By Staff The Canadian Press Posted April 9, 2024 10:31 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ottawa is setting up a $500-million fund to help community health organizations provide more mental health care to young people. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland made the announcement Tuesday in Ottawa alongside other cabinet … Read more
New South Wales is riddled with toll roads and, for motorists driving long distances to work each day, the price of saving time can add up — that’s why the state government announced a $60 toll cap scheme late last year Motorists can now claim their share of the $46 million they’ve racked up over … Read more
Holidaymakers at Hamilton Island should make sure to bring their debit or credit cards as the Whitsundays destination is now entirely cashless. Hamilton Island, one of Australia’s most popular holiday spots, started changing its money policies during the COVID-19 pandemic, and does not accept cash at any of its outlets. “The choice to become cashless … Read more
Two Australian coins are expected to fetch up to $1500 at auction next week due to a simple error made by the Royal Australian Mint. A 1978 50-cent struck on a 20-cent blank and a 1994 10-cent coin struck on a five-cent blank are both being auctioned by Noble Numismatics next Tuesday. The 1978 coin … Read more
Moss Vale mother-of-four Kylie Smith was feeding her four-week-old daughter at home when she noticed her baby was going “blue in the face”. She rushed her to the hospital, where little Laurah-Rose Geenen was diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease and hypertension — a condition which, at the time, Smith had no idea about, nor what … Read more
Canadians are mostly looking for help paying their bills in the 2024 federal budget, not investments in the military or clean energy transitions, according to polling released Friday. The Ipsos poll conducted exclusively for Global News surveyed 1,000 Canadians between March 15 and 18 about what their top three priorities were for the upcoming federal … Read more
A NSW woman who has played the same lotto numbers for years was just about to give up on the sequence of digits before she won the $20 million Powerball jackpot on Thursday. “I thought, ‘I think I’ll keep it for another week. I might be lucky’,” she told The Lott officials. The sequence of … Read more
One of the world’s largest money managers Vanguard Group’s India stock portfolio is faring poorly in the current calendar year, with nearly 60% of the 26 stocks languishing. Vanguard, which owns Indian stocks worth nearly Rs 36,000 crore through its various funds, has seen a decline in its portfolio value by Rs 664 crore in … Read more
To get an idea of the financial toll extreme weather is taking on this country’s agriculture industry, look no further than the government of Saskatchewan’s books. The prairie province had forecast a more than $1 billion surplus for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, but fresh budget documents released last month show that surplus … Read more
With domestic money inflow outperforming the overseas in the past few years, the share of foreigners in India’s total market cap has consistently retreated from a peak of about 24-25%. Synopsis But that’s the seemingly outlandish threshold overseas funds were close to overhauling last month in gross purchases of Indian stocks – thanks to mouth-watering … Read more
