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Home sales down in Kitchener-Waterloo, but up in Cambridge
1+ hour, 23+ min ago (527+ words) Posted May 6, 2026 04: 31: 26 AM. Cornerstone Association of Realtors is out with its monthly housing statistics, and although home sales were up across the region as a whole, each municipality performed differently. The spring season has helped month-over-month options, with home sales…...
Canada posts merchandise trade surplus for March, first since September 2025
20+ hour, 46+ min ago (280+ words) Posted May 5, 2026 09: 08: 08 AM. OTTAWA " Statistics Canada says the country posted a merchandise trade surplus of $1. 8 billion in March, the first trade surplus since September. The agency says the result compared with a deficit of $5. 1 billion in February. The surplus came…...
Bank of Canada head 'encouraged' by Ottawa's efforts to diversify economy
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (1226+ words) Posted May 1, 2026 04: 00: 12 AM. OTTAWA " Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem says he's "encouraged" by the federal government's efforts to diversify the economy and protect it against increasingly common shocks to global trade. He also says Ottawa's fiscal update, tabled earlier…...
Bank of Canada holds interest rate, Iran war uncertainty looms
6+ day, 18+ hour ago (238+ words) Ontario Premier Doug Ford appeared on CNN to discuss the ongoing Canada-U. S. trade conflict as negotiations continue ahead of the CUSMA renewal deadline. April 24, 2026 8: 46 am EST EST Prime Minister Mark Carney announced the nation's first sovereign wealth fund in a…...
Liberals target affordability to meet era of uncertainty in spring fiscal update
1+ week, 13+ hour ago (695+ words) The federal Liberals say they're getting a windfall from better-than-expected fiscal revenues and are largely putting that money back into circulation to support households and build up the economy....
Statistics Canada set to report March inflation data
2+ week, 2+ day ago (359+ words) Posted Apr 20, 2026 04: 00: 09 AM. OTTAWA " Statistics Canada is set to report fresh inflation data for March this morning. Economists are widely expecting higher gas prices from the Iran war oil shock will drive a jump in the headline inflation figure. A…...
Independent grocers adjusting to fuel surcharges from suppliers
2+ week, 2+ day ago (1164+ words) By Ritika Dubey, The Canadian Press Posted Apr 19, 2026 06: 00: 07 AM. A few weeks into the war in Iran, an Ontario-based grocer started receiving surcharge letters from its suppliers stating that delivery costs would be going up. It was not an exorbitant…...
Canada posts $5. 7 billion merchandise trade deficit for February
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (265+ words) Posted Apr 2, 2026 09: 22: 31 AM. OTTAWA " Statistics Canada says the country posted a merchandise trade deficit of $5. 7 billion, its largest deficit since August last year. The result compared with a deficit of $4. 2 billion in January as imports rose faster than exports for…...
Oil, gas prices affecting vast majority of Canadians' finances: poll
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (523+ words) Posted Apr 1, 2026 05: 59: 48 AM. A significant majority of Canadians say the rising gas and oil prices are hitting their personal or household finances, according to a new poll. The survey conducted by Canada Pulse Insights for City News found that of…...
Ontario minimum wage to rise to $17. 95 on Oct. 1
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (235+ words) Posted Apr 1, 2026 06: 51: 48 AM. Ontario's minimum wage is set to rise to $17. 95 an hour on Oct. 1. The province boosts the wage annually based on the Ontario Consumer Price Index, a measure of inflation. The current minimum wage is $17. 60. The government says…...