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Rowing Canada asked to conduct independent review of Spracklen’s dismissal
Coach Mike Spracklen uses a bullorn to talk to members of Canada's Olympic men's eight rowing team during training for the London 2012 Summer Olympics on Burnaby Lake in Burnaby, B.C., on Thursday July 5, 2012.
Rubenstein: Talented prospects face ultimate exam
Ryan Yip
Even a bad RIM merger might be a good deal
Analysts are prepared for more bad news when the BlackBerry maker reports its second-quarter results this week.
Clinton steps in line of fire over Libya
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, at a conference in Peru, blames ‘the fog of war’ for the evolving account of the terror attack in Libya that killed four Americans in September.
‘Rabble-rouser’ ex-councillor surrenders after police standoff
Weekend calls to inner circle led to McGuinty’s surprise resignation
Ontario’s legislature sits empty on Tuesday.
Rwanda, Uganda arming rebellion in Congo, UN claims
A M23 rebel fighter mans a machine gun at their defence position in Karambi, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, near the border with Uganda, on July 12, 2012.
Vancouver players see signs of ‘progress’ in CBA talks
Members of the NHL Vancouver Canucks (L-R) wearing BC Lions scarves Ryan Kesler, Mason Raymond, Kevin Bieksa, Jason Garrison, Alexander Edler and Corey Schneider pose for a photo while attending the Lions' CFL football game against the Calgary Stampeders in Vancouver, British Columbia October 6, 2012.
RCMP dismiss online rumour about Amanda Todd’s tormentor
People gather at a memorial honouring teen Amanda Todd in Maple Ridge, B.C., on Monday.
Classical music’s future at Banff Centre not in danger, president says
“We are 100 per cent committed to classical music,” Banff Centre president Jeff Melanson said on Tuesday.
Social service workers launch job action
Elly Stornebrink was among about 100 people at Tuesday’s rally. About 15,000 service workers are in a strike position.
Nobel winner joins pipeline opposition
Jody Williams, an American who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997 for her work to ban anti-personnel landmines, said at a press conference in Vancouver on Tuesday that a tour along the pipeline route left her convinced that local communities will halt the proposed Enbridge project.
Wall’s economic plan promises investments in education and roads, plus tax cuts
Premier Brad Wall addresses the Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce in Saskatoon on Tuesday.
Condo developer seeks to reassure Vancouver's Mount Pleasant residents
Brent Jang
Mulcair to push PQ’s issues in Ottawa – as long as national unity isn’t at stake
Federal NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair will meet on Friday in Montreal with PQ Premier Pauline Marois to discuss some of the issues the NDP may be willing to defend on Quebec’s behalf in its dealing with the Harper government.
Kenney seeks power to bar people from entering Canada for ‘public-policy considerations’
Immigration Minister Jason Kenney is seeking a controversial new power in a bill before Parliament, which would give the immigration minister broad authority to refuse someone entry to Canada if the minister is “of the opinion that it is justified by public-policy considerations.”
In the swing state of Ohio, women are drawing unexpected conclusions
Anna Nelson moved to Columbus from Iowa, where she works at a high-end chocolate shop in downtown Westerville, a Columbus suburb. She is photographed on Oct 16, 2012.
Despite E. coli scandal, it’s business as usual for XL Foods
André Picard
PGA Q-School Roundup - Friday
David Byrne
Dix firm on where education dollars should flow
B.C. New Democratic Party Leader Adrian Dix meets with The Globe and Mail editorial board Tuesday.
News Corp. tries to put Brooks saga behind it
A Wednesday, June 13, 2012 file photo shows Rebekah Brooks, former chief executive of News International, leaving Westminster Magistrates' Courts.
Its livelihood gone, fishing village tries scheme to seed a barren sea
Yellow and brown colours show relatively high concentrations of chlorophyll off the B.C. coast.
Welfare paid to licensed cab drivers, audit finds
A man ways his way to his illegally parked vehicle during rush hour on King Street as cyclists and other vehicles manoeuvre around his car in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Emulating rivals is best way for Goldman to beat them
Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman CEO
Look for a leaner, more nimble Citigroup
David Milstead
Chorus’s soaring yields will soon succumb to gravity
Chorus is best known for operating the Jazz regional airline service on behalf of Air Canada.
The world's five best-performing stock indexes this year
Germany's DAX.
Cash-rich Yum Brands offers up tasty dividends
John Heinzl
Mexico's market shines as reforms, confidence take hold
Traders work on the floor of the Bolsa Mexicana de Valores, Mexico's stock exchange, in Mexico City, on Oct. 15, 2012.
The Education Premier done good, but are his gains sustainable?
Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty in the Legislature during the discussion of a controversial bill that would force a new contract on thousands of teachers across the province.
Adrian Dix: Welcome repositioning for NDP in B.C.
B.C. NDP Leader and Leader of the Opposition Adrian Dix answers questions from The Globe and Mail's editorial board on Oct. 16, 2012, in Toronto.
Economic woes lead to fewer World Cup freestyle ski events in Canada
Canadian Alexandre Bilodeau celebrates after winning the men's Dual Moguls at the Freestyle FIS World Cup in Are, Sweden, on March 12, 2011. Getty Images/SCANPIX VICTOR LUNDBERG
Foreign investment in emerging economies nears all-time high
Employees work inside Tata Motors Ltd.’s Nano car plant at Sanand in Gujarat, India.
Raptors coach says conditioning all that’s lacking in Lowry’s game
Toronto Raptors' Kyle Lowry poses for the team photographer during the team's media day before the upcoming NBA basketball season in Toronto, October 1, 2012.
TransLink's short-term funding woes unsolved despite audit
A SkyTrain pulls into the Marine Drive SkyTrain station in Vancouver on August 13, 2012.
Toronto condo resales falter as listings climb
A condominium construction site in Toronto at Bathurst Street and Fork York Blvd.
In Buffett’s footsteps: The search for low volatility stocks
CSX profit beats estimates despite lower coal shipments
A CSX freight train passes through Folkston, Ga.
I get laid off each year. Should I quit being a teacher?
Eileen Chadnick
Treaty settlement the only way to end pipeline deadlock
Nadleh Whut'en Chief Martin Louie (R) joins protesters outside the Enbridge Inc. annual general meeting of shareholders in Toronto.
Sales tips from battle grounds, big and small
<137>An Actor portraying Doc Holliday backs up actors portraying the Earp brothers with his shotgun during a reenactment of the historic Gunfight at the O.K. Corral on the in Tombstone, Ariz., on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2006. Wyatt Earp, who, with brothers Virgil and Morgan and comrade Doc Holliday, made history in the gunfight at the O.K. Corral on Oct. 26, 1881. When the 30-second fight was over, three of their adversaries Frank and Tom McLaury and Billy Clanton lay dead. (AP Photo/Sierra Vista Herald, Mark Levy)<252><137>The 1881 Gunfight at the O.K. Corral<137>, which is re-enacted for tourists in Tombstone, Ariz.,<137> is an example of how misunderstandings can get out of hand. Bear that in mind when dealing with customers, advises author John Golden.
Centerra caught in court crossfire about seizure of hotel in Kyrgyzstan
A general view of Centerra’s Kumtor mine in Kyrgyzstan.
Edmonton councillors walk away from arena project, deal collapses
A rendering of the proposed new arena for the Edmonton Oilers, looking east from above the corner of 104th Street and 104th Avenue.
N.S.’s Dexter worried Ottawa will throw ‘huge wrench’ into budget-balancing plan
Nova Scotia Premier Darrell Dexter says he’s concerned Ottawa could soon throw off the province’s bid to balance its budget this spring.
Eastern boom belies western gloom for car makers in Europe
Workers assemble cars in Kia Motors Corp.’s factory in Zilina, 200 kilometres north of Bratislava, Slovakia, on Oct. 3, 2012.
Suffering for art: Creativity and mental illness linked, study finds
Vincent van Gogh, Self-portrait as an Artist, January 1888, Oil on canvas, 65.2 x 50.2 cm, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
In Pictures: Kia makes inroads in Eastern Europe
Robotic machines weld bodies of cars in Kia Motors Corp.’s factory in Zilina, 200 kilometres north of Bratislava, Slovakia, on Oct. 3, 2012. Carmakers that cut costs last decade in Western Europe like Volkswagen AG, or those who were never saddled with expensive factories there, such as Korea's Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia, are now investing in new designs, conquering new markets and ramping up production.
WestJet sorry after passenger gets Ragged treatment
Ragged Ass Road, in Yellowknife
Twenty federal departments have not yet promised to disclose cuts to PBO
Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page speaks to reporters after testifying at the Commons finance committee on April 26, 2012.
Fewer fraudsters in Canada
TORONTO, ONTARIO: FEBRUARY 09, 2012 - Bay Street in Toronto, Ontario is seen here Thursday Feb. 9, 2012. (Tim Fraser for The Globe and Mail) (For ROB story by n/a)
China is the hottest place to take an executive MBA
Pumpkin Scones with Cinnamon Butter
Pumpkin Scones and Cinnamon Butter
New cookbook is a culinary love letter to Jerusalem
Stuffed Eggplant with Lamb and Pine Nuts from Jerusalem.
Why some parents still won't give daughters the HPV vaccine
A nurse administers a shot of Gardasil, a human papillomavirus vaccine, to a 14-year-old patient in Dallas.
Lives Lived: Phyllis Cohen
Phyllis Cohen.
Canada embarrassed in Honduras, eliminated from World Cup
Canada's Tosaint Ricketts reacts after Honduras scored during a 2014 World Cup qualifying soccer match in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, Tuesday, Oct 16, 2012.
Britain expresses 'deep concern' over euro zone banking union
Britain’s Financial Secretary Greg Clark denied that Britain was becoming isolated by adopting a more confrontational stance in the EU.
Argentina slams credit agencies for ‘terrorist’ reports
Argentina’s President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner waves during a rally in Buenos Aires in this April 27, 2012, file photo.
Border guard shot at Peace Arch crossing in B.C.
Police officers gather around the van where a Canadian border officer was shot at the Peace Arch Canadian-U.S. border crossing in Surrey, B.C., Oct. 16, 2012.
Omnicom cautious on global economy
A trainee walks pass a communist party logo at the China Executive Leadership Academy of Pudong in Shanghai on Sept. 24, 2012. The upcoming transition in China’s leadership is among factors cited by U.S. advertising giant Omnicom Inc. as contributing to clients’ conservatism.
SPCA to bury culled sled dogs in Penticton pet cemetery
B.C. SPCA officers attend the site of an apparent mass grave where sled dogs were buried.
Have your say: How do we end cyber-bullying?
Stock photo
Match Game taps into audience nostalgia
Host Darrin Rose on the set of Match Game.
Frida Kahlo shares spotlight with Diego Rivera in big AGO show
A detail from Kahlo’s Self-Portrait with Monkeys, 1943.
M.G. Vassanji: Seeking identity while dodging pigeonholes
Canadian author M.G. Vassanji stands for a portrait in Toronto while promoting his new book The Magic of Saida on Wednesday September 26, 2012.
Esprit Orchestra: A 30-year-old experiment in the new pays off
Alex Pauk
Who are the Stones gonna call? Bobby Keys
Bobby Keys; The Legendary Bobby Keys w/Tributosaurus, October 31, 2009 at Fitzgerald's.
Police arrest strikers at Kumba’s S.Africa mine
Striking platinum miners march near the Anglo-American Platinum mine near Rustenburg, South Africa in this Oct. 5, 2012 file photo.
Our environment is helping us live longer than ever
Jana challenges Agrium to a debate
A smokestack emits water vapor at <strong>Agrium</strong> Inc.'s Carseland Nitrogen Operations facility outside Calgary, Alberta, Canada, on Monday, Aug. 23, 2010.
In pictures: Former Wall Street leaders and their paydays
In 2007, Lehman Brothers chairman and CEO Richard Fuld earned $34.4-million, mostly in stock and options but also salary and bonus. At the 2008 Congressional hearings investigating the causes of the financial crisis, he was forced to defend the $484-million he had received in total compensation since 2000, thus becoming the poster boy for Wall Street greed.
Intel profit falls as consumers shun desktops in mobile world
Intel CEO Paul Otellini
The close: Dow, TSX rally on earnings, U.S. economic news
IBM results hit by stronger dollar, lower customer spending
IBM results hit by stronger dollar
Poland-England match postponed over waterlogged pitch
England's team manager Roy Hodgson tests the field during heavy rain prior to the World Cup 2014 Group H qualifying soccer match against Poland at the National Stadium in Warsaw, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012.
New York Times on the 'shame' of 'BlackBerry outcasts'
Michael Babad
In tablet showdown, investors side with Apple
Customers try iPad tablets on display at an Apple store in Strasbourg, France.
Ontario Finance Minister Duncan considering leadership bid
Ontario Finance Minister Dwight Duncan has long denied interest in becoming Liberal Leader.
Gildan accused of rebranding rival’s clothes
A file photo of Gildan T-shirts.
Helmets can prevent bicycling deaths, study finds
German auto makers wish we could all be more "German"
Quebec inquiry attorney quits as Liberals' lawyer vows to fully cross-examine Zambito
Lawyer Sylvain Lussier in 2005May 6, 2005 in Montreal.
Five Canadian stocks with most insider buying and selling
A trader gestures to a fellow trader during bond auction in Madrid July 19, 2012. Spain's five-year borrowing costs hit new euro-era highs at an auction on Thursday, sending the euro lower, as it struggles to convince investors it can control its finances, while France sold bonds of similar maturities at yields below 1 per cent.
Celebrities lend high-profile support to pipeline, tanker opposition in B.C.
Actress Daryl Hannah takes part in a demonstration against the Keystone oil pipeline, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011, in front of the White House in Washington.
The Canadian B-schools that made the Top 100 of Financial Times executive MBA rankings
The Financial Times executive MBA survey measures a broad set of indicators, including salary growth after an EMBA, student satisfaction with the program helping them achieve their career goals and rise in seniority post-graduation.
NHL lockout fight still in the middle rounds
The NHL and its players union have resumed talks.
Transcript: Harvard's Tarun Khanna and the need for governments to be more inclusive
Tarun Khanna from Harvard Business School
Appeal dismissed for man convicted of killing pregnant wife
Mukhtiar Panghali is seen at a news conference where he appealed for help in locating his pregnant wife, Manjit Panghali, on October 23, 2006 in Vancouver.
Past Champions
RBC Canadian Open
Photo gallery: A wee tasting of liquid gold
Glenfiddich Single Malt Scotch Whisky, Janet Sheed Roberts Reserve, photographed at Allen's in Toronto.
Mood swings happen often in NHL labour discussions
Donald Fehr, Executive Director of the NHLPA speaks to the press following collective bargaining talks in Toronto on Tuesday, October 16, 2012.
John Duval Entity Shiraz 2008, Australia
Budget cuts are hurting bilingualism, official languages watchdog warns
Commissioner of Official Languages Graham Fraser releases findings from his 2011-2012 annual report during a news conference in Ottawa, October 16, 2012.
Public editor: In wake of Amanda Todd’s death, how to cover suicides with care
Amanda Todd Facebook photo.
Braidwood ‘impressed’ that B.C. is heeding Taser inquiry warnings
Retired judge Thomas Braidwood speaks after releasing his final report into the Taser-related death of Robert Dziekanski in Vancouver on June 18, 2010.
Crime Stoppers launches ‘gas and dash’ awareness campaign
Pandit’s old Canadian partners have a better week
DGAM CEO George Main, left, with chief investment officer Warren Wright.
Up in the air, and loving it
Obama extends slim lead over Romney ahead of second debate
U.S. President Barack Obama greets well-wishers as he arrives at New York's JFK Airport, October 16, 2012, en route to the second presidential debate against Mitt Romney.
What does a 55-year-old, $94,000 whisky taste like?
Beppi Crosariol
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