Housing starts set recordby Rachael Kimola - Story: 36474Jan 10, 2008 / 5:00 am
A record high was reached in local housing starts last year.
According to the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation, housing starts in Kelowna climbed 4% from 2006 levels.
CMHC market analyst, Paul Fabri, says housing starts have broken the 2,500 unit mark for the last three years.
"Housing starts climbed four ...
Posted by Jason Neumann
on January 13, 2008
No recession in Canada, bank economists sayLast Updated: Wednesday, January 9, 2008 | 1:47 PM ET CBC News
"Canada's economic growth will slow down this year, but will avoid a recession, top economists at Canada's biggest banks agreed Wednesday.
TD Bank chief economist Don Drummond, speaking at a forum at the Economic Club of Toronto, is forecasting GDP growth of 1.9 per cent in Canada this year, ...
Posted by Jason Neumann
on January 9, 2008