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The space shuttle Endeavour lifts off from Launch Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
In Alberta, will this Liberal puppet master matter?
Liberal Official Opposition leader David Swann speaks at a press conference on his last day at the Legislature in Edmonton on Thursday, May 12, 2011. Swann is stepping down as party leader but plans to run again in his Calgary riding and sit as a regular member of the legislature.
Search called off for B.C. man missing in Nevada since late March
Canadian couple Albert and Rita Chretien are seen in this Royal Canadian Mounted Police photo released to Reuters on May 7, 2011.
Frantic Slave Lake residents given little time to flee raging wildfire
A massive forest fire stoked by strong winds burnt through the southeast of Slave Lake, Alberta on May 16, 2011. Hundreds of homes were reported lost to the fire.
The raging Alberta wildfires that devastated Slave Lake
The town centre at Slave Lake. A massive forest fire stoked by strong winds burnt through the southeast of Slave Lake, Alberta on May 16, 2011. Hundreds of homes were reported lost to the fire.
Day supports name change for B.C. Liberals
Treasury Board President Stockwell Day says new lobbying restrictions are a step toward greater accountability.
Sharks in good shape, coach says
San Jose Sharks' Joe Thornton skates during an optional team practice in Vancouver, B.C., on Monday May 16, 2011.
Rob Ford's frugality exemplified in Fort York link cancellation
Marcus Gee
Party photos of the week
Kinga Ilyes at the A2ZANE party
Rape charges expose troubled past of 'the Great Seducer' Strauss-Kahn
Unhealthy neighbourhoods play big role in obesity, diabetes epidemic
Walkable neighbourhoods with lush tree canopies such as in downtown Vancouver promote healthier lifestyles than marginalized neighbourhoods on city fringes.
PM waiting until June to recall Parliament
A tourist boutique displays Parliament Hill magnets as pedestrians make their way along Ottawa's Sparks Street Mall on May 16, 2011.
Sharks, Canucks full of respect for Derek Boogaard
Derek Boogaard #94 of the New York Rangers. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
CSC seeks publication ban in Ashley Smith inquest
Ashley Smith died at Kitchener's Grand Valley Institution for Women on Oct. 19, 2007.
Exit of Trump, Huckabee opens door for new candidate
Konrad Yakabuski
Sorry, moms: Café charges 'corkage' fee for bringing baby's lunch
Manitoba, Quebec flood waters contain a 'pollutant cocktail'
Robin Carter drives his tractor beside his home along the intentional breach of the dike along the Assiniboine River Monday, May 16, 2011 in Manitoba.
Britt Janyk putting away her skis
Canadian skier Britt Janyk races in the Women's Downhill second training of the FIS Ski World Cup in Lake Louise, Canada, December 1, 2010. Getty Images/Emmanuel Dunand
B.C. Tories' next helmsman nets fine for illegal fishing
John Cummins speaks to Fisheries and Oceans officers on the Fraser River.
An eagle loses its lunch, and a stray dog finds a friend
May, a stray toy poodle, is recovering nicely after her encounter with a bird of prey, probably an eagle.
Woods planning to play U.S. Open next month
Tiger Woods
Rwandan President, journalist duel in Twittersphere
Milos Raonic takes time to enjoy ride
Canada's Milos Raonic, right, talks with his coach Galo Blanco from Spain during a practice session April 20, 2011 during the Spanish Open in Barcelona.
Curtis Glencross staying in Calgary
Columbus Blue Jackets' Craig Rivet, left, skates away as Calgary Flames' Curtis Glencross celebrates his goal during second period NHL hockey action in Calgary, Alta., Friday, March 4, 2011.
Raptors hope to repeat 2006 lottery luck
Toronto Raptors forward Andrea Bargnani
I need to have a late-night snack. What's my best option?
Party photos of the week
Joanne Williams (left), Natasha Mytnowych and Julia Lefebvre at unScripted, a fundraiser in support of Canadian Stage's community initiatives, held May 13 at One King West in Toronto
How Raffi got his groove back
Gary Mason
Buildup of water on brain likely killer of rescued B.C. porpoise, vet says
Vancouver Aquarium employees carry a porpoise named Siyay that was stranded off Saltspring Island and rescued by a hovercraft, in Vancouver, Tuesday, April 26, 2011.
West Vancouver woman charged with human trafficking
Torontonians in favour of privatized garbage collection, poll shows
In garbage collection, competition is rarely wasted
RCMP alleges ex-CRA auditor received payment
A taxpayer examines income-tax forms in Toronto on April 13, 2011.
Canadian TMX bid carries hints of economic nationalism
TMX Broadcast Centre manager Kris Backus walks in front of the centre's display board in Toronto on Monday May 16, 2011.
Stars begin to align for Russia's downtrodden stocks
TimberWest sale faces first nations hurdle
The Hul?qumi?num is upset about the amount of logging done on Vancouver Island.
An Eden where the river meets the sea
Mark Hume
Police arrest suspect in TTC sexual assaults
The trust-me offer for TMX needs some solid data
An employee passes a stock board at the Toronto Stock Exchange.
What stands in the way of Maple's bid for TMX
TMX Broadcast Centre
German NYSE bid faces hurdles that felled Nasdaq offer
The entrance to the New York Stock Exchange.
Dollar's slide continues
Loonie and U.S. dollar
NBC joins forces with Global to launch TV series
FIRM, THE, Tom Cruise, 1993
SIU can't identify police in alleged G20 beating so no charges to be laid
China heads west to establish newest powerhouse region
Edmonton native Adam McWhirter moved to Chongqing four years ago, drawn by the city?s rising fortunes.
Can Christy Clark save the HST in B.C.?
B.C. Premier Christy Clark speaks at the B.C. Liberal Party Convention in Penticton, B.C. on Saturday May 14, 2011. Clark has told delegates at a Liberal party convention in Pentiction that she will make changes to the HST by the end of this month.
Looking for blue chips that can grow
Defence offers alternate theory on how, where Jordan Manners was shot
Timothy Appleby
Planking, an Internet craze turns deadly
Planking
What happens when gay male execs come out?
LinkedIn IPO: An expensive and unproven venture
David Milstead
Sunrise in the Eyes of the Snowman, by Goran Simić
Goran Simić
Watch NBA star Grant Hill speak out against anti-gay language in a PSA
On John Cummins, political dogfights and pot
Former Delta MP John Cummins during a press conference where he formally announced he wants to lead the BC Conservative Party in Vancouver March 29, 2011.
Online tools help investors find adviser right for them
Rob Carrick
How to make school libraries relevant again
The Windsor-Essex Catholic District School board has decided to eliminate school librarians as a cost cutting measure.
How to use junk bonds in a quality portfolio
Jesse Lumsden to retire from football
Calgary Stampeders' Jesse Lumsden. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
At Cannes, mere mortals (okay: Brad Pitt) left to explain 'The Tree of Life'
Brad Pitt meets the press at the screening of The Tree of Life at Cannes Film Festival.
Bryna Wasserman leaving Montreal to head oldest theatre in New York
Bryna Wasserman
Chad VanGaalen: Moving to the beat of a very different drum
Chad VanGaalen at the Lazy Loaf Cafe in Calgary, Alta., in January.
German-built Buick only slightly Americanized
2011 Buick Regal
A knack for making healthy returns from corporate debt
yield
Over 35? No one wants to see you in a miniskirt
Thousands of protesters march in Damascus suburb, defying security crackdown
Demonstrators took to the streets of Amman on Sunday to call for the ouster of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad. Another protest took place on Monday night in a suburb of the Syrian capital Damascus at the funeral of a protester who was wounded three weeks before.
How safe is your makeup?
Security-minded trade measure kept diplomats on their toes, WikiLeaks reveals
Disney to Doha: MPs lap up free trips courtesy of lobby groups, foreign governments
The close: Dow dips, TSX gains
The Toronto Stock Exchange Broadcast Centre in Toronto.
Flames drop interim tag from general manager Jay Feaster's title
U.S. taps pension funds as it hits debt ceiling
U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner.
U.S. scraps rule barring some Canadian dual citizens from hi-tech military jobs
A U.S. drone completes its first unmanned flight at Edwards Air Force Base in California in this 2011 file photo.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn: a career in politics
French socialist party MP and national secretary for economics Dominique Strauss-Kahn, flanked by former minister of finance Pierre Beregovoy, left, and former labor minister Michel Delebarre, right, gives a press conference on the economic and social situation in France on June 19, 1986, in Paris.
Why I've chosen to hide my MS from co-workers
Hans Guenther Martini
Esprit Orchestra cunningly channels The Carpenters
The Esprit Orchestra
Airline offers stopovers at luxury hotels in Abu Dhabi, Yas Island or Dubai
A passenger train passes in front of high rise buildings in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Teens and young adults may need mumps booster
Visit the world's first 'airport park'
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol opens world's first 'Airport Park'
McDonald's Europe to shake up food ordering system
A boy plays a computer game at the newly designed interior of the McDonalds fast food restaurant in Wolfratshausen south of Munich.
Winklevoss twins lose bid to reopen Facebook case
Cameron (L) and Tyler (R) Winklevoss
California deficit shrinking but government wants tax hike
A well-meaning citizens' movement misses the mark in Mexico
Mexican poet Javier Sicilia (R), wearing a t-shirt with an image of his late son, Juan Francisco Sicilia, speaks next to Mexican farmer, Ignacio del Valle (C) as they march on the streets in Mexico City, May 8, 2011.
Violent Arctic storm a climate-change 'harbinger,' study finds
Dead vegetation is shown around a lake in the Mackenzie Delta.
Councillor Augimeri to challenge by-election call
Toronto councillor Maria Augimeri will soon be facing a by-election in Ward 9 York Centre.
Stop right now and get your brakes fixed
Rob MacGregor
Freedom of information requests should be delayed to public for 24 hours, says minister
The Tsawwassen port June 9, 2010 as seen from a BC Ferries vessel.
Illicit Benghazi gold trade supports rebels
In this 2007 photo, women look at gold jewellery for sale in a street in the old town of Tripoli
TV: Five shows worth watching tonight: May 17
Linda Hunt stars in "NCIS: Los Angeles" on CBS and Global.
Pound holdings slip in Russia reserves amid debut of loonie
Michael Babad
Wired Women of Canada: Leila Boujnane, search innovator
Economy job No. 1 when Parliament resumes June 2, Tories say
Government House Leader John Baird speaks to reporters in Ottawa on May 16, 2011.
Look, the debt ceiling!
Wildfires wreak havoc, evacuation in Alberta's oil patch
Smoke from wildfires obscures Highway 2 outside Slave Lake, Alta., on Monday.
Netanyahu: Palestinian unity government that includes Hamas Islamists can't be peace partner
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures as he speaks during the opening of the summer session of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem May 16, 2011. Netanyahu said on Monday a Palestinian unity government that includes Hamas Islamists could not be Israel's peace partner.
Pearl Jam to tour Canada this fall
Pearl Jam
Liberals reject ICBC rate hike
The Clark government has killed a proposal to charge B.C. drivers higher car insurance premiums after getting a single ticket.
RIM recalls 1,000 PlayBooks
Mike Lazaridis, president and co-chief executive officer of Research In Motion, holds the new Blackberry PlayBook with a screen projection of the device as he speaks at the RIM Blackberry developers conference in San Francisco, California in this September 27, 2010 file photo.
Trial of man charged with arson, murder in the Woodbine Building fire delayed
ETFs for yield hungry, risk averse investors
Don Vialoux
Negotiations begin on Thrashers sale
Andrew Ladd #16 of the Atlanta Thrashers celebrates his goal against the New York Rangers during their game on April 7, 2011 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York.
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