Canadian dollar advances to 3 1/2 month high The loonie gained 0.26 of a cent to 101.43 cents US amid optimism that moves will be made to lower the borrowing costs of deeply indebted European countries. That encouraged traders to take on risk...
This was published on 8/21/2012

Average home price ticked 2Persent lower in July rice declines in Vancouver dragged the national average home price lower in July, even as most markets saw slight increases compared to the same month a year ago.The Canadian Real Estate Associatio...
This was published on 8/21/2012

Best New Additions to the CNE The CNE is a long-standing Toronto tradition, having been founded way back in 1879. Since then we’ve continued to spend the 18 days leading up to Labour Day enjoying The Ex, but with less agricultu...
This was published on 8/17/2012

Pussy Riot solidarity rally set for Toronto Toronto protesters are planning to gather on Friday in response to the conviction on hooliganism charges and two-year prison sentence of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot.Band member Nadezhda Toloko...
This was published on 8/17/2012

New immigration rules aim to weed out marriage fraud Ashpreet Badwal's immigration-sponsorship saga reaches all the way to the top.The 35-year-old resident of Brampton, Ont., met her future husband, Indian national Manjit Shahi, on an online forum fo...
This was published on 8/17/2012

Two dead after bus, cars collide in Montreal DORVAL, Que. – A Montreal city bus was flipped over in a violent collision that killed two people on Tuesday, including the transit driver who was sent hurtling through the vehicle’s window.The acc...
This was published on 8/15/2012

Canada’s largest graffiti mural nears completion A graffiti mural project nearly completed in Toronto’s west end is offering up some grit and soul to bleary-eyed train commuters and a neighbourhood once teeming with artists and now filled with ti...
This was published on 8/15/2012

Canada lost 30,400 jobs in July Canada's economy shed more than 30,000 jobs in July and the unemployment rate ticked up to 7.3 per cent as employers cut back on part-time workers, according to figures released today.The last time...
This was published on 8/15/2012

Day 2 of outsourced waste collection not much better The second day on the job for Green for Life (GFL) Environment Corp. didn’t go much better than the first day.Waste services general manager Jim Harnum said GFL was behind on Wednesday’s waste pick...
This was published on 8/9/2012

Canada's Tonya Verbeek wins silver in wrestling www.ctvolympics.caCanadian Tonya Verbeek won her third Olympic medal in women’s wrestling Thursday, settling for a silver after losing to Japan’s Saori Yoshida again in the 55kg gold-medal final on...
This was published on 8/9/2012