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Canada April factory sales likely fell by 1.1% - Statscan flash estimate Reuters 2 hrs ago © Reuters/Mark Blinch FILE PHOTO: Workers make jackets at the Canada Goose factory in Toronto OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian factory sales likely fell 1.1% in April from March, Statistics Canada said in a flash estimate on Tuesday. The decrease is mostly attributed to lower sales in the transportation equipment industry. Factory sales rose 3.5% in March. Video: Low Rates Are Starting to Lift Housing. ...

As some essential services like community gardens re-open and people start planting again, our connections to food are top of mind. COVID-19 has shone light on many issues in our “just enough, just in time” food system. Stories about meat-packing workers and migrant labourers facing COVID-19 work hazards and other injustices have put a spotlight on the precarity of a globalized food system. Some seed retailers have reported growing demand amid an apparent pandemic resurgence in gardening,...

Maple Leafs vs Canadiens: different philosophies of ice time Share this story Photo by Mark Blinch/NHLI via Getty Images The biggest difference between Montréal and Toronto is Auston Matthews. That’s fairly obvious in several ways, but one less obvious way is that no forward on the Canadiens plays remotely the minutes Matthews and also Mitch Marner play. The top-heavy minute structure on the Leafs, where there are forwards outplaying defencemen in time on ice, is just not how the Canadiens a...

2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs: North division playoff preview A Set the default text size A Set large text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size Who will be the king of the north? This year we will find out who will be crowned as the best team in Canada without debate after the league placed every Canadian team in one division to see who fights out of it. The match-ups are set with top seed Toronto battling Montreal and Edmonton matching up with Winnipeg, both seri...

Honda Indy Toronto removed from schedule for second straight year because of COVID-19 Will Power, of Australia, takes the checkered flag as he crosses the finish line to win the Honda Indy Toronto in Toronto on Sunday, July 17, 2016. The Honda Indy Toronto has been cancelled for the second year in a row because of COVID-19. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mark Blinch May 14, 2021 - 5:07 AM TORONTO - The Honda Indy Toronto has been cancelled for the second year in a row becaus...

C$ stays on track to extend weekly win streak despite jobs decline Reuters 21 hrs ago © Reuters/Mark Blinch FILE PHOTO: A Canadian dollar coin, commonly known as the "Loonie", is pictured in this illustration picture taken in Toronto TORONTO (Reuters) - The Canadian dollar fell against its U.S. counterpart on Friday as data showed Canada losing more jobs than expected, with the currency retreating from its strongest level in 3-1/2 years but on course to gain ground for the sixth straight...

Hockey News & Notes | NHL.com Auston Matthews scored his 40th goal of the season for the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday in his 49th game. Matthews has been busy this season. Photo by Mark Blinch/NHLI via Getty Images | IIHF.com Canada wins gold for the first time since 2013, while the Russians are still looking for their first U18 victory since 2007. Congratulations to our neighbors to the north on their U18 men’s gold medal win. Presidential alert: the boys are fighting! This is the stor...

Faced with delusional elders who want to eat them for sport, younger generations are doing what any rational person would do: get the hell out of Dodge

Analysis-Bank of Canadas hawks unlikely to fly too far ahead of Fed Reuters 1 hr ago By Fergal Smith © Reuters/Chris Wattie FILE PHOTO: A sign is pictured outside the Bank of Canada building in Ottawa By Fergal Smith TORONTO (Reuters) - The Bank of Canadas signal that it may begin hiking interest rates before the Federal Reserve has lit a fire under the Canadian dollar, but past tightening cycles show faster liftoff may not be sustained, particularly if the loonie oversho...

C$ holds near 6-week high as data adds to evidence of economic recovery © Reuters/Mark Blinch FILE PHOTO: A Canadian dollar coin, commonly known as the "Loonie", is pictured in this illustration picture taken in Toronto TORONTO (Reuters) - The Canadian dollar was little changed against its U.S. counterpart on Wednesday, holding near its strongest level in almost six weeks as oil prices climbed and retail sales data added to evidence of recovery in the domestic economy. Popular Searches A f...