Canada still a country of beer drinkers at last count, says Statistics Canada
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OTTAWA (CP) - Beer was still by far the most popular alcoholic beverage at last count, but more and more Canadians were switching to imported brands, says Statistics Canada.
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Molson Inc., Canada&#39;s biggest beer maker, and Adolph Coors Co., the third-largest US brewer, won clearance from Canada&#39;s Competition Bureau for their planned $3.
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Uh-oh, Canada. Without a Stanley Cup north of the border since 1993 (Montreal), the Dominion's protracted championship drought appears destined to continue after Anaheim's 3-2 win over the Senators last night, handing the Ducks a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven Stanley Cup finals.
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Australians have a reputation as big drinkers but a new report has found many can not handle their hangovers, with Australians claiming more than 2.6 million sick days a year as a result of a night on the booze.
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OTTAWA - Canada&#39;s economy stood still for the second month in a row in October, because of sagging exports and labour strife, says Statistics Canada.
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Just as Germany has regained the ability  to celebrate itself during the World Cup, the country has  rediscovered a taste for the national drink, beer -- at least  for the duration of the sun-drenched tournament.
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OTTAWA (CP) - The number of couples who married in Canada in 2002 remained virtually unchanged from 2001, Statistics Canada says.
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OTTAWA - The number of Canadians using marijuana appears to have doubled over the last decade, according to the first major study of drug and alcohol use in the country in 10 years.
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TORONTO - Beer, a health food? That's what some Canadian researchers report.    A study from the University of Western Ontario finds a brew could be good for you...
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For some thinkers, Canada is in decline, or at the very least, has fallen short of their aspirations.
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Ontario, Canada, Premier Dalton McGuinty has said gas sold in the province will have to contain five percent ethanol within three years.
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OTTAWA (CP) - A major new study suggests marijuana use in Canada has doubled over the last decade. The Canadian Addiction Survey reports that 14 per cent of respondents used cannabis in the last year, up from 7.4 per cent in 1994.
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Putin signs law restricting airtime and content in effort to curb his country&#39;s alcohol intake. MOSCOW  - A sweeping ban on beer advertising in Russia became law Tuesday in a move to curb the country&#39;s
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OTTAWA (CP) - The number of Canadians who say they have used cannabis or injectable drugs in the past year has doubled in a decade, according to a major new survey.
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Canadian high school students still rank among the world&#39;s best, but an international report says their grades are slipping. According to a 41-country study conducted by the Organization for Economic Co-operation
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SEOUL -- In a time-honored practice in South Korea's corporate culture, the 38-year-old manager at an online game company took his 10-person team on after-work drinking bouts twice a week. He exhorted his subordinates to drink, including a 29-year-old graphic designer who protested that her limit was two glasses of beer.
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OTTAWA (CP) - Most of the nearly two million immigrants who arrived in Canada during the 1990s settled in one of the country's 27 census metropolitan areas, but still found it harder to find work than natural-born citizens, Statistics Canada reported Wednesday.