WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Pope Francis apologized for the Roman Catholic Church’s role in the abuses of thousands of Indigenous children in Canada’s residential school system on April 1 after talking with First Nations, Inuit and Metis delegations at the Vatican earlier […] Read more
Global Markets: Pope Francis apologizes for residential school abuses
Global Markets: Red Cross sending 45 buses to besieged Mariupol
Russian forces intensify bombardment of Kharkiv
Compiled by Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, March 31 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – As 45 buses headed towards the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol on Thursday, skepticism lingered over an apparent Russian ceasefire there. The contingent of buses has been organized by the […] Read more
Global Markets: Next federal budget comes April 7
Spending plan for post-pandemic era
Compiled by Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, March 30 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Canadian Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland announced on Tuesday that she will introduce the federal Liberal government’s next budget on April 7. Freeland is widely expected by analysts to table […] Read more
Global Markets: Russia scaling back operations near Kyiv
Also reducing push around Chernihiv
Compiled by Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, March 29 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – As the Russian advance on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv remained at a virtual standstill, the Russian deputy defence minister announced on Tuesday that combat operations around the city will […] Read more
Global Markets: China lockdowns Shanghai
Officials set up checkpoints, testing sites, barricades
Compiled by Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, March 28 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – China started its largest lockdown in two years on Monday in an attempt to halt its latest wave of COVID-19. That includes Shanghai – China’s largest city and its financial […] Read more
Global Markets: Canada to send more weapons to Ukraine
WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – In an emergency meeting of NATO leaders in Brussels on Thursday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his country will send what weapons they can to Ukrainian forces defending their country against the Russian invasion. Trudeau has hinted […] Read more
Global Markets: NATO holds emergency meeting
WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – On the one month anniversary of the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, NATO leaders held an emergency meeting in Brussels, which included a plea from Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky for unrestricted military assistance from the alliance and […] Read more
Global Markets: Ukraine accuses Russia of seizing convoy
WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Ukraine accused Russia late Tuesday of seizing 15 aid workers who were providing aid to residents of the besieged city of Mariupol, which continued to suffer from land and air strikes. The Red Cross confirmed that a humanitarian […] Read more
Global Markets: CP Rail, workers agree to final, binding arbitration
WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Both the Canadian Pacific Railway (CP Rail) and its workers under the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) have agreed to final and binding arbitration on Tuesday. This means workers will be back on the job at noon local […] Read more
Global Markets: Ukraine refuses Russia’s demands to surrender
WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Russia intensified its efforts to bomb the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol on Monday after Ukraine defiantly refused an offer by the Russians to surrender in exchange for safe passage for the city’s residents. However, hours before Russia’s […] Read more