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Canadian dollar gains as data shows economy ‘humming along’

theglobeandmail.com The Canadian dollar CADUSD strengthened against its U.S. counterpart on Thursday, clawing back some recent declines, as faster-than-expected growth in the domestic economy…

Canadian economy starts the year on a rebound with 0.6 per cent growth in January

cbc.ca The Canadian economy grew 0.6 per cent in January, the fastest growth rate in a year, while the economy likely expanded 0.4 per cent in February, Statistics Canada said…

Here’s How Nicole Kidman Reacted to Olivia Rodrigo’s Parody of Her AMC Theaters Ad

billboard.com Olivia Rodrigo just got the ultimate seal of approval for her hilarious re-creation of Nicole Kidman’s beloved AMC Theaters commercial. Related Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Shouts…

Canada’s GDP outperforms growth forecast in January, likely grew 0.4% in February

theglobeandmail.com Canada’s gross domestic product in January increased 0.6 per cent, the fastest growth rate in a year and higher than forecasts, and the economy likely expanded 0.4 per cent…

Troilus Gold Optimizes Project, Bolsters Finances

tipranks.com Troilus Gold (TSE:TLG) has released an update. Troilus Gold Corp. is advancing its large Troilus Project in Quebec, focusing on optimizing copper a...

Crypto Miner Sells Data Center for $6.1M as Its Shares Plunge 55% in 2024

financemagnates.com has already gained nearly 70% in 2024, shares of Argo Blockchain, a cryptocurrency mining company publicly listed in London and the USA, are scraping the bottom, falling by…

Watch Olivia Rodrigo Hilariously Re-Create Nicole Kidman’s Viral AMC Theaters Speech for Guts Tour

billboard.com What does Olivia Rodrigo‘s Guts World Tour have in common with movie theaters? Allow her to show you — with a little help from Nicole Kidman. The 21-year-old pop star…

Quebec plots borrowing spree as weak growth grips economy

financialpost.com Quebec, Canada’s second-largest province, expects to have higher budget deficits for years to come as the economy slows and wages rise for public sector employees. We…

The economic case for more funding for the arts

theglobeandmail.com Tim Jennings is the executive director and chief executive officer of the Shaw Festival. As a country, we are still recovering. According to the Parliamentary Budget…

US cities' animal populations to "change significantly" by century's end

newsweek.com Animal populations in cities are set to "change significantly" due to climate change, a new study has found. The study, published in the journal Plos One, found that species…

Cargo firms begin rerouting away from Montreal amid fears of port strike

theglobeandmail.com A major transportation company is rerouting cargo away from the Port of Montreal over fears of a potential strike, prompting concerns that others may follow in its wake.…

Globex Receives Fayolle Quarterly Royalty Payment

benzinga.com ROUYN-NORANDA, Quebec, March 27, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- GLOBEX MINING ENTERPRISES INC. (GMX – Toronto Stock Exchange, G1MN – Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Berlin, Munich,…

Lifeist's CannMart to Offer Roilty Products in Quebec

benzinga.com TORONTO, March 27, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lifeist Wellness Inc. ("Lifeist" or the "Company") LFST (FRANKFURT: M5B) LFSWF, a health-tech company that leverages advancements…

RBC pays total of $8 million in regulatory settlements over how it recorded costs of software development

financialpost.com Royal Bank of Canada paid $2-million to settle Ontario Securities Commission allegations that the bank did not properly record costs related to internal development of…

Outreach to Albertans on fate of pension plan biased in favour of exit, say CPP fund managers

financialpost.com The professional organization that runs the Canada Pension Plan‘s investment fund is taking issue with a process assessing whether Alberta should break away from the…

Opinion: Dear Ontario: Corporate subsidies aren’t the path to prosperity

theglobeandmail.com Daniel Dufort is president and chief executive of the Montreal Economic Institute. The Ontario budget on Tuesday included an extra $100-million for the Invest Ontario Fund…

Parkland to sell 157 convenience store and gas station locations

financialpost.com CALGARY — Fuel retailer Parkland Corp. has put 157 of its gas and convenience store locations across six provinces up for sale. We apologize, but this video has failed to…

'Zombie fires' from 2023 still smouldering under snow reveal Canada's dangerous new reality

financialpost.com As skiers glide down the slopes of British Columbia’s Whistler Mountain and ice fishers drop their lines into frozen lakes in Alberta, dozens of the fires whose smoke…

Canada expands powers to stall, block foreign deals for AI, space technology

financialpost.com Canada will tighten its scrutiny of foreign investments in artificial intelligence, quantum computing and space technology as the government expands its power to stall and…

Parkland puts 157 gas, convenience store locations across six provinces up for sale

theglobeandmail.com Fuel retailer Parkland Corp. PKI-T has put 157 of its gas and convenience store locations across six provinces up for sale. The Calgary-based company said Tuesday it is…

Ontario to spend on housing, transit even with swelling budget deficit

financialpost.com Ontario to spend on housing, transit even with swelling budget deficit Share this Story : Ontario to spend on housing, transit even with swelling budget deficit Canada’s…

How Bitcoin Mining Has Changed Since the Last Halving

coindesk.com Since the last halving, the exodus of China miners drastically changed the mining landscape. Miners have sought refuge in jurisdictions offering hospitality or opportunities…

Why big investors want Gildan Activewear’s value to remain in public hands

theglobeandmail.com Someone is going to make a ton of money from owning Gildan Activewear Inc. The board of directors at Gildan GIL-T seems inexplicably determined to ensure that a U.S. private…

Ontario College of Pharmacists seeks restrictions on exclusive deals with insurers

theglobeandmail.com The Ontario College of Pharmacists is stepping up the profession’s criticism of exclusivity deals between pharmacies and insurers, and also pushing for new regulatory…

Canada's maple syrup reserve hits 16-year low

bbc.co.uk But they say that this will not affect the availability or price of maple syrup to consumers - at least for now. "The strategic reserve is holding its lowest amount of maple…

AtkinsRealis awarded engineering contract for green hydrogen plant in Quebec

theglobeandmail.com AtkinsRealis ATRL-T, formerly known as SNC-Lavalin, says it has been awarded the engineering contract for the Projet Mauricie green hydrogen hub in Quebec. The development…

Strongest geomagnetic storm in years lights up sky

newsweek.com The strongest solar storm for years slammed into the Earth's atmosphere on Sunday, sparking an extremely powerful geomagnetic storm. The geomagnetic storm triggered by the…

Veteran Gold Hunter Keeps The Discoveries Coming After 50 Years

benzinga.com Stuart Averill, chairman of Overburden Drilling Management (ODM) was celebrating 50 years in the mining exploration business at this year’s Prospectors And Developers…

Elevating the Culinary Scene: Introducing the Next Evolution of Lightspeed Restaurant in Quebec

benzinga.com MONTREAL, March 25, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ((NYSE, TSX:LSPD) proudly launches its flagship Lightspeed Restaurant in its home province of Quebec, equipping restaurateurs…

'New Era For Mining' As Nouveau Monde Takes On China In Graphite Supply Chain

benzinga.com Graphite is a mining underdog. It’s one of the least known of the critical materials that go into making batteries. The market is currently controlled by China — unless…

Tate McRae, Daniel Caesar and Aysanabee Win Major Awards at 2024 Juno Opening Night Awards: Full Winners List

billboard.com Tate McRae won both major awards she was nominated for at the 2024 Juno Opening Night Awards, which was livestreamed from the Halifax Convention Centre on Saturday (March…

FAA Issues Warning For Air Travel Disruptions During Total Solar Eclipse On April 8

zerohedge.com FAA Issues Warning For Air Travel Disruptions During Total Solar Eclipse On April 8 Authored by Caden Pearson via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Federal Aviation…

Ontario regulator recognizes another industry qualification to use financial planner title

theglobeandmail.com The head of Canada’s largest professional association of financial planners says she is disappointed and concerned that Ontario’s financial services regulator has approved a…

Posthaste: The ranks of Canada's 'haves' are growing, but there's a dark flipside to that

financialpost.com The number of Canadians feeling no economic pain has grown even though inflation and higher interest rates have financially straitjacketed many people, according to an index…

The carbon tax is dead. Long live the carbon tax

theglobeandmail.com You’ve got questions about carbon pricing. I’ve got answers. I keep hearing that my family is going to get back more in carbon rebates than we pay in carbon tax. Seriously?…

Canadian provinces to borrow 22% more this year as deficits rise

financialpost.com Canadian provinces are set to issue more debt than they did last year as they look to plug budget shortfalls, according to National Bank of Canada’s financial markets unit.…

Brandt Expands Material Handling Footprint Across Canada With Addition of Doosan Bobcat Line

benzinga.com REGINA, Saskatchewan, March 21, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Canadian customers looking for warehouse and material handling equipment now have access to more products, more…

Canada’s AI infrastructure does not compute

theglobeandmail.com The 212th most-powerful computing system in the world is located in a plaza in Vaughan, Ont., next to an A&W restaurant. There is no signage indicating that inside are…

MADD Canada Supports Administrative Sanctions at .05% -.08% BAC in Quebec

benzinga.com OAKVILLE, Ontario, March 21, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MADD Canada believes strong administrative sanctions in the .05% to .08% blood alcohol concentration (BAC) range are…

Weston, McCain met to discuss bread prices, plaintiffs in class-action lawsuit allege

theglobeandmail.com Plaintiffs in an Ontario class-action lawsuit have alleged that Loblaw Cos. Ltd. L-T chairman Galen Weston met in person to discuss bread prices with Michael McCain, Maple…

This is the end of the road for electric-vehicle subsidies

theglobeandmail.com Heather Exner-Pirot is the director of Energy, Natural Resources and Environment at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute When the Alberta government announced its 2024 budget at…

National Bank shares hit all-time high as it reports $922 million Q1 profit

financialpost.com MONTREAL — Shares of National Bank of Canada pushed to an all-time high Wednesday as the bank delivered positive results that surprised to the upside. We apologize, but this…

Canadian pensions face new call to invest at home, this time from major business leaders

financialpost.com Canada’s biggest pension funds have largely rebuffed recent pressure to pour more of their billions of investment dollars into their home market, but a new campaign backed…

Airline issues could get worse as Boeing’s top rival faces headwind

thestreet.com If you thought that airline travel couldn’t become anymore of a nightmare, think again. Mechanics, toolmakers, technicians and welders at Airbus’ factory in Canada have…

Desmarais-backed Sagard buys stake in U.S. private equity firm, boosting assets under management to $25 billion

financialpost.com Sagard, an alternative asset management firm controlled by Quebec’s Desmarais family, is acquiring a strategic stake in Connecticut-based Performance Equity Management,…

The devil in the actuarial details: The problems with a $334-billion transfer from CPP to Alberta

financialpost.com The Alberta government has released a consultant’s report that includes a $334-billion estimate of the asset transfer from the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) fund to a new fund…

Recent turmoil shows Laurentian Bank's history is catching up with it

financialpost.com One bank analyst, the people who make investor recommendations to buy, sell or hold particular bank stocks, said “it’s completely out of nowhere.” We apologize, but this…

Woman thinks she's filming trend with boyfriend, but there's a twist

newsweek.com We live in a digital world where capturing every moment on camera and sharing it to social media is the norm. From pictures of food, pets to milestones, there isn't much…

Posthaste: Why Canada's housing market could be in for a 'bumpy recovery'

financialpost.com The national MLS Home Price Index in February was flat month over month, ending a run of five declines that began last fall. The shift is noteworthy, said the Canadian Real…

AstraZeneca buys Fusion Pharmaceuticals for $2-billion, latest in deals for smart cancer drug makers

theglobeandmail.com British drug giant AstraZeneca Plc has agreed to buy one of Canada’s most promising biotechnology companies, precision cancer drug developer Fusion Pharmaceuticals Inc. for…

Probe Gold Unveils High-Grade Discovery in Quebec

tipranks.com Probe Metals (TSE:PRB) has released an update. Probe Gold Inc. has announced a new gold discovery at their Novador property in Quebec, with drill r...

We have met the enemy of the carbon tax, and it is us

theglobeandmail.com A poll last fall from the Angus Reid Institute found that 42 per cent of Ontarians said that they had never received a carbon tax rebate, or were unsure if they had. I don’t…

This Telus offshoot only covers certain drugs for its employees if they come from its own pharmacy

cbc.ca Employees of the health services offshoot of Telus Communications are only reimbursed for certain drug prescriptions if they fill them through the company's own virtual…

From Six Figures to Seven: 3 Lithium Stocks Set to Make Millionaires

investorplace.com Lithium miners with assets that have a high after-tax net present value as compared to the current market valuation The big crash in lithium price has translated into…

Canadian home prices flat in February after falling for 5 months

theglobeandmail.com Canadian home prices were flat in February after falling for five straight months, a potential sign that the country’s housing market may be rebounding after last year’s…

Nuvei stock soars as Montreal payments company confirms ‘potential’ takeover talks

theglobeandmail.com Nuvei Corp. stock soared Monday after confirming weekend news reports that the Montreal digital payments processing company, which counts celebrity actor Ryan Reynolds as a…

Airbus workers in Quebec reject contract offer, threaten to strike

financialpost.com Union members want pay hikes, better insurance coverage, more flexibility and a preservation of pension benefits A five-year contract for workers who build A220 jets expired…

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