National·2026-02-27T10:25:59+00:00
Besieged Berkshire Utility Tries to Rewrite Who Pays for Wildfires
Besieged Berkshire Utility Tries to Rewrite Who Pays for Wildfires — the company already has reached settlements totaling about $2.2 billion and Berkshire estimates PacifiCorp faces about $55 billion in claims related to western US wildfires. cuozzo’s award is a tiny part of billions of dollars in damage claims that followed Oregon’s so-called Labor Day fires, which burned thousands of properties and rank among the state’s biggest and most destructive.“You know who owns PacifiCorp: Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway,” Cuozzo said in an interview. to date, juries have socked PacifiCorp with more than $1 billion.
Financial Post
National·2026-02-27T16:53:47+00:00
Alberta budget shows the long-term incompetence of the UCP
Alberta budget shows the long-term incompetence of the UCP — “For the last six years, the UCP slashed corporate taxes, underfunded education, underfunded health care, cut post-secondary funding, and cut municipal funding,” said Uppal. uppal noted that Albertans will pay an additional $360 million in increased taxes and fees while corporate taxes remain the same. “In yesterday’s budget, we have a large deficit, tax increases, and they’ve still not reversed their own cuts to education and health care.” “There’s a crisis in health care, but no new funding for hospitals or primary care.
Financial Post
National·2026-02-27T22:00:29+00:00
Western Canadians stranded in Mexico unhappy with WestJet flight disruptions
Western Canadians stranded in Mexico unhappy with WestJet flight disruptions — and that includes competitors.” He says passengers have told him that WestJet “has been selling tickets (on the 12 extra flights) at a premium price instead of bringing home Canadians.” And he adds that “WestJet is not rebooking passengers on competitors, even though that is what the law demands.” He suggests the situation could result in a class action lawsuit. gábor Lukács, founder of Air Passenger Rights, told National Post in an email that WestJet has not been following the law. this is not a failure of the regulations as much as.
National Post
