Global markets

Glacier FarmMedia – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.      – Statistics Canada reported that the Canadian economy added 54,000 new jobs in November, lowering unemployment by 0.4 of a point at 6.5 per cent. Economists had previously projected slight job losses. StatCan also said there were

Glacier FarmMedia – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.      – Statistics Canada reported record large crops for canola and all wheat in its principal field crop estimates released on Thursday. Canola production for 2025-26 was pegged at 21.80 million tonnes, about 1.77 million more than the

Glacier FarmMedia – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.      – Canada’s foreign affairs minister Anita Anand announced on Wednesday the federal government will spend more than C$200 million on military equipment for Ukraine through the Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List set up by NATO and the United

Glacier FarmMedia — The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.      – Prime Minister Mark Carney shuffled his cabinet on Monday, adding Marc Miller as the new minister of Canadian identity, culture and official languages. Miller was previously a cabinet minister under the Justin Trudeau government. In addition,

Glacier FarmMedia – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.      – Torrential rains and flooding over the past week have taken the lives of more than 1,000 people in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand with thousands more missing. Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto visited the island of Sumatra

By Glen Hallick Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Economic growth in Canada during the third quarter of 2025 averted a recession, while far exceeding analysts’ expectations reports said on Friday. Statistics Canada said the real gross domestic product increased 2.6 per

Glacier FarmMedia — The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Firefighters continued to battle the deadly fires at a high-rise apartment complex in Hong Kong for the second day on Thursday. At least 65 people were confirmed dead from the fires that were believed to have started in

Glacier FarmMedia — The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has begun serving a 27-year prison term after the country’s top court formally concluded the case against the far-right leader. Bolsonaro was convicted for his role in a coup plot against his successor.

Glacier FarmMedia — The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Officials from Russia and the United States were meeting in Abu Dhabi today to discuss the latest peace plan to end the war in Ukraine. The talks come as both Russia and Ukraine continued to launch attacks, with

Glacier FarmMedia — The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Talks led by the United States in Switzerland over the weekend towards ending the years-long Russia-Ukraine war were reportedly “constructive,” although some sticking points remain. An initial proposal championed by U.S. President Donald Trump was deemed to be