OTTAWA - Volatile gas prices are causing more Canadian consumers to park their cars this summer, but there is some light at the end of the road. Pump prices have fluctuated over the past few months from the $1.20 range upwards to nearly $1.50 a litre, driving down consumption.

Ford Motor Co. has posted an $8.7-billion US loss for its second quarter and confirmed plans to shift production dramatically from trucks to cars in a bid to reinvent its North American business.

Spurred by concerns over credit card fraud, WestJet Airlines said Wednesday that it will no longer allow travellers to use credit cards to check in at self-serve kiosks across the country.

WINNIPEG - The suspect who died after being hit by a Winnipeg police stun gun was 17 years old, armed and considered to be dangerous, a Winnipeg police spokeswoman Wednesday.

HOUSTON - Hurricane Dolly hit the south Texas coast on Wednesday bearing 160 km/h winds and lashed low-lying areas on the U.S.-Mexico border with torrential rain as it marched toward a flood-prone region.

Twenty-five years after Ron Lyseng risked his life to save the Gimli Glider from erupting into flames, he says the threat of disaster wasn't over after the plane's remarkable emergency landing.

BRUSSELS - The European Commission adopted proposals on Wednesday to ban the import of pelts from seals that have endured excessive suffering while being killed, risking possible trade conflicts with hunting nations.

WINNIPEG - A man died Tuesday after being shocked with a Taser by Winnipeg police in a back lane behind a home. Investigators had taped off a large area to investigate the incident Tuesday evening.

EDMONTON - Six hours after Nancy Cooper was last seen by her husband, a worried friend called 911 to report the former Edmonton woman missing, saying she was in the middle of a divorce that was creating “tension” for the couple at their home in North Carolina.

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HALIFAX - Tropical storm Cristobal began its swing through Atlantic Canada Tuesday morning, flinging down heavy amounts of precipitation. By noon Tuesday, Baccaro Point in the Cape Sable region off the Nova Scotia coast had received 160 millimetres of rain since Monday evening.

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Soaring gasoline prices pushed up Canadian retail sales by 0.4 percent in May from April, but the gain was weaker than expected, suggesting consumers were scaling back purchases amid a slowing economy.

The Crown rested its case Tuesday morning against Ottawa resident Momin Khawaja, who is on trial for his alleged role in a terrorist plot to blow up a London nightclub.

OTTAWA - The weakening U.S. economy, the strong Canadian dollar and competition from offshore companies are draining the energy out of the Canadian economy, according to Scotiabank.

One of Canada's most notorious serial killers may soon be transferred from a super-maximum prison near Montreal to a regular maximum security prison near Sept-Iles, a proposal that's drawing sharp criticism from the investigators responsible for bringing the man known as "The Monster of the Miramichi" to justice.

Two, and possibly three funnel clouds were spotted in the Stonewall and Teulon areas Sunday afternoon as unsettled weather passed by, Environment Canada confirmed.

Some swirled, swooshed and hummed while others hovered, zipped and zoomed.

The unsolved murder of a former Edmonton woman in North Carolina was "a tragic, evil event," a pastor told a crowd of mourners at a memorial service Saturday.