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NFL comes to Toronto
Indianapolis Colts' Peyton Manning hands the ball off to Joseph Addai (L) against the Buffalo Bills during the first half of their NFL preseason football game in Toronto August 19, 2010.
Mayoral candidate Sarah Thomson also faced charges
Toronto mayoral candidate Sarah Thomson.
Mutants, assassins, and necromorphs pay Toronto a visit
Artist hopes her body language has message for CNE
Cheryl-Ann Webster created the Beautiful Women Project, a touring art exhibit that features 120 life-sized casts of real women aged 19-91. The sculptures are decorated to reflect each woman and serve comment on body image perception in society.
Alouettes pay the price in victory
Montreal Alouettes quarterback Anthony Calvillo lies injured after being tackled by Winnipeg Blue Bombers' Odell Willis (not shown) during first half CFL football action in Montreal, Thursday, August 19, 2010.
Little Mountain prepares to represent Canada
B.C.'s Little Mountain player Lichel Hirakawa-Kao jumps onto home plate and is greeted by teammates after a home run during action at the Canadian Little League Championship game against the Ancaster Cardinals in Ancaster, Ontario on Saturday Aug. 14, 2010.
Bills outlast Colts in Toronto
Buffalo Bills' CJ Spiller (21) celebrates his touchdown with Bills' Trent Edwards (5) against the Indianapolis Colts during the first quarter of an NFL preseason football game at the Rogers Centre in Toronto, Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010.
Let's stop the posturing about prospective refugees
Ravi Sri, who has Tamil family members on the MV Sun Sea, at the Centre for War Victims and Human Rights in Scarborough on August 18, 2010.
Henry still aiming for the top
Thierry Henry of the New York Red Bulls and Nana Attakora (rear) of Toronto FC in Henry's home debut August 11, 2010 at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey.
Oil remains deep beneath the Gulf of Mexico, study shows
Organizers criticized for running Pakistani pageant in wake of flood disaster
Ticats, Argos ready to rumble
Hamilton Tiger-Cats' Arland Bruce III (R) breaks free from Donovan Alexander (5) and other Saskatchewan Roughrider defenders on his way to a second half touchdown during Canadian Football League action in Regina, July 31, 2010. REUTERS/Fred Greenslade
City accused of failing its fiscal requirements
Whitfield bemoans lack of committed triathletes
Matthew Sekeres
World Photography Day: From Daguerre to digital
Street in Cuzco, Peru
Clijsters proving to be tournament's saviour
Kim Clijsters from Belgium serves to Kaia Kanepi from Estonia during the round of sixteen at the Rogers Cup tennis tournament Thursday, August 19, 2010 in Montreal. Clijsters won 6-2, 6-1.
As BHP makes Potash Corp. offer, would-be rivals in talks on bids
Trevor Berg holds some potash chiclets in a storage build at the Potash Cory mine near Saskatoon
Battle brewing over private health in Alberta
Wildrose Alliance Leader Danielle Smith.
Flashback
Danforth Music Hall tenant gets the hook
Buono sees no need for changes to coaching staff
B.C. Lions' head coach Wally Buono speaks to reporters following team practice in Vancouver, B.C., on Thursday July 15, 2010. The Lions play the Montreal Alouettes in Vancouver Friday night. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Grube in familiar position after opening round
Rob Grube
Pelley will need all his smarts to fix Sportsnet One fiasco
Keith Pelley, President, Canada's Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium in the control room of CTV in Vancouver, BC, January 21, 2010.
Canada's motto: Get healthy
Team Canada's head coach Leo Rautins looks on as his team plays Team France during the second half of their exhibition FIBA basketball game in Toronto, August 12, 2010. The FIBA World Championship will take place in Turkey from August 28 to September 12.
B.C. wood pellets a green hit in Europe - but not Alberta
Orca-on-minke attack a whale of an experience
A group of 14 to 18 orcas killed and ate a minke whale near Witless Bay, Newfoundland. The Atlantic Whales group has documented this particular group of orcas hunting around the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador since 1999. Orcas seem to enjoy the massive tongues of baleen whales, such as the minke on the left of this photo.
Canucks sign Sweatt
U.S. edges Canada in women's under-18 exhibition
Wildfire smoke forces hospitals, merchants to lock doors
Pelican Lake Complex fire.
First Nations University hit by massive restructuring
The Regina Campus of the First Nations University of Canada in Regina, Sask. on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010. The First Nations University of Canada is located at 1 First Nations Way on the campus of the University of Regina
Reasons to keep your adviser on speed-dial
Mississauga mayor urged pension fund to ease conditions on land deal, inquiry told
Peter McCallion, son of Mississauga mayor Hazel McCallion, waits for the City of Mississauga Judicial inquiry to begin, July 27, 2010.
Fighting for a future
Jayna Hefford #16 and Captain Hayley Wickenheiser #22 of Canada celebrate after receiving the gold medal following their team's 2-0 victory during the ice hockey women's gold medal game between Canada and USA on day 14 of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics at Canada Hockey Place on February 25, 2010 in Vancouver, Canada.
Last U.S. combat brigade leaves Iraq to an uncertain future
Neymar snubs Chelsea to stay in Brazil
Obama urges action on anemic economy
When controversy rears its head, sponsors run for cover
Dr. Laura Schlessinger
Mixed success for a veterans ombudsman
Veterans Ombudsman Patrick Stogran speaks during a news conference in Ottawa, August 17, 2010.
Iraqi iraqizes, but the deadlock remains
Iraqi's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki shows a picutre of al Qaeda's Iraq leader Abu Ayyub al-Masri after he was killed by Iraqi and U.S forces during a raid operation, in Baghdad April 19, 2010.
Unpacking Rob Ford's claims
Toronto mayoral candidate Rob Ford.
Hold the phone: CRTC reins in brokers
Tory campaign college offers lesson in favours
BDC small-business loans hit record level
Jean-René Halde, chief executive officer of BDC
Is it worth it to try to go viral?
One of the Old Spice commercials from the Man Your Man Could Smell Like series.
Four potential scenarios in the Potash Corp. story
A Potash Corp.mine in Lanigan, Sask. Potash isn't a rare substance, but industry observers say its global distribution gives it potential for long-term profitability.
Why Staples has the upper hand on its competitors
Customers shop for school supplies at a Staples store in Menlo Park, Calif.
Pregnant Tamils to be held another week
Tamil asylum-seekers are escorted of their vessel by Canadian border agents after MV Sun Sea docked at CFB Esquimalt, near Victoria, on Aug. 13, 2010.
BCE's Solo Mobile switches to unlimited service
The roommate hunt goes 2.0 as schools give students more control
Take the 'hot romance' metaphor literally, study finds
Parks: The battlegrounds in the fight over public places
Beatrice takes a walk, off-leash, in the dog park at Allan Gardens. The city officially opened the revitalized off-leash area in Allan Gardens dog park.
Should I insist on a new battery under warranty?
Caption: 2008 Acura CSX Type S Credit: Honda
He's flirting with a thigh-stroker, but won't let me have guy friends
Lynn Coady
B.C. online gambling glitches fixed?
Registered users of PlayNow.com can now play roulette.
Bad boss syndrome can feed on itself in a vicious cycle
A scene from NBC's "The Office" shows Steve Carell, front, as Michael Scott.
Small footprint, big style
Weaving morsels of history into homes
Sven Kraumanis brings in much-sought wrought iron work from Eastern Europe.
Made of … all sorts of high-tech wizardry to beautify design
John Bentley Mays
Stress enzyme linked to delayed conception
Bringing a little Mad Men to St. Clair West
Dave LeBlanc
In praise of Gilles Duceppe
Bloc Quebecois Leader Gilles Duceppe works in his office in Montreal on Aug. 12, 2010. He was first elected to the House of Commons in 1990.
He wants to drop the top but has issues
2010 Volkswagen EOS
Zombie films that kill
NHL targets offence
Players cross the wider blue line tested during an on-ice session at the 2010 NHL Research, Development and Orientation Camp on Aug. 18, 2010, in Toronto.
George A. Romero keeps his zombie obsession alive
George A. Romero
Baseball's classic flick
Kevin Costner and Susan Sarandon in a scene from Bull Durham
Anger and creativity, that slow-mo feeling, lawn bowling rowdies
Tony Clark
Almost 100, Grandma is still learning new tricks
Alberta issues health warning due to B.C. fires
A forest fire threatens one of several structures at Seclusion Bay near Kelowna, B.C. Monday July 12, 2010.
Dell, HP post higher profits
Dell
Cause of Alzheimer's in question after drug fails
The close: Dow in triple-digit swoon
Tories hit back with sponsorship cudgel
Arcade Fire's Win Butler knocks Wyclef Jean's run for Haitian presidency
Win Butler and his wife/bandmate Regine Chassagne perform in 2007. Chassagne is Haitian-Canadian and the two are big supporters of Haiti.
Woods commits to playing in Barclays
Tiger Woods
Television
Mark Harmon as Gibbs in a scene from NCIS.
Movies
Dominik Garcia-Lorido, Julianna Marguiles and Andy Garcia in a scene from City Island.
Blu-ray
Bart does Mozaart in an episode from Season 13.
A trio of silent classics by a tyrannical genius
Emil Jannings as Grand Duke Sergius Alexander.
Veteran cop chosen as Montreal's next police chief
Tapenade
Oil remains deep beneath the Gulf of Mexico, study shows
A bond bubble? Don't bet on it
Man comes forward to post bail for woman accused of faking cancer
Lopes-Schliep hurdles to victory at Weltklasse Zurich meet
No plans to up ante on Pakistan flood relief, Cannon says
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon greets Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon at United Nations headquarters in New York on Aug. 19, 2010.
Murray needs 3 sets, tiebreak to avoid upset in Cincy
What do Julia Roberts and Joan Rivers have to teach us about what we want?
Julia Roberts in Eat Pray Love: The movie speaks to the romance of the quest, but couldn't it involve more than eating enough Italian pizza to accept one's 'muffin top?'
On the menu at Toronto's CNE this year: deep-fried butter
Toronto August 18th, 2008 - Fair wheel ride at CNE
Caisse assets grow 2.33 % in first half
Caisse CEO Michael Sabia
How do you know it's fair trade?
A worker carries bananas at the Nuevo Mundo organic and fair trade co-operative in the Machala region of Ecuador.
The roots of what we consume
Water break for tea pluckers at the Ambootia tea garden, a fair trade and organic certified tea plantation in Darjeeling, India.
Back-to-school granola bars
Why portfolio flows may help BHP
Gammon Gold fends off invisible suitor
Researchers wonder where extra plastic trash is
Friends may not care where you go, but Facebook does
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks during a news conference at Facebook headquarters August 18, 2010 in Palo Alto, California.
Reward offered in missing plane search
Homemade granola
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