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December 2

Lindsey Vonn completes a Lake Louise triple play
Lindsey Vonn of the U.S. reacts after finishing first during the Women's World Cup Downhill skiing in Lake Louise, Alberta November 30, 2012.
Week 13 in the NFL
Vince, left, and Packer, sit for owner Ron Belin in the parking lot of Lambeau Field before an NFL football game between the Green Bay Packers and the Minnesota Vikings Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012, in Green Bay, Wis.
B.C.’s salmon guardian needs you to listen – before it’s too late
Mark Hume
Ottawa seeks new Mideast path as Israel’s settlement plans decried
Campbell Clark
Ontario elementary, high school teachers consider one-day walkouts
Laurel Broten, Ontario Minister of Education, outlines details of proposed legislation that would impose a wage freeze for teachers Aug 16, 2012 in Toronto.
Best pictures from December 2
Quebec police investigating after bodies of three young siblings found in Drummondville
Police tape.
Ottawa acted quickly after contentious 2011 report of salmon virus, documents show
Timber Whitehouse checks the sockeye salmon stock on the Adams River on Oct. 26, 2011
Why does it stink in Richmond? Too much organic compost
Wendy Stueck
Dangerous moves in the East China Sea could bring Japan, China to armed conflict
A member of the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force looks out the window of a PC3 reconnaissance plane on to the East China Sea. “We’re watching the Chinese closely, they’re watching us closely. It’s a standoff,” explained one crewman.
Baseball bosses ready for some pickin’ and grinnin’ in Music City
Toronto Blue Jays general manager Alex Anthopoulos speaks with manager John Farrell at Jays Spring Training in Dunedin, Fla. on Wednesday February 29, 2012.
Russian motorists stuck in massive jam for days after heavy snowfall
New violence erupts near Goma in eastern Congo
Internally displaced Congolese wait for food to be distributed by the UN at the Mugunga 3 camp outside the eastern Congolese town of Goma, Sunday Dec. 2, 2012.
Scenes of holiday cheer at the Vancouver Santa Claus Parade
Santa Claus waves to spectators as the 9th annual Rogers Santa Claus Parade makes its way along West Georgia Street in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Sunday, December 2, 2012. More than 3,500 participants, including 60 marching bands, choirs, festive floats, and community groups took part in this year's parade.
Looking worldwide for the women Canada needs
Gordana Pejic works as an electrical engineer.
MasterCard seeks new ways to trump cash
MasterCard CEO Ajay Banga
Lenders are the scapegoat in euro zone debt crisis
Gwyn Morgan
Expanding Canada’s “Most Wanted” program a bad idea
Public Safety Minister Vic Toews rises during Question Period in the House of Commons in Ottawa, Monday, Oct.1, 2012.
Catalonia should stay part of Spain
Convergencia i Unio (CiU) party leader and candidate for Catalonia regional presidency, Artur Mas attends a news conference in Barcelona November 26, 2012.
Job creation drags as economic headwinds grow
Zohra Surani,21, left and Melinda Cuffy, 23, pore over summer jobs listings in Toronto.
This week: Reading interest-rate tea leaves
Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney leaves following a news conference in Ottawa, Nov. 26, 2012.
Lululemon stretches ahead of copycat competitors
Photograph of a Lululemon store in downtown Toronto on June 7, 2012.
Core earnings: Is new metric misleading?
Brian Milner
Marine industries beware: Ice islands dead ahead
Researchers say an area the size of Hong Kong is wandering south, breaking into hundreds and thousands of smaller bits, some too small to be seen by ship radar.
Outsmarting the market: Don't be a sucker
In this photo provided by NBC Universal, Jim Cramer reacts during his show "Mad Money with Jim Cramer" at the University of Michigan, April 25, 2006, in Ann Arbor, Mich.
Why Don Coxe is still pounding the table on agriculture
Dead sunflowers in parched field.
Brookfield plots Calgary’s tallest office complex
Assuming Brookfield’s proposed project, 225 Sixth, comes to fruition, it will be home to a 56-storey office tower, which will rise above other tall buildings in Calgary.
Will IMF be next stop for shooting star Mark Carney?
Barrie McKenna
How do I tell my boss I’m leaving the country?
Nine to Five
Add an ‘if I had time’ to your to-do-list
Say it with Stickies: Office humour to-do list
Managing problems? Lose the monkey on your back
Harvey Schachter
The silver lining on Quebec's corruption scandal
Gordon Pitts
As student stress hits crisis levels, universities look to ease pressure
A student navigates the University of Toronto Campus Monday, Oct 1, 2012.
Marlies beat Monsters for third straight win
Toronto Maple Leaf Jake Gardiner is chased by Carolina Hurricane Drayson Bowman during first period NHL action in Toronto on Tuesday December 13, 2011.
Griffith wins it for OHL’s London Knights in 19th round of shootout
David Edward Embury
David Edward Embury
Blue Jays broadcaster Tom McKee dies at 76
Weekend Roundup: Record for Barca, United go clear
Manchester United's Robin van Persie celebrates after scoring against Reading during their English Premier League soccer match at the Madejski Stadium in Reading, southern England December 1, 2012.
Ford urges council to let the people of Toronto vote on his future
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford makes a brief statement to the media at City Hall in Toronto on Nov. 27, 2012.
NHL talks to resume Tuesday in New York without key negotiators
NHL hockey players watch at a news conference in New York, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012.
Swick looks to climb back up UFC ladder after coming to terms with health issues
Welterweight Mike (Quick) Swick weighs in Friday, Nov. 13, 2009 in Manchester, Eng. ahead of his UFC 105 bout with England's Dan (The Outlaw) Hardy on Saturday. Ir's been a little more than four months since Mike (Quick) Swick's last fight, just a trickle in the sands of time compared to his previous layoff.
Where dinosaurs could have roamed and other science stories
this Dec. 7, 2006 file photo, tourists visit the Hualapai Indian Reservation along the western end of the Grand Canyon. A new study published in the journal Science Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, suggests the western Grand Canyon formed 70 million years ago. Some scientists disagree and believe the canyon was mainly carved by the Colorado River in the past 5 to 6 million years.
China factory activity at 13-month high, but growth uneven
Chinese workers manufacture sports shoes at a shoe factory in Jinjiang in southeast China's Fujian province Friday Nov. 9, 2012.
Which hors d’oeuvre are worth the calories?
Ross Petty's Snow White: licence to butcher
Snow White: The Deliciously Dopey Family Musical
Dr. Dre tops Forbes list of music moneymakers
Dr. Dre performs at the 2012 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, Calif., April 15, 2012.
The One-Handed Comfort-wich
Chicken sausage and fried bean tortilla
Snow White and 007? A fractured fairy tale, indeed
Snow White: The Deliciously Dopey Family Musical
Work your core while you watch TV
Piloxing is the latest fitness trend – and no, it has nothing to do with pillow fights
Participants in a Piloxing class at the Street Dance Academy in Toronto.
Could you go a week without multitasking?
How reliable is your health news?
‘He’s a tough act to follow’: Jason Bonham on his dad’s Led Zeppelin legacy
FILE PHOTO: Drummer Jason Bonham performs during U.S. rock band Foreigner's concert in Tokyo Tuesday, March 13, 2007.
Not all mustache implants are created equal
Why renovating the house is just like getting pregnant
Rashida Jones: Reinventing the romcom
Rashida Jones, lead actress and co-scriptwriter of Celeste and Jesse Forever, in Whistler to receive the Whistler Film Festival's Trailblazer Award for her versatility in both comedic and dramatic roles and her growing presence in Hollywood as a screenwriter.
The case for active portfolio managers
France, Germany close to new shareholder structure at EADS
File photo of an EADS Eurofighter jet performing during the Air Show in Sion, Sept. 17, 2011.
Allow youth gang members into witness protection, RCMP says
RCMP officers at the Pioneer Square Cenotaph November 11, 2011.
Man arrested in York University sex assault
Stoughton, Lawton capture Canada Cup curling titles
Skip Stefanie Lawton shouts to her front end during her 6-4 victory over Winnipeg's Kaitlyn Lawes to capture the women's Capital One Canada Cup curling title in Moose Jaw, Sask., Sunday, Dec.2, 2012.
Lindsey Vonn races to her second straight Lake Louise sweep
Lindsey Vonn of the United States reacts in the finish area following her run at the women's World Cup super-G ski race in Lake Louise, Alta., Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012.
God, football, Rob Ford and other tweets of the week
Toronto mayor Rob Ford laughs as her answers questions from journalists attending the groundbreaking ceremony for the Pan Am Games Aquatic Centre in Scarborough, Ontario September 27, 2012
Still to qualify, Canadian rugby team to see possible road at World Cup draw
Canada's Sean Duke runs for a try during a USA Sevens rugby match against Australia on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012, in Las Vegas.
Neighbouring reserve to Attawapiskat narrowly avoids fuel, housing crisis
The Northern Ontario reserve of Kaschechewan is seen in this undated handout aerial photo. Exactly a year after the Attawapiskat housing crisis shocked the country, the reserve next door has only narrowly averted a similar crisis. Kashechewan First Nation, near James Bay in northern Ontario, declared a state of emergency last week because it was running out of fuel and because 21 houses were not fit to face winter.
Iran's death sentence against Canadian in question
Saeed Malekpour
Canadian Christine Nesbitt wins two more World Cup gold medals
Winner Christine Nesbitt of Canada skates during the women's 1500 metre race at the ISU World Cup Speed Skating in Astana, Kazakhstan, Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012.
Canada’s Hamelin claims silver at short track speedskating World Cup
(L-R) Canada's silver medallist Charles Hamelin, Germany's gold medallist Robert Seifert and bronze medallist Travis Jayner pose after the men's 500 meter final during the ISU Short Track World Cup competition in Nagoya, central Japan, December 2, 2012.
White House stays firm on tax increases for wealthiest Americans
U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner arrives at the U.S. Capitol Building before a meeting with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. November 29, 2012.
North Korea plans new rocket launch in mid-December
A soldier stands guard in front of a rocket sitting on a launch pad at the West Sea Satellite Launch Site, during a guided media tour by North Korean authorities in the northwest of Pyongyang in this April 8, 2012 file photo. North Korea will launch a satellite in mid-December, the official KCNA news agency quoted officials as saying on December 1, 2012. The satellite would be launched between December 10-22, it quoted a spokesman for the Korean Committee for Space Technology as saying.
They could fix the oil sands, but haven’t
Tzeporah Berman
Hamilton shuts out AHL-leading Abbotsford
Knee injury sidelines Bayern’s Badstuber for six months
Holger Badstuber of Bayern Munich grimaces in pain as he is carried off the pitch on a stretcher with a knee injury during their German first division Bundesliga soccer match against Borussia Dortmund in Munich, December 1, 2012.
December 2: Your lookahead horoscope
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Explosions, shooting heard at U.S. base in Afghanistan
FILE PHOTO: U.S soldiers of Task Force Mountain Warriors board a Chinook helicopter in the airfield of Jalalabad, in Nangahar province August 4, 2009.
Metal wings, screaming fans: Just another night for Justin Bieber
Justin Bieber performs at the rogers Centre in Toronto, December 1, 2012.
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