Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke defended the central bank's record stimulus program under questioning from lawmakers, telling them that ending it prematurely would endanger a recovery hampered by high unemployment and government ...

The U.S. House of Representatives has turned up the political heat on the Obama administration over the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, passing a bill Wednesday that would grant approval for the project.

By John Tilak. TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index climbed on Wednesday, led by gold miners, after a day of choppy trading as optimism that the U.S.

Almost a year after the federal government's latest tightening of the rules for insured mortgages, the association that represents mortgage brokers has come out with a dire assessment of the effect of those changes.

Montrealers have become wearily accustomed to murky matters emanating from city hall, but now the dirt is coming straight out of their taps.

A council committee has accepted a plan to base inner-city parking rates on how popular parking is on any given street. The two-hour parking rates would also vary depending on the time of day.

Postal workers in Fort McMurray held a wildcat strike on Wednesday after learning Canada Post plans to hire contractors to handle parcel deliveries.

Two Toronto-area developers offered up preliminary details of a new highrise planned to tower over all of downtown Winnipeg as the province's highest building.

The mismatch between the level of oil production in Canada and the pipeline capacity to get it to markets is causing a �staggering� blow to the Canadian economy, Toronto Dominion Bank deputy chairman and former New Brunswick Premier Frank McKenna ...

After looking at the forecast over the next couple days, city officials are warning residents to keep off the Glenmore Reservoir. This is to allow the water level to be dropped to accommodate the heavy rainfall, creating a heavy water flow from the Elbow River.