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December 28

Police identify all victims in string of B.C. shootings
An RCMP officer investigates after a man in his mid-20s was shot and killed in the driveway of a home in Surrey, B.C., on Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011.
Canada bounces Czechs at World Juniors
Roy MacGregor
Source: Stampeders sign Drew Tate to three-year deal
The Calgary Stampeders and quarterback Drew Tate will face the Edmonton Eskimos in Sunday's divisional semi-final. REUTERS/Todd Korol
Raptors do the pounding, but Pacers spoil the party
Critics peeved over new sidewalk 'information pillars'
An infographic shows Toronto's newest information pillars.
Theft of late husband's ashes leaves widow shaking with anger
Carol Lalonde holds an an urn shaped like a hockey puck containing ashes of her late husband Laurence, similar to one she had stolen from her home in in Delta, B.C., on Christmas Eve.
Washington state shrinks ferry capacity to reflect American weight gains
Passengers disembark from the Washington state ferry Puyallup on its arrival on Bainbridge Island, Wash., Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011.
Man in 20s fatally stabbed in Mississauga
This is your brain behind the wheel
Research engineer Fred Tam prepares a volunteer while demonstrating the driving simulator set up with an fMRI at Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto.
In Ontario, ominous warnings of tough times ahead
Adam Radwanski
Artistic adventurer revelled in the aesthetic
In this May 15, 2008 file photo, U.S. artist James Rizzi poses in front of a bus he painted in Mainz, Germany.
No one's neutral about the Swiss
Eric Duhatschek
Raptors upended in home opener
Toronto Raptors James Johnson battles for the ball with Indiana Pacers Danny Granger, left, and Lou Amundson during the first half of their NBA basketball game in Toronto December 28, 2011.
Ottawa cautiously calculating when and how to dive into social media
Treasury Board President Tony Clement is a strong promoter of social media.
Crosscheck: Health Minister's 'what would Tommy do?' rationale misses mark
Tommy Douglas, leader of the New Democratic Party, speaks at an NDP rally at Toronto's Maple Leaf Gardens on Nov. 4, 1965.
Lone survivor of Alberta shooting is 'focused on getting better'
A tarp is placed over a Ford SUV on an Alberta highway after three of its occupants were shot and killed on Dec. 15. Shayna Conway, the driver, is in hospital recovering from her wounds.
Gingrich badmouths GOP opponents
Konrad Yakabuski
Opening doors for Vancouver's marginalized residents
Allan Olsen, a volunteer IT facilitator and student at the University of British Columbia's Learning Exchange in the city's Downtown Eastside, works with students at the stie in Vancouver on Friday, Dec. 16, 2011.
Why the Blue Chip GIC isn't a blue chip investment
John Heinzl
In pictures: Clues to our financial futures
Tax savings should be top of your resolution list
Tim Cestnick
Late-night tubing trip ends with Calgary man's death
Haven portfolio flourishes in stormy year
Poverty declining in Latin America
View of the Trump Ocean Club tower located in the Pacific coast of Panama City, on July 6, 2011.
Sell value of good education to your children
Off to university -- file photo.
CBC's 75th-birthday celebrations cost at least $6.6-million
CBC President Hubert Lacroix with banners celebrating the 75th anniversary of Canada's public broadcaster.
Europe's crisis sideswipes precious metals
A Kosovo Albanian walks by a lower price shop in Pristina on December 26, 2011.
Canadian companies flock to N. Dakota's Bakken oil play
Workers on a Precision Drilling Corp. oil rig tap into North Dakota’s Bakken formation.
'Perfect storm' puts India's economy on the rocks
An Indian man bathes on a street as a rickshaw driver pedals past on a cold morning in New Delhi, Dec. 28, 2011. Economic growth in the world's most-populous nation is expected to drop below 6 per cent.
Chocolate bar for lunch? Is this an 'occupational hazard'?
Six energy trends to watch in 2012
Demonstrators call for the cancellation of the Keystone pipeline during a November rally in Washington.
Canadian bonds continue to shine
Canadian government and corporate bonds are in demand as worries about the global economy have investors searching for a haven.
Top 10 places to kiss 2011 goodbye
FOR PARTIERS When it comes to letting loose, New Year’s Eve is second only to Carnival in Rio de Janeiro. Every year, about two million revellers head to Copacabana’s beaches for the celebrations. Fun-seekers will find top performers on four free stages and 20 minutes of fireworks at midnight.
Boodhia (Betty) Persaud
Betty Persaud
Brighten the winter with gray whales
A baby gray whale emerges to be touched by tourists in Ojo de Liebre lagoon in Baja California Sur, Mexico, March 14, 1999.
Getting your first cat? Be prepared to sneeze
My teenage daughter and I bonded on a trip to Vietnam
Where to ski in New England
A sugary rum rubdown on Nevis
Spa at Four Seasons resort Nevis.
Finland upsets U.S. at world juniors
Team USA goalie John Gibson makes a save on Finland's Teemu Pulkkinen (L) during the second period of play at the 2012 IIHF U20 World Junior Hockey Championship in Edmonton, Alberta, December 28, 2011.
Seven investing rules for a prosperous 2012
Fabrice Taylor
LCBO beats previous pre-Christmas sales record
Cartoonist Dan Piraro on New Year's resolutions
Cartoonist Dan Piraro
Police investigating abduction, sexual assault of four-year-old in north Toronto
HC Davos hammers Canada at Spengler Cup
Team Canada's goalkeeper Jake Allen tries to defend as Robbie Earl of HC Davos shoots to score a goal during their game at the Spengler Cup.
The close: Commodities clobber Dow, TSX
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange before the closing bell on December 28, 2011 in New York City. The Dow fell nearly 140 points to close at 12,151,41 on news that the European Central Bank received another record level of deposits on European leander concerns.
Leafs' Reimer gets chance to bounce back Thursday
Google turns to television to lure consumers
screen cap of Muppets
Two dead in Montreal after driver loses control and car lands on train tracks
2011: The year of the spinoff
A Motorola Droid phone is seen displaying the Google search page in New York, on Aug. 15, 2011. Just seven months after Motorola completed its spinoff of Motorola Mobility in January, Google saw fit to pay $12.5-billion for the newly independent mobile phone company.
China eclipses U.S. as top IPO venue
A Chinese investor in front of an electronic stock board at a brokerage house in Fuyang city in central China's Anhui province, Friday, Aug. 5, 2011.
Five struggling stocks that could rebound in 2012
Dry weather pushes peanut cost to record high
This undated file photo released by the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture shows a bag of peanuts.
Shoppers Drug Mart shares fall after generic drugs ruling
A Shoppers Drug Mart location at Woodbine and O'Connor Avenues in Toronto.
Woman in 'grave condition' after being stabbed in the neck
Police investigate at a restaurant in Toronto's Chinatown on Wednesday, Dec. 28, after a woman was taken to hospital suffering from stab wounds to the neck.
Dry December primes B.C. slopes for avalanches
Silver Creek Path avalanche near Revelstoke, BC. is pictured in this undated file photo.
You shared your drama, I gave advice. But did it help?
David Eddie
If Canada is Google's sweetheart, why is access still a problem?
The common area inside of Google's new downtown Kitchener, Ontario offices are seen here Wednesday May 18, 2011.
Justin Bieber's grandparents recovering after minor car crash
Canadian pop star Justin Bieber poses on arrival on the red carpet at the MTV Europe Music Awards show in Belfast November 6, 2011.
Transcript: Karl Moore talks to Deepak Chopra
Canadian cross-country skiers ready for Tour de Ski
Goalie Wedgewood gets his chance against Czechs
Team Canada's goalie Scott Wedgewood take a break during at the Canadian national junior hockey team practice in Edmonton, Sunday Dec. 25.
Euro hits lowest level in nearly a year
A Kosovo Albanian walks by a lower price shop in Pristina on December 26, 2011.
And you thought 72 days was short: Sinead ends marriage 18 days later
Irish singer and songwriter Sinead O'Connor
Niagara IceDogs dominate Canadian junior roster
Team Canada players, from left, Ryan Strome, Mark Visentin, Freddie Hamilton and Dougie Hamilton.
Three items that will help you be a more compact traveller
Rival bids for rebuilt Alderwood home
Done Deal, 140 North Carson, Toronto
Travel photos of the week: Dec. 29
Tourists visit ice sculptures during the the lights testing period of the 13th Harbin Ice and Snow World in Harbin in China.
A Toronto that might have been
John Bentley Mays
Germany bests Canada in BMO ranking of G7 economies
Parliament Hill is lit up with holiday lights on Dec. 21, 2011, in Ottawa.
Surrey tops real estate investment list
Surrey Mayor Dianne Watts stands with a view of the city
Tenuta S. Anna Extra Dry Prosecco, Italy
Canadians will see less take-home pay starting Jan. 1
Canadian workers will be hit with higher premiums on EI and CPP in 2012.
Three bids for Queen's Park luxury condo
Done Deal, 24 Wellesley St., Toronto
At noon: Dow, TSX caught in widespread slump
With user fees frozen, Parks Canada gets entrepreneurial
Trans-Canada Highway in Banff National Park.
China's property market: What happens next?
Local residents are seen in an unfinished abandoned residential building in Hefei, Anhui province on Dec. 19, 2011. China must maintain its policy stance against property speculation to drive money back into the real economy, or else it faces the risk of home prices rebounding, senior government economists wrote in comments published in the official People's Daily.
The platform wars: 2012 gaming preview
Dividends rule: Dogs of the Dow prove it
Midge, a 21-year-old chihuahua-dachshund cross, walks in a park in Abbotsford, B.C. Midge turned 21 on Sept. 1 and owner Jen Roos says she's one of the oldest dogs living in Canada.
Sears Canada says no outlets to close
People walk past the main Sears store in downtown Vancouver.
Senior's death in Ottawa retirement home deemed a homicide
California coroner probes Canadian man's skydiving death
Mike Ungar prior to a jump at the Niagara Sky Dive Centre.
Missing elderly N.S. couple found unharmed
Dumped at Christmas? Don't burn your ex's gifts just yet
Canadian student confirmed dead in Hong Kong
Facebook photo of Canadian Joseph Basha, 25, from Newfoundland and Labrador, who had disappeared on Dec. 21, 2011 in Hong Kong. Police in Hong Kong are investigating whether a body discovered in the city last Wednesday is him. Joey Basha Facebook page
Canadian giving subject of Governor-General's New Year's message
Governor General David Johnston takes part in an interview at Rideau Hall in Ottawa, on August 12, 2011.
TSX takes tumble after holiday break
Two men check a monitor displaying the stock exchange index in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011.
Scenes from Kim Jong-il's funeral procession
In this image made from KRT video, a huge portrait of late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is carried during his funeral procession in snowy Pyongyang, North Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011.
In the Valley, startup finds honest feedback and advice
Silicon Valley's capital city San Jose, California as seen in this aerial photo is undergoing an urban development revolution calculated to keep it as the thriving heart of a region renowned for technological innovation.The city is working to reverse a trend in which promising startups take root in suburbs and neighboring cities such as Mountain View, Sunnyvale, and Cupertino -- the homes of Google, Yahoo and Apple respectively. Districts brimming with high-density housing are now blossoming near downtown office towers. There are 32,000 units in or near the city center and "enterprise incubation centers" have sprung up to nurture start-ups in the areas of software, bioscience, environment and market access.
At the open: Dow, TSX retreat
The exhilarating run that sent Canadian stocks soaring in early 2011 has made the second half of the year feel like a tragedy for many investors.
BCE to buy back up to 2.1 million shares
BCE chief executive officer George Cope.
SOPA's most frightening flaw is the future it predicts
Patrick Chan named Canada's male athlete of the year
Patrick Chan of Canada performs his free program in the men's competition at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final Saturday, December 10, 2011 in Quebec City. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
Euro zone: Little to cheer about
Workers maintain the huge Euro logo next to the headquarters of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, Dec. 6, 2011.
New Year's Eve is almost here. Ready to empty your wallet?
Today's small-cap stocks to watch
Trader Simone Wallmeyers sits in front of a board displaying Germany’s DAX at the Frankfurt exchange earlier this month
Liverpool's Suarez back in trouble with fine and ban
Liverpool's Luis Suarez throws the ball during their English Premier League soccer match against Wigan Athletic in Wigan, northern England.
Legislation threatens to turn Internet into an all-you-can-sue buffet
Moly Mines puts Australian project on hold
Premarket: Dow set to gain
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