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Michael McCullough is western editor of Canadian Business, based in Vancouver. He has also worked as a business journalist at The Vancouver Sun. In 2008, he was named Editor of the Year by the Alberta Magazine Publishers Association for his work at Alberta Venture.

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Kinder Morgan gaining in pipeline race to the Pacific By Michael McCullough | April 12, 2012

While Enbridge's Northern Gateway hearings bog down, the U.S. competitor green-lights a monster expansion of its Trans-Mountain line.

Going down the wrong pipe: The Northern Gateway pipeline is no substitute for Keystone XL.

Gaglardi makes the big leagues, at last: Jilted suitor for the Vancouver Canucks finally gains a seat at the NHL governors' table with his purchase of the Dallas Stars.

A toast to good economic sense: Another U.S. state votes down its liquor monopoly—and will profit as a result.

Topics Lifestyle Q&A: Alan Bell, open water swimmer By Michael McCullough | May 21, 2012 On swimming with sharks, watching out for kelp, and beating rivals half your age.

pipeline_CBConstruction on the Trans-Mountain pipeline is shown. (Photo: Kinder Morgan)

Topics Energy / Strategy Keystone pipeline faces competition from Trans-Mountain By Michael McCullough | April 24, 2012 There's new competition from the likes of Enbridge and Plains All American for the contested pipelines.

Topics Strategy / Lifestyle Terry McBride's YYoga expands east By Michael McCullough | March 28, 2012 Terry McBride knows how to spot a hit: his Nettwerk label brought us both Sarah McLachlan and the Barenaked Ladies. Now he wants to roll out a national chain of yoga studios called YYoga. Is this his next big thing, or just a passing fad?

$CB_ObamaAddressU.S. President Barack Obama has made clear that when it comes to “fracking,” he is siding with the oil and gas industry. (Photo by Owen Sweeney / Rex Features)$

Topics Energy Obama backs natural gas fracking By Michael McCullough | March 19, 2012 Days after refusing to issue a permit for the Keystone XL oil pipeline, U.S. President Barack Obama threw his support behind the other big eco-controversy in America—hydraulic fracturing.

Topics Lifestyle Mark Donnelly: Q&A with the slimming anthem singer By Michael McCullough | March 13, 2012 On singing for (and with) the hometown crowd,losing weight and the role of a good tailor.

Topics Stocks, Bonds & Commodities / Investing Short selling and fraud: The case of Silvercorp Metals By Michael McCullough | March 13, 2012 There has been a steady stream of anonymous fraud allegations aimed at Canadian companies with a Chinese connection. Are they for real? Or are short sellers trying to drive honest companies into the ground?

CB_Tom GaglardiTom Gaglardi, CEO, Northland Properties Group (Photo: Pooyah Nabei)

Topics Strategy Q&A: Tom Gaglardi, CEO, Northland Properties Group By Michael McCullough | March 12, 2012 The Gaglardi family is worth more than a billion dollars but never seemed to get any respect. Until recently, that is, when Tom Gaglardi suddenly snapped up a chain of luxury hotels and the NHL's Dallas Stars hockey team. Are they finally ready for the big leagues?

CB_Terry TownTerry Town (above) led the fight against Concrete Equities to secure investors' money (Photo: Roth and Ramberg)

Topics Investing Concrete Equities fraud rallies investors By Michael McCullough | March 01, 2012 When financial scams unravel, investors usually lose everything. But the investors in Concrete Equities fought back—and they actually won.

Topics Strategy / Lifestyle How to measure your productivity with free apps By Michael McCullough | February 16, 2012 Want to know how productive you’re being at work? Well—wait for it—there’s an app for that.

KodakKodak could have become a leader in digital printing had it not hollowed out Creo. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg/Getty)

Topics Technology / Strategy / Technology Creo: The digitization printing company that could have saved Kodak By Michael McCullough | February 16, 2012 Kodak ruined the one company that might have saved it.