Emergency crews have contained crude oil leaking from a damaged rail car, according to a Canadian Pacific Railway spokesman. The derailment happened early this morning about 150 kilometres east of Saskatoon.

SARNIA, Ont. - Activists plan to protest in Sarnia, Ont., as a two-day national conference on oil sands bitumen kicks off today. The “Bitumen Adding Value Conference” is meant to bring together industry leaders, experts and decision-makers to discuss the ...

MONTREAL - The setting is rather retro: a converted 19th-century shipyard on the Lachine Canal whose neighbours are a heat-treatment plant for industrial metals and the old Robin Hood flour mill.

OTTAWA - Outgoing U.S. Ambassador David Jacobson is poised to join one of Canada's largest banks when he steps down from his diplomatic role in July.

Julie Dickson, Canada's banking regulator, said the current period of low interest rates threatens to increase risks for the country's lenders and that it has become an issue she's closely monitoring.