OTTAWA — Buying a home is a big step for anyone and experts say that parents looking to help their children need to make sure it is affordable and that their children are ready for the change. Chris Catliff, president…

OTTAWA — Mazda is recalling more than 200,000 Mazda 3 compact cars in the U.S. and Canada because the windshield wipers can fail. The company says in documents posted Saturday by the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration the recall…

There’s an elephant in the room whenever politicians talk about Ontario’s finances, and it’s the cost of the province’s enormous bureaucracy. There is no way to address the government’s $13.5-billion deficit without addressing the size of government, and it’s a…

TORONTO — Ontario’s books won’t be balanced within the Progressive Conservatives’ mandate, but the government’s first budget serves up an era of gradual belt-tightening with a side of booze. The Tories peg the current deficit at $11.7 billion, and they…

OTTAWA — Canada’s electricity providers say they need to appeal to a younger and more diverse workforce if they’re going to keep the country’s lights on. A new report on the industry’s labour needs from Electricity Human Resources Canada suggests…

We now live in a world where everything other than a straw broom seems to be run by software. Lights turn on and off by themselves, security cameras send video of private household activities to public websites, cars steer themselves…

The poet Robert Frost wrote that good fences make good neighbours. He knew what he was talking about. When one person’s property is not clearly separated from the other’s, it creates opportunities for costly disputes. Trees at or near a…

Vancouver’s closely-watched housing market clocked another weak month in March, with sales falling to their lowest level since 1986. Only 1,727 homes changed hands in Greater Vancouver in March, down 31.4 per cent from the same month a year earlier,…

Complaints about Canadian telecom services have shot up by 44 per cent, with billing mistakes and misleading contract terms the most common source of consumers’ gripes, an industry ombudsman says. “Incorrect charges” and “non-disclosure of terms” accounted for 29 per…

Torontonians probably don’t need another ego boost, but here’s one anyway: The high-rise construction boom in Canada’s largest city is set to continue, and promises to reshape the city’s appearance in the coming years. Using data from the Skyscraper Center…