Prices of new homes in Canada fell 0.5 percent from the previous month and 2.4 percent from the same month a year earlier, the government said Monday. The March decline was the new housing price index's sixth straight month-over-month drop and the third straight month for year-over-year declines, Statistics

By JOHN E MULLIGAN; Red Caveney Home from Congress for the holiday, lawmakers are inundated with complaints about high oil prices. WASHINGTON -- Sen.

By GRAEME SMITH and MICHAEL SETTLE THE political battle over oil and gas revenue has reignited after the industry revealed that on the back of high prices it is set to pour GBP6bn more than expected in tax into Treasury coffers - doubling last year's overall tax-take.

By Jim Macdonald, THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON - Competing sides nearly came to blows Wednesday outside the Alberta legislature as 700 energy workers rallied against the prospect of higher royalties while smaller groups denounced the energy industry as greedy and manipulative.

By Nick Bevens MANUFACTURING prices rose by more than expected in May to their highest growth rate in eight months.