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CTV News
15 hours ago
- Health
- CTV News
Cross-country Ride of Hope reaches Winnipeg, over $900K raised so far
The National Ride of Hope reached Winnipeg with a police escort on June 19, 2025. (Jamie Dowsett/CTV News Winnipeg) A cross-country cycling trip to raise funds for cancer research reached Winnipeg on Thursday—having raised hundreds of thousands of dollars along the way. The National Ride of Hope commemorates the 45th anniversary of Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope, raising funds for the Terry Fox Foundation to support life-saving cancer research. Led by Darrell Fox, Terry's younger brother, the group of eight cyclists left Vancouver, B.C. on June 9 and intends to ride roughly 7,000 kilometres over 32 days to St. John's, N.L. Darrell, who grew up in Winnipeg, said that it's exciting and a tad emotional to return to his hometown, speaking to CTV News at Assiniboine Park. 'To make it here and to get this warm reception here is absolutely wonderful,' he said. Darrell said the bike ride is 'easy' compared to his brother's marathon by foot, but added that there's still work do to in the fight against cancer. Darrell Fox Darrell Fox, the younger brother of Terry Fox, said cancer research has come a long way since the 1980 Marathon of Hope. (Jamie Dowsett/CTV News Winnipeg) As of Thursday, the National Ride of Hope has raised over $900,000, nearing in on the goal of raising $1 million. The Marathon of Hope began in 1980 after Terry was diagnosed with bone cancer and decided to run across Canada to raise funds for cancer research. Terry ran from St. John's, N.L. on an artificial leg to just outside Thunder Bay, Ont., where he was forced to stop after cancer appeared in his lungs. He passed away from cancer nine months later on June 28, 1981. 'We've come a long way in the last 45 years in terms of finding the answers to the disease that is cancer,' said Darrell. 'If Terry was diagnosed with Osteogenic Sarcoma today, he'd likely live. That can't change history for me, but it's certainly changing what could happen in the future, and that's what Terry wanted us to do.' On July 10, the group plans to arrive in St. John's, N.L. where Terry began his marathon by dipping his artificial leg in the Atlantic Ocean. The Terry Fox Foundation has since raised more than $900 million and funded 1,300 innovative cancer research projects, according to a media release. Donations to the National Ride of Hope in support of cancer research can be made online.
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Business
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Macklem says potential trade and security deal with U.S. is 'welcome news'
Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem said the recent announcement by Canada and the United States to negotiate a new trade and security deal within 30 days is 'welcome news' due to this country dependency on its southern neighbour's market. 'Restoring open trade between our countries is critical to jobs and growth in Canada,' Macklem said during a speech in front of the St. John's Board of Trade. 'It is also important for prices and inflation.' Earlier this month, the Bank of Canada decided to hold its policy rate at 2.75 per cent for the second time in a row as uncertainty over U.S. trade policy remains high. During his speech in St. John's, N.L., Macklem highlighted how trade disruptions have impacted the Canadian economy, with U.S. tariffs still in place on Canadian steel, aluminum and motor vehicles. Retaliatory tariffs also remain in place on nearly $60-billion worth of U.S. goods, although some carveouts have been announced by the federal government. The governor said the impact of these tariffs on inflation has proven to be complicated, with additional firmness in consumer price index (CPI) data in April, when measures of core inflation began heating up. Headline inflation came in at 1.7 per cent, but it came in closer to 2.3 per cent when you don't account for the consumer carbon tax removal, above what the central bank expected. At the same time, a slowdown in Canadian exports is putting a drag on economic growth. 'But if tariffs are not removed, we expect they will be passed on through consumer prices,' he said. 'These economic impacts underline the importance of a new trade deal with the United States.' How quickly the costs are passed on from businesses to consumers will depend on demand and inflation expectations. Macklem said a slowdown in the economy will soften demand, but tariffs also give companies something to blame for higher prices. 'That may make it easier for them to pass on the cost of tariffs,' he said. 'And higher inflation expectations could also make it easier because people won't be surprised to see higher prices.' Macklem used the 2018 tariff conflict with the first Donald Trump administration to illustrate how tariffs could be passed onto consumers. At the time, there was a 10 per cent retaliatory tariff on final goods, which remained in place for just under a year. 'During that conflict, the pass-through from price increases to consumer goods was high, but incomplete,' he said. 'If the current tariffs and counter tariffs remain in place, past experience suggests pass-through of about 75 per cent of the costs of tariffs over roughly a year and a half.' In the first quarter of this year, Canadian goods exports surged by 10 per cent as businesses pushed out their inventories to beat the tariffs being imposed by the U.S. However, this momentum has faded, with Canadian exports to the U.S. dropping by more than 15 per cent in April. 'This reflects both the payback from the first-quarter surge and the fact that tariffs are making Canadian goods more expensive in the United States,' Macklem said. 'In April, exports of steel and aluminum products fell 11 per cent and 25 per cent, respectively, and motor vehicle exports were down almost 25 per cent.' Canadian businesses have, however, shown a willingness to find new trade destinations for their products, with exports and imports rising from countries other than the U.S. Still, nearly two million Canadian jobs rely on product exports to the U.S. In May, the unemployment rate hit seven per cent, the highest it's been since 2016. Macklem said employment in trade-sensitive sectors has declined since the beginning of the year, with manufacturing jobs down by 55,000 since January. However, employment in other sectors has held steady for now, but he warned that the labour market usually responds with a lag. 'Final domestic demand was soft in the first quarter, and if tariffs and uncertainty were to continue, households and businesses will likely remain cautious,' he said. 'If demand stays soft, at some point, more businesses will cut jobs.' David Rosenberg: Tiff Macklem is looking like a deer caught in the headlights Bank of Canada to 'return to rate cuts' following hold, economists say Moving forward, Macklem said the governing council agreed that further rate cuts will be needed to help a slowing economy and deteriorating labour market if inflation remains contained. 'The recent progress toward a new trade deal is encouraging, and we are following developments closely,' he said. 'We are all invested in the future of the trade relationship between Canada and the United States.' • Email: jgowling@ Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Business
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Diversifying trade key to building ‘resilience' against U.S. tariffs: Macklem
OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada is encouraging businesses to explore export markets beyond the United States to make the economy less vulnerable to the current and future trade disputes. Governor Tiff Macklem is giving a speech in St. John's, N.L., today where he's discussing the impact of tariffs on Canada's labour market and inflation. He says in prepared remarks that it's 'very welcome news' to hear Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump have agreed to nail down a new trade and security deal in the next 30 days. Macklem says that while the United States will always be Canada's biggest trading partner, diversifying exports to other markets 'adds resilience' to the economy. The Bank of Canada held its policy rate steady at 2.75 per cent earlier this month and its next decision is set for July 30. Macklem reiterated that future cuts could be in the cards if economic growth weakens further but inflation remains contained in the trade dispute. This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 18, 2025. Craig Lord, The Canadian Press
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Automotive
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'I was fined for spending six hours in a car park - I was only there 20 minutes!'
A DRIVER has blasted a 'disgusting' fine which claimed he had parked for six hours in a car park - when he had been there for just 20 minutes. Sam Surridge, of Worboys Road, St Johns, was shocked and confused to receive a letter from Euro Car Parks stating he had exceeded the maximum stay at Tybridge Retail Park by several hours and had to pay £100. The 61-year-old said: "They sent a picture of my van leaving the car park which they say was taken at 4.13pm, but it can't be because my van was in my driveway from 10.45am and throughout the afternoon. "They said I was there for five hours and 53 minutes when I couldn't have been there for any more than 20 minutes. "There is no way that photo could have been taken when they say it was taken." Tybridge Retail Park's car park gives visitors up to two hours of free parking. Mr Surridge's Ring doorbell caught him leaving his home at around 10am on Saturday, May 31, before returning at 10.45am, meaning he would have been in the retail park for no more than 45 minutes. Now, he is using his doorbell footage in an attempt to have the parking fine cancelled. "I have appealed my fine and sent them evidence that my van was on my driveway all day," he said. "But the worrying part is what if I did not have a Ring doorbell which captured when I left and came home? "I'm just concerned it will happen to other people." More: More: More: Euro Car Park, the company that issued Mr Surridge's fine, offers a reduced parking charge of £60 if the fine is paid within two weeks being issued. However, it took almost two weeks before he received the notice, giving him just three days to pay or appeal before the fine becomes £100. "I think it is disgusting," Mr Surridge said. "This is either a system error or it is fraud." Euro Car Park has been contacted by Worcester News for a comment but had not responded by the time we went to press.
CTV News
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- CTV News
Oh, baby! Pieces of broadcasting legend Bob Cole's collection put up for auction
The family of Bob Cole are auctioning off his personal hockey memorabilia as a tribute to the late legendary sportscaster. Garrett Barry reports. Dozens of items — including press passes, media guides and books — that helped propel broadcasting legend Bob Cole to the heights of hockey greatness were put up for auction in St. John's, N.L. The collection includes multiple VHS tapes and photos signed by Don Cherry, a pair of gloves signed by Wayne Gretzky, and dozens of other pieces of hockey memorabilia collected by the late broadcaster before he died in 2024. Hilary Cole, one of Bob's four children, said the family connected with Bartlett's Auction House in after wondering what they should do with what remained of their father's collection. The children had already picked some of the precious items they wanted to keep. 'They kind of tell the story of all the places he's been,' Hilary Cole said, especially the press passes that were always hanging on the door handles of her father's house in St. John's. 'It's hard to say goodbye to this stuff because it's part of the process,' she said. 'And we're not unlike any other family in that way.' Bob Cole auction Hilary Cole, Bob Cole's daughter, stands for an interview in St. John's, N.L. Cole said the auction should help reach people who might want to have a bit of the hockey history that her dad accumulated. Bob Cole became synonymous with Hockey on Saturday Night for millions of Canadians throughout his career calling play-by-play for Hockey Night in Canada. His career spanned decades, bringing some of the biggest moments in the game to life — from Canada's 2002 Olympic Men's Hockey Victory to the infamous 1976 exhibition game between the USSR's 'Red Army' team and the Philadelphia Flyers. And it all started, according to his daughter, because of his own audacity: The courage it took for a young man from St. John's to march into then-broadcaster Foster Hewitt's office and hand him a demo tape. 'We all got to learn a lot from our dad, but his tenacity was something that I don't know if you can learn. It's something that he might have been born with.' Bob Cole auction A pair of hockey gloves signed by Wayne Gretzky are seen in St. John's, N.L. Among the collection of hockey memorabilia are a few of Bob Cole's personal interests: A set of Frank Sinatra videos and a stack of books about the American Mafia. The mafia was a 'fascination' for Cole, his daughter said, he even became convinced he had a run in with an American mobster after getting into a small altercation with a man outside of a Boston hotel. Shortly thereafter, the man's arrest made headlines on the local newscast. 'When they arrived back at the next hotel back in New York City…[they] were all upgraded into their hotel rooms,' she said. 'They were given VIP service in their hotels and huge fruit baskets.' 'So, there was like a message saying, we know who you are, we know where you are, and don't talk about our guy.' Hilary Cole says his father guarded that story closely, still convinced — even late in life — that the mafia might still have their eye on him. Although the auction is hosted in St. John's, bidding is open to nationally and internationally. The auction closes on Tuesday night.
