Nexen shareholders vote to approve $15.1-billion takeover offer from CNOOC

An oil rig of CNOOC (China National Offshore Oil Corporation) sits in Bohai Bay, China, in October 2007. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Imaginechina CALGARY - Shareholders of Nexen Inc. (TSX:NXY) have voted to approve a proposed Chinese takeover...

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Almost a third of kids are overweight, with prevalance higher for boys: study

Signage marks the Statistics Canada offices in Ottawa on July 21, 2010. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says almost a third of Canadian children are either overweight or obese. It says data from a Canadian...

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Number of EI recipients unchanged in July, down from a year earlier: StatsCan

A man looks job offers at a Resource Canada office in Montreal April 9, 2009. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says 508,000 people were getting regular employment insurance benefits in July, virtually unchanged...

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Government agriculture supports at record low in 2011, says OECD

PARIS - A Paris-based think tank says government support to agriculture fell to a record low of 19 per cent of total farm receipts in 2011. The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development says this was driven by developments in global commodity...

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U.S. war resister to be deported today, supporters urge government to intervene

TORONTO - An American soldier who sought refuge in Canada after she became disillusioned with the Iraq war has been ordered to leave the country by today. Kimberly Rivera has said she will comply with the Canadian government's deportation order and...

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Recall of ground beef from XL Foods in Alberta expands to more stores

OTTAWA - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has again expanded its health hazard warning about ground beef products from XL Foods of Alberta. The warning about the beef sold is a variety of stores across much of the country is due to concerns about...

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Information commissioner reveals details on review of Access to Information Act

VANCOUVER - The country's information commissioner is providing more details about her review of a federal law that allows citizens to access government documents. The Access to Information Act has had a few minor amendments over the years, but has...

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Ottawa cop killer guilty of sexually assaulting 10-year-old girl

OTTAWA - A former Mountie serving life in prison for killing an Ottawa police officer has been convicted of repeatedly sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl in the week before the cop's murder. An Ontario Supreme Court justice found 46-year-old Kevin...

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New PQ government has minister responsible for making Quebec more independent

QUEBEC - The newly installed Parti Quebecois government wasted no time showing its sovereigntist stripes by appointing, on its first day in office, a minister responsible for advancing the cause of Quebec independence. A unique new portfolio of minister...

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Partisan games afoot over reforms to MPs' gold-plated pension plan

OTTAWA - Opposition MPs support slashing their generous pensions but they fear the Harper government is plotting a way to compel them to vote against any reforms to the gold-plated plan. Reforms to the parliamentary pension plan are expected to be...

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