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Poll shows 26 per cent of Torontonians think Rob Ford should be re-elected
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford leaves the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Toronto Argonauts CFL football game in Hamilton September 3, 2012. The Argos won 33-30.
Silva snaps losing streak, beats Browne in first round at UFC’s FX 5
Two UFC fighters clash in Toronto on Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012.
Filmmaker finds silver linings in difficult times
Movie still of Blood Relative, which is world premiering Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012, at the Vancouver.
Meet METZ, Toronto’s newest rock trio
METZ Band
The DNA Dilemma: Why science wants your genome
For a ferry system gone adrift, problems of the future must be faced now
The Northern Expedition on it's way into Skidegate on the Haida Gwaii October 3, 2012.
Roman Kroitor, 85, revolutionized the film world
Roman Kroiter co-invented IMAX and continued to play a key role in IMAX technology. He passed away in Oct. 2012 at the age of 85.
Best pictures from October 5
Two North Chinese Leopard cubs (Panthera pardus japonensis) look out of a basket as they are presented for first time to the public at the Tierpark Zoo in Berlin, Friday, Oct. 5, 2012. The North Chinese Leopard twins were born on Aug. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Oland murder linked to big debt, police believe
New Brunswick businessman Richard Oland was killed in his office in Saint John between July 6 and 7, 2011.
Decision to close nuclear plant expected to cost Quebec $1.3-billion
Hydro Quebec power lines are shown Thursday Oct. 29, 2009 in Levis Que.. Hydro-Quebec's move to take over most of the assets belonging to New Brunswick's public power company in a proposed $5-billion deal was announced in Fredericton.
Lolo Jones plus Twitter equals bad result
Olympic hurdler Lolo Jones waits for her run at the U.S. women's bobsled push championships on Friday, Oct. 5, 2012, in Lake Placid, N.Y.
Can meat factories be safe, at 4,000 cows a day, 3,000 steaks a minute?
Cattle in pasture beside XL Foods' Lakeside Packers plant at Brooks, Alta., on Monday.
Your view: If you could change one thing about higher education...
Humber College student surfs the web between classes. March 22, 2010.
Can Canada's schools pass the next great intelligence test?
University of Toronto Professor Brad Inwood is photographed while teaching his Ancient Philosophy Class at the University of Toronto, October 04 2012.
The Globe’s advisory panel on how students learn
Members of The Globe and Mail's advisory panel on higher education. For more details on the panel, go to tgam.ca/re-education
Editor's note: Education needs a course correction
The University of Toronto campus in Toronto, photographed Monday Oct. 1, 2012
What if you only took one class at a time?
Dr. David Helfand, President of Quest Canada University, stands on the rooftop of the main building in Squamish, B.C. September 28, 2012.
What if you could monetize your education?
Hossein Rahnama, Director Ryerson's Digital Media Zone photographed at his offices on Dundas St., Toronto September 27, 2012.
What if math and psychology came together in the classroom?
Sherry Mantyka, director of the Mathematic Learning Centre, in her classroom at Memorial University in St. John's.
What if anyone around the world could learn from the best instructors, for free?
Daphne Koller, educator, speaks during Session 3: Building Blocks, at TEDGlobal 2012 on Tuesday, June 26, in Edinburgh, Scotland.
What if creating social change was your school assignment?
Professor Robert Huish teaches a development and activism class at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, September 17, 2012.
What if you could receive university credit for what you already know
Robert Mendenhall of Utah's Western Governors University runs an online curriculum that works with industry to give students credit for the skills they already have and allow them to complete their education faster than traditional universities.
Forget rhetorical sparring: Obama mumbled and Romney twitched
Elizabeth Renzetti
Wind farm stirs up friction between first nations
A view of a wind turbine as it spins at wind farm project in Ontario.
Police watchful as alleged mob boss Vito Rizzuto returns to Canada
Alleged Montreal mob boss Vito Rizzuto was arrested in 2004, then extradited to the U.S., where he served five years for a 1981 triple murder.
Townhouses not the solution to Vancouver’s housing woes
Gary Mason
Syrian rebels threaten to execute Iranian hostages if Assad forces refuse to meet demands
An FSA soldier walks through a street in Amariya district in Aleppo, Syria. Syria's most prominent defector said in an interview that aired Monday that he opposes any foreign military intervention in the country's civil war and that he is confident the opposition can topple President Bashar Assad's regime. But Manaf Tlass, a Syrian general who was the first member of Assad's inner circle to join the opposition, said the rebels need weapons.
Marcus Gee: Cities seeing a reversal of the flight to the suburbs
Marcus Gee
U.S. jobs report gives Obama a lift
Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, left, shakes hands with President Barack Obama at the start of the first 2012 U.S. presidential debate in Denver October 3, 2012. Mr. Romney’s performance towered that of Mr. Obama, which could make the race a lot closer than expected after Mr. Romney’s political gaffe.
MS victim Taylor looks forward to first CFL start against Calgary
Saskatchewan Roughriders' Terrell Maze, right, knocks down a pass intended for B.C. Lions' Courtney Taylor in the endzone during the first half of a pre-season CFL game in Vancouver, B.C., on Wednesday June 13, 2012.
Infrastructure costs still soaring in Quebec, PQ reveals
Laval Mayor Gilles Vaillancourt speaks to reporters in 2010 in Laval, Quebec.
Stimulus spree puts shine back on commodity ETFs
Where to hunt in an aging bull market
Rob Carrick
Venezuelan expats in Canada mobilize to vote for regime change
Luis Cordova is seen on Friday in the kitchen at Arepa, a Venezuelan restaurant in Toronto. Having moved from Caracas this year, he will be voting at the Venezuelan consulate in Toronto this weekend.
Canadian Erin McLeod refuses to be bitter over controversial Olympic call
Canada's goalkeeper Erin Mcleod gestures during their quarterfinal women's soccer match against Britain at the 2012 London Summer Olympics, in Coventry, England, Friday, Aug. 3, 2012.
Canada barely misses deficit targets, Flaherty points to strong economic fundamentals
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said Thursday he is adjusting the government’s schedule of bond auctions to include more 10- and 30-year debt.
Assisted-suicide activist Gloria Taylor dies from infection
Gloria Taylor, who suffers from Lou Gehrig's disease and won a doctor-assisted suicide challenge in B.C. Supreme Court, pauses during a news conference in Vancouver on Monday June 18, 2012. A B.C. Supreme Court judge struck down the laws banning doctor-assisted suicide last week, calling the them discriminatory, disproportionate and overbroad.
Could interest rates fall below zero? Don’t bet against it
Gary Bettman: The lightning rod
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman listens as he meets with reporters after a meeting with team owners, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012 in New York.
Is divvying up a $3.35-billion hockey pie really that hard?
Roy MacGregor
Donald Fehr: The players' defender
NHL Players' Association executive director Donald Fehr, center, is joined by Winnipeg Jets' Ron Hainsey as he speaks to reporters, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012, in New York.
Alberta plant failed to follow its own E. coli protocols
Cattle look out from their pen on a feedlot near Airdrie, Alta., on Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2005.
Concern for the environment guides business analyst’s picks
Simon Boyce.
Bullish on Canadian Pacific
AltaGas insiders continue to accumulate
Author Robert Kaplan explains why geography matters
Robert Kaplan, author of The Revenge of Geography: What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate.
Short-handed Lions get set for Stampeders
British Columbia Lions' Geroy Simon (R) has a pass knocked away by Edmonton Eskimos' Rod Williams during their CFL game in Edmonton September 22, 2012.
Controversial loophole allows Toronto-based insurer to make $1M donation to Romney
Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney waves to the crowd at a campaign rally in Abingdon, Virginia October 5, 2012
For laid-off Caterpillar employees, the fall continues
The job market these days is “horrible,” Mr. Purdy says, leaving him with little choice but a lengthy commute.
Retired couple have taken on too much risk
Matt is 78, a retired professional, and his wife, Marielle, is 80 and worked in the arts. Neither has a company pension.
In pictures: Eight months after Caterpillar shutdown, London picks up the pieces
A volunteer unloads bags and packs food boxes at the London Food Bank on Sept. 24, 2012.
West Coast LNG advocates face tough road ahead
The Kitimat LNG site in British Columbia: Costs are a major challenge.
In pictures: How laid-off Caterpillar workers are faring eight months later
He has been living off his severance package since the plant shut down will now start collecting employment insurance while he continues to look for work.
Upcoming Venezuela vote sparks interest in the Canadian oil patch
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez greets supporters in the rain during his closing campaign rally in Caracas on Thursday.
Why democracy will be austerity’s undoing in Europe
Eric Reguly
How to raise the quality of postsecondary education in Canada
The University of Toronto campus
China is playing a dangerous game
Author Pankaj Mishra at home in London.
Monique Leroux: A little bit of everything on her plate
Illustration of Monique Leroux, president and chief executive officer of Desjardins Group.
When home sales sink, prices are sure to follow
SEC suspends trading in Liberty Silver
A silver ingot.
Condo boom: Why cranes dominate Toronto's skyline
Four years since the crisis – and safeguards still elude us
David Parkinson
A nine-step plan to fix Canada’s resource economy
Tar Island facility located at the Athabaska Oil Sands north of Fort McMurray, Alta. on Aug. 31, 2010.
Chavez pulls out all the stops for approaching Venezuelan election
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez greets supporters in the rain during his closing campaign rally in Caracas on Thursday.
Tour gives people one up on wild mushroom knowledge
Alexandra Gill
Up for a challenge? Go gluten-free for a week
Who says you can’t be a good mom and a CEO?
Leah Eichler
Wave of women starts to build behind Alex Gough on Canadian luge team
Canada's Alex Gough celebrates in the finish area after winning the bronze medal in the women's single race at the Luge World Championships in Cesana Pariol, Italy, Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011.
U.S. lawmaker warns against doing business with China’s Huawei
A Huawei plant is lit by a setting sun in the southern Chinese township of Longhau in Guangdong province.
Tory changes to EI regulations do little to appease opposition
Job seekers speak with personnel at the Service Canada kiosk during the 19th edition of the National Job Fair and Training Expo at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre on Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011.
Voyages in Concussion Land: the homeless, Sidney Crosby and me
Tabatha Southey
Retired teacher funds scholarships for AIDS orphans
Michael Frederiksen of Creating Community Education Services Canada (left) with Busuku Musili. Through a CES scholarship, Mr. Musili studies medical research at Port Reitz Medical Training College in Mombasa, Kenya.
Watch the Heart and Stroke Foundation's zombie ad
Watch Agency59's Amnesty International ad
Watch Agency59's ad for Labatt
Who knows how many people are watching that TV show?
Heart and Stroke campaign uses zombies to promote CPR
Raptors’ rookie Valanciunas expected to have big impact on and off court
Toronto Raptors Jonas Valanciunas shoots baskets during training camp in Halifax, N.S., on Friday, Oct. 5, 2012.
Feminist blogger calls iconic Second World War kissing photo ‘sexual assault’
Alfred Eisenstaedt’s <em>V-J Day in Times Square</em>
VIFF movie review: Blood Relative
Blood Relative, directed by Nimisha Mukerji
Susur’s Bent: Comeback? Or fallback?
Bent, a new Dundas West restaurant from the Bent-Lee family. Kai, left, and Levi Bent-Lee are at the reins of Bent, a new Dundas West restaurant.
Liberation architecture: Libeskind and Gehry free Toronto from the dry functionality of modernism
Mr. Libeskind’s L Tower and Front Streets in Toronto is photographed Oct 4, 2012. (Moe Doiron/The Globe and Mail)
Erotic novels set in Toronto burn up the bestseller list
VIFF movie review: The Unlikely Girl
The Unlikely Girl, directed by Wei Ling Chang
Hudson’s Bay, Shoppers Drug Mart cutting jobs
The Hudsons Bay store in downtown Toronto
Gregor Robertson’s Thanksgiving grace
Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson is seen outside City Hall in Vancouver on April 2, 2012.
VIFF movie review: A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman
An image from A Liar's Autobiography - The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman.
Sister Act: Well hallelujah, the stage musical is solid family fun
A scene from “Sister Act”
News quiz: What does Justin Trudeau think of Canada's middle class?
Justin Trudeau
National Bank of Greece proposes merger with rival Eurobank
A customer leaves an Eurobank branch in central Athens Oct. 5, 2012. The National Bank of Greece has proposed a merger with Eurobank, its main domestic competitor.
Crown seeks to appeal sentences in two Stanley Cup riot cases
A Vancouver Canucks fan jumps from a police car that was overturned by rioters following the Canucks defeat by the Boston Bruins in the Stanley Cup Final in Vancouver on June 15, 2011.
Jason King’s hockey career comes full circle
St. John's IceCap right-winger Jason King.
Our critics’ choices for your next seven days in culture
Singer Barbra Streisand performs during a tribute concert to composer Marvin Hamlisch in New York September 18, 2012. Hamlisch, the award-winning composer of numerous hit records, musicals and movies, died in Los Angeles on August 6, 2012 at the age of 68.
Sridevi: Fluent in sounding fluent onscreen
Nicknamed ‘parrot’ as a young actor, Sridevi identifies with her character in English Vinglish, an Indian housewife who sneaks off to ESL class.
Guy Maddin’s haunting tapestry of memory
Guy Maddin film, including Maddin "distressed" family archival footage Only Dream Things
Social networks own us all – it’s time we returned the favour
Sarah Nicole Prickett
When Anne Perry’s dark past was revealed
Anne Perry: Has she made peace with her past?
King Street vision: What makes Frank Gehry great
Gehry’s towers will bring softer, organic shapes to Toronto’s skyline.
The Lineup: Oct. 6 - 12
Laura Mennell in Tear the Curtain!
Steven Ellison’s Flying Lotus: electronic hip hop jungle
On Until The Quiet Comes, Flying Lotus spreads his wings, taking his J Dilla influence and making it his own.
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