Green shoots in the Garden of Canada!?

• Statistics Canada said today that Canadian retail sales rose for the third straight month in March, by 0.3 percent, on the strength of new motor vehicle sales. New cars, of all things...


• The Canadian currency pushed as high as C$1.125 to the US dollar, or 88.88 US cents, its strongest level since October 9.


• Toronto's main stock index rose at the open on Friday, bouncing from the previous session's 2.8 percent drop, as firmer commodity prices helped lift the resource-rich market.

Spring may be here.