Canadian Retirement & Housing Market Challenges in 2024
The 2024 Canadian financial landscape features an OAS clawback affecting 500,000 people (8.3% of recipients), low CPP survivor benefits ($323.05 average), high TFSA penalties ($1,461.18 average), new capital gains tax changes, and fluctuating housing markets influenced by mortgage rates and unemploy...
Canadian Retirement & Housing Market Challenges in 2024
The 2024 Canadian financial landscape features an OAS clawback affecting 500,000 people (8.3% of recipients), low CPP survivor benefits ($323.05 average), high TFSA penalties ($1,461.18 average), new capital gains tax changes, and fluctuating housing markets influenced by mortgage rates and unemploy...
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40% Bias Score
Venezuela's Bridge on Disputed Island Reignites Guyana Border Conflict
Venezuela completed a bridge to a military base on Ankoko Island, an area Guyana claims, violating a recent agreement for peaceful resolution of their decades-long border dispute.
Venezuela's Bridge on Disputed Island Reignites Guyana Border Conflict
Venezuela completed a bridge to a military base on Ankoko Island, an area Guyana claims, violating a recent agreement for peaceful resolution of their decades-long border dispute.
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48% Bias Score
US Government Shutdown Looms, Highlighting Challenges for Trump's Agenda
The US Congress is grappling to avert a government shutdown due to Republican infighting and resistance to President-elect Trump's plan to raise the debt ceiling, offering investors a preview of potential challenges for his administration's policy implementation in 2025.
US Government Shutdown Looms, Highlighting Challenges for Trump's Agenda
The US Congress is grappling to avert a government shutdown due to Republican infighting and resistance to President-elect Trump's plan to raise the debt ceiling, offering investors a preview of potential challenges for his administration's policy implementation in 2025.
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36% Bias Score
Canada's Food Safety System Fails: Recalled Milk Remains on Shelves
A listeria outbreak linked to Silk and Great Value plant-based milks caused 20 illnesses and 3 deaths in Canada; despite a July recall, contaminated products remained on shelves weeks later due to systemic failures in the food safety system, revealing flaws in risk assessment and recall execution.
Canada's Food Safety System Fails: Recalled Milk Remains on Shelves
A listeria outbreak linked to Silk and Great Value plant-based milks caused 20 illnesses and 3 deaths in Canada; despite a July recall, contaminated products remained on shelves weeks later due to systemic failures in the food safety system, revealing flaws in risk assessment and recall execution.
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48% Bias Score
Bonds Gain Appeal Amidst Stock Market Volatility and Economic Uncertainty
Despite underperforming stocks in 2024, bonds are increasingly attractive due to high yields, high equity valuations, and economic uncertainty; the iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF is down 2.3 percent, while the S&P 500 trades at over 37 times earnings.
Bonds Gain Appeal Amidst Stock Market Volatility and Economic Uncertainty
Despite underperforming stocks in 2024, bonds are increasingly attractive due to high yields, high equity valuations, and economic uncertainty; the iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF is down 2.3 percent, while the S&P 500 trades at over 37 times earnings.
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40% Bias Score
Algonquin Power Stock Plummets 72%, Undergoes Restructuring
Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp.'s stock price has fallen 72 percent since February 2021 due to two 40 percent dividend cuts resulting from rising debt costs; the company is restructuring by selling assets to become a pure-play regulated utility, impacting earnings in the short term but offering po...
Algonquin Power Stock Plummets 72%, Undergoes Restructuring
Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp.'s stock price has fallen 72 percent since February 2021 due to two 40 percent dividend cuts resulting from rising debt costs; the company is restructuring by selling assets to become a pure-play regulated utility, impacting earnings in the short term but offering po...
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48% Bias Score
Top 5 TSX Income Stocks Deliver Exceptional 2024 Returns
Five TSX-listed income stocks—Capital Power Corp., Manulife Financial Corp., CIBC, Keyera Corp., and TC Energy Corp.—achieved exceptional total returns in 2024, ranging from 46.3% to 73.8%, driven by strong sector performance and dividend increases, though influenced by declining interest rates.
Top 5 TSX Income Stocks Deliver Exceptional 2024 Returns
Five TSX-listed income stocks—Capital Power Corp., Manulife Financial Corp., CIBC, Keyera Corp., and TC Energy Corp.—achieved exceptional total returns in 2024, ranging from 46.3% to 73.8%, driven by strong sector performance and dividend increases, though influenced by declining interest rates.
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40% Bias Score
Holiday Impaired Driving Fatalities Lower Than Yearly Average in Canada
From 2017-2021, alcohol-related traffic fatalities in Canada during the holiday season were 23.5% of total fatalities, lower than the yearly average of 30.5%, due to increased law enforcement and public awareness campaigns.
Holiday Impaired Driving Fatalities Lower Than Yearly Average in Canada
From 2017-2021, alcohol-related traffic fatalities in Canada during the holiday season were 23.5% of total fatalities, lower than the yearly average of 30.5%, due to increased law enforcement and public awareness campaigns.
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20% Bias Score
Global Anti-Incumbent Wave Sweeping Developed Nations
Governments in France, South Korea, and Germany have recently fallen, while Canada's stability is uncertain following the resignation of its finance minister; a global trend of voter dissatisfaction with economic performance is driving this instability, demonstrated by recent election results in the...
Global Anti-Incumbent Wave Sweeping Developed Nations
Governments in France, South Korea, and Germany have recently fallen, while Canada's stability is uncertain following the resignation of its finance minister; a global trend of voter dissatisfaction with economic performance is driving this instability, demonstrated by recent election results in the...
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56% Bias Score
Trudeau Announces Major Cabinet Shuffle After Ministerial Resignations
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a major cabinet shuffle on [Date], appointing 11 new ministers to key portfolios including Finance, Housing, and Public Safety, following the resignations of Chrystia Freeland and Sean Fraser.
Trudeau Announces Major Cabinet Shuffle After Ministerial Resignations
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a major cabinet shuffle on [Date], appointing 11 new ministers to key portfolios including Finance, Housing, and Public Safety, following the resignations of Chrystia Freeland and Sean Fraser.
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16% Bias Score
Vancouver's Bitcoin Proposal Faces Provincial Rejection
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim proposed that the city hold Bitcoin in its reserves, a suggestion rejected by the provincial minister due to pressing issues. Public understanding of cryptocurrency is low, with concerns over risk and scams, despite Bitcoin's price increase from about $300 ten years ago to ov...
Vancouver's Bitcoin Proposal Faces Provincial Rejection
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim proposed that the city hold Bitcoin in its reserves, a suggestion rejected by the provincial minister due to pressing issues. Public understanding of cryptocurrency is low, with concerns over risk and scams, despite Bitcoin's price increase from about $300 ten years ago to ov...
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56% Bias Score
Inflation, Stock Market Bubbles, and the Potential Impact of Trump on the Canadian Economy
Despite a 30 percent cost-of-living increase in Canada due to inflation, global debt has decreased by over 30 percentage points since early 2021; however, stock market bubbles, while risky, can fuel innovation; and potential US tariffs on Canadian oil are unlikely, offering Canada an opportunity to ...
Inflation, Stock Market Bubbles, and the Potential Impact of Trump on the Canadian Economy
Despite a 30 percent cost-of-living increase in Canada due to inflation, global debt has decreased by over 30 percentage points since early 2021; however, stock market bubbles, while risky, can fuel innovation; and potential US tariffs on Canadian oil are unlikely, offering Canada an opportunity to ...
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48% Bias Score