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High winds rip facade off Manhattan building
Fire fighters work in front of a partially collapsed four-storey apartment building in Manhattan as Hurricane Sandymade its approach to New York October 29, 2012. The building's facade had collapsed after high winds had hit New York City. No one was injured in the 25-unit building, according to media reports.
B.C. social-housing activists fear the coming end of Ottawa’s subsidies
The last row of homes left at the 15-acre Little Mountain social-housing site in Vancouver on June 26, 2012.
Casino would cure city’s fiscal ills, report says
The president of the CNE board says the site is too small for the fair and a casino.
No tsunami warning as magnitude-6.2 quake recorded off B.C. coast
A primer to the hockey beer league: Making the most of the NHL Lockout
Roy MacGregor
Best pictures from October 29
An Indian Hindu devotee performs a ritual with holy water on the Yamuna River on Sharad Purnima, an auspicious day for the new moon in the fall, in New Delhi, India, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. (AP Photo/KevinFrayer)
In Toronto, tamer storm system will linger, then dissipate: meteorologist
A man walks along Shuter Street during a storm in Toronto on Monday, October 29, 2012.
Scarborough subway not as nutty as it sounds
Marcus Gee
Nash hopes to achieve elusive quest for NBA Finals ring with Lakers
Utah Jazz guard Mo Williams (5) grabs Los Angeles Lakers guard Steve Nash (10) shirt as he gets by him during the first half of an NBA preseason basketball game, Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012, in Los Angeles.
Canada has chance for Breeders' Cup glory this weekend
Trainer Mark Casse is photographed Sept 7 2011 during morning workouts at Woodbine Racetrack. Casse and Seaside Retreat , a Kentucky derby racer. Casse has ten horses entered in this weekend’s Breeders’ Cup card.
The lady resurfaces: North Korean leader’s wife back after mysterious absence
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is shown with his wife, Ri Sol-ju, in July, 2012.
Doctors set to tackle safe age for tackle football
A warning sticker on a Humberside CI helmet warns against the injuries associated with football (file photo).
Slower than a New York minute, the metropolis hunkers down
Umbrellas destroyed by heavy wind litter the streets of Times Square New York October 29, 2012.
Remote communities don’t wait for official tsunami warnings
Justice Minister Shirley Bond, whose ministry oversees disaster response, announced Sunday that there would be a full review of what happened.
Superstorm Sandy gives Obama crisis stage
U.S. President Barack Obama walks to the Oval Office of the White House upon his return to Washington, October 29, 2012. Mr. Obama canceled campaign events in Florida and Wisconsin to return to Washington on Monday and monitor the impact and response to Hurricane Sandy, the White House said.
Right To Play goes on the attack to stress importance of sports to kids
Right To Play programs
Suddenly, planning for disaster is top of mind
Vancouver emergency planner Jackie Kloosterboer says interest in her office’s classes always spikes after an event.
This time, Atlantic provinces expected to be spared hurricane’s wrath
People wade and paddle down a flooded street as Hurricane Sandy approaches, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in Lindenhurst, N.Y. Gaining speed and power through the day, the storm knocked out electricity to more than 1 million people and figured to upend life for tens of millions more.
Ferry riders asked for cost-cutting ideas
The Northern Expedition unloads in Skidegate on Haida Gwaii in October.
York graduate student runs shelter with mix of competence, empathy
Anthony Monte along with soldiers from the 50th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, New Jersey Army National Guard, assist displaced residents at an emergency shelter in Piscataway Township, N.J.
Fisheries stakeholders searching for answers on eve of Cohen report’s release
A cutout of a sockeye salmon is raised above the crowd during a demonstration to coincide with the start of the Cohen Commission inquiry into the 2009 decline of sockeye salmon in the Fraser River, in Vancouver, B.C., on Oct. 25, 2010.
Three Raptors to watch this season
Toronto Raptors' Jonas Valanciunas grabs a rebound against the Detroit Pistons during pre-season NBA action in Toronto on Friday, October 12 2012.
English and French rightly remain Canada’s official languages
A symbol of official bingualism
Saskatchewan makes case to prevent Nigerian students’ deportation
How to profit from a hurricane
Sandbags surround the New York Stock Exchange on Monday afternoon as the city awaited Hurricane Sandy.
Hong Kong pulls welcome mat for foreign property buyers
Raptors aim to buck the odds this season
Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan pose for a photo during the Toronto Raptors Media Day in Toronto on Monday, October 1 2012.
In Bakersfield, Calif., Latinos find issues they can sink their teeth into
Evan Aguilar holds up the Obama burrito at his restaurant El Taco Fresco in Bakersfield, Calif. The restaurant is holding a presidential burrito poll.
As Sandy roars ashore, a silent Wall Street makes history
Sandbags surround the New York Stock Exchange on Monday afternoon as the city awaited Hurricane Sandy.
Judge urged to lift freeze on Sino-Forest litigation
In a 2011 file photo, lawyer Emily Cole, acting for former Sino-Forest chief executive officer and co-founder Allan Chan, is shown leaving the offices of the Ontario Securities Commission.
Canadian Oil Sands warns of drop in cash levels, higher debt
Syncrude's oil sands plant at Mildred Lake north of Fort McMurray, Alta.
Pitching, defence, timely hitting – the Giants were just too multidimensional
Call it a wash: Hurricane Sandy’s economic effects
A historic ferry boat named the Binghamton is swamped by the waves of the Hudson River in Edgewater, N.J., on Monday.
Home reno stocks could see brief spike in hurricane’s aftermath
People brace against a gust from Hurricane Sandy in Brooklyn's Dumbo neighborhood Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in New York.
Alberta nixed Katz’s bid for Oilers casino licence, Finance Minister says
Alberta Finance Minister Doug Horner.
Market pessimism vs. analyst optimism: The stock underdogs
BMO adviser Donald Coxe to halt long-running newsletter
Donald Coxe at a 2008 conference.
'I can't come to work today. My dog ate my thong.'
"I won’t be in for three days. My dog ate my thong and is now sick. I have to take it to the vet to have surgery."
China tries building its own jet engine
A journalist photographs a A320 plane under construction for Air China Airlines at the Airbus factory in Tianjin municipality, June 13, 2012. China’s aviation sector is striving to build its own high-performance jet engine to end its reliance on foreign builders.
Financial literacy still elusive in Canada
Rob Carrick
Q&A: Don Coxe on why investors should hope Romney wins
Evacuation complete for flooded-out Northern Ontario first nation
Photo shows damage to Wawa’s Northern Lights Motel.
Woman found dead near Parkdale house where man was fatally beaten
Barclays ordered to stand trial in landmark Libor case
A logo of Barclays bank is seen outside a branch in Altrincham, northern England. Barclays is the first bank to be ordered to stand trial in a British court over damages stemming from manipulation of the Libor interest rate.
Argos' Isaac suspended for illegal hit
Toronto Argonauts' Brandon Isaac has been suspended for an illegal hit on Saskatchewan quarterback Darian Durant. REUTERS/Mike Sturk
Don’t take it personally, banks: It’s Canada that Moody’s is down on
David Parkinson
It’s business as usual for Chinese banks
A farmer drives a tractor past a branch of Agricultural Bank of China in Xiangfan, Hubei.
Finance official questions link between cooling housing market, mortgage rules
Deputy minister of finance Michael Horgan
Apple shakeup: Mobile software boss eased out
A member of the media uses the <strong>map</strong> function of iPhone 5 after its introduction during <strong>Apple</strong> Inc.'s iPhone media event in San Francisco, California in this September 12, 2012 file photo.<strong>Apple</strong> Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook apologized September 28, 2012 to customers frustrated with glaring errors in its new <strong>Maps</strong> service, and, in an unusual move for the consumer giant, directed them to rival services instead, such as Google Inc's <strong>Maps</strong>.
Canadian Conference of the Arts ends 67-year run
The National Ballet of Canada, seen here performing “The Nutcracker” in 2008, is a member of the Canadian Conference of the Arts.
Your smartphone could pose health risks you may not have considered
Several months of data are about to get blown off course
David Parkinson
Minor hockey hit prompts RCMP investigation
Bantam A hockey players.
Oakland: Meet the Brooklyn of the West
People look at an art exhibit during Art Murmur in Oakland, CA
Merkel faces growing lawmaker rebellion over aid to Greece
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, centre, listens to Romani Rose, left, head of the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma, during the inauguration Oct. 24, 2012, in Berlin of the Memorial to the Sinti and Roma of Europe murdered under National Socialism. At right is State Minister for Culture Bernd Neumann.
How will the Random House-Penguin merger affect Canadian publishing?
The Weeknd’s ‘Enemy’ and other new songs worth a listen
The Weeknd
Five customer myths that lead to poor decisions
Mark Healy
Key puzzle piece missing in probe of Toronto woman’s stabbing death, police say
Nighisti Semret
India deficit-cut plan adds to pressure for rate cut
India’s Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram speaks during a news conference in New Delhi, Oct. 29, 2012. Mr. Chidambaram pledged to nearly halve the fiscal deficit by March, 2017, in a bid to avoid a credit rating downgrade and persuade the central bank to lower rates, but offered few concrete steps.
New five-star hotels raise the bar in Toronto, Vancouver
Opening day at the new Four Seasons Hotel in Toronto’s Yorkville neighbourhood on Oct. 5. In the past year, four luxury hotels have opened in Toronto offering customized treatment starting at around $500 a night.
In pictures: Luxe lodgings boom
Isadore Sharp, founder and chairman of Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, welcomes the opening-day crowd. Mr. Sharp began his hotel chain in the 1960s. It now includes high-end properties in 35 countries.
Integrity commissioner seeks Ford reprimand
Mayor Rob Ford called the $294,302 salary of Dr. David McKeown, shown here, “an embarrassment” and accused him of overstepping his bounds with a $60,000 report recommending reducing speed limits to protect pedestrians and cyclists.
Sandy foils Facebook staffers' long-awaited stock sales
The loading screen of the Facebook application on a mobile phone is seen in this photo illustration file photo taken in Lavigny May 16, 2012.
Valery Gergiev in concert: Stunning power, but it can be wearying
Valery Gergiev: Each musical phrase is plotted for its maximum expressive value.
The close: Optimism over Nexen, Progress deals lifts TSX
The screens at the TMX Broadcast Centre in Toronto show the closing numbers of the <strong>TSX</strong> at + 252.19 on Tuesday, July 3, 2012.
Cuban coffee crop decimated by Hurricane Sandy
People walk on a street littered with debris after Hurricane Sandy hit Santiago de Cuba Oct. 26, 2012. Cuba’s coffee crop was decimated by the killer storm, with 20 to 30 per cent of the crop on the ground, processing centres damaged, and renovated plantations wrecked.
Women in Capital Markets looks for new leader
Martha Fell
Tripping in Mexico: Sharing the Day of the Dead with the living
A woman visits the grave of her son in Mazatlan Villa de Flores cemetery, during the Day of the Dead in Oaxaca, November 1, 2009.
Three red flags that signal an investment is not what it seems
Red danger flag.
Video: Director Joss Whedon warns of Romney's plan for a 'zombie apocalypse'
Key effects possible as Hurricane Sandy heads toward Eastern Canada
Time lapse footage from space shows the size and power of Hurricane Sandy.
Humans: The heaviest large animal ever
For a splurge in Austin, cosy up with a work of art
Flying Geese Quilt
Scotiabank sees 'critical need' to get Alberta oil to B.C. for export
Michael Babad
Nomura may need to ditch pruning shears and get out axe
The Tokyo headquarters of Nomura.
Major hubs say goodbye to controversial airport scanners
ALT Hotel: Toronto’s new chic minimalist airport hotel
Ford to sell last business in auto parts unit
Ford’s climate control business will be sold to Detroit Thermal Systems LLC, a joint venture between Valeo and V. Johnson Enterprises, a company owned by Vinnie Johnson, who earned the nickname ‘The Microwave’ when he played for the NBA Detroit Pistons in the 1980s.
BCE’s dividend engine is running out of gas
Sean Silcoff
Which celeb would make the best president? Your views on Hollywood and politics
Campaign ad watch: Joss Whedon says election could trigger ‘zombie apocalypse’
Screencapture from Joss Whedon’s campaign ad about presidential candidate Mitt Romney.
New CRTC chief Blais aims to ‘gain the trust’ of consumers
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission chairman Jean-Pierre Blais speaks during a conference in Ottawa on Oct. 29, 2012.
Woman killed by flying debris as Sandy hits Toronto
Police investigate the scene where a woman was killed by flying debris near Keele Street and St. Clair Avenue during a storm in Toronto on Monday, October 29, 2012. Police believe it was the other side of the Staples sign that was found nearby.
The best Bond cars of all time
Sean Connery with a 1963 Aston Martin DB5 in Goldfinger, 1964.
MacDonald Dettwiler's 10% stock surge today just the start: analyst
A woman enters the offices of MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates in Richmond, B.C.
Gift or graft? Laws can snag even well-meaning firms
businessman with a gift istockphoto.com
Top 10 costliest hurricanes
Squalls from Hurricane Jeanne throw water and aquatic grass from Lake Tohopekaliga in Kissimmee, Fla. Sept. 26, 2004.
Greek banks to be recapitalized partly via shares
Greece’s Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras, centre, is interviewed by reporters. After a meeting between Mr. Stournaras and the top brass of the Greek bank association on Monday, the ministry said Greek banks would report already-delayed six-month results a month later at the end of November.
Video: Children's choir sings Obama endorsement
GM halts Oshawa plant over strike at supplier Lear
Lear Whitby workers picket outside the plant in Whitby Ont., on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012.
Sandy delays Facebook pre-IPO shares sale
Hamilton heads into final week of CFL season clinging to playoff aspirations
Hamilton Tiger-Cats Andy Fantuz, left, is congratulated by teammate Daryl Stephenson after he caught a pass for a touchdown and crashed through the end zone sign boards in the first half of their CFL football game against the Winnepeg Blue Bombers in Hamilton October 27, 2012.
Maker of Keurig coffee brewer set to play defence
The patent for Green Mountain’s Keurig brewer and K-Cup portion packs expired last month, opening up the field to rivals.
Artichoke dip
Six beautiful things to covet for your home
Toronto textile designer Bev Hisey’s new line of woven cushions, Pixel.
‘I’m a sociopath,’ man says in explaining why he killed cellmate
Convicted serial killer Michael Wayne McGray is escorted into provincial court in Halifax in May, 2001.
Winter Classic on the chopping block with no end in sight to NHL lockout
Philadelphia Flyers' Danny Briere cannot get a penalty in shot past New York Rangers' Henrik Lundqvist in the third period of the NHL Winter Classic hockey game, Monday, Jan. 2, 2012, in Philadelphia.
Campaign ad watch: Romney will lead America to a dark future, creepy video says
A screencapture from the campaign video from the Future Children Project.
Green Day cancels club dates, postpones arena tour
This Sept. 21, 2012 file photo released by Clear Channel shows Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day performing at the 2012 iHeartRadio Music Festival at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Green Day announced Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, they will cancel their club tour that was due to launch in Seattle at the Paramount Theatre on Sept. 26 and wind down in Tempe, Ariz., at the Marquee Theatre on Dec. 10. The announcement comes over a month after the band's front man headed into treatment for substance abuse.
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