6 d. ago Economy lost 41,000 jobs in July but unemployment rate held steady at 6.9%

OTTAWA — The Canadian economy shed some 41,000 jobs in July as young workers and the private sector bore the brunt of the losses, Statistics Canada said Friday. The unemployment rate held steady at 6.9 per cent as the number of job seekers was roughly unchanged from June. The economy lost 51,000 full-time positions in […]

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6 d. ago Choice Properties Real Estate Investment Trust Completes Issuance of $350 Million Series W Senior Unsecured Debentures and $150 Million Series X Senior Unsecured Debentures

Not for distribution to U.S. News Wire Services or dissemination in the United States. TORONTO — Choice Properties Real Estate Investment Trust (“Choice Properties”, the “Trust” or “we”) (TSX: CHP.UN) announced today that it has completed its previously announced issuance, on a private placement basis in certain provinces of Canada (the “Offering”), of (i) $350 […]

Economics

7 d. ago JAY GOLDBERG: The feds need to stop dithering and privatize Canada Post

Canada Post is losing billions. Last year, it lost $1.3 billion and saw parcel delivery revenues alone decline by a jaw-dropping $683 million. This helped trigger the billion-dollar taxpayer bailout Justin Trudeau’s government gave to the Crown corporation in January.    And if those numbers sound bad, Canada Post itself expects the crisis to go from […]

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7 d. ago Letters August 7, 2025: ‘Rewarding Hamas for their crimes is a crime.’

COPYCAT CARNEY REWARDS HAMAS Re: JAY GOLDBERG: Carney’s plan to recognize a Palestinian state rewards terrorism, online, Aug. 1 Like British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Mark Carney, through his actions, proves violence works. It gets terrorists the results they want. Gazans are mere pawns to them. And hostage-taking is a successful tactic accepted by weak-kneed […]

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4 w. ago JAY GOLDBERG: Will any party stand up for Canadian consumers?

Canadian families pay hundreds of dollars a year more for dairy, poultry and eggs due to the country’s antiquated supply management system. This system restricts the production of dairy, poultry and eggs in Canada and imposes severe quotas and tariffs on potential imports from abroad. All of this is done to protect fewer than 10,000 […]

Culture

4 w. ago Gold Reserve Announces up to US$20.0 Million Brokered Private Placement of Common Shares

PEMBROKE, Bermuda — Gold Reserve Ltd. (TSX.V: GRZ) (OTCQX: GDRZF) (“Gold Reserve” or the “Company”) announces it has entered into an engagement letter with Cantor Fitzgerald Canada Corporation (“CFCC” or the “Agent”), to undertake a private placement of Class A common shares of the Company (the “Common Shares”) for anticipated gross proceeds of up to […]

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