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Arts groups need to diversify their sources of funding to ensure they remain financially viable, Heritage Minister James Moore said Friday...Participants at the conference discussed how arts groups weathered the recession and prepared to meet future challenges, such as lower...

The father of an RCMP officer slain in Hay River, N.W.T., in 2007 says he is pleased a jury has found his son's killer guilty of first-degree murder. The Canadian government is dismissing calls for a public inquiry into the...

The Parti Québécois' desire to amend Quebec's language law and restrict access to English daycares is "ridiculous" and "concerning," say early childhood educators and parents. An agreement in principle has been reached at Montreal newspaper La Presse, warding off a...

An agreement in principle has been reached at Montreal newspaper La Presse, warding off a holiday season closure. A large apartment building under construction in Montreal's Rosemont district was gutted by fire early Friday morning. A 21-year-old man is dead...

Globalive says it will keep 800 employees it hired for its new cellphone service, despite the fact the wireless business is facing difficulties getting started. Globalive from launching its Wind Mobile phone service earlier this month, ruling the Toronto-based company...

Winky was an adorable black pug with uncharacteristic "hairy" curls under his jowls, around the tips of his paws and ears. His sister Peonie looks just like him except for the fuzz. About a year ago, Winky's mom was walking...

The celebrated DJ and remixer's first full-length, Continent , explores many different electronic terrains with skill and aplomb, with everything from a disco version of Fleetwood Mac's "Big Love" to a track that samples Double Fantasy's "Children of the Universe"...

A Montreal man is dead and another is in hospital after a Tuesday night fire gutted an apartment building in the city's Nôtre-Dame-de-Grace district. A Quebec man in his 80s died after being vaccinated against H1N1 flu, officials say. Montreal...

Kate Pullinger, this year's winner of the Governor General's Award for Fiction, never imagined claiming her first big literary prize in a competition that also included short story master Alice Munro and rising fiction star Annabel Lyon. The 47-year-old, Cranbrook,...