National News

Pilots with Air Canada (TSX:AC.B) have approved a new labour agreement by a thin margin that’s part of the money-losing airline’s efforts to reduce its costs and avoid having to seek bankruptcy protection.

Canadian farmers are skeptical that a $20-million federal investment announced Friday to track livestock from grocery stores around the world back to Canadian farms will help beleaguered producers.

Ontario is reporting an additional two deaths associated with the swine flu for a national total of 41.

Two American men were killed and another was missing after a tornado uprooted two cabins and dropped the buildings into a northwestern Ontario lake.

Swine flu vaccine production has hit a snag, with manufacturers reporting a disappointingly low yield when vaccines viruses are grown in eggs.

The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh are set to visit Canada next summer.Gov. Gen. Michaelle Jean confirmed the mid-2010 visit in a statement Sunday.

SIDNEY, B.C. — Emperor Akihito of Japan thrilled Canadian marine scientists Sunday as he quizzed them with ocean-related questions during a visit to the Institute of Ocean Sciences near Victoria.

MONTREAL — Bounced retirement home cheques. Tens of thousands in unpaid income taxes. Hundreds of thousands of dollars in possibly lost life savings.

TORONTO — NDP Leader Jack Layton is urging Ottawa to send a senior member of Parliament to Iran to secure the release of Canadian-Iranian journalist Maziar Bahari.

OTTAWA — Minority-government fatigue seems to be setting in with voters.