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Man is seen photographing the full moon in Brasilia July 3, 2012. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino (BRAZIL - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Proposed complex would pump life into dead zone
Handout rendering of a massive commercial, retail and community complex anchored by an arch of up to 2,000 residential units could transform the dead zone next to Vancouver’s BC Place stadium into the heart of a bustling entertainment district while honouring the city’s green sensibilities, according to James K. M. Cheng Architects Inc. Handout/James K. M. Cheng Architects Inc.
Villanueva brings the July 4 fireworks as Blue Jays beat Royals 4-1
Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Carlos Villanueva  throws to the Kansas City Royals during the first inning of their MLB American League baseball game in Toronto, on July 4, 2012.
Salmo River threatened by contaminants spill
Storm chasers flock to Saskatchewan as severe weather increases
Tornado
B.C. Finance Minister Kevin Falcon flatly rejects boosting wage offer
British Columbia Finance Minister Kevin Falcon in Victoria, B.C., on Friday August 26, 2011.
Spanish police recover priceless 12th-century pilgrimage manuscript
Several crosses of 'Camino de Santiago' (The Way of St. James) pilgrims, lie on the ground on the mountain of Iba–eta, near the French border, northern Spain, Nov. 18, 2010 as two people walk on the pilgrim route. Thousands of pilgrims from around the world marched this year to Santiago de Compostela and many of them leave the sign of a cross at the beginning of the road in the mountains of Pyrenees before the start of winter.
The side effects of Estevan's remarkable growth spurt
New housing and hotels are springing up throughout Estevan.
For wrestler Verbeek, it’s about the memories, not medals
Olympic wrestler Tonya Verbeek of Canada poses for a portrait in St. Catharines, May 11, 2012.
India to provide free generic drugs
On the Fourth of July, no air conditioning or fireworks
Korean War veteran Ducky Drake salutes as he rides in the annual Fourth of July Parade at Market Street, July 4, 2012, in The Woodlands, Texas.
With Parise, Suter spoken for, the fight for scraps begins
David Shoalts
Advice for Fantino on his new beat: keep it simple
Canada's Minister of State for Seniors Julian Fantino leaves the House of Commons following Question Period on Parliament Hill in Ottawa February 3, 2011.
Quality stocks for volatile times
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Tuesday, July 3, 2012.
Unethical email: Rogue sales reps or Standard insurance thinking?
Rob Carrick
Summer retreat for veterans leaves lasting impression on guests and staff
Ninety-six year old Bernard Julott, is assisted after an opportunity to paddle in a canoe on Lake Joseph. Julott was among the Canadians who landed at Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944. While those memories are difficult for him, he has fond memories of paddling in a canoe as a young man. Veterans from Toronto and London, Ontario attended summer camp at the CNIB's Lake Joseph facility from June 11 to June 14, 2012.
With parity rife, why wouldn’t Parise, Suter sign with Wild?
Eric Duhatschek
Some Cancon in their cancan
Cara Lee(left) and Katelyn Adams in Moulin Rouge costumes
In photos: Inside the Boart Longyear plant in Mississauga
Employees prepare various metal rods at the Boart Longyear plant in Mississauga that will be used in future drilling operations.
Charity takes many forms
Curtis Hargrove ties on his running shoes behind his camper Tuesday, July 3, 2012 on a Saint-Romuald Que. shopping centre parking lot.
Quebec should let the asbestos industry die
Jeffrey Asbestos Mine open pit is pictured in the town of Asbestos, Qc, July 13, 2010.
Mining suppliers cautiously optimistic to the core
Despite a murky outlook for the mining industry, Boart Longyear CEO Craig Kipp says demand is still huge for drills and bits.
Stocks with room to grow in the age of Obamacare
David Milstead
Amid euro crisis, some Irish luck
People walk past a bank in Dublin, March 31, 2011.
Seabirds on B.C., Washington, Oregon coast eating bellyfuls of plastic: study
Non-food stomach content found in a northern fulmar bird in a University of British Columbia study is shown in a handout photo. Researchers at the University of B.C. say plastic pollution off the Pacific coast has reached the level of the notoriously polluted North Sea. Plastic found in the stomach of some birds included twine, candy wrappers and Styrofoam which reached five per cent of their body weight.
Can Mongolia avoid Nigeria’s mistakes?
An employee looks at the Oyu Tolgoi mine in Mongolia's South Gobi region on June 23, 2012.
Seventeen magazine makes it official: No more air-brushing
Seventeen magazine
How a veteran Stampede rider outraced her family grief
Professional barrel racer Tammy Fischer, left, leads her daughter Sydney on Round Pen after competing in the slack competition at the High River rodeo in High River, Alta., Thursday, June 21, 2012. Fisher won the 2010 Calgary Stampede barrel racing championship then announced to the crowd she had just lost her teenage son in a car accident in Texas. She has continued to ride at rodeos all over North America and has established a scholarship fund in her son's honour.
New scrutiny on charities snares Riddell foundation
Clay Riddell’s charitable foundation paid its penalty as a charitable donation. , chairman of Paramount Resources and the country's 13th richest pauses for a photograph in his Calgary office Thursday, Aug. 30, 2007.(Jeff McIntosh/Globe and Mail) CANADA
London’s Shard cuts both ways
Tower Bridge and The Shard are seen from a cycle path in London, May 24, 2012.
Sports IPOs: Buyer beware
Tottenham Hotspur (England). Return to January, 2012, when the shares were delisted: -63.6 per cent. Seen here: Peter Crouch, right, receives a red card during the first leg of the club’s Champions League quarter-final match against Real Madrid in Madrid April 5, 2011.
McCallion floats plastic-bag ban
Plastic bags from Gap store are carried by people shopping on Bloor St., Toronto, in 2008.
PanAm aquatics centre’s ‘dynamic silhouette’ to highlight transparency
PanAm PAAC Exterior. Credit: NORR Ltd.
Warrant issued for U.S. man charged in Stanley Cup riots
Jensen Peter White, 21, of Seattle, is shown in a Vancouver Police handout photo. A warrant has been issued for White, an American man who skipped a court date on charges in connection to Vancouver's Stanley Cup riot.
A changing of the guard in the NHL?
Minnesota Wild owner Craig Leipold addresses a news conference in this file photo dated Jan. 10, 2008 in St. Paul, Minn.
Travel back in time on the Italian coast
Bagno Colombo Guido, one of the many private beach clubs that line the shore in Viareggio, Italy.
Coyotes forward Brett MacLean’s condition improving
Phoenix Coyotes' Brett MacLean in a Sept. 23, 2010, file photo.
University of Calgary asks dog owners to send in pets’ poop
Jets sign goaltender Al Montoya
Al Montoya
British protesters say goodbye to Barclays over Libor scandal
A protester from the Move Your Money group tapes posters to a Barclays branch in central London on July 4, 2012.
Alberta expanding primary health-care with little statistical info: auditor general
Andy Murray faces stress of British expectations
Andy Murray of Britain celebrates after defeating David Ferrer of Spain in their men's quarter-final tennis match at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London July 4, 2012.
Why the Fab Four still rule
The Beatles rehearse before they made music history on The Ed Sullivan Show, February 1964.
Two Vancouver-based brokerages in talks to combine
Two Vancouver-based brokerages in talks to combine
Manchester United: Step aside, billionaires
Shoppers walk past a Manchester United merchandise store at a mall in Singapore.
The close: TSX gains for sixth straight day
File photo of a man watching the Toronto stock market activity on a screen posted at 121 King Street in Toronto's financial district.
Looking for a growth industry? Be a personal trainer
Fantino to replace Oda in slight cabinet shuffle
Conservative MP Julian Fantino speaks to members of the defence and security industries about procurement of the F35 joint strike fighter in Ottawa, Friday March 16, 2012.
Tell us: Could summer school actually become cool?
Toyota pushes hybrid sales to retake ‘green’ auto crown
2012 Toyota Prius c
Assembling the pieces of a balanced life
Harvey Schachter
Canada, Japan move toward free trade talks
Newly produced cars await shipment at an industrial port in Yokohama.
The Newlyweds is a love story with more craft than heart
Nell Freudenberger
The retreat: Working out the kinks on the Strip
The Qua Spa in Las Vegas
My girlfriend’s children treat my house like a pig pen
David Eddie
Alberta job agency turns to U.S. veterans to fill vacancies
Construction tradesmen build portable housing for oil sands workers at the ATCO Structures facility in Calgary on Feb. 2, 2012.
Where the next Twilight series may come from
Russell Smith
Congo’s new bank notes spur hyperinflation fears
A trader displays new Congolese currency bills in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's capital, Kinshasa. The high-denomination notes remind some people of the old Zairean currency during the turbulent years of the country’s economic history.
Breaking 80: I am certifiably insane
Chris Zelkovich
Dark ruminations from Norah Jones’s happy place
Trican Well Service stock down as much as 15 per cent
Trican Well Service employees walk towards liquid nitrogen storage tanks at a hydraulic fracturing operation near Bowden, Alta.
Police confirm head found in Montreal park belongs to Lin Jun
Lin Jun, a Chinese student at Concordia University.
Ottawa priest charged after parish funds allegedly misappropriated
Stick your neck out to lead change
Students, are your summer job earnings going to cut it?
A student holding money and books.
Spain launches Bankia fraud probe
A protester, with a fake Bankia bank credit card on his forehead, takes part in a demonstration against bank fraud in Madrid June 16, 2012. The card reads "Bronca" (Quarrel) instead of "Bankia," "Risa" (Laugh) instead of Visa and it bears the name of former chairman of Spain's Bankia bank Rodrigo Rato.
Guess who’s busting women-in-science stereotypes
Emma Stone in The Amazing Spider-Man.
Clock runs out on subprime lawsuit against CIBC
CIBC’s head offices at the corner of King Street West and Bay Street in Toronto.
Entrepreneur wants to raise the undead with zombie theme park
Santa takes part in a Zombie Walk at the Revolution Monument in Mexico City.
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Trican stock slammed after warning of second-quarter loss
TricanWell Service employees work around liquid nitrogen storage tanks at a hydraulic fracturing operation near Bowden, Alta.
Crime Stoppers app lets tipsters send photos, videos anonymously
A series of screenshots from Toronto Crime Stopper’s new app, which lets users send videos, photos and other anonymous tips.
Burke’s absence on July 1 stirs controversy
General Manager of NHL team, the Toronto Maple Leafs, Brian Burke, far right,  his son Patrick Burke, far left, and comedian Rick Mercer march during the Gay Pride parade in Toronto July 1, 2012.
Coyotes sign Steve Sullivan to one-year deal
Steve Sullivan
Ailing pension plans hit by new losses
Ailing pension plans hit by more losses
Wild deals clear way for more big moves
In this Feb. 19, 2012, file photo, Columbus Blue Jackets' Rick Nash (61) watches a face off during the third period of an NHL game against the New York Rangers at New York's Madison Square Garden.
Final report finds pilot error behind Air France crash that killed 228: source
Brazilian Navy sailors pick a piece of debris from Air France flight AF447 out of the Atlantic Ocean in this handout file photo distributed by the Navy on June 8, 2009.
Imagine a room full of Bieber fans...: the scramble to explain Higgs boson
Former CERN director general Christopher Llewelyn-Smith, standing left, Lyn Evans, scientific director, standing second left, Herwig Schopper, standing center, Luciano Maiani, standing second right, and Robert Aymard, standing right, wave after the presentation of results during a scientific seminar to deliver the latest update in the search for the Higgs boson at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Meyrin near Geneva, Switzerland.
In Vancouver, the seller’s market recedes
A home that recently sold for more than $1-million below asking price is pictured with a sold sign on the lawn at 3079 W. 24th Ave. in Vancouver, B.C., on Wednesday May 2, 2012.
Dividends may suffer if insurers seek government help
Manulife Financial Corp. headquarters is seen in Toronto Monday Dec. 9, 2002.
Chanel brings a burst of wintry softness to Paris Haute Couture
For the first time in a long time, the Wild have something to get excited about
Eric Duhatschek
Modern management methods no match for the Wimbledon way
New Brunswick's famous Hartland Bridge gets ‘Google doodle’
The world’s longest covered bridge is marking it’s 111th anniversary Wednesday, and, much to the surprise of Hartland’s mayor, a doodle of the bridge is being used as the search page icon on Google.ca.
Katy Perry: Part of Me: the official trailer
In pictures: The cars of Sergio Pininfarina
1987 Ferrari F40: Conceived during the supercar wars of the mid-1980’s, the F40 was designed to compete with freakish supercars like the Lamborghini Countach. Pininfarina created a design that combined muscle with relative restraint (at least in comparison with the overdone Countach.)
At midday: TSX on six-day winning streak
The sign outside Scotia Plaza in Toronto shows the closing numbers of the TSX on Tuesday, July 3, 2012.
Elvins Yuill Spencer
Elvins Yuill Spencer
Canadian hostage recounts harrowing rescue from Somalia
Qurat-Ul-Ain Sadazai, 38, a Canadian citizen of Pakistani origin, arrives by Kenyan military helicopter at Wilson airport in Nairobi on July 2, 2012.
To Rome with Love: the official trailer
Savages: the official trailer
Corn is shining like gold
Stressful growing conditions in the U.S. and high demand has pushed corn futures up by more than 30 per cent.
Tory MP says Elections Canada investigation hurting family name
Dean Del Mastro, MP for Peterborough, flanked by MPs Daryl Kramp, left, and Barry Devolin, gives a press conference on Wednesday, July 4, 2012.
Afternoon meeting: JPMorgan facing ‘PR nightmare’
Wild land Suter and Parise with massive matching contracts
Maple’s TMX deal hits a snag in B.C.
The screens at the TMX Broadcast Centre in Toronto show the closing numbers of the TSX at + 252.19 on Tuesday, July 3, 2012.
White middle-aged voters still hold the power in U.S. election
President Barack Obama, flanked by Colorado Springs Mayor Steve Bach, left, and Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, right, speaks to volunteers and evacuees at the YMCA serving as an evacuation centre in Colorado Springs, Colo.
F1 test driver Maria De Villota loses eye in test accident
Marussia test driver Maria de Villota of Spain
Palestinians call for international probe into Arafat’s death
Palestinians light candles and hold a prayer next to a picture of their late leader Yasser Arafat as they mark the 6th aniversary of his death at the monument of the Unknown Soldier in Gaza City.
Quails’ Gate Rosé 2011, British Columbia
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