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Scott Brown had no problem paying the $25,000 premium for the lot of his Mattamy home because he was getting a little bit of everything when he looked out his back window.

The Quebec election campaign has begun with an odd bit of economic lunacy. The province’s finance minister, Raymond Bachand, called Rona a “an important strategic interest.” Yes, Rona...

Research In Motion is making further reductions across its operations as a source confirmed Wednesday that it will shutter its North American retail stores, while a separate report suggests the BlackBerry...

Former Oakland Athletics slugger Jose Canseco has filed for bankruptcy protection in Nevada.

Bach’s Cello Suites are the crowning glory of that instrument’s repertoire. Virtually every cellist of substance has them his or her repertoire or has at least studied them.

When former fashion editor Sarah Ellison Lewis wanted to open a funky shoe boutique in Austin, Texas, she had sticker shock every time she saw the price for a store lease. So for a quarter of the price...

BEIJING, China - A widely read microblog written by the U.S. Consulate in Shanghai on China's most popular blogging site was inaccessible Friday, with a search for the account saying results could not...

A passenger on an Air Canada flight from Victoria to Toronto last night had more than poor airplane food to complain about after reportedly finding a sewing needle in their pre-packaged inflight sandwich...

Starting in September, dozens of NYC hospitals will ask mothers of newborns to listen to talks about why their breast milk is better than the sample formulas many hospitals offer for free. Then the women...

There have been a raft of cases recently in which employees have been fired for personal blogs, emails and social-network postings disparaging, threatening or embarrassing their employers. But there are...

DETROIT - Chrysler, Volkswagen and Nissan reported robust sales growth last month, a sign that U.S. car and truck sales will remain strong despite worries about the economy.

I remember the days when if you had work boots and a hammer you were good to work on a job site. Back then a lot of contractors would demo a house without thinking about the potential risks. Risks like...

DETROIT - Chrysler, Volkswagen and Nissan reported robust sales growth last month, a sign that U.S. car and truck sales will remain strong despite worries about the economy.

An Ottawa Hospital doctor has won the right to withhold “heroic measures” that would prolong the life of a 90-year-old car crash victim who has been in a coma for 20 months.

A group seeking to overturn the results of last year’s election in seven ridings has asked Elections Canada to provide more details of its ongoing investigation of the robocalls affair.

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A 26-year-old woman with cerebral palsy used powerful language to describe for a Ottawa judge how she felt about the ParaTranspo driver who raped her in the back of his bus.

Canadian swimmer Brent Hayden has won a bronze medal in the men's 100m freestyle final at the Aquatics Centre at the 2012 London Olympic Games.

Two Canadian athletes emerged as the unlikely beneficiaries of a match-fixing scandal that shook their...

Men's eight rebound from disastrous heat to finished second in final.

Fodé Mohamed Soumah’s first Canadian wife called the highly publicized story of her ex-husband...

Canada’s men’s eight rowing team members celebrate their silver medal at Eton Dorney during...

At the team meeting the night before, the Canadian men’s eights talked over the race plan (chiefly...

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Prime Minister Stephen Harper has granted pardons to farmers who were convicted in the 1990s for taking...

Your morning cup of coffee may not be affected, but Tim Hortons Inc. is expected to increase prices ...

KINDERSLEY, Sask. - Western Canadian farmers who were convicted in the 1990s for taking their grain across the border to sell in the U.S. have been pardoned.

KABUL - The Afghan government says seven insurgents who were planning to attack the capital were killed in an early morning gunbattle just outside of Kabul.

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Former Oakland Athletics slugger Jose Canseco has filed for bankruptcy protection in Nevada.

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There are numerous reasons why Canada’s productivity growth is weak, but the quality of Canada’s labour force is not one of them.

The key to boosting productivity in Canada may come from an often overlooked but seemingly logical source – health care.

A recent study by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) found immigration has no impact on overall productivity. In Canada, it appears immigration is, in fact, working to reduce...