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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

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, March 18 (MarketsFarm) – The Canadian dollar was stronger on Friday, as solid domestic retail sales data provided support. The Canadian dollar closed at US$0.7926 or US$1=C$1.2617 on Friday, which compares with Thursday’s North American close of US$0.7905 or US$1=C$1.2651. Canadian retail sales were up by 3.2 per cent in January, according […] Read more

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – As world leaders repeated calls for an investigation into Russia’s targeted attacks on Ukrainian civilians, Russian missiles and shells struck the outskirts of Ukraine’s capital Kyiv and an airport near the western city of Lviv on Friday morning. […] Read more

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Canadian Pacific Railway (CP Rail) have served its 72-hour lockout notice to employees on Thursday, meaning if a settlement or an agreement to binding arbitration is not reached by March 20, workers will go on strike. Earlier this […] Read more

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Statistics Canada reported on Wednesday that Canada’s inflation rate rose to 5.7 per cent in February, its highest level since August 1991 and slightly exceeding analysts’ expectations. Energy prices were primarily responsible for the increase as gasoline prices […] Read more

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will deliver a virtual address to Canada’s House of Commons on Tuesday, where it is expected he will urge the government to add new sanctions and to convince NATO to implement a no-fly zone […] Read more

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Russian forces are moving westward while firing artillery at suburbs near the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on Monday. Russian forces had struck the towns of Brovary, Irpin, Bucha and Hostomel, all near Kyiv, as well as the cities […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, March 11 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Russian attacks on Ukraine intensified on Friday, with airports and other targets in the western part of the country hit for the first time. Satellite imagery was also reportedly showing Russian troops amassing […] Read more

WINNIPEG, March 10 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – A Russian airstrike on a maternity hospital in Mariupol, Ukraine is drawing condemnation as a war crime from around the world, with at least three dead and 17 wounded. Attacks on at least 18 medical […] Read more

Compiled by Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, March 7 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Another day, another agreement in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to allow civilians to flee a number of cities, according to reports on Wednesday. Earlier this week, similar agreements were made, […] Read more