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April 1

At 67, Robbie Robertson has nothing left to prove
Robbie Robertson in Toronto this week.
Around the rinks
Carolina Hurricanes' Jeff Skinner celebrates his second goal against the Montreal Canadiens during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Wednesday, March 30, 2011. Carolina won 6-2. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
The last whistle
David Shoalts
Canada's Émond wins judo silver
The NHL's fake season is upon us
Roy MacGregor
Court to weigh in on May motion on leaders' debates
Elizabeth May, leader of the Green Party of Canada, addresses a press conference in Vancouver BC, March 30, 2011, to comment on being barred from the election leaders debate by TV companies.
Seven ridings with very different electoral dynamics
Best pictures from April 1
An Afghan child plays with the gun of a US soldier from 1st Regiment 320 Field Artillary 101st Airbourne during the opening ceremony for a newly completed mosque in the village of Tarok Kolache in southern Kandahar province where the US military is funding its rebuilding. In October 2010 Tarok Kolache was completely destroyed by US forces after the Taliban had ousted the villagers and mined the village and surrounding areas.
Regular season brings Canucks no guarantees
Vancouver Canucks goalie Roberto Luongo (1) keeps his eye on the puck during second period NHL hockey action against the Los Angeles Kings at Rogers arena in Vancouver, B.C. Thursday, March 31, 2011. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
How can Conservative senators look at themselves in the mirror?
A child looks out from the play room at a shelter for destitute HIV-infected mothers in Johannesburg on Nov. 25, 2009.
Son charged after couple found shot to death
Vancouver Island University and one union ratify two-year agreement
Hot Ticket: Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival
Alessandro Costantini of WineOClock pours a sample of his wine Pinnocchio during the Vancouver Playhouse Wine Festival in Vancouver, Saturday, March 1, 2008
Out There: Tynehead Park Planting
Right here
Singer and song writer Ron Sexsmith, poses for a photo on the streets of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Harper risks Quebec in high-stakes regional gamble
West Coast Wines
Jays thump Twins in opener
Toronto Blue Jays Jose Bautista makes his first home run swing of the year against Minnesota Twins starter Carl Pavano during fifth inning AL action in Toronto on Friday, April 1, 2011. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Misrata under intense bombardment: rebels
Rebels return fire during a mortar barrage fired by troops loyal to Muammar Gaddafi outside Brega in eastern Libya, April 1, 2011.
Good week; Bad week - April 1
New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter adjusts his cap before the start of an MLB spring training game. REUTERS/Steve Nesius/Files
Former politician and lieutenant-governor, 89, to wed
Former Ontario Lieutenant Governor of Ontario from 1985 to 1991, Lincoln Alexander, 89, is marrying 52 year old Marni Beal , an advertising executive at the Hamilton Spectator.
Grange: Golf's continental comeback
Martin Kaymer of Germany plays a bunker shot on the 15th hole during the completion of the first round of the 2011 WGC- Cadillac Championship at the TPC Blue Monster at the Doral Golf Resort and Spa on March 11, 2011 in Doral, Florida. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)
Canada geese in crosshairs in New Zealand
Canada geese fly over a pond during the mild spring weather in Newstead, N.Y., Monday, March 21, 2011.
Ignatieff's sparkle brightens Liberal hopes
Adam Radwanski
Small plane crashes on Saskatoon road
Bills trying to find ways to raise their profile in Toronto
Buffalo Bills running back C.J. Spiller (21) rushes past Indianapolis Colts' Jacob Lacey (27) in the first quarter of a preseason NFL football game in Toronto on Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
Canucks' run for the Stanley Cup has Vancouver daring to dream
Gary Mason
Ravines a defining aspect of Toronto
Mead drawn like a magnet back to Stoughton's team
Manitoba Rink skip Jeff Stoughton lines up a shot during the fourth draw against the Ontario Rink at the Brier Curling Championship in Hamilton March 4, 2007. REUTERS/J.P. Moczulski
Application for a fantastic food cart
Licious food cart in Vancouver September 23, 2010. West side of 600 Granville @ Georgia St.
Jays' GM Anthopoulos playing hardball
Toronto Blue Jays Senior Vice President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Alex Anthopoulos talks on his cell phone as he looks at his watch during baseball spring training in Dunedin, FL, on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Trust, friendliness and sushi that swings
Kobe beef at Sushi Kimura Restaurant in Vancouver March 30, 2011.
Tory strategy ensures there is no national election
Nadal crushes Federer in Miami semi-final
Rafael Nadal of Spain celebrates after he defeated Roger Federer of Switzerland during their men's semifinal singles match at the Sony Ericsson Open at Crandon Park Tennis Center on April 1, 2011 in Key Biscayne, Florida. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)
See what students are saying about the upcoming election
Noémia L'Heureux-Daigneault, third year communication student, poses in Univesite Laval university in Quebec City Thursday March 31, 2011. L'Heureux-Daigneault thinks that "People are so fed-up with going to the polls so many times in such a short period, that they may be tempted to give the Conservatives a majority government."
After three elections in five years, students are tuned in, but turned off
University of British Columbia student president Jeremy McElroy who is studying Political Science is seen here at UBC April 1, 2011.
Despite handshakes, McGuinty and Ford part ways on transit projects
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, left, and Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty, right, pose in front of a new subway car following a joint transit funding announcement at the Wilson car yard in Toronto, March 31, 2011.
Liberal platform to focus on help for struggling families
Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff picks up 4-month-old Maeby Robertson, as he attends a rally at the campaign office in Kitchener Centre Friday, April 1, 2011 on a campaign stop in Kitchener, Ont.
Rate of aborted female fetuses increases in India
Women planting onions and transporting water in rural Rajasthan, India.
Election costs have skyrocketed in past decade
Sluman ties course record in Mississippi
Jeff Sluman
U of T's forestry school faces the axe
Eric Jacobsen, a Master of Forest Conservation student at the University of Toronto's Faculty of Forestry is photographed on campus in Toronto, April 1/2011.
The per-vote subsidy: Political welfare or the great leveller?
Conservative leader and Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper works behind the counter during a campaign stop at a Tim Hortons in Dieppe, New Brunswick April 1, 2011. Canadians will head to the polls in a federal election May 2.
Israeli air strike kills three militants in Gaza
Palestinians wave flags and chant slogans during a rally calling for a reconciliation between the rival Palestinian leading factions Hamas in Gaza and Fatah in the West Bank, in the West Bank city of Ramallah.
Using light to probe the brain's self-repair after a stroke
Tim Murphy at the University of British Columbia shows off a new technique that allows researchers to turn specific brain circuitry on and off.
Inquest last chance to get full story of Ashley Smith tragedy
A handout photo of Ashley Smith, 19, who died October 19, 2007 in an apparent suicide at Grand Valley Institution for Women in Kitchener.
A rebellion divided: spectre of revenge killings hangs over eastern Libya
Uthman Suleiman, 32, who describes himself as a security chief for the rebel city of Al Bayda, holds up war trophies captured from pro-Gadhafi fighters in the early days of the revolution. (Graeme Smith for The Globe and Mail)
Ford to council: Eat it, eat it. Don't you make me repeat it
Whitecaps coach faces lineup dilemma
Eric Hassli #29 of the Vancouver Whitecaps argues with referee Yader Reyes during the game against the Philadelphia Union at PPL Park on March 26, 2011 in Chester, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Drew Hallowell/Getty Images)
Canada is Tweeting. Leaders, though, aren't listening
Minister of Industry Tony Clement speaks to media following a caucus meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa February 2, 2011.
Screw winter, it's time to get out and play
Dragon boating
New businesses are cooking up more than just profits
Stephanie Smith laughs with Father Roberto Ubertino, executive director of St. John the Compassionate Mission and St. John's Bakery
Ignatieff and Layton get a bump in popularity, but Harper still tops
Leafs finding ways to win with less
The Toronto Maple Leafs have improved their form since shipping defenseman Tomas Kaberle to Boston. REUTERS/Mike Cassese
Ottawa should underwrite the Lower Churchill project
Muskrat Falls is seen at the Churchill River in central Labrador -- site of the proposed Lower Churchill Hydro Project.
Cricket needs more support within Canada
A man attempts to hit a ball during a cricket game on Oval Maidan in Mumbai.
Boo! Hiss! Which of the posturing leaders is the real villain?
John Doyle
The lineup: April 2 - April 8
Opera Atelier
At Lee Lounge, even the chefs are kicking back
'Susur's Favorites' Pedestal photographed
Can federal politicians take a page from the Ford manual?
Legendary swimming coach honoured
Up for Opening Day
Jose Bautista #19 of the Toronto Blue Jays stretches prior to the home opener for the Toronto Blue Jays as they face the Minnesota Twins during their MLB game at the Rogers Centre April 1, 2011 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.(Photo By Dave Sandford/Getty Images)
Nunavut now leaning Tory
Leona Aglukkaq
Former Jays boss Gillick says Anthopoulos is on the right track
Baseball Hall of Famer Pat Gillick throws out the ceremonial first pitch in the Philadelpia Philies spring training baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Florida Auto Exchange Stadium in Dunedin, Fla., Tuesday, March 22, 2011. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
Telus CEO put to a leadership test
Telus CEO Darren Entwistle is the son of a Bell lineman and had an early job as a repairman for the rival phone giant.
Harper government set to appoint prominent Tory's niece to agency board
Former New Brunswick premier Bernard Lord
B.C. first nations celebrate self-government
Huu-ay-aht First Nation councillor John Jack burns a page from the Indian Act during a ceremony where they held the first sitting of their legislature and signed a constitution after implementing the historic Maa-nulth Final Agreement in Anacla, B.C., in the early morning hours of Friday April 1, 2011. It is the first modern-day treaty on Vancouver Island and restores self government to the small First Nations community.
Canucks hope Sauvé boosts blueline
The Vancouver Canucks called up defenceman Yann Sauvé from Manitoba of the AHL on Friday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Economic clouds parting for Spain
While Spain?s overall banking problems are nowhere near as severe as Ireland?s, the small, struggling regional banks known as cajas threaten Spain?s recovery.
Jim Kinnear: A taste for the new, with a finger on reset
Jim Kinnear
Profits parade hits a fork in the road
David Parkinson
Nary a rotten tomato at NDP town hall in Sudbury
NDP Leader Jack Layton, cool, calm and collected among a crowd of comrades at a town hall in Sudbury on April 1, 2011.
Big Statoil find revives Norway's oil future
A CHC helicopter is about to touch down at a Statoil platform in the Norwegian North Sea
Sparkling, kinetic surprises at the reopened Power Plant
Andrea Carlson's works in the "To What Earth Does This Sweet Cold Belong?" exhibit at the Power Plant
Equity issuance drops in first quarter
Does your investment adviser put you first?
Rob Carrick
Playing the market by the books
Canadian dollar climbs to three-year high
Loonie and U.S. dollar
On the campaign trail: The daily photo recap
Conservative leader and Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper works behind the counter during a campaign stop at a Tim Hortons in Dieppe, New Brunswick April 1, 2011. Canadians will head to the polls in a federal election May 2.
My Korean Deli: Risking It All for a Convenience Store, by Ben Ryder Howe
Ben Ryder Howe
The tale of a tiny pirate
Detail from a page in "Small Saul"
Nine questions for Anne Roiphe
An undated photo of Anne Roiphe with her daughter Katie as an infant.
Jewels, by Dawn Promislow
Dawn Promislow
New in paperback: A guide to the latest releases
David Bezmozgis: ‘I hate being interviewed’
William St-Hilaire's bedtime books
William St-Hillaire in her bedroom in Montreal
How the End Begins: The Road to a Nuclear World War III, by Ron Rosenbaum
Ron Rosenbaum
The Free World, by David Bezmozgis
David Bezmogis
Art and Madness: A Memoir of Lust Without Reason, by Anne Roiphe
Video: A cold conundrum
Second home and higher education both within reach
Antonia and Ronaldo, who make $505,000 a year, want to buy a vacation property in the United States and pay for their child's postgraduate education.
Cat-allergy vaccine developed by McMaster researchers
Researches at McMcaster University say they have developed a vaccine that treats allegies to cats.
Defusing the coalition scare-bomb
Elizabeth Renzetti
About this app
Rookie managers often left to sink or swim
Rookie managers often left to sink or swim
Lina Bo Bardi: Outside the Pritzker Prize boys' club
The Museo de Arte de Sao Paulo, designed by Lina Bo Bardi in the 1960s.
The level (brunette) head of a Stealth Hottie
Johanna Schneller
Wes Craven's horror fundamentals
On the stand: A weekly roundup of the best magazine reads
How are we to answer, when someone's shouting 'whoop'?
A Honda Civic: Well, whoop-di-doo
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