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Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes rose in July as homebuyers were encouraged by a modest pullback in mortgage rates, slowing home price growth and the most properties on the market in five years.

WASHINGTON (AP) — More Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week, but U.S. layoffs remain in the same historically healthy range of the past few years. Applications for unemployment benefits for the week ending Aug.

BERLIN (AP) — A Ukrainian citizen man suspected to be one of the coordinators of the undersea explosions in 2022 that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines between Russia and Germany has been arrested, German prosecutors said Thursday.

Air Canada says it is adopting a policy to cover "certain transportation expenses" incurred by customers while getting to their destinations during the recent work stoppage.

YORKTON — Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says the province plans to cover half the improvement cost for a road deemed crucial for economic activity in the farming sector.

Veterinarians in British Columbia have until the end of the month to vote on increasing fees they pay to work in the province, a move their regulatory body says is needed to prevent it becoming insolvent.

For Canada Games Council CEO Kelly-Ann Paul, the timing of Air Canada’s strike was nothing short of "surreal." Air Canada grounded thousands of flights last Saturday when its flight attendants went on strike, disrupting the Canada Games in St.

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes ended mixed on Wednesday after Nvidia, Palantir and other superstar stocks pared most of their steep losses from the morning. The S&P 500 dipped 0.2% after trimming a loss that reached 1.

TORONTO — Strength in basic materials stocks helped lift Canada's main stock index to finish higher on Wednesday, while U.S. markets were mixed as investors took stock of valuations for mega-cap tech companies.

Canada must prepare for more seasons marked by severe drought, experts say as this summer's bone-dry conditions tormented farmers, strained municipal water supply and fuelled one of the worst wildfire seasons on record.