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Air charter firm fights government shutdown after two fatal crashes
A police officer stands close to what is believed to be the remains of an airplane after a crash in Quebec City, June 23, 2010.
Green firms see red over Ontario rule changes for power producers
Do anything for happiness, coach for the chop
Why saying 'do not hire' can backfire
Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson's doctor, is escorted by Los Angeles County Sheriffs deputies as he arrives at the Airport Courthouse to face charges of involuntary manslaughter in the singer's death in Los Angeles on Monday, Feb. 8, 2010.
Can't take the heat? Don't be a sous-chef (or a lawyer, or a journalist, or a doctor...)
Foreign coaches bring fresh ideas to Canada
Vancouver Whitecaps coach Teitur Thordarson speaks to reporters at a news conference Thursday, October 15, 2009 in Montreal. The Impact lead the Whitecaps 3-2 heading into the second game of their USL final wgich will be played in Montreal Saturday Oct. 17.
The day I nearly died
Concerns raised over home breast-screening device
TransLink smartcard plan leaves Big Smoke in the dust
Vancouver doesn't embrace offer of community centre, ice rink
Stawamus Chief Mountain proving irresistible to BASE jumpers
A BASE jumper, left, and two mountain climbers who assisted him after he became stranded on Stawamus Chief Mountain make their way through the parking lot of Stawamus Chief Provincial Park Monday. BASE jumpers use parachutes, but substitute high points such as cliffs or bridges for airplanes.
After dropping 50 lbs, chef Anthony Sedlak can't stop hitting the road
Celebrity chef Anthony Sedlak (foreground) and his friend and business partner Bryan Kelly ride through the Seymour Demonstration Forest in North Vancouver on Monday morning.
NWT set to extend tourism programs
Judi Falsnes co-owns Arctic Chalet Ltd., which offers cabins for accommodations and dog sledding outside Inuvik. The high cost of travel is hampering tourism in the area.
Costs and casualties of war in Iraq
The George Steinbrenner of junior football
Nanaimo businessman, Hadi Abassi, president and owner of the Vancouver Island Raiders football team in Nanaimo, BC, watches his players warm-up and practise on the field at Elaine Hamilton Park in Nanaimo Wednesday. The VI Raiders are two-time national champions.
BP hopes to plug well, then turn focus to the corporate calamity
A brown pelican is seen on the beach at East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast on Thursday, June 3, 2010. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon has affected wildlife throughout the Gulf of Mexico.
Blackhawks pay the price of success
Canada's stat crunchers join census fight
A year after reopening, Swat Valley cinema struggles to survive
Usman Ghani, 37, projectionist at the only remaining theatre in the Swat Valley, does maintenance on the projector after the end of a film.
Making cycling stick
Saying no to Hezbollah
Brion Gysin is an artist celebrated outside his country
Canadian spies wanted: Must be young, educated and tech-smart
Long-weekend crash kills six from Edmonton
RCMP survey the damage of a collision on Sunday morning between a motor home and a minivan near Golden, B.C. The crash killed six people, and the investigation is focusing on driver fatigue as a possible cause.
BlackBerry dispute widens control debate
A man walks past a sign advertising the BlackBerry mobile phone at a shopping mall in Dubai on August 01, 2010, as the Gulf business hub stated it will suspend key BlackBerry services from October because they are incompatible with local laws and raise security concerns.
What lives in the sea?
Venus fly-trap sea anemone, Actinoscyphia saginata (Gulf of Mexico), physically resembles the famous plant, rapidly closes its mouth around prey or when it is attacked. This invertebrate has a series of tentacles around its mouth that it can use to catch fish.
Body of Mountie who disappeared in Yukon river recovered
Husky Energy gets go ahead to drill pair of wells off Newfoundland
Asim Ghosh, CEO of Husky Energy.
Slayings rattle Flemingdon Park's outward calm
Children play basketball in Flemingdon Park, a few blocks away where Dianthony Evans, 19, was killed only a week earlier.
Man facing 11 charges in Quebec shooting
Kinross Gold Corp. buys outstanding Red Back Mining shares
Blue Bombers release Ike Charlton
Fund performance: A tale of two time periods
Marine census points to vast diversity
Mid-sized cities make progress in revitalizing downtowns
UN removes 45 people, groups from Taliban and al-Qaeda blacklist
The United Nations seal is shown at the world organization's headquarters in New York.
At the close: Stocks hit 10-week high
Nanda Kumar Choudhry
Internet addicts more likely to develop depression
Franz Schubert: Die Schöne Müllerin
Morcheeba
DVAS
Which browser is right for you?
Time for a break
Rafael Marquez signs with Red Bulls
Near-drowning in Mississauga as boy, 4, pulled from pool
Sprouting successful entrepreneurship through social networking
Long road back to economic health: Bernanke
Gold will rise for years: Munk
Peter Munk, 82, Barrick's chairman, gestures during an interview with Reuters at his yacht "Golden Eagle" in Tivat August 2, 2010
Essential Tracks
Hip hop's golden boy outshone by his guests
Drake performs at the Molson Amphitheatre in Toronto, Aug. 1, 2010.
Nazneen Sheikh makes no apologies for where her heart has taken her
Ditching Disney for a year
Niemi the latest victim of Hawks' cap woes
Chicago Blackhawks goalie Antti Niemi reacts as he looks down during the first period of Game 1 of an NHL hockey Western Conference second-round playoff series against the Vancouver Canucks Saturday, May 1, 2010, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Newfoundland to close school for the deaf
Gold eases on technical selling
RIM says will not compromise BlackBerry security, despite upcoming UAE ban on services
At noon: Dow rises 200 points
U.S. to leave Iraq this month, as promised, Obama says
US President Barack Obama
Optimism drives copper to three-month high
U.S. manufacturing sector expands in July
Poorer Canadians less likely to survive cancer: study
RIM shares fall on possible Mideast cuts
New Idol judge?
A promotional images from Fox shows American Idol judges Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul and Simon Cowell.
Selling the Saskatchewan advantage
In defence of the deferred sales charge
Dan Richards
Arrest ends manhunt in shooting death of Mississauga teen
Raw materials, high drama
Deacon: Major Fatigue
Bernhard Langer, U.S. Senior's Open champion; Yani Tseng, Women's British Open
At the open: U.S. stocks surge
All eyes on jobs numbers
Traders gather on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange
Three charts to start your week
Lagging productivity holding euro's Olive Belt back
Vegabond living, let your dog move, we were snacks?
When a mine closes
Wheat surges to 22-month high
Can texting be addictive?
For parents, there is no retirement plan
Premarket: Stock futures show strength
How we're governed
The value of video
August 2: Letters to the editor
Still a tempest
Neil Reynolds
Internationalizing Canada's student experience
Amit Chakma, president and vice-chancellor, University of Western Ontario
We must extend EI stimulus measures
Nice guys (and girls) finish last
Mini van collides with motorhome, killing 6 in B.C. highway tragedy
Keeping in (and out) of touch
Review: Cisco Valet Plus
Cisco's Valet wireless hotspot.
A saudade ballad for Facebook
YouTube video prompts review of airline security
A file photo of women wering the niqab in The Hague, Netherlands.
Knuckle Princess searching for first 'W'
Knuckleballer Eri Yoshida, 18, of the Chico Outlaws en route to a three strike out first inning against the Victoria Seals of the independent Golden League in Victoria, B.C. on Tuesday July 27, 2010. The game marks the "Knuckleball Princess"' first road start this season, making her the first woman in baseball history to pitch professionally in three different countries. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Arnold Lim
Shafie S. Fazel
Worst intersection: Bloor and Symington
Quebec siblings challenge school fitness test
Florence, left, and Olivier Dallaire-Turmel, right, aged 18 and 20 played hockey at home
Man killed in accident in B.C. fire zone
A ConnAir plane drops a load of fire retardant Friday over a fire which is 4km East of the Alexis Creek Cache, BC. A ConnAir plane crashed Saturday fighting a fire 18 km south of Lytton.
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