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September 5

Banks struggle to boost loans as demand ebbs in weak rebound
Gordon Nixon, RBC president and CEO
A Tale of two TFCs
Toronto FC's Nick Labrocca (left) is congratulated by Dan Gargan (centre) after scoring the opening goal as Chicago Fire's Tim Ward reacts during first half MLS action in Toronto on Saturday, May 8, 2010. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Courtside in Queens
Rafael Nadal of Spain tosses the ball to serve to Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany in Rogers Cup ATP tennis action in Toronto on Friday August 13, 2010. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
Maria's next big test
Maria Sharapova of Russia serves to Beatrice Capra of the United States at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Paul J. Bereswill)
Ujjal Dosanjh stands up to extremism in life, politics - and on film
Vancouver South MP Ujjal Dosanjh spoke with the Globe and Mail at the New Delhi premiere of a film about his life.
NATIONWIDE: Kisner wins title
Nova Scotia takes stock of Earl's wrath
A Halifax resident stands before a tree uprooted by Earl on Sept. 4.
The melancholy at the end of summer
Mich?le Gauvreau, shown at a Saint-Jean-Chrysostom, Que., playground with her husband and children, gave her kids a structure-free summer holiday.
The Big Three
Quarterback Drew Brees #9 of the New Orleans Saints, who did not play, watches during an exhibition game against the Tennessee Titans at LP Field on September 2, 2010 in Nashville, Tennessee. Tennessee won 27-24. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images)
Mad as hell and not going to take it any more!
Howard Beale, played by Peter Finch, in the 1976 satire Network. AP/File
When does a 5-kilometre trek take 40 minutes? On the TTC
It takes Janet Fitzsimmons 40 minutes on the TTC to get to work, which is only about five kilometres away.
Playing on Labour Day
Hamilton Tiger Cats Arland Bruce III in action against Toronto Argonauts on August 20, 2010. Scoring touchdowns at Ivor Wynne Stadium has always brought out Arland Bruce's artistic side. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Chris Young
Argos hope five times a charm
Toronto Argonauts quarterback Cleo Lemon throws a pass against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats during the first half of their CFL football game in Toronto August 20, 2010.REUTERS/Mike Cassese
The consummate team man
Allan Maki
NFL cuts cruel to Canadians
John Chick, of the Saskatchewan Roughriders, holds his trophy for the CFL Most Outstanding Defensive Player during the 2009 Gibson's Finest Players Awards on Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009 in Calgary, Alta. The Montreal Alouttes take on the Saskatchewan Roughriders this Sunday in the 97th Grey Cup. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Nationwide vigils to highlight violence against aboriginal women
Maisy Odjick and Shannon Alexander were last seen Sept. 6, 2008. The girls, who were then 16, vanished from the Kitigan Zibi Anishinab aboriginal community, north of Ottawa.
Sideshow on the sidelines
Catharine Pendrel of Harvey Station N.B. gets a kiss from her husband Keith Wilson after she crossed the finish in fourth place in the women's Elite cross-country on Saturday Sept. 4, 2010, at the Mountain Bike and Trials World Championships at Mont-Sainte-Anne, in Beaupre, Que. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
Rosser rides to Mountain Bike gold
Canada's Lauren Rosser of Squamish, B.C., makes her way to victory in the junior women's mountain bike downhill race on Sunday Sept. 5, 2010., at the Mountain Bike and Trials World Championships at Mont-Sainte-Anne, in Beaupre, Que. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Rugby: Canadian women settle for sixth
New Zealand's player of the match Carla Hohepa (R) does the haka with her teammates after defeating England in the Women's Rugby World Cup 2010 Final at Twickenham Stoop Stadium, southwest London, on September 5, 2010. New Zealand won the game 13-10. Getty Images/ADRIAN DENNIS
Vancouver mayor will downplay Bethune link on Chinese trade mission
For a hang-gliding instructor, tragedy strikes again
Marv Trudeau, 60, died after a hang-gliding accident on Salt Spring Island in August.
On Deck
New York Yankees' Derek Jeter, right, smiles as he talks with Reggie Jackson before the Yankees play the Toronto Blue Jays in a baseball game Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010, at Yankee Stadium in New York. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)
Stampeders wary of resurgent Eskimos
Calgary Stampeders' Henry Burris (R) hands off to team-mate Joffrey Reynolds during their CFL football game against the BC Lions in Vancouver, British Columbia August 27, 2010. REUTERS/Lyle Stafford
Seahawks RB Julius Jones cut
CIS: Rouge rout Redmen
Seeking critical mass for safer cycling
About 6,000 bicycle trips are made each day on Vancouver's Burrard Street Bridge.
Riders jump all over Bombers
Winnipeg Blue Bombers' Buck Pierce (4) is sacked by Saskatchewan Roughriders' Jerrell Freeman (50) and Barrin Simpson (2) during the second half of their CFL game in Regina Sunday, September 5, 2010. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
Andy Murray upset at U.S. Open
Andy Murray of Britain lets out a yell after winning a point against Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010. (AP Photo/Paul J. Bereswill)
Packers cut becomes Lions' gain
Immigration Minister calls on India, China to root out immigration fraud
Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Jason Kenney speaks during an announcement in Ottawa, Monday March 29, 2010.
That Cee Lo song? It's the Web flipping the bird to taboos
Ivor Tossell
How domestication has dumbed down our dogs
Disability writer Donna Thomson's clear-eyed look at the value of a life
Donna Thomson with her son Nicholas. Her new book, The Four Walls of My Freedom, is an examination of how we assess the value of a life.
Sensory processing disorder: Why it's not just the diagnosis du jour for kids
How to set up a homework space for your kids
The quiet Americans who are Canada's invisible immigrants
Scientists and couple Corey Nislow, right, and Guri Giaever, in this 2009 file photo, moved to Canada from Stanford University in the U.S. in 2006. They got lab jobs at the University of Toronto.
Parents, let them kids alone
U.S. Open Day 7
Venus Williams of the United States returns the ball to Shahar Peer of Israel at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010. Williams won the match 7-6(3), 6-3. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
ISS's controversial M&A role
Red Back Mining's Tasiast Gold Mine in Mauritania.
The Buck stops hero
Toronto Blue Jays catching hopeful J.P. Arencibia works out at the Blue Jays' spring training baseball facility in Dunedin, FL, Monday, February 22, 2010. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
A golden year for Sentry resource fund
Sept. 6: Letters to the editor
Cricketer cries foul about allegations
Pakistan international cricketer Yasir Hameed leaves the Pakistan High Commission in London following fresh allegations in the News of the World that he has accused his team-mates of fixing "almost every match", Sunday Sept. 5, 2010. The fresh allegations threaten to further rock the cricket world after the suspension of trio Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer who are now the subject of police and International Cricket Council (ICC) investigations.
Ontario prison spares feral cat colony
Police investigate after body discovered in Rideau Canal
Man, 21, charged in stabbing
Nestor, Zimonjic crash out
Canada's Daniel Nestor, right, and Serbia's Nenad Zimonjic wave as they defeat Czech Republic's Lukas Dlouhy and India's Leander Paes in the men's doubles final match for the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Saturday, June 5, 2010
Experts predict Canada's unemployment rate to hover at eight per cent
People line up at the Resource Canada offices in Montreal on April 9, 2009. As the engines of economic growth gear down in the latest quarter, economists say Canadians should get used to an eight per cent unemployment rate.
Ottawa raises cap at eleventh hour to keep student loans flowing
Dan Zimmerman, a fourth-year painting student at the Alberta College of Art and Design, moves into residence on Sept. 5. Mr. Zimmerman, 23, said he's taking out a student loan for the first time because of the rising cost of education.
Thordarson deserves longer contract
Teitur Thordarson looks on after the Vancouver Whitecaps announced he will be the team's head coach when they join Major League Soccer in 2011, during a news conference in Vancouver, B.C., on Thursday.
Coroner examining remains found near Orangeville
OPP cruisers and police tape cordon off a crime scene several hundred metres west of near Mountainview Rd and Beechgrove Sideroads, where human remains were found in a wooded area southeast of Orangeville, Sept. 5, 2010.
Astronauts say world should prepare for asteroid threats
Jimenez wins European Masters
Spain's Miguel Angel Jimenez celebrates after winning the European Masters golf tournament at Crans-Sur-Sierre Golf Club on September 5, 2010 in Crans Montana.
Police warn women to be careful after two Scarborough assaults
Indian swimmers fail dope test
Teen faces attempted murder charge after Brantford robbery, police say
Man injured repairing power lines in N.S.
Workers remove a damaged century-old spruce tree in Mahone Bay, N.S. on Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010. Hurricane Earl made landfall on Nova Scotia's South Shore leaving a trail of destruction across the region.
Dive team finds body in submerged car in Hamilton harbour
Nova Scotians still without power after province hammered by Earl
Residents survey the damage in Halifax, Nova Scotia after Hurricane Earl made landfall on Saturday September 4, 2010.
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