Marissa Mayer, the former Google executive who is now in charge of Yahoo, is poised to create yet another nothing-to-riches tale in the web industry with the $1.1bn (�720m) acquisition of the blogging site Tumblr.

MONTREAL - Many Montreal offices are closed this holiday Monday but other services vary: Most City of Montreal offices, including Acces Montreal offices and borough offices, are closed through Monday.

WINDSOR, Ontario - Assumption Park gives residents of this city lovely views of the Ambassador Bridge and the Detroit skyline. Lately they've been treated to another sight: a three-story pile of petroleum coke covering an entire city block on the other side of ...

OTTAWA - A team of 15 Canadian soldiers has been dispatched to Kandahar on a month-long assignment to assess whether dozens of military containers are still seaworthy enough to be brought home.

The Canadian dollar declined for a fifth time in six days versus its US peer as a regional Federal Reserve president said the central bank may begin slowing monthly bond-buying as the labor market strengthens.

It wasn't long ago that the Canadian dollar was one of the world's most robust currencies, and that exposure to the weak U.S.

Mon May 20, 2013 2:39am EDT. The following company announcements, scheduled economic indicators, debt and currency market moves and political events may affect South African markets on Monday.

Scott Mills of JukeboxPrint.com says someone's been mailing drug packages using the company's name. Photograph by: Arlen Redekop, PNG , Sunday Province.

Gros Morne National Park's status as a world heritage site may be in jeopardy due to plans for controversial oil exploration on Newfoundland's west coast, CBC News has learned.

No matter how hard the Green Lobby pushes ethanol in gasoline, there is no debate: it is the scourge of outboard motors, 4-strokes included.