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The Irvings: The Family That Owns New Brunswick, From K.C. to the Sale That Never Came
How K.C. Irving built a province-sized empire, how his sons divided it, and where Irving Oil and J.D. Irving stand after the brothers’ deaths in 2024 and the aborted sale.
The Irvings: The Family That Owns New Brunswick, From K.C. to the Sale That Never Came
How K.C. Irving built a province-sized empire, how his sons divided it, and where Irving Oil and J.D. Irving stand after the brothers’ deaths in 2024 and the aborted sale.
The Desmarais Family and Power Corporation: Quebec’s Quiet Financial Empire
How the Desmarais family built Power Corporation into a C$3.4bn-earnings holding company spanning insurance, wealth management, Sagard and a majority stake in Wealthsimple.
The Desmarais Family and Power Corporation: Quebec’s Quiet Financial Empire
How the Desmarais family built Power Corporation into a C$3.4bn-earnings holding company spanning insurance, wealth management, Sagard and a majority stake in Wealthsimple.
The Westons: Bread, Loblaw, Boots and a Century of Canadian Retail Control
Wittington, George Weston, Loblaw and the October 2026 Boots acquisition: how Galen Weston Jr. runs Canada’s grocery dynasty after the Selfridges sale.
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The Westons: Bread, Loblaw, Boots and a Century of Canadian Retail Control
Wittington, George Weston, Loblaw and the October 2026 Boots acquisition: how Galen Weston Jr. runs Canada’s grocery dynasty after the Selfridges sale.
The Thomsons: How Canada’s Richest Family Built Thomson Reuters and Bet It on AI
From Roy Thomson’s Timmins daily to a US$7.5bn AI-driven information group: how Woodbridge keeps control of Thomson Reuters and what the 2026 AI sell-off means for the dynasty.
