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Bank of Canada raises key interest rate a quarter point to one per cent
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada has raised the trend-setting interest rate a quarter point to one per cent, even as it acknowledged that the country's economic growth will be more gradual than previously ...
All-day kindergarten a 'no brainer' to put kids on path to success: experts
TORONTO - Canada's provinces are moving in the right direction by sending their youngest students to class all day and embracing what much of the world already knows: that learning needs to start earl...
Quebec cabinet minister Claude Bechard dies after long battle with cancer
QUEBEC - Claude Bechard, a youthful Quebec cabinet minister who soldiered on in his post despite suffering from terminal cancer, died on Tuesday at the age of 41. His life was marked by a passion f...
Facebook a big hit with narcissists and people with low self-esteem: study
A new study of Canadian university students suggests Facebook is a magnet for narcissists and people with low self-esteem. Participants who were deemed narcissistic, and others shown to have low se...
Quebec public hearings on dying with dignity prompt deep divide on Day 1
MONTREAL - One side compared euthanasia to murder. The other laid out a series of proposed ground rules for doing it more humanely. Quebec's public hearings into dying with dignity began Tuesday wi...
Seahorse plight in Gulf highlights oil spill effects on BC coast: UBC research
VANCOUVER - As tens of thousands of dwarf seahorses flounder in the oil-infused Gulf of Mexico, a University of British Columbia researcher says their plight is a cautionary tale in the debate over pe...
RCMP wants Craigslist to stop erotic ads after U.S. adult services shut down
The RCMP says it's working with Craigslist to try to stop erotic ads that many fear are a cover for prostitution from being posted on the company's website in Canada. Craigslist shut down its adult...
Oilsands tailing ponds kill 30 times more birds than government estimates: study
EDMONTON - A new study says birds are likely dying in oilsands tailings ponds at about 30 times the rate suggested by industry and government. The results add weight to arguments that depending on ...
Surprise pregnancy for Calgary Zoo tiger; one cub dies, another struggling
CALGARY - Staff at the Calgary Zoo were surprised to discover a 10-year-old Siberian tiger had given birth to two cubs. They say the tiger named Katja had shown no outward signs of pregnancy. Sa...
Claiming she was hit by rubber bullets at G20 protest, woman sues Toronto police
TORONTO - A 20-year-old Montreal woman has filed a lawsuit claiming she was shot twice with rubber bullets while protesting at June's G20 summit in Toronto and threatened with rape while in detention....
OTTAWA - Millions of dollars in taxpayer stimulus cash doled out by the Harper government was
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