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GATINEAU — The Competition Bureau has reached an agreement with Chartwell Master Care LP regarding its plan to buy six retirement homes from Sifton Properties Ltd. in Ontario. Under the deal, the regulator...

FREDERICTON — The New Brunswick government says a Fredericton company that spilled toxic chemicals on the Trans-Canada Highway last week could be fined up to $1 million. The government says Fredericton’s...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Iran’s parliament speaker warned on Thursday that attacks on the Persian Gulf islands that form Iran’s southern maritime frontier would provoke a new level of retaliation, underscoring...

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index was down more than 250 points while the price of oil rose to top US$90 per barrel as Iran continued attacks on shipping traffic and energy infrastructure in the Persian...

Canada's telecommunications regulator says it will prevent companies from charging customers when they cancel, change or activate plans. The CRTC said the move is meant to make it easier for consumers...

The biggest new restaurant trend is small. Special menus with petite, less expensive portions are popping up all over, from large chains like Olive Garden and The Cheesecake Factory to trendy...

BALTIMORE (AP) — A lawyer representing the leader of the cultlike Zizians group that has been linked to six deaths told a judge Thursday that there is reason to believe his client is mentally incompetent...

MONTREAL — Montreal police are investigating the death of a man found inside a business near Laurier metro station in the morning. Const. Raphaël Bergeron says police consider the death as suspicious. Police...

NEW YORK (AP) — When stock markets are as manic as they've been recently, it’s natural to want to do something to protect your retirement savings. Historically, though, staying calm has usually been...