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.

The dollar traded near the strongest in more than six weeks against the euro amid bets the Federal Reserve will slow asset purchases on signs the world's biggest economy is accelerating.

SASKATOON - Canada's food watchdog is planning to impose tougher rules to deal with the threat of E. coli in slaughterhouses. Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz says the Canadian Food Inspection Agency will strengthen E. coli testing in federally inspected ...

A controversial application to open a coal mine in the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island has been rejected as inadequate by the B.C.