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November 28

Eastern Canada tunes out of all-West Grey Cup
B.C. Lions wide receiver Akeem Foster is tackled by Winnipeg Blue Bombers defensive back Alex Suber.
Brian Burke hits three-year mark with Leafs flying high
Toronto Maple Leafs General Manager Brian Burke is approaching his third anniversary with the NHL club. FILE PHOTO: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim won't step down despite scandal
Syracuse head basketball coach Jim Boeheim (C), along with assistant coach Bernie Fine (L), watch the final seconds of the NCAA basketball game against Villanova run down in Philadelphia in this file image from January 21, 2006. A long-time assistant basketball coach at Syracuse University, Fine was put on administrative leave on November 17, 2011 after police reopened an investigation of alleged inappropriate behavior with a ball boy. Fine, in his 35th season with Syracuse, was placed on leave "in light of the new allegations and the Syracuse City Police investigation, " said Peter Englot, associate vice president of public affairs at Syracuse. The allegations were first reported in 2005. REUTERS/Bradley C Bower
Police clerk said 'missing hookers' not investigated, probe hears
Detail of a poster board showing 48 of the missing women displayed outside the court house in New Westminster Jan. 30, 2007, the seventh day of the Robert Pickton trial.
Each NBA team can waive one bad contract
Under the new NBA labour deal teams would be free to unload one bad deal with each team being free to one multi-million dollar 'do-over'. The Orlando Magic could offload Gilbert Arenas. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
Safety neglected at mushroom farm
Police officers stand at the scene after three people were overcome by an unknown substance and died at a mushroom farm in Langley, B.C., in 2008.
Monday Night Football airs Kapp-Mosca fight
Monday Night football aired a clip from Friday's CFL alumni luncheon fight between CFL legends Angelo Mosca and Joe Kapp ahead of the Giants-Saints game at the Superdome in New Orleans. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)
Words to the wise: fiscal sustainability
Marcus Gee
Mexican migrant workers sue Ottawa for alleged breach of Charter rights
A migrant worker from Mexico picks peaches at an orchard in Beamsville, Ont.
Senators roll the dice with Erik Karlsson
Roy MacGregor
MLA accepts challenge to live on $610 stipend
Jagrup Brar will spend part of his time living in Surrey, part in Vancouver.
Downward spirals cost NHL coaches their jobs
David Shoalts
Mining firm, native bands seek injunctions
Fish Lake is 125 km southwest of Williams Lake in the traditional territories of the Xeni Gwet'in First Nation. The lake is at the centre of the controversial Prosperity Mine project proposed by Taseko Mines Ktd.
Topp wants to turn the tide on tax cuts
Brian Topp, NDP president is photographed in Toronto, Ont. Sept. 7/2011.
Robertson presses province for shelter money
Dave (first name only) a homeless man sits on the corner of Burrard St. and West Georgia St. in Vancouver in January, 2011.
Talks with B.C. teachers break off over class size
British Columbia Education Minister George Abbott visits a kindergarten class at James Thompson Elementary School in Richmond, B.C., on Tuesday November 16, 2010.
Yakupov's style unique, with splashes of NHL superstars
Nail Yakupov laughs with his Sarnia Sting teammates prior to their OHL game against the Mississauga St. Michael's Majors at the Hershey Centre in Mississauga Sunday Nov. 13, 2011. (Tim Fraser for The Globe and Mail)
Russian star Yakupov pegged to go No. 1
Nail Yakupov of the Sarnia Sting is seen here during the Sting's OHL game against the Mississauga St. Michael's Majors at the Hershey Centre in Mississauga Sunday Nov. 13, 2011. (Tim Fraser for The Globe and Mail)
Living donors help strangers get a second chance
Erin Taylor donated a kidney to a stranger and is part of the 100th transplant since the Living Donor Paired Exchange Program began two years ago.
Lions schedule Grey Cup celebration at BC Place
B.C. Lions quarterback Travis Lulay misfired early but took control in the second half to win the game's MVP award.
4.6-million viewers watch 99th Grey Cup
B.C Lions running back Andrew Harris attempts to run the ball past linebacker Clint Kent.
Government officials on the ground at struggling Attawapiskat reserve
Attawapiskat has become a focus of international attention because of its deplorable living conditions.
Best pictures from November 28
Skiers ride a chair lift under blue skies and freshly fallen snow in Lake Louise, Alberta November 28, 2011.
How much does dying cost Canadians?
Staff make their rounds in the critical care unit at Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto.
Canadiens' Pacioretty gets three-game suspension for head shot
Montreal Canadiens' Max Pacioretty faces a three game suspension after Saturday's head shot on Pittsburgh Penguins Kristopher Letang. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
Did your first kiss look like this?
A scene from TLC's Virgin Diaries.
Facebook plans IPO between April and June: report
A Facebook page is displayed on a computer screen in Brussels April 21, 2010.
In Iran, a series of mysterious incidents raises sabotage suspicions
A woman walks past an anti-U.S. mural at the former U.S. embassy in Tehran November 19, 2011. The former U.S. embassy was the site of the 1979-1981 hostage crisis in which a group of militant Iranian students held 52 U.S. diplomats hostage for 444 days. The building is currently being used by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards.
Canada needs to spark productivity by sharpening appetite for risk
Canada needs to stimulate productivity by sharpening the appetite for risk
Canada adds its objections to $100-billion climate fund
Environment Minister Peter Kent holds a news conference in Ottawa on Nov. 28, 2011 as he prepares to leave for climate talks in Durban later this week.
Video: The trailer for TLC's Virgin Diaries
A scene from the trailer for TLC's Virgin Diaries.
It's not easy driving electric postal-delivery vehicles
Union and management agree that Canada Post's new green vehicles are the future of their business.
Sears Canada cuts 70 jobs
People walk past the main Sears store in downtown Vancouver.
Beleaguered RCMP wrestles with bloat at the centre
There are now 4,569 people working at RCMP headquarters in Ottawa, more than double the number posted there in 2000
Volatility takes its toll on mutual funds
A stock trader reacts to a declining Dax in Frankfurt on Aug. 5, 2011.
Target digs in heels as labour union applies to keep unionized status
Black Friday shoppers wait for the midnight opening of an Emeryville, Calif., Target location. Target says it will oppose an attempt to have unionized workers at its Canadian stores.
Greece's top statistician under fire over debt numbers
A sign playing on the Greek acronym of dominant electricity producer Public Power Corporation reads 'I can't pay additional taxes and the property levy,' in central Veria, northern Greece, on Friday, Nov. 18, 2011. As two years of pay cuts and tax hikes pummel living standards in debt-crippled Greece, many in this northern town can't pay for basic utilities such as electricity - and get cut off from the grid.
OSC eyes U.S. Citibank ruling
OSC eyes Citibank ruling as it mulls 'no-contest' settelments.
Stock market surge hints at hope for end to Europe's debt crisis
Traders work at the Chicago Board of Trade in Chicago on Monday, Nov. 28. Global stocks rose for the first time in 11 days and commodities and the euro advanced as European leaders drafted a framework for the region's bailout fund.
Stocks with a built-in cash flow cushion
Rogers' pick-and-pay TV pilot gets low-key launch
Joel Timmerman subscribes to Rogers Cable at home in London, Ont.
In pictures: What Canada watches on TV
Quebec plan for north a bonus for Canada's Arctic claims: Charest
Quebec Premier Jean Charest speaks about Plan Nord, a northern Quebec development plan, Wednesday in Quebec City.
Health Canada withdraws Avastin as breast cancer treatment
Health Canada has told drug maker Hoffman-La Roche, whose subsidiary Genentech manufactures Avastin, to remove the breast cancer indication from the drug's label.
Judge jails woman charged with defrauding seniors, immigrants
The judge, the bank and the toothless watchdog
The Securities and Exchange Commission headquarters in Washington. The SEC is considering forcing money market funds to float their net asset values, like other mutual funds do.
Why B.C. Lions' core is built for more
Allan Maki
Europe devalues its bonds when it hinders hedging
The illuminated euro sign is seen in front of the headquarters of the European Central Bank (ECB) in Frankfurt April 5, 2011.
Quebecor's Sun Media cutting 400 jobs: union
Pierre Karl Peladeau, president and CEO of Quebecor Inc.
Ottawa wants to streamline environmental reviews
Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver says Canada must streamline the environmental review process to avoid delaying major energy and mining projects.
Peruvian cyclist Agreda faces two-year doping ban
Break the mortgage before debt breaks you
Rob Carrick
Ottawa strips Wheat Board of control over grain sales
The Conservative government is set to scrap the wartime-era monopoly given to the Canadian Wheat Board.
Thinking small in the oil sands
Bob Nicolay, chief executive officer of Oak Point, in front of a 3-D model that he and his company are developing to be small and portable oil sands plants.
CP borrows to cut pension deficit
Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. is paying down its pension deficit for the third consecutive year.
Despite Grey Cup loss, Bombers cheered on return to Winnipeg
Winnipeg Blue Bombers quarterback Buck Pierce sits in the dressing room after losing to the B.C. Lions in the CFL Grey Cup CFL football game Vancouver, B.C., on Sunday November 27, 2011. Despite the loss over 100 Winnipeg fans turned out at the city airport on Monday to welcome the team back home. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Health Canada withdraws Avastin approval for breast cancer
Health Canada has revoked its approval of the drug Avastin as a treatment for metastatic breast cancer. The announcement comes 10 days after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration took the same step.
Re-enactment of B.C. mushroom farm industrial accident
Michael Phan is comforted by his wife, Le Phuong, at Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster, B.C., on Thursday October 16, 2008. Phan was overcome by noxious fumes while working at a Langley mushroom farm in September. Three people were killed in the incident.
Prognosis looking up for pure-play CML HealthCare
David Milstead
Through the Glass, by Shannon Moroney
Shannon Moroney on the happiest day of her life, or so she thought.
Questioning car repair advice? Get a second opinion
Rob MacGregor
Teaching: It's only human (sorry, chimps)
Men don't think about sex every seven seconds: study
Vegas casino pulls plug on Cirque's Elvis show
A scene from Cirque du Soleil's "Viva Elvis"
No more Mr. Average Guy for Ed Helms
Ed Helms poses for a portrait in the Fender Music Lodge during the 2011 Sundance Film Festival on Friday, Jan. 22, 2011 in Park City, Utah.
I don't tell people when I go for mammograms
The belief that breast screening is crucial in cancer mortality is deeply ingrained.
Fitch drops U.S. debt outlook to negative
Sen. John Kerry, a member of the U.S. "super committee," talks to the press on Nov. 21 after the committee failed to reach a bipartisan debt-reduction agreement.
HSBC's private equity group completes spinout
Doctor had a raging curiosity matched with intellect
Fraser Mustard in 1995
Are Canadian banks deeply oversold?
Bank towers in Toronto
Serious talk on the economy, and some belly laughs
Austan Goolsbie
Last race for F1 driver Rubens Barrichello?
Rubens Barrichello of Brazil prepares to drive during the Brazilian Formula One Grand Prix at the Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace on November 27, 2011 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Arab League sanctions against Syria are welcome
A giant portrait of embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad hangs on a building in the capital Damascus on November 28, 2011.
Toronto man taking ‘catch 22’ of growing medical marijuana to court
Nestlé to investigate child labour in Ivory Coast
Girls work on cocoa beans in Sankadiokrou near Abengourou, Ivory Coast, Nov. 21, 2011. Nestle is investigating child labour practices in the African nation, which accounts for one-third of global cocoa production, and 10 per cent of Nestlé’s supplies.
In photos: The Puss in Boots juggernaut
Salma Hayek arrives at the "Puss in Boots" Australian premiere November 27, 2011 in Sydney, Australia.
Philosophical lessons in Occupy? One yoga teacher's quest
Sarah Hampson
Credit agencies lack credibility after role in crisis: survey
Ford shows restraint without imposing crushing cuts
A garden in the sky in the heart of Vancouver
The building will utilize cutting-edge green technology, such as a geothermal heat exchange that traps heat from a hub of Telus circuits.
Enjoy a free dose of history in Ottawa
The Museum of Civilization in Gatineau, Que.
The close: Dow, TSX surge with global rally
Neiman Marcus profits rise as affluent customers spend "with confidence"
Luxury retailer Neiman Marcus posted net income of $48.4-million (U.S.) for the quarter ended Oct. 29, nearly double that of a year ago.
Osler nabs former AMF investigation chief
Stephen Gomes
Stephen Gomes
Nuclear plant workers fired over alleged drug use
A look inside the simulation training room at the Pickering nuclear plant.
Markets look so 2008, says technical analyst
Fashion photos of the week: Nov. 29
Minister doesn't plan quick change to telecom rules
Canada's Industry Minister Christian Paradis speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Nov. 21, 2011.
10 U.S. dividend stocks to keep you safe into 2012
Rally lifts stinkers, but not RIM
Impact get Davy Arnaud in trade with Sporting KC
Davy Arnaud #22 of the Sporting Kansas City is pursued by Dwayne De Rosario #17 Red Bulls of the Sporting Kansas City at Red Bull Arena on April 30, 2011 in Harrison, NJ.
Venezuela begins to repatriate gold reserves
Armoured vehicles carrying gold bars drive past Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Nov. 25, 2011. The first shipment of gold bars arrived home in Venezuela on Friday after President Hugo Chavez ordered that almost all of the country's foreign bullion reserves be repatriated from Western bank vaults.
Falcon non-committal about balancing budget
British Columbia Finance Minister Kevin Falcon.
Analyst keen on RIM, sees shares as 'absurdly oversold'
Michael Babad
Twitter acquires mobile security start-up Whisper Systems
LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 01: A close-up view of the logo for the microblogging website Twitter on June 1, 2011 in London, England. Anonymous Twitter users have recently claimed to reveal the identity of numerous high-profile individuals who have taken out legal privacy injunctions. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)
Four great customer service tips
Time to buy low-flying WestJet stock: CIBC
Darcy Keith
Chantal Petitclerc joins UK Athletics as coach for 2012 Paralympics
Canadian Paralympic athlete Chantal Petitclerc poses with the five gold medals she won at the Beijing Paralympic Games after arriving at Pearson International Airport in Toronto, September 18, 2008.
Five things to avoid when coaching a sales rep
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