VICTORIA — Sixty-one disputed licences to mine coal will be bought by a Crown corporation in an area of northwestern British Columbia consider sacred by First Nations, says Mines Minister Bill Bennett.
VICTORIA — Alaska's Lt.-Gov. Byron Mallott says he wants to see up close the aftermath of the Mount Polley tailings-pond collapse, including evidence of British Columbia's commitment to preventing a similar mining disaster.
TORONTO — A parent-led campaign to keep children home from class in protest of Ontario's new sexual-education curriculum gained early traction on Monday as at least one school reported that nearly all of its students were absent.
OTTAWA — A new report says seniors and those approaching retirement are making up a growing proportion of those filing for insolvency in Ontario and have bigger debts compared with younger people.
OTTAWA — Mike Duffy's trial is taking a short detour as the Crown and defence haggle over a piece of evidence.
HOLTEN, Netherlands — Prime Minister Stephen Harper paid tribute to Canada's war dead at a service in the Netherlands this morning.