ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The Newfoundland and Labrador government is questioning whether a public inquiry into botched breast-cancer tests has the right to cross-examine witnesses. Jackie Brazil, a lawye...

TORONTO - Finance Minister Jim Flaherty says the Canadian economy is facing a variety of economic challenges, but has so far remained resilient. "Certainly there has been a psychological effect of ...

HALIFAX - Prime Minister Stephen Harper plans to be in Halifax today to make some sort of defence-related announcement - and to attend a hockey game. He will be accompanied by Defence Minister Pete...

OTTAWA - Growth in new housing prices slowed for a second straight month from a year ago in March, continuing a downward trend that started in September 2006. Contractors' selling prices rose 6.1 p...

VANCOUVER - The co-founder and president of the company that makes Tasers is expected to tell a public inquiry today the weapon does not kill and contrary to previous criticism, it was not rushed to m...

MONTREAL - Provincial byelections will be held in three Quebec ridings today. They mark the first time voters will have a chance to weigh in on Premier Jean Charest's minority government. But th...

HALIFAX - Prime Minister Stephen Harper will be in Halifax on Monday to make an announcement concerning the Defence Department. The Prime Minister's Office confirms Harper will be at the Halifax Ar...

TORONTO - An Ontario man who captured the million-dollar first prize at a poker tournament in Barcelona on the weekend says his only goal was to win enough cash to put his granddaughter through univer...

CALGARY - Canada's energy capital will have to make room for another huge player, as EnCana Corp. (TSX:ECA), one of the country's most prominent oil and gas producers, splits itself off into two separ...

OTTAWA - Six months after Prime Minister Stephen Harper first promised a public inquiry into the Mulroney-Schreiber affair, he has yet to name anyone to head the probe or even set an official mandate ...