Global markets

Reading Time: < 1 minute WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Canada’s Minister of Transport Omar Alghabra announced yesterday that passenger flights from India and Pakistan will be banned from entering Canada for 30 days effective immediately. More than 100 international flights over the last two weeks, including 32 […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute WINNIPEG, April 22 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Prior to a two-day virtual Earth Day climate summit hosted by United States President Joe Biden, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced today a new pledge for Canada to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of all three charges against him yesterday, in connection with the death of George Floyd. Chauvin was charged with second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter, all of […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Canada’s Financial Minister Chrystia Freeland delivered a lengthy, large-spending and wide-ranging budget on Monday, the federal government’s first in two years, calling for more than C$101.1 billion in new spending. Some of the main measures include C$30 billion […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Canada’s Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland will deliver the federal government’s first budget in two years later today, which will include more than C$2 billion towards a national child care program while keeping the deficit below C$400 billion, according […] Read more

Reading Time: 1 minute Compiled by Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, April 16 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Faced with the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Canadian province of Ontario could see tougher lockdown restrictions announced on Friday. The provincial government said on Thursday there was […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – A report from Environmental Defence claims Canada’s federal government spent more than C$18 billion on subsidies towards the country’s oil and gas sector last year despite a promise by the government to shift away from fossil fuels. Some […] Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes Compiled by Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, April 14 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Following a Tuesday evening phone conversation between the United States President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin, a Kremlin spokesperson said on Wednesday a summit with the two leaders […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute Compiled by Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, April 13 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Following reports of blood clotting, top health officials in the United States called for pause in the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday. The U.S. Centers for Disease […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute Compiled by Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, April 12 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Former Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney threw his support behind the governing Liberal Party of Canada during its virtual convention over the weekend. Carney, who is also the former […] Read more