Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. said housing starts hit a seasonally adjusted rate of 201,705 units in May, up from 183,329 in April.
VANCOUVER — The leader of a fundamentalist religious commune in British Columbia's southern interior will square off in court today against the provincial government over whether the province has the right to charge him with polygamy.
The hunt for two murderers who cut their way out of a New York state prison near the Canadian border heightened Monday after a $100,000 reward was offered for information leading to their capture.
Ontario Health Minister Eric Hoskins, who is a physician, is a strong advocate for a universal pharmacare program to operate alongside the universal health-care system
NELSON HOUSE, Man. — Manitoba RCMP say four children were injured in a weekend shed fire on a remote northern reserve.
KAMLOOPS, B.C. — A 67-year-old British Columbia man who was born blind and autistic has checked off the last item on his bucket list by flying a plane.