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WINNIPEG — Manitobans will soon be paying more for basic automobile insurance. The Public Utilities Board has ordered an overall increase of 5.

TORONTO — The heads of Canada's biggest banks are finally seeing risks around mortgage renewals easing, only for worries about tariffs and political uncertainty to take their place.

Bending to the political headwinds of the incoming Trump administration, Facebook and Instagram owner Meta is scrapping its third-party fact-checking program and replacing it with “community notes” written by users similar to the model used by Elon M

VANCOUVER — British Columbia wineries can again sell their products directly to Alberta consumers this week, months after an interprovincial deal was announced between the two provinces last summer.

The federal government says the Canada Revenue Agency will continue to administer the capital gains tax changes proposed in the budget last year, even though they haven't passed in Parliament, which is prorogued until March 24.

OTTAWA — Canada's merchandise trade deficit with the world narrowed to $323 million in November as growth in exports outpaced imports, Statistics Canada said Tuesday. The result compared with a revised deficit of $544 million in October.

TORONTO — Greater Toronto home sales fell slightly last month to cap a year that saw buyers take advantage of "substantial negotiating power" on price.

The provincial agency that provides legal help for low-income Ontarians is planning to expand eligibility for its services, a move that some lawyers applaud but add it's only a "first step" toward fixing Ontario's legal aid system.

Sibling relationships can be complicated already — after a messy inheritance, they can get worse. Josh Sheluk's best advice to parents is to make their estate plans simple and transparent, and to communicate them clearly.

The Associated Press (AP) — Facebook and Instagram owner Meta said Tuesday it's scrapping its third-party fact checking program and replacing it with a Community Notes program written by users similar to the model used by Elon Musk's social media pla