Global markets

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Statistics Canada reported on Friday that retail sales increased 4.2 per cent to C$56.2 billion in June, mainly due to COVID-19 restrictions being eased. Clothing and clothing accessory stores reported a 49.1 per cent gain in sales during […] Read more

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Health officials in the United States announced on Wednesday plans to offer Americans a booster shot of COVID-19 vaccine eight months after their second shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccines. Those who have taken the one-dose Johnson […] Read more

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Statistics Canada reported on Wednesday that the country’s inflation rate had risen to 3.7 per cent in July, the biggest increase since May 2011. Excluding gasoline, whose prices rose by 30.9 per cent from July 2020, the consumer […] Read more

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – In a speech delivered on Monday, United States President Joe Biden defended his administration’s decision to pull armed forces out of Afghanistan, whose government went on to collapse in the face of the Taliban. In his speech, Biden […] Read more

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Canadian Governor General Mary Simon granted Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s request to dissolve Parliament on Sunday, and the federal election is now underway. With the dropping of writs, all 338 federal ridings will go to the polls on […] Read more

WINNIPEG, August 13 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to ask Governor General Mary Simon on Sunday to dissolve Parliament, causing an election, sources have told Reuters. If the campaign starts on Sunday, it would be the […] Read more

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Canada’s Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino announced on Wednesday that fully vaccinated Canadians will soon be able to receive a document certifying their vaccination status for the purpose of international travel. No specifics for the document were mentioned other […] Read more

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Canadian Michael Spavor was found guilty of espionage and providing state secrets to other countries by a Chinese court on Tuesday night and was sentenced to 11 years in prison, as well as deportation. Spavor and former diplomat […] Read more

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The Canadian government will sign an agreement with United States drug maker Moderna in Montreal on Tuesday promising an mRNA vaccine production plant in Canada. However, as to where and when the plant will be built are still […] Read more

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) sounded a dire and urgent warning on Monday, saying in its latest report that enough greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) in the atmosphere has locked in warming over the next […] Read more