Tim Hortons Inc. - already dealing with slumping sales that it blames on the slow economy and $1 drinks at competitors - faces new pressure from a second U.S.

Verizon Communications Inc. confirmed on Tuesday that it is considering an entry into Canada's $19-billion wireless market in the wake of a report earlier this week by The Globe and Mail.

CALGARY - The Canadian government said on Tuesday it will raise the liability for oil spill cleanups off the country's east and Arctic coasts to $1 billion, a more than twenty-five fold increase from its prior limit.

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. - A temporary bridge over the Skagit River will reopen Wednesday, restoring Interstate 5 traffic less than a month after the old bridge collapsed.

TORONTO � Bonnie Brooks may be stepping aside as president of Hudson's Bay Co., but she will be taking on an even more important role at the storied department store retailer she helped to revive, its chief executive stressed on Tuesday.