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With fewer people visiting the country's national parks and historic sites, Parks Canada has hired a consultant to help boost its flagging brand. More...

The use of a synthetic hallucinogenic drug known as "bath salts" has begun to emerge in Canada, raising concern among health and law enforcement officials. More...

There were plenty of sightings of Santa Claus in the skies above Canada and the United States overnight, with his reindeer-powered sleigh loaded with gifts for boys and girls. More...

A U.K.-based company is refusing to buy products from Canada following the Conservative government's decision to formally withdraw from the Kyoto accord. More...

Police executed search warrants in Ontario and Western Canada overnight and early morning in raids they say are related to murder, drug trafficking and other criminal offences. More...

Canada has accepted the Japanese government's apology for the treatment of prisoners held during the Second World War for five years after the Battle of Hong Kong. More...

Natural resources are re-emerging as the major engine of economic activity in Canada, splitting the country between the oil-rich provinces and everyone else, a new report suggests. More...

A new perimeter agreement between Canada and the U.S. aims to make everything from travel to business easier, co-ordinating regulations to cut red tape that the government estimates costs the economy $16 billion a year. More...

The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled in favour of workers in a pay equity case involving women at Canada Post that was originally filed 28 years ago. More...

Prime Minister Stephen Harper delivers blunt message for U.S. President Barack Obama: Canada will look for new markets in Asia for its oil and gas, now that the Keystone pipeline has been delayed for more than a year. More...

Another veterans' advocate has discovered his medical files accessed by staff at Veterans Affairs Canada, a year after Sean Bruyea settled his privacy complaint. More...

Air Canada is withdrawing its court challenge of an arbitrator's ruling on a key pension deal that was part of a binding agreement with the union representing service workers. More...

CBC News has learned that Scouts Canada has signed out-of-court confidentiality agreements with more than a dozen child sex-abuse victims in recent years, shielding the incidents from further media attention. More...

A man in a Florida supermarket tries to buy half a head of lettuce. The very young produce assistant tells him that they sell only whole heads of lettuce . The man persists and asks to see the manager. The boy says he'll ask his manager about it. Walking into the back room, the boy said...

Uncle Sam will likely show some leniency for U.S. citizens living in Canada who were not aware they were supposed to file returns south of the border, Washington's ambassador to Canada said Tuesday. More...

Air Canada and the Canadian Union of Public Employees have agreed to let the Canadian Industrial Relations Board act as an arbitrator to resolve a labour dispute. More...

Is Nanosat Premuim SE currently up? Also, I live in Toronto, Canada. Is this the best receiver to buy?

Tobacco companies suffered a major defeat in Canada on Friday when the Supreme Court ruled the federal government is not liable for damages from health-related lawsuits, possibly amounting to many billions of dollars. The tobacco industry -- facing suits from several Canadian provinces seeking...

OTTAWA (Reuters) - White cowboy hats, an emergency helicopter landing and a flight over the fictional home of Anne of Green Gables await Prince William and his new bride Kate in Canada on their first official trip overseas. The potential future king and queen of Britain and Canada began their...

This afternoon in the House of Commons, the federal government tabled a bill that could end the Canada Post lockout. If passed and enacted, the back-to-work legislation would return postal employees to their jobs and give an arbitrator 90 days to develop a final settlement. But a...