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Canadian stock market edges up on European central bank statement

​Canada's main stock market slightly increased Thursday following a statement by the European Central Bank on economic stabilization measures.

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Canadian fighters finish 1st military strike against ISIL in Iraq

​Canada's CF-18 hornet fighters conducted their first combat strike Monday since joining the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) on Oct. 30, Canadian Minister of National Defense Rob Nicholson said Monday.

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Canada's Ebola vaccine development on fast track or slow boat?

The Ebola conundrum continues as country after country speeds towards the "Holy Grail" for an effective vaccine. The 800 vials of Canadian experimental vaccine are expected to reach the World Health Organization headquarters in Switzerland on Wednesday.

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Canada soldier shot near parliament has died: cabinet minister

A Canadian soldier standing guard at the National War Memorial in Ottawa was gunned down and a security guard in the nearby parliament buildings wounded on Wednesday in an attack that police believe involved more than one gunman.

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Canada welcomes Moody's maintaining Canada's AAA credit rating

Canada welcomed the latest report by rating agency Moody's, which maintains Canada's AAA credit rating, a senior Canadian official said Monday.

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Canadians price-gouged by large telecom conglomerates

Canadians are still being price- gouged by three telecom giants -- Bell, Rogers and Telus, the Canadian Radio-Television Telecommunications Commission said in an annual report released Thursday.

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Canadian stock market plummets on B.C. gas project, U.S. data

Canada's main stock market dropped for a fifth straight session on Thursday, nearing a three-month low, as sluggish U.S. economic data weighed on sentiment and doubts were raised about the liquefied natural gas project in the western province of British Columbia.

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Canadian stock little changed ahead of Scotland referendum

​Canada's main stock was little changed on Thursday amid investors' concern about an independence referendum in Scotland.

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Canadian stock market slides on China's data

​Canada's main stock market on Monday lost ground as miners shares plunged on weak Chinese data.

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Canadian stocks climb over central bank's interest rate decision

​Toronto Stock Exchange, Canada's main stock market, on Wednesday rebounded from Tuesday's slip as the country's central bank decided to maintain its overnight rate target at 1 percent Wednesday.

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Canada hails WEF's rating for its soundest banking system in G7

​Canadian Finance Minister Joe Oliver welcomed Wednesday the World Economic Forum (WEF) rating of the country's banking system as the soundest in the world for the seventh year in a row in its annual Global Competitiveness Report.

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Croatia, Canada to step up economic cooperation: ministers

​​​Visiting Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird said on Wednesday Canada will strengthen cooperation with Croatia in some multilateral challenges.

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Canadian stock market slips as resources shares lose ground

​Canada's main stock market slipped slightly Wednesday with the gains of financial stocks overpowered by the losses in resources shares.

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Canadian stock climbs on resources shares rally, merger news

Canadian stock climbs on resources shares rally, merger news

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Obesity may be most risky factor for heart disease in Canada

Obesity may surpass smoking to become the most risky factor for heart disease for Canadians in the coming years, a newly released study found out Tuesday.

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Sri Lanka accuses Canada of using voluntary funds as political tool

The Sri Lankan government on Tuesday accused the Canadian government of using its voluntary funds to the Commonwealth Secretariat as a political tool based on the dictates of electoral compulsions.

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Canada Post unveils stamps marking Chinese Year of the Horse

Canada Post on Monday unveiled a collection of Year of the Horse stamps to usher in the Chinese Lunar New Year, which will start on Jan. 31.     The stamps, the seventh issue in a 12-year series, are part of a popular commemorative stamp program Canada Post has been running for the past 18 years.