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February 24

Canada's Pamela Ware snares fourth spot in World Cup diving
Pamela Ware of Ottenberg Park, Que. dives to fourth place in the women's 3-metre springboard final at the FINA Visa Diving World Cup at Olympic Aquatic Centre in London, England, Friday, Feb. 24, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, Diving Canada, Mike Ridewood
Best pictures from February 24
Can women curlers crash the big time?
Allan Maki
Diplomats torn over support for fractured Syrian opposition
Hundreds of Syrian refugees gathered in the hills near the Turkish-Syrian border on Feb. 24, 2012, for the funeral of Mustafa Sher Mohammed, 28, a shopkeeper who had taken up arms against the regime.
The Ovechkin magic withers away
Roy MacGregor
Ottawa, churches withholding documents, residential-school commission says
From left: Commissioners Marie Wilson, Justice Murray Sinclair and Chief Wilton Littlechild of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission release their interim report during a news conference in Vancouver on Feb. 24, 2012.
B.C. teachers dispute escalates with planned strike vote
Education Minister George Abbott, seen Jan. 4, 2011, is planning on legistaltion to end the dispute with B.C. Teachers.
'Cop talk' with the kids can make you squirm
Stephen Quinn
Hot Ticket: Winterruption
A lady dressed as a frog interacts with children at Vancouver's Granville Island .
Out There: Snowshoe Grind Mountain Run
Snowshoeing on Grouse Mountain near Vancouver, BC.
What's on this weekend
Chilean wines sparkle at week-long Vancouver festival
The 2011 Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival.
An immigrant's success story; an employer's enduring pain
Alex Carrion, owner of Marc's Poultry, pauses when asked about the friends and cousins he lost in a horrific accident involving his company's passenger van and a truck in Ontario.
Photos: Alex Carrion grieves loss of migrant workers
Putin harks back to '72 Summit Series for a political boost
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin greets Canadian former professional hockey player Phil Esposito at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow on Feb. 24, 2012.
Spirited from Nazi Germany, he truly became Canada’s doctor of music
Halifax eyes new-look skyline, but not without controversy
The design of the Skye Halifax buildings are meant to resemble a ship's sails.
When doctors make bad calls
Carolyn Thomas recently had a heart attack that was misdiagnosed.
GOP primaries sets stage for epic battle over taxes
Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, smiles after hugging his sister Lynn Keenan, background left, after speaking to the Detroit Economic Club at Ford Field in Detroit, Friday, Feb. 24, 2012.
How NHL coaches Hitchcock, Noel made a lifelong bond
St. Louis Blues coach Ken Hitchcock overlooks a Team Canada practice in Quebec, May 17, 2008. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
The Lineup: Feb. 25 - March 2
The new Burger’s Priest: An unholy disappointment
How sexual predators corrupt hockey
Details from a statue for abuse victim Martin Kruze, by artist Michael Irving.
Hockey news and notes
Anaheim Ducks right wing Teemu Selanne has poured cold water on the notion that he would approve a trade before deadline day. FILE:REUTERS/Mike Blake
Chief Minister’s soured relationship sparks investigation and political purge in India
NHL: Columbus Blue Jackets at a crossroads
David Shoalts
Coming soon: Soho House, where the avant-garde elite go to roost
Soho House Group will be opening its Toronto chapter this fall in a three-storey building at the corner of Simcoe and Adelaide streets, next to the Shangri-La Hotel.
Oilers sign Ales Hemsky to $10M contract extension
The Edmonton Oilers and Ales Hemsky have agreed to a two-year $10-million contract extension. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Ulan
How good habits can win gold medals
Michael Phelps
Mayor Ford, we've found the next Gary Webster!
Store? We don't need no stinking store
People mingle at the Design Lab: Drink + Think popup event where guests paid $25 for a drink and a hoodie.
What colour is Rob Ford's parachute? (Gravy-brown, of course)
Oil price rise complicates G20 agenda
Secretary-General of the OECD Angel Gurria, left, sits next to Mexican Finance Minister Jose Antonio Meade, on the sidelines of the meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors of the Group of 20 economic powers in Mexico City.
Canadians need to be educated about trauma of residential schools
Wot r u doin 2nite: laziness or creativity?
Young woman using a smartphone.
Tories clear one hurdle - but more lie ahead in Wheat Board battle
The Conservative government is set to scrap the wartime-era monopoly given to the Canadian Wheat Board.
Mubarak's old guard hopes fallout from NGOs' trial will destabilize Egypt
In this Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011 file photo, Egyptian military stand guard as officials raid one of the non-governmental organization offices in Cairo, Egypt.
Reggie Miller headlines Hall of Fame finalists
The condo board, the lawsuit and the $40,000 parrot
Michael Bazilinsky and his wife Margarita Bazilinsky at their Toronto condo
John Levy: A scrappy upstart who changed the sports broadcasting game
Illustration of John Levy, founder and chief executive officer, Score Media Inc.
Floating city conceived as high-tech incubator
SeaSteading is a new vision for floating cities, which are modeled after “semi-submersible oil platforms” so that even in stormy and inhospitable conditions, there will be very little motion and residents will “hardly know that they are on a floating body.” The cities will be powered by wind turbines, solar power, and other new technologies.
Opt-outs undermine dispute resolution: bank ombudsman
Douglas Melville
Investors' spirits, stocks rise on tide of central bank cash
Trader Eric Schumacher, centre, on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Feb. 21, 2012. Stock markets have climbed steadily this year, primarily because of optimism about the economy.
Alberta group seeks offshore partners for upgrader
Upgrader Alley in Alberta.
In Saguenay, a family takes on a disease that haunts the region
Sonia Gobeil and her husband Jean Groleau learned that their two boys, 9 year old Francois (R) and 6 year old Laurent, had a rare genetic disease that affects the part of the brain involved in movement and leaves most patients unable to walk by the time they are 40.
OSC began investigating First Leaside in 2009: court filings
The Ontario Securities Commission began investigating First Leaside Wealth Management Inc. in 2009, court filings show
Show exit interviews the door
Show exit interviews the door
BMO chief's pay packet rises 12 per cent in 2011
From JFK to DSK, men of power have always kept their dirty and clean laundry separate
Elizabeth Renzetti
Riding out the storm, pension fund-style
Rob Carrick
Canada's field hockey team falls in Olympic qualifying
Canada's Rob Short (R) celebrates with teammate Jagdish Gill as Philip Wright (L) watches after a goal against France during their London 2012 Olympic Games men's field hockey qualifying match in New Delhi February 24, 2012. REUTERS/B Mathur
Canada's bean counters get into a brouhaha
Kevin Dancey, president and CEO of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants, says regulating foreign accountants is difficult in Canada.
To win votes, build a straw man - and paint on a Hitler-stache
Tabatha Southey
Despite second bailout, Greece is still a time bomb
Eric Reguly
A time-honoured investing theory collides with new facts
Jovian approves cash distribution to shareholders
Murray Edwards
Party photos of the week: The Love Her Gala
Building a foundation for long-term dreams
Jean and Gary, at 28, are already planning for life's big milestones.
Having it all depends on what 'all' means
Leah Eichler
Getting down to business in Dunedin
Cardinals, crosswords and civil discussions: what we learned from readers this month
"Am I ugly?" Teens turn to YouTube trolls for the answer
Pocket-sized SurfEasy defeats online spies, corporate or otherwise
Best gift ever seals deal for rapid diagnostic centre
Emmanuelle Gattuso and husband Allan Slaight donated $13.9-million for a rapid dianostic centre at the Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto.
Jays' Rasmus relaxed, re-energized at spring training
Robert MacLeod
One retiree's enduring taste for risk
Elections Canada on misleading Tory call: 'Inaccuracies can occur'
Prime Minister Stephen Harper plays ball hockey with campaign staff in Kitchener, Ont, on April 9, 2011.
Release of new Nike shoe causes frenzy in some U.S. cities
Orange County Sheriff's deputies move the crowd back after an announcement Friday morning, Feb. 24, 2012 that a shoe giveaway was cancelled at the Foot Locker at Florida Mall, in Orlando, Fla.
Homegrown cop series just gets darker
Hugh Dillon and Michelle Forbes in Durham County.
Christopher Plummer on stage and screen
Christopher Plummer and Tom Waits in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009).
Disc of the Week: The Sleigh Bells: nothing if not niche
Review ordered after mental health patient stabbed senior day after discharge from B.C. hospital
Pedestrians and cars pass by St. Paul's Hospital in downtown Vancouver, B.C., Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2006.
In the lovelorn realm of The Bachelor, the chat-room typist is a philosopher-king
Ben Flajnik stars in the romance reality series "The Bachelor."
Reyat to appeal Air India perjury sentence
Inderjit Singh Reyat, the only man ever convicted in the Air India bombings of 1985, waits outside B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver, B.C. on Friday September 10, 2010.
Which NHLer will move next?
The close: Dow tries another attempt above 13,000, fails
Oscar-nominated NFB animators draw on tradition
An image from Wild Life by Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby.
Hugo and The Artist: masterpieces of an anxious time
The hidden risk of Greek bond deal
David Parkinson
Analyzing Quebec's stage-to-screen synergy
Leafs waive two players as trade deadline looms
Toronto Maple Leafs Jay Rosehill, right, and Detroit Red Wings Brad May fight during the second period of their NHL preseason hockey game in Detroit, Michigan, September 25, 2009.
Venezuela to develop Las Cristinas mine with China
A local miner uses a wooden bowl and mercury to pan for gold near at the village of Las Cristinas in Venezuela.
Taking British schools back to the future
Katharine Birbalsingh
Why do fear and trembling go together?
PHOTODISC
The whole nine yards of what, exactly?
Thinking the Twentieth Century, by Tony Judt
Tony Judt
The Someday Funnies, edited by Michel Choquette
Image from "The Someday Funnies"
Great books, awful movies: A brief history
Mia Farrow and Robert Redford in "The Great Gatsby"
New in paperback: A guide to the latest releases
Five great books that made great movies
Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall in the 1946 version of "The Big Sleep"
Zona, by Geoff Dyer
Geoff Dyer
Books into movies: Our readers speak
Jack Nicholson in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
The Third Reich, by Roberto Bolaño
Chilean writer Roberto Bolaño in1998
Samantha Nutt: Now, where was she?
Samantha Nutt, a medical doctor and founder and executive director of War Child, reads in her home in Toronto on Feb. 13, 2012.
Dr. Brinkley's Tower, by Robert Hough
Robert Hough in his Toronto home on Feb. 20, 2012.
Caves of forgotten dreams
Tall, thin, curvy, gorgeous - and heating the winter sky
Glass-faced buildings in downtown Vancouver.
GM's Voltec comes up a winner
The General Motors Voltec propulsion system has been named the Technology Of The Year by the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada. The components that make up the driveline of the Chevrolet Volt got the nod from the judges, AJAC members who are engineers or regularly write technical articles for Canadian newspapers and websites.
People who live in glass towers
Hollingsworth wins silver at skeleton world championships
Canada's Mellisa Hollingsworth reacts after her second-place finish at the women's Skeleton World Championships in Lake Placid, N.Y., on Friday,
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