A provincial court in Kamloops, B.C., has heard that a man who called a police officer a pig after being arrested was Grouchy.
CALGARY - Southern Alberta ranchers are banding together to preserve a huge swath of native grassland almost untouched by development.
ROULEAU, Sask. - A building made famous by the hit television series "Corner Gas" about small-town Saskatchewan life has burned to the ground.
OTTAWA - The president of the Native Women's Association of Canada will relinquish her post later this year as she seeks to run for the federal Liberals in the next election.
GATINEAU, Que. - Introducing a new national wireless carrier in Canada would result in lower consumer prices, but regulators need to do more than simply cap wholesale roaming rates to make that happen, the competition watchdog has told the country's telecom regulator.
CALGARY - Encana Corp. (TSX:ECA) has agreed to buy Athlon Energy in a US$7.1 billion friendly takeover deal that will give the Canadian gas producer access to a major Texas oil play and speed up its shift towards more liquids production.