Vancouver remains Canada's most congested city, followed by Toronto and Montreal, but the study shows all three are inching toward improvement.
The Trudeau government's maiden budget will make it easier for jobless Canadians to collect employment insurance benefits and will target some additional EI measures at workers in energy-producing provinces hit hard by the plunge in oil prices.
More than a month after the sexual assault trial of Jian Ghomeshi captured the country's attention, the spotlight is set to fall once again on the disgraced broadcaster and his accusers as an Ontario judge delivers his decision this week.
The move by Car2go's car-sharing offering would bring its Toronto operation into line with what's already available in other North American cities.
Sen. Grant Mitchell expressed concern that refugees can be held by the border agency for many years.
Shoal Lake 40 First Nation was cut off from the mainland a century ago by construction of an aqueduct which supplies water to the city of Winnipeg.