National Business

OTTAWA — Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the annual pace of housing starts in March slowed compared with February.

OTTAWA — Canada's annual inflation rate was 2.3 per cent in March, Statistics Canada says.

OTTAWA — Canada's annual inflation rate was 2.3 per cent in March, Statistics Canada says. Here's what happened in the provinces (previous month in brackets): — Newfoundland and Labrador: 1.1 per cent (1.2) — Prince Edward Island: 1.8 per cent (2.

TORONTO — When Nina Kharey wakes every morning, the first thing she does is search online for U.S. President Donald Trump in hopes that the global trade war he sparked is dissipating. Most of the time, her hunt ends in disappointment.

CALGARY — It's three floors down and nowhere to go but up for the new $900-million arena for the NHL’s Calgary Flames, even with the ongoing tariff war with the United States.

WINNIPEG — Manitoba will soon have more energy for itself and other Canadian jurisdictions after two hydroelectric contracts with a Minnesota utility expire at the end of this month, Premier Wab Kinew said Monday.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday floated another possible pause on automobile tariffs to give companies time to set up U.S. supply chains, bringing more uncertainty to the deeply integrated North American vehicle industry.

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is promising that a government led by him would use the notwithstanding clause to override Charter rights to implement his tough-on-crime agenda — something no prime minister has ever done.

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks rose worldwide Monday after President Donald Trump relaxed some of his tariffs , for now at least, and as stress from within the U.S. bond market seems to be easing. The S&P 500 climbed 0.

News of relaxed U.S. tariffs on smartphones and other electronics helped propel gains on Canadian and U.S. stock markets on Monday after last week's dizzying ups and downs.