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A couple of relatively optimistic reports from Canada’s big banks, one from RBC the other from CIBC, will likely give Ontario’s finance minister, Charles Sousa, reason to smile. The two brief reports call for “accelerated growth” (that’s RBC) and a “notable resurgence” (CIBC) in Ontario’s economy to continue into 2016. Of the two, CIBC’s report… Continue Reading
The household worth of the average Canadian grew 2.3 per cent in the second quarter of this year, mainly on the strength of household real estate. Canadians also did well by their shares and equities, life insurance policies and pension assets. On a per capita basis, according to Statistics Canada, household net worth rose to… Continue Reading
Summer may be winding down for another year, but agriculture, including the urban kind, is still very much a going concern for many. Fall harvest goes on through October and into November for hardier fruits and vegetables like cabbages, squash, carrots, and apples. While it is too late to start a garden of one’s own… Continue Reading
The mission of Toronto’s newest architectural and cultural treasure, the Aga Khan Museum, is to foster greater understanding and appreciation of Islam’s contributions to world civilization, and to promote tolerance and understanding among people. It’s a timely reminder, given beautiful shape, that those are the values that matter most. In his remarks at the official… Continue Reading
Home sales have remained strong in Canada’s main cities through the summer, prompting the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) to issue an update of its forecasts for 2014 and 2015. A surge in sales occurred in the spring market of May and June, in which properties were “snapped up” following an “extraordinarily bleak” winter. Those… Continue Reading
Women Build is looking for this year’s gang of pink hardhat-wearing superheroes. The 2014 Women Build event will take place over twelve days beginning on Monday, September 15. This year, the expected 1,000-plus volunteers will build a total of thirty-three new homes for Habitat for Humanity families in Scarborough and Brampton. Volunteers choose a day… Continue Reading
Which employer in Toronto has 35 million customers each year, creates direct and indirect employment for 124,000, generates $6.3 billion in employment income and $2.8 billion in taxes paid to governments? The answer, of course, is Pearson Airport, and the president of the Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA), Howard Eng, told the Toronto Board of… Continue Reading
It must follow that if you aren’t familiar with the “hallmarks of hipness” that Vogue magazine mentions in naming Toronto’s Queen Street West the second-coolest street in the world, then you just aren’t cool. But don’t worry. Just spend a while on Queen West and you can’t help but become a little more hip. Vogue is… Continue Reading
How much are Scottish homeowners willing to pay for independence? The answer to that question could determine the outcome of next week’s referendum, for it is generally accepted that interest rates in a newly independent Scotland would rise by 2 per cent or even higher. That would mean that a home owner with a mortgage… Continue Reading
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