Vancouver remains the least affordable city to buy a house in Canada while home ownership in Toronto is becoming more difficult, Royal Bank of Canada Economics Research said.

The hot earnings growth Toronto-Dominion Bank demonstrated in the first quarter has cooled, suggesting that the sluggish economy is slowly weighing on its bottom line.

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the number of people receiving regular employment insurance benefits continued to trend down for a fifth consecutive month in March.

Marathon Oil Corp. has called off talks to sell a portion of its stake in a major Alberta oil sands mining operation, adding to a growing list of sales efforts in the sector that have come up dry.

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.