Weekly Digests
Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. Canada’s Best Employers list 2023 Forbes has released its annual list of the best employers in the country. Find out if your company made the grade here. Thousands in fines remain unpaid after ‘Freedom […]
Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. The price of oil is rising again China has shown signs that they are ready to buy more oil, which could mean the economy will perform better, and crude oil prices will move back […]
Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. Canadian consumers and businesses are expecting a recession this year The Bank of Canada released its business outlook and consumer expectations surveys on Monday, and it showed that more businesses than usual expect their […]
Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. Bell changing donation format for Let’s Talk Day Bell is changing its Let’s Talk Day campaign, promising to donate $10 million regardless of whether anybody texts or tweets the phrase on Jan. 25. Lululemon […]
Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. Twitter users believe Elon Musk should step down A Twitter poll created by Elon Musk asked whether he should step down as head of Twitter. Most respondents voted yes. EU agrees to gas price […]
Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. Macklem stands by the decision to raise interest rates further The Bank of Canada has raised its benchmark interest rate an unprecedented seven times to slow runaway inflation. But Governor Tiff Macklem says the […]
Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. First BrightDrop Zevo 600 electric delivery van rolls off the line A General Motors plant in Ingersoll, Ontario has been converted into an assembly line for electric delivery vans and produced its first vehicle […]
Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. Financial analysts anticipate quarterly earnings this week Analysts predict that big Canadian banks will downgrade their economic forecasts, but won’t yet confirm a recession, when they report their quarterly earnings this week. Protests in […]
Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. Is the housing correction finally here? Home sales rose 1.3 per cent in October, the first rise since February. Some analysts are wondering if this is the first sign that the Canadian real estate […]
Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. Tiff Macklem warns us to brace ourselves As the Bank of Canada continues to try to fight inflation, governor Tiff Macklem said last week that we should prepare for further interest rate hikes this […]
Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. WestJet woes continue after weekend outage A system-wide outage over the weekend led to over 200 flight disruptions and cancellations. Passengers are still waiting to get to their destinations as the problems are now […]
Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. Bank of Canada’s independence not under threat After facing months of scrutiny from politicians and interest groups, Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem says that the central bank’s independence is not threatened. The BoC […]
Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. Sixth consecutive interest rate expected this week The Bank of Canada is expected to raise interest rates once more, making this one of the fastest monetary policy tightening streaks in its history. Experts hope […]
Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. Most of us expect prices to stay high and inflation to continue New surveys from the Bank of Canada reveal that most consumers and businesses think Canada will enter a recession. Not all economists […]
Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. Cost of a Thanksgiving meal up 12% this year Thanks to inflation, turkey dinner over the weekend was more expensive. The estimated average cost to cook a traditional holiday meal now comes in at […]
Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. Minimum wage increases are too little too late Six provinces hiked their minimum wages last week, but labour advocates say not only is it long overdue, but it’s now also not nearly enough. If […]
Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. House prices likely to fall from peak levels Oxford Economics is warning real estate investors to prepare for a hard landing, as new figures suggest that real estate prices could drop over 30% from […]
Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. Air Canada orders electric-hybrid planes The purchase of 30 planes from Heart Aerospace was announced last week. The ES-30 electric-hybrid aircraft carry 30 passengers and will be put into service in 2028. The role […]
Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. “The Great Retirement” hits Canada While Canada’s labour force grew in August, we are losing younger workers to retirement. A record number of Canadians aged 55-64 are now reporting they retired in the last […]
Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. Bank of Canada expected to raise rates again this week The central bank is widely expected to deliver yet another big interest rate hike this week, lifting its policy rate into restrictive territory for […]
