By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Feb. 20 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – At least nine people are dead following an alleged terror attack in Hanau, Germany. A 43-year-old German man targeted patrons of two separate shisha lounges. The suspect then killed his mother and died […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Feb. 19 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Early Wednesday morning, hundreds of passengers were allowed to disembark a cruise ship docked in Japan. At least 621 passengers of the Diamond Princess have tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus, along with […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Feb. 18 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – A head doctor at one of Wuhan’s main hospitals has died of the COVID-19 coronavirus. Liu Zhiming was the director of Wuhan Wuchang Hospital. He died at 10:30 a.m. local time on Tuesday, […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Feb. 14 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Canadian National Railway and Via Rail said they are drastically cutting back on their operations on Friday, due to the ongoing blockades set up by protestors. Yesterday, CN said it will cancel its […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Feb. 13 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Demonstrations across Canada impeding rail traffic appear to have achieved their goal of disrupting the country’s economy. Dozens of protests across Canada have stopped or slowed hundreds of freight and passenger trains on […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Feb. 12 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) said on Wednesday that they are prepared to end a demonstration that’s halted traffic on the Canadian National Rail tracks near Belleville, Ont. Members of the Mohawks of Tyendinaga […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Feb. 11 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Canadian Finance Minister Bill Morneau said on Monday that the coronavirus has already hurt the country’s struggling oil industry. Speaking to a Calgary audience, Morneau noted that crude oil prices have dropped 15 […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Feb. 10 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – A vast plague of locusts has caused extensive damage to crops in several African countries. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported the swarms have destroyed coffee, rice, corn and other […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Feb. 7 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – A chartered plane carrying 176 Canadians out of Wuhan, China arrived at CFB Trenton in Ontario Thursday evening. The passengers will be quarantined for two weeks as a precaution over the novel coronavirus. […] Read more

WINNIPEG, Feb. 6 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – China will cut tariffs on some imports from the United States by as much as 50 per cent, as the country works to ease the impact of the coronavirus on its economy. The tariff cuts […] Read more