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August 8

'The world doesn't get it'
As trial draws near, Omar Khadr lays bare his angst in letter to lawyer
Omar Khadr, photographed in 2009.
Toronto commuters driven to distraction
Edmonton baseball coach resigns
London sergeant reaches out to prostitutes to keep them safe
Adam Radwanski
Woman charged with fraud for fake cancer fundraiser
Using your cellphone for talking? That's so 2007
Ivor Tossell
Review: Withings WiFi Body Scale
Password protect your apps
A snap of the past
From Camp Nou to the Eastlands
Manchester City's Yaya Toure (L) and Dortmund's Turkish midfielder Nuri Sahin vie for the ball during the pre-season test football match Borussia Dortmund vs Manchester City at the Signal Iduna Park stadium in the western German city of Dortmund on August 4, 2010. Getty Images/ PATRIK STOLLARZ
Seahawks appreciate referee's honesty
Seattle Seahawks' Golden Tate gains ground after a reception during a NFL football training camp Monday, Aug. 2, 2010, in Renton, Wash. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
High-risk pregnancies face transfers from Vancouver Island
Rubenstein: Woods whiffs ahead of PGA Championship
Tiger Woods reacts after his fairway shot on the eighth hole during the fourth round of the Bridgestone Invitational golf tournament at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio on Sunday, Aug. 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)
Soccer teams stage boycott after referee allegedly threatened with gun
Teens prepare for a soccer game in Brooklyn, NY.
Rubenstein: Lefty's big letdown
Phil Mickelson smiles before hitting his tee shot on the third hole during the final round of the World Golf Championships - Bridgestone Invitational on the South Course at Firestone Country Club on August 8, 2010 in Akron, Ohio. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
Blog: Here we go again
Brian Hoyle with his PGA Championship tickets
Hockey's Sid the Kid in awe of the tennis Maestro
Tennis star Roger Federer celebrates his 29th birthday with Pittsburgh Penguins forward Sidney Crosby at a photo opportunity at the Rogers Cup in Toronto on Sunday, August 8, 2010. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Gregory Strong
From a boutique hotel to a big world of golf
Herb Kohler
B.C. landslide may be over, but debris expected to wreak more havoc
A farm along the Lillooet River, jammed with mud and debris after a massive slide north of Pemberton, B.C., on Friday.
Troubled Eskimos face long road to recovery
Allan Maki
Montgomerie considering Langer for Ryder Cup
Colin Montgomerie
Mickelson fumbles shot at number one
Phil Mickeson
Canada rows to victory at the Henley
Kuznetsova saves the day in Carlsbad
Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia celebrates after defeating Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland in thee sets during the women's tennis final at the Mercury Insurance Open in Carlsbad, California August 8, 2010. REUTERS/Mike Blake
Sports fans, beware of CBC shakeup
CBC Executive Vice-President Richard Stursberg speaks during the unveiling of CBC Television`s 2009 fall schedule in Toronto on September 16, 2009. CBC has announced the sudden departure of English Services chief Richard Stursberg, who oversaw a massive overhaul at the public broadcaster during his six-year tenure. CBC president Hubert Lacroix told employees the news Friday Aug. 6, 2010, but gave no reason for the change. Stursberg's last day was Friday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
Détente with Saudis buoys hope for RIM's future in Arab world
Cyberspace confidential: Tech companies in emerging markets like Saudi Arabia, pictured, and the UAE can face vexing ethical issues and dubious associations
Terrell Owens still wants to be a Cowboy
Terrell Owens #81 of the Cincinnati Bengals is pictured during the Bengals training camp at Georgetown College on July 31, 2010 in Georgetown, Kentucky. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
Gordon Campbell's trip to elite Bilderberger conference cost B.C. thousands
British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell during a break between meetings at the Western Premiers' Conference in Dawson City, Yukon, on Thursday June 18, 2009.
TFC builds playoff case
Chad Barrett #19 of Toronto FC contains the ball against Chivas USA during an MLS game at BMO Field on August 7, 2010 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Abelimages/Getty Images)
Arencibia preserves magic momentos
Toronto Blue Jays catcher J.P. Arencibia gets a hug from his mom Irene Arenciba at the end of their American League MLB baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays in Toronto August 7, 2010. Arencibia hit two home runs, a double and a single in his first major league start. REUTERS/Fred Thornhill
Council vote to decide fate of iconic Victoria bridge
Windsor advances to Little League World Series
CBC says switch to digital too onerous to make deadline
Children play with a ball near a television set equipped with a traditional "rabbit ears" antenna that was set up to monitor a live broadcast, in this Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2009 file photo taken in Seattle. TV stations across the U.S. plan to cut their analog signals Friday June 12, 2009, ending a six-decade era for the technology and likely stranding more than 1 million unprepared homes without TV service.
Criminal Code amendments to deal with honour killing unlikely
Justice Minister Rob Nicholson speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons on Friday, March 5, 2010.
Man who found anti-abortion sniper claims he has been cheated of his reward
Anti-abortion extremist James Kopp during his 2003 trial for the slaying of Dr. Barnett Slepian. Mr. Kopp, a person of interest in three non-fatal shootings in Canada, was found guilty of murder.
How to prepare for executor duties
Teck hit with shutdown as miners strike
Teck CEO Don Lindsay
Saxon scores as a top performer
A magical, masterful Tokyo Quartet
Agnes Grossman bids farewell to summer festival
Grossmann has brought to the festival a wide personal experience in music-making.
Spanish seduction meets American abstraction
Madrid?s Compania Nacional de Danza 2 performs Gnawa: a cunning fusion of folk-dance elements and showy ballet tricks.
PBS is what CBC could be: marginal and obscure
John Doyle
Pilots extol virtues of vintage aircraft
How to escape a sinking car
Gordon Giesbrecht, a University of Manitoba thermophysiologist, risked his life to develop scientifically backed recommendations for drivers who find themselves in a sinking vehicle.
Rally around brave Mexican journalists
Mexican journalists protest against violence towards journalists in Mexico placing on the ground pictures of murdered journalists, on August 7, 2010 in Mexico City. More than 60 journalists have been killed in Mexico during the last decade, many of them by drug traffickers.
In citizenship fight, Republicans forget their history
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer looks toward a car coming toward at the border crossing between the U.S. and Canada, in Blaine, Wash.
Senseless census argument number four
Industry Minister Tony Clement appears before the House of Commons Industry committee looking into changes of the long-form census on Parliament in Ottawa, Tuesday July 27, 2010.
Wells dislocates toe
Morrow loses no-hit bid in ninth
Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Brandon Morrow works against the Tampa Bay Rays during third inning MLB baseball action in Toronto Sunday, August 8, 2010.
Canada's prisons see 50-per-cent spike in older inmates
Key Tory ridings in Quebec showered in stimulus money: study
Conservative party candidate Bernard Genereux, right, celebrates with Conservative MP Christian Paradis after winning the federal by-election in the riding of Montmagny-L'Islet-Kamouraska-Riviere-du-Loup, at his headquarters of La Pocatiere Nov. 9, 2009.
Nunavut judge blocks seismic testing in Lancaster Sound
The Coast Guard icebreaker Terry Fox sits in the waters of Lancaster Sound, Nunavut, at the eastern gates of the Northwest Passage, in 2006.
Jean Chrétien in good spirits after brain surgery, aide says
Former prime minister of Canada Jean Chretien delivers a speech at the 3rd Global Competitiveness Forum in Riyadh January 26, 2009. REUTERS/Fahad Shadeed (SAUDI ARABIA)
Gatlin continues comeback with second win
Moyse set for rugby return
Named Most Valuable Player, Heather Moyse makes a break for the goal line during second half World Cup action at the in Edmonton, Alta. on Friday, September 8, 2006. Canada won the match over Kazakhstan 45 -5, and concludes their round robin play with a record of 2 wins 1 loss.
Woods in total disarray
Tiger Woods
United too good for Chelsea in Community Shield
Dimitar Berbatov of Manchester United celebrates as he scores their third goal during the FA Community Shield match between Chelsea and Manchester United at Wembley Stadium on August 8, 2010 in London, England.
Rollergirls championship
The Vancouver-based Terminal City Rollergirls compete in their final bout of the flat-track roller derby season on Saturday night at Minoru Arena in Richmond.
Woman assaulted in Toronto's west end
Key factors for the housing market
Federal Reserve to provide markets with latest take on economic revival
A swinging victory for Down syndrome
Paul Waldie
WHO to declare H1N1 pandemic over
The researchers found that the universal vaccine program prevented about 61 per cent of flu cases each season.
Russian man dies during world sauna championship
The sauna and the final two competitors - Finland's Timo Kaukonen and Russia's Vladimir Ladyzhenskiy - are shielded by a tarpaulin at the final at the World Sauna Championships in Heinola, Finland, on Saturday, Aug. 7, 2010.
Victoria Stafford's brother, father to finish fundraising bike ride
Victoria Stafford is shown in this undated family handout photo.
Police investigating human remains found in Niagara River
Car bombs tear across three Iraq cities
A woman grieves for a relative killed the day before by one of the explosions tore through a market in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, 550 kilometers southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Aug. 8, 2010.
Stamps deal Lions a crushing blow
Calgary Stampeders' Robert McCune, right, tackles B.C. Lions' Yonus Davis during first half CFL action in Vancouver, B.C., on Saturday August 7, 2010. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Dokic rallies at VanOpen
Stephen Harper's summer ... so far
Editorial cartoon by Brian Gable
David Beckham ready to return
British soccer star David Beckham arrives before the friendly game Los Angeles Galaxy vs Real Madrid in Pasadena, California on August 7, 2010. Getty Images / GABRIEL BOUYS
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