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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Athletes returning from London Games get hero's welcome in Parliament

OTTAWA - Canada's Olympic and Paralympic athletes have been given new medals, even the ones who didn't win at the 2012 Summer Games. Prime Minister Stephen Harper awarded the athletes medals marking Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee at a ceremony Wednesday...

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Federal agency launches massive project to consolidate sprawling email systems

OTTAWA - A federal agency has launched the next phase of a massive project to consolidate hundreds of thousands of government email accounts under one umbrella. The initiative will begin to herd some 640,000 email boxes, spread across hundreds of servers,...

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Tory carbon-tax campaign against NDP frames debate, tough to counteract

OTTAWA - A Conservative claim that New Democrats have a carbon-tax policy has been roundly denounced as hypocritical at best and untrue at worst — but don't expect the campaign to end anytime soon. It's called framing the issue, in political parlance,...

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Alberta cement truck driver who killed five in crash granted day parole

DRUMHELLER, Alta. - A man convicted of killing five people when he smashed his cement truck into the back of their car has been granted day parole. Daniel Tschetter, 55, had already been spotted driving dangerously before his truck slammed into a vehicle...

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Oral drug shows promise for relapsing-remitting MS, studies find

TORONTO - Two major patient trials of an experimental drug for the relapsing-remitting form of multiple sclerosis have found the oral medication significantly improves patients' symptoms. The studies, both published in Wednesday's issue of the New...

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Accused PQ election shooter speaks from jailhouse, just as new premier sworn in

MONTREAL - The accused killer who allegedly ruined the Parti Quebecois election-night celebration surfaced again Wednesday — speaking out from his jailhouse just as the new government was being sworn in. Montreal radio stations reported receiving a...

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Tories appeal court ruling that overturned reverse onus for dangerous offenders

OTTAWA - The Conservative government will appeal an Ontario court ruling that declared part of its tough-on-crime agenda unconstitutional. Justice Minister Rob Nicholson says he will vigorously defend the handling of dangerous offenders — up to the...

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New PQ cabinet has a minister responsible for making Quebec more independent

Quebec elected premier Pauline Marois smiles as she leaves a news conference Wednesday, September 5, 2012 in Montreal. Marois will become the 30th premier of Quebec Wednesday - and the very first woman to hold the job in that province. THE CANADIAN...

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Alberta's top court upholds ruling that girl should be removed from life support

EDMONTON - Alberta's top court has upheld a judge's ruling that a two-year-old child allegedly abused by her parents should be taken off life support. The Appeal Court ruled that each parent will be allowed a final 20-minute visit with the girl. ...

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Not enough research to estimate environmental cost of Northern Gateway: lawyer

EDMONTON - An aboriginal lawyer says Enbridge hasn't done enough research to properly estimate the environmental cost of its proposed $6-billion Northern Gateway pipeline. Brenda Gartner, who represents several First Nations along the B.C coast, is...

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Female Mounties feel there is little consequence for sexual harassment: report

VANCOUVER - An internal report by the RCMP reveals some female Mounties are reluctant to come forward with allegations of harassment because they feel the complaints process isn't credible and the problem officers aren't punished. The report, released...

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CAW continues round-the-clock talks with GM, Chrysler says it's 'optimistic'

Ken Lewenza, president of the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW), speaks during a news conference in Toronto on Monday, Sept. 17, 2012 in which he announced a tentative deal with Ford. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young General Motors and Chrysler...

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Second attempt at Ashley Smith coroner's inquest starts Thursday

TORONTO - An inquest about a young woman who choked herself to death in prison gets a fresh start Thursday, with those involved hoping it will shed light on the treatment of mentally ill people in custody. Ashley Smith was 19 when she used a strip...

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Source of Quebec City legionnaires' disease identified

QUEBEC - Public health authorities say they have identified the source of Quebec City's outbreak of legionnaires' disease: an office building in the provincial capital. They say samples taken from a cooling tower in a building on St-Joseph Street in...

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Federal ethics watchdog declines to investigate Flaherty over Oshawa allegations

OTTAWA - The federal ethics watchdog will not investigate Finance Minister Jim Flaherty over allegations of Conservative ties at the newly created Oshawa Port Authority, the company building an ethanol plant on the waterfront and the business that loads...

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The rise in West Nile virus cases in Ontario appears to be slowing

This 2006 photo shows a mosquito on a human at the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ AP - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - James Gathany TORONTO - New West Nile virus figures for Ontario suggest this...

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Friend says military failed to keep close watch on soldier who killed himself

Veteran Kirk Lackie testifies at the Military Police Complaints Commission in Ottawa on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick OTTAWA - A former soldier says the military failed to keep a close enough eye on a...

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Summer takes unprecedented toll on Arctic ice, prompting climate change fears

OTTAWA - Arctic ice cover has reached another nadir, melting to its lowest point in modern history. Scientists say the melt climaxed today and will now begin to turn with the coming of colder weather. They were taken by surprise by the speed of the...

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RCMP Taser use continued to drop in 2010, says watchdog's latest report

A police-issued taser is displayed at the Victoria police station in Victoria, B.C. May 7, 2008. A new report says RCMP use of stun guns continued to drop in 2010.The RCMP watchdog found that threatened or actual use of the Taser by RCMP officers...

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