News by subject: ECO. NEWS, TRENDS, ANALYSIS

SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust ("SmartCentres") announced today that the trustees of SmartCentres have declared a distribution for the month of January 2018 of CDN $0.14583 per trust unit, representing CDN $1.75 per unit on an annualized...

B2B Bank announces an increase to its prime lending rate by 25 basis points to 3.45% from 3.20%, effective Thursday, January 18, 2018. About B2B Bank B2B Bank is a leading provider of banking products to more than 27,000 financial...

Laurentian Bank of Canada increases its prime lending rate by 25 basis points from 3.20% to 3.45%, effective January 18, 2018. About Laurentian Bank Laurentian Bank of Canada is a financial institution whose activities extend mainly...

Discovery Metals Corp. ("Discovery" or "the Company") is pleased to announce the appointment of Andreas L'Abbé as the new Chief Financial Officer effective immediately. Mr. L'Abbé is a Chartered Professional Accountant (Chartered Accountant) and...

Sigma Industries Inc. , a manufacturing company specializing in the production of composite components, is retracting its revenue projection of up to approximately $9 million that was published in its previous press release this morning, as it cannot...

Note to editors: There is a photo associated with this press release. Bombardier Commercial Aircraft announced today that CemAir (PTY) Ltd of South Africa has concluded a firm purchase agreement for two new Q400 turboprops, and has also...

Samco Gold Limited ("Samco" or the "Company") has obtained all regulatory and shareholder approvals and has closed the previously announced transaction (see Samco news release dated September 13, 2017) to sell all of the shares of its wholly-owned...

Saputo Inc. ("Saputo" or the "Company") announces today measures aimed at improving its operational efficiency. Saputo will close its cheese manufacturing facility in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin (USA). The closure is scheduled in May 2018. The current...

Alan Schwartz, Executive Vice-President, Operations of Dorel Industries Inc. ("Dorel") , announces that on November 9, 2017, he received 223,080 Class "A" Multiple Voting Shares and 18,689 Class "B" Subordinate Voting Shares of Dorel by way of...

Newmark Knight Frank Devencore (NKF Devencore) today announced that the vacancy rate for all office classes in downtown Toronto continues to remain very tight. The most substantial delivery of new space was the E&Y Tower at 100 Adelaide Street West,...

Saputo Inc. ("Saputo" or "the Company") announces today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the business of Murray Goulburn Co-Operative Co. Limited ("Murray Goulburn" or "MG"), based in Australia. The purchase price...

Transcontinental Inc.'s Media Sector, TC Media, announced today the sale of its Sorel-Tracy-based weekly Les 2 Rives, as well as its related web property, to DBC Communications inc., a company led by its president, Mr. Benoit Chartier, also owner of...

Chibougamau Independent Mines Inc. (STUT:CLL) announces that it has changed its auditors from Deloitte (the « Former Auditors ») to MNP Sencrl SRL/LLP (the "Successor Auditors") effective September 29, 2017. At the request of the Company, the...

MINING ENTERPRISES INC. (STUTTGART:G1MN)(BERLIN:G1MN)(MUNICH:G1MN)(XETRA:G1MN) is pleased to inform shareholders that it has received or had confirmation that it will collect the following payments: Donalda Property Sale On October 6,...

NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO UNITED STATES NEWS WIRE SERVICES OR DISSEMINATION TO THE UNITED STATES Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd (the "Company" or "Osisko") is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with a syndicate of...

PyroGenesis Canada Inc. (http://pyrogenesis.com) , a high-tech company (the "Company" or "PyroGenesis") that designs, develops, manufactures and commercializes advanced plasma processes and plasma torch products, announces today that due to recent...

Transcontinental Inc.'s Media Sector, TC Media, announced today the sale of its Saint-Jérôme-based weekly Journal Le Nord, as well as its related web property, to Journal Le Nord inc., a company led by Ms. Josée Pilotte, also publisher and owner of...

Genius Solutions announced today that its 10-year plan for 25-percent annual growth is on track at the 3-year mark, as it expands its offices, updates its product and penetrates further into the ROC and US markets, just as manufacturing across North...

Crystalline Management Inc. ("Crystalline") announced that it currently exercises control or direction over 488,300 common shares of Pacific Insight Electronics Corp. ("Pacific Insight"), which represents approximately 7.0% of Pacific Insight's...

Heating up. Significant job growth. Optimism about the economy. Across Canada, Express Employment Professionals office owners are reporting positive signs from their local communities. And when asked to describe the current employment environment,...

B2B Bank announces an increase to its prime lending rate by 25 basis points to 3.20% from 2.95%, effective Thursday, September 7, 2017.

Laurentian Bank of Canada today increases its prime lending rate by 25 basis points to 3.20% from 2.95%, effective September 7, 2017. About Laurentian Bank Laurentian Bank of Canada is a financial institution whose activities...

Transcontinental Inc.'s Media Sector, TC Media, announced today the sale of three of its newspapers, namely L'Information du Nord Mont-Tremblant, L'Information du Nord Sainte-Agathe and L'Information du Nord Vallée de la Rouge, as well as their...

Rogers Sugar Inc. (the "Corporation" or "Rogers Sugar") is pleased to announce the closing of the previously-announced acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding shares of L.B. Maple Treat Corporation ("LBMT"), one of the world's largest...

Energy free trade under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has been good for the people of Canada, the United States (U.S.) and Mexico, keeping energy on the continent more affordable and reliable for citizens and the economy, according...

Québec Bourse Inc. has submitted today its comments to the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) public consultation aiming at reducing the regulatory burden for public companies. Stock exchange listed companies are key to our economy....

Caledonia Mining Corporation Plc ("Caledonia" or the "Company") (AIM:CMCL) announces gold production from the Blanket Mine ("Blanket") in Zimbabwe, for the quarter ended 30 June 2017 ("Q2 2017" or the "Quarter"). All production numbers are expressed...

We have a huge economic imbalance in our province that continues to leave workers behind and the government must make the necessary changes if Ontario is going to thrive again, said CUPE Ontario President Fred Hahn, speaking to the Finance and...

Note to editors: There are three graphs associated with this Press Release Canadians are clearly worried about the U.S. political climate, with 79 per cent saying they are not confident in the U.S. federal government. That fear and loathing...

Wavefront Wireless Commercialization Centre Society ("Wavefront"), a Centre of Excellence, headquartered in Vancouver, BC., today announced the results of their economic impact report. Recognized as Canada's new economic engine, the tech sector is...

A Vancouver-based organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of mobile and wireless companies has helped to create significant economic impact in British Columbia, according to a new report released today. A study of net incremental...

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) released today its annual Mortgage Consumer Survey. The largest survey of its kind, the Mortgage Consumer Survey provides insights into the behaviours, attitudes and expectations of Canadians when...

Savaria Corporation ("Savaria" or the "Corporation") is pleased to announce that it has completed its previously announced "bought deal" private placement of 2,760,000 subscription receipts at a price of C$13.90 per subscription receipt...

GLOBEX MINING ENTERPRISES INC. (STUTTGART:G1MN)(BERLIN:G1MN)(MUNICH:G1MN)(XETRA:G1MN)(TRADEGATE:G1MN)(LANG & SCHWARZ:G1MN) is pleased to inform shareholders that it has acquired, after a delay of 5 1/2 years, the claims required to complete the...

WSP Global Inc. ("WSP") today unveiled its new brand identity, represented by the introduction of a new logo that marks its growth and transformation, and celebrates the culture built on the coming together of over 85 companies in the last five...

MacDonald Mines Exploration Ltd. ("MacDonald Mines", "MacDonald" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that, following the execution of a binding Letter of Intent ("LOI") (as was previously announced in a news release dated March 30, 2017), it...

Quadron Capital Corporation (the "Company" or "Quadron") - is pleased to share the findings of two new studies on cannabis consumer buying habits within the United States marketplace, reinforcing the market conditions supporting Quadron's business...

The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) President Chris Buckley is calling the provincial budget a somewhat positive news story for Ontario families, but raised concerns that the needs of Ontario workers are still not being addressed. "It is...

Today, ATCO announced that it has been awarded two new permanent modular structures projects in the education sector, continuing the company's successful track record of growing and diversifying its global operations. Leveraging its 70-year history...

The President of the Treasury Board, the Honourable Scott Brison, will attend the Great Lakes Economic Forum in Detroit, Michigan, to promote economic and regulatory cooperation between Canada and the United States. DATE April 25,...

Caledonia Mining Corporation Plc (AIM:CMCL) ("Caledonia" or the "Company") announces gold production from the Blanket Mine ("Blanket") in Zimbabwe, for the quarter ended 31 March 2017 ("Q1 2017" or the "Quarter"). All production numbers are expressed...

The governments of Canada and Ontario announced funding for the North York Women's Shelter, a women's shelter serving the Toronto community since 1984. This funding will allow the agency to construct a new shelter that will include 30 beds to provide...

Star Navigation Systems Group Ltd. ("Star" or the "Company) is pleased to provide an update on various corporate developments and initiatives. Change of Exchange On April 5, 2017, the Company voluntarily requested that its common...

Contributing to the strength of the provincial economy, Saskatchewan credit unions grew system assets by 3.8% to $21.6 billion. Combined, credit unions in the province returned over $7.6 million to their members in the form of patronage equity,...

Explor Resources Inc. ("Explor" or the "Corporation") (BERLIN:E1H1) announces that it has closed a second tranche of a non-brokered private placement of a maximum of $900,000 (the "Placement"). The Placement consists of a total amount of 900 units at...

GMV Minerals Inc. (the "Company" or "GMV") is pleased to announce the results of its large scale (1 metre in diameter by 6 metres in height column) testing of material from a low-grade portion of the Mexican Hat gold resource. The test was designed...

Québec Bourse Inc. welcomes the Canadian Securities Administrators' (CSA) announcement of a public consultation aiming at reducing the regulatory burden for public companies without compromising investor protection or the efficiency of the capital...

All amounts in U.S. dollars unless otherwise stated Onex Corporation ("Onex") announced today that Onex Credit Partners, LLC ("Onex Credit") priced its first European collateralized loan obligation ("CLO") for approximately EUR360 million....

The Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development and Minister Responsible for Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, will highlight Budget 2017 measures to support affordable housing in Canada....

Explor Resources Inc. ("Explor" or the "Corporation") (BERLIN:E1H1) announces that it has closed a first tranche of a non-brokered private placement of a maximum of $900,000 (the "Placement"). The Placement consists of a total amount of 900 units at...