Global sell-off panic hits US October 10, 2008 U.S. stocks plummeted this morning, for the eighth day in a row of ugly losses. At 9:38 a.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average…
Jobless rate at record 107,000 – Spinning the numbers October 10, 2008 Statistics Canada has surprised economists and tossed a wild card into the federal election campaign, reporting that the Canadian economy generated a record 107,000…
Jack Layton is the ideal opposition leader October 10, 2008 You can’t do your job as Leader of the Opposition. I don’t know what you’re doing running for Prime Minister. It’s a very unusual…
VIVA Bus Drivers in York Region and the ATU October 10, 2008 I am not sure if the union members of the ATU for VIVA are living in a cavern somewhere but there is a…
Harper admits he must act on the economy – The Fundemental Flip Flop… October 10, 2008 BRIAN LAGHI , HEATHER SCOFFIELD and STEVE CHASE AND TARA PERKINS Globe and Mail Update October 9, 2008 at 10:48 PM EDT OTTAWA, RICHMOND,…
Dow Jones – The Crash of 2008 October 9, 2008 The Crash of 2008 crushes stocks in a wild last hour of trading. The Dow’s loss tops 7%; the S&P 500 drops 7.6%. Investors…
Canadian banks ranked soundest in the world – Maybe Harper is right and the fundementals are sound? October 9, 2008 U.S. has fallen to No. 40 in World Economic Forum list: Canada has the world’s soundest banking system, closely followed by Sweden, Luxembourg and…
Alberta oilsands refineries could cause irreversible damage October 9, 2008 The development of a pipeline network and refineries around the Great Lakes to process Alberta bitumen “could cause irreversible” environmental damage to the…
Canadian Conservatives vow to implement new copyright law October 8, 2008 Canadians who vote to re-elect the Conservative government next week will also be voting for an archly pro-copyright agenda. According to the party’s official…
Dion’s Support Grows; May Deny Harper a Majority October 8, 2008 In September, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Canada would NOT fall into recession, but on October 6th, the TSE fell more than 1000…