Global Markets: B.C. port strike enters day four

Impasse hit after bargaining through the weekend

Compiled by MarketsFarm   WINNIPEG, July 4 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   After negotiations stalled on Monday, the strike at 30 British Columbia ports entered its fourth day on Tuesday with approximately 7,400 workers off the job. The B.C. Maritime Employers Association and […] Read more






Global Markets: Canada’s inflation rate drops

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Statistics Canada (StatCan) reported on Tuesday that Canada’s inflation rate fell by one full percentage point to 3.4 per cent in May, the lowest it had been since June 2021. Forecasters and the Bank of Canada (BoC) expected […] Read more

Global Markets: Shoigu appears after attempted takeover

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu made his first public appearance on Monday, inspecting troops in Ukraine, since the mercenary Wagner Group tried to overthrow him and Russian military chief Gen. Valery Gerasimov on Friday. Wagner Group leader Yevgeny […] Read more


Global Markets: Modi visit to U.S. wraps up

By MarketsFarm   WINNIPEG, June 23 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will conclude his visit to the United States on Friday, meeting with government officials and business leaders in Washington. Modi spoke with U.S. President Joe Biden for […] Read more

Global Markets: China/U.S. tensions ramp up again

By MarketsFarm   WINNIPEG, June 21 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Comments from United States President Joe Biden referring to Chinese President Xi Jinping as a ‘dictator’ heighted tensions between the two countries once again, mere days after U.S. Secretary of State Antony […] Read more


Global Markets: Status quo after federal byelection

By MarketsFarm   WINNIPEG, June 20 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Federal byelections held in four ridings kept to the status quo, with two Liberals and two Conservatives headed to Parliament Hill. The governing Liberals held onto their two seats while the opposition […] Read more