Canada new home prices lower

Prices for new homes in Canada rose 4.1 per cent in May from a year earlier, the slowest pace in almost six years, led by weakening markets in Alberta and British Columbia, Statistics Canada said Friday.

18 year old Chinese man arrested over model murder

Police said they arrested Chen Jun Friday morning local time in Anhi province, west of Shanghai, after surveillance footage led investigators to suspect his alleged involvement in the murder of O’Brien, 22, who was found dead in the stairwell of the Shanghai apartment where she lived.

Fire at Woodland school in New Westminster

A fire has broken out at the site of Woodlands school in New Westminster, the city’s fire department said.

Housing starts improved by condos

Housing starts over the first half of 2008 are up over the same period of 2007, thanks entirely to a boost in condominium construction, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp reported Wednesday.

High gas prices continue

MJ Ervin & Associates, a Calgary-based petroleum consultancy firm, said the average price for regular gasoline this week remained at a high of $1.395 a litre, the same as last week.

Iphone not for sale in Canadian Apple stores

Unlike the United States where consumers could buy iPhones at Apple retailers as well as through the wireless carrier AT&T that carries the phones, in Canada consumers will have to buy from a Rogers Wireless or Fido retailer or one of the company’s authorized resellers.

The World Today – July 7

The leaders of the world’s richest industrialized countries confront their African counterparts at the G8 summit in Japan. At issue is a U.S.-led intitative to turn up the heat on Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe by increasing international sanctions.

Sky high gas prices

Staff at several gas stations said they were extremely busy Monday evening as motorists tried to fill up before the tax kicked in. In contrast, they said business was quite slow Tuesday.

Lytton fire closes Trans Canada Highway

Fire crews set up a containment line along the Trans Canada Highway, and the road remains closed in both directions within eight kilometres in of the Jackass Mountain Summit as of 12:56 p.m. Tuesday.

Sick sea lion dies

The 900-kilogram sea lion is known for splashing visitors with his flippers and blowing bubbles for children, he said.