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April 17

Election's pivotal stretch starts with new motifs: health care, unity
In this combination photo, Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff (L) waves as he gets on his bus following a campaign stop in Regina, Sask, Saturday, April 16, 2011. Conservative leader and Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper (R) waves as he boards his campaign bus in Richmond Hill, Ontario April 7, 2011.
Dix win may bode well for Clark
Gary Mason
Vigneault comes to the defence of Torres
Vancouver Canucks' head coach Alain Vigneault directs his players through a drill during team practice in Vancouver. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Consider this: Hold the line on EI premiums
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty gestures as he speaks during an announcement that the government of Canada will increase employment insurance premiums in January in Ottawa on Thursday, September 30, 2010.
Corporate taxes: to cut or not to cut?
Conservative Party leader and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper (L) and Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff leave after the French-language leaders' debate in Ottawa April 13, 2011. Canadians will head to the polls in a federal election on May 2.
Canucks push 'Hawks to the brink
Photos of world-wide Palm Sunday and passover celebrations
Members of the Jesus of Nazareth brotherhood hold the image of Jesus Christ during the Palm Sunday celebration in the town of Suchitoto, 47 kms northeast of San Salvador. The Christian faithful celebrate the start of the Holy Week around the world.
Torres in hot water again after questionable hit
Brent Seabrook #7 of the Chicago Blackhawks hits Raffi Torres #13 of the Vancouver Canucks in the chest with his stick after Torres took him down in the 2nd period in Game Three of the Western Conference Quarterfinals during the 2011 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at the United Center on April 17, 2011 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)
Are we really cheering for the Canadian team?
Roy MacGregor
Where the leaders are on Day 24
Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff and his wife Zsuzsanna Zsohar board their campaign plane in Vancouver, B.C. Sunday, April 17, 2011. Jonathan Hayward
Will Kobe Bryant's homophobic slur be a catalyst for change?
Los Angeles Lakers Kobe Bryant (L) argues with a referee after getting a technical foul during their NBA basketball game against the San Antonio Spurs in Los Angeles, California, April 12, 2011.
The quiet intellectual goes for results, not histrionics
Adrian Dix
The talk of the town
Montreal Canadiens' Mike Cammalleri (13) is checked by Boston Bruins defenseman Johnny Boychuk during the first period of Game 2 of a first-round NHL Stanley Cup playoffs hockey series in Boston, Saturday, April 16, 2011. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)
Technology in investors' spotlight
Apple's iPad 2.
Far North residents weigh offshore drilling's risk-reward equation
Tracking nature's not-so-cute critters
No one knew the blue-grey taildropper slug lived on Vancouver Island until one was found nine years ago at Rocky Point.
Showdown time for i4i, Microsoft
Loudon Owen, left, the chairman of i4i, and Michel Vulpe, the company's chief technology officer
No penalty goes unnoticed by TSN pundits
Autistic track star sidelined by bureaucracy
Andrew Towle, 19, has been deemed ineligible to play soccer by Ontario's high-school athletic watchdog because he has stayed too long in high school. Mr. Towle is autistic.
Offering the ethnic media an outlet 'to reach political leaders'
Thomas Saras, president and ceo of the National Ethnic Press and Media Council of Canada is photographed in his office at Toronto City Hall on April 11 2011.
Chopra declared winner of Fresh Express Classic
Daniel Chopra
In B.C., fish can net an election victory
Mark Hume
Statutory company income tax rate in OECD member countries
Ontario judge rules mentally ill can be held in jails
Robert Singer described his stay in Toronto's Don Jail as 'cold, dank, lonely, dark.'
Real Madrid, Manchester City frustrate rivals
Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo (R) celebrates past Barcelona's goalkeeper Victor Valdes after scoring during their Spanish first division soccer match at Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid April 16, 2011. REUTERS/Susana Vera
Olive Dickason wrote the book on aboriginal history in Canada
Fears of uprisings prompt China's Easter crackdown
A woman walks to a Christian church on April 17, 2011 in Beijing. Police have rounded up dozens of followers of an underground Protestant church, a rights group said, as a widening crackdown on dissent appeared to spread to religious figures.
Meet the new and improved Yunel Escobar
Toronto Blue Jays infielder Yunel Escobar. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Food power to the people
Syrian President's pledge to repeal emergency laws falls on deaf ears
In this citizen journalism image made on a mobile phone and acquired by the AP, Syrian anti-government protesters march during a demonstration in Banias, Sunday, April 17, 2011=
Cook birdies playoff hole to win Outback Pro-Am
John Cook
Raul Castro calls for term limits for Cuban leaders
Cuban President Raul Castro gestures as he delivers a speech during the opening session of the 6th Communist Party Congress, on April 16, 2011 at the Convention Palace in Havana.
Around the NHL
Nashville Predators right wing Jordin Tootoo, right, celebrates with Jerred Smithson, left, Nick Spaling (13), and Shea Weber, top, after Tootoo scored against the Anaheim Ducks the first period of Game 3 in a first-round series in the NHL Stanley Cup playoffs, Sunday, April 17, 2011, in Nashville, Tenn. The Predators won 4-3. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
Toronto police trace lead in fatal attack on York University student
Police remove the body of a student from a home at 27 Aldwinckle Hts. near York University
It's time for Canada to take on the world
Canada's flag is hoisted after the game-winning goal in overtime against the U.S. during their gold medal hockey game at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, Feb. 28, 2010.
On the campaign trail: The weekend photo recap
Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff greets supporters while attending an election campaign town hall meeting in North Vancouver, British Columbia April 17, 2011. Canadians go to the polls May 2 in a federal election.
Rubenstein: 'Arnie's caddie', Ray Slater, passes away
Arnold Palmer
Pope: 'Abandon pride of wanting to become God'
Penitents walks to church at the start of the 'La Paz' brotherhood procession during the Holy Week in Sevilla on April 17, 2011.
Dix clinches leadership of BC NDP
Adrian Dix celebrates winning the second ballot in the BC NDP leadership election in Vancouver, April 17, 2011.
Expect continued runup in U.S. earnings
Citigroup
Dying for a change on safe-injection site
Protesters surround the Chinese Cultural Centre in Vancouver before a visit by Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010.
Habs remain wary of Bruins
Sean Gordon
When commodities boom ends, will Canada be going Dutch?
Canada's boreal forest
Vancouver's safe injection site cuts overdose deaths
Searching for clues to Harper's so-called hidden agenda
Barrie McKenna
They call it the evil weed, but returns sure are good
Tobacco companies continue to churn out solid profits and dividends.
Canada's foreign aid budget: Election letter of the day, April 17
A Rohingya mother from Myanmar attends a medical check-up run by a NGO with her child, in a refugee camp in Cox's Bazaar August 17, 2009. Rohingyas, not recognised as an ethnic minority by Myanmar, allege human rights abuse by its authorities, saying they deprive Rohingya of free movement, education and rightful employment. Bangladesh's Foreign Minister Dipu Moni on August 10 said the continuous flow of illegal entrants was causing huge damage to the country's land, forest and other resources.
Tax cruise ship passengers, B.C. economist urges
While cruise ships generate an estimated $24-million a year in benefits for Victoria, costs amount to an estimated $28-million says one economist.
Fund investors give emerging markets a second look
Disabled can benefit from range of programs at tax time
Angela Lusignan makes bath bombs for her online business, Dis Da Bomb Luxury Bath Products, in Coquitlam, B.C.
Spurs' Gareth Bale voted English player of the year
Tottenham's Gareth Bale has been voted Professional Footballer's Association player of the year. (AP Photo/Tom Hevezi)
Best pictures from April 17
A woman smokes a cigar while marching in the parade commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Bay of Pigs failed invasion in Revolution Square in Havana, Cuba.
Watch the BC NDP election
British Columbia NDP leadership candidates Mike Farnworth, Adrian Dix, John Horgan and Dana Larsen await the start of a televised debate on April 9, 2011.
Ignatieff distances himself from separatist scare talk
Liberal leader Michael Ignatief in Vancouver, B.C. Sunday, April 17, 2011.
Images from a pinhole camera
A negative made from a photographic paper taken with a home made pinhole camera. This camera was made from an empty Kodak film box using a brass pinhole. (Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail)
How to make a pinhole camera
Various photos of materials needed to make pinhole cameras for upcoming Camera Club How To column. A used Kodak large format film box is fitted with a brass pinhole (pictured) and adapted to accept curt film holders. Photographic paper or film can be loaded into the holders. (Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail)
Staking out a farmland business
Gordon Pitts
Bad food, poor sleep: Why the federal election is a health hazard
Navdeep Bains, federal Liberal candidate for the riding of Mississauga - Brampton South, talking to volunteer Dan Deyan (left) in Brampton.
I took my father's obituary photo
The Joe Fresh pedometer is cute - and pretty accurate, too
The Jogi pedometer is part of the new health-and-wellness line of products from Joe Fresh.
How can I exercise without fear of injury?
Zsa Zsa Gabor to have another child via surrogate?
AUGUST 14, 1986 -- NUMBER EIGHT -- Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor holds the hand of her eigth husband, Prince Frederick von Anhalt of Munich, as he waves, following their wedding ceremony in Los Angeles Thursday evening.
Nicholas Sidorenko
Nicholas Sidorenko, Lives Lived April 18/11
Six tips for selling your stuff online
Make sure you give your post a good title when selling items online.
Knees badly injured? Don't give up on cardio
Regina Odofle Thompson stretches at her home as part of her daily workout.
Bored, bored, bored: Can gadgets spice up my running?
Amberly McAteer tests out her roommate's running gadgets: here, the omniscient Garmin watch and the dignity-stealing fuel belt.
My doctor fired me - what can I do?
How to make a pinhole camera
Friend may have witnessed attack on York University student
Coolsaet, Brown claim Canadian half-marathon championships
Reid Coolsaet of Canada competes during the heats of the men's 5000 Metres at the 10th IAAF World Athletics Championships on August 11, 2005 in Helsinki, Finland.
Kevin Martin wins Players' Championship
Alberta skip Kevin Martin throws a rock against Nova Scotia during the ninth draw at the Brier curling championships in London, Ontario, March 8, 2011.
Anti-euro party gains in Finnish vote threaten Portugal bailout
Chairman Timo Soini of the True Finns gives thumbs-up to supporters at the party's reception in Helsinki April 17, 2011. Finland's anti-euro True Finns party made big gains in a parliamentary election on Sunday, threatening the pro-European government and raising the risk of disruption to an EU bailout of Portugal.
Harper warns against advancing Quebec separatism
Bloc Quebecois Leader Gilles Duceppe, left, greets Conservative Party Leader and Prime Minister Stephen Harper after the French-language leaders' debate in the 2011 federal election.
Retrospective: The Bay of Pigs
A soldier of the Cuban Armed Forces stands next to U.S.-built armaments captured after some 1,500 anti-Castro allies came ashore at Playa Giron beach during the Bay of Pigs invasion on the south coast of Cuba, in this April 1961 file photo. Forty-five years after it defeated a CIA-trained invasion force at the Bay of Pigs, Cuba still sees the U.S. as the biggest threat to its socialist society. 1,500 Cuban exiles, organized and armed by the CIA, came ashore April 1961 in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro's government. The invaders never got beyond the mosquito-infested swamps surrounding the Bay of Pigs, as Castro's fledgling revolutionary government scrambled to defend itself. Picture taken April 1961
France blocks Italian trains carrying North African immigrants
Would-be immigrants queue in at an Italian red cross centre in the boarder town of Ventimiglia on April 6, 2011.
Liberal health care ads may be working
Conservative Leader Stephen Harper speaks at a campaign event in Vancouver, BC on Saturday April 16, 2011.
Canucks' discipline underrated
Vancouver Canucks winger Raffi Torres (13) fights for control of the puck with Los Angeles Kings left wing Kyle Clifford (13) during second period NHL hockey action at Rogers arena in Vancouver, B.C. Thursday, March 31, 2011. Torres has been suspended four games for a hit to the head of the Edmonton Oilers rookie Jordan Eberle.
Ignatieff would call quick health care summit with premiers
Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff, left, and former Prime Minister Paul Martin address the media in Edmonton on Saturday, April 16, 2011.
Cuba marks 50th anniversary of Bay of Pigs with parade
People march with a replica of the Granma Yacht during a military parade in Havana's Revolution Square April 16, 2011. Cuba readied for a Communist Party congress about its future with a tribute to the past on Saturday, staging a military parade for the 50th anniversaries of the U.S.-backed Bay of Pigs invasion and the declaration of Cuban socialism. Granma was used to transport 82 guerrilla fighters including their leader, Fidel Castro, his brother Raul Castro, Che Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos, from Mexico to Cuba in 1956, launching the Cuban revolution.
Stoke reaches first FA Cup final
Stoke City fans celebrate their team winning at the final whistle during the FA Cup sponsored by E.ON semi final match between Bolton Wanderers and Stoke City at Wembley Stadium on April 17, 2011 in London, England.
Where storms have struck the southern U.S.
Oil market oversupplied: Saudis
Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi
Canada loses Fed Cup playoff tie with Slovenia
Canada's Eugenie Bouchard hits a return to Slovenia's Masa Zec-Peskiric during their Fed Cup World Group tennis match in Koper April 17, 2011.
Canada clobbers Kazakhstan at women's world hockey championships
Team Canada Defence #12, Meaghan Mikkelson waits on the bench as her team plays against the Calgary Buffaloes in Calgary, Alberta on Tuesday, October 13, 2009. The Women's team won 4-3 in overtime.
Nigeria's Jonathan poised for victory in a divided country
Goodluck Jonathan casts his ballot in his home village of Otuoke in Nigeria’s Bayelsa state.
Nadal beats Ferrer for seventh Monte Carlo crown
Rafael Nadal of Spain celebrates after defeating his compatriot David Ferrer during their final at the Monte Carlo Masters tennis tournament in Monaco April 17, 2011.
Kevin Martin and Niklas Edin advance to finals at Players' Championship
Alberta skip Kevin Martin throws a rock against Nova Scotia during the ninth draw at the Brier curling championships in London, Ontario, March 8, 2011.
Portugal's Socrates slams opponents' 'guerrilla warfare'
Jose Socrates
Schwartzel can cope with major pressure
Charl Schwartzel
Manassero pounces on latest McIlroy flop
Matteo Manassero
Investors see firm TSX profits
Tornados leave a path of distruction across southern U.S.
Tamisha Cunningham, who suffered a leg injury when her home was destroyed by a tornado, looks over the damage while waiting for medical care, near Athens, Ala., on April 27, 2011.
Liberal and NDP gains dampen Tory hopes for majority three weeks in
A Conservative Party supporter waits for Stephen Harper to speak at a campaign stop in Saskatoon on April 15, 2011.
Sensing NDP vulnerable in NWT, Harper and Ignatieff head north
Dennis Bevington
Microsoft-i4i case heads for top court
Loudon Owen, left, the chairman of i4i, and Michel Vulpe, the company's chief technology officer
Greece's economy teeters on the brink of default
A statue which depicts a woman holding up the symbol of the euro is seen at the European Parliament in Brussels
China hikes bank reserve measure
Harper bets on B.C. for his majority gamble
Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his wife Laureen (behind) are mobbed by supporters as they attend the Vaisakhi festival in Vancouver, BC on Saturday April 16, 2011.
Passionate, even noble, Ignatieff's script needs a populist spin
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff addresses a rally during a campaign stop in Edmonton on Saturday, April 16, 2011.
Getting their kicks
Stoke City fans celebrate their team winning at the final whistle during the FA Cup sponsored by E.ON semi final match between Bolton Wanderers and Stoke City at Wembley Stadium on April 17, 2011 in London, England. (Photo by Jamie McDonald/Getty Images)
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