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In Canada, Free Nicotine Gum or Patches Offered by B.C.
The B.C. government will offer smokers who want to quit a free 12-week supply of either nicotine gum or patches, or a free prescription...
Unemployment Falls to 9 Percent in Latest Hopeful Sign; Canada Job Creation Also Surges
The unemployment rate is suddenly sinking at the fastest pace in a half-century, falling to 9 percent from 9.8 percent in just two months....
From South Africa to Canada’s National Ballet School: A young boy’s great big leap
A year ago, he was living in an impoverished township in rural South Africa. Now, the 12-year-old is living his dream with Canada’s National...
Teen Pregnancies Plummet in Canada, US, England and Wales
The rate of teen pregnancies in Canada dropped 36.9 percent between 1996 and 2006, according to research released today by the Sex Information and...
Canada’s Largest Grocery Chain Adds Solar Rooftops
Canada's largest supermarket chain plans to install rooftop solar panels on many of its Loblaws stores in Ontario, becoming one of the first...
Canada Wins Hockey Gold in One of the Sport’s Greatest Games
It was unadulterated drama. It was unbridled ecstasy. It was perfect. Lifelong hockey fans savor the moments that games like USA-Canada provide....
TransCanada Raises Record $2.54 Million for United Way
Energy company TransCanada raised a record-breaking $2.54 million from its 2009 United Way campaign through the efforts of its employees, contractors and retirees in...
Canada Curbs Antibiotics for Ear Infections
The unwise practice of routinely prescribing antibiotics to kids suffering from an ear infection is coming to a formal end in Canada. ...
Peregrine Falcon Returns From Brink of Extinction in Canada
The widespread use of pesticides had virtually wiped out the peregrine falcon population in North America by 1970, with only one nesting pair found...
Bank of Canada says Recession Over, Growth Returning to Economy
The Bank of Canada is declaring the recession essentially over, saying Canada's economy will begin growing this summer and lead most of the...
Canada Allots Almost $1Billion to Carbon Capture
The Canadian government announced details of the C$1 billion ($860 million) clean energy fund it promised in February. The lion's share of the...
Frigid DIY Dolphin Rescue Warms Hearts in Canada
The town of Seal Cove, Newfoundland has had a harrowing week. Neighbors have gone to bed each night to the wails of five dolphins,...
Wal-Mart Canada Opens First Environmental Demonstration Store
Wal-Mart Canada last week opened its first mega-green supercenter in Burlington, Ontario, which uses heat from the earth in a unique geothermal energy design,...
Largest Supermarket Chain in Canada to Discourage Plastic Bag Use
Canada's biggest supermarket chain, said on Thursday that it will start charging customers a fee for every plastic shopping bag they use. Loblaw, with...
Giant Prehistoric Fish Rebounding in Canada
When dozens of white sturgeon began washing up dead on the banks of British Columbia's Fraser River in the mid-1990s, some feared that North...
Canada to Create Giant New Northern National Park
"Canada will create a giant new national park covering some 1.9 million acres along one of the country's most spectacular northern rivers, Environment Minister...
The Friendliness of Canada Returns my Lost Blackberry
I am enamored of all things Canadian right now because of the kindness of someone I was visiting. That kindness seems to exude from...
Muslim Conscientious Objector Allowed to Stay in Canada
A conscientious objector from Turkey hoped that Canada could provide a haven from mandatory military service or prosecution in his home country. In December...
Promising New HIV-AIDS Drug Approved in Canada
"A new HIV-AIDS drug, the first in a promising new class of medications, has been given approval for the Canadian market for treatment when...
Canada to Protect Northern Forest and Tundra
Canada announced Wednesday it is acting to protect two large swaths of boreal forest and tundra in the Northwest Territories from development -- a...