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Célébrer des employés qui mettent la main à la pâte

L’immigration francophone joue un rôle grandissant dans la vitalité de Saint-Pierre-Jolys. À la Boulangerie Saint-Pierre, des employés venus de plusieurs pays contribuent à la croissance de…

  • Saint-Pierre Bakery in Saint-Pierre-Jolys celebrates employees from various countries.
  • Bakery owner Jocelyn Gagné attributes growth to French-speaking immigrant workforce.
  • Mural created with Franco-Manitoban artist Gérald Laroche to honor employees' contribution.

Fighting tariffs with the power of boycotts

Speaking this week about an important deadline for a renewal of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico agreement on trade, Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew promised that Manitoba will continue to keep American booze off…

  • Manitoba and Ontario premiers vow to ban American alcohol if fair deal not reached
  • U.S. wine, spirit, and beer makers lose $700 million in first year of boycott
  • Canada once largest purchaser of American booze, now facing tariffs on Aug. 19

Petrobras Finds Oil on Brazil’s Equatorial Margin, off the Amapá Coast

Petrobras confirmed hydrocarbons in the Morpho well off Amapá on 14 August 2026, its first find in the Foz do Amazonas basin, but says it is too soon to know if the deepwater oil is commercial.

  • Petrobras discovers oil 175 km off Amapá coast on 14 August 2026.
  • Located in Foz do Amazonas basin, 2,886 meters underwater.
  • CEO Magda Chambriard calls it milestone and vindication of optimism.

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