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Sun, September 7, 2008 Let the promises begin. A full year before it was legally slated to start, a five-week federal election campaign officially jumps through the gates today with battle lines firmly drawn ...

THE TRAIN: The Rocky Mountaineer operates from April 3 through Oct. 14 between Vancouver, British Columbia, and Calgary, Alberta.

Only the best of the best films will be showcased at the Calgary International Film Festival this month -- and that includes a movie shot in Regina.

A Canadian-based oil company that specializes in underground oil drilling is laying off more than half its work force, most of them in Wyoming.

He's on next week's cover of People, US Weekly, OK! Magazine and the National Enquirer.

Earlier this week the Vancouver Sun invited readers to comment on changes made to CBC Radio 2 on Tuesday.

By Jeffrey Jones

CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Canada said on Tuesday it would spend up to C$24 million ($22.4 million) compensating veterans forced to be exposed to Cold War-era nuclear blasts but never recognized for their sacrifices.

The recognition of Canada's so-called atomic veterans, which comes days before an expected election call, also extends to military personnel who decontaminated an Ontario nuclear plant in the 1950s after two reactor accidents.

The president of the association that has been fighting for official and financial acknowledgment for decades, said she may accept the C$24,000 settlement being offered on behalf of her husband, who died 15 years ago, but stressed that it did not nearly make up for her loss.

Ninety-six Canadian soldiers, two aid workers and a diplomat have died since Canada's military deployed to Afghanistan to early 2002.

More than half a century after Canadian soldiers helped test atomic weapons during the Cold War, the federal government is acknowledging their sacrifice and is offering compensation.

CALGARY There may be some relief on the horizon for Canadians fed up with pricey fuel, as crude oil the main ingredient in gasoline continued its steep decline Tuesday.

Recent record high prices at the gas pumps have consumers looking at public transit as an affordable alternative to driving their own vehicles.

Cell-Loc Location Technologies Inc. , reports that the Company comes closer to positive cash flow as its quarterly loss continues to decrease.

Twelve deaths in Canada have now been linked to an outbreak of listeriosis, according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.

Canadian health officials have attributed a 10th death to the national listeriosis outbreak -- an Alberta woman -- as even more products were added to a massive meat recall.

At least six people were injured in Canada Wednesday when the boom of a mobile crane impaled a light-rail commuter train in Calgary, Alberta.

An Alberta official says the body of a cougar shot and killed on a Morinville-area property last month will likely be mounted and put on public display for educational purposes.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police and local police in Calgary, Alberta, reported arresting 14 alleged members of a drug-based gang on more than 100 charges.

Easy-to-make meals such as Kraft Dinner may be considered comfort food for some, but for millions of Canadians they're anything but, says a study released yesterday by the Alberta Heritage Foundation for ...

"The world junior championship is heading back to Alberta. Hockey Canada has announced that Calgary and Edmonton will play host to the event in 2012, the first time it will be held in the province since 1995 in ...

Citing high fuel prices and an economic slowdown, Ottawa-based Zoom Airlines is reportedly seeking court protection from creditors after two of its aircraft were grounded over unpaid debts.