By-elections are extraordinary political animals that have had a huge impact on Irish public life, even at times influencing our history. Leo Varadkar – contemplating four by-elections this autumn – knows this. Go right back to 1828 in Clare and you find that giant of Irish history Daniel O’Connell entering the stage via a by-election. […]

Ireland could be facing a very painful choice in the near future. The choice looming is between the farming sector, which is in long-term relative decline, and the non-agricultural export sector, which is many times bigger and the main driver of growth in the Irish economy. The reason this choice between agriculture and the economy’s […]