• The NHL lockout isn't all bad. According to sex store owners in Canada, hockey fans are finding other ways to keep busy without the game

  • Hockey legend Scott Niedermayer led eight other sports greats who were inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame

  • The United States is leading the way to another corporate-friendly free-trade agreement, and it's bringing its NAFTA partners along for the ride

  • Owen Nolan is looking for one last shot at playing in the NHL and the Vancouver Canucks are going to see what they can get out of the veteran forward. The 39-year-old Nolan has played in 1,200 games over 19 seasons, tallying 422 goals to go along with 463 assists

  • British Columbia residents would have to tighten their belts for the next three years following their decision to scrap the harmonized sales tax in the province. BC Finance Minister Kevin Falcon said that the Canadian province's return to the provincial sales tax would cost the government $2.3 billion by fiscal year 2013-14

  • The sudden departure of New Democratic Party leader Jack Layton from his earthly life and Canadian politics may leave the party in shambles, just months after it became the official opposition party

  • Almost two decades after the 1994 free-trade agreement among the United States, Mexico and Canada, the idea of North American integration is losing steam. China has overtaken Mexico as the second-largest U.S. trading partner, and trade between the three North American countries is diminishing as a percentage of their total trade