Low interest rates and high demand are fuelling Canada's red-hot housing market. To protect home owners from getting burned when interest rates go up, the federal government announced tighter restrictions on mortgage qualifications. Soon, borrowers must qualify for a minimum five-year fixed-rate mortgage, mitigating the risk of foreclosure by low-interest bargain hunters. Will your homebuyer's budget make the cut?

Editor: Sabina Lam

Managing Editor: Natalia Peart

Associate Producer: Erika Gilbert

Staff on Parliament Hill will be trading spaces over the next several years. A multi-million dollar renovation to the Parliament buildings will see a new home for staff, and even the House of Commons.

Editor: Sean Liliani

Managing Editor: Catherine Kitts

Associate Producer: Toni Petter

Dementia rates are on the rise, along with the number of people who find themselves caring for a loved one with the disease. Some are calling for a national strategy to ease the burden on Canadian society.

Editor: Allison Elwell

Managing Editor: Kian Khoshnevis

Associate Producer: Claire Brownell

Parliament is getting spruced up for the holidays— but it's more than just boughs of holly. Harmeet Singh looks into the politics behind the fa-la-la. 

Editor: Sonya Bell

Managing Editor: Leah Germain

Associate Producer: Nina Soboczynski

The Carp Ridge Forest Preschool is the first outdoor daycare in Canada, and the trend is catching on. More and more schools across the country are turning their concrete playgrounds into green spaces.

Parliament is getting spruced up for the holidays— but it's more than just boughs of holly. Harmeet Singh looks into the politics behind the fa-la-la. 

One by one, the provinces are making it illegal to use hand-held devices while driving. But talking and texting aren't the only behind-the-wheel activities that drive Canadian motorists to distraction.

Staff on Parliament Hill will be trading spaces over the next several years. A multi-million dollar renovation to the Parliament buildings will see a new home for staff, and even the House of Commons.

Canadians are just a week away from celebrating Thanksgiving and Ottawa baker Hua Vuong shares how he makes his perfect pumpkin pie.

Managing Editor: Meg Wilcox
Associate Producer: Jennie Campbell