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Canada's federal banking regulator says it's lowering its domestic stability buffer to three per cent from 3.5 per cent, a move it says will give the country's six largest banks greater flexibility to...

MONTREAL - A luxury tax on cars, planes and boats yielded more than $900 million before it was scaled back amid concerns about the negative effect on manufacturers. In the two fiscal years between 202...

VANCOUVER - The federal and British Columbia governments have announced billions of dollars in combined investments to spur housing development and update infrastructure, including building a new high...

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has approved an amended environment assessment certificate for block-caving at the Red Chris Mine, the same site where three workers were trapped last July. ...

OTTAWA - Human rights advocates say Ottawa is betraying foreigners alleging involvement by Canadian companies abroad in forced labour and environmental degradation by shutting down an office meant to ...

EDMONTON - Albertans who apply for $100 payments from the province could see the money land in their bank accounts within two weeks of applying. Premier Danielle Smith has said her government is dolin...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney appears untroubled by U.S. President Donald Trump's recent claim that the United States would "do better without" the North American free trade pact. "It's no secre...

MONTRAL - A Quebec think tank says the province's housing crisis is a driver of domestic violence and negatively affects school dropout rates. On Thursday, the Observatoire qubcois des ingalits publis...

QUBEC - Montreal's business community is coming together to sweeten the pot in the city's bid to host a multinational defence bank, offering several floors in a planned downtown tower for the highly s...

MONTRAL - Montreal-area police are warning the public about a rash of violent crimes targeting sellers of Pokmon cards and MacBooks. Laval police say they arrested 10 young men, aged 16 to 18, on June...