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House of Commons employee charged with trying to hack Quebec government website
Parliament Hill in Ottawa
In Pictures: European businesses struggle with austerity
Cobbler Vincesco Scofano, 63, poses in front of his shop in Milan Oct. 9, 2012. Among the shuttered businesses, many remain open, and they credit their survival to sticking to the basics: focusing on customers and quality, staying flexible and looking for creative solutions, keeping prices reasonable and – perhaps most important of all – avoiding taking out loans.
Home Buying: Starter houses for $100,000 under the national average
TransCanada shuts Keystone after ‘small anomaly’ found
The Keystone pipeline, shown here under construction
Want a sabbatical? First plan out how much cash you need to save
Travel holiday
How the cult of wellness makes our friendships suffer
Yoga class
Vasek Pospisil loses in second round of Erste Bank Open
Vasek Pospisil of Canada
Cocoa smugglers rub hands over Ghana price
Workers gather bags of cocoa at the port of Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Last week Ghana, the second-largest producer behind Ivory Coast, set its cocoa price at around 25 per cent, or 180 CFA francs (35 cents) higher per kilogram, than the Ivory Coast price of 725 CFA. Ghana’s Finance Minister acknowledged that the price difference was likely to lead to smuggling, a topic that both governments had previously been reluctant to broach in public.
Italian firms fight to hold head above political water
Cobbler Vincesco Scofano, 63, poses in front of his shop in Milan Oct. 9, 2012. Thousands of small shops and businesses have closed up over the past few years of Italy’s economic downturn.
Goldman slaps ‘sell’ rating on Husky Energy
The Husky Energy tower in Calgary, Monday, Feb. 1, 2010.
Are we raising a generation of self-conscious narcissists?
Massive new budget bill covers too much, NDP says
How can I stop my boss from using my nickname?
A bad boss condescends to his employee while the Governess looks on disapprovingly
#PendingLarry: A hashtag is born in Google disaster
Google CEO Larry Page speaks during a press announcement at Google's headquarters in New York, May 21, 2012.
'PENDING LARRY QUOTE': How about 'Oops' as Google plunges
Michael Babad
Best business award winners compete for $20,000
Lauren Friese is the founder of TalentEgg, which won ‘best expanding business’ in the CYBF’s 2012 Best Business Awards.
Map: 11 LINDEN ST., TORONTO
Done Deal, 11 Linden St., Toronto
Bidding war for St. James Town semi results in $295,000 over asking offer
Done Deal, 11 Linden St., Toronto
Older women less successful controlling hypertension than older men: study
Eye on Shorts: What bearish investors are betting against
Google dives after earnings report misses expectations
Ford recalls 262,000 Fiestas to reprogram air bags
2013 Ford Fiesta
B.C. bull elk finds cow in heat, ‘X-rated movie’ ensues
A bull elk stands in a field with cows on a 100 Mile House ranch in B.C. in this Oct. 3, 2012, handout photo.
Toronto FC slashes season ticket prices after disastrous season
Toronto FC 's Richard Eckersley slumps to the floor after his team's 2-1 home defeat to Chicago Fire in MLS action in Toronto on Wednesday September 12, 2012.
Map:4 EARL ST., TORONTO
Done Deal, 4 Earl St., Toronto
How I learned you don't always need a passport to cross the U.S. border
Two bids for St. James Town duplex
Done Deal, 4 Earl St., Toronto
Obama’s children’s school evacuated after suspicious call
U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House in January, 2011, with daughter Malia, left, first lady Michelle and younger daughter Sasha.
How do you know if there's asbestos in your walls? Build a registry, experts say
Map: 431 MILL RD., TORONTO
Done Deal, 431 Mill Rd., TH3
Oil bull Goldman sees end to rising prices
Flash crash in oil
West end Toronto townhouse takes a price cut
Done Deal, 431 Mill Rd., TH3
Hot Ticket: Vancouver Opera kicks off season with classic tear-jerker
La Bohème’s cast includes Krisztina Szabo as Musetta.
Goldman braces for tell-all book
I'm sick of being free labour for my cousin's reno
David Eddie
Map: 233 BELSIZE DR., TORONTO
A Toronto semi draws several quick bids and goes over-asking
High-stakes earnings: What to watch for from Google, Microsoft
Google Chrome, Google Inc.'s Web browser, is shown during a news conference at the company's headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008.
At midday: S&P 500, TSX show slight gains
Assad bans GMOs in food ‘to preserve the health of human beings’
Bashar Al-Assad, performs Eid prayers in the Hamad Mosque in Damascus in August, 2012.
May have to cut growth projections, Flaherty says
Canada's Finance Minister Jim Flaherty speaks during a news conference in Ottawa October 18, 2012. Canada may have to downgrade its economic and fiscal forecasts to take into account continuing economic challenges in Europe and the United States, he said.
Map: 146 ST. ANDREWS RD., SCARBOROUGH, Ont.
Built in 1839, the Springfield estate was originally home to James A. Thomson, one of the area’s first European settlers. A painstaking restoration is now complete. Symmetrical window and door placements are somewhat Georgian, a wide, wraparound porch features decorative “trelliages,” and the original, freestanding root house remains.
Restoration saves a bit of old Scarborough
Built in 1839, the Springfield estate was originally home to James A. Thomson, one of the area’s first European settlers. A painstaking restoration is now complete. Symmetrical window and door placements are somewhat Georgian, a wide, wraparound porch features decorative “trelliages,” and the original, freestanding root house remains.
Home of the Week: Heritage home keeps state-of-the-art flourishes
Built in 1839, the Springfield estate was originally home to James A. Thomson, son of the area’s first European settler. A painstaking restoration is now complete.
Former city of Montreal general manager rejects corruption allegations
Robert Abdallah,director general, responds to allegations that surfaced at Quebec’s Charbonneau inquiry during a news conference Oct. 18, 2012 in Montreal.
New managers will make decision on buying XL within six months
FILE PHOTO: Security personnel patrol the XL Foods cattle processing plant in Brooks, Alta., Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012. Food safety officials are reviewing a report on a pre-inspection of the Alberta beef plant that is closed over E. coli concerns.
Will Saskatchewan take its title tracking system public?
A file photo of the Saskatchewan prairie.
Do your employees want to come to work?
A recent Towers Watson report found that 26 per cent of workers have a bad case of disengagement.
Cavendish leaves Team Sky to fulfill Tour de France ambitions
Mark Cavendish of Britain celebrates as he crosses the finish line ahead of Peter Sagan of Slovakia, wearing the best sprinter's green jersey, right, and Andre Greipel of Germany, left, to win the last stage of  the 2012 Tour de France cycling race.
Waterloo couple revel in mid-century reno
The Stadus family, dedicated mid-century modern aficionados, here outside their Waterloo, Ont., mid-century modern bungalow. Left to right, Monty, a two-year-old Norwich terrier, Mary and R.J.
Philly Fed factory activity index grows
Worker Maria Robles sews clothes at the Karen Kane clothing company in Los Angeles, California June 30, 2011.
A Waterloo couple mad for mid-century modern
Dave LeBlanc
The Toronto housing market now: Calmer, but no fire sales
The right house still attracts multiple offers, but the frenzy of last spring is gone.
PGA Tour completes Canadian Tour takeover in 2013
PGA Tour - Canadian Tour
Map: 197 Yonge St., Toronto
On Site, Massey Towers, Toronto
Carrick on money: Cloth diapers paid my kid’s university tuition
Baby with diploma
At the open: TSX eases as Chinese growth meets expectations
Tell us: What were you doing on Black Monday?
An exhausted trader slumps in his chair at the Toronto Stock Exchange October 19, 1987, known as Black Monday.
On Site: Toronto condo’s musical theme inspired by Massey Hall
On Site, Massey Towers, Toronto
Read the government’s second omnibus budget implementation bill
Minister of Finance Jim Flaherty responds to a question during Question Period in the House of Commons in Ottawa, October 17, 2012.
Chelsea’s Ashley Cole fined by FA for Twitter insult
England's Ashley Cole, top, and Ukraine's Oleh Gusev vie for the ball during the Euro 2012 soccer championship Group D match between England and Ukraine in Donetsk, Ukraine, Tuesday, June 19, 2012.
Romney’s son jokes he wanted to ‘take a swing’ at Obama during debate
Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney (L) listens to U.S. President Barack Obama during the second U.S. presidential campaign debate in Hempstead, New York, October 16, 2012.
Two new mid-rise Toronto condos show high style
A cascade of blue zinc cladding spills from the penthouse level over the lower volume of Origami. Rendering of Origami, a seven-storey, 23-unit building proposed for a corner on Bathurst Street just north of Queen Street West and designed for Symmetry Developments by Toronto architect Stephen Teeple
Supreme Court backs Glaxo in transfer-pricing dispute
A GlaxoSmithKline logo is seen outside one of its buildings in west London in this file photo.
CNOOC’s Nexen bid lifts third-quarter deal values
The Nexen building is seen in downtown Calgary, Alberta, July 23, 2012.
Bond issues on fire despite stock rally
Toronto condos short in stature but long on style
John Bentley Mays
Vancouver events: The Scout List
The bare minimum on report cards 'is not acceptable,' minister tells Ontario teachers
Teachers and education workers leave Queens Park after attending a rally outside the provincial legislature on August 28 2012 to protest against a controversial bill that would impose wage freezes on Ontario teachers.
John Terry will not appeal racist abuse ban
Chelsea captain John Terry touches his badge after their English League Cup soccer match against Wolverhampton Wanderers at Stamford Bridge in London September 25, 2012.
Carrick on money: How Canadians learned to love debt
Shopping
Blair: Yankees struggling to contain A-Rod sideshow
New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez sits in the dugout after striking out in the second inning of Game 2 of the American League championship series against the Detroit Tigers on Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012, in New York.
Wholesale trade reverses course, rises in August
Weston Bakery truck trailers sit idle at a George Weston Ltd. owned facility on the Queensway in Toronto.
Prorogation is an unnecessary abuse of Ontario Premier’s power
The Legislative Chamber of the Ontario Parliament in Toronto stands empty on October 16, 2012.
Don't bother with routine medical checkups, study says
Visiting your doctor for a checkup may be a waste of time, a new study suggests
U.K. watchdog fines Sun Life $950,000 over governance issue
The Sun Life Financial building in Toronto.
NHL’s latest offer does little to heal trust issues
Willie Mitchell of the Los Angeles Kings smiles as he chats with former teammates on the Vancouver Canucks as they participate in an informal skate at UBC in Vancouver September 17, 2012.
Nokia’s third quarter loss smaller than expected
The Nokia Lumia 820 is the 920’s little brother, with a 4.3-inch screen. Like its sibling, it offers NFC and has a clip-on back that allows it to charge wirelessly. It’s coming in the fourth quarter, likely November, with price and carriers TBA.
Apple loses U.K. legal fight with Samsung
An employee of South Korean mobile carrier KT holds a Samsung Electronics' Galaxy tablet 10.1, right, and Apple Inc's iPad at a registration desk at KT's headquarters in Seoul, in this August 10, 2011 file photo.
‘Surge’ in top incomes demands a response
Slums contrast with the Manila's financial district in this file photo from 2008.
Canadian dollar gives back some recent gains
Canadian dollars.
U.S. jobless claims rise sharply, government flags seasonal factors
A woman meets with a job recruiter from a jewellery and gem company during the Gemological Institute Of America (GIA)'s Jewelry Career Fair in New York in this file photo.
Alcatel-Lucent to cut 5,490 jobs worldwide
A woman walks past Alcatel headquarters in a Paris file photo from March 24, 2006.
Spain’s regional crisis hammers firms, devastates families
A woman gives a coin to an unemployed man as he begs for money to buy food and pay the rent for his house, in downtown Malaga, southern Spain in this file photo.
Dalton McGuinty: good dad, mean dad, no dad
Margaret Wente
Lives Lived: Darren Thomas Cross
Darren Thomas Cross
Premarket: Surprise jump in jobless claims ignites selling
Some Canadian provinces lurching toward ‘unsustainable finances,’ study warns
Michael Babad
Morgan Stanley beats forecasts, bond trading results rise
A man walks into the Morgan Stanley offices in New York January 18, 2012.
Marc Garneau: As Canadians move across provinces, Ottawa must address equalization
Liberal House Leader Marc Garneau speaks to reporters in the foyer of the House of Commons on May 10, 2012.
Three ways the CRTC decision on BCE-Astral could go
George Cope, left, BCE president and CEO and Ian Greenberg, president and CEO of Astral Media Inc. announce the takeover of Astral by Bell in a deal worth about $3.38-billion on Friday, March 16, 2012 in Montreal.
John Ibbitson: If past is precedent, McGuinty would not fare well at federal level
John Ibbitson
Is Obama’s Latino tidal wave being missed by English-only polling?
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at a campaign event at Cornell College in Mt. Vernon, Iowa, on Oct. 17, 2012.
Gold Fields set to fire 11,000 strikers in South Africa
Striking mine workers take part in a march at Lonmin's Marikana mine in South Africa's North West Province September 10, 2012.
Canada lucky to have options if economy slows
Cranes stand on a new residential construction site in Beijing on Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012. China's worst slump since the global financial crisis levelled out in the latest quarter.
Dividend recaps back to pre-crisis levels
Private equity investors are borrowing money to pay themselves dividends.
U.S. review said to find no evidence of Huawei spying
In just two decades, Huawei has grown to rival Ericsson as the largest maker of telecommunications equipment in the world.
Popes have always travelled in style
The Berlina di Gran Gala was built in 1826 for Pope Leo XII. It is essentially a mobile throne-room made of wood with inlays painted in gold leaf.
New Pathfinder finds its way
2013 Nissan Pathfinder
Toronto Fashion Week needs social media styling
Mia Pearson
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