The next few months promise to be turbulent ones for financial markets, as investors adjust to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's insistence that they judge the course of monetary policy for themselves.

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.

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.

The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation to approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline, the eighth time congressional Republicans have advanced a measure promoting the project.

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.