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NORTH VANCOUVER — A real estate listing for a $2 million property in North Vancouver says the home has been excellently maintained and is on an attractive street, but what the description doesn't say is it's a forced sale involving an embezzler and a

NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices leaped, and stocks slumped Friday on worries that escalating violence following Israel’s attack on Iranian nuclear and military targets could damage the flow of crude around the world, along with the global economy.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index closed down along with U.S. markets Friday as investors turned cautious following Israeli attacks on Iranian nuclear and military targets.

CALGARY — It's too soon to know whether a spike in crude prices driven by the latest Mideast turmoil will be a short-term blip or a long-term shift, Canadian oilpatch experts said Friday after Israel attacked nuclear and military sites across Iran.

MONTREAL — In early 2002, Glenn Cowan touched down in Kandahar as part of the first wave of regular Canadian Army troops deployed to Afghanistan, serving in a U.S.-led brigade combat team.

HALIFAX — It could cost between $5 billion and $10 billion to build a transmission line that would connect Nova Scotia's proposed offshore wind farms with the rest of the country, Premier Tim Houston says.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's government is streamlining the approval process for potential metal mining projects after they go through an environmental assessment.

WHITEHORSE — A court-appointed receiver plans to start sifting for gold in cyanide-laced water stored at the Eagle Gold Mine in Yukon.

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada said Friday that manufacturing sales fell 2.8 per cent in April, the largest monthly drop since October 2023, as the tariff dispute with the United States hit the industry. StatCan said manufacturing sales stood at $69.

TORONTO — Nintendo bet big on innovation when it launched the Switch in 2017. Able to transform seamlessly from a home console to a handheld gaming device, and with an attractive price point, the video game system became a hit.