Canadian home sales dip; prices snap 5-month streak of declines
CANADIAN home sales pulled back in February after strong growth in the previous two months, but prices stopped falling in a potential...
China to invest in Canada mining despite crackdown, envoy says
CHINA’S ambassador says the country will continue to do business in Canada’s domestic critical minerals sector despite Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s “unfortunate”...
Real estate loans a ‘question mark’ for Canadian banks’ profits
WITH most of Canada’s biggest banks exposed to the US commercial-property market, the deteriorating quality of some real estate loans could lead...
Canada’s slowing inflation rate bolsters bets on early rate cut
CANADA’S annual inflation rate slowed significantly more than expected to 2.9 per cent in January and core price measures also eased, data...
General Motors, Panasonic sign investment deals with Canadian graphite producer
GENERAL Motors and Panasonic Holdings have signed agreements to buy electric-vehicle battery materials from Nouveau Monde Graphite and will invest in the...
Canada extends ban on home purchases by foreigners to 2026
CANADA has lengthened a ban on foreign home buyers for two additional years as the real estate market begins to show signs...
Trump win would mean unpredictability for Canada, says Trudeau
A WIN for Republican frontrunner Donald Trump in the US presidential election this November would mean a certain amount of unpredictability for...
Canada caps foreign student visas amid housing shortage
CANADA is limiting a key source of its growing population by capping the number of foreign students, a move aimed at quelling...
Canada retail sales rebounded in December after slowdown
CANADIAN consumers went on a holiday shopping spree at the end of last year, after reining in their spending just a month...
Bank of Canada surveys show inflation expectations are coming down
THE Bank of Canada’s business and consumer surveys showed higher interest rates are working to ease inflation expectations and slow the rate...