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Southern belle can turn ugly
Kenny Perry of the US reacts after missing his chip on the eighteenth green on the first hole of the playoff with Argentina's Angel Cabrera at the Augusta National Golf Club on April 12, 2009.
Flyers' faith rewarded
Philadelphia Flyers goalie Brian Boucher makes a save during the third period of their NHL hockey game against the Toronto Maple Leafs in Toronto April 6, 2010. REUTERS/ Mike Cassese
Jays' Vernon Wells steps up to the plate for needy families
Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Vernon Wells leaves the field after batting practice at the team's MLB baseball spring training facility in Dunedin, Florida February 26, 2010. REUTERS/Fred Thornhill
Build your very own governor-general
Governor-General Michaëlle Jean speaks to Domincan civil society groups in Santo Domingo on March 10, 2010.
Capitals sweep away Penguins
Referee Ian Walsh (29) talks to Pittsburgh Penguins Sidney Crosby (87) and Washington Capitals Alex Ovechkin (8) in the second period of their NHL hockey game in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, April 6, 2010. REUTERS/ Jason Cohn
Yann Martel's post-modern Holocaust allegory fetches $3-million advance
UConn wins women's NCAA crown
Center Tina Charles #31 and Tiffany Hayes #3 of the Connecticut Huskies celebrate after a 53-47 win against the Stanford Cardinal during the NCAA Women's Final Four Championship game at the Alamodome on April 6, 2010 in San Antonio, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
Medical research innovator gets double honour
Dr. Cal Stiller, at his home in London, Ont., last week, has won the Gairdner Award, a prestigious Canadian international award often referred to as Canada's Nobel Prize. Dr. Stiller is a researcher in organ transplants and a founding of the think tank MaRS.
Air Canada lets sleeping passenger lie
Rays rally to dump Orioles
Tampa Bay Rays designated hitter Pat Burrell (5) slides safely home ahead of Baltimore Orioles catcher Matt Wieters (32) to score during the fifth inning of an MLB baseball game in St. Petersburg, Florida, April 6, 2010. REUTERS/Brian Blanco
New rules aim to clean up dirty politics in Nova Scotia
Vancouver board to lay off dozens of staff, close school, drop 10 days
Olympic chief looks for his next golden opportunity
Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson, right, presents medallions and a certificate of appreciation to VANOC executives including CEO John Furlong at City Hall on Tuesday. Later, Mr. Furlong also reciprocated by thanking the mayor and city employees with a signed poster of appreciation.
B.C. health authorities asked to slash $45-million from budget
Wendy Stueck
Jim Carrey, Jenny McCarthy reveal split on Twitter
Canadian actor Jim Carrey, left, poses with his partner Jenny McCarthy as they arrive for the world premiere of the film 'A Christmas Carol' in London on Nov. 3, 2009.
Public barred from Afghan detainee hearing
Bobcats, Wallace swat Hawks
Charlotte Bobcats' Gerald Wallace, center, drives between Atlanta Hawks' Josh Smith, right, and Al Horford, left, in the second half of the Bobcats' 109-100 win in an NBA basketball game in Charlotte, N.C., Tuesday, April 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
Obama's new nuclear strategy maintains first-strike option
The mechanics of Sudan's elections
Is Charest's budget courageous or cruel?
Provincial Finance Minister Raymond Bachand hands a copy of his budget speech to Premier Jean Charest on March 30, 2010 in Quebec City.
Ottawa cuts funding to residential schools lobby group
Influential sledge hockey player dies
In Sudan, hope for change fades as election nears
China says it's not behind global Internet spy ring
Members of the Information Warfare Monitor and the Shadowserver Foundation Ron Deibert, left, and Nart Villeneuve, right, smile after the release of their report 'Shadows In The Clouds: An Investigation Into Cyber Espionage 2.0' during a news conference in Toronto on April 6, 2010.
Bondarenko upset in Florida
CEOs at Ontario hospitals to face pay-for-performance rules
Ontario Minister of Health Deb Matthews listens to Premier Dalton McGuinty at a press conference in October, 2009.
Sabres clinch division, Rangers falter
Ryan Callahan #24 of the New York Rangers is cross-checked in front of Ryan Miller #30 of the Buffalo Sabres by Derek Roy #9 at HSBC Arena on April 6, 2010 in Buffalo, New York. Roy was called for a penalty on the play. (Photo by Rick Stewart/Getty Images)
Native students at Queen's complain of a 'chilling' climate
Fatal accident halts demolition work in Jacmel
Mackinson Elson sits in shock near the site of a house that collapsed leaving one young man dead and another with broken legs in Jacmel, Haiti. Mr. Elson, who was one of about 10 people assigned to do hand demolition on the house, helped carry the young man's body to a waiting ambulance.
PM sticking to plan for new governor-general, despite Haiti's pleas
Site clearing leaves one dead in Jacmel
Jacmel, April 06/10 - People stop off to look at a building collapse that left one young man dead and another with broken legs, describes what happened to other people on the streets in Jacmel, Haiti near the site of the collapse. The young man was one of approximately 10 people assigned to do hand demolition on the house. The workers did not seem properly equipped for the work and the crush victim was only wearing Crocs for shoes and the buildings they work on are not properly shored up for safety.
Shakira for points? Scrabble says go for it
Author Margaret Atwood contemplates her next word as she participates in a Scrabble tournament to raise money for Performing Arts Lodges, which is an advocacy group for aging or ailing arts professionals.
Lions sign free agent Wesley
Lefty reinvents himself
Phil Mickelson of the U.S. watches his shot on the 9th hole during the final round of the Houston Open golf tournament in Houston April 4, 2010. REUTERS/Richard Carson
Koe rink suffers first defeat
Canada's skip Kevin Koe reacts as he watches the line of a shot during his game against Germany at the World Men's Curling Championships in Cortina d'Ampezzo April 6, 2010. REUTERS/Valentin Flauraud
Duval makes it back to Augusta
David Duval plays a shot during a practice round prior to the 2010 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club on April 6, 2010 in Augusta, Georgia. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
Gasquet punishes Rochus in Morocco
Raptors lose Bosh in loss to Cavs
Toronto Raptors Chris Bosh lays on the floor after being hit in the face during the first quarter of their NBA basketball game against the Cleveland Cavaliers in Cleveland April 6, 2010.REUTERS/Aaron Josefczyk
Probe of crisis puts U.S. rainmakers on the spot
Former Fed chairman Alan Greenspan
Canadian dollar finds a solid resting place at parity
$10 dollar bills at par
Carbon-capture: A pipeline pioneer of a different sort
Susan Cole
What's up with Tiger?
Sleepy Air Canada passenger wakes up in airplane hangar
Canada's urban aboriginals feel politically unrepresented, poll finds
Mark Podlasly, a Harvard grad who runs his own environmental consulting business, is a member of the N'laka'pamux First Nation.
Moving on from Tiger tales
Tiger Woods (R) of the U.S. shows his iPhone to playing partner Mark O'Meara of the U.S. after photographing him with it on the 10th green during a practice round for the 2010 Masters golf tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, April 6, 2010. REUTERS/Hans Deryk
Expecting 10% returns? It's time for a reality check
John Heinzl
It pays to give everyone the flu shot, study says
The researchers found that the universal vaccine program prevented about 61 per cent of flu cases each season.
Four homemade DIY recipes
Vera Kuznetsova makes her own ricotta using milk, lemon juice, a sieve and cheesecloth.
Government bonds become a bit riskier
Drive the middle road - “Cash is like a tank and stocks are like a Ferrari; and investors jump back and forth between the two when they get bored with the tank or crash the Ferrari. They should just buy a Volvo instead.” Robert Katch, president of a California financial advisory firm, with some advice for the perplexed
No baking powder? No problem. Just make it yourself
Vera Kuznetsova makes her own ricotta using milk, lemon juice, a sieve and cheesecloth.
Your own goat = homegrown dairy
David Hess milks his goat, Kalinga, on his farm in North Saanich, B.C. Goats have been part of the Hess family for 14 years.
Top Duck exits nest with golden parachute
Alice Waters' seven essentials of a green kitchen
Read this at your peril
Vivian Moreau
Indonesian island struck by earthquake
Residents sit outside their house shortly after an earthquake hit in Medan, in Indonesia's North Sumatra province, on April 7, 2010.
When the size of the conservative 'c' didn't matter
Prime Minister Stephen Harper announces a carbon capture and storage project outside Edmonton on Oct. 14, 2009.
Open spaces, open minds
The fine line between Ontario, Quebec and representation
Jeffrey Simpson
U.A.E. warms to UFC
Mark Bocek, from Woodbridge, Ont., takes a right from Mac Danzig during their lightweight Ultimate Fight Championships middleweight fight in Montreal, Saturday April 19, 2008. Danzig won the fight on a third rond tapout. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
Locked and crossed: Why stock prices confuse
Ogilvy hires Fontaine as adviser
Bar Talk
Jacques Parizeau hospitalized
Former Quebec premier Jacques Parizeau speaks after being awarded the rank of Grand Officer in the National Order of Quebec on June 19, 2008.
GM suit reignites conflict argument
She must be really smart, gamepocalypse, TV exercise
Arthur Ryerson Maybee
Following in my Babcia's footsteps
Canadians issue 'indictment' of both Tories, Liberals in poll
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff takes part in a roundtable discussion in Ottawa on Jan. 26, 2010.
On sitting LeBron, and a lament for tanking
CP names Ed Harris new operating chief
Canadian Pacific Railway
The other, Haitian Macbeth
Philippe Racine, Cynthia Cantave, and Charles-Smith Metellus in a reimagination of Macbeth.
Defining Canada's role in Congo
Forzani posts quarterly profit dip
Forzani CEO Bob Sartor
Audio from Augusta National
The Lost Club talks about Episode 10
Abitibi warns of more capacity cuts
AbitibiBowater head office in Montreal
How I learned to love the Prius
Toyota Prius
The close: Fed fails to lift Dow, TSX
The best street for foodies in Paris
This Fiat 500 sits outsite the Merci Boutique in Paris.
Planes, trains or automobile? The answer may surprise you
Schoenborn denied release
Kaitlynne Schoenborn, 10; Max Schoenborn, 8; and Cordon Schoenborn, 5, are shown in a composite image taken from framed picture at the memorial wall in Merritt, B.C on Thursday April 10, 2008.
Money managers indulge sports fantasy
Decades-old mercury poisoning shown to have lasting effect on native community
Everyone must talk Tiger
For elderly, wired world holds terror, delight
One in four boomers still working say they'll never retire.
No reason to fear Fed rate hikes
Convenience stores under threat: survey
A Couche-Tard store
Leafs' rookie Monster perseveres
Toronto Maple Leafs' Jonas Gustavsson stops a break-away shot from Ottawa Senators' Milan Michalek during second period NHL action in Ottawa, Ont., on Tuesday March 16, 2010.
Support for Taliban hit 'all-time high' in Kandahar last spring
Cpl. Steven Kuzevski, a Canadian Forces MP, trains Afghan National Police officers on the firing range.
Britons at last get a taste of Canadian election debates
Canucks lose Ryan Johnson to injury
Murray Martin talks to Karl Moore
Murray Martin
High Liner eyes frugal U.S. baby boomers
Workers package fish fillets at the High Liner Foods plant in Lunenburg, NS.
Iginla takes blame for playoff pickle
Calgary Flames captain Jarome Iginla warms up prior to NHL preseason hockey action in Calgary, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009.
Rude boys
Tourism falters as loonie soars
Vehicles cross the Ambassador Bridge as viewed from Windsor, Ont.
Student's future uncertain after quake claims his mentor
Of counter-points and self-corrections
Licensing, copyright to hinder Canadian iPad users
Vale Inco strike longest in company history
Striking workers attend a rally in Sudbury on Jan. 13, 2010
Inter through to CL final four
Georgi Schennikov of CSKA Moscow, right, vies with Goran Pandev of Inter Milan during their Champions League second leg of quarter-finals football match at Luzhniki stadium in Moscow on Tuesday.
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