Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
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Mortgage rule changes will help spark demand, but supply challenges persist: experts
TORONTO - Experts say Ottawa's changes to mortgage rules could help spur demand among potential homebuyers, but supply challenges are likely to persist in Canada's real estate sector despite lofty goa...
Sep 17, 2024
Food items that got more expensive in August, and which ones saw prices go down
OTTAWA - Inflation has come down from its highs, and groceries are no exception. Statistics Canada reported on Tuesday that grocery prices in August rose 2.4 per cent from the year before, a far cry f...
Sep 17, 2024
StatCan looks to improve the way it tracks wireless plan pricing with new data
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada has changed the way it tracks the price of wireless plans in an effort to capture a more accurate picture of what Canadians are paying when it calculates the inflation rate....
Sep 17, 2024
Here's a list of August inflation rates for selected Canadian cities
OTTAWA - Canada's annual inflation rate was 2.0 per cent in August, Statistics Canada says. The agency also released rates for major cities, but cautioned that figures may have fluctuated widely becau...
Sep 17, 2024
Here's a list of August inflation rates for Canadian provinces
OTTAWA - Canada's annual inflation rate was 2.0 per cent in August, Statistics Canada says. Here's what happened in the provinces (previous month in brackets): - Newfoundland and Labrador: 1.3 per cen...
Sep 17, 2024
Facing loss of Alberta funding, halt of planned Calgary Green Line could cost $2.1B
EDMONTON - Calgary city council has voted to end work on Calgary's first phase of its long-sought $6.2-billion Green Line light rail transit project at a cost of at least $2.1 billion. At a Tuesday me...
Sep 17, 2024
Canada's inflation rate hits 2% target, reaches lowest level in more than 3 years
OTTAWA - Canada's inflation rate fell to two per cent last month, finally hitting the Bank of Canada's target after a tumultuous battle with skyrocketing price growth. The annual inflation rate fell f...
Sep 17, 2024
These people say they got listeria after drinking recalled plant-based milks
TORONTO - Sanniah Jabeen holds a sonogram of the unborn baby she lost after contracting listeria last December. Beneath, it says "love at first sight." Jabeen says she believes she and her baby were p...
Sep 16, 2024
Rent cap loophole? Halifax-area landlords defend use of fixed-term leases
HALIFAX - Some Halifax-area landlords on Monday defended their use of fixed-term leases as necessary to recoup costs under Nova Scotia's rent cap, despite criticism the leases help property owners ski...
Sep 16, 2024
Federal money and sales taxes help pump up New Brunswick budget surplus
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's finance minister says the province recorded a surplus of $500.8 million for the fiscal year that ended in March. Ernie Steeves says the amount - more than 10 times higher...
Sep 16, 2024
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Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
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