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For better or worse, 2018 seems to have marked a turning point in Canada’s closely-watched housing market, and here’s one effect of that: We can no longer count ourselves among the countries with the world’s hottest residential real estate. That might be good news for the many Toronto and Vancouver residents who are hoping for…

EDMONTON — Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley promised to balance the province’s budget by 2023-24 as she unveiled her party’s election platform Sunday, while also pledging to expand $25 per day child care, build long-term care beds for seniors and construct new schools. Notley’s date for balancing the books is a year later than what’s…

The US Justice Department official who once oversaw the Russia probe, Rod Rosenstein, plans to resign in mid-March, US news outlets reported. Rosenstein’s departure from his post as deputy attorney general has been expected for some time. CNN on Monday quoted a department official as saying it has nothing to do with recent explosive claims by…

WASHINGTON — An American cannabis producer is warning President Donald Trump that Canada is poised to dominate the North American marijuana industry unless the United States takes steps to eliminate barriers to financing and market capital south of the border. A full-page ad in Tuesday’s Wall Street Journal, framed as a plea to the White…

The Canadian Mint revealed a commemorative coin in honour of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s impending nuptials on Wednesday. The $20 Fine Silver Coin is limited edition and costs $104.95. The Mint also announced that it is making a $25,000 donation to the Centre For Addiction and Mental Health. The donation will be made instead…

The Red Dead Online beta is still trundling on, and with it the continued complaints about griefing, the in-game economy, microtransactions and lack of content. This week the game received a major update – and despite specifically seeking to address “destructive player behaviour”, the update has received criticism for failing to fully address griefing problems,…

Michael Jackson’s estate is suing HBO for more than $100 million over an upcoming documentary accusing the late star of abusing two men when they were children.  "Leaving Neverland", which portrays Jackson as a serial child molester, has already caused a strong reaction after its premier at the Sundance Film Festival. It features testimony from…

Global oil prices have soared to their highest levels in four years, in what should be bad news for Canadian consumers’ budgets and good news for the country’s oil exporters. But Canada’s oil industry has been shut out of the recent bonanza. Canadian oil exports are selling at their steepest discount in years, the result…