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April 23

Marc Savard eyes return
Eric Duhatschek
The art of the celebration
Sean Gordon
Drink up, boys
Allan Maki
Low prices, high costs push B.C. apple growers to brink of ruin
Fred Steele at his Kelowna, B.C., farm.
Hearn in front on Nationwide Tour
Strain of deadly fungus spreads to Oregon
Human-rights lawyer opposes honour for right-to-vote pioneer Nellie McClung
Ike Davis leads Mets past Braves
Ike Davis #29 of the New York Mets is greeted by Jeff Francouer #12 after hitting his first major league home run in the fifth inning against the Atlanta Braves on April 23, 2010 at Citi Field in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images)
Flyers playing the playoff waiting game
Philadelphia Flyers goaltender Brian Boucher, right, stops a shot by New Jersey Devils' Zach Parise during the first period of an NHL first-round playoff hockey game Thursday, April 22, 2010 in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)
Three deadlocked on Canadian Tour
Cecil returns, Jays dump Rays
Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Brett Cecil delivers to the Tampa Bay Rays during the fifth inning of a baseball game Friday, April 23, 2010, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
The Breakfast Club
Canadian Sikhs: The shaming of the majority by the brutality of the few
Despite speculation that Sikh extremism in Canada is getting worse, there is evidence militancy is actually declining.
Coyote ugly: Up against humans, he loses again
Facebook users risk blackmail, privacy czar warns
Canada' Privacy Commissioner, Jennifer Stoddart, says she's concerned about recent changes to Facebook that allow third parties to store user data indefinitely.
Sabres live to fight again
Buffalo Sabres center Paul Gaustad (L) collides with Boston Bruins defenseman Zdeno Chara in front of the Boston net during the first period of Game 5 of their NHL Eastern Conference quarter-finals hockey game in Buffalo, New York April 23, 2010. REUTERS/Gary Wiepert
Halak bars the door; Habs stay alive
ontreal Canadiens goalie Jaroslav Halak makes a save against the Washington Capitals during the first period in Game 5 of their NHL Eastern Conference quarter-final hockey series in Washington, April 23, 2010. REUTERS/Jim Young
Female soccer player gets to play with the boys
B.C. to allow online sales of glasses, contact lenses
Sidney Crosby setting his sights on a great Milestone
Paul Attfield
Possible rise in mortgage rates pitting couples against one another
Toronto couple Rae Whitton and Dan Madge had the fixed-versus-variable-morgage debate when they were buying their house.
Ex-VANOC staffers job-hunting in a non-Olympic world
Katharine Carol was the Cultural Olympiad program manager.
Kings' Doughty Norris finalist
Drew Doughty #8 of the Los Angeles Kings reacts after the goal of Sami Salo #6 of the Vancouver Canucks during the third period in game four of the Western Conference Quarter-final at Staples Center on April 21, 2010 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
Canada's Wozniak ready for battle
Canada's Aleksandra Wozniak returns the ball to Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark during their Women's singles match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Wednesday Jan. 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
The arduous journey of Omar Malave
Arizona's immigrant crackdown triggers showdown with Obama
Konrad Yakabuski
A labour of love gets off the ground
Christie Blatchford
Fans still waiting on Toronto FC
Toronto FC's new Head Coach Predrag "Preki" Radosavljevic sits in the dug out ahead of his team's home MLS opener against Philadelphia Union in Toronto on Thursday April 15, 2010. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Larry Stone
D.J. Kearney
Lleyton Hewitt to play for Australia
Australia's Lleyton Hewitt serves to Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain during his first round match at the Rogers Cup tennis tournament in Montreal August 6, 2007. REUTERS/Christinne Muschi
Rays broadcaster helps defuse air-rage
File: Boton Red Sox Kevin Kennedy holds up his jersey during a news conference in Boston Tuesday, Oct. 18, 1994. Kennedy made a speedy return to managing Tuesday when he was hired by the Red Sox six days after losing his job with the Texas Rangers. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Bisphenol A remains off toxic list as Ottawa reviews mystery complainant's objection
Bombardier's increasingly crowded skies
Embraer's employees at the company's factory in Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil: the company is contemplating launching a new jet in the same category as rival Bombardier Inc.?s C Series long-range plane.
Greece buys time with bailout
A protester shouts slogans during a rally in Athens against the government's decision to ask for an economic aid package on Friday.
Prosperity comes to the prairies
Saskatchewan has 43 per cent of the arable land in Canada, and the province is benefitting from the growing world demand for food.
The evolution of Goldman Sachs
Tories seek to renew anti-terrorism powers
Minister of Justice Rob Nicholson speaks in the House of Commons on April 21, 2010.
The Oilers purge continues
Brad Richards #39 of team Canada looks on as teammate Ed Jovanovski is helped off the ice after injuring his knee by trainer Ken Lowe during the second period of their World Cup of Hockey game against team USA on August 31, 2004 at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada. Canada defeated USA 2-1. (Photo by Jeff Vinnick/Getty Images)
Location, location
Why old farm houses are so far from the road
America's new position: Lean on Israel
Patrick Martin, The Globe's Middle East correspondent
Goldman's profits its ace in the hole
Tigers Guillen to DL
Carlos Guillen #9 of the Detroit Tigers doubles to right field scoring Johnny Damon #18 and Magglio Ordonez #30 to give the Tigers a 6-5 lead over the Kansas City Royals during the game on April 13, 2010 at Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Leon Halip/Getty Images)
Bobby Orr jersey fetches $191,200
Bobby Orr, Boston Bruins, 1971 - 1972
Five years after Indonesia's tsunami, Banda Aceh has bounced back
The week's top online chats
Former Conservative MP Rahim Jaffer waits to testify before the Commons government operations committee on April 21, 2010.
Stars and Dogs for the week of April 24
John Heinzl
When fluency in French matters
Lysiane Gagnon
Five things to do this weekend
Youths enjoy working on some tricks at the Parkdale skateboard park in Hamilton. The "shoe tree" as it is known in the area is behind, and full of old shoes that have been discarded after they have been worn out. One youth says that the city cleans the tree out every few months, but the practice continues.
Marathon PGM insiders go for Newfoundland gold
Dollar's rise a good thing for TSX earnings
David Parkinson
Bullish on Helmerich & Payne
Toronto skyscrapers rise ever taller
Marcus Gee
Courtney shows herself a Hole lotta Love
Courtney Love (seen here at a benefit in 2009) has simple words for those who complain about her use of the name Hole: “Suck it, suck it, suck it, suck it, weasels, because it’s my band.”
The power of Britain's front page
Doug Saunders
Gun-registry controversy triggers political war games
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff talks to reporters before attending his national caucus meeting in Ottawa on April 21, 2010.
Jaffer, Guergis and Gillani's secret Sassafraz meeting
How to analyze a company's managers
Berkshire Hathaway chairman and CEO Warren Buffett will testify Wednesday at the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission. Mr. Buffett's company is Moody's largest shareholder.
Afghanistan: end of a debacle
U.S. Marines knock at the door of a shop while conducting searches in Helmand province on April 23, 2010.
Poison singer Bret Michaels suffers brain hemorrhage
Bret Michaels performs during the kickoff of the Rock of Love Bus Tour at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas in January, 2009.
'Hawks hoping for home edge
Yachters fight stern tax hike
Members of the Mimico Cruising Club prepare their boats to be put in the water this weekend in Toronto.
Couple needs a 'pay yourself first' strategy
Alexandra Park slated for revitalization
The Atkinson Housing Co-operative in the Alexandra Park neighborhood of Toronto is slated for renovation.
Sex education is too important to be left to parents
Our inability to elect a majority government imperils democracy
Neil Reynolds
When it comes to sex ed, the kids aren't all right
How times change: A teacher points to a diagram of female reproductive organs in a scene from 'Human Growth,' a sex-ed film shown to Oregon junior-high students.
A phone is not a just phone when it's a new iPhone
Ian Brown
You won't know Al
Required reading: Five essential stories of the week
Lava spews from a volcano as it erupts near Eyjafjallajokull April 19, 2010.
Ballroom gets scorching hot
Eruption disruption: lessons learned
A worker at the Virgin Atlantic ticket counter at the Orlando, Fla. international airport stretches as passengers and staff cope with cancellations caused by volcanic ash.
Olympians celebrated in Montreal
Snowboard silver medalist Mike Robertson, left, and teammates Michael Lambert and Palmer Taylor ham it up in a parade of Canadian Olympic athletes Friday.
Sex, women, winter and <BR>oh yeah, earthquakes</BR>
Tabatha Southey
April 24: Letters to the editor
Did you catch this week's entrepreneur 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.
Seven days in Thailand
How slow mo turns sport back into art
Dow, TSX mark five-day rally
Q&amp;A: Variable rate vs. fixed rate mortgages
Ontario police net 100 in prostitution sweep
An indie emperor with no clothes
Dan Mangan performs at the Horseshoe in Toronto.
Summer on the big screen
Robert Downey Jr. returns as Iron Man, in what should be the first big blockbuster of the summer.
Also opening this summer
NIcolas Cage and Alfred Molina in The Sorcerer's Apprentice.
Liberals return fire in long-gun fundraising battle
Why run when you can walk?
'If you really commit, you are going to see change,' says power-walking coach Lee Scott.
Eric Reguly: Why 'the party's over for Greece'
A protester shouts slogans during a rally against the government's decision to ask for an economic aid package in Athens April 23, 2010.
Jones changes rink lineup
Team Canada skip Jennifer Jones, left, third Cathy Overton-Clapham, second left, second Jill Officer, second right, and lead Dawn Askin, right, pose with the trophy after defeating Team Prince Edward Island 8-7 during final game action at the 2010 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.
Copper recovers on strong U.S. housing data
Vote now; vote often
Tech IPO pulled
Claudia Dey's Trout Stanley being adapted into an opera
Perils of second-hand smoke
Jeff Pilon retires from Stampeders
Calgary Stampeders offensive lineman Jeff Pilon, right, lets fans touch the Grey Cup after the team was honoured by the City of Calgary, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2008.
Profit before health?
Lessons learned from defensive dating
Kate Robertson: Driving School
True urban grit
Get ready for stellar profits for TSX-listed firms
Oil sands cleanup plan panned by environmentalists
A tailings pond reflects the Syncrude oilsands mine facility near Fort McMurray, Alta.
Dalton McGuinty pulls out
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