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• Mother of MP Peter Penashue says Muskrat Falls...
  ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — The mother of Labrador MP Peter Penashue (pen-ASH-ah-way) says she’s heartbroken that the Muskrat Falls hydro megaproject will ...
• Federal government faces third class-action lawsuit...
  OTTAWA — Another day, another lawsuit over a massive privacy breach.The federal government now faces a third class-action suit over the loss of a ...
• Defenders of Medicare
  Brenda Corney definitely wasn’t a typical 12-year-old in 1961. When all the provinces joined Canada’s national health-care movement, she heralded ...
• Spendthrifts should forget about budgets
  Starting the New Year broke and in debt? If you’re beyond budgeting, trying to cut back on spending in small ways may work best, say experts who ...
• RIM stocks recover after glitch
  TORONTO - Shares in Research In Motion bounced back Friday after U.K.-based carrier Vodafone experienced technical problems that disrupted ...
• Ontario chef missing for more than a week found...
  CAMBRIDGE, Ont. — A renowned Ontario chef whose family reported him missing after not hearing from him for several days was located outside the ...
• Source: Leafs fire GM Burke just days before season...
  TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs made a stunning move Wednesday, just days before the regular season is expected to begin.Brian Burke has been ...
• Renowned Inuit artist Kenojuak Ashevak dead at 85
  An artist whose work gained worldwide recognition as an icon of the Canadian Arctic has died.Kenojuak Ashevak, believed to be the last living ...
• Paul Watson resigns as head of Sea Shepherd over...
  TORONTO — The head of a controversial anti-whaling organization has resigned in order to comply with a U.S. court order.Paul Watson issued a ...
• Metis and non-status Indians declared ’Indians’...
  OTTAWA — The Federal Court has ruled Metis and non-status Indians are indeed “Indians” under a section of the Constitution Act, and fall under ...
• ’See me,not my disease’
  When Elizabeth Allen was diagnosed with early-stage Alzheimer’s disease, her first reaction was outrage that she had developed the ...
• Jeremy Hotz among acts on ‘Just for Laughs: All...
  Comedian Jeremy Hotz likes to ease into his New Year’s goals. “I was going to start to really concentrate on making a New Year’s resolution for ...
• Good pay lures more women offshore
  Well-paid jobs are luring more women to the rigs and vessels that draw oil from the ocean floor more than 300 kilometres east of St. John’s, but ...
• Canadian ’Frankenfish’ moves closer to FDA...
  Genetically engineered salmon created in Canada are getting closer to becoming the first transgenic animal to be approved for human consumption ...
• ExxonMobil to spend $14 billion for Hebron project...
  Exxon Mobil Corp. says it plans to spend $14 billion to develop the Hebron offshore oil field off Canada’s east coast over the next few years. ...
• Navy ship is damaged after problems with repair work...
  HALIFAX — The navy says a destroyer that is docked in Cape Breton has been damaged and was set adrift while under tow after problems arose with ...
• Health experts reveal what they wish we’d resolve...
  ’Tis the season for resolutions. And many of us are already busy pledging that come Jan. 1 we will do more of some things, less of others or stop ...
• Furtado charged for New Year’s Eve at Niagara Falls
  Victoria-raised pop star Nelly Furtado says she loves playing gigs on New Year’s Eve — even if it means having to freeze in icy climes, which ...
• Subban stakes claim on starting job
  UFA, Russia — Malcolm Subban’s acrobatics, experience and flair has made him Canada’s starting goaltender at the world junior hockey championship ...
• Travel delays aplenty as winter storm wallops...
  MONTREAL — A winter storm is disrupting travel plans by air and by land in Eastern Canada, with winds whipping up visibility-stifling, ...
• Vets to get up front help to cover cost of remaining...
  OTTAWA — War veterans faced with the daunting task of shovelling out this winter at least will have an easier time covering the cost. The federal ...
• Harper’s seven-year itch looks muddle-of-the-road,...
  OTTAWA — Stephen Harper, we hardly know you.Almost seven years after Harper led his Conservatives to office and ended more than a decade of ...
• Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project gets regulatory...
  The Nova Scotia government has agreed to make no regulatory or legislative changes that would have an effect on the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric ...
• Dog days proving beneficial for Habs prospect
  It has not taken Brendan Gallagher long to adjust to life as a first-year pro. The Hamilton Bulldogs rookie is leading the AHL club in scoring as ...
• Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project gets regulatory...
  Halifax — The Nova Scotia government has agreed to make no regulatory or legislative changes that would have an effect on the Muskrat Falls ...
• Canada’s Hadfield blasts off for 5-month space...
  Baikonur, Kazakhstan — Chris Hadfield has successfully blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on a mission that is to see him ...
• Firm repays portion of provincial loan used to boost...
  The government of Newfoundland and Labrador has been repaid a little more than half of a $2-million loan it provided a company to help boost this ...
• Air Canada's new low-cost service, called Rouge,...
  By Sunny Freeman THE CANADIAN PRESS—TORONTO A ir Canada is jumping into the low-cost leisure travel market with the launch of its new Rouge ...
• Canada Post delivers record one million parcels...
  Canada Post delivered a single-day record of one million parcels across Canada last Thursday, underlining moves by the federal Crown corporation ...
• Preserving life?
  Who gets to decide when medical treatments are no longer worth pursuing and should be ended? The doctors? The patients? In the case of those who ...