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CMHC wants to give lenders access to applicants' tax data so they cannot inflate declared income under new qualification rules

It's a new chapter for the downtown building

An apparent ammonia leak at an arena in Fernie has killed three workers who were repairing the refrigeration plant at the municipal ice rink.

"Canada is a big country," the websites of immigration consultants say. True, Canada covers almost ten million square kilometres. It's second in geographic size only to Russia.

The B.C. government will pay $7.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit launched 18 years ago on behalf of doctors who treated certain patients but were never paid by the government.

The Canada-U.S. Softwood Lumber Agreement expires on Oct. 12, nine years after it was last renewed.

While support for the federal Conservative Party continues to slip in British Columbia, the New Democratic Party is gaining further ground, Insights West announced Tuesday.

OTTAWA - Never mind the prospect of enemies on the battlefield - Canadian Forces soldiers face a hostile environment even among their own ranks, says a long-awaited review into sexual misconduct in the country's military.

TORONTO — The federal government will introduce new legislation to ensure that a life sentence means exactly that - a sentence for life without parole - Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Wednesday.