Alberta's Dinosaur Provincial Park advances in 7 Wonders contest
Dinosaur Provincial Park in Alberta, Niagara Falls and Lake Superior will be competing with more than 200 spectacular places around the world in the next phase of a competition to name the New 7 Wonders of Nature, organizers said Wednesday.

7-cent hike hits N.L. gas consumers in wallet
Motorists in most Newfoundland and Labrador communities faced significantly higher costs for all grades of gas on Thursday, as a regulator raised the ceiling on maximum prices.

Tax cuts, infrastructure projects and EI reforms needed: Ignatieff
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff says he would quickly implement tax cuts, infrastructure projects and changes to the employment insurance program if he was prime minister.

Manitoba Métis win hunting rights case
But the case has potentially wide-ranging implications - a legal expert says.

Intel warning shortcircuits semiconductor sector
Shares in Intel Corp. slipped more than six per cent Wednesday as the computer chip giant cut its fourth-quarter forecast for the second time since November.

Canada dancing to digital tunes
More than 40 million digital music tracks were purchased in Canada in 2008, a 58 per cent increase over the year before, according to Nielsen SoundScan, which tracks sales of Canadian music.

A portrait a day chronicles one man's ups and downs
At the end of 1998, Toronto artist Jeff Harris started what he thought would be a modest personal project - taking a photograph of himself every day.

Southern B.C. battles mudslides, flooding and avalanche risks
The Coquihalla and other highways remain closed and several communities struggle to hold back flood waters across southern B.C. on Thursday morning as crews deal with the aftermath of two days of heavy rain falling on top of melting snow.

John Tavares traded to London
John Tavares, who starred for Canada's gold-medal-winning team at the world junior championship, has been traded from the OHL's Oshawa Generals to the London Knights.

Nearly 400 sick from salmonella in U.S.
A salmonella outbreak has sickened 388 people in 42 states, health officials in the U.S. said Wednesday. The source of the outbreak is unknown, and the states have not been named.

Weakness in auto sector likely to extend to late 2009: analyst
Auto sales in Canada are heading for a decline of just over 10 per cent this year, a Scotiabank economist predicted Thursday.