Print Edition
      June-July 2002
Email    Print    Feedback
Features
 
  Silent sleuths
What’s as old as the hills, digs up the proverbial dirt, but is still sexy and gaining in popularity? Forensic accounting modernized, that’s what. And thanks to those who practise it, more than one type of crime has been solved.
By Donna Bailey Nurse


How Time flies
When Evan and Shane Chrapko embarked on venture management with Edmonton-based Time Industrial Inc., they agreed to let us check in on them over the next few years. Here’s our six-month update of the progress on their new enterprise.
By D. Larraine Andrews



Upfront
 
News and trends The CFO’s shifting role • When you take it off, can you write it off? • Forensics on the fly

People From calculating figures to calculating what your pet eats, Janet Veldhuis has fulfilled a dream of running her own business.

Numbers game In March, the feds got heat from the Opposition for spending $1.1 million on nearly identical reports. Government waste in Canada abounds.

Ask an expert When the files pile up, how do you find time to fine-tune a practice?

Technovations Fujifilm FinePix 2800 zoom digital camera • HP Scanjet 5400c scanner • Belkin USB 2.0 PCI card

Findings CAs lead the way in Canadian corporations.

Ties that bind During the post-war boom years, economist John Maynard Keynes’ theory of stimulating the economy through government spending was king. But in the 1980s, reducing the size of government became the priority for Western countries.

Going concern Howard Board, CA, President & COO, White Rose Home & Garden.


Regulars
 
  Taxation Taxing real estate
By Paul Harvey

Finance Differential reporting
By Annie Mersereau

Technology The dream CAVE: meeting in cyberspace
By Jonathan Andrews

Law Investors be warned
By Mindy Paskell-Mede

People management Powerless about performance?
By Carolyn Cohen

Business advisor Investing in human capital
By Grant Robinson


COLUMNS
 
Inside out Don’t believe the clichés...
Off the record A new perspective on aging
Economic outlook Health today and tomorrow
Netwatch Financial facts, for free
Letters to the editor