VANCOUVER—Diluted bitumen, the molasses-like product that would be transported by the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline, sinks in salt water when battered by waves and mixed with...
Sistema Toronto has announced that it has made a donation of $730 to Sistemang Pilipino, a Sistema-inspired program in the Philippines, to aid in efforts to...
MONTREAL – Quebec’s corruption probe is scheduled to resume its public hearings today after breaking for the holidays. The commission led by Justice France Charbonneau has...
WASHINGTON – A petition to make Rob Ford an honorary U.S. citizen hasn’t garnered much support so far. The petition appears on the White House website...
OTTAWA – The Harper government has promised hard-nosed contract talks this year with most of its public-sector unions, but one group may be in for a...
PLASTER ROCK, N.B. – Canada’s Transportation Safety Board wrapped up its evidence gathering on Saturday at the site of a fiery train derailment in New Brunswick...
The Philippine Embassy in Ottawa reported to the Department of Foreign Affairs that Canada’s Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART), deployed in Panay island less than a...
OTTAWA—Statistics Canada says the Canadian economy lost 45,900 jobs in December and the unemployment rate rose as more people searched for work. The unemployment rate rose...
OTTAWA – A list of railway accidents involving oil-laden tank cars since the Lac-Megantic, Que., disaster last July: January: Seventeen cars on a 122-car train in...
TORONTO—A Toronto grandmother came home from Hong Kong with SARS. A Colorado woman visited a Ugandan cave and brought back to the United States an alarming...