Alberta gamblers contributed $2.3 billion to the province’s economy in 2006, of which more than $1.6 billion went into government and charity coffers, says a study released Tuesday. Of that figure, $1.3 billion went into the Alberta Lottery Fund,...

North America could be the darkest continent on earth if citizens honour their pledge to Earth Hour, a global campaign that calls on the world to raise awareness about climate change by switching off lights between 8 and 9 p.m. on Saturday. Canadians...

Self-avowed “P.R. agent for the planet” Al Gore says those who still doubt that global warming is caused by man - among them, Vice President Dick Cheney - are acting like the fringe groups who think the 1969 moon landing never really...