‘Yes’ and ‘No’ in tight race in Greece, poll shows + MORE Jul 3rd

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Huntsville, Ont., with a population of just under 20,000, is a half-hour drive from Algonquin Provincial Park, and the ice trails at Arrowhead Provincial Park are within the town boundaries. You can find gluten-free smoked duck salad at The Mill on Main, a bathtub derby during a July festival and six—count ‘em, six—brokerages.
“When we just opened up [in 2013],” says Tim Withey, president of Huntsville’s Withey Insurance Brokers, “…some of my friends and colleagues in the neighbourhood were saying, ‘Well, how can you be another broker just opening up? There’s only so many people who buy insurance in this town.’”
But there’s no need to limit business to one town or even one time zone. “I’ve actually, over the years, built a pretty good side of business to do a national program,” says Withey. “So we’re licensed across the country.”
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Withey also points to the importance of association work. “We’re endorsed by WETT [Wood Energy Technology Transfer] Canada, which are the wood stoves…

Some of the most active companies traded Friday on the Toronto Stock Exchange:
Toronto Stock Exchange (14,682.39, up 44.40 points):
Royal Bank of Canada (TSX:RY). Bank. Up 50 cents, or 0.66 per cent, to $76.71 on 4.4 million shares.
Bombardier Inc. (TSX:BBD.B). Aerospace, rail equipment. Unchanged at $2.30 on three million shares.
Anderson Energy Inc. (TSX:AXL). Oil and gas. Down half a cent, or 5.88 per cent, to eight cents on 2.4 million shares.
National Bank of Canada (TSX:NA). Bank. Down five cents, or 0.11 per cent, to $46.64 on 2.2 million shares.
Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp. (TSX:PRE). Oil and gas. Up 27 cents, or 5.36 per cent, to $5.31 on 2.2 million shares.
Fortune Minerals Limited (TSX:FT). Miner. Up half a cent, or 11.11 per cent, to five cents on 1.4 million shares.
Companies reporting major news:
SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. (TSX:SNC). Engineering. Up 70 cents, or 1.64 per cent, to $43.43 on 88,545 shares. The criminal fraud case against the engineering giant has been put off until Oct…

Giorgos, a 77-year-old pensioner from Athens, sits outside a branch of the National Bank of Greece as he waits along with dozens of other pensioners, hoping to get their pensions in Athens, Greece June 29, 2015. Greece closed its banks and imposed capital controls on Sunday to check the growing strains on its crippled financial system, bringing the prospect of being forced out of the euro into plain sight. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY – RTX1I79G
ATHENS, Greece — The brief but intense campaign in Greece’s critical bailout referendum ends Friday, with simultaneous rallies in Athens for “Yes” and “No” supporters in what an opinion poll shows will be a very close race.
The poll published in To Ethnos newspaper showed the “Yes” campaign slightly in the lead but well within the margin of error. It also showed an overwhelming majority — 74 per cent — want the country to remain in Europe’s joint currency, the euro, compared to 15 per cent who want a national currency…

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The Financial Post’s Jonathan Ratner looks at some of the day’s top business and financial stories.