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June 24

Education Minister threatens to fire trustees over refusal to balance budget
British Columbia Education Minister George Abbott.
A family guards its memento from an epic clash at sea
Mike Gifford holds an 1848 service medal awarded for his great-great grandfather's service with the Royal Navy aboard the HMS Shannon which captured the American ship Chesapeake during the War of 1812.
B.C. Conservative Party tests free-enterprise message
British Columbia Conservative party leader John Cummins in Chilliwack, B.C., on Thursday April 19, 2012.
Canada’s wins two silvers in women’s 10-metre synchro diving
Pamela Ware of Ottenberg Park, Que. won silver at a FINA Grand Prix diving meet in Italy on Sunday.
On Deck: Red Sox up next for Jays
Boston Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka will start against the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday.
Raonic hopes for better start at Wimbledon
Milos Raonic from Canada serves during a Madrid Open tennis tournament match against David Nalbandian from Argentina in Madrid, Tuesday, May 8, 2012.
More violence descends on Somali-Canadian community as man shot dead
Toronto Police car.
Soldiers facing medical release seek help
Jim Lowther of Veterans Emergency Transition Services says he has seen a rise in calls from soldiers asking for assistance with the transition to civilian life.
Roughriders release veteran Lance Frazier
Veteran Saskatchewan Roughriders defensive back Lance Frazier has been released by the CFL club.
Best pictures from June 24
A boy sits on a buffalo as he cools off in a pond during a hot summer day at Jetapura village in the western Indian state of Gujarat June 24, 2012.
Sport psychology makes winners in school
Grade 12 student Zoe Brennan will graduate in a few weeks from the Edge School, a sports focused education program just west of Calgary, Alberta.
The Canadian Triple Crown
Jockey Justin Stein kisses the trophy after he rode his horse Straight of Dover to win the 153rd running of the Queen's Plate horse race in Toronto, June 24, 2012. REUTERS/Mark Blinch
Brian Burke still has work to do, especially on Luongo
Toronto Maple Leafs General Manager Brian Burke.
Recycling advocates applaud B.C. eco fees
Spain asks Europe for bank rescue
Canadiens make the most of their top four picks
Eric Duhatschek
Wanderlei Silva enters a hero, leaves defeated by Rich Franklin at UFC 147
Rich Franklin (R) of the U.S. fights with Wanderlei Silva of Brazil during the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a professional mixed martial arts (MMA) competition, in Belo Horizonte early June 24, 2012.
Sunday Night Hockey in Canada, anyone?
Vancouver Canucks' goalie Cory Schneider leads the team out for the pre-game skate prior to playing the Los Angeles Kings in game 5 of an NHL Western Conference quarterfinal Stanley Cup playoff hockey series in Vancouver, B.C., on Sunday April 22, 2012.
Ten things we learned from England’s loss to Italy
John Doyle
Solving the St. Clair West bottleneck
Traffic in both directions backs up as far as the eye can see beneath a rail bridge on St. Clair Avenue, looking east towards Old Weston Road from Keele, June 14, 2012. This stretch of road has become notoriously gridlocked since the streetcar right-of-way went into service in 2010.
Cross-border shoppers plan bigger haul under new duty-free rules
Pedestrians carrying shopping bags make their way along Fifth Avenue in New York.
Cycling helmet laws not so clear-cut on many issues
Chris Bruntlett rides his bike on the 7th Avenue bikeway without a helmet while on his way home after work in Vancouver, B.C., on Thursday June 21, 2012.
World loses species with death of last Galapagos tortoise
A lumbering giant Galapagos tortoise known as Lonesome George lifts his head up during a walk in his protected home in the island chain in Puerto Ayora in this February 5, 2001 file photo. Lonesome George, the last remaining tortoise of his kind and a conservation icon, died on June 24, 2012 of unknown causes, the Galapagos National Park said. He was thought to be about 100 years old.
Energizing innovation in the battery market
Sankar DasGupta, CEO of Electrovaya, sees the company’s future in building energy storage systems.
Time to end supply management – but it won’t go quietly
Barrie McKenna
As Crown wraps up at Nortel trial, burden shifts to judge
Former Nortel CEO Frank Dunn leaves the University Ave. Court House in Toronto, Jan. 12, 2012. Mr. Dunn and two other former Nortel executives are accused of manipulating financial statements
Bitter battle rages over Canada’s sugar industry
30,000 tonnes of raw sugar in the storage at Redpath Sugar’s Toronto refinery.
Kenney is right to speed up deportations
Tunisia, the Arab Spring’s success story, should stand up to extremism
People attend Friday prayers in Tunis on June 15, 2012.
Falling crude price squeezes Western producers
Energy companies operating in Western Canada are being pinched especially hard by the fall in the price of crude. The first wave of budget cuts at oil companies hit Calgary last week.
Tough Mudder: Participants take part in gruelling obstacle course
A participant in the Tough Mudder event is helped out of a partially frozen lake in Callaghan Valley South of Whistler June 24, 2012.
Blue Jays recall Adam Lind
The Toronto Blue Jays have called up Adam Lind from their Triple A affiliate in Las Vegas.
Strait of Dover captures Queen’s Plate
Jockey Justin Stein and horse Straight of Dover cross the finish line to win the running of the 153rd Queen's plate at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto on Sunday, June 24, 2012.
Dirt, by David Vann
David Vann
One confirmed dead after roof collapse in Elliot Lake
The collapsed roof of the Algo Centre Mall.
Hundreds evacuated, one missing after flooding in BC
A resident stands in his flooded yard after the Fraser River burst its banks in DeRoche, British Columbia June 24, 2012.
Oilers look to surround skill players with size
Nail Yakupov of the Sarnia Sting warms up prior to a game in November, 2011. He is seen as a top pick in the 2012 NHL draft.
Gap remains between NHL’s buyers and sellers with big names on the block
Speculation continues to mount on the future of Columbus forward Rick Nash as the NHL trade deadline approaches. FILE PHOTO: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Toronto's First Peoples festival spotlights an indigenous new wave that's 'starting to crest'
Steve Loft and Jesse Wente are the co-curators of the First Peoples Cinema festival of film and art at the Bell Lightbox in Toronto.
Supergroup Spectrum Road revives an edgy fusion experiment
Spectrum Road is John Medeski, Cindy Blackman, Vernon Reid and Jack Bruce.
Assiniboia: Punishing dreamland
Tim Lilburn, poet
Canucks still have Luongo after draft
Vancouver Canucks goalie Roberto Luongo sits on the bench as back-up goalie Cory Schneider starts Game 3 of their NHL Western Conference Hockey playoff quarter-final against the Los Angeles Kings in Los Angeles, California April 15, 2012. REUTERS/Danny Moloshok
Tories prepared to work with Parti Québécois
Conservative leader and Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper pauses during a campaign event at a retirement home in Asbestos, Quebec on April 26, 2011.
Canada Day sale at Starwood Hotels & Resorts
The Montreal skyline view at night.
I think my wife suffered a concussion – how do we approach our doctor?
It’s not the finish line, it’s the (overseas) journey
Joan Edith Florence Sheppard
How I learned to stop procrastinating, two minutes at a time
A running shirt that cools as you go?
For TV chef Laura Calder, yoga feeds the spirit
TV chef Laura Calder practices yoga with instructor Nancy Sudano in Toronto’s High Park, June 11, 2012.
It’s a big life after all – it just takes a while to realize it
New research network boosts effort to treat depression
Zul Merali, left,and Phil Upshall got Ottawa to provide $5 million for the Depression Research and Intervention Network.
Strengthening beats stretching when it comes to this common running injury
How can I get nice shoulders for the summer?
Hundreds evacuated, one missing after flooding in BC
Police were tracking Magnotta just weeks before Lin Jun’s death, landlord says
Luka Magnotta arrives at Montreal’s Mirabel Airport.
Conservatives made ‘major mistake’ in approach to euro crisis, Paul Martin says
May 28, 2010; Kingston, Ontario Former Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin received an honorary Doctorate of Law degree from Queen's University during this year's annual spring convocation. Photographed here at Summerhill, Queen's University campus.
Tragedy in aftermath of Northern Ontario mall collapse
Rubenstein: Kitchener-Waterloo's rich golf history
Grey Silo Golf Club
England expects a win and for once it’s on the cards
England's coach Roy Hodgson (L) and his player Steven Gerrard attend a training session at the Olympic Stadium in Kiev, June 23, 2012. England will play its quarter-final of the Euro 2012 soccer championships against Italy in Kiev on June 24.
Former Gadhafi PM sent back to Libya to face trial
Libyan Prime Minister Al-Baghdadi Ali Al-Mahmoudi listens to a question during a news conference in Tripoli in this August 18, 2011 file photo. Tunisia has extradited Mahmoudi to Libya, a Libyan security official said on June 24, 2012, making him the first senior official to be sent back for trial under the country's transitional leadership.
Labrador communities ordered to evacuate due to forest fire threat
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