Tue May 21, 2013 7:00am EDT. By Alexei Oreskovic. SAN FRANCISCO May 20 (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc Chief Executive Marissa Mayer's $1.1 billion acquisition of blogging service Tumblr will be a test of her ability to revive the aging Web portal.

TORONTO -- A French commission is holding public consultations on a plan to build wind farms off the D-Day beaches of Normandy, and it wants to hear what Canadians think about it.

Alberta's beef industry is still in decline, with Canadians eating less of the meat and fewer producers raising cattle 10 years after BSE, or mad cow disease, savaged the industry.

ConocoPhillips Co. is pulling back on plans to sell its Canadian oil sands assets after it exceeded its target for raising capital by divesting energy properties elsewhere in the world.

There are few Canadians who understand agricultural supply management and how it affects their daily lives, which is a major reason why this outdated system has survived.

American visits to Canada appears to once again be improving, if only slightly, according to data from Statistics Canada. U.S. visitors, which represent the largest foreign group of tourists to Canada, increased 3.2 per cent to 1.74 million in March compared ...

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Charles Evans said the U.S. economy has improved �quite a lot� as the central bank maintains record stimulus and expressed confidence policy makers have tools needed to monitor markets for excesses.

The shuttered St. Thomas Ford plant could soon find new life as a food-industry development site that would eventually result in 1500 jobs.

The Shaw Centre Service Road, located north of the Shaw Centre and Tommy Douglas and Bethlehem High Schools, will be closed to all vehicle traffic for a period of 3 to 4 weeks beginning today (Tues).

The region is reaching out to motorists as it attempts to get a handle on local traffic congestion. It's launched a mobile phone GPS app that will help it collect real time data on traffic slowdowns.