The government's efforts to cool the housing market will have a negative impact on the economy and the range of industries that depend on house sales - everything from mortgage financing to furniture and appliance sales - warned the Canadian ...

Undeterred by record-high housing prices and bolstered by low borrowing costs, nearly half of Canadian home owners plan to buy a property in the next five years, although intentions vary sharply from city to city, a poll released Wednesday has found.

Global markets continued their rally on Wednesday as Ben Bernanke, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, made clear he had no intention of cutting short his $85bn-a-month (�56bn) quantitative easing programme in the near future.

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.

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WASHINGTON - House Republicans pushed a proposal Wednesday to bypass the president to speed approval of the 1,700-mile Keystone XL pipeline, which would transport oil from Canada to Texas.

One-third of Canadian households over the past year never or almost never had enough money left over after paying essential expenses, says a new report.

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If you said (a) when it's not really zero growth at all and (b) when it's accompanied by a drop in fuel prices, then you're finding all the right answers in Canada's March retail sales report.

(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.