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December 14

A fresh vision for the old art gallery
Renderings of the Blowdown Gallery (Stanley Park)
More than a thousand years of the future, wiped away with Connecticut shooting
Elizabeth Renzetti
A simple act of kindness is a complicated thing
Distributions of food are shrinking at the Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society because of a drop-off in corporate and individual donations this year, its chief executive officer says.
Road warrior treads path to recovery
Tim Mackness, left, runs with friend Wes Jones, along Government Street. as he nears the end of his marathon run in Victoria. He started at the University of Victoria then continued a route around the rest of the city, hitting points of personal significance along his way.
Leo Spellman, creator of Holocaust composition dies at 99
Building a glass house in the middle of The Zoo
Gary Mason
Canadian flag flew on retired diplomat’s Tennessee lawn
Seeking a village feel for a high-rise cluster in North Toronto
High-rises now have few amenities.
Freer alcohol market would be a good thing for Toronto
Marcus Gee
Best pictures from December 14
An Aldabra giant tortoise feasts on food treats at the Taronga Zoo in Sydney December 14, 2012. Animals at the Taronga Zoo were given food treats as part of their Christmas celebrations. REUTERS/Daniel Munoz (AUSTRALIA - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY)
Zuma is all but assured of re-election, but the big question for South Africa is who will succeed him
Giant portraits of former African National Congress (ANC) presidents, including former South African President Nelson Mandela, right, overlook Bloemfontein, South Africa, Thursday, Dec 13, 2012.
Bargnani's 'worst in NBA' comments detract from Raptors' rout of Mavericks
Toronto Raptors forward Linas Kleiza celebrates a three-point basket against the Dallas Mavericks during the second half of their NBA basketball game in Toronto December 14, 2012.
Ontario public school boards warn of walkouts on Tuesday
Elementary teachers picket in front of York Region District School Board offices. in Aurora, December 13, 2012. (J.P. Moczulski for The Globe and Mail)
Anticipated film reignites debate over U.S. use of torture
Konrad Yakabuski
Morsi cedes to extremists on Egyptian constitution
Supporters of Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi and members of the Muslim Brotherhood chant pro-Mursi slogans during a rally in Rabaa El Adaweya Mosque square in Cairo December 14, 2012.
The rocky road of the Ontario teacher dispute has come to a dead end
Adam Radwanski
World Junior loss to Russia motivates Canada's Strome
Dougie Hamilton, Ryan Strome, Brett Ritchie and their teammates are off to Finland Saturday for a training camp that will, among other things, help them adjust to the 13-hour time change between Western Canada and Ufa, Russia, where the 2013 tournament will be held.
Much anticipated audit of Rob Ford’s election expenses to be released in January
Mayor Rob Ford attends a committee meeting at Toronto City Hall on November 5, 2012.
Keeper of the Stanley Cup: Would be nice to see someone win it this year
Howard Borrow carries the Stanley Cup at an event in Montreal on Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012. One of four guardians of the Stanley Cup, Borrow says it would be a shame to see the historic trophy mothballed if the National Hockey League season is cancelled.
Moments: Caught on Camera, Dec. 17 to Dec. 21
Share your best photos of Christmas
REITs lose their magic for leading dividend fund manager
Canadian bobsledder crushing all comers
Kaillie Humphries and Chelsea Valois sip beer after winning a World Cup race in Winterberg, Germany, last week: ‘I pinch myself all the time,’ Valois says. ‘I knew if I made Kaillie’s team I would have some success, but this is absolutely awesome.’
Brussels’ modern-art Christmas ‘tree’ triggers outcry, tensions, petition
A steel installation, replacing the traditional Christmas tree, is illuminated at Brussels' Grand Place November 29, 2012. The 25-metre-high sculpture was designed by French architects Pier Schneider and Francois Wunschel.
3 top stock picks from President’s Club’s Fabrice Taylor
Fabrice Taylor.
Scenes from across the U.S. after Newtown Conn. school shooting
People grieve outside the overflow area of a vigil at the Saint Rose of Lima church in Newtown, Connecticut December 14, 2012. A heavily armed gunman opened fire on school children and staff at a Connecticut elementary school on Friday, killing at least 28 people, including 20 children, in the latest in a series of shooting rampages that have tormented the United States this year. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW EDUCATION)
Nick Diaz agrees to fight against UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre
Defending UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre carries his belt follwoing a news conference in Montreal, Thursday, September 27, 2012.
Price cut moves a Queen Street condo
Toronto brewery loft finds a buyer
Seahawks coach preaches the power of the positive
Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll leads a youthful team, including star running back Marshawn Lynch, <240>into Sunday’s NFL game in Toronto <240>against the Buffalo Bills.
A knockout question about pugilism
When a boxer is knocked out, he gets a concussion.
Flaherty seeks unity on reform
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty arrives to meet and have dinner with his provincial and territorial counterparts in Ottawa, Sunday Dec. 16, 2012.
A $44.8-billion bill? Please, try shopping for Louboutins
Tabatha Southey
The secret to success for director of Up docs? The power of ordinary people
Now, 71, Michael Apted remains committed to his 7 Up documentary opus: ‘I just want to look after it and make sure that it continues as long as I’ve got my marbles.’
Management is key for investor in clean technology
James Sbrolla
Is Fed’s new explicitness doing more harm than good?
David Parkinson
Insider buying at Transcontinental
Paper on rollers about to be fed into the presses at the Transcontinental plant June 14, 2010.
Today’s university lecture: Cheap tuition has a price
Sophie Cousineau
Time for U.S. to cure its sick gun laws
Parents walk away from the Sandy Hook Elementary School with their children following a shooting at the school, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012 in Newtown, Conn.
The Supreme Court stares down a remorseless terrorist
Momin Khawaja leaves an Ottawa courthouse under RCMP protection on May 3, 2004.
Canadians care about hockey, but do they care enough?
Roy MacGregor
Potential weakness for Tim Hortons
A Tim Hortons employee grabs a doughnut for a customer.
An entrepreneur’s path to early retirement
The rarefied world of high yield bonds
Rob Carrick
Michael Tory: From Lehman’s ashes, a banker is reborn
Illustration of Michael Tory, founder of Ondra Partners.
Chevron nears settlement in Brazil spill case
An aerial view shows oil that seeped from a well operated by Chevron at Frade, on the waters in Campos Basin in Rio de Janeiro state Nov. 18, 2011.
Toronto FC acquires veteran defender Danny Califf in MLS re-entry draft
Toronto FC have acquired veteran defender Danny Califf in Major League Soccer’s re-entry draft.
No to BHP, yes to CNOOC: Investment clarity a foreign concept
Eric Reguly
Deals of the week: A paradise of riches for pickup truck buyers
GMC Sierra Crew Cab SLT
The new year can spark a career reinvention
Leah Eichler
Sinclair and women's national squad excited as 2015 World Cup becomes more of a reality
Team Canada's Karina LeBlanc, left, and Christine Sinclair make faces as FIFA unveils the official emblem for the 2015 Women's World Cup soccer tournament during a ceremony in downtown Vancouver, B.C. Friday, December, 14, 2012.
Vancouver’s Westshore sues over damaged coal trestle
Trestle damage at Westshore Terminals Berth No. 1. The company is suing the ship Cape Apricot and its registered owner, Leo Ocean SA, for up to $26-million (U.S.).
Arctic-enamoured couple back the Nobel Prize of the North
After becoming fascinated with issues affecting the North, Sima Sharifi and Arnold Witzig decided to fund the Arctic Inspiration Prize.
Court refuses to block arrival of more Chinese workers for B.C. mine
Chinese workers began arriving at the site, some 1,000 kilometres north of Vancouver, in recent weeks.
Hug your kids, say you love them – and don’t over-talk the Connecticut shootings
Parents walk away from the Sandy Hook Elementary School with their children following a shooting at the Newtown, Conn. school where authorities say a gunman opened fire, leaving 27 people dead, including 20 children, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012.
Is inflight WiFi a blessing or curse?
Ten deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history
YoPRO owners meet with Loblaw chief over yogurt dispute
Amanda House, co-owner of a small yogurt producer, turned to YouTube in her battle with Loblaw.
Canada needs to regulate non-medical use of genetic information
Dr. Stephen Scherer, is the senior scientist leading the Personal Genome Project in Canada.
Party photos of the week: Royal de Versailles
Anastasia Zidelev, Natalie Homonyuk and Valeriya Chochyeva
Kia leaves popular Sorento crossover alone for 2013
2013 Kia Sorento
Ideas for how Canadian retailers can survive
A crowd of shoppers snap up deep discounts at Target on the Thanksgiving Day holiday in Burbank, Calif.
Consider wrangling profit from frontier markets
Many frontier market mean political turmoil. In Argentina in 2008, employees of Retirement and Pension Fund Administrators (AFJPs) protest after President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner privatized $30-billion in private pension fund accounts.
Soon gone, Carney immortalized in CIBC song
Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney
NHL files class-action suit against players' union
National Hockey League commissioner Gary Bettman describes negotiations between the NHL and the NHL Players Association (NHLPA) regarding the difficulties of their current labour talks in New York, December 6, 2012.
Vanity Fair says Canadians aren’t funny? Don’t make me laugh
Leah McLaren
8 cool gifts for the music lover
AC/DC Pro Model pinball machine features: • 1 Ramp Mounted Magnetic Diverter For Cannon Loading • High Definition Color Cabinet and Decal Artwork • Motorized Rotating Ball Cannon, Player Controlled • 3 "Thunderstruck" Standup Targets w/ Super Bright Flash Lamps • 4 "ROCK" Standup Targets (on right) • Lit Start/Fire Cannon Button w/ Laser Cut S/S Trim Plate • Back Panel Jukebox Song Selector w/ Flashing Red Horns • Posi-Lock Ball Ejector and Electric Top Gate • 2 Molded Super Speed Ramps • T.N.T. Explosion Butyrates In Key Locations
Northwest hip-hop at the Power Plant
Jordan Bennett, Turning Tables, 2010, walnut, oak, spruce, sound work.
Native traditions get a hip-hop reboot at Toronto’s Power Plant
A detail from Dylan Miner’s Anishnaabensag Biimskowebshkigewag (Native Kids Ride Bikes).
A Jukebox of easy-on-the-ears pop
Where Chuck Berry was a sly poet, Mars is the master of the single entendre.
Les 7 doigts: the circus aiming for 'human scale'
A revival of Stephen Schwartz’s musical Pippin, now in previews at Boston’s American Repertory Theatre, is built around circus tricks engineered by Les 7 doigts de la main.
Marriage, Leslie Mann and Judd Apatow-style
Johanna Schneller
The Rolling Stones: Ignore the screamers, you’ll rock the world
Mick Jagger, Keith Richards (R) and Charlie Watts (L) of the Rolling Stones perform during the "12-12-12" benefit concert for victims of Superstorm Sandy at Madison Square Garden in New York December 12, 2012.
El Nino in Vancouver: Move over, Messiah, a new baby’s in town
Leslie Dala leads the Vancouver Bach Choir in a rehearsal of El Nino, which is getting its Canadian premiere at the Orpheum.
Apocalypse always: Fiction abounds with tales of the Earth’s demise
In a world overrun by an undead horde, one man stands in the way of the complete annihilation of the human race. One man…and his balls. Slant Six Games presents The Bowling Dead, an easy to play, super fun bowling game with a Zombie twist! Hours and hours of enjoyable gameplay defeating wave after wave of Zombies with your weaponized bowling balls. Score extra points by bowling a Zombie Turkey and get your Zombies to dance under the shining disco bowling ball!
Amtrak drops plan to purchase Bombardier cars for Acela trains
An Acela Express train approaches Boston's South Station.
Best Buy shares drop as founder wins bid extenstion
People peer into a Best Buy storefront on Dundas and Bay streets in Toronto on Dec. 25, 2011.
Map: University Golf Club, University Hill, Vancouver
Wade Grant of the Musqueam First Nation is photographed in a forested area that will be developed next to the band's golf course in Vancouver, British Columbia, Wednesday, December 12, 2012. The development will include residential structures and a Marriott Hotel.
The Fed's 6.5 per cent solution
Michael Babad
Musqueam unveil plans to build condos on forested lot
Wade Grant of the Musqueam First Nation is photographed in a forested area that will be developed next to the band's golf course in Vancouver, British Columbia, Wednesday, December 12, 2012. The development will include residential structures and a Marriott Hotel.
The close: Apple slumps to 10-month low
News quiz: What advantage do hungry kids have later in life? Plus other questions
What to do in Toronto, Dec. 15 - 21: Searching for Sugar Man, Choir!Choir!Choir! and more
In an undated handout photo, the singer-songwriter Rodriguez in the documentary Searching for Sugar Man. Directed by Malik Bendjelloul, the film charts the unusual career of Rodriguez, whose music became very popular in South Africa without his knowing.
A short book that’s as refreshing as a pint of Irish beer
Roddy Doyle’s Two Pints shows the modern world through the eyes of two middle-aged Irishmen.
Why the West says ‘never again’
Journalist Mary Janigan
Two books go inside Mohammad Shafia’s dishonourable killings
A pair of books about the Shafia trial show solid news reporting works better than me-first journalism.
What the power brokers are reading over the holidays
Detail from the cover of “Nation Maker”
In Lydia Millet’s latest, the struggle to stay open to love
Lydia Millet touches on many themes in Magnificence including infidelity and environmental preservation.
An NDP insider tells … well, some of the story
James S. McLean blends ho-hum theoretical insights and incisive first-hand observations.
The positive power of negative thinking
Oliver Burkeman
The meaning of Maeve
Maeve Binchy at home with friend in 2000
Picture day for Team Canada
Dougie Hamilton, left, from Toronto, Ont., chats with goalie Malcolm Subban, from Toronto, Ont., during a photo session after the naming of the team at the National Juniors selection camp in Calgary, Alta., Friday, Dec. 14, 2012.
Discovery buys Nordic TV channels for $1.7-billion
A man walks past the logo of broadcaster ProSiebenSat1 Media AG in Munich, Germany, in a file photo.
The bear cage is getting awfully full these days
Dave Morris
The TSX follows emerging markets, not the G7
Scott Barlow
New ride-sharing app gives Canadians a lift
Threats to Canada’s banks are nothing new
Dave Morris
Banks ‘too big to prosecute’, says British regulator
HSBC logo.
Falling river levels threaten U.S. commerce
This Dec. 5, 2012 photo provided by The United States Coast Guard shows barges passing in tight quarters due to low water levels as they navigate the Mississippi River near St. Louis.
Flaherty tells Canadians to ‘fasten our seat belts’ as 'fiscal cliff' looms
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty speaks to reporters on Parliament Hill in Ottawa Dec. 14, 2012.
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