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November 11

Enbridge’s ‘errata’ on caribou could prove a costly error
Mark Hume
Canadian Forces families win support for mental health
Cpl. Chris Dupee, and his wife Angel Nov 7, 2012. Dupee has been struggling with PTSD since he returned from Afghanistan in 2008.
Vancouver buys Ramada Inn with eye to housing seniors
A Vancouver realtor confirmed the Ramada Inn was sold for $15.5-million.
End in sight for lengthy repairs to New Brunswick power plant
FILE PHOTO: Point Lepreau Generating Station
Remembering ‘the unselfishness of Joe Sakic’
Eric Duhatschek
Reservist faces court martial after fatal training accident
Capt. Darryl Watts speaks during a interview with The Canadian Press in Calgary Wednesday, Dec 8, 2010. The lawyer for a Canadian soldier charged after a landmine explosion killed a colleague on a training range in Afghanistan says his client isn't guilty of a crime.But the prosecution contends that Maj. Darryl Watts's supervision of the range on the day in question was negligent to the point that criminal charges are justified.
Publisher David Black claims support in China, Japan for proposed B.C. refinery
Newspaper publisher David Black displays jars of oil in Vancouver on Aug. 17 while unveiling a plan to build a B.C. refinery.
Best pictures from November 11
Matt Joiner follows Richie Slagle, left, during the Outdoors Inc., Cyclocross Championship Race at Greenbelt Park in Memphis, Tenn., Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/The Commercial Appeal, Jim Weber)
Will Denis Coderre enter race to be mayor of Montreal?
FILE PHOTO: Liberal Member of Parliament Denis Coderre speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa September 20, 2012.
Is the worst yet to come in the Charbonneau inquiry?
Photographers take pictures of Chairman France Charbonneau off the closed circuit television in the media room at the Charbonneau inquiry looking into corruption in the Quebec construction industry Monday, September 17, 2012 in Montreal.
Syria’s new opposition leader stirs hope
Mouaz al-Khatib was elected as the first leader of a new Syrian opposition umbrella group on Sunday.
Prescription opioid death rate in B.C. ‘huge’
Prescription painkiller OxyContin, which will be delisted from Ontario's drug benefit program, at the in-patient pharmacy at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto on Monday, February 20, 2012.
World-shaping decisions happen in secret inside China’s ‘18th Big’
A paramilitary policeman stands guard in front of the Great Hall of the People, the venue of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in Beijing, Nov. 8, 2012.
Coming at you, Alouettes
Montreal Alouettes quarterback Anthony Calvillo throws the football against the Toronto Argonauts during first half CFL football action in Toronto on Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012.
Overhaul demanded for scandal-plagued BBC
Chris Patten, chairman of the BBC Trust, waits to speak on the Andrew Marr political talk show at BBC studios in London, Nov. 11, 2012.
Week 10 NFL action
Denver Broncos defensive tackle Kevin Vickerson (99) celebrates after tackling Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton (not pictured) during an NFL football game in Charlotte, North Carolina November 11, 2012.
Picking China’s leaders: secret decisions, no attack ads and no public dissent
In this photo taken Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012, former Chinese President Jiang Zemin, right, is helped to his seat next to Chinese President Hu Jintao, left, during the opening session of the 18th Communist Party Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Jiang is foremost amongst a group of retired but still-influential men who wield considerable influences behind the scene in off-stage machinations to stack the lineup of Chinas new leadership to be announced late next week. The clout of these men reflects the party's traditional deference to its elders, but also its lack of transparency and failure to institutionalize its succession processes through open elections or other steps.
Forsyth savours McMaster's Yates Cup victory
McMaster's Tanner during first-half action of the 105th Yate's Cup, Ontario University Athletics football championship game, between the University of Guelph Gryphons and the McMaster University Marauders, in Hamilton, Ontario, on Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012.
Taking down the Riders
Calgary Stampeders' Demonte Bolden (L) sacks Saskatchewan Roughriders' quarterback Darian Durant during the first half of their West Division semi-final CFL football game in Calgary, Alberta, November 11, 2012.
Avoid nightmare on retirement street: Pay off your mortgage
Robert McLister
Stampeders outgun Roughriders in wild west semi-final
Calgary Stampeders' quarterback Drew Tate throws a pass against the Saskatchewan Roughriders during the first half of their West Division semi-final CFL football game in Calgary, Alberta, November 11, 2012.
Mali chaos gives rise to slavery, persecution
The Supreme Court, Viagra and innovation
A box of Viagra, typically used to treat erectile dysfunction.
Wright is unsung hero of Canadian exploration
Sir Charles Seymour Wright is shown in this 1912 photo by Herbert Ponting, upon his return from the Polar Journey photo.
Japanese PM looks to join Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal
Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda at the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) summit in Vientiane, Laos, Nov. 6, 2012. Mr. Noda announced on the weekend his government’s intention to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership talks, creating what will be a key election issue for his struggling Democratic Party which must head to the polls before the summer.
Keeping momentum when you're on the fast track
Make rising to the top the marathon of your career.
Investors should prepare for market correction
Brian Milner
Go ahead, give in to procrastination
A little bit of procrastination isn't a bad thing.
BMO's chief economist expects housing to boost U.S. economy
Martin Mittelstaedt
Tony Griffiths: Corporate Canada’s Mr. Fix-It
Tony Griffiths is a veteran manager and corporate director who has run many companies across Canada and still serves on many boards. He is the author of a new book “Corporate Catalyst” which discusses mismanagement at many Canadian companies.
On Monday, set out 3 priorities for the week
Is your door always open? Do you pounce every time the phone rings? Do you work without a to-do list? No wonder you’re not getting anything done.
The strict -- and not-so-strict -- rules of smart investors
Norman Rothery
How Sandy revealed the follies of federal flood insurance programs
Barrie McKenna
Don’t forget the meeting items you put in the ‘parking lot’
If you put meeting items in the ‘parking lot,’ make sure you return to them at the end.
My team is caught in the middle of a power struggle
Nine to Five
The week's best web reads: 7-figure traders replaced by computers
A trader reacts at his desk at the Frankfurt stock exchange June 11, 2012.
The economic crisis may be over, but the world's financial institutions still aren't protecting us
The financial crisis that erupted in 2008 cast profound doubt over the effectiveness of international institutions and their successor bodies, which include the International Monetary Fund, the Financial Stability Board and the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision. Adroit action by them, guided by the Group of 20 major economies, is now required to overcome serious challenges that loom in the wake of the crisis. The FSB’s chairman is Canada’s dynamic central bank governor, Mark Carney.
Justin Trudeau takes Liberal leadership campaign to Prince Edward Island
Liberal MP and leadership candidate Justin Trudeau attends a Remembrance Day ceremony in Montreal, Sunday, November 11, 2012.
Sweden’s escalating household debt: A familiar story
Customers wait outside a Swedbank AB branch in Malmoe. The escalation in Swedish household debt has gone hand in hand with house prices, which have increased threefold since 1995 as mortgage rates plunged from 10 per cent to 4 per cent.
Hall of Famers want to see Quebec City back in the NHL
NHL Hockey Hall of Fame inductee Mats Sundin (R) talks to former team mate Wendel Clark on the bench while participating in the NHL's Legends Classic hockey game in Toronto November 11, 2012. Sundin will officially become a member of the Hall of Fame in a ceremony on November 12 in Toronto along with fellow inductees Joe Sakic, Pavel Bure and Adam Oates.
Ad vet decries misleading attack ads
Undated YouTube framegrab of attack ad by Barack Obama against Mitt Romney.
Recessionary gusts buffet EU’s biggest economies
Brian Milner
Leon’s buys rival The Brick, to take on U.S. retailers
Terry Leon, president and CEO of Leon’s Furniture, puts his feet up in the flagship Toronto store.
Digital divide: The high costs of Arctic broadband
Why yes, that is Prime Minister Stephen Harper riding a snow mobile in Frobisher Bay in Iqaluit, Nunavut on Thursday, February 23, 2012.
Argos advance to East final with convincing victory over Eskimos
Edmonton Eskimo Weldon Brown is tackled by Toronto Argonauts during a CFL Eastern semi-final game between the Argonauts and the Eskimos at the Rogers Centre on Nov 11 2012.
CFL showdown in The Big Smoke
Toronto Argonauts Maurice Mann celebrates after scoring a touchdown on the Edmonton Eskimos during the first half of the East Division semi-final CFL game in Toronto, November 11, 2012.
How high-profile causes like Movember push less 'sexy' ones aside
CIBC Visa employee Ivan Young sports a pink ballgown as he and nearly 13,000 other runners and walkers participate in the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation CIBC Run for the Cure in Vancouver Oct. 5, 2008.
Bourdain and Chang team up for PBS
Anthony Bourdain:
Writer’s Trust winner Dobozy is surprise favourite for GG
Tamas Dobozy
What's 'smart pasta'? Is it healthier than the regular stuff?
Work your lower body while sitting at your desk
Why I wrote my own obituary
Is Amelia Curran wasting her time? Not a second of it
The eat-alone-at-your-desk sandwich
What burns more calories: short bursts of exercise or longer workouts?
Crocodile and alligator sensitivities may surprise you
Camille Paglia: The scholar strikes back
Author Camille Paglia
Costly affairs, cheap Viagra and other tweets of the week
Viagra pills made by Pfizer.
Despite market woes, Washington optimistic for fiscal cliff deal
Kevin Carmichael
News quiz: What facial feature can predict heart-attack risk? Plus other questions
Giraffe
Third person dies after explosion at plant in Sherbrooke, Que.
The scene outside Neptune Technologies & Bioressources is shown in Sherbrooke, Que., Friday, November 9, 2012 following an explosion at the plant on Thursday that left two people dead and many more with serious injuries.
Eskimos linebacker Sherritt to miss playoff game vs. Argos with injury
Edmonton Eskimos' JC Sherritt, 47, celebrates getting the CFL record for most tackles in a season against the Calgary Stampeders during second half CFL action at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton on Friday, Nov. 2, 2012.
In Asia, Harper displays his better side
Prime Minister Stephen Harper gestures while answering questions during the joint statement with Philippine President Benigno Aquino at the presidential palace in Manila November 10, 2012. Mr. Harper arrived in Manila on Friday for a three-day visit.
Djokovic downs del Potro to reach ATP Tour final
Novak Djokovic of Serbia plays a return to Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina, during their ATP World Tour Finals singles semifinal tennis match, at the O2 Arena in London, Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012.
Canadians honour slain soldiers at Remembrance Day services
A member of the armed forces forms inspects wreaths ahead of a Remembrance Day dawn service at Prospect Cemetery in Toronto, on Sunday November 11, 2012.
Woods won’t dominate golf again, says Faldo
U.S. golfer Tiger Woods reacts to his tee shot on the 13th hole during the morning foursomes round at the 39th Ryder Cup golf matches at the Medinah Country Club in Medinah, Illinois September 28, 2012.
McIlroy emulates Donald with dual money list win
Rory McIlroy
Canada’s forgotten first remembrance day
The Battle of Ridgeway (1866): The origins of Canada’s forgotten first remembrance day
November 11: Your lookahead horoscope
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Harper honours Canadian war dead in Hong Kong on Remembrance Day
Prime Minister Stephen Harper, second right, accompanied by his wife Laureen, right, Canadian veterans and officials, attends at a Remembrance Day ceremony at Sai Wan War Cemetery in Hong Kong Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. The ceremony honored the 1,975 Canadian soldiers who fought to defend Hong Kong during the WWII and remembered over 550 Canadian soldiers who died in the battle.
Argos hope to stop Eskimos' rushing attack in East semi-final
Edmonton Eskimos' Hugh Charles (right) celebrates scoring a touchdown as Toronto Argonauts' Pacino Horne looks on during second half CFL action in Toronto on Monday August 27 , 2012. Charles and the Eskimos face the Argonauts in Sunday’s CFL East semi-final.
TV: Five shows worth watching tonight: November 12
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