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• Canada has best two-month jobs gain in 30 years as...
  Canada booked its best two-month jobs gain in three decades with news Friday that the economy churned out 58,200 new jobs in April as Canadians ...
• P.E.I. immigrants were never given answers on...
  A program in P.E.I. that was intended to attract immigrants who would actively participate in the province’s economy was killed by the federal ...
• Cancer claims fewer Canadian lives; drop in male...
  The death toll cancer takes in Canada is on the decline, fuelled in large part by the fact that lung cancer is killing fewer Canadian men than it ...
• ERs will remain open if hospital workers go on...
  HALIFAX — The Capital District Health Authority says emergency rooms will remain open but most clinics outside hospitals will be closed in the ...
• Cheques will no longer be in the mail as federal...
  The federal government won't be able to use that time-honoured stalling tactic - the cheque is in the mail - much longer. It's phasing out the ...
• Hundreds of jobs slashed in latest round of federal...
  A second round of major cuts to the public sector is slicing off the hands that serve the public and the heads that serve the federal government. ...
• Mulcair leads first ballot of NDP leadership; Singh,...
  TORONTO - The first ballot for the federal NDP leadership has left Thomas Mulcair at the head of the pack with 30 per cent of the vote - but ...
• Loblaws says almost 99 per cent of products are on...
  The CEO of Loblaws, which owns the Atlantic Superstore, says a years-long overhaul of the grocery store operator's supply chain is finally paying ...
• Liberals take blame, apologize for Vikileaks attacks...
  OTTAWA - A Liberal party researcher has been fired for tweeting salacious information about Public Safety Minister Vic Toews to protest the ...
• Health Canada reviewing MS drug Gilenya, linked to...
  Health Canada is reviewing a new multiple sclerosis drug that has been linked to 11 deaths. There have been no reports of deaths in Canada of ...
• 3 Via workers killed in passenger train derailment...
  BURLINGTON, Ont. -- A Via spokeswoman says three people are dead in a trail derailment west of Toronto but all passengers have been rescued from ...
• Opposition parties slam election dirty tricks...
  The NDP is calling for a full-scale investigation into a dirty-tricks campaign apparently aimed at suppressing the Liberal vote during last ...
• Maritime provinces ditch integrate emergency radio...
  A plan to integrate the separate emergency radio systems for the three Maritime provinces has been scrapped, two years after it was announced. ...
• Veterans minister promises to improve information on...
  Canada's veterans affairs minister is promising to make it easier for veterans to understand their disability benefits. Steven Blaney says his ...
• Remi Marcoux steps down as TC Transcontinental...
  MONTREAL - Remi Marcoux has stepped down as chairman of printer and media company TC Transcontinental, handing the position over to his ...
• Tories finally win Commons approval for bill to kill...
  OTTAWA - Federal Conservatives erupted in cheers Wednesday after finally securing House of Commons approval to scrap the controversial long-gun ...
• TC Media buys print and Internet publishing assets...
  Transcontinental's TC Media division (TSX:TCL.A) said Wednesday that it has acquired the print and Internet publishing assets of weekly ...
• P.E.I.'s Fullerton rink picks up win, Nova Scotia...
  NAPANEE, Ont. — Manitoba’s Shannon Birchard outscored Quebec’s Roxane Perron 11-9 to move into sole possession of first place on the women’s ...
• Canada to mark Queen's Diamond Jubilee in a big way,...
  When Princess Elizabeth succeeded to the British throne in 1952, Canada hailed her as the country's queen even before the declaration was issued ...
• Early spring, Canadian groundhogs predict!
  Canada's furry forecasters are calling for an early spring. Ontario's Wiarton Willie and Nova Scotia's prognosticating rodent Shubenacadie Sam ...
• As opposition builds, PMO seeks to blunt charges it...
  OTTAWA - The Harper government is moving to deflect political blowback from planned cuts to public pensions, as the opposition blasted the prime ...
• Harlequin buys Christian romance novel supplier...
  Book publisher Harlequin announced the purchase Friday of Heartsong Presents Book Club, which is dedicated to providing its members with ...
• Harper outlines "major transformation" of...
  DAVOS, Switzerland - The federal government is poised to transform immigration, pensions and research and development policy, Prime Minister ...
• HPV vaccine recommended for boys
  A federally appointed panel of experts has endorsed use of HPV vaccine in males in Canada, potentially opening the door to wider use of the ...
• Sears Canada cutting about 400 jobs as it closes...
  Sears Canada is cutting roughly 400 jobs across the country as it closes nearly all of its in-store cafes. Company spokesman Vincent Power says ...
• Direct Energy cuts 500 jobs as it moves headquarters...
  Direct Energy is cutting 500 jobs in Canada as the company shifts its headquarters to Houston from Toronto in order to concentrate on key growth ...
• Veterans Affairs union urges Tories not to cut...
  The union representing workers at Veterans Affairs is urging the federal government not to cut hundreds of staff, saying former military members ...
• Dubious distinction: P.E.I. added to list of...
  Prince Edward Island is among four areas added to the list of historically significant places in Canada. Formerly known as Île Saint-Jean, P.E.I. ...
• Premiers say provinces need better health deal to...
  VICTORIA - Canada's premiers are pushing back against Ottawa's take-it-or-leave-it plans for health transfer payments, but Prime Minister Stephen ...
• Flaherty says some government departments could be...
  Canada's finance minister doesn't believe the term austerity fits for his government's upcoming budget. Instead, Jim Flaherty says prudence would ...