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Delivering Secure Access to Email, the Web and Expanded Multimedia Capabilities TORONTO, March 14, 2005 - palmOne Canada and Rogers Wireless today launched the new Treo 650 smartphone in Canada, making the ...

Health Services Minister Shirley Bond and Human Resources Minister Susan Brice announce enhanced dental programs for B.C. children and people on income assistance.

China Minmetals may form a domestic partnership to acquire Canadian miner Noranda , a source close to the plan said Monday, after abandoning a solo bid for the $6 billion company last week.

Top executives at Air Canada and WestJet say consumers can count on paying more now that their discount competitor Jetsgo has been forced into bankruptcy.

We keep trying to tell you robots are taking over the world. Still don't believe us? Vacuum cleaner designer James Dyson has built an intelligent vacuum that can tell you it needs a new part.

As thousands of stranded Jetsgo passengers rebooked flights or cancelled travel plans over the weekend, new questions were being raised in Ottawa about the federal government's role in the discount airline's ...

Isabelle Hudon has travelled with ministers, worked with astronauts and been at the centre of big business acquisitions.

Corporal punishment is nearly extinct in Korean homes and schools. But it stirred controversy in Vancouver, Canada, where a Korean father, charged with assault for whipping his son hundreds of times, pleaded ...

Sure there's Cancun and Florida, but when it comes to the college crowd's annual quest for sun and fun, the good ole road trip to South Texas is hipper than ever.

For thousands of college students fleeing frozen campuses for a week of sun, sand and Jell-O shots, spring break south of the border has a new home.

A fellow Alpha Chi Omega sorority sister confided in Jacque Schneider recently that she was worried about spring break.

The new head of Telefilm Canada would like to see Canadian movies earn at least 10 per cent of the domestic box office by the end of the decade, but for that to happen domestic resources need to be increased as ...

A film with the nerve to take a stance on an issue is certainly difficult to find these days.

Dalton McGuinty has a new CD out. McGuinty is the drummer in an Ottawa band called Manicshift, which has just released an indie album called Videos & Photographs.

Bat Boy the Musical is a classic love story that audiences can sink their teeth into.

MPs on the all-party Steel Caucus have appealed to Industry Minister David Emerson to allow a Parliamentary committee to review the government's Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act which they say has put blue-collar ...

Tracy Clark News Staff Reporter Last Thursday's murder of four young RCMP officers has only fuelled a local man's desire to join the forces and protect the community from dangerous criminals, following the ...

TIAX, a collaborative product and technology development firm, and Global Insight, a forecasting firm, have released a study predicting vast changes in the powertrains of trucks by 2020.

The ready future spread trend continued even after the SECP announced 'Risk Management Directive' at the bourses on March 4, 2005.

Tasers, the electro-shock weapons used by police, have been at the centre of a heated debate for several years.

Canadian Agriculture Minister promises to press on to open the U.S. border for beef trade.

The headline was bleak: No progress on child poverty. Canada ranks 19th out of 26 Western nations.

MEXICO CITY The day after the U.S. presidential election, Jim and Joan Marker left for a scheduled vacation in San Miguel de Allende, central Mexico.

Seconds before stepping up to the coals, I was semi-sure I wouldn't burn my feet if I embraced my fear.

CAW Targets Toyota Employees by Joseph Szczesny Organizing efforts in Canada and the U.S. are facing Japan's biggest carmaker.

The chief architect of the Public Health Agency of Canada - created to protect this country against another SARS-like crisis - is concerned crucial elements of the new institution are coming together too ...

There was a time when pension funds operated in the Bay Street background, much like the rich, drab aunt at family gatherings that you can't ignore, even if she shuns the attention.

THIS year's Folkie program featured something of a Canadian invasion. Of the 22 international acts on the bill, nine hailed from the land of the maple leaf.

ISLAMABAD, March 14 : Adopting a regular exercise routine for the first time late in life reduces the development of risk factors for cardiovascular disease, Canadian researchers found in a clinical study of ...

Hundreds of residents on Canada's West Coast witnessed quite the spectacle on the weekend as they watched the sky light up momentarily in hues of pink and yellow.

Last fall's deadly submarine fire has prompted Canada's military to review how its shipboard and battlefield medical personnel treat smoke inhalation casualties.

Surrey is the B.C. municipality with the largest number of grow op cases, according to a just-released study that also declares Delta to be a success story in the war against the illicit pot trade.

Twenty-five years ago Terry Fox asked for a dollar from each Canadian to support his Marathon of Hope, now his image will be on a $1 commemorative coin.

Today my guest is Councillor Richard Cockwell , who holds the Fisheries Portfolio.

When British High Commissioner Edward Clay decided to attack the Kenyan government last month for its appalling record on corruption, his choice of venue appeared impeccable.