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December 27

Cash-for-gold buyer Harold Gerstel's shop burns
Outside Harold Jewellery Buyer in Toronto on Monday Dec. 27, 2010.
Neighbours keep sweet shop open after proprietor's death
Tracy Westell is one of the volunteers who is pitching in to help run Sweet Thrills, a candy store on Ronscevalles Ave. after the owner of a family candy-shop died suddenly two weeks before Christmas. The volunteers will run the place until the family figures out what it's going to do.
Best from December 27
Jean Richard clears snow from his car at his ski cottage in Waterford, NB. Most of New Brunswick was hit with heavy snow that began falling early Monday morning.
Mayors vying to see jail built in their community
The unexpected impact of the citizen-sponsored initiative
Local anti-HST organizer Eddie Petrossian carries a sign as he walks to meet former British Columbia premier Bill Vander Zalm before boarding a ferry in Tsawwassen, B.C., on Wednesday June 30, 2010, to deliver anti-HST petitions which contain more than 700,000 signatures to Elections B.C. in Victoria.
Peter Julian mulls vying for leadership of B.C. NDP
Winter snowstorm causing headaches for NHL, NFL, college teams in Northeast
People pass a city bus stuck in the snow, Monday, Dec. 27, 2010 in the Brooklyn borough of New York. A powerful East Coast blizzard menaced would be travelers Monday. Two buses and two sanitation trucks were stuck on the same block in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn.
Ontario man accused of slashing wife's throat while vacationing in Jamaica
Tiger-Cats could be playing in Burlington
Laurier Golden Hawks huddle during a practice at Ivor Wynne Stadium on Friday, Dec. 2, 2005 in Hamilton, Ontario. The Laurier Golden Hawks play the Saskatchewan Huskies in the 2005 Desjardins Vanier Cup Saturday.
Tory-appointed watchdogs reluctant to probe wrongdoing, critics charge
Canada's Ethics Commissioner Mary Dawson waits to testify before the Commons ethics committee on Parliament Hill in Ottawa October 26, 2010.
For Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a preordained guilty verdict
Mikhail Khodorkovsky, center, and his co-defendant Platon Lebedev, right, are escorted to a court room in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Dec. 27, 2010. The judge on Monday declared former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky guilty of theft and money laundering charges in his second trial, Russian news agencies reported, a verdict that would likely keep Russia's once richest man behind bars for several more years.
Three routes to financial freedom
John Heinzl
Canadian junior receives fatherly advice
The Canada National Junior Hockey team forward Sean Couturier takes a slapshot during practice at the HSBC Arena in Buffalo, N.Y. on Saturday, Dec. 25, 2010.
These dividend stocks on firm footing for 2011
Canadian junior Louis Leblanc has brains and brawn
Team Sweden defenceman Fredrik Styrman (L) colllides with Team Canada forward Louis Leblanc (R) during the second period of their IIHF World Junior Championships pre-competition game in Toronto December 21, 2010. The IIHF World Junior Championships will be played in Buffalo, New York from December 26, 2010 to January 5, 2011.
When immigrants choose smaller vistas
Political language to avoid in 2011
Prime Minister Stephen Harper gestures as he responds to a question during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Wednesday December 8, 2010.
Obama commends Eagles for Vick's second chance
Sidney Crosby is the game's best player
Wild year in the roaring game
Team Canada Skip Jennifer Jones yells after throwing a shot while playing against Team Yukon/Northwest Territories during the 2010 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., on Monday, Feb. 1, 2010.
It's time to party! It's time for small talk! Try these gems
People toast at the annual New Year's Eve fireworks display over Sydney Harbour on Dec. 31, 2009 in Sydney, Australia.
The 'bigness balance'
Power points
Honeysuckle plant
Putting the roar in the retreat
Canada opens Spengler Cup with a win
Team Canada's Micki Dupont (3rd L) and his teammates celebrate as goalkeeper Dominik Hasek (L) of Spartak Moscow stands beside after Dupont scored during their ice hockey match at the Spengler Cup tournament in the Swiss mountain resort of Davos December 27, 2010.
Australians lap up overpriced real estate at auctions
The future of electricity
A ranch house sits below a wind farm generating electricity in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains near the town of Pincher Creek, Alta.
The close: Traders shrug off China rate hike
Dec. 28: Letters to the editor
AIG, Chartis unit sign credit agreements
AIG CEO Robert Benmosche at his villa on the Adriatic in Dubrovnik, Croatia
Leben looks to win fourth in a row
Chris Leben kicks Yoshihiro Akiyama of Japan during the UFC middleweight bout at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on July 3, 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jon Kopaloff/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
Shaq fined for criticizing referee
Can I become dependent on sleep medication?
Crosby hard pushed to catch Great One
Sidney Crosby #87 of the Pittsburgh Penguins shoots and scores against the Florida Panthers at Consol Energy Center on December 22, 2010 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images)
More like rats than we think?
Daily deal: January escape to New York
Canadians invade Buffalo
Team Canada fans make their presence felt during third period World Junior Hockey action between Canada and Russia in Buffalo, NY, on Sunday, December 26, 2010.
New flu vaccines work to reduce pain
Martin Brouillette, professor of Mechanical Engineering at Sherbrooke University, holds a prototype of an intradermal particle delivery device that he developed in their lab.
How one birthday cake set me apart
Daniel W. Johnson
Daniel W. Johnson
Canadian astronauts could take commercial flight to space station
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket with the Dragon capsule lifts off from launch complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force station in Cape Canaveral, Florida December 8, 2010.
Bamboo wheelchairs to ease security checks
Bamboo wheelchair
Roy to start against Czechs
Canada's goaltender Olivier Roy makes a save against Russia during the third period of their game at the IIHF World Junior Championships in Buffalo, New York December 26, 2010.
Our favourite news photos of the year
Harper invites freed dissident Aung San Suu Kyi to come to Canada
Aung San Suu Kyi addresses supporters outside her National League for Democracy party headquarters in Yangon November 14, 2010. The pro-democracy leader called for freedom of speech in army-ruled Myanmar on Sunday and urged thousands of supporters to stand up for their rights and not lose heart, indicating she might pursue a political role.
Twelve months of deals: The first quarter
Parking by cellphone
Spezza out indefinitely with shoulder injury
Wilkinson extends Toulon deal
Roloson named NHL first star of the week
India back in contention in South Africa
Eastbound flights depart Pearson, but scores remain cancelled
Many canceled flights are shown at O'Hare International Airport Monday morning, Dec. 27, 2010 in Chicago.
Implanted device eases pain of nerve damage
Snowstorm chills U.S. shoppers
Lighter weights may produce as much muscle as heavy ones
Home gutted by fire was previous target of gunfire, Molotov cocktails
A vigorous vegan needs to pump up her iron and protein intake
Comedian loves walks by Lake Ontario.
Putting power in the consumer
Don Tapscott
Dogs could have their day in 2011
Indie Game: The Movie
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Indie Game: The Movie -- Growing Up Edmund
Now that the GG and Ignatieff agree on coalition government...
Governor General designate David Johnston arrives with Prime Minister Stephen Harper to Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Friday Oct. 1, 2010, for his swearing in ceremony.
How can I calm down after a late workout?
Business trivia from 2010
How to give a toast
Cashing in on consumer trends for the year ahead
Toronto woman hopes online campaign will lure Oprah to Canada
Oprah Winfrey in the audience during the 38th AFI Life Achievement Award honoring Mike Nichols held at Sony Pictures Studios on June 10, 2010 in Culver City, California.
U.S. jobless claims out, Thursday
At the open: Snowstorm a damper
Atlantic weather eases, but Maritimers 'fatigued' after fourth storm
Easy solution for truck's ABS problem
Rob MacGregor
NATO service member killed by bomb in Afghanistan
Nine charged with plotting terrorism offences in UK, police say
FIU gets big Little Caesars Bowl win
John Lennon, Michael Jackson - do celebrities die anymore?
How small-time auto insurance scams have evolved into big business in Canada
The tragic end to Jack Tobin's close friendship
Former Premier of Newfoundland Brian Tobin, (left) and wife Jodean Tobin (right) escort their son Jack Tobin (centre) out of Ottawa court following his release on bond for $100,000 for being charged in the death of a man in a Christmas Eve accident in Ottawa on Saturday, December 25, 2010.
Dec. 27: Your daily horoscope
Will nature actually rescue your hair?
It's the same old story: publishing is dead
After the floods, the recovery runs dry
Canucks stop Oilers with late winner
Around the NHL
Six months after Pakistan floods, seven million remain without shelter
Alternative birthing program on hold at Halifax hospital
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