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Liberals' mortgage plan to have tiny effect on housing prices: CMHC
Canada's housing agency says new spending measures aimed at helping first-time buyers afford homes won't push prices up more than a few tenths of a percentage point.
EDC investigating claim it backed SNC-Lavalin on corrupt Angola dam contract
Export Development Canada is reviewing its decision to provide up to half a billion dollars worth of insurance in 2011 for an SNC-Lavalin contract in Angola after learning of an allegation the company may have won the bid with help from bribes.
Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques to make first spacewalk next Monday
Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques is scheduled to perform his first spacewalk next Monday, April 9, 2019, venturing outside the International Space Station alongside NASA colleague Anne McClain.
McKenna's office tried to plant friendly questions with senators on committee
Conservative Sen. Jean-Guy Dagenais says Environment Minister Catherine McKenna's office tried to plant questions with friendly senators on the Senate's environment committee to help get the government's message across on its new environmental-assessment legislation.
B.C. receives two money laundering reports after reviews of real estate, cars
The British Columbia government is examining two reports on money laundering that it hopes will help stop the flow of dirty money through real estate, luxury cars and horse racing.
Kenney sets date to launch carbon tax court fight if he wins election
United Conservative Leader Jason Kenney says if he wins the Alberta election, a formal court challenge of the federal carbon tax will be launched by the end of the month.
Alberta city to honour Broncos victim with arena naming and 'Green Shirt Day'
The Alberta hometown for a victim of the Humboldt Broncos bus crash will name an arena after him, and will also make an exception to a decades-old rule that prohibited its mayor from issuing proclamations.
Port Moody, B.C., mayor takes leave of absence to fight sex assault charge
The mayor of Port Moody, B.C., says he is taking a leave of absence to clear his name after being charged with sexual assault.
FCA to cut Windsor auto assembly shift in fall at loss of 1,500 jobs
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles says it plans to cut the third shift at its Windsor, Ont., assembly plant later this year at a cost of about 1,500 jobs.
Manitoba government to pull nurses ad that union says is demeaning to women
The Manitoba government is pulling a series of advertisements aimed at recruiting nurses after one of the images was criticized as being sexist and patronizing.