22 h. ago CORRECTION: Active Impact Investments closes its third fund, adding $110 million in dry powder for climate tech

More than doubled AUM in one of the toughest fundraising markets in decades VANCOUVER, BC, May 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Active Impact Investments, Canada’s largest climate tech seed fund, has closed its third fund at $110 million CAD, bringing total assets under management to over $180 million. With nearly twice the size of its […]

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31 h. ago World Education Services Celebrates 25 Years of Impact in Canada with New Scholarship Initiatives

TORONTO, May 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Today, World Education Services (WES) announces two new scholarship initiatives in Canada—one focused on expanding career pathways for immigrant youth and the other dedicated to helping refugee students access higher education. These awards, totaling over $150,000 in funding, will be celebrated at a special event this week in […]

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33 h. ago Active Impact Investments closes its third fund, adding $110 million in dry powder for climate tech

Nearly doubled AUM in one of the toughest fundraising markets in decades VANCOUVER, BC, May 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Active Impact Investments, Canada’s largest climate tech seed fund, has closed its third fund at $110 million CAD, bringing total assets under management to over $180 million. With nearly twice the size of its previous […]

Economics

6 d. ago Reports paint grim picture of how a recession will impact Canada

Economists at yet another big global firm are sounding the alarm about the Canadian economy, warning of a forthcoming recession that will hit provinces like Ontario the hardest.Just days after Wells Fargo forecasted that the Great White North will fall into a recession sometime this year — news that was bolstered by a Financial Accountability Office (FAO) report saying Ontario in particular should prepare for a downturn — another big player in the financial services sector has released a similarly distressing economic outlook.Deloitte Canada is warning citizens that a further decline in GDP growth, "significant" downward economic pressure and "really soft economic activity" are on the way in 2025, with the next six to eight months looking particularly bad in the shadow of the U.S. tariffs that first kicked off in March.Along with a depletion of both exports and imports, especia...

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9 d. ago Experts say Canada is now on the brink of an economic recession

Canada is headed towards a recession this year, and now is the time for Canadians to prepare for a financial downturn, according to a Wells Fargo report.In its International Economic Outlook: April 2025 report, the company highlights its economic forecast, stating that economies exposed to tariffs are expected to underperform."In that sense, we now believe Canada’s economy will enter technical recession this year," states the report. It also predicts that the Bank of Canada will likely ease interest rates due to concerns about inflation.However, tariffs aren’t the only factor that will have a direct impact on Canada's economy — the indirect effects of sentiment and confidence are also expected to contribute to the recession.And an already weak loonie is also likely to get even weaker.Wells Fargo predicts that the Canadian dollar "will be a relative underperformer.” According to currency exchange company XE, as of April 29, th...

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1 week ago Farm Management Canada Celebrates a Year of Partnership, Growth and Impact

OTTAWA, Ontario, April 25, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — As Canada’s only national organization dedicated exclusively to driving farm management excellence, Farm Management Canada has worked tirelessly for over 30 years to equip farmers and industry service providers with the skills, tools, and resources to build a resilient and prosperous agricultural sector through farm business skills […]

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2 w. ago As tariffs from U.S. and China bite, Canadian agriculture needs help: CFIB

The Canadian Federation of Independent Business is calling on the federal government to do more to support the agricultural sector amid rising tariffs and trade tensions.

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2 w. ago Canadian Vaping Association Unveils Groundbreaking Recycling Initiative Paving the Way for a Sustainable Future

Ottawa, ON, April 22, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — This Earth Day, the Canadian Vaping Association (CVA) is teaming up with industry leaders to launch VapeCycle, a groundbreaking nationwide recycling program designed to address the environmental impact of e-waste in disposable vaping products while supporting Canada’s public health harm reduction initiatives.  While vaping remains the most effective […]

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3 w. ago Farmers in Canada, United States feeling the impact of Donald Trump’s tariffs

Grain Growers of Canada executive director Kyle Larkin says grain farmers in both America and Canada are suffering, and costs can still rise within the next few months. 

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3 w. ago Economist predict March inflation at 2.6 per cent, with ‘modest’ tariff impact

While trade tensions have helped put pressure on inflation in areas like a lower loonie, they've also reduced pressure in other areas, like lower economic confidence and lower commodity prices

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3 w. ago Krystle Wittevrongel: Canada’s Impact Assessment Act is a bureaucratic chokehold

The IAA must be repealed due to its negative impact on Canada’s economic growth

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4 w. ago Trump pauses most tariffs for 90 days, but impact on Canada unclear

It was seemingly an attempt to narrow what had been an unprecedented trade war between the U.S. and most of the world to one with China

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