CRACKDOWN ON INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS IS GUTTING CANADIAN UNIVERSITIES
Move to curb international students is undermining post-secondary institutions and weakening the economy OTTAWA - Canada isn’t just facing bad news from the ever-changing chaos south of the border;...
VEGAIN SPORTS NUTRITION BRAND SIGNS NATIONAL DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
NANAIMO – A Vancouver Island-based vegan sports nutrition brand has signed a national distribution agreement to bring its 100 percent plant-based products across the country. VEGAIN Nutrition Inc.,...
ICBA ECONOMICS: UPDATE ON AN UNWANTED TRADE WAR – PART 2
By Jock Finlayson, ICBA Chief Economist, the following op-ed first ran in the Toronto Sun on March 4,2025 BRITISH COLUMBIA - It is hard to keep track of the on-again, off-again cross-border tariff...
FCC: CANADA’S FARMLAND VALUES CONTINUED TO CLIMB IN 2024
BRITISH COLUMBIA - The average value of Canadian farmland continued its steady climb in 2024, increasing by 9.3 per cent, slightly less than the 11.5 per cent increase reported in 2023, according to...
BCREA: HOUSING STARTS FALL IN FEBRUARY
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Canadian housing starts fell by 4 per cent to 229,030 units in February at a seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR). Starts were down 12 per cent from the same month last year....
CREA: TARIFF UNCERTAINTY KEEPING HOOME BUYERS ON THE SIDELINES
OTTAWA - Canadian home sales fell sharply from January to February, as home buyers remained on the sidelines in the first full month of the ongoing trade war with the United States. Sales activity...
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