Traders was a Canadian television drama series, which aired on Global Television Network from 1995 to 2000. Drama is a term generally used to refer to a literary form involving parts written for actors to perform. ... . The Global Television Network (more commonly called Global) is a major English-language television network in Canada, owned by CanWest Global Communications. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...

The show was set in a Bay Street investment bank, Gardner Ross. Bruce Gray and Sonja Smits starred as the firm's head partners, Adam Cunningham and Sally Ross. The cast also included Patrick McKenna, David Cubitt, Rick Roberts, Chris Leavins, Gabriel Hogan, David Hewlett and Alex Carter. Bay Street is a street in downtown Toronto, Ontario Canada. ... Investment banks assist public and private corporations in raising funds in the Capital Markets (both equity and debt), as well as in providing strategic advisory services for mergers, acquisitions and other types of financial transactions. ... Bruce Gray (born 1939) is a Canadian character actor (although he was actually born in Puerto Rico to Canadian parents and lived there until he was thirteen). ... Sonja Smits (born September 8, 1958 in Ottawa Valley, Ontario, Canada) is a television actress who has played roles in many television series, including: Falcon Crest, Airwolf, Odyssey 5, The Outer Limits, Street Legal, Traders and The Eleventh Hour. ... Patrick McKenna is a Canadian comedic and dramatic actor. ... David Hewlett is both an actor and an Internet entrepreneur. ...

The show, although one of the most popular Canadian television series of its era, was expensive to produce. In the 1998-1999 season, Global entered a joint production arrangement with the CBC, and the series aired on both networks for several months. However, this arrangement didn't last into the show's next season. 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known by the abbreviation CBC, is Canadas government-owned radio and television broadcaster. ...

Also in 1998, McKenna became the only actor in the history of the Gemini Awards to win for best actor in a drama series (for Traders) and best actor in a comedy (for The Red Green Show) in the same year. 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... The Gemini Awards are an annual awards ceremony in Canada. ... Red Green The Red Green Show is a television comedy that has aired on the CBC in Canada and on PBS in the United States from 1991 through the present (as of 2005). ...