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March 19

Around the rinks
Florida Panthers Nathan Horton misses a wide open net behind sprawling Toronto Maple Leaf goalie Vesa Toskala during first period action of their NHL hockey game in Toronto, January 6, 2009. REUTERS/Fred Thornhill
Quotable
Chicago Blackhawks head coach Joel Quenneville argues with referee Paul Devorski in the second period during their NHL game against the Anaheim Ducks in Anaheim, California March 17, 2010. REUTERS/Mike Blake
By the numbers
A turbo-charged pastime with an adrenalin rush
Raptors coming undone
Electricians caught in gangland hit in Montreal boutique
Top-seeded Carleton tops UQAM
University Carleton Ravens Kevin McCleery (45) attempts to get the ball past University of Quebec players Kevin Bitondo (foreground) and Jules Diagne at the 2010 Final 8 CIS men's basketball championships at the Scotiabank Place Friday March 19, 2010, in Ottawa. THE CANADIANPRESS/Fred Chartrand
Quebec's view on niqab creates fault line
Ussra Hussain and Nafeesa Salar in Montreal.
Northern Manitoba travellers stranded as ice roads thaw into muck
Five things to do
Mike Robertson flies past the Olympic Rings during the quarter finals of the men's snowboard cross at Cypress Mountain in West Vancouver, B.C., Monday February 15, 2010, at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Affordable housing in a shiny condo tower
Habs enjoying upswing
Days of rock-bottom interest rates are numbered
Jane Jacobs's great ideas have morphed into pettiness
Saskatchewan edges Windsor
University of Windsor Lancers Issac Kuon, left, attempts to reach for the ball from University of Saskatchewan Michael Linklater (11) during quarterfinal action at the 2010 Final 8 CIS men's basketball championships at the Scotiabank Place Friday March 19, 2010, in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand
Thunder roll over Raptors
Toronto Raptors forward Andrea Bargnani and Oklahoma City Thunder forward Thabo Sefolosha (L) battle for a ball during the first half of their NBA basketball game in Toronto March 19, 2010. REUTERS/ Mike Cassese
PanAm mascot madness
Ryerson president could school this crop of mayoral candidates
Marcus Gee
A Toronto neighbourhood without children
Flames are hurtin'
Atom smasher produces record burst of energy
The large hadron collider, shown in its tunnel at CERN near Geneva, has been ramped up for new particle experiments.
Obama predicts a 'historic' weekend as vote on health reforms nears
U.S. President Barack Obama greets the audience yesterday after speaking at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va.,
All accounted for after fatal B.C. slide
A Search and Rescue helicopter heads toward the area where a large avalanche struck near Revelstoke, B.C., on Sunday, March 14, 2010. RCMP now say two men were killed in an avalanche that struck a group of snowmobilers in B.C., and not three as believed in the chaotic hours after the slide.
Not your dad's Command & Conquer
Thai democracy on its sickbed
Supporters of ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra gather under a giant portrait of King Bhumibol Adulyadej in Bangkok on March 13.
Conservative MP apologizes for tequila tantrum
An illuminating discussion
Can Canadian perfume help Afghanistan break its poppy habit?
A young girl collects orange blossom flowers, in Nimla Bagh, Afghanistan, on Monday, April 3, 2006.
Stars and Dogs for the week of March 20
John Heinzl
Complexity will destroy us all
Margaret Wente
A big bet on commodities
The next commodities king
Dislodging the dollar won't be easy
Doug Saunders
Tales of greed and epic financial failures
Wall Street
Adam Giambrone to compensate city for disputed cab fare
Days after Bauer recall, second company tests hockey sticks for lead
A craving for juicier returns
Rob Carrick
Icahn circles Lions Gate
Davies, Oosthuzien sizzle in Rabat
What investors need to know
Unlike 2007, parity supported by solid pillars
David Parkinson
Anglicans accept Pope's invitation to join Catholic church
Telus prepares for wireless showdown
Dear Mr. Harper: There's a way to pay for global health needs
The new U.S.-China tug-of-war
Beijing is getting tough with Obama in ways it never did with Bush. At least for now, it's just a tactic
Quebec's duelling manifestos
Lysiane Gagnon
Insiders buying at GMP Capital
Gene McBurney, founder, GMP Securities in his Toronto offices.
What do bankers and the Wizard of Oz do? They tell stories
Neil Reynolds
Bullish on Wal-Mart
Shaw Festival, workers reach tentative agreements
After college, it's time to budget
Facelift for Saturday MArch 20, 2010.Photo: Laura Leyshon for the Globe and Mail
A peek into a tax expert's portfolio
Peter Premachuk for MY Money MYMO
Search of Wiebo Ludwig's property revealed copper wire, ammunition
Wiebo Ludwig on his farm in Hythe, AB January 12, 2009 the day after the RCMP finshed up the search of his property in connection with a series of pipeline bombings in northeastern British Columbia.
Weekend College Hoopla
Ali Farokhmanesh #5 of the Northern Iowa Panthers reacts against the Kansas Jayhawks during the second round of the 2010 NCAA men's basketball tournament at Ford Center on March 20, 2010 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. UNI won 69-67. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
Death is a funny mystery
I learned Punjabi for my wife
Dear bank directors: Bask in glory... or look to growth
Tom Bradley
Police issue public warning after attacks on elderly
A tell-all about Martha Stewart kicks off a year of poison penmanship
Ralph Klein to play king on political game show
Former Alberta premier Ralph Klein's talk show, On the Clock, airs Saturday.
PM's spokesman pranked on Facebook
Prime Minister Stephen Harper's spokesman Dimitri Soudas speaks to reporters at the G8 summit in L'Aquila, Italy, on Friday, July 10, 2009.
Review: Nice Recovery by Susan Juby
Susan Juby
Video shows moments leading up to homeless man's death
Late for work, again
March 20: Letters to the editor
Required reading: Five essential stories of the week
Todd Stottlemyre
Liberals wield abortion as wedge
A mother waits with her child to be tested for malaria in Xai Xai, north of Maputo, in Mozambique on June 22, 2005.
Using children as props is wrong
How the Conservatives dodged the climate bullet
A Greenpeace billboard erected during last year's Copenhagen conference on global warming mockingly depicts Prime Minister Harper in 2020 saying: 'I'm sorry. We could have stopped catastrophic climate change ... We didn't.'
Montreal shootings a professional hit, police say
Police gather outside a clothing store following a shooting Thursday March 18, 2010 in Montreal. Three people are reported injured.
The stem-cell black market: Delhi doctor claims wonder cures
We're Canadians, not Vulcans
Ian Brown
White shades of pale
Marc and Craig Kielburger's do-gooding social enterprise
His Holiness the Dalai Lama waves to youth attending "We Day" as Craig and Marc Kielburger look on in Vancouver, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009. Dubbed ?The Day We Change The World,? the youth empowerment event calls on students to combat both local and global challenges.
Did you catch all of this week's stories?
Young cowgirl Kashley Seitz, 6, of High River, Alta., practices her rope technique before going onstage at the Calgary Stampede on Sunday July 11, 2004.
Rookie MP shoots for royal commission on hockey violence
Social networking in a disaster zone
A resident pauses at the San Francisco de Curico church March 1, 2010, after it was damaged in a major earthquake.
One casualty of war: the box-office bomb
Johanna Schneller
Manitoba to help keep Greyhound buses running
Quit it with the teen trashing
Tabatha Southey
Toms says right shoulder needs surgery
The close: Commodities hit Dow, TSX
Cape Breton crushed in CIS opener
Cape Breton Capers' Chris Noddle, middle, goes for a lay-up against University of Calgary Dinos' Robbie Sihota, left, during the first match of the quarter finals at the 2010 Final 8 CIS men's basketball championships at the Scotiabank Place in Ottawa on Friday March 19, 2010. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
UFC to kick off busy stretch
New Palm target: Zero
Hotel review: Hotel Erwin in Venice Beach
New surf-themed decor gives some hipness to what was a Best Western.
Canaccord puts Palm in palliative care
B.C. hikes provincial park fees
U.S. close on deal to shutter Gitmo; detainees would face military trials
Members of the U.S. military stand watch in a guard tower at dusk along the fence line of Camp Delta May 9, 2006 in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
Progressives face the new Canada
Editorial cartoon by Anthony Jenkins
How to be a good student
What market watchers are saying this week
WestJet president and CEO Sean Durfy, left, shares a laugh with Gregg Saretsky as the two walk into a news conference in Calgary on Tuesday.
B.C. health care workers vote for new contract
Rochette considering future competitions
Figure skater Joannie Rochette watches the Canadian flag being raised from the podium after winning Olympic bronze in Vancouver on Feb. 25, 2010.
Is Michael Ignatieff engaging with youth or using kids as props?
A day in the life of True Grain Bread
Riding the waves in Central America
South of Puerto Vallarta, serious surfers head down the Pacific coast to find heavy waves and small-town atmosphere.
Denim style
On him: Gap shirt, $56.50 through www.gap.com. Burkman Bros jacket, $215 at Holt Renfrew (www.holtrenfrew.com). Boss Orange jacket, $275 at Harry Rosen (www.harryrosen.com). Nudie jeans, $198 at Holt Renfrew. On her: Jacob shirt, $48 through www.jacob.ca. APC sweater, $350 at Jonathan + Olivia (www.jonathanandolivia.com). Vince shorts, $250 at Holt Renfrew. Aldo shoes, $110 through www.aldoshoes.com.
How to avoid surfer scraps
A surfer girl takes the plunge in Colombia
Colombian surf champion Sergio Navarro is willing to help newbies learn how to ride the waves.
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