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Truro City FC rising up the English soccer ladder with Canadian helping hand

Truro City FC rising up the English soccer ladder with Canadian helping hand

Eric Perez brought pro rugby league to Canada in the form of the Toronto Wolfpack. Now the Toronto native is helping Truro City FC climb the ranks in English soccer.
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Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week

Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week

TORONTO — Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week: Trade U.S. trade issues are expected to continue to be top of mind this week after U.S.
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Economists expect inflation ticked up in June after surprise jobs gain

Economists expect inflation ticked up in June after surprise jobs gain

OTTAWA — Economists expect the pace of inflation picked up in June as the Bank of Canada continues to search for tariff impacts in the price data. Statistics Canada is set to report consumer price index data for June on Tuesday.
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Canadian co-owner Steve Nijjar celebrates Racing Madrid's promotion in Spain

Canadian co-owner Steve Nijjar celebrates Racing Madrid's promotion in Spain

When Canadian Steve Nijjar helped resurrect the long-defunct Racing Madrid soccer club, it had no players, no fans and no stadium. "We had zero," he said. Times have changed.
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Judge orders Trump administration to halt indiscriminate immigration stops, arrests in California

Judge orders Trump administration to halt indiscriminate immigration stops, arrests in California

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to halt indiscriminate immigration stops and arrests in seven California counties, including Los Angeles.
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Boeing settles with a man whose family died in a 737 Max crash in Ethiopia

Boeing settles with a man whose family died in a 737 Max crash in Ethiopia

CHICAGO (AP) — Boeing reached a settlement Friday with a Canadian man whose wife and three children were killed in a deadly 2019 crash in Ethiopia, averting the first trial connected to the devastating event that led to a worldwide grounding of Max j
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How Canada can better attract tech talent as calls to build domestic industry grow

How Canada can better attract tech talent as calls to build domestic industry grow

With a fresh wave of patriotic calls for Canada to scale its domestic tech sector, industry players say there are opportunities to better attract and retain homegrown talent and knock down barriers that are preventing companies from growing.
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S&P/TSX composite, U.S. markets see declines amid new U.S. tariff threats

S&P/TSX composite, U.S. markets see declines amid new U.S. tariff threats

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index finished lower, weighed down by losses in technology, while U.S. stock markets also moved lower after U.S. President Donald Trump escalated tariff threats against Canada.
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Bitcoin tops $118,000 for the first time, as the cryptocurrency continues to climb to new heights

Bitcoin tops $118,000 for the first time, as the cryptocurrency continues to climb to new heights

Bitcoin has reached yet another all-time high, surpassing $118,000 for the first time on Friday — as a flood of money continues to move into spot bitcoin ETFs, all while U.S.
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S&P 500 and Nasdaq composite pull back from their all-time highs

S&P 500 and Nasdaq composite pull back from their all-time highs

Stocks closed lower on Wall Street, pulling the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq composite below the records they set a day earlier. The S&P 500 fell 0.3% Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gave back 0.6%. The Nasdaq composite slipped 0.2%.
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