Another train derailment in British Columbia has critics raising questions about CN Rail's safety measures. Nine freight cars went off the tracks near Squamish, north of Vancouver, early Thursday morning. The cars were empty and there was no environmental damage,

Soaring oil revenues have helped Newfoundland and Labrador project a small surplus for the current budget year, less than two years after the province posted the highest annual deficit in its history. INDEPTH: Oil prices

The province has chosen a consulting company to review health care in Alberta, and it will consider options for using private insurance to cover services such as prescription drugs, continuing care and non-emergency care. Health Minister Iris Evans says Aon

High school students in Fredericton are avoiding the new healthy menu in their cafeteria and spending their lunch money at burger joints instead. Schools in District 18 banned junk food this fall to make room for more nutritious options. That

Farmers who live near the now-defunct Metz Farms say they won't spread the millions of litres of pig manure left at the site on their fields. FROM NOV. 2, 2005: Metz hog farm closes barn doors The giant pig farm

A Saint John mother says there's nothing wrong with children driving all-terrain vehicles and governments don't have the right to impose age restrictions for the machines. The deaths of two teenagers in Nova Scotia last week has re-ignited the debate

A pint-sized intruder wearing several sweaters and a small backpack startled a woman into calling Moncton police early Thursday morning. The woman noticed movement outside her balcony window just before 6 a.m. Panicking, she dialed 911, worried that it might

A Fredericton mother may be featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show a decade after an episode of the show put her in touch with doctors who saved her life. Ten years ago, Kelly Home was diagnosed with a rare disease

Rural bar owners are looking for new ideas to lure customers back into their establishments. Since the provincewide ban on smoking in indoor public places came into effect last year, many rural bar owners say they've been losing money as

Vancouver police Insp. Kash Heed says the members of Vietnamese gangs and the Hells Angels see South Asian gangs as bad for their business. Heed says his investigators have heard complaints that the Indo-Canadian gangsters are more concerned with vengeance

The Flames have not set the NHL on fire so far, but they hope to rectify their early season short-comings when they host the Columbus Blue Jackets Thursday evening at the Saddledome.

We stopped the picket line because I was having a hard time getting a regular group of guys there," McCarthy said. "At one point last week there were two of us on the picket line.

Convicted killer Karla Homolka did not breach her release conditions and won't face additional charges, Quebec justice officials said Thursday. Homolka, who is believed to be living in Montreal, was investigated after her former employer alleged she had contacted someone

There's no movement in the strike that involves the people who service heavy equipment at the Ekati Diamond mine. More than 1,000 hourly employees of Finning Canada in Alberta and the Northwest Territories walked off the job three weeks ago

Government of Nunavut employees in staff housing will have a rent increase in the new year, as the territorial government begins to move away out of providing homes for its employees. The 10 to 15 per cent increase is part

A study on the future of nuclear waste in Canada recommends Saskatchewan as one of four provinces to be considered for storage. In its final report, released on Thursday, the Nuclear Waste Management Organization said Canada is running out of

Sazal Rehman, Canada's executive director of the Islamic Circle of North America Relief fund, says the timing of the disaster is probably a big reason why the total amount raised for earthquake relief in this country is now approaching $1