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April 9

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Detroit Red Wings head coach Mike Babcock watches from the bench in the first period of their 3-1 win over the Philadelphia Flyers in a preseason hockey game at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Mich., on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009. Between coaching Canada to Olympic gold and guiding the Detroit Red Wings back to the NHL playoffs, Babcock hasn't had very much free time. It's taken a toll, particularly on his family. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Julian H. Gonzalez
NHL Numbers
St. Louis Blues' Keith Tkachuk, top, watches a video honoring his career alongside his children, from left to right, Matthew, 12, Braeden, 10, and Taryn, 7, and wife Chantal during a ceremony following an NHL hockey game against the Anaheim Ducks Friday, April 9, 2010, in St. Louis. The game was the last for Tkachuk who has announced his retirement after 19 seasons in the league. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
Around the rinks
Center Mike Modano #9 of the Dallas Stars reacts after his last home game of the season against the Anaheim Ducks at American Airlines Center on April 8, 2010 in Dallas, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
George Smitherman's mayoral campaign suffers a blow
Looking for a bite of Stanley
Dany Heatley #15 of the San Jose Sharks warms up before the NHL game against the Phoenix Coyotes at Jobing.com Arena. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
It's all in your head
In this June 13, 2002, file photo, Detroit Red Wings' Brendan Shanahan holds the Stanley Cup after beating the Carolina Hurricanes 3-1 to clinch the championship in Game 5 of the NHL Stanley Cup hockey series in Detroit. Shanahan, a member of three Stanley Cup championship teams with the Red Wings announced on Tuesday, Nov. 17,2 009, that he is retiring from the NHL, after 21 seasons and an almost certain Hall of Fame career. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Ryan Remiorz, File)
Trimming the fat from Toronto's police budget
Constable Gavin Jansz from 31 Division, coaching the boy's basketball team at James Cardinal McGuigan High School.
Six keys to success
Mason Raymond #21 of the Vancouver Canucks has the puck knocked away from behind by Drew Doughty #8 of the Los Angeles Kings during the first period at the Staples Center on April 1, 2010 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
Death of C.O.R.E. still a mystery
William Shatner, part owner of C.O.R.E. Digital, which was forced into bankruptcy last month, tried to save the company after the Province of Ontario pulled out of negotiations with C.O.R.E. and the Royal Bank of Canada.
Canucks will need firepower in the playoffs
Vancouver Canucks' Henrik Sedin points at a team-mate during the first period of their NHL hockey game against the Los Angeles Kings in Los Angeles April 1, 2010. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
How the iPad will deliver books from boundage
Sure, the iPad looks cool, but is it manicure compatible?
The Official Twitter for Blackberry App vs. UberTwitter
Lakers lock up home court
Los Angeles Lakers forward Pau Gasol, right, of Spain, shoots over Minnesota Timberwolves center Ryan Hollins, left, during the second quarter of an NBA basketball game in Minneapolis, Friday, April 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt)
Cubs Stubbs stops Reds
Chicago Cubs' Derrek Lee is safe at second as the ball gets away from Cincinnati Reds second baseman Brandon Phillips (4) in the third inning of a baseball game, Friday, April 9, 2010, in Cincinnati. Lee scored later in the inning on a hit by Xavier Nady. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)
Rays Price is right against Yankees
Pitcher David Price #14 of the Tampa Bay Rays pitches against the New York Yankees during the game at Tropicana Field on April 9, 2010 in St. Petersburg, Florida. (Photo by J. Meric/Getty Images)
Liberals on the prowl for a campaign plane
Liberals aren't considering Air Inuit, the airline provider for St�phane Dion?s unsuccessful election effort in 2008. The plane was an old bruiser and people mocked it.
A leader under siege speaks his mind
Afghan President Hamid Karzai walks with his bodyguards through Kandahar this month.
Rowand lifts Giants over Braves
Activision countersues former Infinity Ward heads
A screenshot from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.
B.C. slashes inspections on vans transporting farm workers
Ottawa accused of withholding military letters on detainees
Lawyer Paul Champ, left, and Alain Prefontaine of the Department of Justice listen as the Military Police Complaints Commission resumes hearings related to a complaint about military police conduct in Afghanistan on Tuesday in Ottawa.
Ontario's sale of Crown assets poses spending pitfalls
Adam Radwanski
Rangers stay alive in playoff race
Philadelphia Flyers left wing Scott Hartnell has his mouth covered by the hand of New York Rangers defenseman Marc Stahl as they scuffle in front of referee Dan O'Rourke (R) in the second period of their NHL hockey game at Madison Square Garden in New York April 9, 2010. REUTERS/Ray Stubblebine
McGuinty gives Ontario colleges and universities an F in new spending
Ovie hits 50 goals, joins elite company
Washington Capitals' Nicklas Backstrom, right, of Sweden, celebrates with teammate Alex Ovechkin (8), of Russia, after scoring a goal against the Atlanta Thrashers during the first period of an NHL hockey game Friday, April 9, 2010, in Washington. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)
A vacancy on the court, a battle for Obama
Konrad Yakabuski
NBA's Arenas begins jail sentence
Hospitals raise caution over uniform pay-for-performance rules
Dr. Robert Bell, president and CEO of the University Health Network.
Is there a grand ayatollah in North York?
Hosseini Nassab at the Islamic Shia Ithna-Asheri Jamaat centre in Toronto on March 30, 2010.
Saturday's pairings
Pembroke diocese told of sex abuse in 1963, lawsuit alleges
Bernard Prince shown in a photo that was taken at a wedding in October, 1979.
Sideshow Helena
Sudanese prepare to vote, but keep the guns handy
Azarenka out of Andalucia Open
Supreme Court expected to tackle 'sleeping sex slave' question
Kirk Makin
The church and the priority of child protection
Bernard Prince shown in a photo that was taken at a wedding in October, 1979.
Ontario's drug reforms are a good start
Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty
Sneaking poetry into the office - the perfect waste of time
Ian Brown
Russell Williams on hunger strike, but making no demands
Colonel Russ Williams
Couples can't duplicate magic round
Fred Couples watches a shot on the first hole during the second round of the 2010 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club.
Cotto-Foreman to fight at Yankee Stadium
World Boxing Association welterweight champion Yuri Foreman (R) and three-time world champion Miguel Cotto pose after a news conference announcing their June 5th title fight at Yankee Stadium in New York, April 9, 2010. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
It starts with sexy mice ...
Blake Geoffrion wins Hobey Baker
University Wisconsin Badger college hockey player Blake Geoffrion (2nd R), winner of the Hobey Baker Memorial Award, poses with assistant coach Mark Osieck (L), head coach Mike Eaves (2nd L) and assistant coach Kevin Patrick at Ford Field during the Frozen Four in Detroit, Michigan April 9, 2010. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook
Can Canada own the pension podium?
The Griffin prize: poetry honoured
Eagles, Badgers set for Frozen Four
Wisconsin Badgers Cody Goloubef (R) defends their net against Tyler Mazzei of RIT during the first period of their NCAA college semifinal hockey game at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan April 8, 2010. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook
A shale alternative
Encana Horn River Gas play. Encana
The North scrapes bottom
Now that that pit has reached its bottom, miners are digging a network of tunnels to extract what remains of the carrot-shaped deposit of kimberlite that they have been pulling from the ground for nearly a decade.
Diamonds a bad marriage for investors
Diamonds
Mining, the Xbox way
A mine scooper which can be converted to be used remotely at the Diavik diamond mine in the North West Territories.
The season that never was
Toronto Raptors' Hedo Turkoglu, right, adjusts his protective facemask during second half NBA action against the Sacramento Kings in Toronto Sunday, February 7, 2010. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
Robitussin: Pregnancy in a $5 bottle of hope
Meghan O'Brian with her husband, Jon, and daughter Mila. Ms. Obrian said she was 'pretty damned surprised' when they conceived after 'skeptically' trying Robitussin.
U.S. inquiry fine drama, but misses the mark
Derek DeCloet
The Good and the Bad
Toronto Raptors' Jarrett Jack, left, laughs with Demar DeRozan as they joke around at the end of practice on the second day of training camp in Ottawa, Ont., Wednesday September 30, 2009. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Ontario green power plan sparks cost concerns
AToronto Hydro windmill on the grounds of the CNE at sunrise.
Proper nouns? What're those?
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.
Keep the Queen and choose another head of state
Where they went wrong
onto Maple Leafs defenceman Tomas kaberle looks up ice while playing against the Philadelphia Flyers during third period NHL action on Tuesday, April 6, 2010 in Toronto. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Shaw steps up with 'a quad-play'
Jim Shaw, CEO Shaw Communications
Buds, Burke lowest of the low
Boston Bruins left wing Steve Begin, left, tackles Toronto Maple Leafs right wing Colton Orr (28) during the third period of an NHL hockey game in Boston, Thursday, March 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Charlie Krupa)
When analyzing the loonie, always look at oil
David Parkinson
Couche-Tard makes fresh push into U.S.
An employee checks inventory at a Couche-Tard convenience store in Quebec.
What investors should know
Stars and Dogs for the week of April 10
John Heinzl
China mania: A wired bus that must keep speeding
After dismal returns and high fees, a do-it-yourself investor is born
Adrian Storisteanu
You won't find these stocks on anyone's hot list
Rethinking that comfy retirement
FACELIFT, HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA: Report on Business Facelift. Halifax, Nova Scotia, April 8, 2010. (Paul Darrow for the Globe and Mail)
Founders envision grand hotel’s rebirth as community youth hub
Take a trip inside a diamond mine
The open pit Diavik diamond Mine site is seen from the air in the North West Territories. The shores of Lac de Gras, the epicentre of Canada’s diamond boom, were moved to make way for an open-pit mine.
Rule of law is Israel's Achilles heel
U.S. President Barack Obama, right, listens as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks in the Oval Office of the White House on May 18, 2009.
Scents and sensibility: The fragrant workplace
Jennifer Chase, a Web marketer with the Leprosy Mission Canada in Richmond Hill, Ont., requested that her office be scent-free due to her allergies. A growing number of companies and organizations are responding to employee requests and have set up policies that ask workers to voluntarily go scent-free.
Game-changing sex-abuse cases mean new rules for nation's coaches
A file photo of Graham James while he was head coach of the Swift Current Broncos.
April 10: Letters to the editor
Competition chief ends talks with CREA
Competition Commissioner Melanie Aitken
Jays spoil Orioles' home opener
Toronto Blue Jays base runner Jose Bautista (C) slides home safely as Baltimore Orioles catcher Matt Wieters waits for the late throw and plate umpire Rob Drake (L) gets set to make the call in the fifth inning of their MLB American League baseball game in Baltimore, Maryland, April 9, 2010. REUTERS/Joe Giza
Abousfian Abdelrazik lives in a prison without walls
Abousfian Abdelrazik speaks about his experiences in Sudan for the first time during a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on July 23, 2009.
Templeton yanks European and Japan funds
Golf and the magic of 3D
Sports fans watch Tiger Woods play during Masters coverage televised at ESPN Zone April 8, 2010 in New York City. Woods is playing in the Masters for his first tournament in twenty weeks since a sex scandal brought a halt to his career. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Putting on the green jacket
Phil Mickelson of the United States (L) is presented with the Masters green jacket by former champion Mike Weir of Canada after Mickelson won the Masters golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia April 11, 2004. It is the first major tournament win for Mickelson. REUTERS/Mike Blake
B.C. Solicitor General Kash Heed resigns
British Columbia Solicitor General Kash Heed.
B.C. lumber firms get break on U.S. tax
SNC, Acciona land $769-million Alberta road contract
The Skikda thermal power plant, one of SNC-Lavalin's projects in Algeria
A frenzied water fight
Fresh Atlantic cod with Jerusalem artichoke and organic spinach
Atlantic cod is served with Jerusalem artichoke and spinach in this recipe from Fid chef Dennis Johnston. JENNIFER ROBERTS FOR THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Lamb pastilla
Mint pesto
Riding the Cogeco roller coaster
Phoenix Coyotes sale a two dog race
In tis Friday, Jan. 22, 2010, file photo, Jobing.com Arena, right, owned by the city of Glendale, Ariz., where the Phoenix Coyotes hockey team currently plays home games, and University of Phoenix Stadium, left, where the Arizona Cardinals football team plays are shown in Glendale. The head of Ice Edge Holdings, one of two ownership groups interested in purchasing the troubled Coyotes hockey franchise, which is currently owned by the National Hockey League, says the company has signed a memorandum of understanding on a new lease with the city of Glendale that could pave the way for a purchase of the Coyotes hockey team. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, file)
Notre Dame QB shows his stuff ahead of draft
Jimmy Clausen #7 of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish looks for a receiver in the first overtime period against the Univeristy of Connecticut Huskies at Notre Dame Stadium on November 21, 2009 in South Bend, Indiana. Connecticut defeated Notre Dame 33-30 in double overtime. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)
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.
Boucher talks about life in the Flyers crease
The close: Dow can't hold 11,000
Removing the veil on debt
Ottawa gives city $79-million loan for infrastructure projects
Koe headed to world curling final
Canada's skip Kevin Koe shouts to teammates after delivering a stone during his playoff game against Norway at the World Men's Curling Championships.
Spring accessories, from sexy to sporty
SPORTING LIFE: Bright shades with Technicolor punch work this season’s active influence. Swatch colour code watches, $55 through www.swatch.com. Victorinox Swiss Army Dive Master 500 watch, $950 through www.swissarmy.com. Lisa Marie scuba dress, $150 at Holt Renfrew (www.holtrenfrew.com). Jonathan Saunders scarf, $695 at the Room. Sunglasses, $250 at Spectacle in Toronto (416-484-9000). Roots clutches, $ 68 through www.roots.com. Lucite bangles, $22.50 and red plastic bangle, $50 at Accessity (www.accessity.com). Orange studded cuff, $80 and pink cuff, $90 at Holt Renfrew. Louis Vuitton bag, $2,890 and charm, $1,120 through www.louisvuitton.com.
How Spin Master gets hottest toys to market
General Electric reports results, Friday
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