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What’s open and closed in Canada on New Year’s Day 2024
New Year’s Day being a statutory holiday, some stores and services Canadians rely on will be closed.Here’s a guide of what is open and what is closed across the country on Jan. 1, 2024.If you’re looking to restock your fridge after a week of festive cooking, you might have to wait until Tuesday, Jan. 2.Loblaws, Sobeys, Walmart, Longo’s, Metro and Costcos will be closed holiday Monday throughout most of the country.Some grocery store locations will be open on New Year’s Day, however, including Metro at 444 Yonge St.
30.12 / 21:57
30.12 / 03:09
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Canada-based Babbar Khalsa's Lakhbir Singh Landa declared terrorist by Home Ministry
Lakhbir Singh Landa, a 33-year-old gangster based in Canada, as a terrorist. Affiliated with the pro-Khalistani group Babbar Khalsa International (BKI), Landa played a role in plotting a rocket attack on the Punjab Police Intelligence Headquarters in Mohali in 2021.
30.12 / 01:50
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MHA declares Canada-based gangster ‘Lakhbir Singh Landa’ an ‘individual terrorist’. All you need to know about him
Hindustan Times. In a notification issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), it stated that Landa was closely associated with Canada-based pro-Khalistan elements including Sikhs for Justice leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannu, and Khalistan Tiger Force leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar among others. This September, NIA announced cash rewards for information leading to the arrest of five Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) operatives, including Harwinder Singh Sandhu alias "Rinda" and Lakhbir Singh Sandhu alias "Landa".
29.12 / 23:51
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Amazon Prime ads on movies and TV shows will begin in late January
If you are an Amazon Prime Video user, get ready to see ads on movies and TV shows starting next month
29.12 / 20:42
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Monex Group Secures Majority Stake in Canada-based 3iQ
Japan-based Monex Group is set to acquire a majority stake in Canadian crypto asset manager 3iQ.
29.12 / 15:55
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HSBC deal won't change mortgage landscape, says RBC, but industry watchers not so sure
Canada’s largest bank says the country’s mortgage market will not change significantly in the wake of its acquisition of HSBC Holdings Plc.’s operations here, but industry watchers aren’t as sure.
29.12 / 15:55
29.12 / 13:51
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Experts question impact of foreign homebuyers ban
Nearly a year after it came into effect, experts say it’s hard to know if Ottawa’s plan to keep foreign homebuyers out of the national housing market is helping affordability for Canadians.
29.12 / 13:51
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Canadians could see changes in banking next year. What to expect
The federal government approved RBC’s $13.5-billion takeover of HSBC Canada in the waning days of 2023, despite concerns from critics that it will stifle competition. Banking customers will start to see next year how the acquisition, expected to close in the first quarter, shakes out.
29.12 / 13:11
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Uber positive catalysts priced in, Nomura cuts to hold
Uber (NYSE:UBER) was cut to Neutral from Buy at Nomura on Friday, with analysts increasing the price target on the stock to $62 from $59 per share in a note Friday.
29.12 / 12:49
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Canada news: Shots fired at residence of son of Lakshmi Narayan Mandir president, India reacts
Surrey Police, was quoted by ANI as saying. "On December 27, 2023 at approximately 8:03 am, Surrey RCMP responded a to a report of shots fired at a residence in the 14900 block of 80 Avenue. No one was injured during the incident, but the residence involved sustained damage consistent with bullet holes," the Surrey Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said in a press release on Thursday.
29.12 / 11:23
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Joe Oliver: Helpful New Year’s advice Justin Trudeau likely won’t heed
I have to be one of the last people Prime Minister Justin Trudeau would accept year-end advice from, ahead of only his almost-certain successor, Pierre Poilievre. And I’m not really interested in helping the Liberals recover from their death spiral. But in the spirit of “country over party,” here goes.
29.12 / 11:23
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Big interest rate declines, strong bank stocks and more market predictions for the year ahead
Making public market predictions is a bit of a mug’s game. Any market/economic prediction is, at best, a guess (note that we did not even say educated guess here), yet investors’ inboxes are still being filled with predictions for the next year.
29.12 / 09:47
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Catalyx Exchange Halts Operations Post Security Breach, Probing Potential Insider Involvement
Canadian cryptocurrency exchange Catalyx has temporarily suspended trading and withdrawals on its platform after discovering a security breach that it suspects may involve one of its employees.
29.12 / 05:51
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Who is Satish Kumar, President of attacked Lakshmi Narayan Mandir in Canada?
Satish Kumar, the president of Lakshmi Narayan Mandir in Surrey, Canada, was reportedly targeted in a shooting. Recent TV reports revealed that at least 14 gunshots hit Kumar's home on Thursday night.
28.12 / 15:07
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Will interest rates come down in 2024? What the Bank of Canada is watching
After the Bank of Canada held its benchmark interest rate steady in its final three decisions of 2023, the tone of conversations in markets has shifted firmly away from further rate hikes and staunchly into the camp of when cuts could begin.
28.12 / 11:17
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'No-hydrocarbon world is dreamland:' AIMCo CEO Evan Siddall on investment opportunities in 2024
Pensions plans made the political headlines in 2023 like seldom before, from Alberta’s threat to pull out of the Canada Pension Plan with more than half of the fund’s assets to Ottawa’s desire, stated in the fall fiscal update, to have the globetrotting trillion-dollar asset managers invest more at home. The Financial Post spoke to Alberta Investment Management Corp. chief executive Evan Siddall about these issues, geopolitics and how AIMCo is evolving its investment strategy for 2024 and beyond. This interview has been edited and condensed for space.
28.12 / 06:13
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Moroccan man now facing charges in Canada after bomb threats in Ontario: OPP
A Moroccan man is facing charges in Canada after a series of bomb threats in Ontario last month and his arrest by Belgian police, the OPP says.
27.12 / 23:21
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Canada’s economy is still struggling to grow, fresh GDP data shows
Canada’s economy is still struggling to grow heading into the end of the year after contracting in the third quarter of 2023, according to Statistics Canada.
27.12 / 19:34
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Hoping for a raise in 2024? Most Canadian workers aren’t optimistic, poll shows
Whether it’s asking for a raise or switching careers altogether, many Canadians are setting financial goals for the new year. But an increasing number of workers doubt they’ll get paid more in 2024, a new poll has found.
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