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November 19

U.S. authorities preparing charges in massive insider-trading investigation: report
Jobs at risk in UAE airline feud, Tories say
Argos' Boyd takes flight
Toronto Argonauts running back Cory Boyd at practice Nov 17, 2010 at the Hershey Centre in Mississauga. The Argos will meet the Montreal Alouettes Sunday in the CFL Eastern Final. (Moe Doiron/The Globe and Mail)
Argos' Boyd masters hard knock life
Toronto Argonauts running back Cory Boyd at practice Nov 17, 2010 at the Hershey Centre in Mississauga. The Argos will meet the Montreal Alouettes Sunday in the CFL Eastern Final. (Moe Doiron/The Globe and Mail)
East Final big Four
West Final big four
Saskatchewan Roughriders Andy Fantuz, right, celebrates his touchdown with Weston Dressler during overtime CFL Western semi-final football action in Regina, Sask., Sunday, Nov. 14, 2010. The Saskatchewan Roughriders beat the B.C. Lions 41-38 and will face the Calgary Stampeders in next weekend's CFL Western Final. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Former CIA director knew of Canada's 'lost boys'
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director Michael Hayden testifies before the Senate Select Intelligence Hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on February 5, 2008. Hayden, who was replaced as CIA chief earlier this year by President Barack Obama, assailed Obama's decision last week to release "Top Secret" memos detailing the interrogation techniques as "really dangerous" for US intelligence efforts. Speaking on the "Fox News Sunday" program, on April 19, 2009 Hayden rejected claims by critics that methods like extreme sleep deprivation, waterboarding and the use of insects to provoke fear had proved ineffective in getting information from top members of the Al-Qaeda terrorist network.
Testing program alienates court interpreters
Courthouse interpreter Candiah Nadarajah, shown outside the old city hall courthouse in Toronto, says new tests for interpreters are "a miserable failure."
Dinos, Huskies warm to Mitchell Bowl rematch
Members of the University of Calgary Dinos football team celebrate their victory over the University of Alberta Golden Bears during the Canada West Final Hardy Cup football game in Calgary, Alberta, November 13, 2010. REUTERS/Todd Korol
Reconstructing the Riders' rise
Saskatchewan Roughriders offensive lineman Jeremy O'Day and offensive lineman Gene Makowsky hoist the Grey Cup after beating the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 23-19 to win the 95th Canadian Football League Grey Cup in Toronto Sunday, Nov. 25, 2007. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
MS is a bedevilling disease with no simple answers
André Picard
Death of MS patient fuels debate over new treatment
Multiple sclerosis patient Mahir Mostic, shown with his girlfriend, Bedrana Jelin
Reconstructing the Riders' rise
Commonly-asked questions about cholera
Young children with cholera lie on cots as they are treated in Saint-Nicolas hospital where Doctors Without Borders (MSF) are treating cholera patients in St. Marc, Haiti. Haiti continues to deal with a cholera epidemic that has killed more than 1,000 and sickened thousands more.
A vote against Haiti's government is a vote 'against cholera'
A nurse check the vital sign of a patient at the cholera treatment centre at the hospital Sant Dyagnostik Entegral Migabale in Mirebalais, Haiti where the first cholera cases were reported about 60 km northeast of Port-Au-Prince. November 19, 2010.
Hospital cuts wait times in half
Emergency room overcrowding putting patients at risk
Out there: Whistler opens
Canadian gold medalist Maelle Ricker carves from a run after receiving her lifetime seasons pass from Whistler Blackcomb on opening day of Whistler Mountain, November 17, 2010.
Right here: this week's events
Kirsten Robek and Bob Frazer in It's a Wonderful Life.
How the CFL West will be won
Calgary, Alberta - Calgary Stampeder Brandon Browner celebrates his teams win in CFL action between the Calgary Stampeders and the Saskatchewan Roughriders, winning 42-5 at McMahon Stadium on Sunday, October 13, 2008. This puts the Stamps in first place in the CFL Western's Division. Photo by Chris Bolin for The Globe and Mail
This weekend's hot ticket
Christmas bauble.
CFL Playoff Picks
Calgary Stampeders' quarterback Henry Burris passes during second half CFL football action against the Edmonton Eskimos in Calgary, Alberta on Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010. Burris was one of eight Calgary Stampeders named to the CFL's all-star team Wednesday.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Larry MacDougal
Affluent riding ripe for anti-tax movement
Colin Neilsen, coordinator of the recall campaign against Ida Chong, MLA for Oak Bay-Gordon Head, sets up the anti HST headquarters office at 216-1595 McKenzie in the Gordon Head area, in Victoria Nov. 18, 2010.
Tweed Curtain sets apart riding with an independent streak
Ida Chong, MLA for Oak Bay - Gordon Head in Victoria, BC, poses for photographs along Oak Bay Avenue, Nov. 18, 2010.
The fight Ida Chong doesn't want
Fight HST team marshals its troops
VICTORIA, BC: NOVEMBER 18, 2010 - Ida Chong, MLA for Oak Bay - Gordon Head in Victoria, BC, poses for photographs along Oak Bay Avenue Nov. 18, 2010.
Pedestrian safety is a two-way street
Pedestrians and cars roll along Burrard St. around lunch time in downtown Vancouver December 14, 2009.
B.C.'s cold weather sparks concerns about adequate shelter space
Homeless people sleep in double-bunk beds in the former chapel of the First United Church on the Downtown eastside of Vancouver April 27, 2010.
B.C.'s NDP leader puts her job on the line
NDP Leader Carole James faces internal party dissent over the expulsion of Cariboo North MLA Bob Simpson.
Back for more at The Big O
Stephen Brunt
Lucky Liberals, NDP neck and neck if election held now: Poll
Gary Mason
Eric Lamaze wins Milcon Prix title
Olympic gold medalist Eric Lamaze of Canada jumps on his horse Hickstead at the Spruce Meadows Nations' Cup team jumping event in Calgary, September 6, 2008. Canada finished in second place in the event. REUTERS/Todd Korol
Oprah gives away diamond watches, TVs
Oprah Winfrey is ending her long-running show this season.
MPs silent on search for torture evidence
Members of 1st Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, guard 10 suspected Taliban prisoners captured in a raid on a compound in Northern Kandahar, 10 May 2006. The suspects were subsequently handed over to the Afghan National Police Taliban militia has released a DVD purporting to show suicide bombers shortly before they carry out attacks and calling for more strikes on US and British coalition troops.
Toronto-Montreal rivalry loses its grandeur
Condredge Holloway, who was part of the most prolific pass-receiving combination in Argo history poses for a portrait at the Globe and Mail's Studio on Front St., Toronto. Photo by: Fernando Morales/The Globe and Mail
Food cop to aisle five: The grocery store's new bag
Paul Medeiros of the Guelph Food Technology Center walks through one of their food labs in Guelph, Ont.
Probe of Mexican hotel blast focuses on builders
Tony Clement and a Tory blue plate special
Tony Clement
Fighter jets can be very persuasive
A CF-18 in Cold Lake, Alta., flying a high alpha with its tail hook extended.
Fighter jets can be very persuasive
A CF-18 in Cold Lake, Alta., flying a high alpha with its tail hook extended.
West coast wine: Twisted Tree Marsanne Roussane
Twisted Tree wine label.
Pat Burns, hockey coaching legend, dead at 58
Pop-up restaurant is a contrived dive
Alexandra Gill
Reza Pahlavi: The man who would be shah
Reza Pahlavi, the son of the former Shah of Iran.
Reza Pahlavi: The man who would be shah
Reza Pahlavi, the son of the former Shah of Iran.
The puzzling world of insurers' financials
Sun Life stadium in Florida
Three protesters shut me down once; they won't do it again
Protesterslocked themselves to the stage prior to Christie Blatchford?��s scheduled speech last friday at the Humanities Theatre.
By-election nastiness makes it to the House of Commons
By-election candidate Tony Genco gets a boost from Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff at a rally in Vaughan, Ont., on Nov. 4, 2010.
One Canadian facility emerges from the dark ages
In CAMH's new facilities, the rooms include warm, natural materials and plenty of natural light, with private bathrooms, and the floors include comfortable shared living areas.
How bonds hold clues to commodities' path
Tired of critical barrage, Bernanke fires back
Fed chairman Ben Bernanke
Canucks rekindle Blackhawks hate
Chicago Blackhawks goalie Antti Niemi makes a save on a shot by Vancouver Canucks left wing Mason Raymond, left, as defenseman Cam Barker watches during the first period of their NHL Hockey game Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009 in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
How to save health care from the pale-green maze
John Cole at the Carlisle Health and Wellbeing Centre in Belfast. Northern Ireland is focusing on the idea that there is a growing movement toward building better institutions to improve patient care. This means creating beautiful buildings that function around the patient's needs.
Lies, statistics and … damned budget spinning
Adam Radwanski
How to save health care from the pale-green maze
John Cole at the Carlisle Health and Wellbeing Centre in Belfast. Northern Ireland is focusing on the idea that there is a growing movement toward building better institutions to improve patient care. This means creating beautiful buildings that function around the patient's needs.
Famous, dead and dug up
Archeologists lift the tombstone of the grave of noted Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe at the Church of Our Lady in Prague.
Famous, dead and dug up
Archeologists lift the tombstone of the grave of noted Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe at the Church of Our Lady in Prague.
Boutique Jacob gets court protection from creditors
Charest postpones French trip to face censure motion
Quebec Premier Jean Charest testifies during an inquiry into alleged influence peddling in judicial appointments in in Quebec City on Sept. 24, 2010.
Cancer's deadly duel
The death mask of a young woman.
Cancer's deadly duel
The death mask of a young woman.
Athabasca sees potential for major oil find
Bitumen-filled fracture from Athabasca's Dover West asset in the Leduc formation
Nov. 20: Letters to the editor
A man leaves the Central Bank of Ireland, Dublin
Remembering Pat Burns
New Jersey Devils head coach Pat Burns kisses the Stanley Cup after defeating the Mighty Ducks in East Rutherford, N.J., in this June 9, 2003 photo. Burns, who enjoyed instant success wherever he coached and who capped his tumultuous career by guiding the New Jersey Devils to Stanley Cup glory in 2003, has died of cancer. He was 58. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Bill Kostroun
Stars and Dogs for the week of Nov. 22
Archie, a Chinese Crested, is seen here prior to winning World's Ugliest Dog competition at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Petaluma, Calif. in 2006.
Emera's Labrador power deal a 'game-changer'
Muskrat Falls, on the Churchill River in Labrador
A cop, a coach, that's all Pat Burns was
Coach Pat Burns talks to referee Brad Watson, left, during his tenure as coach of the New Jersey Devils in April, 2004.
What if we gave the poor $20,000 a year?
Ford chooses long-time allies, right-leaning councillor to form new administration
Toronto?s mayor-elect Rob Ford celebrates his victory.
Taxi ad agency hitches a ride with London’s WPP
Family calls off ground search for missing Alberta couple
Lyle and Marie Ann McCann of St. Albert, Alta., were reported missing on July 10.
Ross Rebagliati's Liberal candidacy goes up in smoke
Olympic snowboarder and potential Liberal candidate Ross Rebagliati gives an interview in Toronto on Nov. 30, 2009.
To end poverty, guarantee everyone in Canada $20,000 a year. But are you willing to trust the poor?
Cobe Nelson, 7, and his mother, Nikki Gray, at their townhouse in Victoria. Ms. Gray is hoping the government will help low-income households struggling to make ends meet.
To end poverty, guarantee everyone in Canada $20,000 a year. But are you willing to trust the poor?
Cobe Nelson, 7, and his mother, Nikki Gray, at their townhouse in Victoria. Ms. Gray is hoping the government will help low-income households struggling to make ends meet.
Five essential stories of the week
Groundbreaking at the Bow took place on June 13, 2007, and the building is expected to be finished in September, 2011, with a final price tag of $1.5-billion.
Chris Haddock: Vancouver should secede
Writer-producer-director Chris Haddock's One Big Idea is for Vancouver to become a city state, with independent laws and governance, seen here in Vancouver November 9, 2010.
Manulife counts on Asia for profit surge
Still no communication with 29 trapped New Zealand miners
CEO of Pike River Coal Peter Whitall , during a press conference, in Greymouth, New Zealand, Saturday, Nov. 20, 2010. Rescue crews waited impatiently Saturday outside one of New Zealand's largest coal mines for the go-ahead to begin a search for 29 men missing after a powerful gas explosion struck deep underground. Two dazed and slightly injured miners stumbled to the surface hours after the blast shot up the 354-foot- (108-meter-) long ventilation shaft at the Pike River mine.
Manulife and the Middle Kingdom's millionaires
Manulife CEO Don Guloien, shakes hand with He Xing Chen, 5, at the Shanghai Expo
Danny Williams's end run on hydro
Premier Danny Williams gives an interview in his office at the Newfoundland Legislature on Nov. 13, 2009.
Why are ERs our last resort?
Encana moving U.S. employees to new Dallas tower
The Dallas skyline is shrouded in clouds
The 'blazingly simple,' must-have portfolio
Look out, Kate. There's toil and trouble beneath the frothy pink fantasy
Kate Middleton is engaged to marry Britain's Prince William after a romance that has already lasted nearly eight years.
Look out, Kate. There's toil and trouble beneath the frothy pink fantasy
Kate Middleton is engaged to marry Britain's Prince William after a romance that has already lasted nearly eight years.
The AGO's Maharaja exhibit targets South Asian audience
Crowds at Maharaja: The Splendour of India's Royal Courts
Downtown to get a boutique bowling alley
Co-owners or The Ballroom from left, Thanos Tripi, Paul Donato, Andreas Antoniou and Matt Tsoumaris
Dollar moves higher against greenback
Loonie and U.S. dollar
From Pearson to Pangaea, a truffle pusher's journey
From left, Michael Sangregorio, managing owner of Local Kitchen and Wine Bar in Toronto, and chef/owner Fabio Bondi examine Wanda Srdoc's freshly delivered truffles from Croatia
Helping new managers to see the big picture
NATO: An old soldier fights a defining battle
The leaders of NATO's member countries gather for a portrait at the two-day NATO Summit 2010 in Lisbon, Portugal.
NATO: An old soldier fights a defining battle
The leaders of NATO's member countries gather for a portrait at the two-day NATO Summit 2010 in Lisbon, Portugal.
Couple want the world - in 10 years
The Lineup: Nov. 20 - 26
Skating at Harbourfront
Crown Princess dim sum is royally bland
A bamboo steamer of har gow (shrimp dumplings)
Life (and investing) after Buffett
Ian McGugan
More blood thinners flowing your way
PM rewards Loyola Hearn with plum Dublin post
Fisheries Minister Loyola Hearn makes a funding announcement in Vancouver on July 16, 2007.
Allergy-free wine?
A hankering for precious metals
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