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Protesters disperse after briefly occupying construction site
Cities move independently to put safety barriers on trucks
A Public Works' mechanic works on a dump truck which has been retrofitted with side guards, in their Westmount, Quebec garage on November 29, 2011.
Ryan Smyth continues tear with Oilers
Edmonton Oilers left wing Ryan Smyth is on pace for a 40 goal season. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
Ford's press secretary resigns for job at the Toronto Sun
Adrienne Batra has been a key member of the Ford team since he began his bid for the mayoralty.
Best pictures from November 29
Fishing boats head from the harbour in West Dover, N.S. as the lobster season on the province's South Shore opens on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011.
Drew Brees puts Packers - and record book - on notice
New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees (9) warms up prior to kickoff of a game against the New York Giants at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. Derick E. Hingle-US PRESSWIRE
A budget of many small cuts, but no apocalypse
Mayor Rob Ford's proposed 2012 budget includes $15-million in cuts to TTC service.
Province to pay for 42 winter shelter beds in Vancouver
Argos could benefit from Milanovich as coach
A Toronto Argonaut helmet.
Boys' poor results in reading feared to be spreading to math, science
Thirteen-year-old Jake Shirley, a grade eight student at Kitsilano Secondary School, poses for a photograph with his balloon car science fair project at the school in Vancouver, B.C., on Tuesday November 29, 2011.
Motorola's RAZR does things an iPhone can't
screenshot of Motorola's new Razr smartphone
Derogatory comments by detectives, clerk hindered Pickton investigation, senior officer says
The use by police officers of discriminatory language toward prostitutes adversely affected the work of the Vancouver Police Department's missing women investigation, Deputy Chief Doug LePard told the missing women inquiry.
Attack on bus altered his life, driver testifies
Charles Dixon, a driver for Coast Mountain Bus Company, rests at home in February after being assaulted by a passenger.
Council compromise preserves Environment Days
Environment Days give residents a chance to drop off hazardous waste.
Minister accuses EI union of working to rule
Minister of Human Resources Diane Finley during Question Period in the House of Commons, Oct. 26, 2011.
Supreme Court asked to hear end-of-life case
Parichehr Salasel, wife of Hassan Rasouli who has been in a coma since undergoing brain surgery in October, photographed while visiting her husband at Sunnybrook Hospital on Bayview Ave., Toronto November 29 2011.
Larger, revamped version of euro-zone bailout fund unveiled
Klaus Regling, chief executive officer of the European Financial Stability Fund, left, speaks as Jean-Claude Juncker, Luxembourg's Prime Minister and president of the Eurogroup, listens during a news conference after a Eurogroup finance ministers meeting at the European Council headquarters in Brussels on Tuesday.
Popular media personality loved horse racing, alter egos
Michael Magee as Fred C. Dobbs
Kent rejects climate 'guilt payment' to poorer countries
Environment Minister Peter Kent holds a news conference in Ottawa, Monday November 28,2011 as he prepares to leave for climate talks in Durban later this week.
Michael Phelps predicts records will tumble in new swimsuit
US swimmer Michael Phelps swims a men's 200 meters Butterfly heat at the FINA short course swimming World Cup in Berlin, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
Pressure growing for drug testing of nuclear plant staff
Authorized Nuclear Operator David Berkers, takes part in a training session in the Pickering "B" Simulation training room at the Pickering Nuclear Power Plant in Pickering, Ontario Canada.
Departing CRTC head, once at odds with cabinet, lauds its directives
Konrad von Finckenstein, the chairman of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, waits to testify before the Commons industry committee on Parliament Hill in Ottawa Feb. 3, 2011. REUTERS/Chris Wattie (CANADA - Tags: POLITICS HEADSHOT MEDIA)
B.C. Premier presses Ottawa for break on HST repayment
Latest Cain revelation marks true start of GOP campaign
Konrad Yakabuski
Berths in Olympic curling trials on the line
Saskatchewan skip Amber Holland calls a shot during the morning draw at the 2011 Tournament of Hearts in Charlottetown, PEI on Monday Feb. 21, 2011. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
These nets stop deer, not pucks
A police officer in Helena, Montana, baits a clover trap. The town of Cranbrook, B.C., recently procured 10 similar traps to use as part of its deer management program.
In Ontario's deficit battle, enter the unknown soldier
Adam Radwanski
Sorry kids, Santa says you can't have everything
Toronto FC acquires defenders Jeremy Hall
Young Free Egyptians challenge entrenched Muslim Brotherhood
Election volunteers that support the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party sit at a desk with a computer outside a Cairo polling station on Tuesday.
Flaherty's bid to increase in fines puzzles financial industry
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty wants to impose stiffer fines for financial institutions that breach consumer-protection laws.
Bruins matchup a 'measuring stick' for Leafs
Toronto Maple Leafs Joffrey Lupul. REUTERS/Danny Moloshok
Court rules Hells Angel not entitled to stay in Canada
Playing against Bobby Orr
Bobby Orr is seen in this Globe and Mail photo from 1966, taken while he was an Oshawa General. Photo by: James Lewcun.
International community condemns storming of U.K. embassy in Tehran
Police chase protesters as they enter the gate of the British embassy in Tehran on Tuesday. Dozens of young Iranian men entered buildings inside the British embassy compound, throwing rocks, petrol bombs and burning documents looted from offices, Iranian news agencies reported.
Discrimination complaint for single soldier tossed after spouse appears
Wine a status symbol among China's newly rich
A wine-tasting event attracts aficionados at the Grand Hotel in Beijing.
Locals disagree on who's to blame for Attawapiskat crisis
Donald Jacasum talks with Jessica Jacasum in a temporary shelter where he lives in Attawapsikat, Ont. Tuesday November 29, 2011.
Amid Internet wolf-whistles, Gretzky daughter's Twitter account closed
Speculation has mounted that Canadian hockey legend Wayne Gretzky has pulled the plug on his daughter's Twitter account due to racy photos posted by the aspiring young actress. REUTERS/Lyle Stafford
In pictures: Bankers submit their Movember 'staches
CIBC's Roman Dubczak participates in Movember.
Loblaw seeks to revive claim as foodie temple
Counterfeit goods strangle legitimate trade in east Africa
Counterfeit goods include copies of phones, CDs and DVDs, clothing and cigarettes.
Home Capital pays a paltry dividend. That's why I love it
Fabrice Taylor
ICBC seeks February rate hike
ICBC says rising claims costs and declining investment revenue make a rate increase necessary.
Habs' Pacioretty takes exception to Shanahan comments
Montreal Canadiens' Max Pacioretty says he has been left confused by Brendan Shannahan's comments. FILE PHOTO: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
Spending solution needed for G7's debt problem
Neil Reynolds
Mystified about creating demand? Here's how
In the new book 'Demand,' Amazon’s Kindle tablet reader is cited as an example of a product that got consumers excited.
In pictures: Bombardier's Primove transit system
OSC looks to rewrite rule book on poison pills
One proposal the OSC is considering would put new rules in place to deal with transactions such as Magna International Inc.'s controversial buyout of founder Frank Stronach's multiple-voting shares, a deal pension funds challenged in court and before the OSC, calling it 'offensive.'
Meeting public transportation needs in our rapidly growing cities
Bombardier's transit vision pairs efficiency with wireless technology
Lindsey Vonn breezes through Lake Louise training run
Lindsey Vonn of the USA during the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Women's Downhill training on November 29, 2011 in Lake Louise, Canada. (Photo by Alexis Boichard/Agence Zoom/Getty Images)
Babies are vindictive, study reveals
Tiffany's jewel of a quarter not enough to dazzle
Tims vs. Mickey D's: The good old coffee game
John Heinzl
Predators' blogger clears the air on tax report
Tim Fuller-US PRESSWIRE
Cenovus study finds CO2 not leaking from ground
The Cenovus Weyburn Enhanced Oil Recovery. Research commissioned by Cenovus Energy Inc. has found carbon dioxide injected into the company's oilfield in Weyburn, Sask., is staying put in the ground and is not seeping into a nearby farm.
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Potash prospects put English mining back on map
Potash waits 1,000 metres below the surface at a mine in Saskatchewan.
RIM critic surprises with upside view
Photos with Santa include weapons at gun club
B.C. should reject Northern Gateway pipeline, ban oiler tanker traffic: report
A giant piece of pipeline at a protest outside the Vancouver Art Gallery in downtown Vancouver, Tuesday, August 31, 2010. The pipeline was brought there by opponents of the Northern Gateway Pipeline Project which would see a gas pipeline built in northern B.C.
The Far Side of the Sky, by Daniel Kalla
Daniel Kalla
Baird aide goes public with search for kidney donor
How to make fairy tales for adults
Seriously, you need to try this goat cheese
Greek banks suffer surge in withdrawals
A pedestrian is reflected on the window of a bank branch in central Athens on Tuesday.
S&P downgrades top global banks
Cognac shows its age - and that's a good thing
Beppi Crosariol
A pregame pep talk for the ages
Empire State Building on track for IPO
Manhattan's Empire State Building is one of the most iconic office buildings in the U.S.
Fewer Ontario teens smoking cigarettes, survey finds
No country can tackle climate change alone
Environment Minister Peter Kent holds a news conference in Ottawa, Monday November 28,2011 as he prepares to leave for climate talks in Durban later this week.
Could Whistler film fest be the new Sundance?
Something you'll never see at Cannes: A snowy outdoor screening at the Whistler Film Festival in 2007.
Foreign-trained MDs benefit Canada but cost Africa
Long queues form as patients wait for treatment by overworked medical staff at a rural clinic near Lusikisiki, South Africa where there is a doctor shortage.
OPEC unity: an oxymoron no longer
An unidentified man walks along oil pipelines belonging to Italian oil company Agip in Obrikom, Nigeria
Speaker clears Clement in feud over G8 committee transcript
Treasury Board President Tony Clement speaks in House of Commons on Nov. 29, 2011.
Q&A: The future of stem cell research
Scientists derive stem cells from adult, fetal and embryonic tissue.
Flights to Copenhagen on sale
Flights to Copenhagen are on sale.
Brookfield to take over Bahamian mega-resort
The Atlantis resort on Paradise Island in the Bahamas is one of the Caribbean's largest and best-known destinations.
The close: Dow, TSX creep higher despite elevated Euro bond yields
Want your own olive oil? Adopt an olive tree
Is Luongo still the starting goaltender in Vancouver?
Facebook IPO: A rookie investor trap
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg
Ottawa can't compel CBC to disclose Mansbridge's salary, minister says
Peter Mansbridge prepares to deliver the news on The National after the launch of a revamped CBC News Network in 2009.
Gustavsson gaining confidence as Leafs continue roll
Goaltender Jonas Gustavsson #50 of the Toronto Maple Leafs makes a save against the Anaheim Ducks in the first period at Honda Center on Sunday in Anaheim.
As Wheat Board shrinks, new grain contracts appear
How high net worth individuals get more from their advisers
Thane Stenner
No decision yet on telecom spectrum rules and foreign ownership
Minister of Industry Christian Paradis.
Chernobyl cleanup veterans join Ukrainian protests
Liquidators, or emergency workers who fought the blaze at the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, protest against the authorities' initiative to cut social benefits, near the government headquarters in Kiev November 29, 2011. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich (UKRAINE - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS SOCIETY)
Leafs' Phil Kessel takes lead in all-star voting
Phil Kessel #81 of the Toronto Maple Leafs walks off the ice following warm ups to the NHL game against the Phoenix Coyotes at Jobing.com Arena on January 13, 2011 in Glendale, Arizona. Toronto was recently voted the least desirable place to play in the NHL during a players survey. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
RIM: When your stock's too cheap to short
Michael Babad
Curtis Sanford relishing opportunity with Blue Jackets after years in the minors
Columbus Blue Jackets goalie Curtis Sanford makes a save against the Buffalo Sabres during the second period at Nationwide Arena.
Raspberry Linzer Squares
Raspberry Linzer Squares
Densities
Densities Brownies
Lime Coconut Squares
Lime Coconut Squares
Nine Canadians primed for gruelling Q-School finale
Adam Hadwin
Chevy offers Volt owners free loaner
2012 Chevrolet Volt
End of Life: Your questions answered
France isn't ready for recession
France's President Nicolas Sarkozy speaks at a meeting with farmers in Gimont, southwestern France, Nov. 29, 2011.
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