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March 9

Widow loses court challenge in fight over heritage status of property
Bargains with Gadhafi: Should the world deal with the devil?
Former Canadian prime minister Paul Martin meets with Moammar Gadhafi in Tripoli in 2004.
B.C. basement excavated as son says father killed and buried mother 30 years ago
Selling policy or party? Tories to spend $4-million on budget ad blitz
Prime Minister Stephen Harper holds a news conference at paper plant in Windsor, Que., on Jan. 6, 2011
Charleston beats TFC at Carolina Challenge Cup
Speaker's contempt rulings add ammunition to election-minded opposition
Enter Rob Ford: 100 days of orders, threats and intimidation
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford speaks to the Canadian Club of Toronto on Thursday March 3, 2011, in Toronto.
Sedins take pole positions in scoring race
Twin brothers Daniel (L) and Henrik Sedin of the Vancouver Canucks arrive for the team draft for the NHL All-Star hockey game in Raleigh, January 28, 2011. The All-Star game will be played on Sunday. REUTERS/Shaun Best
Canucks fans chase their team
Vancouver Canucks fans in the crowd cheer during their NHL hockey game in Anaheim, California March 6, 2011.
Britain stands alone in push for military intervention in Libya
Libyan rebels under fire from pro-Gadhafi forces take cover near a burning gas facility close to Ras Lanuf, Libya, on Wednesday.
With contempt rulings, Milliken caps career filled with firsts
Christchurch mayor not giving up on Rugby World Cup
Republicans to defend gay marriage ban Obama deemed 'unconstitutional'
Speaker of the House John Boehner is feeling pressure from the Tea Party flank of the Replublican Party.
Losses leave Leafs with no margin for error
In face of outcry, Ottawa relents on new food-subsidy program for the far north
A Nunavut MLA says that since Ottawa changed the Northern Food Subsidy Program, prices have all changed.
CIS honours Wickenheiser, even if some fans didn't
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.
Four dead after minivan collides with truck in Quebec
Oil sands leaking contaminants into Alberta watersheds
Tailing ponds can be seen at the Athabaska Oil Sands north of Fort McMurray, Alberta in an aerial photograph Aug. 31, 2010.
Process, not efficiency, rules if you're in government
Adam Radwanski
State has no obligation to protect prostitutes, Ottawa to argue at appeal
A prostitute works the streets of Vancouver's downtown Eastside in 2009.
Clark takes some of the shine off Campbell’s legacy
House approves generic-drug bill meant to help poor countries
Somali-born musician K'naan speaks with supporters of Bill C-393 after attending a Parliament Hill news conference on March 9, 2011.
Millions at stake in fight against Great Lakes carp invasion
Owning live specimens of Asian carp is illegal in Ontario, due to fears that the species would overwhelm native Great Lakes carp if it escaped into the water system.
Canadian Schnuelle running seventh in Iditarod
Ontario asks agency to review breast-cancer treatment guidelines
Dan Anzarut, right, sits near his wife Jill who will be undergoing the start of her chemotherapy program at Princess margaret Hospital on March 9, 2011. She's unable to receive the cancer-fighting drug Herceptin because her tumour is too small. She will have to pay for it out of her own pocket but she plans to fight this.
Quebec whistleblower website launches without a leak
QuebecLeaks co-founder Luc Lefebvre shows off the new website lauched Wednesday, March 9, 2011 in Montreal. QuebecLeaks is a website modeled after WikiLeaks.
Fitness in fashion at the Brier
Northern Ontario skip Brad Jacobs and third E.J. Harnden look on in a break in play against Nova Scotia during the tenth draw at the Brier curling championships in London, Ontario, March 8, 2011.
Pictures of 2011's top billionaires
Warren Buffett photographed at An Intimate Evening with David Foster and Friends fundraiser for The David Foster Foundation. Toronto, November 19, 2010. Ryan Enn Hughes For The Globe and Mail
Proposed merger of U.S. wireless carriers a sign of things to come in Canada
Steven Levy, a journalist from Newsweek magazine, holds the Apple iPhone, one of the two given to journalists in New York before it went on sale, June 29, 2007.
A government in contempt, no doubt
The Speaker of the House of Commons Peter Milliken issues a ruling in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, March 9, 2011.
Islamic terrorism needs a sensitive investigation, not Peter King's kangaroo court
Mia Chaney, 7, closes her eyes to feel the rain on her face at the "Today, I Am A Muslim, Too" rally in New York City, March 6, 2011. The rally was held in response to the upcoming Congressional hearings led by Peter King (R-LI) to protest the targeting of American Muslims and Arabs.
Ford allies propose waiving development charges in poor neighbourhoods
The proprosal seeks to find ways to attract investors to priority neighbourhoods, such as the Jane-Finch corridor.
Finding value in emerging markets
Hyundai's plant in Asan, south of Seoul, is evidence of the growing consumer market in developing nations.
Stocks with less-than-stellar outlooks
CRA probes kickback allegations
Conservative MP Keith Ashfield gestures as he responds to a question during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Thursday June 17, 2010.
Manulife unit battles U.S. 'life settlements' industry
Manulife head office in Toronto
OSC should think twice about accepting SEC-style deals
David Milstead
Dispute over merger leaves beef industry in disarray
Visitors line up for free sampling of Canadian beef during the 35th International Food and Beverage Exhibition FOODEX Japan 2010 in Chiba near Tokyo earlier this month.
Montreal cops flooded with complaints about Chara
Singing the home insurance blues
Rob Carrick
Ford wins vote to clean house at TCHC
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford answers questions from councillors about his plan to remove board members at the Toronto Community Housing Corp., in council chambers at city hall in Toronto.
Bond market shrugs off PIMCO ditching U.S. government debt
Keep your business income all in the family
Tim Cestnick
Actress Janet-Laine Green loves hiking in Thailand
Janet-Laine Green star of She's The Mayor.
ConocoPhillips cuts drilling of new gas wells
The Surmont oil sands project, co-owned by ConocoPhillips and Total.
Caption contest: The Heritage Minister gets a new Commons seatmate
Heritage Minister James Moore poses with the Genie statue in the House of Commons on March 2, 2011.
Make your own igloo - and sleep in it
Alouettes sign Adrian McPherson to extension
Montreal Alouettes quarterback Adrian McPherson (L) throws a pass against Hamilton Tiger-Cats linebacker Otis Floyd in the first half of their CFL football game in Hamilton September 11, 2010. REUTERS /Adrien Veczan
SIU reopens another G20-related investigation
A photo taken from Reuters video and released by the SIU shows Canute Fernandes, in red shirt, on ground with two potential witnesses standing to the right.
The Bard gets a new stage in England
The new Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon in England.
We don't want to tell our friends about the rat problem
David Eddie
Toyota dealer mulls lawsuit over G20 losses
Shahin Alizadeh, President of Toyota on Front , in his new car showroom on August 28, 2008.
Crossing the world's largest salt desert
BMO Nesbitt Burns President argues TMX-LSE merger would benefit Canada
John Galliano's perfume removed from some shelves
Christian Dior said Tuesday, March 1, 2011, that Galliano has been immediately laid off, just days after he was suspended as its creative director pending an investigation into an alleged anti-Semitic incident in a Paris cafe last week.
Loonie closes at highest level since late 2007
Read the Speaker's March 9, 2011 privilege rulings
Should the Prime Minister drop the writ tomorrow?
Head of Visa Canada leaves post
Tim Wilson, Head of Visa Canada
Chickens are capable of empathy
Toronto FC signs three players from the Netherlands
TMX-LSE deal reveals Bay Street rift
London Stock Exchange CEO Xavier Rolet (L) and TMX Group CEO Tom Kloet speak to the media regarding the merger of the TSX and the LSE in Toronto, February 9, 2011.
Schalke battle back against Valencia
Schalke striker Jefferson Farfan, left, and Valencia defender Jeremy Mathieu vie for the ball during a UEFA Champions League Round of 16 second leg match in Gelsenkirchen on Wednesday.
Ralph the pelican arrives in new U.S. home and is found to be a girl
Hope Swinimer carries Ralph the pelican from his temporary home at a wildlife rehabilitation centre in Seaforth, N.S. on Sunday, March 6, 2011. The bird, discovered outside a Halifax strip club named Ralph's, was placed in a van for a three-day trip to a wildlife sanctuary in North Carolina. Ralph ended up in Halifax last fall after being swept off course by hurricane Earl.
Key Porter's Jordan Fenn to join McClelland & Stewart
Publisher Jordan Fenn
If it's any solace, high Canadian dollar is restraining gas price hikes
Michael Babad
Soccer-Milan eliminated after drawing 0-0 at resolute Spurs
Are recycled cereal boxes bad for your health?
The close: Commodities hit TSX
Canadian moving up the ranks at Toyota
L-R: Ray Tanguay and Yoshi Inaba of Toyota Motor North America .
Do your homework before buying a hybrid
2008 Honda Civic Hybrid.
Rev. John Robert Watt
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Why Quebec filmmaker Denis Côté won't give audiences all the answers
Quebec director Denis Côté
To lure younger patrons, Art Gallery of Alberta practises the art of the party
Party-goers at the Art Gallery of Alberta in Edmonton on Saturday.
There's no tense like the present
Russell Smith
What I'm watching: Arlene Dickinson
Arlene Dickinson
The story wanders, but 'Wonderland' looks wonderful
A scene from the Royal Winnipeg Ballet's "Wonderland"
Megachef David Chang dishes on why he's setting up shop in Toronto
Chef David Chang serves a dish to a patron during dinner service at Momofuku Ko in the East Village neighborhood of New York.
Health system 'makes a mockery' of medicare values
André Picard
Meredith Baxter unscripted - and consequences be damned
Sarah Hampson
In Pictures: The world's most boring cars
Medical journals still publishing studies that fail to reveal funding: study
Many medical journals still publish studies that don?t disclose conflicts of interest, according to new research.
Chara's penalty should be automatic
Boston Bruins defenseman Zdeno Chara (33) checks Montreal Canadiens right wing Brian Gionta (21) against the boards as they chase the puck during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Boston, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
Where does Arsenal go from here?
Arsenal's Jack Wilshere (R) is consoled by the team's assistant manager Pat Rice after losing to Birmingham City during their English League Cup final soccer match at Wembley Stadium in London February 27, 2011. REUTERS/Eddie Keogh
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It took my father a year to get over his hockey concussion
London School of Business and Finance opens Canadian campus
A hand holding a pen hovers over an open book, in front of a person in a white shirt and wearing an undone necktie.
Why Sina might be bought out
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TV: Five shows worth watching tonight: March 10
Photos from an Art Gallery of Alberta 'Refinery' party
A couple, drinks in hand, descend the stairs at the Alberta Art Gallery during one of the Edmonton gallery's regular "Refinery" parties Saturday night.
Ontario police say child-porn access is widespread; four men charged
Ten Leafs thoughts: Reimer for Team Canada?
Toronto Maple Leafs goalie James Reimer gets the call to start against Pittsburgh. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
Microsoft sells 10 million Kinect systems
Attendees play the "Cross Board" video game using the motion-sensing "Kinect" accessory on a Microsoft Corp. Xbox 360 gaming console at the Gamescom video games trade fair in Cologne, Germany, on Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010.
TSX-LSE merger a deal about business building
Royal Bank of Canada executive officer Barb Stymiest.
Rubenstein: The other game in town
Puerto Rico Open
Ontario company's fantasy game adds dimension to live sports
Vancouver Canucks left wing Raffi Torres shields Phoenix Coyotes defenseman Keith Yandle from the puck in the third period during an NHL game in Glendale, Arizona, March 8, 2011.
Jeff Stoughton alone in first at Brier
Alberta skip Kevin Martin throws a rock against Saskatchewan during the 12th draw at the Brier curling championships in London, Ontario.
How big a threat are the big banks to the TSX-LSE deal?
Michael Babad
Luxury cars of the world's dictators
Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi drives his personal cart in Tripoli after making a speech which he sought to defuse tensions after more than 10 days of anti-government protests in Libya, March 2, 2011.
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