Global Markets: Toronto house sales point to real estate downturn

Sale numbers drop from a year ago

Reading Time: < 1 minute Compiled by Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, July 6 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – At just over 11,100, house sales last month in Toronto fell 28.5 per cent compared to a year ago, with analysts warning the housing market could be headed for a […] Read more

Global Markets: Travel restrictions ease, but with a catch

Applies to only travelers leaving Canada today

Reading Time: < 1 minute Compiled by Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, July 5 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Beginning today, Canadians and permanent residents who travelled outside of the country no longer have to quarantine for 14 days after returning – provided they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. […] Read more


Global Markets: Fire destroys B.C. village

Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, July 2 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – More than a thousand people were evacuated from Lytton, B.C. on Wednesday as a fire decimated the Fraser Canyon community northeast of Vancouver that made headlines earlier in the week for reporting the […] Read more

Global Markets: New records set in Canadian heat wave

Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, June 30 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Records for the hottest temperatures ever recorded in Canada continued to be set, with Lytton, B.C. marking a daytime high of 49.6 Celsius on Tuesday, June 29. The village, located in the Fraser […] Read more


Global Markets: Tigray rebels retake capital

Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, June 29 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Tigrayan rebels in northern Ethiopia have retaken the region’s capital, Merkelle. The Ethiopian government has held the city since November, with thousands killed and more than two million displaced in the ensuing fighting. […] Read more

Global Markets: U.S. airstrikes condemned by Iraq

Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, June 28 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – United States airstrikes on Iranian rebel groups along the border between Iraq and Syria over the weekend are being condemned by the Iraqi government as “a blatant and unacceptable violation of Iraqi sovereignty […] Read more


Global Markets: High U.S. inflation to remain for years

Reading Time: < 1 minute WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Bank of America’s top strategist Michael Hartnett said in a note on Friday that the bank expects inflation in the United States to remain elevated for two to four years, which contradicts the Federal Reserve’s assertion that high […] Read more

Global Markets: U.S. unemployment claims decline

Reading Time: < 1 minute WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – New unemployment claims in the United States for the week ended June 19 declined by 7,000 to 411,000, according to the U.S. Labor Department. However, the total still exceeded economists’ projections of 380,000. Weekly unemployment claims in the […] Read more



Global Markets: Canada to unveil travel rules for fully vaccinated residents

Reading Time: 2 minutes WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – New measures for Canadian citizens, permanent residents and foreign nationals when they enter Canada will be announced later today. Currently, those without citizenship or resident status can only enter Canada if their travel is related to work, school […] Read more