Pigs in the Canadian province of Alberta have been infected with the new swine flu virus and are under quarantine, officials said Saturday. It is the first known case of pigs having the virus.

Canadian officials say pigs in the province of Alberta have been infected with the new swine flu virus and are under quarantine.

The Canadian federal and Ontario governments will jointly hold a 2 percent equity stake in a restructured Chrysler Canada and will lend almost 4 billion Canadian dollars ($3.3 billion) to help the beleaguered company while it is in bankruptcy proceedings,

The Canadian and Ontario governments will jointly hold a 2 percent equity stake in a restructured Chrysler Canada and will lend about 3 billion Canadian dollars (US$2.42 billion) to help the beleaguered company while it is in bankruptcy proceedings.

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner says a French and a Canadian aid worker held hostage in Darfur have been freed.

Security forces in Nigeria arrested a man for taking a Canadian woman hostage this month, but other kidnappers were still believed to be holding her, police said Wednesday.

Police in Nigeria say a Canadian woman kidnapped this month in northern Nigeria has been released unharmed.

Pope Benedict XVI said Wednesday he was sorry for the abuse and “deplorable conduct” of some church members at Canadian schools that aboriginals were forced to attend.

A group of Canadian aboriginals attended Pope Benedict XVI’s general audience on Wednesday before a private meeting where the pope was expected to express concern about the former policy of forced attendance of Indian children at Christian-run schools.

French oil giant Total SA said Tuesday that its cash offer for UTS Energy Corporation had failed as too few shareholders in the Canadian oil sands took up the offer.