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

The Bank of Canada in Ottawa on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick 
The Bank of Canada in Ottawa on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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RATE ANNOUNCEMENT

The Bank of Canada will release its latest interest rate decision and monetary policy report on Wednesday. The central bank is expected to keep its key interest rate target on hold, but economists will be interested to see its outlook for the economy as pandemic-related restrictions begin to be lifted.

COUCHE-TARD INVESTOR DAY

Alimentation Couche-Tard holds a virtual investor day on Wednesday. The Quebec-based convenience store retailer said last month that it remains on the path to doubling its pre-tax profits by 2023 as its business moves toward pre-pandemic levels.

COGECO RESULTS

Cogeco Inc. and Cogeco Communications Inc. are to release their third-quarter results after the close of markets on Wednesday. Atlantic Broadband, Cogeco's main U.S. subsidiary, announced a deal last month to buy a broadband system in Ohio from WideOpenWest Inc. for US$1.125 billion.

ECONOMIC DATA

Statistics Canada is expected to release its monthly survey of manufacturing for May on Wednesday and its May wholesale trade data on Friday. CMHC is also scheduled to release its housing starts data for June on Friday.

HOME SALES

The Canadian Real Estate Association will release its home sales figures for June on Thursday. Sales in May fell compared with April, but the association said it still expects the number of sales this year to set a new record.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 11, 2021.

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The province's public security minister said he was "shocked" Thursday amid reports that a body believed to be that of a 14-year-old boy was found this week near a Hells Angels hideout near Quebec City.

An Ontario man says it is 'unfair' to pay a $1,500 insurance surcharge because his four-year-old SUV is at a higher risk of being stolen.

Local Spotlight

They say a dog is a man’s best friend. In the case of Darren Cropper, from Bonfield, Ont., his three-year-old Siberian husky and golden retriever mix named Bear literally saved his life.

Paleontologists from the Royal B.C. Museum have uncovered "a trove of extraordinary fossils" high in the mountains of northern B.C., the museum announced Thursday.

The search for a missing ancient 28-year-old chocolate donkey ended with a tragic discovery Wednesday.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police is celebrating an important milestone in the organization's history: 50 years since the first women joined the force.

It's been a whirlwind of joyful events for a northern Ontario couple who just welcomed a baby into their family and won the $70 million Lotto Max jackpot last month.

A Good Samaritan in New Brunswick has replaced a man's stolen bottle cart so he can continue to collect cans and bottles in his Moncton neighbourhood.

David Krumholtz, known for roles like Bernard the Elf in The Santa Clause and physicist Isidor Rabi in Oppenheimer, has spent the latter part of his summer filming horror flick Altar in Winnipeg. He says Winnipeg is the most movie-savvy town he's ever been in.

Edmontonians can count themselves lucky to ever see one tiger salamander, let alone the thousands one local woman says recently descended on her childhood home.

A daytrip to the backcountry turned into a frightening experience for a Vancouver couple this weekend.

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