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(Reuters) - The human head discovered in a Montreal park during the weekend belongs to a Chinese student allegedly dismembered by a porn actor in one of Canada's most gruesome slayings in recent memory, police said on Wednesday. A Montreal police spokeswoman said medical tests showed the remains were those of Jun Lin and …

TORONTO (Reuters) - Unionized workers at Rio Tinto Alcan's Alma aluminum smelter in northern Quebec have approved a new contract ending an extended lockout, the union and the company confirmed late on Thursday. The approval comes more than six months after Rio Tinto Alcan locked out its unionized workers after contract …

(Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on Thursday he would not shuffle his Cabinet again until the middle of 2013, killing off speculation that several senior ministers might soon be given new jobs. Harper, who replaced his international aid minister on Wednesday, won a majority government in May 2011. …

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's federal finance minister is urging his provincial counterparts to heed the lessons of Europe and keep tightening their budgets as he seeks to keep Canada's debt-to-GDP ratio the lowest in the Group of Seven rich nations. In remarks summarizing a conference call he held with the provincial ministers …

TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper named a new foreign aid minister on Wednesday and let it be known there were no plans for a larger shake-up of his Cabinet this summer. Harper named former Toronto police chief Julian Fantino as minister of international cooperation, replacing Bev Oda. Oda announced …

LONDON (Reuters) - Support services and construction firm Carillion said its pipeline of potential work had grown to 35 billion pounds ($54.87 billion) in the first half of 2012 as British local authority work and private finance projects in Canada increase. The group, which maintains railways and military bases and has …

TORONTO (Reuters) - The pace of purchasing activity in the Canadian economy fell to its lowest level in almost a year in June, according to Ivey Purchasing Managers Index data released on Friday. The data showed the seasonally adjusted index fell to 49.0 in June from 60.5 in May. Analysts polled by Reuters had forecast …

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's foreign aid minister is resigning from politics after coming under fire for extravagant spending, including a $16 dollar glass of orange juice in a luxury London hotel. Bev Oda, the minister for international cooperation, said in a statement on Tuesday that she advised Prime Minister Stephen …

OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Canadian economy grew by a surprisingly strong 0.3 percent in April, mainly due to a rebound in oil output, signaling growth in the second quarter might be solid but not rapid enough to jolt the central bank into raising interest rates. Declines in retail sales and manufacturing had led to expectations …

TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index fell sharply early on Friday, led by financial and resource shares, in the wake of underwhelming jobs data in Canada and the United States and after the head of the International Monetary Fund expressed concern about the global economy. U.S. employers likely quickened the pace …

TORONTO (Reuters) - The pace of purchasing activity in the Canadian economy fell to its lowest level in almost a year in June, according to Ivey Purchasing Managers Index data released on Friday. The data showed the seasonally adjusted index fell to 49.0 in June from 60.5 in May. Analysts polled by Reuters had forecast …

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's job growth slowed in June for a second straight month in a reality check after outsized employment gains earlier this year, firming the market's view that the central bank won't act soon on recent hints of a rate hike. Waning business confidence due to the European debt crisis and a stalled U.S. …

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone officials are cautioning against expecting any quick action from the currency bloc's finance ministers when they meet on Monday to sort out the tangle of loose ends and disagreements left by last month's EU debt-crisis summit. Banking supervision, the use of European Union bailout money, aid …

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - There are limits to what the European Central Bank can do and it is up to euro zone governments to make structural changes to their economies to fix them for the longer-term, ECB Executive Board member Joerg Asmussen said on Friday. "The people and the markets look to the ECB for solutions," Asmussen …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Employers hired at a dismal pace in June, raising pressure on the Federal Reserve to do more to boost the economy and dealing another setback to President Barack Obama's reelection bid. The Labor Department said on Friday non-farm payrolls expanded by just 80,000 jobs in June, falling short of forecasts …

WIMBLEDON, England - Roger Federer advanced to his record eighth Wimbledon final on Friday, beating defending champion Novak Djokovic in four sets.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks on major exchanges fell on Friday and the euro hit 5-week lows after U.S. jobs data for June came in weaker than expected, fueling concerns that Europe's debt crisis is deepening a slowdown in the U.S. economy. Expectations rose that the Federal Reserve would have to resort to more monetary easing …

(Reuters) - Centerra Gold Inc said on Friday it will work with the Kyrgyz government to address environmental issues at its Kumtor gold mine that were raised in a parliamentary report last month and which have led to calls for the company's mining contract to be renegotiated. The Canadian company also said it has been assured …

TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian Pacific Railway board member Tony Ingram resigned on Friday, seven weeks after a bitter proxy battle led to the resignations of top executives at Canada's second-largest railroad. Ingram is the latest member of the old guard at the CP board to step down after the company's management lost the …

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina - The 18th Sarajevo Film Festival is set to kick off with Aida Begic's regional premiere of "Children of Sarajevo," which recently won the top prize in the Cannes Film Festival's sidebar competition Un Certain Regard.

LONDON - Britain's Serious Fraud Office says it has formally opened a criminal investigation of Barclays' manipulation of a key market interest rate.

WASHINGTON - U.S. employers added only 80,000 jobs in June, a third straight month of weak hiring that will likely complicate President Barack Obama's reelection efforts with the economy still struggling three years after the recession ended.

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's job growth slowed in June for a second straight month in a reality check after outsized employment gains earlier this year, firming the market's view that the central bank won't act soon on recent hints of a rate hike. Waning business confidence due to the European debt crisis and a stalled U.S. …