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.

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Slower traffic could actually speed up the daily commute in Calgary, researchers at the University of Calgary say. �The idea is to slow down traffic in a way that maintains the freeways operating close to their capacity,� said Lina Kattan, director of a new traffic ...

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.

(Reuters) - Department store chain Sears Canada Inc (SCC.TO: Quote) posted a loss in the first quarter compared with a profit last year, as demand for its home products and major appliances fell.

Mexican and Canadian stocks are returning the least in 14 years versus the Standard & Poor's 500 Index, a break from a history of matching or beating the benchmark gauge since the countries formed a free-trade agreement in 1994.

SYDNEY--The Australian share market fell its most in two months after the U.S. Federal Reserve said it could reduce economic stimulus and China's manufacturing showed signs of contraction.

With new management involved, work is set to begin on the much-anticipated and oft-delayed Capital Pointe condominium project in downtown Regina.

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.

Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said the loosening of fiscal and monetary policies in some countries may be increasing risks to the global economy.