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ETFs are outpacing mutual funds despite market volatility. Are rookie retail investors at risk?
Canadians are putting more of their investment money into exchange-traded funds, according to recent data, even as the U.S.-led trade war rocks global stock markets — and some experts say that rookie retail investors are at higher risk.
Hudson's Bay to lay off more than 8,300 employees by June 1
Hudson's Bay will lay off more than 8,300 employees by June 1, according to documents published Monday evening, at which point the retailer will have closed all its stores and its liquidation sale will have run its course.
Canada Post rejects union's offer to delay potential strike
Canada Post has not agreed to delay a potential strike by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, effectively pushing the union to agree to their latest offer ahead of a planned labour action set to begin Friday.
Bell says services fully restored after widespread outage hit Ontario, Quebec
After users in Ontario and Quebec reported a widespread outage of Bell Canada's services this morning, the company said an update triggered the interruption and that it had since fully restored its system.
Inflation rate drops to 1.7% in April, driven by lower energy prices after carbon tax removal
Canada's inflation rate eased to 1.7 per cent in April, driven by a drop in prices after the federal government removed the consumer carbon tax, according to Statistics Canada.
Canada's unemployment rate ticked up to 6.9% in April, matching pre-pandemic high
Canada's unemployment rate ticked up to 6.9 per cent in April, Statistics Canada said on Friday, matching the highest rate seen in eight years outside of the pandemic.
WestJet suspends 9 U.S. routes due to lower demand
WestJet will suspend nine routes between the U.S. and Canada as demand dampens for travel between the two countries.
After Trump vows tariffs on foreign movies, the Canadian film industry says he's lost the plot
U.S. President Donald Trump wants to impose a 100 per cent tariff on movies produced outside the country, a move that could devastate the Canadian film landscape — but experts are scratching their heads over how such a tax would work, given how intertwined the global film industry is.
With less than 1% of the vote, does the People's Party of Canada have a future?
After gaining five per cent of the national vote in 2021, the People's Party of Canada lost a sizable chunk of its support on Monday. Does Maxime Bernier's party, which the ex-Conservative pitches as a populist, anti-"globalist" alternative to others, have a future?
Advance polls open across the country Friday morning
Registered voters can cast an early ballot at their assigned polling station between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. until Monday.