Global markets

By MarketsFarm   WINNIPEG, Oct. 6 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Jobs growth in the United States beat expectations in September, with nonfarm payrolls in the country up by 336,000, according to the latest Labor Department report, with the unemployment rate steady at […] Read more

By MarketsFarm   WINNIPEG, Oct. 5 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Heavy rains in northern India caused a Himalayan glacial lake to overflow, killing at least 18 people with about 100 more still missing. Sikkam state received 101 millimetres of rain during the […] Read more

By MarketsFarm   WINNIPEG, Oct. 4 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Manitoba’s New Democratic Party (NDP) won a majority government in Tuesday’s provincial election, defeating the incumbent Progressive Conservatives (PC). With the victory, NDP leader Wab Kinew becomes the first First Nations premier […] Read more

By MarketsFarm   WINNIPEG, Oct. 3 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   India has requested that Canada remove 41 of its 62 diplomats in the country by Oct. 10, according to reports. Tensions between the two countries have been heightened since Canada accused India […] Read more

By MarketsFarm   WINNIPEG, Oct. 2 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Canada marked the third National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Sept. 30, recognizing the legacy of residential schools, with federally regulated businesses across the country closed Monday. Workers in British Columbia, […] Read more

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – According to preliminary data from Statistics Canada (StatCan) released today, the Canadian economy grew by only 0.1 per cent in August. After the country’s GDP was left unchanged in July, declines in the retail sector as well as […] Read more

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – A new forecast released from Deloitte Canada on Thursday predicts the Canadian economy will “get back on its feet” during the first half of 2024. Continued population growth and a better-than-expected economic outlook in the United States will […] Read more

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Liberal Member of Parliament Anthony Rota resigned as Speaker of Canada’s House of Commons on Tuesday after calls from opposition parties to step down. Rota invited 98-year-old former Ukrainian soldier Yaroslav Hunka to be in attendance during Ukrainian […] Read more

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Negotiations between Unifor and and General Motors are scheduled to begin Tuesday, the day after national president Lana Payne announced the union next choice. The new round of bargaining will include 4,300 workers at three different facilities in […] Read more

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Members of Unifor voted 54 per cent in favour of ratifying a new three-year agreement with Ford Motor Company on Sunday, which the union called the “largest negotiated general wage increase in Unifor and Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) […] Read more