The Calgary Stampede canvas auction marks the official countdown to the Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth, in an event often considered a barometer for the city's economic outlook.
Last year, a total of 27 bidders raised $2.75 million to support chuckwagon drivers and their respective teams as they competed in the world-famous Cowboys Rangeland Derby.Two of the top three bids came from First Nations groups ."Right now, 77.3 per cent of businesses are optimistic, which is incredibly high and far above the national average," said Ruhee Ismail-Teja, vice-president of policy and external affairs with the Calgary Chamber of Commerce.
Anupam Das, an economics professor at Mount Royal University, says more diverse growth across different industries is positive, but there are still concerns. "You're looking at the raw, you know, advertising, dollars of companies. ... And I just think that, you know, if it's a strong sale, it's usually a good indication of people's willingness to spend money at least at a corporate level in the economy."
An Ontario resident has successfully secured public funding for a specialized gender-affirming surgery argued to be 'experimental' by the provincial health insurer following a years-long legal battle.O.J. Simpson, the American football star and actor who was acquitted in a sensational 1995 trial of murdering his former wife but was found responsible for her death in a civil lawsuit and was later imprisoned for armed robbery and kidnapping, has died at the age of 76.A Kitchener, Ont.
A Vancouver Island woman is facing charges of fraud, theft and money laundering after she allegedly defrauded her non-profit employer of more than $1.7 million and wired the money to her personal accounts.A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has rejected an application to throw out the conviction of Ibrahim Ali for the murder of a 13-year-old in Burnaby, B.C., over what his lawyers say were unreasonable delays in getting him to trial.
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