The Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) sank more than nine percent Thursday, partly due to plunging energy and financial...

Close this MANILA, Philippines -- Airport security officials apprehended Friday morning 12 Filipino travelers supposedly bound for Canada on suspicion they are part of an illegal recruitment attempt....

TORONTO and OTTAWA — Chrysler Canada Inc. has asked Ottawa and Ontario for $1-billion in financial assistance to help it survive through the auto crisis – the only one of the Canadian...

OTTAWA — Bob Rae knows his challenge is electability and overcoming his legacy as an unpopular premier who couldn't govern his way out of a recession. As he officially launched his bid Thursday...

Canada's housing market is plunging significantly but a U.S.-style collapse is not expected in the future, according to a report released by the country's top economists Thursday. The Scotia...

Federal environment officials raided a New Brunswick pulp and paper facility this week on the hunt for documents related to the release of a harmful substance into the Saint John River last fall. Up...

KINGCITY, Ont. -- A combination of excessive speed, inadequate tires and snowy, slick conditions have caused at least 400 accidents on southern Ontario highways over the past 24 hours, the Ontario...

TORONTO -- Canadian officials have told the United States they want to bring a Chicago gun dealer to Toronto to stand trial on charges of smuggling more than 200 handguns across the border.The case,...

OTTAWA -- Ottawa police are investigating two suspicious packages left outside the Bank of Canada building in Ottawa, causing the national capital's busy Wellington Street to be blocked off for...

BARRIE, Ont. -- Hundreds of mourners are expected to gather Friday morning for the funeral of 15-year-old Brandon Crisp, who was found dead three weeks after he ran away from home.Mild but rainy...

< - Tickets for So You Think You Can Dance Canada National Tour go on Sale this Weekend - - Sean Cheesman and Mary Murphy are behind the judge's desk, Nov. 26 - >> TORONTO, Nov. 20 /CNW/ - With only...

I'm sitting here with Peter Kastner's last five-string banjo. I was also heir to his first. He died of heart failure in his car in Toronto this fall, at 64. Peter was the star (in the mild Canadian...

OTTAWA -- An unpopular premier of Ontario during a recession in the early 1990s officially entered the leadership race on Thursday for Canada’s once-dominant Liberal Party, which lost badly at the...

If you're looking to save some pennies by finding some strangers to split the costs of gas for a road trip to Montreal, you may be breaking the law.PickupPal Online Inc., a popular Ontario-based...

WATERLOO, Ont. -- Two more cases of E. coli infection were reported Friday as the outbreak continued to grow across Ontario. Health officials say the new cases involve teenagers and occurred in the...

--the world's largest youth animal rights organization. Western offers health-conscious students an array of delicious vegetarian options,...

The 18th Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations National High School Cross Country Championships sponsored by the Colony Club Inn and Suites was held on Saturday at Fort Charlotte, with the...

and Holland, which together make up 90 percent of the 18,000 foreign soldiers stationed in the south of the country under NATO command. A senior defense official said that training of Afghan...

(AFP)--The Big Three U.S. automakers must come up with "solid, clear, accountable business plans" to survive a sales slump and current financial turmoil, Canada's industry minister said...

CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - Nov. 20, 2008) - Petro-Canada will host a Media Conference on Monday, Nov. 24 from 3:30 to 3:50 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) with Ron Brenneman, President and...

< Also: Jennifer Aniston in love; the secret of how Tom and Katie met; Newly single Sarah McLachlan opens up >> TORONTO, Nov. 20 /CNW/ - In this week's issue of HELLO! Canada magazine, on newsstand...

The Canadian women's under-20 World Cup soccer squad got off to a disappointing start Thursday, dropping the tournament opener 2-0 to Japan. The Japanese scored twice in the first half to take the...

Sam George, the brother of an aboriginal protester killed by an Ontario police officer at Ipperwash Provincial Park, has been given the province's highest honour. He received the Order of Ontario in...

Air New Zealand and Air Canada have been denied authorisation by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) earlier this week to unite and sell tickets. The two carriers had...

TORONTO -- The Blue Jays made a handful of transactions on Thursday afternoon, setting their 40-man roster in the process. Toronto added left-hander Ricky Romero, right-hander Robert Ray and lefty...

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Nov. 20, 2008) - Lund Gold Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:LGD) ("Lund") is pleased to report that drilling will commence in the next couple of days on the McFauld's Lake...

OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Nov. 20, 2008) - In a continuing effort to protect infants and young children, Health Canada is warning consumers of the possible strangulation hazard presented by...

0 posts W. L. Gore & Associates (Gore) today announced at the 35th annual VEITHsymposium™ in New York that it has received regulatory clearance from Health Canada's Therapeutic Products...

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada will keep pressing Saudi Arabia not to execute a Canadian man who has been sentenced to death by beheading in the desert kingdom, Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon said on...

ABERDEEN, Scotland - Canada wraps up its four-game European rugby tour on Saturday against Scotland, hoping to build on an improved showing in a loss to Wales last Friday. The Canadian men, ranked...

University of Guelph soybean breeder Professor Istvan Rajcan on being awarded the 2008 Seed of the Year (eastern division) for the OAC Kent soybean. OAC Kent was developed with support from the...

LIMA — Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone and his Canadian counterpart Lawrence Cannon agreed Thursday to step up cooperation between their countries in assisting Afghanistan, Japanese...

Prime Minister Stephen Harper assured Canadians he would do whatever was needed to shield Canada from the global financial crisis. (David Boily/AFP/Getty...

OTTAWA, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- Canada Liberal Party Leader Stephane Dion on Thursday offered support for the Conservative government's throne speech, giving assurance that the newly-elected government...

< Collaborative research report by Ontario's food banks reveals that poverty has a price tag of up to $13 billion per year in lost revenues for federal and provincial government >> TORONTO, Nov. 20...

< Operation Health Protection Reviewed In The Chief Medical Officer Of Health's Report To The Ontario Legislature >> TORONTO, Nov. 20 /CNW/ - NEWS Operation Health Protection, the Ontario...

MISSISSAUGA, ON, Nov. 20 /CNW/ - A split-second decision to investigate a smoking car on the side of the road helped Ontario truck driver Conrad Henry save a life and earn the 2008 Bridgestone...

Ontario is considering temporary relief measures to help strengthen pensions amid a global economic crisis. Finance Minister Dwight Duncan said Thursday he will give more authority to the pension...

CCRY ) is pleased to announce the completion of the Acquisition of an undivided one hundred percent (100%) interest in certain mineral interests located in British Columbia, Canada known as the HCL...

Drivers are being urged to be careful on Thursday after Toronto's first snowfall of the season led to more than 450 collisions in the area overnight. Between five and 10 centimetres fell throughout...

A double-barrelled shot of tumbling oil prices and more bad news from one of Canada's big banks pushed the S&P/TSX composite index briefly below 8,000 points for the first time in almost five...

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Earlier this week, Blue Jays general manager J.P. Ricciardi told MLB.com that his club isn't targeting any big power bats on the free-agent market at the moment. Due to financial restraints, Toronto...

TORONTO, Nov. 20 /CNW/ - The Good Jobs Coalition, an alliance of more than 35 community, environmental, labour, social justice, student and youth groups from the Toronto region, invites media to...

OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Nov. 20, 2008) - Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney will travel today to Kyiv, to mark the 75th anniversary of the Holodomor, the...

Two men have been arrested in Calgary and charged with second-degree murder in the death of a 47-year-old man from Thornhill, Ont. The body of Ali Garakan was recovered from a car found burning in a...

Mike Sachoff - Thu, 11/20/2008 - 12:14pm. Giving away cash, carsMicrosoft has introduced a new contest to Canadian users in an effort to promote its Live Search.The promotion is called...

KAMLOOPS, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Nov. 20, 2008) - Cathy McLeod, Member of Parliament for Kamloops - Thompson - Cariboo, on behalf of the Minister of the Environment, the Honourable Jim...

Campaign for a Smoke-free Ride - a program that urges parents not to smoke in their car when children are passengers - the ride will be so much better. Launching on Canada's National Child...

DOIG ) is extremely pleased to announce that the third well at Wordsworth, Saskatchewan (the "2-23 horizontal well") has been drilled and completed and initially produced approximately 72 cubic...