In a major relief to people, the Calgary International Airport has announced to slash weekly parking rates by as much as 37 per cent with immediate effect. The new parkade was also announced on Thursday which would provide an additional 1,930 covered parking stalls besides enhancing the airport's total parking capacity to 7,480 stalls.

The Revelstoke Mountain Resort in British Columbia has joined Ski.com’s list of top 100 ski destinations. Ski.com praised the Revelstoke Mountain Resort, saying it is the newest resort in North America, getting annual snow fall of up to 720 inches.

In a recent announcement, Health Canada has warned Canadians not to use certain Acai berry products after shipments that were stopped at the border were found containing an undeclared drug called sildenafil, a powerful active ingredient of impotence medicine Viagra.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Heinz Canada are warning the public that Heinz Mixed Cereal for babies should not be consumed as the baby food contains a possible carcinogen.

Heinz is recalling several lots of mixed baby cereal because it contains high levels of a toxin produced by fungus called Ochratoxin A.

As per a recent report submitted by the Canadian Diabetes Association, diabetes will pose a serious threat to Canada in the coming 20 years with the amount of diabetic population set to rise by at least 10%, if the current trends continue.

A recent study, undertaken and detailed by lead researcher Dr. Irfan Dhalla from the St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto, has revealed that during the current times, the death caused due to overdose of painkiller has more than doubled as compared to two decades back, and most of the patients who died had obtained the drugs though an official prescription from a doctor.

Official figures shared by Statistics Canada have revealed that for the month of October, the value of building permits across the country jumped much higher than expected, and leading the board were both single-family and non-residential units. The rise is being viewed as another strong sign of Canada's rapidly recovering economy.

Toronto based electric car makers Zenn Motor Company, on Monday announced its plans of ceasing operations and production at its Quebec unit, which makes low-speed vehicles, by April 2010 end.

Economic recovery in Canada and the US was never as evident as it is now. While the Canadian job rate improved manifolds in November, the latest Labor Department report has revealed that for the month, much less jobs were cut across America than expected.

Figures shared by the Toronto Real Estate Board have revealed that for the month of November, house sales across the Greater Toronto Area more than doubled as compared to the number of sales recorded for the same month last year.