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September 23

New Zealand athlete pulls out of Commonwealth Games
A dog strays into the athletes practice area of the Commonwealth Games village in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. Indian officials scrambled Thursday to salvage the rapidly approaching Commonwealth Games as a growing number of competitors delayed their arrival to allow organizers time to finish their frantic preparations.
Bussin given hard time at Beaches-East York candidates' debate
Councillor Sandra Bussin returns to her seat after handing the microphone to a fellow candidate during an all-candidates meeting ahead of an election in the Beaches Ward in Toronto.
Living wall, 'mass casualty kits' all part of $1-billion tab for G8/G20 summits
A fake lake with Muskoka chairs, canoes and a giant screen showcasing images from cottage country can be seen inside the G20 Direct Media Centre in Toronto.
Best from September 23
A deadly Rowley Palm Pit Viper from southern Mexico, one of the rarest snakes, in the world is soon be on display in the new Reptile House at the Los Angeles Zoo. The zoo, located beside Los Angeles' Griffith Park, is home to 1,100 animals from around the world.
Bogota pageant celebrates beauties behind bars
Diana Layton, 21, a member of a right-wing paramilitary group since the age of 12, won the pageant.
'Since her illness, she just grips so tight'
Despite a dramatic downturn in her condition following a recent stroke, eighty-year old Tuyet Nguyen still enjoys sitting with her daughter, Thuy Crawford, and watching her grandchildren play.
Is there an environmental trigger?
Ontario Energy Minister's speech fails to electrify audience
Ontario Energy Minister Brad Duguid holds a news conference at Durham College in Whitby, Ont., on April 8, 2010.
What insulin can do
Novo-Nordisk makes the FlexPen, a pre-filled insulin delivery device that eliminates the step of loading insulin into the delivery system.
PM hails Canada as model global citizen in UN pitch
Prime Minister Stephen Harper addresses the UN summit on the Millennium Development Goals in New York on Sept. 21, 2010.
Insulin may hold key to 'diabetes of the brain'
A bottle and pills of the diabetes drug, Avandia are seen on July 14, 2010 in Miami, Florida
Bubble starts to burst for Leaf hopefuls
Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Ron Wilson reacts as he watches his team trail 4-0 to Carolina Hurricanes towards the end of the second period NHL action in Toronto on Tuesday, March 2, 2010.
Trial of accused subway pusher becomes battle of the shrinks
Adenir De Oliveira, shown in TTC surveillance footage, is accused of pushing two teens onto subway tracks in Toronto.
Kevin Falcon's counsel to Mr. Vander Zalm: chill, Bill
Rod Mickleburgh
After the Wavin' Flag come the wagging fingers for K'naan
CFL this week
Anthony Cavillo is back in the lineup for Montreal.
Queen's Park boosts arts funding by $27-million
Queen's Park
Argos running back Boyd dealing with the suicide of good friend Kenny McKinley
Lousy year for golf on TV
Tiger Woods reacts after putting on the 10th hole during the first round of the Deutsche Bank Championship at TPC Boston on September 3, 2010 in Norton, Massachusetts.
B.C., towns reach deal on funding transit expansion
Summerland locals may give RCMP the boot over new detachment
Security still an issue even as India throws huge resources at troubled Games
A worker sprays chemicals in water caused by heavy rains just outside the Athlete's Village for the Commonwealth Games to prevent the breeding of mosquitoes that have caused an outbreak of dengue fever in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010.Indian officials scrambled Thursday to salvage the rapidly approaching Commonwealth Games as a growing number of competitors delayed their arrival to allow organizers time to finish their frantic preparations.
Quote of the week
Bautista joins exclusive club
Toronto Blue Jays' Jose Bautista hits his 50th home run of the season in his first at bat in their MLB American League baseball game against the Seattle Mariners in Toronto September 23, 2010.
BC Rail in good financial health at time of sale, trial told
Lawyer Kevin McCullough May 18, 2010.
Flashback
Vancouver. Nov. 18, 1983. B.C. Premier Bill Bennett displays various facial expressions during open-line television program in Vancouver.
What the polls say
James failing to exploit Liberal disarray, pollster says
Montreal police chief steps back from selling services to private sector
Montreal police officers arrest a man.
Tracking the Leafs' cuts: 23 players left
Little mosque on the permafrost
A mosque loaded on a barge on the Mackenzie River on Sept. 13, 2010, appears in a still photo from the documentary Arctic Mosque.
Anti-elite PM hopes gun-registry anger unites suburban, rural voters
John Ibbitson
I was happily divorced ... and then I met someone
Sarah Hampson
Montreal's Ritz puts on a boutique style
An artist's rendering of what the luxury condos being built onto the Ritz-Carlton will look like in Montreal.
Finally meeting the neighbours - the silver lining of community action
Greeks fume over smoking ban
A man smokes next to a no-smoking sign in a cafe in Athens on September 1, 2010. Greek smokers were under pressure to curb their habit on September 1 as a new law banning smoking in public places went into effect in Europe's most nicotine-addicted nation. However restaurant and cafe owners have threatened to ignore the new legislation which they said was a threat to trade.
Canada weighs tighter rules on Avandia diabetes drug
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McCallion stands by her role in son's land deal
Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion testified at a judicial inquiry investigating conflict-of-interest allegations on Sept. 20.
China-Japan trade war looms
Chinese police officer patrols past a paramilitary policeman stand guard outside the Japanese Embassy in Beijing
Republicans present 'Pledge to America' agenda
Vote for the maple leaf in the Big Apple
Prime Minister Stephen Harper addresses the United Nations General Assembly Thursday, September 23, 2010 in New York.
Republicans water down their tea
U.S. House Minority Leader John Boehner (Republican, Ohio), holds a copy of "A Pledge To America", while flanked by members of Congress during an event at the Tart Lumber on September 23, 2010 in Sterling, Va.
Beware unconscious workplace bias
A worldly ad approach
A South Asian grocery store in the Toronto area
Democrats face an uphill rust-belt battle in Indiana's crucial district
Konrad Yakabuski
Oilers' Penner doesn't believe in hindsight
Edmonton Oilers' Dustin Penner celebrates after scoring against the Vancouver Canucks during second period NHL action in Vancouver, B.C., on Saturday November 28, 2009.
Europe braces for more bad news
Graffiti in Dublin
Closed-end funds: Calling all suckers
Fabrice Taylor
Canadian debt levels 'pushing toward the outer limit'
St. John's cleans up following Hurricane Igor
The heavy rain of tropical storm Igor damaged the Caribou Monument in Bowring Park in St. John's. The monument recognizes the contibution of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment at the battle of Beaumont Hamel
Suncor scores environmental first
Grasses grow at a new wetlands area on ground that once contained a large toxic effluent pond at Suncor Energy Inc.'s Wapisiw Lookout.
Mayoral debate: Environment issues in Toronto
Mayoral candidates, clockwise from left, Rocco Rossi, Joe Pantalone, George Smitherman, Rob Ford and Sarah Thomson photographed during an earlier debate.
Backlund moves up Flames' depth chart
Calgary Flames' Mikael Backlund, from Sweden, skates during the warm-up before NHL hockey action against the New York Islanders in Calgary, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009. After putting up 10 points in 23 games with the Calgary Flames last season, Backlund has his sights set on making a much bigger impact this year.
Enbridge pipeline to reopen under regulator's eye
Enbridge workers clean up the oil spill in Romeoville, Ill.,
Evergreen Brick Works set to become cultural beacon in Toronto
The Evergreen Brick Works site still under construction Sep 22, 2010. Work continues on the project which is scheduled to open in just a few days. Once complete the former brick factory will be a showplace for urban sustainability.
Toronto's Evergreen Brick Works
The Evergreen Brick Works site still under construction Sep 22, 2010. Work continues on the project which is scheduled to open in just a few days. Once complete the former brick factory will be a showplace for urban sustainability.
Bubble or not, Canadian markets in for rude awakening
David Rosenberg
Bell locks horns with Vidéotron on wireless
A worker assembles a Bell Canada billboard
Casey eyes $10-million prize
Paul Casey of England chips out of the sand onto the 14th green during the first round of THE TOUR Championship presented by Coca-Cola at East Lake Golf Club on September 23, 2010 in Atlanta, Georgia.
The housing boom is over-really
Regulation can be capitalism's best friend
BP
Roy Borzellino's secrets for picking stocks
Sapling from Anne Frank's tree headed to Montreal
n this Nov. 19, 2007 file photo a tree expert, center, is silhouetted as he climbs Anne Frank's chestnut tree ahead of tests to determine its ability to remain upright during a storm, in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The monumental chestnut tree has fallen over Monday, Aug. 23, 2010, a spokeswoman for the Anne Frank Museum says. The 27-ton tree was encased in a steel tripod as a precaution of the danger it might fall. The tree's trunk snapped close to the ground and it toppled into neighboring gardens, damaging several sheds. No one was hurt.
Wallach could be missing piece in Jays' puzzle
Who will replace Cito Gaston as Jays' manager?
RBC flexes its diversity muscles
10 gems for the value investor
Murad Al-Katib, the CEO of Alliance Grain Traders, pours red lentils into a tote bag at the Saskcan Pulse Trading Main Plant just outside of Regina, Saskatchewan.
Couche-Tard's quest to buy Casey's may be over
Alain Bouchard, Chairman, President and CEO of Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc., addresses shareholders at the companys annual general meeting in Montreal, Wednesday, September 3, 2008. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Graham Hughes
Kids these days are swearing earlier and more often
Stella Vaughn-Birch
Teaching north of 53
Canadian portfolio gains, but where is the magic?
Mad Men, Episode 10
U.S. regulator clears BHP bid
BHP Billiton head office in Melbourne.
Food watchdog asks who's minding the store
Dermatologist Professor Rick Holley of the department of Food Science at the University of Manitoba is photographed with some meat products that have been created with flax and mustard as part of their ingredients to provide some microbial protection against such things as e-coli and listeria on Friday, August 29, 2008.
Has Warren Buffett gone bonkers?
Mad Men, Episode 10
Jon Hamm and Kiernan Shipka in Mad Men.
Nike profit surges past forecasts
Nike
Prisons failing mentally ill inmates: report
How Tim Hortons will take over the world
The October 2010 issue of Report on Business magazine.
Opposition unites in bid to save census
An employee makes his way to work at Statistics Canada in Ottawa on on July 21, 2010.
Art dealer Mira Godard dead at 82
Mira Godard, circa 1968.
Michael Douglas: Wall Street and Villains
The G20 deserves a second look
Police in riot gear stand on University Avenue at College Street to block an anti-G20 summit march in downtown Toronto on June 25, 2010.
How to put someone in the recovery position
Clearing debt a priority: Air Canada CFO
Charest denies being told of influence peddling
Quebec Premier Jean Charest testifies at the Inquiry Commission into the appointment process for judges Thursday, September 23, 2010 in Quebec City. Commissioner Michel Bastarache, behind, looks on.
Glenn a huge fan of helmet headsets
MDS Nordion taps Russian isotope supplier
A worker uses an MDS Manipulator
DVDs: Original King Kong still dwarfs its remakes
The close: U.S. financials lead afternoon slide
TMX v. Alpha on the Dark Side
Kalou doubtful for Chelsea's Man City test
Wall Street 2: Official trailer
Actor and cast member Michael Douglas arrives with Shia LaBeouf (L) for the premiere of the film "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps" in New York September 20, 2010.
Read the nitty gritty details on G20 summit costs
Love or money? More in U.S. shacking up amid hard times
Michael Babad
$1-billion G20 tab includes furniture, 'geomatics' and 'fireballs'
Police escort a G20 summit protester away from a demonstration in Toronto on June 25, 2010.
A forgotten piece of the family picture
Is a virus making us fat?
Children and teens take off from the starting line for the annual run/walk for patients and their friends and families at The Children's Hospital in Aurora, Colorado June 5, 2010.
Should I leave my sexless marriage?
Lynn Coady
Your complete listing of movies on television (Sept. 24-30)
Rowan Atkinson steals a scene in Four Weddings and a Funeral.
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