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TORONTO — Broad-based gains led Canada's main stock index higher in late-morning trading on Thursday, while U.S. stock markets were mixed. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 206.46 points at 24,934.40.

Stable fundamentals face ‘giant orange question mark’

Canada’s 100 highest-paid CEOs earned $13.2 million on average in 2023 from salaries, bonuses and other compensation, according to the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.

VICTORIA — A maximum 20-per-cent home-flipping tax is among new regulations taking effect in British Columbia as of Jan. 1, with a promised middle-income tax cut arriving in the coming months as well as a spring carbon tax increase.

Canada's main stock index ticked higher on the final day of 2024, putting a bow on a year that saw impressive gains for North American markets. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 107.35 points at 24,727.

Most voters who supported the party in 2021 are now looking elsewhere, says the poll results.

Canada's main stock index suffered a broad-based pullback on the final Monday of 2024, while U.S. markets also fell. The S&P/TSX composite index was down 175.81 points at 24,620.59. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 418.

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.

Heading into 2025, economists and real estate agents believe activity is poised to remain strong amid much lower borrowing costs and more favourable rules for buyers, despite an overall challenging affordability picture.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is said to be thinking about his future during the holiday break, as an increasing number of current and former Liberal MPs publicly call on him to step down for the good of the party.