Global Markets: Ford offers to rescind legislation

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Monday morning that his government would rescind legislation to make an education workers’ strike illegal if their union would stop their mass walkout. Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce introduced Bill 28, or the […] Read more

Global Markets: Fall statement includes spending measures, cutting deficit

Feds introduce two per cent tax on stock buybacks

Compiled by Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Nov. 4 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Canadian Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland gave the federal government’s fall economic statement on Thursday, citing a number of measures to be taken. This included a two per cent tax […] Read more


Global Markets: Fall economic update today

Finance Minister to speak at 3 pm CDT

Compiled by Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Nov. 3 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Canadian Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland, who also doubles as Deputy Prime Minister, will make the federal government’s fall economic statement on Thursday. Freeland is expected to lay out the […] Read more

Global Markets: Russia comes back into export deal

Putin demands safe corridors not be used for attacks

Compiled by Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Nov. 2 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Russia announced on Wednesday that it will re-enter the Black Sea export agreement that allows Ukraine to ship grain from its war-torn ports. Russia pulled out of the agreement during […] Read more


Global Markets: Biden threatens windfall tax for big oil

Record profits said to amount to US$300 billion

Compiled by Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Nov. 1 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – United States President Joe Biden suggested on Monday that large oil companies could face a windfall tax if they fail to invest their profits to reduce fuel costs for consumers. […] Read more

Global Markets: Russia makes allegations, pulls out of export deal

Resumes missile strikes on power infrastructure

Compiled by Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Oct. 31 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Russia went on the accusation offensive on Sunday as the country pulled out of the agreement that allows Ukraine to export grain out of its Black Sea ports. Russian leveled […] Read more



Global Markets: Europe raises interest rates

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Oct. 27 – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The European Union raised its key interest rates by 0.75 percentage points on Thursday in an effort to curb inflation. “Inflation remains far too high and will stay above our target for an extended […] Read more


Global Markets: Canada to invest in nuclear energy

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Oct. 26 – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The Canadian government will invest C$970 million in new nuclear technology to help reduce the country’s emissions. The grid-scale modular reactor (SMR) project is being developed by Ontario Power Generation and would mark the […] Read more

Global Markets: Rishi Sunak sworn in as new UK PM

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Oct. 25 – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Rishi Sunak was officially sworn in by King Charles as the United Kingdom’s new Prime Minister on Tuesday. Promising to deal with Britain’s economic crisis in an address to the nation, Sunak will now […] Read more