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Atlantic Canada confirmed its reputation as the heart of this country's roots music scene at the Canadian Folk Music Awards in Ottawa on Saturday night.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we will remember them. More than mere words to the members of Royal Canadian Legion Branch 134 in Mount Forest, the Act of Remembrance echoed loud and clear over the cenotaph on Wednesday, as Captain Fred Campbell VC branch observed its annual Remembrance Day service.

Joel Plaskett's ambitious triple album, Three, led the Halifax singer-songwriter to a double victory at the fifth annual Canadian Folk Music Awards on Saturday.

Blogs Monday, November 16, 2009 11:08 AM Barclays launches on Canadian banks Andrew Willis T here's a new view on Canadian bank stocks, as Barclays Capital analyst John Aiken launched coverage of the sector with a cautious view on its prospects.

With the country days away from watching its debt level cross the half-trillion mark, expectations are mounting that the federal government will release more specifics in next yeara s budget about where it intends to roll back spending in an effort to stem growing budget shortfalls.

The David Suzuki Foundation and the Pembina Institute recently released an analysis of the economic impact of greenhouse gas targets on economic growth in Canada.

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In Brief: Including Louis Riel in a study guide for would-be Canadian citizens is a positive move.

Today's release of a new citizenship guide marks a shift in what it means to become Canadian, emphasizing more than ever the responsibilities bestowed upon the quarter-million newcomers who migrate to Canada each year.

Nearly a century after it began, the First World War is crossing the threshold from living history to pure past - a bygone era remembered only in books and other time capsules.

Canada's Second World War veterans who have found it difficult to talk about their experiences a ' especially to their families a ' but are ready to do it now can do so through The Memory Project.

A majority of Canadians believe observing two minutes of silence on Remembrance Day should be mandatory rather than voluntary, suggests a new poll released to Canwest News Service.

Andrew Cohen, President of the Historica Dominion Institute, left, with executive VP Marc Chalifoux, right.

In the wake of last December's parliamentary crisis, two polls by the Dominion Institute - an organization devoted to promoting the memory, democracy, and identity of Canada - revealed a startling fact: many Canadians have absolutely no idea how their country works.

Home : Top Stories : Royal couple kicks off Newfoundland visit at dig site Royal couple kicks off Newfoundland visit at dig site Viewer CTV News Video The Royal couple is in Cupids, N.L. on Tuesday, and will take a walking tour of an archaeological dig of the first British settlement in North America.

What a difference a president makes. Well not that much actually, according to a new poll on Canadian attitudes toward Americans.

John Ibbitson Ottawa - A ll we had were questions. Now we have answers. The answers aren't pretty.

Canada can meet its climate goals, but the West will write the cheques The Syncrude oil sands extraction facility is reflected in a lake reclaimed from an old mine near the town of Fort McMurray in Alberta.

The Dominion History Project of Courtenay will begin holding Canadian citizenship classes for those people about to take their citizenship test or for immigrants who have completed their application for Canadian citizenship.

The Toronto Dominion Bank's new survey of small business says most owners are feeling either optimistic or "excited" as they head into 2010, despite the recession.