Photographer Chris Whitty recently found himself at the right place at the right time when he captured an image of a rare white loon. At the end of the breeding season, adult loons molt — ...

Canada’s coins are more than just pocket change—they’re national symbols with stories worth telling. The Loonie and Toonie, introduced in 1987 and 1996 respectively, didn’t just replace banknotes—they ...

TORONTO — A decade ago, Canada set out to become an energy superpower. Now, it enters 2016 riding down one of the world’s most battered petro-currencies. When the clock struck midnight on Dec. 31, the ...

The day the Canadian dollar hit its all-time high was not, in fact, Nov. 7, 2007. The pinnacle came more than 140 years earlier, when Confederate troops reached the outskirts of Washington, D.C., ...

TORONTO — The Canadian dollar reached parity with the U.S. dollar today for the first time since November 1976. Known as the loonie because of the bird pictured on the one-dollar coin, the Canadian ...

Chris Carrier has been hammered with two plant closures in less than a year. First Alcoa shut its wheel-rim plant in June after more than two decades in operation, idling 365 people. Then last month ...

Steve Podborski, right, Chef de Mission for Canada at the 2014 Winter Olympics, inspects the newly unveiled “Lucky Loonie” during a send-off party for Canada’s Sochi-bound Olympic athletes in Banff, ...

TORONTO – The Canadian dollar is on a tear, and traders and investors are betting it will remain strong. The currency, known as the loonie for the bird on its single-dollar coin, is up about 10% ...

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