Canada

Canada posted its largest trade deficit on record in March, as a surge in imports—in particular motor vehicles and parts—more than offset a solid gain in exports.

Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz warned that high levels of household debt poses growing risks to financial stability and the economy.

Canadian lawmakers voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to request a formal apology from Pope Francis for the Catholic Church’s role in the forced schooling andassimilation of indigenous children that took place starting in the 1880s and lasted for roughly a century.

The Canadian economy expanded at a faster pace than expected in February, fueled by a rebound in oil and gas extraction and widespread gains that reinforced expectations the Bank of Canada will raise rates again later this year.

The Toronto van attack that left 10 people dead is shedding light on a dark corner of online discussion boards where misogynistic men who refer to themselves as “Incel,” or involuntarily celibate, meet to denigrate women.

The suspected driver of a van that plowed into pedestrians on a busy Toronto street was charged in an Ontario court with 10 counts of first-degree murder and 13 charges of attempted murder.

A man in his mid-20s plowed a rented van into people walking along a busy Toronto thoroughfare, killing 10 and injuring 15, and rattled one of North America’s safest major cities.

Canada’s inflation picked up steam in March, recording the largest annual increase in prices since late 2014, in another sign the economy is operating close to capacity.

Canada’s business investment and exports have suffered on trade policy uncertainty and may not immediately recover once talks on the North American Free Trade Agreement conclude, Bank of Canada Gov. Stephen Poloz says.

The Canadian economy is operating close to capacity but low interest rates are still needed to support growth, Bank of Canada Gov. Stephen Poloz said as the central bank held its key rate steady.

Canadian diplomats in Cuba will no longer be permitted to bring family members to live with them as unusual health problems some personnel reported in the country last year persist.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he would ensure the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion gets built despite fierce opposition from of British Columbia.

Kinder Morgan is threatening to scrap the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, raising pressure on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to intervene on behalf of a project that has big implications for world oil markets.

The Bank of Canada’s survey indicated business confidence remains positive, bolstered by a “healthy” sales outlook due to robust U.S. demand.

Residents of Humboldt, Saskatchewan, are dealing with shock and grief after a bus accident killed 15 members of the local hockey team.

A passenger bus carrying a junior hockey team collided with a truck in northeastern Saskatchewan, killing 15 people and injuring a number of others, police said.

Canada’s unemployment rate was unchanged in March as the labor force expanded and full-time hiring surged, partially retracing steep job losses that took place at the beginning of the year.

Canada’s trade deficit widened in February as imports of energy products reached their highest level in more than three years and exports edged up, retracing some of the sharp declines in both categories during the previous month.

The Canadian economy contracted slightly in January as tougher mortgage-lending rules contributed to the biggest decline in real-estate agents and brokers’ output in more than nine years.

As U.S. lawmakers seeking to revamp America’s immigration system praise Canada’s merit-based approach, some employers and economists there say it yields few workers to fill blue-collar or lower-skilled vacancies.

Canada’s government said it would bring in new rules to prevent diversion and transshipping of steel and aluminum.

Headline inflation in Canada rose at its fastest pace in more than three years in February, and measures of core inflation strengthened.

Canadian retail sales rose at a slower-than-expected pace in January as a decline in the motor vehicle and parts industry weighed on overall sales.

American, Canadian and Mexican officials are signaling they have cleared a road block on auto-industry issues that have been some of the thorniest in talks to overhaul the North American Free Trade Agreement.

Canadian manufacturing sales fell in January as unusual factory shutdowns led to a sharp decline in motor vehicle production.