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Ruling on B.C. Transit's refusal to run political ads during 2005 election may clarify battle over atheist ads Jul 10, 2009 10:20 AM THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA a ' British Columbia Transit violated rights to free speech when it refused to carry political ads on the outside of its buses, Canada's highest court said Friday.

Canada received better economic news than expected Friday with the release of new employment numbers that suggest the massive job losses experienced earlier this year may be at an end.

Working 90 feet above the ground, pouring buckets of concrete that would harden into a 195-foot-high dam the length of 11 football fields, a teenage Frank Wicks knew even then he wasn't on just another job.

Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko meet with children Ayden Bredin and Kailyn Bredin as they make origami with a clown at the Sick Kids hospital in Toronto, Jul.

Iran's envoy to Canada has been called on the carpet yet again, this time for the continued detention of a Canadian-Iranian journalist detained in Tehran for the past two weeks.

A new strain of flu virus diagnosed in at least two Saskatchewan hog farm workers will likely disappear with those cases, but public health authorities need to keep a wary eye on it in case it spreads, a leading Canadian infectious disease expert warns.

EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, N.J. - Passengers who want to fly between Atlantic City and Toronto will have another travel option starting in the fall.

'Too early to expect' results from Canada's stimulus, watchdog says Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper speaks in front of buildings destroyed in the April earthquake in L'Aquila, Italy, on July 8, 2009.

Quebec Finance Minister Raymond Bachand said Wednesday that the province has no other option but to fight the federal government on what he termed a critical issue.

Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty says he's seeing signs of a turnaround at Chrysler after meeting front-line workers in Windsor who are determined to help turn around the company's fortunes.

Minister of National Defence Peter MacKay is shown in this photo. The federal government is spending $5 billion to upgrade the Canadian army's combat vehicles, including improvements for its existing light armoured vehicle fleet.

The number of prescriptions in Canada for cardiovascular medications has been increasing over the past decade, with a 200% increase in costs, found a new study in CMAJ .

Prime Minister Stephen Harper tours the L'Aquila earthquake site prior to the G8 Summit in L'Aquila, Italy.

Gasoline prices this summer are expected to drop below their current levels, which already seem like a bargain compared to what Canadian motorists were forced to pay a year ago.

Gay-pride grant trips up Tories Diane Ablonczy is sworn-in as Secretary of State for Small Business and Tourism as Prime Minister Stephen Harper looks on at Rideau Hall on Aug.

Two Canadian soldiers and one other coalition soldier died on Monday in southern Afghanistan when the Griffon helicopter they were aboard crashed during a mission.

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A sexually charged film with a provocative title is up for a leading eight Canadian Comedy Awards.

Canada is expressing alarm at the heavy casualties caused by the outbreak of violence in western China.

Albertans could travel between Calgary and Edmonton in as little as an hour on a high-speed train linking the province's two largest cities, according to a provincial government-commissioned report released Monday.