OTTAWA — The Canadian Real Estate Association says national home sales dropped 3.1 per cent in August from July for the fourth straight monthly decline, as some markets have started to slow dramatically. The association said Thursday that much of the downward movement reflects the slowing activity in British Columbia’sRead More

MOSCOW — Separatist rebels and government troops both reported violations of a cease-fire declared in eastern Ukraine at midnight on Wednesday as French and German foreign ministers were visiting the country in a bid to shore up a crumbling peace agreement. Rebels on Tuesday declared a unilateral cease-fire, and GermanRead More

EDMONTON — The lawyer for an Alberta man found guilty of the second-degree murder of two seniors says his client will appeal. Brian Beresh says he disagrees with the murder verdict against Travis Vader. Beresh says the judge appears to have constructed his own version of what happened to LyleRead More

MONTREAL — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is comparing the current discrimination against Muslims in Canada to what Italians and Greeks faced in the 1950s. The prime minister says the kind of attitudes toward immigrants in Canada is nothing new. He says Italian, Greeks and others who arrived in Canada afterRead More

FREDERICTON — Nine Canadian soldiers have been injured in a training accident at 5th Canadian Division Support Base Gagetown in New Brunswick. Five soldiers with minor injuries were being treated on the base Wednesday, while four others were taken to hospital in Fredericton with serious injuries. Base Public Affairs OfficerRead More

OSHAWA, Ont. — Police say a man facing a shotgun-wielding attacker grabbed the weapon and disarmed the suspect with the help of four bystanders. Durham Regional Police say the suspect, who was with another man, was walking down an Oshawa, Ont., street on Tuesday night yelling at people to stopRead More

LONDON – The senior deputy governor of the Bank of Canada says investors and those in the financial system need to adapt to the reality of slower growth and associated low interest rates. In a speech to the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum in London, England, Carolyn Wilkins saidRead More

TORONTO – W. Galen Weston is stepping down as executive chairman of George Weston Ltd., the country’s largest food processing and distribution company, and will be succeeded by his son. The elder Weston will become chairman emeritus of the company, while his 43-year-old son Galen G. Weston, becomes chairman. TheRead More

MONTREAL — A deflated federal NDP caucus is meeting in Montreal this morning as outgoing leader Tom Mulcair tries to paper over a caucus controversy. Multiple current and former NDP MPs have confirmed to The Canadian Press they believe Mulcair should step away now, instead of next fall when aRead More

Several downtown streets have been closed after a pane of glass fell from a balcony on Wednesday morning. The glass fell from the balcony of a building on Simcoe Street north of Adelaide Street just before 8 a.m. The balcony was located in the vicinity of the 25th floor, policeRead More