Every day, Molly Ferguson steps out on the deck of her cottage near the town of Haliburton, takes a deep breath, and soaks up the forest environment. "It's so quiet and beautiful around here. It's like going up into a cathedral when you walk around the forest," Ms. Ferguson says of the land on Little Glamour Lake where she has lived year-round for almost 50 years. Read More

Homeowners concerned about rising water bills could get some relief in the near future from a 21st-century application of a 3,000-year-old idea. A research team led by University of Guelph Professor Khosrow Farahbakhsh has come up with a system based on the ancient practice of collecting rainwater that could be incorporated into homes to provide water for flushing toilets and washing dishes. Read More

To the casual observer, Heather MacEachern's future abode - with its sections surgically cut apart and walls sealed off with duct tape and tarp - might seem like a Frankenstein-like mess. But this situation doesn't faze Ms. MacEachern: She's recycling an unwanted house that's in perfectly good condition by moving it - and saving a few bucks in the process. Ms. MacEachern, a Toronto resident, wanted to live near her mother in Clearview, Ont., about an hour's drive north of the city. "To ... Read More

Canada's housing market has continued to escape the downturn unfolding in the U.S., with the average resale price of a home climbing above the $300,000 mark for the first time in April. Average prices, sales values and listings all set fresh records last month, and regional disparity continued to be the story with most of the frenzy taking place in provinces west of Ontario, according to the Canadian Real Estate Association. Read More