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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 ...

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).

VANCOUVER -- The B.C. Supreme Court has ruled that a hydro-electric development in northeastern B.C. should be allowed to proceed without an environmental assessment.

Environmentalists concerned about the prospect of a new coal transfer terminal in Surrey are calling for region-wide public hearings about the project.