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November 26

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Alberta Mountie pleads guilty to assaulting prisoner in cell
Best from November 26
Governor General of Canada David Johnston tries a C-7 assault rifle in a simulation range at Cartier Drill Hall during his tour of the Governor General's Foot Guard regiment in Ottawa.
Friend v. friend in university championship
University of Calgary Dinos head coach Blake Nill talks to his players during the team practice at Laval University in Quebec City, November 25, 2010. The Dinos will play the Laval University Rouge et Or for the Vanier Cup on November 27. REUTERS/Mathieu Belanger
B.C. MLA questions China's delay in taking accused to trial
Chinese student Wei (Amanda) Zhao, 21, and her boyfriend, Li Ang, are shown in an undated photo. Ms. Zhao, 21, disappeared in 2002 after leaving her suburban Burnaby, B.C., apartment to walk to a grocery store. Police identified a body about two weeks later as that of Ms. Zhao.
B.C. Crown seeks to keep video testimony in polygamy case off Internet
Hamilton's mayor-elect faces tough challenges
The 'social time bomb' that is Corail
Temporary Haitian camp shows signs of permanence
Mother of three determined to speak out against gun violence
Marcus Gee
Sabres jump all over Leafs
King of the Cassel
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Matt Cassel throws a first down pass during the second half of the Chiefs' win over the Arizona Cardinals in an AFC-NFC NFL football game at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri November 21, 2010. REUTERS/Dave Kaup
Hope of liberation: portraits of MS therapy patients
Portraits of Paulette O'Leary at home in Toronto, Ontario on November 26, 2010. Paulette, a medical researcher and mother of two young girls, has twice had vascular procedures done to treat her MS. The first time the effects wore off quickly, but the second time the improvements to her health have remained. She no longer walks with a cane, and can keep up with her two girls, Payton Shuy, 5, and Meghan Shuy, 15 months. Her goal, she says, was to be able to walk down the aisle at their weddings
Meet seven MS patients who underwent 'liberation' treatment
CFL set to approve expansion draft
Canadian Football League interim commissioner David Braley laughs at a question during a news conference in Edmonton Friday, November 22, 2002. (CP PHOTO/Kevin Frayer)
Olympic skip Bernard solves sponsorship woes
Calgary's Cheryl Bernard, who won a silver medal for Canada in women's curling at the 2010 Winter Olympics works out at her Calgary gym in this Jan. 21, 2010 photo. Bernard and her teammates used billboards to attract new sponsors. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Bill Graveland
Danny Williams: A proud Newfoundlander, walking the talk
Danny Williams in his office at the Confederation Building in St. John's, one day after announcing his resignation as Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Alberta junior hockey players faceoff outdoors
Meat & Bread does sandwiches just right
B.C. wine: Tantalus Riesling
Tantalus Riesling 2009 label.
Montgomery slides to gold for Canada
Ontario school system ranks among best in world, report says
The media rolled out the retreads and we weathered the storm
A couple walks past the Olympic Cauldron as snow falls in Vancouver, B.C., on Thursday November 25, 2010. Environment Canada issued a snowfall warning for Metro Vancouver with up to 15cm forecast. The snow was expected to turn to rain late in the day.
Elections BC blasted for changing recall rules after petition filed
Former British Columbia Premier and Fight HST leader Bill Vander Zalm, right, announces the group's plans to try and recall B.C. MLA's as lead organizer Chris Delaney, centre, listens during a news conference in Vancouver, B.C., on Monday September 20, 2010.
Durant eyes a second Grey Cup ring
Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback Darian Durant watches from the sidelines against the Montreal Alouettes during Canadian Football League action in Regina, July 1, 2010. REUTERS/Fred Greenslade
Staged car accidents on rise in Toronto: insurers
Toronto, August 19 2009. Old cars and auto parts at an auto parts recycling business in Toronto.
Sizing up the competition
Saskatchewan Roughriders' Brent Hawkins (R) celebrates his touchdown with team mate Barrin Simpson during second half CFL play in Vancouver, British Columbia July 10, 2010. Hawkins picked up a fumble from BC Lions quarterback Travis Lulay and ran it in for the TD. REUTERS/Andy Clark
The Canadian search for MS miracles in Costa Rica
Dr. Marcial Fallas a Vascular surgeon at the Hospital Cla�?nica Ba�?blica in San Jose, Costa Rica November 25, 2010 during surgery on patient Jeanette Brooks who suffers from Multiple sclerosis.
Keys to the game
A Saskatchewan Roughriders fan cheers during first quarter CFL Western Final football action against the Calgary Stampeders in Calgary, Alta., Sunday, Nov. 21, 2010. The winner will face the Montreal Alouettes in next week's Grey Cup game. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Larry Macdougal
Buying a house? Avoid the number 4
Als accuse CFL of Riders Grey Cup bias
Montreal Alouettes safety Etienne Boulay talks with reporters during the Eastern team lunch Thursday November 25, 2010 in Edmonton. The Alouettes will play the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the CFL Grey Cup Sunday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
Candidates emerge in race for Campbell's seat
Gary Mason
Ottawa gives low-income seniors a break
Human Resources Minister Diane Finley speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons on May 13, 2010.
What to wear for all holiday occasions
History of needle management in B.C.
A man walks past Pandora Pharmacy in Victoria, British Columbia on Nov. 25, 2010.
Take a bough: holiday wreaths and garlands for the home
Flower arrangements for Christmas spread
Victoria's Pandora Pharmacy stops needle distribution service
Used needles in a collection bucket at the AIDS Vancouver Island office along Johnson Street in Victoria, Nov. 25, 2010.
Calvillo in a league of his own
Allan Maki
Tempest in a Grey Cup
EU loan cupboard looking bare after Irish rescue
Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen speaks to the media at government buildings in Dublin, Ireland, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010.
Stars and Dogs for the week of Nov. 29
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.
Our dairy farmers are also milking it
Why Americans excel at Canadian football
Stephen Brunt
Glen Clark: Business knows best
Former B.C. premier Glen Clark stands near the new roof structure for B.C. stadium in Vancouver November 18, 2010.
GM sells extra shares in IPO
The algorithm method: Programming our lives away
Fantino wasn't 'there for the little guy' in Caledonia
Ontario Provincial Police Commissioner Julian Fantino speaks about his 40-years of service in law enforcement in Orillia, Ont., on Feb. 13, 2009.
Raptors' Peja Stojakovic gets big assist in Serbia
RCMP is still horribly broken. Fix it.
RCMP Commissioner William Elliott photograph during an interview at RCMP Headquarter in Ottawa, November 04, 2010.
The Canadian delegation's position on bluefin tuna
Tuna balloons are displayed by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF) members in Paris, Friday, Nov. 26, 2010. Conservation group WWF teamed up with supermarket chains and restaurants Wednesday to press countries to set stricter fishing regulations for Atlantic bluefin tuna during an international conference in Paris.
As nations squabble, bluefin is fished closer to extinction
Bullish on Fortis
Make-up lights with tungsten light bulbs seen here in Vancouver October21, 2010.
What Ireland proves: The need for a world without bailouts
Greek riot policemen rest in front of graffiti written on the wall of a bank during violent demonstrations over bailout-based austerity measures in Athens in May.
Staring into the abyss of U.S. debt: It's not all doom and gloom
U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C.
Five essential stories of the week
Canadians flocking to U.S. airports
The hairy roots of Movember
Albert Einstein is a famous mustache-wearer.
RCMP to probe complaint of insider trading of Taseko Mines
A member of the Xeni Gwet'in First Nation stands at the edge of Fish Lake in B.C. on Sept. 10, 2010.
Laval's Constantin wins CIS coaching award
Erin Tracy: jewellery designer
Erin Tracy at work in her studio Erin
Follow reaction to the Blair/Hitchens debate
Former British prime minister Tony Blair and British writer Christopher Hitchens.
An ominous flight pattern: Canadians opting for U.S. airports
Travelers walk through the concourse at Reagan National Airport in Washington, DC, ahead of Thanksgiving Day.
Ralph Benmergui leaves radio for politics
The Lineup: Nov. 27 - Dec. 3
RUBBERBANDance Group in Loan Sharking
Carisma continues a legacy of seductive traditional Italian food
Michael and Margi Pagliaro
Rob Ford's new arts adviser stresses self-reliance
Jeff Melanson
The twittering class unites to defend a 21st-century folk hero
Elizabeth Renzetti
The downfall of Circa night club
Circa in 2007.
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Doggie high tea? Today's pooches live better than I do
Dog with a crown
Telecom players have a beef with complaints agency
Alex Harvey makes a cross-country skiing transition
Alex Harvey crosses the finish line placing forth in the men's freestyle team really at the Whistler Olympic Park February 22, 2010. John Lehmann/Globe and Mail
Drabinsky, Gottlieb appeals argue judge made key errors in trial
Garth Drabinsky and Myron Gottlieb
How the bourgeoisie changed the world - in a good way
In 1927, Edsel Ford is in the driver's seat with his 64-year-old father, Henry Ford, next to hom and Charles Sorensen in the back seat as the drive the 15-millionth Model T out of the Highland Park Plant
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Doubts cast on feasibility of West Coast pipelines
Spain denies need for bailout as debt fears spread
Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero (PSOE), speaks during a PSC meeting in Barcelona, November 25, 2010.
Incentive battles push trucks to top of market
On the record: Neil Turok
Are you a music lover or a foodie? Choose the right cruise for you
Singer Taylor Swift performs "Fifteen" at the 43rd annual Country Music Association Awards in Nashville November 11, 2009.
The revenge of Gordon Nixon
Royal Bank of Canada's Gordon Nixon
Swim trunks land Singapore water polo team in hot water
Members of the Singapore water polo team wear swimming trunks using elements from the national flag during the Singapore versus Kazakhstan group match of the 16th Asian Games.
How a reader comment turned into an exclusive story
A supporter wears a recall button as he listens to former British Columbia Premier and Fight HST leader Bill Vander Zalm announce the group's plans to try and recall B.C. MLA's during a news conference in Vancouver, B.C., on Monday September 20, 2010.
New Korean war could ensnare Canada, documents suggest
South Korean marines stand guard on Nov. 26, 2010, at a check point on Yeonpyeong Island, which was shelled by North Korea.
Enbridge pipeline back at full capacity next week
Operations coordinator Doug Rotzien works at the Enbridge Pipelines oil terminal facility in Hardisty, Alta., June 20, 2007. Alberta's oil pipeline hub, where millions of barrels of crude flow each day to pipelines that feed markets in Canada and the United States is a beehive of activity. But with rising expenses for labour, electricity, transportation and rig costs, oil producers are finding that the profit margins on US$70-per barrel oil aren't that much different than when crude was $40 a barrel.
Gastown goes gourmet with sushi
University of Calgary appeals Facebook ruling
The Facebook logo is shown at Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto, California, in this May 26, 2010 file photo. Facebook users are inadvertently providing access to their names and in some cases even their friend's names to advertising and Internet tracking companies, through some popular applications, the Wall Street Journal said on October 18, 2010. According to the Journal's investigation, the issue affects tens of millions of Facebook app users, including people who set their profiles to Facebook's strictest privacy settings, the paper said. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith/Files (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS SCI TECH)
Accounting issues raise big red flag over reborn GM
David Milstead
Eric Siegel says goodbye
Canadian Press gets new owners
Pedestrians walk past The Canadian Press head office entrance in Toronto
Fair-weather names evoke happy days
Self-styled guru James Catledge on realizing your potential
Canada enlists in America's permanent war for peace
A U.S. Marine machine gunner wears a bandolier of ammunition around his neck at his base in Talibjan after a patrol in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province on Nov. 9, 2010.
Canadian close: Commodities hit TSX
Investor targets dividend-paying blue chips
Billy Bob - still the courtly iconoclast
Johanna Schneller
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