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March 15

Couple accused of keeping woman, 68, in garage remanded into custody
The uninsulated garage in Scarborough where a 68-year-old woman was allegedly found in life-threatening condition.
Soldiers without borders in the Arab world
Anti-government protesters carry Bahraini flags during a march of thousands Tuesday, March 15, 2011, to the Saudi embassy in Manama, Bahrain. Some of the women wore white burial shrouds, signifying a willingness to die, and the one at center reads "I am the next martyr." Bahrain's king declared a three-month state of emergency Tuesday to quell a Shiite uprising, as clashes spread through the capital and surrounding villages in a showdown that drew in the region's major powers and splintered along its main sectarian faultlines. At least two Bahrainis and a Saudi soldier died, and hundreds of protesters were injured by shotgun blasts and clubs. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)
If Alberta can't cut its deficit quickly, who can?
Jeffrey Simpson
Celebrities recruited to raise awareness of world agriculture crisis
George Stroumboulopoulos interviews local woman, Rukhsana, amongst the rubble of homes destroyed by the 2010 floods, on 21 February, 2011, in Umid Ali Junejo, Pakistan.
Conservatives flood contempt hearings with phalanx of bureaucrats
Liberal MP Scott Brison speaks after the Speaker Peter Milliken issued two privilege rulings in the House of Commons on March 9, 2011.
Salmon farms investigation hampered by incomplete government data
A cutout of a sockeye salmon is raised above the crowd during a demonstration to coincide with the start of the Cohen Commission Inquiry into the 2009 decline of sockeye salmon in the Fraser River, in Vancouver, B.C., on Monday October 25, 2010.
Best pictures from March 15
Internally displaced Somali children line up with containers in hand to receive food aid at a food distribution centre, in Mogadishu, Somalia.
Nothing to see at Queen's Park, move along to Parliament Hill
Ontario Finance Minister Dwight Duncan shares a laugh with Premier Dalton McGuinty after delivering his fall economic update at Queen's Park on Nov. 18, 2010.
The spiralling cost of business education - is Canada joining the 'big league'?
A row of increasingly larger stacks of coins.
After 32 years, no visible reminders of nuclear meltdown at Three Mile Island
This undated US Department of Energy file photo shows two containment buildings (center) and two of the cooling towers (background) at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant in Pennsylvania.
Area around Chernobyl remains uninhabitable 25 years later
This is a 1986 aerial view of the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Chernobyl, Ukraine showing damage from an explosion and fire on April 26, 1986 that sent large amounts of radioactive material into the atmosphere.
'Cyberspace,' sports greats or the big break for Loretta Lynn?
Loretta Lynn got signed to her first recording contract by Vancouver-based Zero Records.
Will Quebeckers show up for a spring election?
Christy Clark presses Harper over rejected mine proposal
Fish Lake would be turned into a tailings pond if the Prosperity Mine was approved.
Penguins cruise to win over Sens
Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Brent Johnson and Corey Potter celebrate their 5-1 win over the Ottawa Senators in NHL action in Ottawa, Tuesday March 15, 2011.
Larry Zolf made us laugh - and politicians squirm
Larry Zolf in 1981
Washington doubles up on Montreal
Montreal Canadiens' James Wisniewski is checked into the boards by Washington Capitals' Jason Chimera during first period NHL hockey action Tuesday, March 15, 2011 in Montreal.
Paralympic sport in Canada turns a profit
Canadian Brian McKeever celebrates his gold medal win in the men's 20 km free, visually impaired cross country ski race at the 2010 Winter Paralympic Games in Whistler, Monday, March 15, 2010. After accomplishing so much in his career it is the opportunity denied that continues to haunt Brian McKeever. The legally blind cross-country skier still becomes frustrated when he thinks about the decision not to let him race in the 50-kilometre event at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. It was a chance to make history which McKeever knows may never come again.
Ottawa not looking at evacuating Canadians from Japan
Japan Ambassador in Canada Kaoru Ishikawa, left, responds to media questions over the earthquake that hit his country as Quebec Premier Jean Charest looks on during an official visit with Quebec government representatives Tuesday, March 15, 2011 at the legislature in Quebec City.
Jay Ingram's quirky 12-year Odyssey
Jay Ingram appreciates the dependability of his Honda Odyssey minivan.
Japanese angered over lack of nuclear plant information
A masked woman reads an extra newspaper with the banner reading, "Radiation Detected in Large Amount," at Osaka, western Japan, on Tuesday March 15, 2011.
Sponsors keeping quiet about concussions
Japanese told to make homes 'airtight' against radiation
Residents carry belongings from tsunami devastated homes in Natori City, Miyagi prefecture on March 14, 2011.
Female migrant ordered to remain in detention in B.C.
Police and military are seen wearing surgical masks as they board the MV Sun Sea after it was escorted into CFB Esquimalt in Colwood, B.C.,Friday, Aug. 13, 2010.
Whitecaps' provocative marketing push draws complaints
A screenshot from the Vancouver Whitecaps promotional video on YouTube.
Ground contamination in Japan likely but not devastating, scientists say
This aerial view taken on March 14, 2011 during an AFP-chartered flight shows traces of petrol floating on the surface of water in an area hit by the tsunami outside Sendai, in Miyagi prefecture three days after a massive 8.9 magnitude earthquake and tsunami devastated the coast of eastern Japan. Japan's government on March 15 urged people against panic-buying of food and supplies, as the country grapples with an earthquake and tsunami and resulting nuclear crisis. AFP PHOTO / NOBORU HASHIMOTO (Photo credit should read NOBORU HASHIMOTO/AFP/Getty Images)
Canada unlikely to land postponed world championships
Vanessa Crone and Paul Poirier of Aurora, Ont skate to their first place finish in the Senior Dance Free Dance Program at the BMO Skate Canada Nationals being held in Victoria, B.C. Sunday, Jan 23, 2011.
BC Place renovation going ahead regardless of proposed casino's fate
Slot machines at the River Rock Casino in Richmond, B.C. June 11, 2009.
Ban on all hits to head not in cards, yet
Roy MacGregor
NDP leads federal parties vying to capture Quebec imagination
Hordes of hoceky fans gather on on the Plains of Abraham in Quebec calling for the return of an NHL franchise and a new arena to the provincial capital on Oct. 2, 2010.
Reimer story is far from finished
Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender James Reimer sits on the bench after being pulled during third period NHL hockey action against the Tampa Bay Lightning in Toronto Monday, March 14, 2011. The Lightning defeated the Maple Leafs 6-2.
Catholic school students sent home for displaying pro-choice stance
Grade 10 St. Patrick High School student Alexandria Szeglet stands in front of the school she was sent home from Thursday after wearing a pro-choice message on her uniform.
Hitting younger not always better
Vancouver Canucks' Keith Ballard (front) hip-checks Minnesota Wild's Warren Peters during the second period of their NHL hockey game in Vancouver, British Columbia March 14, 2011.
For Huntington's researcher, the work is personal
Dr. John Roder is a neurobiologist and Senior Investigator at the Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute of Mount Sinai Hospital who is being affected by Huntington's disease, a devastating inherited brain disease, photographed at his research lab at the hospital on University Ave., Toronto March 01, 2011.
Meltdown looms as errors mount at Fukushima nuclear plant
This picture taken on August 21, 2010 shows a MOX fuel storage pool inside the Tokyo Electric Power CO's (TEPCO) Fukushima No.1 plant third reactor building at Okuma town in Fukushima prefecture. The reactor is placed behind the pool. Four of the six reactors at the Fukushima No.1 plant have now overheated and sparked explosions since a massive earthquake and tsunami knocked out cooling systems. Radiation levels near a quake-hit nuclear plant are now harmful to human health, Japan's government said after two explosions and a fire at the crippled facility on March 15, 2011.
Japan disaster sends an auto shock wave
Burned-out Nissan and Infiniti brand cars are pictured at Hitachi Harbour in Ibaraki Prefecture in northeastern Japan.
Reimer story is far from finished
Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender James Reimer sits on the bench after being pulled during third period NHL hockey action against the Tampa Bay Lightning in Toronto Monday, March 14, 2011. The Lightning defeated the Maple Leafs 6-2.
U of Calgary women's hockey hits jackpot
University of Calgary Dinos' Hayley Wickenheiser takes part in the pre-game skate prior to playing the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds in a CIS women's hockey game in Vancouver, B.C., on Saturday January 15, 2011. Wickenheiser added another honour to her long list of hockey accomplishments Wednesday when she was named the top female player in Canadian university sports.
IOC names Canadians to posts
Canadian Olympic Committee President Marcel Aubut speaks to business people as part of Quebec's winter carnival Monday, February 7, 2011 in Quebec City.
On St. Paddy's, raise a cocktail glass instead
Beppi Crosariol
Stock markets have a history of withstanding calamities
The effects of the tsunami in Hishonomaki, Japan. The nuclear element of the country?s disaster may be an impediment to a quick recovery.
The whole world needs clarity on Japan's nukes
Masataka Shimizu, president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., left, and Executive Vice President Takashi Fujimoto, right, enter the venue of the press conference Sunday, March 13, 2011 in Tokyo, Japan.
Glendale facing lawsuit, Winnipeg watching closely
Phoenix Coyotes goalie Ilya Bryzgalov (30), of Russia, stops a shot by the Anaheim Ducks in the second period of an NHL hockey game in Anaheim, Calif., Sunday, March 13, 2011. The Coyotes won 5-2.
More big investors vote against directors
Board room
Consumers scramble for anti-radioactivity drugs
A bottle of Potassium Iodide seen here March 15 at a pharmacy in the Vancouver lower mainland.
Sodium, calories, fat: Appetizers by the numbers
Leslie Beck
Loading up on fat and sodium: There's an app for that
Leslie Beck
Japan tragedy sparks fears for recovery
The effects of the tsunami in Hishonomaki, Japan. The nuclear element of the country?s disaster may be an impediment to a quick recovery.
Invasion of the giant law firms
Top CFO award goes to PCL's Maron
Wide moats mean big gains for stocks
George Grey, Brittany Webster lock up cross-country titles
Canada's Ivan Babiko, left, is congratulated by his teammate George Grey as fellow teammate (right) Alex Harvey looks on. All three finished in the top ten in the Men's 30-kilometre Pursuit Cross Country Skiing event Saturday February 20, 2010, at the Whistler Olympic Park during the 2010 Vancouver Olympic games.
Kadri fills hole for Leafs
Nazem Kadri #43 of the Toronto Maple Leafs breaks his stick after missing a shot during game action against the Edmonton Oilers at the Air Canada Centre December 2, 2010 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Japan's disaster fuels flight from commodities, stocks
Japan’s Nikkei 225 stock index plunged 10.6 per cent on Tuesday, its worst day since October, 2008.
Jeffrey Simpson: Why Canadians can't escape deficits
Jeffrey Simpson
Seedless cherimoyas poised to be the 'next banana'
Cherimoya or custard apple
RBC may become ensnarled in Libor-setting probe
Tsunami preparation leads citizens into low-lying death traps
Tsuyoshi Kinno, 73, holds a picture of a missing friends son and daughter at a weddings in Rikuzen-Takaata, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan March 14, 2011. Thousands of people died in this small town 70 km north east of Sendai.
Foreign buyers juice resale housing market
This house in Richmond, B.C., was recently sold to a Chinese buyer for 46 per cent above the asking price.
Bicycle-sharing program coming to Toronto
Tourists Helen Cook (L) and Tom Wojcik of Vancouver react after experiencing problems accessing the BIXI (combination of bike and taxi) bicycle in downtown Montreal, May 12, 2009.
Rubenstein: Young stars still face majors hurdle
Dustin Johnson watches his tee shot on the fifth hole during the final round of the 2011 WGC- Cadillac Championship at the TPC Blue Monster at the Doral Golf Resort and Spa on March 13, 2011 in Doral, Florida.
Is family favouritism a taboo meant to be broken?
Coming to a bar near you: Tiki cocktails and smoky negronis
Hot Docs festival aims at celebrity in special presentations
Capitalism with an eye to society's bottom line
Air Jordans turned Nike into a behemoth, but turning out cool shoes doesn't help society and can harm it. Today, Nike is focusing on how to recycle old running shoes.
Canadian provinces continue to back nuclear power
Canada geese stand near the Ontario Hydro Pickering nuclear power station, listed by a U.S. State Department cable as a site critical to American interests.
Judge orders BC Rail documents returned or destroyed
Dave Basi, centre, and his lawyer Michael Bolton, far right, Bobby Virk, lower right, and Aneal Basi, 2nd left, and his lawyer Erin Dance, left, leave B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver, B.C., on Monday October 18, 2010.
In search of stocks that Buffett would like
John Reese
Heavy oil gaining weight in energy markets
A technician analyzes oil cut samples at Cenovus's Christina Lake operation at the Athabaska Oil Sands north of Fort McMurray, Alta.
Lawyers not hated as much: poll
Bar Talk
Tech supply chain facing shortages, delays
A solid infrastructure play amid market volatility
Skot Kortje
Maple Leafs recall Kadri from Marlies
Nazem Kadri #43 of the Toronto Maple Leafs skates in the pre-game warm-up prior to a game against the San Jose Sharks on February 8, 2010 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario. (Photo by Claus Andersen/Getty Images)
Amid Japan's devastation, a dark day on global markets
Michael Babad
Read a PDF version of Postmedia's preliminary prospectus
Tory candidate bows out in Vancouver
The sunset is reflected in Vancouver skyscrapers on Jan. 20, 2010.
Glendale loves a costly fight
Clearing up the confusion over split shares
John Heinzl
More than six years on, NASA craft to orbit Mercury
This image provided by NASA, shows the NASA Messenger probe being tested at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab in Laurel, Md., before the probe was launched on Aug. 3, 2004.
Three-year-old to be treated for alcoholism
Petrobank reports lower fourth-quarter profit
The Surmont oil sands project, co-owned by ConocoPhillips and Total.
Tweeting Japan: Can celebs be sensitive in real-time?
A woman views the remains of her home in the devastated city of Ofunato on March 15, 2011. Rescue teams from the US, Britain and China began assisting in the search for survivors following the devasting earthquake and ensuing tsunami on March 11. AFP PHOTO/Nicholas KAMM (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)
Abdominal on TVO
When it comes to cake design, let them eat art
Fine-tuning the fondant on the Shark Cake on Cake Boss.
The Royal Wedding cake: Which way will Kate and Will go?
Tories tinker with Commons calendar as Liberals mull confidence motion
The doors to the Commons stand closed with the House in recess on March 14, 2011.
The close: Dow, TSX pare losses
Transcript: The Tim Hortons franchise model
Tim Hortons CEO Don Schroeder
U.S., Canada hunt Manitoba man accused of training terrorists
An undated police handout photograph of Ferid Imam, who is accused of training al-Qaeda members in Pakistan.
Oilers' Hemsky done for the season with shoulder injury
The rise of the 'Book Tune': Just hum that novel again, will you?
Toronto rapper Abdominal, a.k.a. Andy Bernstein
Sudha Khandwani: 'I wanted to show the magnificent evolution of Indian dance'
Sudha Khanwani
Canadians buying fewer magazines, report says
Gold slides as Japan crisis slams markets
Gold bars
Laurentian joins opponents of TMX-LSE merger
Rejean Robitaille, president and CEO of Laurentian Bank
Brendan Shanahan expects NHL all-star draft to continue
Fed's 'firmer footing' a ways from 'mission accomplished'
Fed chairman Ben Bernanke testifies Wednesday morning before Congress on economic, employment and budget issues.
The How of Happiness Song, by Abdominal
Postmedia prepares to meet stock listing deadline
Postmedia CEO Paul Godfrey
Harper links Japanese quake, opposition threat of snap election
Prime Minister Stephen Harper makes a crime-prevention announcement in Surrey, B.C., on March 15, 2011.
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