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Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, May 25 – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – An 18-year-old gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school in Texas on Tuesday, before being killed himself by law enforcement. The attack was the deadliest school shooting in the United […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, May 24 – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – As the war in Ukraine reaches the three-month mark, Russian forces were reportedly launching an all-out assault on Ukrainian troops in the eastern Donbas region of the country in an attempt to encircle and […] Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The Canadian government announced on Thursday it will not allow Chinese telecommunications companies Huawei Technologies and ZTE access to the country’s 5G wireless networks, citing security concerns. Telecommunication firms in Canada will not be permitted to include any […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Canada’s annual inflation rate has reached a point unseen for more than three decades, Statistics Canada reported on Wednesday. The rate rose to 6.8 per cent in April, the highest level since January 1991. The core inflation rate […] Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – In its weekly report, Natural Resources Canada announced on Tuesday that the average price of gasoline per litre in Canada has exceeded the C$2 mark for the first time ever. The new all-time high of C$2.06/L is nine […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Both Russian and Ukrainian forces have made gains in various regions of Ukraine over the weekend. A Ukrainian battalion released a video on Sunday reaching the Russian border in the Kharkiv region where Russian forces are retreating. However, […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – North Korean state media said on Friday that six people have died and more than 350,000 people have been treated for fever, one day after acknowledging a COVID-19 outbreak for the first time. Nearly 190,000 people are being […] Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The Russian government said on Thursday that Finland and Sweden’s newfound commitment to joining NATO is a threat to its country. Top Russian official Dmitry Medvedev said that with the West sending weapons to Ukraine, the conflict could […] Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Reports on Wednesday said the Canadian government will organize three charter flights from Poland carrying Ukrainians fleeing the war. The passenger planes will take off from Warsaw and arrive in Winnipeg (May 23), Montreal (May 29) and Halifax […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – After its Victory Day festivities, Russia resumed its attacks on Ukraine by firing missiles at the port city of Odesa on Tuesday. The Ukrainian military said that seven missiles were targeted towards the city, three of which were […] Read more