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The Conservatives are taking a different tack than Washington on the thorny issue of helping companies fund their widening pension gaps, shrugging off corporate pleas for relief even as the United States lets businesses slash their contributions.

The clock is ticking on the regulatory review panel's recommendation on the Northern Gateway pipeline, as the feds set a drop-dead date for the final report on the project.

Tim Hortons has raised its prices on baked goods and sandwiches this week due to an increase in operating costs, the coffee giant said Friday.

Moscow's plans to spend $137 billion by 2020 on beefing up its navy will dwarf Canada's $33 billion shipbuilding program and should be a concern for federal officials, experts say.

Like father, like son. And then some.

Banff Park officials may have to strengthen its campaign against feeding wildlife after receiving a report about tourists who tried luring grizzly bears with food.

A Canadian citizen has been killed in Mexico, the Foreign Affairs department said Saturday.

A Canadian tourist has died in Vietnam, the Foreign Affairs department confirmed Saturday.

Three people from Quebec are dead following a crash early Saturday on Interstate 81 in Pennsylvania.

After putting on a show for the crowd at the Wetaskiwin Air Show Saturday, a pilot crashed his small plane.

A new Parti Quebecois candidate is calling for a referendum for Quebec to separate.

The unusually hot spells and extreme drought that North America and other parts of the world have experienced over the last few years are inextricably linked to global warming, a prominent NASA scientist claims in new study.

It was a deadly week for Canadians travelling abroad.

He might not be a big name in the rest of Canada, but Jacques Duchesneau is huge in Quebec.

A Canadian tourist who died in Vietnam last Thursday may have been "drinking too much wine," a police official is quoted as saying in a Vietnamese newspaper.

An aboriginal Conservative senator wants the federal government to bring in private property rights on First Nations reserves.

A provincial Liberal official was forced to apologize Monday after comparing the Parti Quebecois to Hitler's Nazi party.

The Canadian government doesn't condone torture, but it may use information gleaned under dubious circumstances abroad if it could prevent a threat against national security.

Quebec construction magnate Tony Accurso, along with three other people, were arrested by the RCMP Thursday morning and charged with running a multimillion-dollar tax evasion scheme.

The most famous student protester in Quebec has resigned his duties as co-spokesman for Coalition large de l'Association pour une solidarite syndicale etudiante (CLASSE), the largest student federation in the province.

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