Warm water lapping the beach on a hot day may not immediately bring to mind hockey, but this 2014 autobiography is a breezy read. The book, written two years before his death and based on previously published Howe stories, stands as the definitive work of the iconic athlete. The draw here is revisiting a Canada now lodged only in distant memory. There is Gordie as a boy, during the Depression in Saskatoon. Three blocks away from the family home was a slough, four miles long, where he would...

Mark Read started at WPP in 1989 as Martin Sorrell was building the small company into what became the world's largest advertising firm. Three decades later, Mr. Read has taken the helm of WPP after Mr. Sorrell, who had become the ad world's biggest name, departed in the spring during a personal-misconduct scandal. The London-born Mr. Read inherits a sprawling and struggling empire and faces the challenge of paring down the company, in part undoing what Mr. Sorrell built, as old-school...

For years, Peter Nygard’s luxury home in the Bahamas was known as a paradise where the Winnipeg fashion magnate hosted legendary parties. On Monday, his lawyers will head to court to try to get the place back for him. In late September, the home was seized by an official from the country’s Supreme Court and a squad of police. It followed a court win by Save The Bays, an environmental group co-founded by New York hedge-fund billionaire Louis Bacon, Mr. Nygard’s neighbour. The group argued that...

British Columbia for decades produced the majority of cannabis in Canada. Thousands of growers crafted potent strains, and the province’s weed became a brand: BC Bud. But legalization has brought upheaval. The market share of BC Bud is in sharp decline, eroded by competition. Large companies are moving in, and the small players who built the industry are fighting to stay in business. Locals see B.C. falling behind: More than half of Canada’s 133 licensed producers are based in Ontario; B.C....

The burger at The Beltliner in Calgary is sloppy, two patties of Alberta beef and a fried egg. Danita Short smiles as she digs in: “I’ve got to pay respects to the homeland.” Ms. Short, dressed in a flowing mustard cardigan and a flat-brim felt cowboy hat, is founder, chief executive and primary muse of an upstart fashion label called Land of Distraction. A year ago, the label announced itself at a splashy party at the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles that drew the likes of Kate Bosworth and...