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Judge denies Bonds' attempt to overturn verdict
This April 13, 2011 file photo shows former baseball player Barry Bonds leaving federal court in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)
Toronto Cardinal Aloysius Ambrozic was trusted adviser to Pope John Paul II
Aloysius Ambrozic was 81.
Fifth Estate producer Brian Vallée brought spousal abuse to the forefront
Canada's struggles continue ahead of FIBA Americas
Richdale leads six Canadians into the weekend
Samantha Richdale
Bombers edge Ti-Cats for fifth straight win
Cochran leads Sluman by one at Boeing Classic.
Russ Cochran
Calgary triathlete recovers from horrific crash to race again
Brenda Seasons was hit by a car while training the the Ironman in 2008 near Calgary Alberta. This will be her first Ironman since the accident. Photos were taken August 17, 2011 in Canmore, Alberta while Seasons wrapped up her training for the upcoming Subaru Ironman on August 28th in Penticton B.C. She is joined by her son, Graham Seasons in a few photos. Joanne Elves for the Globe and Mail
Best pictures from August 26
A large orange cloth with an image of the late NDP Leader Jack Layton is covered in well wishes and condolence messages at City Hall in Toronto August 26, 2011. Visitors continue to write their condolence messages in chalk, filling the square with messages of hope and love.
The timetable for Jack Layton's funeral
A portrait of the late NDP Leader Jack Layton sits in flowers at a makeshift memorial outside Toronto City Hall on Friday, Aug. 26, 2011.
Canada's Top Five medal hopes
Hurdler Perdita Felicien is one of Canada's top hopes at the World Track and Field Championships.(Jeff McIntosh/Globe and Mail)
Who is NDP leadership contender Brian Topp?
Photos from the Hastings race track
Richard Hamel, wearing yellow, rides Duelling Pistol in front of Pedro Alvarado on Honey's Monarch during the second race at Hastings race track in Vancouver Aug. 24, 2011.
West Coast Wines
Averill Creek Pinot Noir.
Justesen, Habig set new course record in Windsor
Erick Justesen
Jays bullpen masters blown save
B.C.'s Hawksworth restaurant falls short of dazzling
Flat Iron Steak with Smoked Tomato and olive is served at Hawksworth Restaurant in the newly renovated Rosewood Hotel Georgia, 801 West Georgia Street in downtown Vancouver, August 4, 2011.
Jays bullpen masters blown save
Toronto Blue Jays relief pitcher Frank Francisco. REUTERS/Adam Hunger
Check your TV listings for these snapshots of Vancouver
Rubenstein: Tour players roll with putting coach's advice
Q school is off and running.
After the HST: What will happen to the referendum process in B.C.?
Former British Columbia Premier Bill Vander Zalm (C) celebrates the result of the Harmonised Sales Tax (HST) referendum vote outside the Law Courts with fellow supporters Bill Tieleman (L) and Chris Delaney in Vancouver, British Columbia August 26, 2011.
Bautista ejected in Jays' loss to Rays
Jose Bautista #19 of the Toronto Blue Jays backs away from a high pitch during MLB game action against the Tampa Bay Rays August 26, 2011 at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Brad White/Getty Images)
Layton's signature reveals sense of optimism to the end
Jack Layton's signature from 2008.
HST defeat brings back harder edge of B.C.'s protest politics
Gary Mason
Why a farewell letter can comfort and inspire
Mourners hold a candlelight vigil in a park for NDP Leader Jack Layton who died Monday after a bout with cancer Monday, August 22, 2011 in Montreal.
Stamps prepare for return of 'chatterbox' Dwight Anderson
Montreal Alouettes Dwight Anderson puts a finger to his lips in 2008 while a member of the Calgary Stampeders. FILE PHOTO: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jimmy Jeong
Stanford renews her love affair with putter
Angela Stanford
Map: Jack Layton's favourite Toronto establishments
DeMerit not surprised by Whitecaps struggles
Vancouver Whitecaps' Jay DeMerit is not surprised by his team's performance. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Ford office aiming to take over Port Lands development
The R.L. Hearn Generating Station on Unwin Ave. in the Toronto port lands, right, and the new Port Lands Energy Centre next door in Toronto on April 27, 2011.
HST vote a move in the wrong direction
Fight HST pin.
Good week; Bad week
Paul Attfield
In quotes: B.C. officials weigh in on the HST vote
British Columbia Premier Christy Clark responds to the results of the HST referendum at the B.C. Legislature in Victoria, B.C., on Friday August 26, 2011. British Columbians have voted 54.73 percent in favour of abolishing the Harmonized Sales Tax and returning to the PST and GST.
Jays' Jose Bautista ejected for dugout meltdown
Toronto Blue Jays' Jose Bautista has been ejected from Friday's game against Tampa Bay. FILE PHOTO: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
Wozniak, Dancevic, Pospisil advance to U.S. Open
Aleksandra Wozniak moved on to the U.S. Open main draw with a 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 qualifying victory over Stefanie Voegele of Switzerland on Friday in New York. REUTERS/Thierry Roge
Ontario Liberal candidate under fire for putting herself on cover of magazine
Toronto mayoral candidate Sarah Thomson announces that she is pulling out of the race for mayor at a press conference Sep 28, 2010.
Low-income families to lose award-winning nursery school
Grace Wright, who is mildly autistic, plays with Adeel Silmy at Bond Street Nursery in Toronto on Aug. 25, 2011. The nursery, which will be shutting down, provides care for predominantly low-income and special needs children whose parents rely on city subsidies which have been cut back.
Crunch time for CFLers in NFL camps
Saskatchewan Roughriders' Andy Fantuz is among several CFLers hoping to make the grade in the NFL. (CP PHOTO/Troy Fleece)
George Elliott Clarke remembers a summer with his father
William Bill Clarke, right, sometime in the late 1950s in the Maritimes.
Doors open on terrible secrets of a crumbling police state in Tripoli
Ibrahim Sari, 57, stands in the ruins of Tripoli's internal intelligence headquarters. He lived nearby for years, and always felt afraid of the building. Now that it stands ruined and abandoned, he said, the neighbours feel relieved. They hope to demolish what remains and turn the site into a playground for children, or perhaps a school.
Skateboarder Nyhah Huston hits $1M in career prizes
In this photo taken Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011, pro skateboarder Nyjah Huston, 16, poses for a picture in Costa Mesa, Calif. Huston won the first three stops of the Street League Skateboarding tour. If he wins the $200,000, winner-take-all final on Sunday in Newark, N.J., he will become the first pro skateboarder to pass $1 million in career prize money. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Van Koeverden paddles to the front in Welland
Parents in India bank on stem-cells, not the 'tooth fairy'
Danya Sethy, 10, shows the gap in her teeth. Danya had two of her "milk teeth" removed in order to bank them for stem cells.
Toronto has never seen anything quite like Layton tributes at City Hall
Marcus Gee
Mexican President berates U.S. after casino attack
After the HST: What's next for B.C.?
Protesters on the front lawn of the B.C. legislature before the Throne Speech in Victoria August 25, 2009 .
Licensing journalists in Quebec would stifle press freedom
Quebec Culture Ministe Christine St-Pierre has introduced a plan to create a new model of regulation of Quebec media.
HST's defeat in BC shows danger of ruling by plebiscite
British Columbia Premier Christy Clark answers questions about the HST referendum results.
Boko Haram claims responsibility for suicide bombing in Nigeria
Value the secret weapon in mobile battle
OSC head's credibility sinks in Sino-Forest clash
Howard Wetston, chairman of the Ontario Securities Commission.
Roger Federer battles against Father Time
Dave McGinn
Wheat Board says Western farmers earned $5.8-billion in last crop year
Allen Oberg, chair of Canadian Wheat Board walks through one of his wheat fields, near Forestburg, Alberta on Aug. 19, 2011.
A-Rod meets with MLB over high-stakes poker games
Alex Rodriguez #13 of the New York Yankees watches on from the dugout with his left thumb heavily wrapped against the Oakland Athletics on August 23, 2011 at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Photo by Nick Laham/Getty Images)
Ottawa reverses shutdown of water monitoring stations in NWT
Prime Minister Stephen Harper visits Lowell Glacier in Kluane National Park, Yukon on Aug. 26, 2011.
GiT ReLiT
Kenneth J Harvey
Is it time to get out of stocks and into GICs?
Nancy Woods
Are you moving into your first apartment?
A poem for Jack Layton, by 14 Canadian poets
Jack Layton in his office on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on March 24, 2011.
Get into TIFF top shape in 10 easy steps
Layton's death shows Canada's hunger for politicians who inspire
Adam Radwanski
Toronto, in Jack Layton's footsteps
Jack Layton leans on a bench commemorated to his best friend, Dan Leckie, on Algonquin Island.
Enchanted courtyard is one of Toronto's secret treasures
The whimsical atrium of Seventy5 Portland in Toronto, Ont.
Jack Layton: You don't know what you've got till it's gone
Tabatha Southey
Obama's decision to play second fiddle in Libya may backfire yet
A Libyan rebel fighter shouts during a fight for the final push to flush out Muammar Gaddafi's forces in Abu Salim district in Tripoli August 25, 2011. Libyan rebels stormed Tripoli's Abu Salim district after NATO air strikes on a building in the area on Thursday.
Is he or isn't he? 'I don't discuss my sexuality,' says New York's Ed Koch
Ed Koch speaks at the renaming of the Queensboro Bridge in his honor at The Water Club Restaurant on May 19, 2011 in New York.
Book excerpt: Jack Layton on a homeless man's horrific death
A man sleeps soundly atop a steam vent on the sidewalk outside of Metro Hall on King Street in Toronto.
Recent economic data not so surprising, research shows
David Parkinson
Waiter, there's an egg in my wine
Harper stands firm on sovereignty as China eyes Arctic resources
Jays' manager John Farrell misses Friday clash with Rays
Toronto Blue Jays manager John Farrell is suffering from pneumonia and will miss Friday night's game against Tampa Bay. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
The Lineup: Aug. 27 – Sept. 2
Diamond prices soar on Asian demand
Uncut diamonds from southern Africa and Canada are seen through a jeweller's loupe at De Beers headquarters in London.
Do genetics make you a harsher parent during recessions?
Touring Chicago? There's an app for that
Bloomberg to scoop up legal research firm for $990-million
When to bet on the luxury trade - and when to run away
A gruelling desert run for a good cause
Running across the Sahara, from left: Colin Nanka, Sandy Johnson, Gavin Lucas, Alison Simpson and Stéfan Danis.
Getting past the need to always get things right
Getting past the need to always get things right
For stocks, the merry-go-round beats the roller coaster
Loonie rises with Fed's optimism
Canadian dollars, or loonies, sit on their American counterparts in 2007.
Review: Pricey Sony 3-D Handycam is solid tech but may have low appeal
The Sony 3-D HDR-TD10 Handycam peers in at subjects with two lenses and looks a little like WALL-E
Feeding love by the spoonful
Love, crush, mash, spoon
Disc of the week: The Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers
How to reinvent the romance novel? Think martial arts
George S. Zimbel's free-range children from another time
'Always fight back,' says Jane Fonda. 'Always'
Jane Fonda at the Soho Metropolitan Hotel in Toronto on Aug. 22, 2011.
Randy doctors in the jungle
A scene from an episde of "Off The Map"
John Waters: filmmaker, bad-taste monger
The best places to view the stars in Canada - and beyond
The Milky Way.
The road to Café Belong is paved with good intentions
Sweet and Sticky Pork with Apples at Cafe Belong
The hiring manager's tricks of the trade
The hiring manager’s tricks of the trade
On night safari in Nova Scotia
Trout Point Lodge in Nova Scotia offers night-time tours.
The close: Dow, TSX rebound after early selloff
The Chairman of the US Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke testifies before the US House Financial Services Committee on July 13, 2011 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
Lithuania: steeped in history - and basketball stats
A view of St. John's Church and the campus at the University of Vilnius in Lithuania.
Childhood Under Siege: How Big Business Targets Children, by Joel Bakan
Joel Bakan
Girls in White Dresses, by Jennifer Close
Jennifer Close
Wish You Were Here, by Graham Swift
Graham Swift
Marilyn Simonds, reading among the lilies
Merilyn Simonds reads in the garden at her home north of Kingston.
The uncommon lives of the common loon
Detail of an image from the children's book "Loon"
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