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.

The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index posted its biggest decline in three weeks on Wednesday after minutes from the latest Federal Reserve policy meeting showed that some officials were open to cutting back on large-scale asset purchases as early as the ...

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.

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.

WASHINGTON - The American political brawl over the approval of TransCanada's proposed Keystone XL pipeline shifted into overdrive on Wednesday as Republicans in the House of Representatives made yet another attempt to take the decision out of U.S.

Most Montrealers are being told they must boil their water before drinking it, a precaution after sediment was found in the water following renovations to a city reservoir.

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.

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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.