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VANCOUVER — Iain Reeve and his wife moved from rental home to rental home in Vancouver but their final solution for secure housing was to move to Ottawa and buy two houses — one for them and another for his parents.He and his wife, Cassandra Sclauzero, are professionals in their mid-30s who wanted to start a family but they couldn't afford to buy in the city."We wanted to own a home to have stability, and peace of mind and flexibility," Reeve said."The rental market didn't have stabi

Turns out "Made from Real Ginger" actually means made from high fructose corn syrup, citric acid, preservatives and flavours.As part of a settlement to false advertising lawsuits based in several U.S. states, Canada Dry ginger ale has agreed to stop overstating its ginger content, the National Post reports.Your grandma's "I've-sworn-by-this-since-before-you-were-born" upset-tummy remedy of choice was sued last year by New York-based mom Julie Fletcher. She said she bought it for her kids because

When we talk about royal fashion — which we do pretty often — the conversation is generally centred around Meghan Markle or Kate Middleton. And for good reason: the two duchesses are known for being impeccably fashion-forward. (We still have trouble not taking Kate's gorgeous coat collection as a personal insult. How is it fair that she has so many custom-made Catherine Walker originals and we don't?!)But there's one figure who's rarely included in these discussions, even though she

OTTAWA — Justin Trudeau will follow in the footsteps of two previous prime ministers by appearing in an episode of "Corner Gas."The show's Facebook page said on Saturday that Trudeau will play himself on an episode of "Corner Gas Animated" when its second season debuts this spring on The Comedy Network.A photograph accompanies the post, showing Trudeau in his Parliament Hill office with sound technicians and "Corner Gas" star and creator Brent Butt.Former prime ministers Paul Martin and St

EDSON, Alta. — A six-year-old boy is dead after police say the pickup truck he was in collided with a snowplow between Edmonton and Jasper National Park.RCMP say the truck was headed east on Highway 16 near Edson on Friday afternoon when it hit the plow, which was stopped on a highway shoulder.The child, who was from the Edson area, was pronounced dead at the scene.The boy's father, who was driving the truck, was taken to hospital with minor injuries.The driver of the plow wasn't hurt.Poli

DELTA, B.C. — A routine patrol of an alley in downtown Ladner, B.C., gave police pause late Monday evening."Police officers don't scare easily. But imagine you are patrolling down a dark alley and your flashlight hits upon this," reads a caption to a photo the Delta Police tweeted.The image shows several mannequin heads peeping out of a dumpster that's slightly ajar. One, with scraggly dark hair, hangs from the lid, beside a metal chain.The police officer who spotted the heads probably "ha

The slowdown in Canada's housing market will get worse before it gets any better, a new analysis predicts, because the country is about to be flooded with a "huge amount" of new homes."Canada has been undergoing a construction boom," Capital Economics senior economist Stephen Brown wrote in the report issued last week. "As has been typical of historic real estate cycles around the world, new supply will reach the market just as demand is falling."Watch: Historic Eppich House 2 for sale in Vancou

OTTAWA — Experts consulted by the Bank of Canada discussed including a reference to the Black Lives Matter movement on the new $10 bill featuring civil rights activist Viola Desmond.Documents obtained by HuffPost Canada through the Access to Information Act show the idea came up on Nov. 2, 2016 in a design workshop. A little over a month later, it was publicly announced that Desmond would be the face of the first bill in a new series of vertical banknotes. According to meeting notes, exper