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More residents of Shannon, Que., are eligible for compensation for a water contamination that some say gave them deadly cancer.
The Quebec Court of Appeals has widened the scope of a judgment that ordered the federal government and two private companies — Valcartier Real Estate Corporation and General Dynamics — to pay citizens who suffered damage from the contamination.
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ST. JOHN'S, N.L. -- A search is underway for a missing man who ventured out in a blizzard that battered eastern Newfoundland Friday, as residents of St. John's struggled to tunnel out from homes buried by the largest snowfall ever recorded in the city.
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OTTAWA -- Canada's auditor general is examining how the government manages billions of dollars in the Canada Student Loans program, and whether it's helping students be smarter about their financial decisions, newly disclosed documents show.
The audit, expected by April, will look at how efficiently two departments involved in the program -- Employment and Social Development Canada and the Canada Revenue Agency -- have managed "risks to the public treasury" in doling out cash to students.
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ST. MORITZ, Switzerland – Two 16-year-old lugers from Whistler, B.C., captured Canada's first medal at the Youth Olympics on Saturday.
With snow falling on the iconic St Moritz-Celerina Olympia Bob Run, the Canadian women's luge duo of Caitlin Nash and Natalie Corless slid to silver with their family and friends cheering wildly at the bottom of the track.
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In his spare time, Dave England runs snowmobiles up ramps, getting the machine a dozen metres in the air. Then, he flips them end over end before coming down to earth — all in the matter of seconds.
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