Here is a partial list of what's open and closed on Monday for Victoria Day/F�te des Patriotes. Banks are closed. All federal and provincial government offices, including immigration and unemployment centres, are closed.

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.

Japanese biotech ventures promising to make jet fuel from algae and to produce synthetic cartilage are soaring in Tokyo trading as cash pumped into the economy by the central bank cascades into speculative investments.

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.

ECONOMIC REPORTS Data will include sales of existing homes for April (Wednesday); weekly jobless claims and sales of new homes for April (Thursday); and durable goods orders for April (Friday).

TORONTO - The Toronto Stock Exchange surged ahead Friday, encouraged by gains from the U.S. markets, after data showed the world's largest economy may be in recovery.

Canada's ethanol mandate is being met in a large part by a torrent of U.S. corn ethanol flooding across the border. The five percent federal mandate requires 2.2 billion litres of ethanol to be blended into the fuel supply annually.

NEW YORK (AP) - Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO of the country's biggest bank, faces a key test this week: His shareholders are voting on whether to let him keep both jobs.

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 ...

By Ed Stoddard. JOHANNESBURG | Sun May 19, 2013 2:18pm EDT. JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers said it would seek pay rises of up to 60 percent from gold and coal producers, raising the prospect of fresh ...