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A Thai fisherman catches freshwater white tilapia fish at a fish farm in Samut Prakarn province June 6, 2012.
Phil Richards on his portrait of Elizabeth II: ‘Once-in-a-lifetime opportunity'
The portrait, which was unveiled by Her Majesty, is the third one commissioned by the Government of Canada during Her Majesty’s reign. The unveiling was witnessed by His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, Mr. Gordon Campbell, Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, and Mr. Phil Richards, the Canadian artist who painted the portrait. The painting will be displayed at Canada House in London from June 8-14, 2012. It will subsequently return to Canada to be installed at Rideau Hall in Ottawa.
Devils stay alive with 3-1 win to force Game 5
Photos: Famous portraits of the Queen
British artist Lucian Freud's new portrait of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II. Freud's characteristically uncompromising and unflattering style shows The Queen with a glum expression. The painting was the first shown to the public in the inaugural exhibition at the Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace.
Eaton Centre shooting close to home for hospital staff
Emergency room nurse Nicole Bekker is photographed in the trauma ward at St. Michael's Hospital on June 6 2012. Bekker was working in emergency when victims from the shooting spree at the Eaton Centre came.
Poet Seamus Heaney wins Griffin prize for lifetime achievement
Seamus Heaney receives the Griffin Poetry Prize lifetime achievement award.
Murder suspect killed in police shootout had other targets, police say
RCMP Insp. Tim Shields holds up photos of Angus David Mitchell during a news conference in Burnaby, B.C. Wednesday, May 30, 2012.
Shutting lake research lab ‘palpable nonsense,’ scientists tell Ottawa
Canada's Fisheries Minister Keith Ashfield speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa March 14, 2012.
‘Big Test’ a battle for China’s students vying for better life
A student takes a nap on a desk during his lunch break in a classroom in Hefei, Anhui Province June 2, 2012. The National College Entrance Exam, or "Gaokao", is held in June every year.
As trees fell in the woods, this B.C. MLA was there to hear it
Cariboo North MLA Bob Simpson sits on a log in Stanley Park in Vancouver June 6, 2012.
Pickton inquiry ends with notes of resentment and regret
A couple embrace during a protest outside the Missing Women's Inquiry in Vancouver, British Columbia June 6, 2012. The inquiry, which is in its final day of arguments, is probing why it took so long to catch serial killer Robert Pickton, who is believed to have killed more than 20 women before he was arrested in 2002.
Ontario bows to pressure, abandons outsourcing plans in budget bill
Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty answers questions during a press conference on May 29, 2012.
Mexico’s philandering front-runner advertises adultery
Enrique Pena Nieto, candidate of the opposition Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), is seen on a billboard in a neighborhood in Mexico City June 6, 2012. Mexican presidential front-runner Nieto has become the unwitting poster boy for a website promoting adultery after he admitted cheating on his first wife. The billboard reads, "Unfaithful to his family. Faithful and committed to his country?"
How Vancouver’s viaduct plan will get ‘heart of the future city’ pumping
Traffic including a cyclist head into downtown along the Dunsmuir Street Viaduct adjacent to the Georgia Street Viaduct in Vancouver, British Columbia on Wednesday, June 6, 2012.
Grand Prix with a side of discontent
Thousands of demonstrators march against student tuition hikes in downtown Montreal, Quebec, May 22, 2012. Tens of thousands marched on Tuesday in a rally marking 100 days of student protests. Montrealers who depend on tourism worry that a sometimes violent student strike will hurt business during the Grand Prix, and the event-focused tourism season it kicks into high gear.
Dog sniffs out what’s worrying B.C.’s killer whales
A boat with researchers trails behind whales waiting for Tucker to indicate by leaning over the bow that he can smell whale poop. The boat on average stays between 450 yards to more than half a mile away from whales.
Victim’s family shattered in Montreal as clues link to Vancouver body parts
A woman places flowers at a memorial near Concordia University for Lin Jun, a Chinese student who was the victim of a murder and dismemberment, in Montreal June 6, 2012.
Czechs and Russia have points to prove
Czech Republic's national soccer team captain Tomas Rosicky attends a news conference in Prague May 29, 2012. The Czech Republic will face Hungary on Friday in a friendly game as part of their preparation for Euro 2012.
Polish foreign legion takes aim at Greece
Robert Lewandowski (L) of Poland fights for the ball against Andorra's Manel Josep Ayala during their international friendly soccer match in Warsaw June 2, 2012.
Mexico’s philandering front-runner advertises adultery
Studies unclear whether EI helps or hinders worker relocation
A man looks through jobs at a Resource Canada offices in Montreal in 2009.
Blue Jays select a total of four Canadians during draft
People wait for the launch of the Toronto Blue Jays new uniforms with a familiar look that connects the past with the future in Toronto on Friday, Nov. 18, 2011.
Incumbent chief Shawn Atleo faces stiff test in AFN election
Pam Palmater, a Mi'kmaw lawyer, author, professor and political pundit, from New Brunswick, is seen in Dartmouth, N.S. on Tuesday, June 5, 2012. Palmater has plans to launch her campaign for the leadership of the Assembly of First Nations with elections to be held on July 18 in Toronto.
Canada prepares to overcome obstacles in World Cup qualifying match with Cuba
Canada's head coach Hart talks to his player de Guzman before their international friendly soccer match against U.S. in Toronto
Yurichuk and Bighill battle for open middle linebacker spot with B.C. Lions
Yurichuk celebrates after recovering a Calgary Stampeders fumble during the second half of a CFL game in Vancouver, B.C., on Saturday October 8, 2011.
A humbler JPMorgan beckons value hunters
David Milstead
Here’s hoping general managers can rescue hockey
Roy MacGregor
Canada wants this French election hushed up
Blue spotlights illuminate the National Assembly in Paris in 2006.
Where to find palm trees, sandy coves and azure waters in Britain
Mediterranean-like blues take your breath away on this quiet island; a visit is like time-travelling to 1950s Britain.
Housing market jitters keep lid on Genworth’s share price
Society finds another way to be obsessed with breasts
Miley Cyrus arrives at the 2012 Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas, May 20, 2012.
Auto makers tell union wage hikes won’t happen
Canada Auto Workers economist Jim Standford, left, CAW president Ken Lewenza, centre, and CAW Secretary-Treasurer Peter Kennedy during a press conference in Toronto on April 16, 2012.
Canadian junior Seltenreich-Hodgson has breakout medley swim
Canada's Katerine Savard competes in the women's 200m butterfly heats at the 14th FINA World Championships in Shanghai July 27, 2011. Savard won a silver medal at the second stop on Europe’s Mare Nostrum circuit.
Weniberger leads four Canadians in Olympic open water qualifier
Corrected: Brick on tap for bigger market share
The Brick's Heartland location in Mississauga, December 2, 2010.
Inactivity costs us $6.8-billion a year. (You thought love handles were bad)
Social media profiles: Can your employer tell you what to do?
Employees have run into issues with their bosses over what information they can and can't include in their online profiles.
Catholic teachers right to back Ontario's 'gay-straight alliance' rule
A bully and his victim
Latest U.S. drone operation in Pakistan should be judged a success
An MQ-1B Predator from the 46th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron takes off from Balad Air Base in Iraq, in this June 12, 2008 file photograph. Pakistan on June 5, 2012 strongly condemned a jump in U.S. drone strikes on its territory, using language that could increase tension between strategic allies already in dispute over military supply routes for NATO that Pakistan has closed.
Interest in Marlies ‘just incredible’
The Toronto Marlies vs Oklahoma City Barons in Toronto.
Wisconsin recall vote shows it's about math, not politics
Margaret Wente
New Barrick CEO gets mixed reviews
Barrick Gold Corp. names CFO Jamie Sokalsky as chief executive, June 6, 2012.
On D-Day anniversary, ex-soldiers take to Parliament Hill to protest benefits
Canadian veterans protest on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Wednesday June 6, 2012.
China’s triumph of pragmatism, revisited
Deng Xiaoping, the initiator of China's reform and opening-up policy, is seen at the Great Hall of the People during a meeting in Beijing in this 1985 file photo. As China battles an economic slowdown that could test Communist Party control, its leaders are celebrating events 30 years old to reaffirm the reform policies that took the nation from Mao jackets to business suits.
June 7: The fat of the land and other letters to the editor
Author Ray Bradbury is shown in this Jan. 29, 1997 file photo. Today’s topics: Ray Bradbury on libraries and courage; pricey fakes, D-Day, Africa’s divides ... and more
Lueders to coach Russian bobsleigh and skeleton team for Sochi Games
Canada's Pierre Lueders wave after finishing their final heat in the two-man bobsleigh event at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics in Whistler, British Columbia, February 21, 2010.
New QLT chair wants to keep managers
A researcher mixes a chemicals at QLT labs in Vancouver in this file photo.
India’s Reliance fiddles while cash pile grows
The Reliance Industries Ltd. petrochemical plant at Hazira in western India in shown in this February, 2003, file photo.
Stuck in place: Canada’s mobility problem
A welder uses a plasma torch to cut through pipe at the PCL Fabrication Facility in Nisku, Alta.
Tambellini has plenty of work left to do with young Oilers
Edmonton Oilers GM Steve Tambellini smiles during the NHL Draft Lottery announcement in Toronto Tuesday, April 13, 2010. The Oilers were awarded the top pick in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft.
Emily Carr gets a unique honour at dOCUMENTA
A detail from Emily Carr in Her Studio, 1939, silver gelatin print.
Feds to create anti-human trafficking squad after coaxing from U.S.
Minister of Public Safety Vic Toews responds to a question during question period in the House of Commons in Ottawa, Monday, June 4, 2012.
Women’s commentary on hockey – without the hockey
Jules Mancuso, left, and Lena Sutherland of While the Men Watch, a long-ad libbed conversation between the two friends as they chat through the game
How can parents comfort their teens after the Eaton Centre shooting?
Police close off an area at the Toronto Eaton Centre shopping mall in Toronto, June 2, 2012
Ray Bradbury stories ‘really sank in,’ Margaret Atwood says
Canadian author Margaret Atwood in Toronto, March 6, 2012.
When a bad thing is actually a good thing
Montreal Canadiens head coach Randy Cunneyworth argues with an official during the second period of their NHL game against the Boston Bruins at TD Garden in Boston December 19, 2011.
Images from Emily Carr's work
A detail from Emily Carr’s Vanquished (1930).
Ray Bradbury gave us all a taste for wonder
Author Ray Bradbury at his home in Los Angeles, Aug. 14, 2007. Bradbury, a master of science fiction whose lyrical evocations of the future reflected both the optimism and the anxieties of his own postwar America, died on Tuesday, June 6, 2012, in Southern California. He was 91.
Toronto bans plastic bags
Plastic bags, including biodegradable ones like from Noah's Natural Foods, will be banned from Toronto vendors starting in 2013.
Why you shouldn’t skimp on the sunscreen
The New England Journal of Medicine recently published what looks like a before-and-after photograph documenting the ravages of sun exposure – but the image is actually an undoctored photo of a 69-year-old truck driver … [who] drove a milk delivery truck for 28 years, and the left side of his face – the side closest to the window – looks about 20 years older than his right side.
Tornado warning issued for Ontario’s cottage country
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Mulcair refuses to reveal cost of NDP convention-finance violation
Opposition Leader Tom Mulcair speaks with reporters after an NDP caucus meeting in Ottawa on June 6, 2012.
Kronenbourg 1664 Blanc, France
Drug-free distractions for kids with cancer
Jordan Feradi, 7, watches a movie on an iPad during a demonstration of a radiation treatment at the Tom Baker Cancer Centre in Calgary on June 06, 2012.
Mike Weir Sauvignon Blanc 2010, Ontario
For Spain, it’s a question of when, not if, it will need a bailout
Demostrators on Wednesday bang pots to protest against the labour reforms by the Spanish government in front of the regional government's delegation in Almeria.
‘Quality’ the watchword for Sentry’s U.S. picks
The Wells Fargo logo is displayed on a sign outside one of the company's office buildings in Springfield, Ill.
Hartley Ostini Hitching Post Pinks Dry Rosé 2011, California
Château Pey La Tour Bordeaux Supérieur 2008, France
Keep that wedding budget from getting out of hand
Sandhill Small Lots Program Viognier 2010, British Columbia
Photos: Wallenda trains for Niagara tightrope trek
Nik Wallenda practices for his upcoming wire walk over the horseshoe falls, at the Seneca Niagara Casino parking lot in Niagara Falls, New York May 22, 2012.
Concha y Toro Terrunyo Block Las Terrazas Cabernet Sauvignon 2009, Chile
Air Canada’s Duncan Dee leaving carrier
Air Canada executive vice-president Duncan Dee
When to fire a client
Citing family illness, Tory MP shelves abortion motion till fall
Conservative MP Stephen Woodworth begins debate on his bid to revisit a law that says human life begins when a child emerges from its mother's body in the House of Commons on April 26, 2012.
Oil sector’s unique challenges spawn a new breed of MBAs
An aerial view of an oil sands mine facility near Fort McMurray, in Alta.
Barrick CEO's ouster comes months after glowing review
Aaron Regent, former President and CEO of Barrick Gold.
At last, real debates about real issues in Parliament
The afternoon sun silhouettes the Peace Tower in Ottawa on June 18, 2010.
The close: Dow sees biggest jump of the year
Morgan Stanley's Mario Innella, left, Wellington Shields' Theodore Nelson, center, and Knight Capital's Frank Babino, right, work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday, June 6, 2012. An early charge on Wall Street put the Dow Jones industrial average on track for a second day of gains, up 154 points at 12,242 in the first hour of trading.
Poets get a brief but shining moment at the Griffin Prize
Russell Smith
Martel Mallett anxious to prove himself all over again in CFL
Hamilton Tiger-Cats' Jamall Johnson, right, holds onto the foot B.C. Lions' Martell Mallett during first half CFL action in Hamilton, Ont., on Friday, July 31, 2009.
On the road to recovery, Jamaican-style
Let last night’s troubles slip away at the spa at the Round Hill Hotel in Jamaica.
Hike the Faroes at a hard-to-beat price
A twisting road leads down to the village of Funningur in the northern Faroe Islands, Aug. 10, 2009.
Norma McDiarmid
Fed paints more upbeat picture of U.S. economy
A Volkswagen worker at the company’s Chattanooga, Tenn., plant.
A poet’s return to Treasure Island
British author Sir Andrew Motion has just released a new book called Silver, a sequel to Treasure Island.
When violence invades teens’ stomping grounds
Shoppers peer down at flowers left on a table in the food court at the Eaton Centre in Toronto on Monday. While many teens were rattled, most also say they will be quick to return to the scene to reclaim their turf.
A closer look at Ukraine’s Euro 2012 squad
Ukraine's soccer team poses for a team picture before a friendly soccer match against Turkey in Ingolstadt June 5, 2012.
Man recounts finding Eaton Centre shooting suspect bleeding on roadway
Christopher Husbands arrives in court in Toronto on Monday, June 4, 2012. Husbands was charged in connection with the shooting at the city's Eaton Centre shopping mall in which one person was killed and six injured.
Beige Book brings small splash of colour
U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke. Fed policy makers released the Beige Book report on Wednesday.
Panthers reward Tallon for playoff spot
Dale Tallon talks to the media, after he was named the new general manager of the Florida Panthers hockey team Tuesday, May 18, 2010, in Sunrise, Fla.
My friend needs to lower his standards
David Eddie
Lee Westwood wins Nordea Masters
Lee Westwood
Ottawa launches Alberta counterterrorism unit
Syncrude's oil sands plant north at Mildred Lake north of Fort McMurray, Alta.
A closer look at Sweden’s Euro 2012 squad
The. Aug. 10, 2011 file photo shows Sweden's soccer team posing for photo prior the friendly soccer match between Ukraine and Sweden in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
Spontaneous triplets weren’t part of the Plan
Billionaire calls for national startup funding program
Are Barrick shares doing that badly?
Barrick Gold chairman Peter Munk (right) chats with company president and CEO Aaron Regent during their annual general meeting in Toronto on Wednesday May 2, 2012
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