National Business

TORONTO — CIBC says paying down debt is the top financial priority for Canadians heading into 2025.

As the calendar flipped one year ago, Canadian real estate watchers were optimistic a sluggish 2023 would give way to a rebound, with hopes of renewed demand as soon as the spring.

COBBLE HILL, B.C. — Gil Yaron barely contains his excitement when asked to describe his non-profit venture to convince construction companies, developers and renovation contractors to recycle tonnes of building material waste on Vancouver Island.

MONTREAL — The Canadian Coast Guard announced this morning that a change of strategy is underway to free the ship that ran aground on Christmas Eve on the St. Lawrence River in Quebec.

HALIFAX — The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is investigating after sparks and flames shot from under the wing of a plane that landed hard in Halifax.

TORONTO — The big questions in Canadian finance heading into 2024 were whether the economy could avoid a recession and what would happen with interest rates.

HALIFAX — An aircraft incident at the Halifax Stanfield International Airport caused temporary delays to all flight operations Saturday night. Airport spokesperson Tiffany Chase says at approximately 9:30 p.m.

MONTREAL — More than a dozen groups have refused to vacate a community centre in Montreal's Ahuntsic neighbourhood despite an eviction order from their landlord, Quebec's largest school service centre.

Mounties in Chilliwack, B.C., say up to 25 guns were stolen from a home that was "ransacked" sometime in the last three days.

The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority says a machinery fire this morning at a Delta, B.C., terminal facility has been put out and no injuries were reported.