After peaking at just over 850,000 people in 2009, the number of EI claimants has declined steadily ever since. (Mike Segar/Reuters).

TD bank also announced Thursday that it plans to buy back up to 12 million of its common shares over the coming year, or about 1.3 per cent of the total.

Alberta could green its image and add plenty of new turbines over the next few years with the right government incentives, the Canadian Wind Energy Association said in a report released Wednesday.

Rail cars arrive in Milton, N.D., in February 2008, loaded with pipe for the first Keystone Pipeline project, which now carries crude oil across Saskatchewan and Manitoba, and through North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri and Illinois.

MONTREAL - As thirsty Montrealers lurched into day two without potable tap water, there were reported shortages of bottled water in certain sectors.

The RCMP are moving to freeze millions of dollars in bank accounts and real estate holdings in Montreal and Florida in their expanding probe into Canadian engineering firm SNC-Lavalin.

CALGARY - Calgary's housing market renaissance has not been a steady process, as the overall improving trend in resale activity was inconsistent last year, says a report released today by RBC Economics Research.

Mobilicity has tweaked certain terms of its $380-million acquisition plan with Telus Corp. just hours before the wireless upstart's bond holders were due to vote on the deal on Thursday.

Saskatchewan is getting poor marks for overall health, a report from the Conference Board of Canada says. The latest report from the Ontario-based think tank, released Thursday, gives the province a D overall after combining 90 factors.

All but one member of Kitchener council voted Wednesday night in favour of an alternate route for the southern extension of Strasburg Road.