PAVILION HOMES IN MORGAN HEIGHTS -- Project: Five detached three-bedroom homes

The townhouse is a relatively recent addition to residential choice in the Lower Mainland. (You can look it up, in Oxford's History of Canadian Architecture!) Its local champions, however, have more than made up for lost time with innovative modification and expansion of the type's transatlantic components, inside and outside.

As you enter Winnipeg, you cannot miss the signs proclaiming it is "One Great City". However, Mayor Sam Katz and a local newspaper recently invited city residents to come up with a new slogan for the city. Some popular suggestions include: "City of Opportunity," "Heart of the Continent" and "Muddy Waters, Clear Skies."

The term "green realtor" is a label being increasingly applied to agents with a keen eye on sustainable homes, energy efficiency and a growing niche market.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy reaffirmed his country's commitment to the NATO-led mission in Afghanistan in a visit with French troops on Wednesday, a day after 10 of their comrades were killed in fierce fighting with Taliban fighters.

A former employee of the propane plant that exploded in northwest Toronto more than a week ago says he witnessed a host of unsafe practices at the facility.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Liberal Leader St�phane Dion were both talking about election timing Tuesday, but neither would say whether they were willing to trigger a vote when Parliament returns for the fall session.

The restructuring plan for $32 billion in asset-backed commercial paper hit another snag on Tuesday as lawyer Howard Shapray, who represents Ivanhoe Mines, says he plans to take his case to the Supreme Court of Canada.

Ottawa appointed an arbitrator in an attempt to resolve a dispute between Air Canada Inc. and its union concerning the laying off of 2,000 employees.