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• Canada's leader gambles for majority gov't
TORONTO - Prime Minister Stephen Harper is gambling that an opposition pushing an unpopular carbon tax will steer Canadian voters to the right in Tuesday's election and bolster his hold on power. If the polls are any indication, though, Canada's ...
• A last refuge for life remained after extinction
What is now Ellsmere Island in the Canadian Arctic archipelago was once a last refuge for life during the Earth's worst extinction event 250 million years ago, say scientists who have discovered a surprising trove of ancient fossils there. During the ...
• Canada government faces suit over killer whales
VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Environmentalists are taking the Canadian government to court, demanding it use the country's Species at Risk Act to protect killer whales off British Columbia. Ecojustice, on behalf of eight environmental organizations ...
• USA Today price rising to $1 on newsprint costs
Newsprint prices have been rising largely because most of it comes from Canada, where the Canadian dollar has been strong relative to American currency, Edmonds said. The newsstand price increase "makes sense, but it puts the burden on the publishers ...
• Ancient ice shelf breaks free in Arctic
The Ayles Ice Shelf — about the size of Manhattan — broke clear 16 months ago from the coast of Ellesmere Island, about 500 miles south of the North Pole in the Canadian Arctic. Scientists discovered the event by using satellite imagery. Within ...