A Vancouver Stock Exchange official watched the frantic floor trading one day last week and murmured: "A miniature 1929." On Calgary's exchange, 1,747,284 shares were tradedan alltime high. In Toronto, where 6,537,000 shares were traded, excitement swept Bay Street like a prairie fire; the high-speed ticker fell 17 minutes behind. Even in Manhattan, far from the source of the commotion, the New York Curb Exchange exceeded the volume of the New York Stock Exchange's Big Board for the first time on a full trading day in six years. Oil stocks, especially Alberta's, were the riotous star performers. The fillip...
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