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• Tent village to be set up for visitors at this...
  QUEBEC — Organizers of the Quebec Winter Carnival will be inviting visitors to spend a night in the cold, sleeping in tents on the Plains of ...
• Tour operators expect Brother Andre’s canonization...
  MONTREAL — Having a newly minted saint in town isn’t just good news for Montreal’s faithful — it will also likely bring a few hallelujahs from ...
• Cape Breton singers Rita MacNeil, Bruce Guthro help...
  PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. — Cape Breton singers Rita MacNeil and Bruce Guthro, along with Toronto-based duo Madison Violet, will help kick off the ...
• Canadians stay close to home as Q2 tourism spending...
  OTTAWA — Tourism spending in Canada was up 1.5 per cent in real terms in the second quarter, as increased spending by Canadians more than offset ...
• ICAO says gels and liquids could be allowed back on...
  MONTREAL — A top official with the International Civil Aviation Organization says he expects airline passengers to be able to bring gels and ...
• New stats suggest Canadian tourists undeterred by...
  MONTREAL — Canadian tourists don’t seem too deterred by the bloody drug war gripping Mexico and increasingly unflattering comparisons of that ...
• Public can test best of private golf on North...
  RALEIGH, N.C. — It’s a steamy, sun-baked land steeped in sweet tea and basted in barbecue sauce, a golf-mad corner of the world where fairways ...
• Historic church the heart of Ottawa’s Little Italy...
  OTTAWA — In the end, it was garbage that helped Ottawa’s Little Italy go from grimy to gorgeous.This summer will see the inner-city neighbourhood ...
• More Canadians choosing cruise holidays, taking...
  NEW YORK — Canadians are increasingly taking to sea-based vacations, says PhoCusWright Inc., a travel industry researcher.Cruises make up the ...
• History, beauty, great food captivate visitors to...
  ATHENS – Our tour guide puts her hands on her hips and sighs.Our group of adults is giggling — the result of some jet lag ...
• Crew will build and maintain trails across the...
  OTTAWA, Ont. — Trail users across Canada — mountain bikers, hikers, cross-country skiers, horseback riders and others — will benefit from the ...
• Travel in Canada too expensive, can cost more than...
  TORONTO — The cost of travel in Canada is a big impediment for many people wanting to explore their home and native land, a survey ...
• Facing shrinking population, SD town turns to power...
  ROSLYN, S.D. — Like so many tiny towns across the Midwest, Rosyln was shrinking.It was the 1990s and there seemed to be little hope of reversing ...
• Leave blue jeans at home when going for hike, author...
  OTTAWA, Ont. — Blue jeans and the great outdoors — what could be a more natural combination?Actually, they’re not the best fashion statement you ...
• Sources say Baillie to announce candidacy for N.S....
  HALIFAX — Sources say Truro native Jamie Baillie will announce his candidacy for the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova ...
• Obama closes nuclear summit, calls modern-day threat...
  WASHINGTON — U.S. President Barack Obama closed his landmark nuclear summit on Tuesday with a tip of the hat to Canada for its move to rid itself ...
• CBC report reveals police handling of Jaffer led to...
  THE CANADIAN PRESSOTTAWA — CBC Television’s The National is reporting that Crown prosecutors were forced to abandon drunk-driving and drug ...
• Canada will return spent uranium inventories to the...
  WASHINGTON — Enough weapons-grade uranium to fashion several “Hiroshima-sized bombs” is being shipped back to the United States from Canada, ...
• Gates charity miffed by alleged conflict-of-interest...
  MONTREAL — Bill Gates’s charitable foundation has snuffed out a $5.2-million grant to a Canadian initiative to curb smoking in Africa, citing ...
• Finance Minister Jim Flaherty claims no...
  CALGARY — Finance Minister Jim Flaherty says he has the credibility to lead a national pension reform because he doesn’t qualify yet for the ...
• Tories clam up on ’third-party’ allegations...
  OTTAWA — Helena Guergis has been relocated to a remote corner of the House of Commons — and unanswered questions about what put her there were ...
• Nova Scotia politician accuses Premier Darrell...
  HALIFAX — A Nova Scotia politician who was booted from the NDP caucus after questions arose about his spending is accusing Premier Darrell Dexter ...
• Putting a bounty on the heads of coyotes will do no...
  HALIFAX — A recent spate of troubling close encounters with coyotes has prompted Nova Scotia’s natural resources minister to consider offering a ...
• N.S. touts $310m road budget; says paving jobs...
  HALIFAX — Transportation Minister Bill Estabrooks kicked off Nova Scotia’s construction season Monday by touting the province’s $310-million ...
• Canada will return spent uranium inventories to the...
  WASHINGTON — Enough weapons-grade uranium to fashion several “Hiroshima-sized bombs” is being shipped back to the United States from Canada, ...
• All eyes on Ovechkin, first-place Capitals, going...
  Now we will see if Alex Ovechkin can one-up rival Sidney Crosby by leading the powerhouse Washington Capitals to a Stanley Cup.Crosby did it last ...
• Henrik Sedin latest to claim NHL’s Art Ross Trophy...
  Henrik Sedin’s unforgettable season culminated with a trophy few ever thought he would win.The Vancouver Canucks forward became the ninth ...
• Rose’s scores 26, Bulls move into eighth in East...
  TORONTO — In a game that meant everything, the Toronto Raptors did nothing right.Derrick Rose had a game-high 26 points and Joakim Noah narrowly ...
• Trapper snares coyotes after several sightings near...
  BROOKLYN, N.S. — Two coyotes believed to have been hanging around an elementary school in Nova Scotia’s West Hants district have been ...
• Former Nova Scotia premier enjoys moving on with...
  TRURO, N.S. — Rodney MacDonald sounds relaxed and ready to take on the world.Ten months after he stepped down as Tory party leader in the wake of ...