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Young girls run on a viewing platform on Tiefenbachkogl mountain 3309 meters above Mittelbergferner Glacier in the Oetztal Alps in the Austrian province of Tyrol.
Angels at Jays preview
Tips on how to get along at an off-leash dog park
Battle between Vancouver’s dog-owners and non-owners heating up
Hot ticket: Burnaby Blues and Roots Festival
Out there: Sea of Sand
Aug. 12: What’s on this weekend in B.C.
Friesen retains lead at Price Cutter Charity Championship
It's been a difficult year, but Vancouver's Tamil migrants would do it all again
A Sri Lankan man, who arrived on the MV Sun Sea and did not want to be identified in this photograph, gazes out a window in Burnaby, B.C., Aug. 10, 2011. The Tamil migrant says despite the hardship he's endured in this country, he doesn't regret making the risky trip to Canada.
Fallen giants cede centre court to lesser-knowns
Alberta's Wildrose Party: growing pains or going nowhere?
Critics say Wildrose Leader Danielle Smith is burning through the party's cash and supporters dangerously fast. Ms. Smith says free spending is part of trying to form a government.
Azarenka shines bright
Rachel Brady
Harper exits Honduras with new free-trade deal
Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper (L) walks with Honduras' President Porfirio Lobo as he arrives for an official visit, at the Armando Escalon military base in San Pedro Sula August 12, 2011.
National education panel in jeopardy as native leaders withdraw support
National Chief Shawn Atleo answers questions from the media during a press conference at the 32nd Annual General Assembly of the Assembly of First Nations in Moncton, NB on Tuesday, July 12, 2011.
Ford should have known he'd break promises on service cuts and layoffs
Marcus Gee
Eskimos sign receiver Prechae Rodriguez
Vacant buildings overwhelm Hamilton’s streets
Rubenstein: Tiger's not out of the woods yet
Tiger Woods
Valleyfield advances to Canadian Little League final
A snapshot of sexism or a portrait of composure?
Bob and Mike Bryan: Doubles Trouble at Rogers Cup
Eric Duhatschek
The pistol-packin’ padre of the people
Protesters grab Netanyahu's attention
In this photo taken Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2011, a woman sleeps in a protest tent encampment against the costs of living in Tel Aviv, Israel. What started out as a sprinkling of tents pitched along Tel Aviv's tony Rothschild Boulevard – named for a scion of the fabulously wealthy Jewish banking family – has swollen into the most ferocious popular outcry in decades.
Rogers Cup action
How the West is arming the anti-censorship movement
Banned Bollywood film touches a social nerve
Indian police stand guard outside a cinema hall which showing newly released bollywood film 'Aarakshan', in Mumbai on August 12, 2011. Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan blasted a decision by three state governments to ban the release of his new film 'Aarakshan', which tackles the controversial issue of caste quotas.
It’s hard to have fun in a natural playground
Lions’ Simon and Bruce, together at last
Matthew Sekeres
Aboriginal leader followed a path of enlightenment and vision
William Commanda burns sweetgrass during a 2005 ceremony in the Senate chamber watched by elder Dominique Rankin, left, and General Romeo D'Allaire.
Reform-turned-Conservative party to celebrate 25 years of progress
Ted Byfield pictured in his motel room at Racoon Lodge in Sylvan Lake Alberta. Byfield, as a journalist played a big role in the founding of the Reform Party.
Cory Joseph suits up for Canada as NBA lockout threatens rookie season
Cory Joseph practices with the Findlay Prep basketball team at the Orleans Arena December 8, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Isaac Brekken/Getty Images for Globe and Mail)
Map of Gravenhurst, Ont.
Unexpected bequest enriches town of Gravenhurst with $1-million
Terence Haight, third from left, a former resident of Gravenhurst (a baker and hardware merchant who unexpectedly turned out to be rich when he died) left most of his wealth to the municipality with no conditions on how the money should be spent.
Good week; Bad week
Paul Attfield
Security as well as food needed for Somalia's famine refugees
Mothers sit with their children in a compound for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the Somali border town of Dhobley on August 11, 2011, 100 km from Dadaab refugee complex.
When wolverines attack, pets should stay indoors
This October 2008 photo released by Jeff Ford, taken near Minden, Mich., shows the female wolverine that was first spotted in 2004 in Michigan's rural Thumb region.
OSC prosecutor 'belligerent,' Bre-X lawyer tells hearing
Joe Groia at Osgood Hall in Toronto
The week the world went wild
Here's how the pundits explain the British riots
People try to kick in the window of a jeweller's shop near the Bullring shopping centre in Birmingham, central England, as violence spread outside London Monday, Aug. 8, 2011.
Michael Smedley: A stiff upper lip, and a tight ship
Michael Smedley by Anthony Jenkins/The Globe and Mail
What happened in London? Just an adjustment of the Riot Index
Firefighters battle a large fire that broke out in shops and residential properties in Croydon on August 9, 2011 in London, England.
The day the greenback divorced gold
Daniel Cockburn, filmmaker
Writer/director Daniel Cockburn
The CNE’s recipe for success
Disgraceland art show offers a parade of Presleys
Artist Gary Pullin and two Elvis busts from the God Save the King exhibit, "Black Metal King" by Paige Reynolds and "Hellvis" by Gary Pullin
Are red cars more expensive to insure?
Battle lines drawn in Europe over short selling
Spain's Economy Minister Elena Salgado expects more countries will ban short selling. AP Photo/Paul White
5 tablets for students on the cutting edge
The world isn't ending: Sell your bonds, buy stocks
Estiatorio Volos is a temple to Greek food
Exohico (a phyllo pastry stuffed with braised lamb and vegetables, feta and Kefaloturi cheeses) at Estiatorio Volos restaurant
The Lineup: Aug. 13 - 19
Singers Britney Spears (L) and Nicki Minaj perform during the 2011 Billboard Music Awards
The enduring power of trees
Ancient redwoods tower in the Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park in northern California.
Consumer spending will help U.S. avoid another recession
The week ahead: Another ride on the roller coaster?
Carleton alumni join Canada-India Centre's donor list
Happy Birthday(s)! How many 'friends' fell for man's Facebook birth date prank?
Gold's steady rise in pictures
By 2001 it had dropped slightly to $276.90 an ounce. It would only rise from there. One-tael gold cubes are seen at a jewellery store in Hong Kong.
Grace under firing
Tiger Woods, left, and caddie Steve Williams
The Week Ahead: Another Ride on the Rollercoaster?
Ten-hut! Let's set the ranks in order
A close-up of military medallions belonging to Lieutenant-General Andrew Leslie at a ceremony in 2006.
John Massier exhibit has two speeds: fast (online) and slow (at the gallery)
A detail from the John Massier photograph "parking lot guard tower"
Disc of the Week: Jeff Bridges calls in the big talent, but he didn't need to
Actor Jeff Bridges performs during his sound check ahead of his concert at Troubadour club in West Hollywood, California, June 28, 2011.
‘I don’t think one needs to be black or white to tell a story’: Octavia Spencer
SABMiller still circling Foster's
Foster's
Toronto man charged after woman spots her stolen bike on Kijiji: police
Is it wise to jump on the bond bandwagon?
Rob Carrick
Are you living in a former grow-op?
Disclosure and remediation regulations for grow-op houses differ among B.C. municipalities.
Is it okay to have two family doctors?
Review: SkyCaddie SGX a precision GPS tool for serious golfers
The expensive handheld device delivers exact yardage from your position to any spot on a given hole or green
Summer of Arcade gallery
A screenshot from Microsoft's Summer of Arcade's Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
Westwood lurking near the top of the leaderboard
Lee Westwood
Seana McKenna on guilt-free reading
Stratford actor Seana McKenna reads in bed at her home in Harrington, Ontario.
Shock Value, by Jason Zinoman
A scene from The Exorcist, with Max Von Sydow and Linda Blair in1973.
The Fog of War, by Mark Bourrie
Mark Bourrie
The Sense of an Ending, by Julian Barnes
Julian Barnes
A Gentleman of Pleasure, by Brian Busby
John Glassco
A World Elsewhere, by Wayne Johnston
Author Wayne Johnston is photographed in his Toronto home on Aug 4 2011. Johnson's latest novel A World Elsewhere, will be released later this month and is about a Newfoundland man's trip to North Carolina to visit a college friend.
Review: Three of Summer of Arcade's best indie games
A screenshot from Microsoft's Summer of Arcade's Bastion
New in paperback: A guide to the latest releases
Four new books worth taking a look at
Dollar slips, but remains above par
Loonie and U.S. dollar
Party Photos of the week - Top Ten Event
Stuart Knight (left) and W. Brett Wilson at the Top Ten event afterparty at Proof.
Sprint drops plans to carry RIM’s 4G PlayBook
The close: Dow gains, ending volatile week with modest dip
Disaster was My God, by Bruce Duffy
Bruce Duffy
Earnings have never been harder to predict
Bears fan Obama hosts Packers at White House
Sticking to a system
Ten best small business stories of the week
Blooming incomes, blossoming risks
Looting hit U.K. economy less than Royal wedding
A building burns as a riot police officer watches in Croydon, south London, Monday, Aug. 8, 2011. AP Photo/Dominic Lipinski
eHealth Ontario workers start class action suit for wage increases, bonuses
Deb Matthews, Ontario's Health Minister, says the government is to be commended for calling in a spot audit of the province's hospitals.
What the health care system can learn from McDonald’s
Friendly skies: Airline staff lose jobs after X-rated photos
Michael Babad
What was Jim Peplinski doing at Flaherty's policy retreat?
Rubenstein: Ernie Els not finding it 'Easy' these days
Ernie Els
More austerity could be flashpoint for Italy, France
Suspect who came at Calgary police officer with a screwdriver shot four times
Slow-roasted tomatoes
Factory farming is cruel: Gene Baur at the editorial board
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