Oil be going: Canada’s separatist west

Long-simmering tensions in the oil-rich west of the country have boiled over, and now there’s an increasingly credible push for secession. Investors are gobbling up startups that turn reams of climate data into better climate-risk predictions. And the lessons to be drawn from Sweden’s vast crop of billionaires. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/radiooffer

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

More from The Intelligence from The Economist

  1. 23:53The Intelligence: Your country needs you!Apr 18, 2024
  2. 22:16The Intelligence: He said, she fledApr 17, 2024
  3. 26:01The Intelligence: The most personal choiceApr 16, 2024
  4. 26:35The Intelligence: A region holds its breathApr 15, 2024
  5. 38:23The Weekend Intelligence: Everything my Mum left behindApr 13, 2024
  6. 27:53The Intelligence: America’s deeply divided electorateApr 12, 2024
  7. 24:17The Intelligence: The race to save KharkivApr 11, 2024
  8. 21:02The Intelligence: Can Japan and America Trump-proof their alliance?Apr 10, 2024
  9. 25:06The Intelligence: Bear upApr 09, 2024
  10. 27:13The Intelligence: Rwanda’s genocide 30 years onApr 08, 2024