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When is it worth buying a U.S.-listed ETF over a Canadian one? Jul 22nd
Canada’s exchange-traded fund (ETF) industry recently crossed a major milestone. By the end of June 2026, Canadian-listed ETFs collectively held more than $1 trillion in assets under management (AUM), spread across more than 2,000 available products. That growth is impressive, but the Canadian mar.... More »
TSX, US markets climb by one per cent - Waterloo Record + MORE Sep 16th
TSX, US markets climb by one per centWaterloo RecordTORONTO — Major North American stock markets climbed Thursday, boosted by weak U.S. retail sales data that traders took as a sign the Federal Reserve may delay raising interest rates. In Toronto, the S&P/TSX composite index racked up a three-.... More »
Vancouver's Shoes.com shuts down operations + MORE Jan 27th
The former IPO hopeful will work with its lenders to liquidate its assets and assign some of its companies to bankruptcy
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Avoiding Canadian tax on U.S. property + MORE Dec 8th
Q: I am separating (than divorcing) from my husband and we are splitting the houses we own—one in Canada and one in Phoenix. Can I use the Phoenix home as my principal residence? I have owned it since 2008. He will get the Canadian house in the divorce.
— Sonja
A: Hi Sonja, I am sorry that y.... More »
Sienna Senior Living in $255M deal to acquire B.C. seniors housing assets + MORE Apr 18th
MARKHAM, Ont. – Ontario-based Sienna Senior Living (TSX:SIA) is acquiring seniors housing assets in British Columbia for $255 million, including mortgage debt.
Sienna said the assets, known as the Baltic properties, include two high-quality private-pay independent living retirement residences .... More »
Richard Drew/ReutersNEW YORK — Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Monday that he will not run for president, citing a concern that his independent bid would hand the White House to Donald Trump or Ted Cruz.
The billionaire, who has spent months mulling a third-party run that would have roiled this year’s already extraordinarily unpredictable presidential campaign, made his decision official through an editorial posted on the Bloomberg View website.
Bloomberg wrote that a three-way race could lead to no one winning a majority of electoral votes, which would send the race to the Republican-controlled House of Representatives _ and, therefore, to one of the GOP front-runners.
“That is not a risk I can take in good conscience,” Bloomberg wrote.
Bloomberg was blistering in his critique of Trump, currently the GOP front-runner, saying the real estate mogul has run “the most divisive and demagogic presidential campaign I can remember, preying on people’s prejudices and fears…
On International Women's Day, US Assesses Gender Equality Progress – Voice of America
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Voice of AmericaOn International Women's Day, US Assesses Gender Equality ProgressVoice of AmericaMarch 08, 2016 12:01 AM. The beginnings of International Women's Day — a mass protest by thousands of women in New York City seeking better pay and working conditions, and the right to vote — has evolved into a day to take stock of the progress made …Editorial: International Women's Day and the meaning of feminismMontreal GazetteWhy our Minister for Women doesn't have to be a feministABC OnlineInternational Women's Day 2016: What is it, when is it and why was it set up?Times of IndiaDaily News & Analysis -Jamaica Observer -Whistler Questionall 465 news articles »
A tar sands worker at the Syncrude mine north of Fort McMurray, Alta. (Ashley Cooper/Corbis)What has two arms, two legs, and works for 14 per cent less than another equally capable biped? Why, a woman of course.
Canadian female workers took home an average of 86 cents for every dollar in hourly wages earned by men in 2015, according to data drawn from CANSIM, Statistics Canada’s socioeconomic database. Worse, the gap has barely budged in over a decade, with average female pay compared to male earnings rising only 5.4 per cent since 1997.
Part of the reason for the wage difference has to do with women’s overrepresentation in low-paying occupations, as a new report from Oxfam Canada and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives notes: “Truck drivers (97 per cent of whom are male) make a median annual wage of $45,417 working full time. Early childhood educators (97 per cent of whom are female) make a median annual wage of $25,334.”
But even when there’s a woman behind the wheel of that truck, she’s not going to pocket the fatter paycheque…
Ottawa’s new ‘it’ neighbourhood
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Wellington West was once a rough part of town. But the city’s multimillion-dollar investment in infrastructure launched its transformation into a hip haven for shopping, culture and food
A new survey by investment firm BlackRock finds half of Canadians see investing as a form of gambling and almost as many say investing is not for people like them, with women especially lacking in confidence when it comes to putting their money to work.
