Canada’s gross domestic product grew 0.6 per cent in January, not quite erasing a 0.7 per cent decline recorded in December, Statistics Canada reported. GDP is the most commonly used measure of the nation’s economic output. Growth was broadly based in January, with wholesale trade and manufacturing leading the way, the federal agency said. There [...]
Archive for March, 2008
MP to introduce bill to eliminate the penny
A Winnipeg MP who thinks the penny is a nuisance and too expensive to ship around the country is expected to introduce a private member’s bill on Monday to take it out of circulation. New Democrat Pat Martin says while the Royal Canadian Mint contends it costs only 0.7 cents to make a penny, Library [...]
A quick, fair home sale
As the spring real-estate season approaches, there are a number of things you can do to improve your chances of selling your property at the best price and under the best terms. – Choose the right agent: You want to see your house advertised weekly in the newspaper. The agent you’re considering prefers to work [...]
Organic farmers lagging behind demand at the supermarket: StatsCan
Canada’s organic farmers are having a hard time meeting demand at the grocery store, a Statistics Canada study released Friday suggests. “While organic fruits and vegetables are among the most prominent products on market shelves, domestic production lags behind demand for the same reasons that challenge conventional Canadian fruit and vegetable producers,” the study said. [...]
Canadian Tire ditches print catalogue, moves online
The Eaton’s catalogue and the stores whose wares it plugged have long since gone, and now another iconic piece of Canadian mail-order retailing is biting the dust. Canadian Tire Corp. is quietly phasing out the printed edition of the catalogue it has been publishing twice a year for almost nine decades, with a whopping current [...]
