Canada Day crashes kill 2
A highway crash south of Calgary and a tow-truck collision in the city’s southwest have claimed two lives on Canada Day.
Calgary goes red and white for Canada Day
Hundreds of Calgarians, decked out in white and red or waving flags, joined performers and politicians in celebrating a sunny Canada Day at Prince’s Island Park on Wednesday.
N.S. native community mourns death of handyman in fire
A man who died in a weekend apartment fire in northern Nova Scotia is being remembered as a helpful and well-liked handyman.
B.C. carbon tax boosts prices at gas pump
British Columbia got a little greener on Wednesday: The province celebrated the first anniversary of its carbon tax with a bump at the gas pumps.
Ontario drops plans for 2 new nuclear reactors
Citing ballooning costs and its responsibility to the taxpayers of the province, the Ontario government says it is indefinitely mothballing plans to build two new nuclear reactors at the Darlington power station.
Former Nortel workers could get paid earlier than other creditors: court
Former employees of Nortel Networks Corp. who have been fighting to get their severance and pensions from the disintegrating telecommunications company could soon receive some compensation thanks to an Ontario Superior Court ruling released Monday.
Madoff gets 150 years for fraud
Disgraced financier Bernard Madoff was sentenced Monday in New York to the maximum 150 years behind bars for fleecing hundreds of investors out of tens of billions of dollars in a massive Ponzi scheme.
Worker hospitalized after butane drum explodes
A worker at a tool and equipment business has been seriously injured in an explosion at Foothills Industrial Park in southeast Calgary.
B.C. teens rescue 4 Calgarians after van plunges into lake
Two teenagers from Kelowna are being hailed as heroes after saving four Calgarians whose minivan careened down an embankment and into a lake near Revelstoke, B.C., on Monday.
Canadian businesses unaffected by Honduran political turmoil
Two Canadian companies said Monday their Honduran operations were not affected by the military coup over the weekend weekend in the Central American country.
