Business Calendar

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Today’s opening numbers:

TSX 14,779.35

Dow 17,672.60

Nasdaq  4,757.88

Dollar 80.49 cents US

Today — in Toronto, Mark Wiseman, president and CEO of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, delivers the keynote address at the Toronto Region Board of Trade’s annual dinner and Brookfield Canada Office Properties releases fourth-quarter and year-end results after markets close.

Tuesday — in Montreal, grocery and pharmacy chain Metro Inc. holds a first-quarter conference call and Canadian National Railway discusses fourth-quarter and year-end results. In Waterloo, Ont., OpenText Corp. releases second-quarter results. In Washington, the U.S. Commerce Department releases durable goods for December and new home sales for December.

Wednesday — in Ottawa, Statistics Canada releases the labour force survey year-end review, 2014. In Toronto, investment company AGF Management Ltd. holds a conference call to discuss fourth-quarter and year-end results.

Thursday — in Ottawa, Statistics Canada releases the payroll employment, earnings and hours figures for November. In Toronto, Rogers Communications holds a fourth-quarter results conference call. In Saskatoon, Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. is expected to release its fourth-quarter results before markets open. In Calgary, Canadian Oil Sands expected to release fourth-quarter results.

Friday — in Ottawa, Statistics Canada releases the gross domestic product by industry for November. In Washington, U.S. Commerce Department releases fourth-quarter gross domestic product.

 

This Week in Business

TUESDAY

Business Planning Workshop (three days) Buchwald Room, Millennium Library, 251 Donald St., 204-487-6117, 9 a.m. Register: embevents.ca, 204-945-8200 or 1-855-836-7250. $60.

Maximizing Efficiency and Profitability with Supply Chain Management World Trade Centre Winnipeg, 219 Provencher Blvd., 3rd Floor, 9:30 a.m. Register: wtcwinnipeg.com/calendar-of-events or 1-800-665-2019. Free.

Management Essentials QNET Training Room.

Business Plan Workshop: Introduction to Marketing and Pricing Women’s Enterprise Centre of Manitoba, 100-207 Donald St., 204-988-1860, 5:30 p.m. Information: wecm.ca/series/series-detail.cfm?series_typebpdw&series_id13. $180.

Workplace Wellness Coaching Part 1 Interpersonal Wellness Services Inc., 13-875 Gateway Rd., 6 p.m. with Joyce Odidison. Information: 204 668 5283 or iwsci.com. $400.

Kairos North East Justice and Peace presents Jan Graham and Alex Paterson, Manitoba Energy East Coalition, 7:30 p.m., Kildonan United Church, 187 Kilbride Ave. They will share their research into the possible consequences of the proposed Energy East pipeline. Information: http://noenergyeastmb.org/.

 

WEDNESDAY

Twitter 101 World Trade Centre Winnipeg, 219 Provencher Blvd., 3rd Floor, 9:30 a.m. Register: wtcwinnipeg.com/calendar-of-events or 1-800-665-2019. Free.

Winnipeg Rotary Club with Greg Dandewich, Economic Development Winnipeg, RBC Convention Centre, 12:15 p.m. $16.

Get Noticed: Pitching Your Story to the Winnipeg Free Press ACI Manitoba, 4th floor — 245 McDermot Ave., 4 p.m. Information: 204-927-2787, admin@creativemanitoba.ca, https://245mcdermot.ca/events. Julie Carl, associate editor, Winnipeg Free Press, will demystify the process and talk about how the Free Press makes its editorial decisions. Carl will give you practical information to make your next press release get noticed, including when and how to send a press release and what a good press release looks like. A question-and-answer period will follow Carl’s presentation. Members free.

REIM 30th Annual Forecast luncheon RBC Convention Centre, 375 York Ave., 204-956-1720, info@wcc.mb.ca, wcc.mb.ca, Jan. 28, 11:30 a.m. Register: reim.ca. Information: Dianne 204-415-5711 or Dianne@reim.ca. $63 members; $73.50 non-members.

Handling Difficult Situations-Bilingual Delivery Manitoba Tourism Education Council, 75 Scurfield Blvd. Unit 3, 204-957-7437, register@mtec.mb.ca, 9 a.m. $40.

Jan. 28 & 29: Manitoba Federation of Non-Profit Organizations workshop Preparing for Changing a Workforce in Winnipeg, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., 1000 Waverley St. Register: $150, 204-272-6088 or info@mfnpo.org.

 

THURSDAY

The Art of Selling World Trade Centre Winnipeg, 219 Provencher Blvd., 3rd Floor, 9:30 a.m. Free.

Practical Strategies for Building Delegation Skills QNET Training Room.

Professional Telephone Skills Manitoba Tourism Education Council, 75 Scurfield Blvd. Unit 3, 204-957-7437, register@mtec.mb.ca, 9 a.m. $40.

Workplace Wellness Coaching Part 2 Interpersonal Wellness Services Inc., 13-875 Gateway Rd., 6 p.m. with Joyce Odidison. Information: 204-668-5283 or iwsci.com. $400.

 

FRIDAY

Jan. 30 & Feb. 12: Employment Law Essentials Best Western Charterhouse Hotel, 330 York Ave., 9 a.m. $300.

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