Ontario set to hold housing summit with municipal leaders
The Canadian PressPublished Wednesday, January 19, 2022 5:20AM ESTLast Updated Wednesday, January 19, 2022 5:20AM EST TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford is set to gather virtually with municipal leaders today for a housing summit. Ford says his goal for the summit is to come up with concrete ways to allow more families to buy […]
New COVID-19 cases due to Omicron in Ontario expected to peak this month, health minister says
As of Wednesday, 589 patients with COVID-19 needed intensive care CBC News · Posted: Jan 19, 2022 8:04 AM ET New cases of COVID-19 linked to the Omicron variant are expected to peak this month in Ontario, Health Minister Christine Elliott said Wednesday, while an announcement on lifting current public health restrictions is likely coming later this week. […]
Stock market news live updates: Stocks extend losses as rate worries persist; Nasdaq erases 2.6%, Dow tumbles 540 points
Alexandra Semenova· Reporter Tue., January 18, 2022 U.S. stocks got battered on Tuesday in a volatile start to the holiday-shortened trading week as rising bond yields, persisting rate pressures and an earnings miss by Goldman Sachs weighed on markets. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost more than 540 points and the tech-heavy Nasdaq shed 2.6%, […]
Canada ranked 6th-most miserable country by think tank
By Jeff Labine. Published on Jan 18, 2022 11:20am Due to its high rates of inflation and unemployment, a conservative-leaning think tank has ranked Canada the sixth-most miserable country in the world. On Tuesday, the Fraser Institute revealed where 35 countries rank on its Misery Index, an economic measure based on inflation and unemployment rates. With […]
Ethics commissioner will not investigate former envoy to China for taking mining job
NDP asked commissioner Mario Dion to probe possible conflict of interest Peter Zimonjic · CBC News · Posted: Jan 17, 2022 7:47 PM ET Federal Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion’s office says he will not be investigating Canada’s former ambassador to China for accepting a job with mining giant Rio Tinto, which has extensive business dealings in China. “I can […]
Doctors say claim that Beijing’s 1st Omicron case came from Canada isn’t based on science
Health minister calls it ‘an extraordinary view’ Catharine Tunney · CBC News · Posted: Jan 17, 2022 4:25 PM ET Doctors say an allegation out of China that Beijing’s first Omicron case may be linked to mail received from Toronto should be treated with deep skepticism. Chinese health authorities said earlier Monday that a case of Omicron in Beijing may have […]
Canada And The United States CrissCross Support For Nuclear Energy’s Bright Future
Jan 18, 2022,08:00am EST James Conca And recently, the U.S. Department of Energy gave a $3 million grant to Canada-based Terrestrial Energy to support licensing and commercialization of its Integral Molten Salt Reactor (IMSR), a Generation IV nuclear power plant. The largest of the DOE awards announced last fall, the award supports modeling and simulation for the off-gas systems of the […]
EMMERTECH CLOSES $60 MILLION TO GROW “DOMINANT” CANADIAN AGTECH COMPANIES
BY MEAGAN SIMPSON CANADIAN STARTUP NEWS JANUARY 18, 2022 The final close adds $15 million and new LPs to the fund. Emmertech, the AgTech fund Conexus Venture Capital launched last year, has secured an additional $15 million CAD in its final closing, bringing its total fund size to $60 million. The final number surpasses Emmertech’s goal of $55 […]
Blink Charging to Supply Electric Vehicle Chargers to GM Car Dealerships in U.S. and Canada
January 18, 2022 11:00 ET | Source: Blink Charging Co. Deployment of Blink’s EV chargers at participating GM dealerships will help support accelerated adoption of EVs Miami Beach, FL, Jan. 18, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Blink Charging Co. (Nasdaq: BLNK, BLNKW) (“Blink” or the “Company”), a leading owner, operator, and provider of electric vehicle (“EV”) charging equipment and services, announced today it is deploying […]
The economy no longer works for many Canadians — and business is largely to blame
One of the most troubling aspects about the failure of our economy is our society’s great income divide. In his new column for the Star, Magna founder Frank Stronach shares ideas on how to fix it. By Frank Stronach Contributing Columnist Tue., Jan. 18, 2022 When something is not right — it might be in your […]