Month: January 2014

  • Loonie will plummet to 85 cents: TD

    Craig Alexander, chief economist for TD Economics, warned Thursday that consumers could see the Canadian dollar slide as low as 85 cents US by mid-year — a level it hasn’t closed below since May 2009 — if the current environment continues. He said factors that have impacted the currency so far this year, from an…

  • Travel prices up due to bitter winter weather, agent says

    While January is normally a slow month, Ottawa travel agent says prices are up due to higher demand Ticket prices are rising due to increased demand, largely because more people want to escape the recent bitter winter weather, according to a travel agency manager in Ottawa Mohinder Handa, general manager at Handa Travel, in operation since 1976, says…