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February 29

B.C. tearing up its generic drug pricing deal
The B.C. government and the pharmacy association and drug stores signed a deal 18 months ago to lower the cost of generic drugs to 35 per cent of brand-name drugs by this April.
B.C. to limit coverage of opioids
Purdue Pharmaceuticals is replacing OxyContin with OxyNEO, a pill that’s almost identical to its predecessor, but which is billed as harder to crush and, therefore, more difficult for hard-core addicts to snort or inject.
Negligence to blame for C. difficile outbreaks, B.C. doctors allege
B.C. Health Minister Mike de Jong cautioned against linking deaths to C. difficile, noting that it is medically difficult to pinpoint mortality rates from the bug.
Carter Ashton has goal, assist in Marlies debut
The ticking clock on B.C. education
In Ottawa visit, Netanyahu will seek backing for strike on Iran
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a news conference in Jerusalem Feb. 22, 2012.
B.C. vows to let debate on teachers bill run its course
Teachers at the Greater Victoria Teachers' Association office count ballots from their colleagues Wednesday, Feb. 29 on whether to escalate job action following the provincial government's legislation to force an end to the ongoing labour dispute.
Habs close to plumbing all-time low
'Absolutely, definitely' no Tory role in robo-calls, Harper insists
Prime Minister Stephen Harper rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Feb. 27, 2012.
Husband of Canadian ambassador to Libya 'one of the players' in Saadi Gadhafi's company
Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird and Canadian ambassador to Libya Sandra McCardell, left, visit the former fortified compound of Moammar Gadhafi in Bab al-Azizya in Tripoli, Libya on Oct. 11, 2011.
Election Canada's robo-call probe relies on ex-Mounties
A woman enters an advanced polling station in Montreal Friday, April 22, 2011. Canadians will vote in a federal election on May 2, 2011.
A tip of the tam-o'-shanter to Nardwuar the Human Serviette
Nardwuar the Human Serviette holds his new album Busy Doing Nothing! while posing for a photograph at Neptoon Records in Vancouver on Tuesday Feb. 28, 2012.
Mediation could work for B.C. teachers - if two sides stop shouting at each other
BC teachers and supporters demonstrate at the B.C. legislature Feb. 27, 2012.
Robo-call furor focuses attention on massive Tory database
Professor Tom Flanagan in his office at the University of Calgary's Department of Political Science.
Dearth of female political leaders major woe for India, activist says
India's president Pratibha Devisingh Patil.
Would you say yes to an Internet proposal?
Winner of anti-bullying film contest wanted to show victims 'they're not alone'
Surry Mayor Dianne Watts, one of four judgees on the film-contest panel, said the competition produced thoughtful, powerful entries. She read an Anti-Bullying Day proclamation and called for the reduction and eventual elimination of bullying, characterizing it as a life-changing event.
First chance to catch Pickton was unrelated guns search
Retired Staff Sergeant Don Adam, who helmed the Project Evenhanded task force starting in January, 2001, told the missing women's inquiry on Wednesday that his joint RCMP-Vancouver Police unit did capitalize on the first opportunity that came up.
Beliveau remains in hospital
Montreal Canadiens greats Jean Béliveau, left, and Maurice (Rocket) Richard exchange a torch during closing ceremonies after the final game at the Montreal Forum, Monday, March 11, 1996.
Paris Fashion Week kicks off with stone and fur inspiration
Whereas Dries Van Noten zoomed in on photo print landscapes for his spring collection, his starting point for fall, 2012, was historical Asian prints that he worked into soigné silhouettes.
In Sahel, knowledge becomes a weapon to fight drought
At the age of 18 months, Teni Tindano is so malnourished that she weighs just 5.8 kilograms. This photo was taken just hours after she was admitted to a hospital in the town of Kaya, in Burkina Faso, for emergency feeding. Because of a severe drought and higher food prices, her family has only one meal a day, and they have to collect wild leaves to supplement their food.
Whitecaps down Sporting Kansas City at Disney Pro Soccer Classic
Sporting Kansas City's Aurelien Collin, left, and Vancouver Whitecaps' Sebastien Le Toux collide going after the ball during a soccer match in the Walt Disney World Pro Soccer Classic, Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
E-mail for Quebec corruption inquiry reportedly hacked
QuebecLeaks co-founder Luc Lefebvre shows off the new website lauched Wednesday, March 9, 2011 in Montreal. QuebecLeaks is a website modeled after WikiLeaks.
Yelp vs. Angie's List: Which is the best choice for investors?
David Milstead
After meeting developers, Ford claims unanimous support for subways
Several councillors confirmed Wednesday that in private meetings Mayor Rob Ford has floated the option of bringing back the vehicle-registration tax – and jacking up the annual fee to between $80 and $100 from the $60 charge that was killed last year.
Alberta skips looking to regain world junior curling gold
Series of calamities besets coroner's inquest into Ashley Smith's death
Ashley Smith was 19 when she choked herself with a strip of cloth at the Grand Valley Institution for Women in Kitchener, Ont.
As Super Tuesday looms, Romney labours to gain headway
Konrad Yakabuski
Leafs closer to figuring things out than it appears
Toronto Maple Leafs goalie James Reimer reacts while playing against the Florida Panthers during third period NHL hockey action in Toronto on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012.
March 1: Letters to the editor
Today’s topics: robo-blame; ‘preposterous’ Algonquin land claim; petro dollars; the rich are different ... and more
Google, Facebook revamp advertising tactics
CEO of Google Inc. Eric Schmidt waves during a conference at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain.
Diplomat warns of Canada's fading chance in Africa
Campbell Clark
Ricky Romero the key cog in Blue Jays' rotation
It was a challenging climb to the top for Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Ricky Romero. Expectations were high for the first-round draft pick, who toiled in the minors for years before breaking through at the major-league level in 2009. Romero pitches live batting practice at Jays Spring Training in Dunedin, Fla. on Tuesday February 28, 2012.
Small cap fund back on the offensive
Nasdaq hits 3,000 milestone - with a lot of help from Apple
Raindrops are seen in front of an Apple logo outside an Apple store in Shanghai. Apple represents 11 per cent of the Nasdaq benchmark, almost double the weighting of the next most important member, Microsoft Corp.
Insatiable appetite for yield drives deal making
A Chartwell REIT-owned retirement residence in Toronto's west end.
Canadian deal maker winners for 2011
Taking a gamble on innovative cancer research
Medical technologists preparing sections of biopsy samples at the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Toronto General Hospital.
BMO shuffles capital markets ranks
Party photos of the week: Actra Awards night
(L to R) Dan Lett, Rick Mercer, Peter Keleghan and Lea Pinsent
The lessons CEOs can learn from Jeremy Lin
Onex chief Schwartz sells $18.2-million of shares
Onex chairman and CEO Gerry Schwartz
Surgical robot speeds recovery for lung cancer patients
Cutline for CIMG4880 = (from left): Dr. Kazuhiro Yasufuku, Director of the Interventional Thoracic Surgical Program at Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network; Dr. Tom Waddell, thoracic surgeon and Head of the Division of Thoracic Surgery and thoracic surgical fellow Dr. Mauricio Pipkin carefully attach the first of the four robotic arms on to one of the steel ports in the patients chest
What about Fluffy? Pet custody battles on the rise
Going hostile: The rules on unsolicited deals may be changing
Going hostile: the rules on unsolicited deals may be changing
Editorial cartoons from March, 2012
RIP, Davy Jones. We admit it now. We are believers
Davy Jones, lead singer of the sixties rock band The Monkees, performs at the Newcastle Arena in this March 7, 1997 file photo.
Pete Doherty and blood art: Still boring
Russell Smith
Hot Docs launches crowd-funding initiative
HOW TO BUILD A TIME MACHINE will be a genre-bending, true life sci fi mystery that will tell John Titor's story through interviews with the incredible web of people who were drawn into it, and through a recreation of his journey.
Blockbuster deals of the past five years: Did they pan out?
Suncor's purchase of Petro-Canada in 2009 worked out well for the oil sands giant. The takeover is seen as part of outgoing chief executive officer Rick George's legacy.
We're happier than before the financial crisis
New frontiers open for Canadian dealers
Scotia Waterous, part of Bank of Nova Scotia, says one-third of its deals are in Canada, with the rest split between the U.S. and the rest of the world. Here, the division's European headquarters in London.
GeoDrill a promising player in a hot market
Jody White
The Monkees: Daydream Believer
Screen cap from YouTube for the Monkees' Daydream Believer.
Cooking cuts through my mother's dementia
Willard Hastie
Willard Hastie
Low gas prices a force behind deal-making
Encana Corp. is among the largest gas companies ripe for a joint venture. Seen here, drilling under way at Ridge Bank operations.
Earn your turns in Quebec's Chic-Chocs mountains
The Monkees: (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone
Screen cap from the Monkees' Steppin' Stone.
Canada a bright spot in sluggish year for corporate deals
Bay Street rolls on despite market storm
9 March Break getaways for every budget
Karen Hines: Calgary's new Drama queen
Karen Hines brings her latest piece - DRAMA - to the stage at the Martha Cohen Theatre.
A choreographer's 15 minutes of must-see dance
Peter Chu in Dark Matters
Blood, spit and gore: Pete Doherty's art
Under the Hawthorn Tree, by Ai Mi
Under the Hawthorn Tree, By Ai Mi, translated by Anna Holmwood, Anansi, 352 pages, $19.95
The Taylor Prize nominees: Q&A with Madeline Sonik
YM does biggest Canadian biotech offering in years - in U.S.
Former candidate backs Mulcair as attack website surfaces in NDP race
Leadership contender Thomas Mulcairholds a news conference with NDP MP Don Davies and labour leader Art Kube in Vancouver on Jan. 11, 2012.
From unknown defenceman to media darling
Columbus Blue Jackets' Grant Clitsome, left, and Vancouver Canucks' Darcy Hordichuk fight for a loose puck during the first period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, March 2, 2010, in Columbus, Ohio.
Rosy U.S. jobs picture? We've been down this path before
David Rosenberg
Your bland website needs a redesign
The close: Dow, Nasdaq surrender milestones
Take your baby snowshoeing
In pictures: Top 10 best-selling light trucks for January
Ford F-series
Is the Huffington Post the future of journalism?
Simon Houpt
Facebook pitches new 'premium' ad model in run-up to IPO
Facebook Director of Marketing Mike Hoefflinger announces a new "Premium on Facebook" service described as "the most impactful way to distribute content" as he delivers a keynote address at Facebook's "fMC" global event for marketers in New York City, February 29, 2012.
Frank Giustra joins Vancouver's Thunderbird Films
Frank Giustra in Toronto, Sept. 24, 2007.
Musician Peter Eotvos: 'Never give what the public asks'
Hungarian conductor Peter Eotvos.
Teenanger is the shape of punk to come
The band Teenanger.
Travel photos of the week: March 1
A horse-drawn sledge carries tourists during celebrations of Maslenitsa, or Pancake Week, in Kolomenskoye park, a former estate of the Russian czars in Moscow, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012.
Murdochs should ditch U.K. papers
The chief executive of News Corp. in Europe and Asia, James Murdoch (L), escorts his father Rupert Murdoch (R), chairman of News Corp., on July 10, 2011 at his residence in London shortly after his arrival in Britain.
In pictures: Top 10 best-selling passenger cars for January
2012 Honda Civic
More stressed Canadian executives buck global trend
Michael Babad
Morris Panych highlights Vancouver theatre picks
Patrick Costello, Todd Thomson, Pippa Mackie, and Andrew Wheeler in the Arts Club Theatre Company's production of Gordon.
Eric Lamaze testing new horse at weekend event
Canadian equestrian rider Eric Lamaze rides new horse Luikka in a handout photo. Lamaze has added several new horses to his stable as he looks towards defending his Olympic gold medal this summer without long-time mount Hickstead. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Sportfot
Ontario moves to end sporting-event subsidies for businesses
Ontario Finance Minister Dwight Duncan delivers the provincial budget in the Ontario Legislature in Toronto on March 29, 2011.
Woods squares off against reporter over Haney book
Brazil posts record primary budget surplus in January
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has assured investors her government will meet fiscal goals this year as Latin America’s top economy races to lower some of the world’s highest interest rates and boost economic activity.
Flaherty won't reveal 'intricate detail' of cuts in March 29 budget
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty listens to a reporter's question in Toronto on Feb. 23, 2012.
Cogeco sale more reason for Canadian telcos to stay home
Cogeco Cable Inc. President and CEO Louis Audet addresses the Montreal-based cable and internet company's 2004 annual general meeting.
My wife's ticked that I befriended a single mom while she was in Vegas
Lightning recall Keith Aulie
New York Rangers right wing Ryan Callahan is hit by Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman Keith Aulie (R) during the first period of their NHL hockey game in Toronto January 14, 2012. REUTERS/Mike Cassese
Microsoft Windows 8 unveiled for public testing
Windows' and Windows Live Division President Steven Sinofsky attends the Windows 8 Consumer Preview presentation at Hotel Miramar during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona February 29, 2012.
John Glaetzer John's Blend Margarete's No. 13 Shiraz 2007, Australia
TransForce profit rises on courier growth, lower costs
The trucking outfit's fourth-quarter profit rose 19.8 per cent to $41.7-million, or 41 cents a share.
Harper dismisses robo-call scandal as 'smear campaign' by sore losers
Prime Minister Stephen Harper speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons on Feb. 28, 2012.
Asbestos sector calls on Ottawa to help refute WHO death-toll estimate
Jeffrey Asbestos Mine open pit is pictured in the town of Asbestos, Qc, July 13, 2010.
Canada's 'most socially networked' title slipping away
A sign at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif.
Get straight to the point when you want a colleague's attention
Make sure your message doesn't get lost under a lot of extraneous information.
A peek inside Wall St. traders' magic circle
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