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Counterfeit: One of these jerseys costs $375 and the other costs $30
Sean Gordon
Best pictures from November 4
Visitors look at fish-shaped lanterns during the Seoul Lantern Festival at Cheonggye stream in central Seoul.
Photos: Athenians feel the pinch of Greece's struggling economy
Daphne Casulli, 63, a pensioner, has two children. Cuts to her pension forced her to give up her apartment and move in with her daughter; however, her daughter's employer has not issued pay cheques for 15 months, a common problem as companies face cash shortfalls. Her son is unemployed, and moving to Australia in search of work. "So now I'm living with a friend, instead," Ms. Casulli said. "They have stolen our pride."
Eger holds one shot lead at Desert Dunes Classic
Kent Eger
Travis Lulay gets Anthony Calvillo's attention
Matthew Sekeres
A CIS Semi-final Saturday
Windsor coach shines in 'extended job interview'
Scientist focused on the collaboration between plants and humans
Pierre Dansereau.
Razing of N.B. war memorial sparks outrage
The memorial library on the Mount Allison University campus in Sackville, NB is being town down to make room for a new building.
Caddie Williams shocks dinner with racist remark
Tiger Woods, left, and caddie Steve Williams
Teen who built a school in Nepal is more than just 'that fundraiser girl'
Samantha Terry raised $30,000 by the time she was 12 by speaking to Alberta's Rotary clubs. Now she's brought her charity fundraising efforts directly to children in Alberta schools.
Families of crash victims press Ottawa for answers
The wreckage of the Cougar Helicopter flight 491 displayed to the media as the Transportation Safety Board reports on its findings, in St. John's N.L. on March 26, 2009. The lone survivor and families of 15 passengers killed in a helicopter crash off Newfoundland say Ottawa has ignored their appeal for answers.
Suffering soldiers, four-legged saviours
Bailout deal inches closer as Papandreou survives confidence vote
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou acknowledges applauding members of his party parliamentarians after addressing lawmakers in the parliament prior to a confidence vote in Athens Nov. 4, 2011.
Clark seeks federal cash to help B.C. natives negotiate non-treaty deals
Then B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell shakes hands with Chief Alex Frank during a treaty signing ceremony in Tofino, B.C. November 13, 2008.
An NHL season of bewilderment
Roy MacGregor
'It's beyond Big Brother,' Ritz says of wheat board
Agriculture Minister Gery Ritz stands on Parliament Hill on Thursday.
Vancouver Fashion Week wraps up and Cirque du Soleil presents Michael Jackson: The Immortal
Michael Jackson The Immortal by Cirque Du Soleil
'Antler wars' lock moose hunters against each other
Game wardens in Gaspe carrying out a routine random check of a hunter along Mercier Road, within the town limits of New Richmond, about six kilometres north of the town's business area.
With change in the air, Argonauts enter off-season
onto Argonauts head coach Jim Barker talks with quarterback Danny Brannagan (R) during the first half of their CFL pre-season football game against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in Toronto June 18, 2011. REUTERS/Mike Cassese
Molitor eyes Gauthier bout as comeback chance
Canada's Steve Molitor (right) swings at South Africa's Takalani Ndlovu during the I.B.F Junior Featherweight Championship of the World bout in Orilla, Ontario on Saturday March 27, 2010 Molitor is looking for more than just a victory when he faces his one-time sparring partner Sebastien Gauthier in the ring.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Weir laments unfinished business at Presidents Cup
Tiger Woods and Mike Weir
Uppal takes a spin at enabling Harper's reform agenda
Conservative Member of Parliament and Minister of State (Democratic Reform) Tim Uppal on Parliament Hill in Ottawa November 3, 2011.
Woman saved from fiery plane crash consoles grieving hero
Simon Pearce and Carolyn Cross hold hands as they meet in hospital. Mr. Pearce rescued Ms. Cross from the burning wreckage of a plane that crashed near Vancouver airport.
Around the rinks
Chris Pronger #20 of the Philadelphia Flyers falls to the ice after being hit in the face by a stick during the game against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Wells Fargo Center on October 24, 2011 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Flyers defeated the Leafs 4-2. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
Marketing business as usual for NHL?
David Shoalts
Police without suspects following autopsy of slain Armstrong teen
More than 30 officers are working to solve the killing of 18-year-old Taylor Van Diest.
Prospect of euro-zone ouster moved Greeks, Harper says
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper speaks with media during a closing news conference at the G20 Summit in Cannes, Friday November 4, 2011.
Spittle four off the pace at Schwab Cup
Rod Spittle
Sens prove closer to mediocre than diabolically bad
Jason Spezza of the Ottawa Senators. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
Gates offers G20 a lesson in philanthropy
Doug Saunders
Taking street food from flop to fame
A young lady does mock exercises with two sandwiches from the Caplansky's truck at a "Food Truck Rally" at Celebration Square in Mississauga, Ontario on Sept. 30, 2011
Oilers' wondrous start like watching kids at recess
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins of the Edmonton Oilers. (Photo by Dale MacMillan/Getty Images)
The myth of the long knives
Leafs' big guns have provided the firepower
Joffrey Lupul #19 of the Toronto Maple Leafs returns to the bench after scoring his third goal of the game at 13:13 of the second period against the New Jersey Devils at the Prudential Center on November 2, 2011 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
Ondrej Pavelec helps Winnipeg Jets avoid turbulence
Winnipeg Jet goalie Ondrej Pavelec photographed during practice at MTS Centre in Winnipeg Friday, October 7, 2011. (Globe and Mail/John Woods)
Good week; Bad Week
Paul Attfield
Occupy movement leaves mayors hamstrung
Gary Mason
The murdered women of Vancouver deserve dignity
Tiffany Drew. (CP PHOTO)
Lots of choices on Vancouver's campaign menu
Did Selena Gomez dump Justin Bieber after paternity allegations?
Pop sensation Justin Bieber performs during his "My World Tour" concert at Foro Sol in Mexico City, Saturday Oct. 1, 2011. Representatives for Bieber say they will "vigorously" pursue their legal options to defend against allegations that he fathered the child of a now 20-year-old California woman.
Ciao, Silvio. Italy's too close to a Greek-style abyss for more bunga bunga
Elizabeth Renzetti
Hester Creek The Judge 2008, VQA Okanagan Valley
Walter Robb: Whole Foods CEO on growing a grocer organically
Whole Foods co-CEO Walter Robb.
Giffords vows return to Congress, describes being shot
This, most recent photo of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords since she was shot, was posted to her public Facebook page by her aides early Sunday, June 12, 2011.
Beating Als is personal for Lions
BC Lions defensive back Tad Kornegay (L) pushes Edmonton Eskimos slotback Fred Stamps (R) out of bounds during the second half of their CFL football game in Vancouver, British Columbia October 29, 2011. REUTERS/Nick Didlick
Chef of Fraîche fires on full throttle
Alexandra Gill
Dozens injured in 26-car crash on UK highway
That TV pundit might know less about the future than you do
The new book by Nobel Laureate Daniel Kahneman, shown here at Princeton in 2002, is called Thinking, Fast and Slow.
Wheat Board takes fight to the people
Canadian Wheat Board chairman Allan Oberg.
The Lineup: Nov. 5 - 11
A piece by Didier Courbot. Exhibit runs to Dec. 3 at the Susan Hobbs Gallery
Fortin-Demers shines at world junior judo championship
Scientists search for clues about salmon deaths in BC
Scientists continue to search for clues about a mysterious ailment that has yet to be identified, and which appears linked to staggering death rates among adult salmon.
PSG trying to woo David Beckham
French side Paris Saint Germain have expressed a strong interest in signing Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder David Beckham, of England. (AP Photo/Jae Hong)
The case of the missing fish
Timber Whitehouse, Area Chief Fraser River Stock Assessment , opens up a dead sockeye salmon looking for evidence of pre-spawn mortalities, a phenomenon that sometimes kills up to 50 per cent of stock before the fish have spawned.
Bombers-Stamps clash key to CFL Playoff picture
Calgary Stampeders' quarterback Drew Tate. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
Asteroid to sail past Earth, closer than moon
This image made from radar data taken in April 2010 by the Arecibo Radar Telescope in Puerto Rico and provided by NASA/Cornell/Arecibo shows asteroid 2005 YU55. The asteroid, bigger than an aircraft carrier, will dart between the Earth and moon Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011 - the closest encounter by such a huge rock in 35 years. But scientists say not to worry. It won't hit.
Poverty and unemployment: The American dream is dead
Michael Babad
Sandwich arrest sparks debate: Is it OK to eat groceries before paying?
The County General is a rustic charmer
The fried chicken thigh sandwich at The County General restaurant
The day Fowler and Guay's fate was decided
The RCMP insisted on taking a "before" picture after Robert Fowler was released by al-Qaeda militants, which Fowler dressed for after showering at the hotel in Bamako.
KPMG appointed trustee in MF Global Canada bankruptcy
MF Global Holdings signage at its offices in midtown Manhattan, Nov. 1, 2011. MF Global's Canadian unit has about 50 employees, operating out of trading offices in Toronto and Montreal.
When sex scandals become clan battles, everybody's laughing but the victims
Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain wipes his brow during remarks to legislators in the Congressional Health Care Caucus on Capitol Hill in Washington on Nov. 2, 2011.
You need Sting to prove your love? Pfft. Use your imagination, Rich Guy
Ontario man, 70, killed after car struck by freight train
CP Rail engines sit along a siding in North Vancouver Wednesday July 18, 2007.
Stories trump settings at Reel Asian festival
A still from the movie Lover's Discourse
Toronto's pizza wars heat up (to about 900 F)
Max Rimaldi, owner of Libretto
Cyclocross riders in turf war with city
Cyclocross training on the ski hill at Etobicoke's Centennial Park
Environmental group Cape Farewell rocks out for change
Ontario families press Ottawa to stop supporting asbestos industry
Bernard Coulombe, CEO of Mine Jeffrey Asbestos Mine, poses near his mine's open pit in the town of Asbestos, Quebec, Thursday June 30, 2011. Coulombe is fighting to prevent the labelling of asbestos as a harmful substance.
Papandreou wins confidence vote
Protesters stand in front of the parliament in Athens Friday as law makers prepare for a confidence vote on the government of Prime Minister George Papandreou.
From homeless to home owner
Hand putting coin in model house bank
Beyond mentoring: Sponsoring
Don't fear Islamic resurgence from Arab Spring, former UN chief tells students
Kofi Annan, Former Secretary-General of the United Nations, takes part in a panel discussion at the University of Ottawa on Friday, November 4, 2011.
The G8 legacy: Just the smoothest home-reno project ever?
Tabatha Southey
SIU clears police in tasering that ended in man jumping from balcony
Niall Ferguson on Europe and the collapse of the West
In his new book, Civilization: The West and The Rest, historian Niall Ferguson argues that the West rose to global dominance thanks to six "killer apps": competition, science, the rule of law, modern medicine, consumerism, and the work ethic. However, the rest of the world is now adopting these "killer apps," he warns, so the days of Western predominance are numbered.
As European banks teeter, emerging markets vulnerable
David Parkinson
Which came first: the egg or blood spot?
Sheridan grad wants colleges to get more respect
Randy Pilon
Violence declines, militarism forges on
Women protest against U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan's tribal areas during a demonstration in Peshawar on April 23, 2011.
Ten best small business stories of the week
Beehive Holdings in Vancouver, British Columbia, Thursday, July 14, 2011.
Dyson Hot is high style at a higher price
Sir James Dyson has upended the space heater stereotype by adding heat to his bladless 'air multiplier' fan technology
Fred Joblin
Fred Joblin
Brendan Shanahan's personal touch
NHL vice president of hockey and business development Brendan Shanahan speaks to reporters during the NHL General Managers' annual fall meeting in Toronto, Ont. Tuesday, November 9, 2010.
On the stand: A weekly roundup of the best magazine reads - Nov. 5
James Adams
The Test’s strange, stilted style makes an odd play even odder
TSX financings plunge in October
Bay Street
Grace Kelly: Still the reigning ice queen
Grace Kelly in a portrait from the early 1950s.
AFN finds common ground with indigenous Chinese
Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn Atleo appears at a Commons committee in Ottawa on Nov. 1, 2011.
The close: Dow, TSX retreat as G20 comes up empty
Panel: Who should win the Giller - and who will?
The Impossible Dead, by Ian Rankin
Insider selling drops at Ivanhoe
Ball mills installation at Ivanhoe Mines concentrator in Mongolia
Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend, by Susan Orlean
Believing is Seeing, by Errol Morris
The End, by Ian Kershaw
Hockey books for troubled times
Think your computer is safe? Think again
Cyberthieves have the tools to do this, and we're not talking about tweezers.
New in crime fiction: A guide to the latest mysteries and thrillers
Detail of an illustration by Neal Cresswell for the print version of this story
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