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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

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Feb. 5 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Passengers on cruise ships docked in Japan and Hong Kong will be quarantined for two weeks after a number of passengers tested positive for the coronavirus. At least ten people on the Diamond […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Feb. 3 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The Kansas City Chiefs scored three touchdowns in the fourth quarter of Super Bowl LIV to come from behind and beat the San Francisco 49ers. The win marked Kansas City’s first Super Bowl […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Jan. 31 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – After posting slight declines for the months of September and October, Canada’s gross domestic product increased by 0.1 per cent in November. That was mainly due to increasing in goods-producing industries, as well […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Jan. 30 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Nearly 8,000 people have been diagnosed with the new coronavirus, with over 7,700 reported cases in China. Additional cases have also been reported in nearly 20 countries. Some airlines have temporarily suspended flights […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Jan. 29 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Yemen’s Houthi rebels are claiming responsibility for an attack on an oil facility in Saudi Arabia. The 400,000 barrel-per-day refinery, owned by Aramco, wasn’t operating at its full capacity. The attack boosted crude […] Read more