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Pedestrians cross a street in Toronto. Canada hasn’t seen this slow a population growth since the Second World…
Canada needs up to 4.69 million new homes by 2036, but construction could slow: CMHC
Construction workers develop a new house site in Ottawa on Monday, June 1, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick…
Alberta Population Growth Spills Beyond Calgary
The migration story unfolding across Alberta represents one of North America’s most pronounced urban expansion pressures in recent…
New home construction in Calgary, Edmonton is slipping. Here’s why that might be a good thing
While developers in Alberta’s major cities are building fewer homes than last year, one homebuilder says the market…
There are many steps on the journey to calling Snowberry home
One of Edmonton’s newest neighbourhoods is still on the drawing boards. But if all comes to pass, Snowberry…
BoC warns tariffs, AI and soft growth are reshaping Canada’s economy — and the impact won’t be evenly felt
Governor of the Bank of Canada Tiff Macklem at the 2022 European Central Bank Forum on Central Banking.…
Canada could lose jobs and still see unemployment fall. Here’s why
A “fundamental structural shift” in Canada’s job market means the unemployment rate could fall in the months ahead…
Texas’s Water Wars | The New Yorker
Charles Perry, a Republican state senator from Lubbock and the legislature’s leading water expert, believes that the ominous…
The World Has a Decade to Save the Biggest Tropical Carbon Sink
The Congo Basin, a region of tropical forest larger than India, is at a point where further damage…
Canada to Poach H-1B Visa Holders, International Researchers
The Canadian government is set to launch special initiatives to attract top international researchers and H-1B visa holders,…
Fed’s Cook Says Risk to Labor Market Outweighs Inflation Risk
Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook said she sees the risk of further labor-market weakness as greater than the…
Reduced immigration helping to cool Canadian rent growth, unemployment: TD Economics
If the labour growth rates of the last two years had been maintained through 2025, TD Economics estimates…