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.

Hospitality Newfoundland and Labrador is calling for a hold on slick-water hydraulic fracturing in the province, especially in and around Gros Morne National Park, until a comprehensive analysis of the long-term impacts of hydraulic fracturing is complete.

China's new-home prices rose last month in 68 of 70 cities tracked by the government, indicating Premier Li Keqiang will need to maintain efforts to cool the property market even as economic growth slows.