Tim Hortons plans to grow U.S. market
Restaurant to add 300 outlets south of the border by 2013. Tim Hortons isn’t content to be Canada’s largest restaurant chain, not when the biggest consumer market in the world lies at its doorstep. 

Are Canadians ditching Facebook?
It had to happen eventually. One out of every 14 human beings presently alive are already members of Facebook.

Bruce Power pulls application to U.S. safety regulator for Great Lakes nuke shipment
A Canadian power company has withdrawn its request for U.S. permission to ship 16 scrapped steam generators with radioactive contents on three of the Great Lakes, saying it wants to consult further with critics of the plan before moving ahead. 

Canada faces big decisions in exchange bid
Canada faces some unpalatable decisions over the fate of the Toronto Stock Exchange — does it allow a foreign takeover, or should it opt for a deal giving the country’s biggest banks a near monopoly position?

TMX will prosper, Canadian bidders say
The bank-led bid to buy the TMX Group Inc. (X-T44.052.305.51%) for $3.6-billion will create a stronger exchange in Canada that is still capable of international growth, the consortium behind the rival takeover offer told analysts Monday.

Loonie falls farther amid lower oil prices
The Canadian dollar declined against the U.S. currency Monday amid lower crude oil prices and speculation about what the Bank of Canada will do about raising interest rates.

Gasoline prices ease slightly
Canadian gasoline prices eased slightly Monday and crude oil prices fell, raising hope that fuel prices might be headed still lower.

RIM recalls 1,000 PlayBooks
Research In Motion (RIM-T41.72-0.20-0.48%) has recalled about 1,000 of its PlayBook tablets due to a faulty operating system — a tiny fraction of the devices expected to be sold this spring but another bump in the BlackBerry maker's shaky transition to a new generation of products.

High global debt will impact Canada: Carney
Canada's fiscal advantage will only go so far in protecting the country against a debt crisis growing in the world's advanced nations and Asia's emerging economic powerhouses, Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney warns.