Global Markets: Vaccine passports expected this fall

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Canada’s Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino announced on Wednesday that fully vaccinated Canadians will soon be able to receive a document certifying their vaccination status for the purpose of international travel. No specifics for the document were mentioned other




Global Markets: UN delivers stark climate change report

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) sounded a dire and urgent warning on Monday, saying in its latest report that enough greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) in the atmosphere has locked in warming over the next


Global Markets: Canada adds 94,000 jobs in July

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – A report from Statistics Canada released on Friday revealed that 94,000 jobs were added to the country’s workforce in July as COVID-19 restrictions were loosened nationwide. The unemployment rate in Canada was reduced to 7.5 per cent during

Global Markets: Border agents prepare for strike action

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Approximately 8,500 workers represented by the Public Service Alliance of Canada and the Customs and Immigration Union are preparing to go on a work-to-rule strike on Friday. As part of their strike action, the workers will only perform


Global Markets: CP, CN move record amounts of grain

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Both Canadian Pacific Railway (CP Rail) and Canadian National Railway (CN Rail) reported on Tuesday increases in the amount of grain transported compared to the previous year. CP Rail said it moved more than 30 million tonnes during



Global Markets: Canadian economy grows in second quarter

WINNIPEG, July 30 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Statistics Canada reported on Friday that the nation’s economy had grown over the fiscal second quarter. In its preliminary estimate, the agency announced that Canada’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew at an annualized rate of

Global Markets: U.S. economy grows in second quarter

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The United States economy showed growth in the fiscal second quarter as the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annualized rate of 6.5 per cent, according to an advanced estimate released Thursday from the U.S. Commerce