News Releases

More than one thousand soccer balls will be used to build world's largest soccer ball mosaic

- Day-long festival at Yonge-Dundas Square will be venue for Toronto attempt

- Each ball kicked into soccer net will be used to build record-setting mosaic and will generate a $30,000 donation to Kids Help Phone from BMO, from the AIR MILES(R) Reward Program-a LoyaltyOne program, and from MasterCard Worldwide

- Former Toronto FC player and current TFC Senior Academy Team Coach, Danny Dichio, and former Canadian National Team player and current Sportsnet personality, Kara Lang, will participate

Aboriginal People are the youngest and fastest growing segment of the Canadian population but continue to be over-represented among Canada's unemployed

- Growth rate amongst Canada's Aboriginal People almost twice the rate of the non-Aboriginal population

- Gap is Widening Between Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal People With Post-Secondary Educations - 23 per cent of the non-Aboriginal population has a university degree, yet only 4 per cent of First Nations people have one.

- Team vying to be 2012 BMO Team of the Week Champion, a title which includes a $125,000 prize towards a field refurbishment

- U-10 boys team fundraising for the Canadian Liver Foundation, the London Food Bank and the Reforest London Campaign

Building permits up nearly 8 per cent to the highest levels in five years

BMO sponsors and participates in multiple Pride events throughout the month of June

BMO, Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters, and Canadian Chamber of Commerce Examine Challenges and Opportunities

Jobless Rate Lowest Since Late 2008

- Farmland Values Still Rising

- Exports Rise to Record Level

- Housing Market Soft, But Bubble Impact Muted