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August 30

In pictures: Eastwood's conversation with the phantom Obama
“You want to make my day?”
‘It is time for sovereigntists to begin the march,’ Marois tells Montreal rally
Parti Quebecois leader Pauline Marois speaks to students during an election campaign stop at a CEGEP in Saint-Hyacinthe, Que., Thursday, August 30, 2012.
Best pictures from August 30
A two minute and eighteen second time exposure of the Altas V launch from the end of Minutemen Causeway in Cocoa Beach, Florida. A 19-storey United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying twin NASA satellites lifted off from Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station early Thursday monring Aug. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Malcolm Denemark, Florida Today)
The last, dusty stand of a second-hand store
This pawn shop, located at 64A Queen St E., at Church, and photographed Aug. 24, 2012, is among a row of pawn shops at 64 Queen Street East that have recently closed or have moved.
I can’t believe it’s not Rob Ford: Mayor meets his buttery likeness
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford took in his likeness in butter during a family trip to the CNE, on Aug. 30. Mr. Ford also met artist Olenka Kleban and praised her work.
Acadia University leads the way to curb student binge drinking
Liquor flowed freely on Aberdeen Street in Kingston, Ontario during a Queen's University Homecoming party in 2007.
Republicans ramp up charm offensive for Latinos
A participant shows support for Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney during the final session of the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida, August 30, 2012.
Ousted Maldives leader urges toppling of new regime
The same report that claimed that president Nasheed’s departure from office was voluntary also said that police brutality in the wake of his leaving should be further looked into.
Brad Fritsch trails by one at Mylan Classic
Brad Fritsch
Rays’ Fuld says he had same injury as Bautista and surgery is the answer
Toronto Blue Jays' Jose Bautista walks off the field after striking out swinging in the first inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles in Baltimore, Friday, Aug. 24, 2012.
PQ Leader Marois lays out plans for 'sovereigntist government'
Parti Quebecois leader Pauline Marois greets morning commuters at a train station in Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Quebec, August 30, 2012.
Romney goes for the personal touch in accepting GOP presidential nomination
Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney acknowledges applause as he accepts the Republican presidential nomination during the final session of the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Aug. 30, 2012.
StatsCan recommends more mandatory questions in traditional census
Signage marks the Statistics Canada officies in Ottawa on Wednesday July 21, 2010.
Speed up B.C. court process, 270-page report urges
Geoffrey Cowper, pictured during a press conference in Vancouver June 22, 2011.
NDP introduces bill to ban bonuses for public sector executives
Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath speaks to the media at a news conference at Queen's Park in Toronto on Friday, June 15, 2012.
Part of Montreal’s Maurice Richard Arena collapses
In this file photo pucks are seen during a hockey practice.
Riders aiming to turn season around against Bombers at Labour Day Classic
Saskatchewan Roughriders wide receiver Taj Smith misses an intended pass during the first half of CFL action against the Calgary Stampeders in Regina, Sask., Saturday, August 25, 2012.
Clark and the departed
Gary Mason
City look for spark, United turn to Van Persie
Liverpool's Martin Kelly, right, and Manchester City's Mario Balotelli, left, battle for the ball during their English Premier League soccer match at Anfield in Liverpool, England, Sunday Aug. 26, 2012.
Richie Ramsay wins European Masters by 4 shots
Ri chie Ramsay
When goodwill exceeds market cap, watch out
Yellow Media CEO Marc Tellier prior to the company's quarterly results meeting in Montreal, May 6, 2010. Yellow Media tops a Capital IQ list of Canadian companies whose goodwill exceeds their market capitalization.
Canadian Arnold Boldt returns for another go-round
Three-time Paralympian Arnold Boldt stands in the House of Commons with the Paralympic torch on Parliament Hill in Ottawa Wednesday March 3, 2010.
Charest steps up campaign to break Liberals out of third place
Quebec Liberal Leader Jean Charest speaks to reporters during a news conference Thursday in Montreal.
Lance Armstrong’s ends and means
Lance Armstrong at the World Cancer Congress in Montreal
Rubenstein: Road Trip, Part Two
Robert Frost house
Stampeders amped, and that’s just in practice
Calgary Stampeders' Marquay McDaniel (R) is tackled by Saskatchewan Roughriders' Graig Newman during the second half of their CFL game in Regina August 25, 2012.
Like father, like son, at least when it comes to skirts
McMaster knows it has a bull’s-eye on its back
The McMaster University Marauders celebrate after defeating the Laval University Rouge et Or during the Vanier Cup Canadian university football championship in Vancouver, B.C., November 25, 2011.
Injury forces Weir out of Euro Masters
Mike Weir lines up a putt during the Utah Open golf tournament at Oakridge Country Club in Farmington, Utah, Saturday, Aug. 25, 2012.
Former Arar lawyer criticizes Tory torture directives
Maher Arar in Ottawa Thursday, Oct. 18, 2007.
Canadian Milos Raonic advances to third round of U.S. Open
Milos Raonic of Canada celebrates after defeating Paul Henri-Mathieu of France during their men's singles match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York August 30, 2012.
Romney attacks Obama for sowing ‘disappointment, divisions’
Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, right, and Republican vice-presidential nominee, Representative Paul Ryan laugh with their campaign staff as they gather for a group picture at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., Aug. 30, 2012.
Quiz: So you think you're an investing know-it-all?
How to draw attention to your great idea
Wallace Immen
U.S. political debate stuck in the past
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney.
The working mother diaries
Harvey Schachter
Starting a company? Get your values right early
Woman returns fundraising favour after tragedy strikes again
Vincent Hannay a few years ago, waterskiing.
Woman’s torso found in Niagara River near Rainbow Bridge
The Maid of the Mist and the American Falls at Niagara Falls
Bet against Costco at your peril
A shopper carries her goods from a Costco Wholesale store in Arlington, Va.
Timeline: Quebec political highlights since 1970
Quebec Premier Jean Charest responds to media questions on climate changes Thursday Dec. 6, 2007, at the Quebec legislature.
GOP convention is the Badger State’s moment in the sun
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and his wife,Tonette, cheer as Republican vice presidential nominee, Representative Paul Ryan addresses the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., Aug. 29, 2012.
Barclays’ new CEO will need to work doubly hard
Barclays PLC said on Aug. 30, 2012, that it has picked Antony Jenkins, the head of its retail and business banking operations, to become the group’s new chief executive.
Police probing Quebec maple syrup heist worth up to $30-million
Drums of Maple syrup are stacked in the International Strategic Reserve in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, 40km South-West of Quebec City Wednesday March 30, 2011.
Running back Jerome Messam returns to practice field with Eskimos
Edmonton Eskimos' Jerome Messam (R) crosses the goal line for a touchdown against Calgary Stampeders' Brandon Smith during their CFL Western semi-final football game in Edmonton November 13, 2011.
Advice for freshmen - and the parents they've left behind
Marion Marks
Red is the new black, at least at night
Custom-mix your own Coketail
All you need is loaves
Shane Bennett has Canada’s only customized Samsung Galaxy S III
Is comparing blockbusters and CanCon fair?
Carolle Brabant, executive director of Telefilm Canada
Electricity can supercharge sweet potatoes: scientists
The pain in Spain
Ernest Hemingway’s old haunt now houses a different clientele—vulture capitalists looking for good deals in Spain
In pictures: Why tiny Jackson Hole? Ask the fish
Vitamin B3 may help stamp out superbugs
Drop resource stocks like a hot rock
BBQ cooker Terry Blow carries red hot coals into the pit house at Scott's BBQ in Hemingway, South Carolina, June 20, 2012. Picture taken June 20, 2012.
The six habits of highly successful art collectors
Think Small Bill Clarke has never spent more than $2,500 on art. He is living proof that you don’t have to be a millionaire to buy it and that you can be a serious collector with only a limited budget. Although Clarke moonlights as executive editor of Magenta Magazine, an international art journal, and grew up in a collecting family (his father owns coins from the medieval period), he only started visiting galleries in 2001 after taking a job in the production department of Canadian Art magazine. “I became transfixed by the creativity that routinely crossed my desk,” says Clarke, “and began to think, I want to live with that.” Two years later, Clarke made his first major purchase, Untitled (cat and rabbit), a drawing by Winnipeg-born Marcel Dzama, after seeing his work exhibited at Toronto’s contemporary art gallery, the Power Plant. (He paid $1,000 for the piece, though it’s now worth more than double that amount.) Clarke was drawn to Dzama’s art because it made him laugh and because it “was by someone my age.” But it helped him come to an important realization. Works on paper are usually far more affordable than paintings, but no less compelling. “Tiny pieces can be very powerful,” says Clarke. “They draw you in because you have to get up close to look.” Today Clarke is a recognized expert on works on paper. It’s a subject to which he devotes his spare time and income, growing his collection, which he hangs tightly packed in a salon style in his one-bedroom flat. “I could have a closet full of expensive clothes or I could buy art,” he says. “I buy the best that I can with the money I’ve got.”
Healthy diet, healthy sperm in aging males
Oil’s rise troublesome for Asia
An employee walks at an oil storage site of the Sinopec Corp. on the outskirts of Taiyuan, the capital of north China's Shanxi province, Nov. 19, 2007.
Man pleads guilty in Whistler sled-dog slaughter case
Robert Fawcett, accused of killing 56 sled dogs after the 2010 Olympics, leaves B.C. Provincial Court after pleading guilty to a charge of causing unnecessary pain and suffering to animals, in North Vancouver, B.C., on August 30, 2012.
Is the car dead?
Eric Reguly
ETF champion Som Seif is neither down nor out
Som Seif, former CEO of Claymore Investments Inc., which is now part of BlackRock Inc.
National Bank keeps lid on dividend
National Bank keeps lid on dividend
Oilers lock-up another key player, sign Jordan Eberle to six-year extension
Edmonton Oilers forward Jordan Eberle walks out fo the dresing room before Oilers practice November 30, 2011.
Credit Suisse brings new mining head from Morgan Stanley
Zurich-based Credit Suisse has announced plans to slash costs by a further one billion Swiss francs on top of the two billion Swiss francs it has already saved.
Zombies, Trekkies and jerks: what happens when FanExpo geeks try speed dating
A young couple kisses while taking a break at the FanExpo at the Convention Centre in Toronto on Friday, Aug. 24, 2012.
How to deal with your child’s back-to-school anxiety
Jill Amery plays with her sons Ford, 6, and Hudson, 4, at the Cypress Park School playground in West Vancouver, B.C. on Aug. 29, 2012.
Fall movie preview: Bond, Bilbo and a final dose of those pesky vampires
A curious Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, journeys to the Lonely Mountain with a vigorous group of Dwarves to reclaim a treasure stolen from them by the dragon Smaug.
‘It’s time to close’ is the toughest decision
A worker walks past discount signs on a sports retail store in central London December 12, 2008.
Globe reporters live-blogged Mitt Romney's acceptance speech to Republicans
Republican presidential nominee Mitt <strong>Romney</strong> waves as he arrives onstage to accept the nomination during the final session of the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida, August 30, 2012.
The close: S&P 500 hits three-week low
<strong>Traders</strong> work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, August 22, 2012.
Telfer School of Management to offer French MBA program in Europe
Campus building in Metz, France, where the U of Ottawa Telfer School of management plans to offer a French MBA in collaboration with the École Nationale d’Ingénieurs de Metz, an engineering school in the eastern industrial region of France.
Trade expectations, and Canada’s new man in China
Guy Saint-Jacques, Canada’s new ambassador to China
You said it: What irks students the most?
First year student Nadya Domingto from Ajax, with help from her mother Angela King, moves into residence at Ryerson University in Toronto, Ont. on August 28, 2011.
Advisory fees a surprising bright spot at RBC
The RBC Centre in downtown Toronto.
When it’s time to drop your Bucket List
Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman in The Bucket List.
Sarah Polley’s dad and the issue of fatherhood v. manhood
Sarah Polley and Mike Polley in Toronto on March 24, 2004.
Redford nearly quadrupled Smith’s fundraising sums in last Alberta election, documents show
Alberta Premier Alison Redford during a press conference in Calgary April 24, 2012 after being elected premier Monday night.
Olympic champion Rudisha suffers shock loss at Zurich meet
Jamaica's Yohan Blake celebrates as he won the men's 100m race during the Weltklasse Diamond League meeting in Zurich August 30, 2012.
Put your creative ideas to the rationality test
The perils of home buying without a rainy-day fund
Robert McLister
CIBC looks to play oil patch real estate agent
CIBC’s head offices at the corner of King Street West and Bay Street in Toronto.
Should I confront my landlords about a $11.13 gift card?
Zarqa Nawaz
Marois lashes out at ‘federalist’ Legault
Parti Quebecois leader Pauline Marois waits to be introduced prior to making a speech during an election campaign stop at a CEGEP in Saint-Hyacinthe, Que., Thursday, August 30, 2012.
Japan Airlines revs up $8.4-billion IPO
A Japan Airlines aircraft parks on the tarmac at Haneda airport in Tokyo Aug. 30, 2012. Japan Airlines set a price range Thursday for its IPO, which will be the second-largest this year after Facebook Inc.
The Possession: The official trailer
Screen grab from the online trailer for the horror film "The Possession"
For a Good Time, Call... : The official trailer
Screen grab from the online trailer for the comedy "For a Good Time, Call ..."
Iraq war resister Kimberly Rivera ordered to leave Canada by Sept. 20
Canada’s first medal at Paralympic Games is gold
Canada's Benoit Huot celebrates after winning the Men's 200-metre Individual Medley SM10 event during the London 2012 Paralympic Games at the Aquatics Centre August 30, 2012.
Panic rooms and gun safes ‘must-haves’ in London luxury homes
The grand terraces and lavish white houses of Wilton Crescent, north of Buckingham Palace, are popular with ambassadors and politicians. Super-rich newcomers to London are increasingly demanding hi-tech security systems.
Jets defenceman Zach Bogosian to undergo surgery on right wrist
Winnipeg Jets player Zach Bogosian takes a shot during the NHL teams training camp in Winnipeg September 17, 2011.
Outlook turns gloomier for Caterpillar
Canada’s ‘reshoring’ opportunity
Have you hugged a short seller today?
Carson Block, founder of short-selling research firm Muddy Waters, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Washington, April 2, 2012. Mr. Block, 35, is perhaps the best known member of a group of short-selling investors and financial bloggers who allege fraudulent accounting practices among some China-based companies with U.S. or Canadian stock listings.
Moments: Caught on Camera, Aug. 31 to Sept. 6
Share your best photos of back-to-school
10 faces you won't see on the B.C. Liberals' campaign trail
Kash Heed (Vancouver-Fraserview)
Qatar set to vote down $31-billion Xstrata bid
Qatar has increased its stake in Xstrata in its bid to win a takeover battle with Glencore.
Google, Apple CEOs in secret patent talks: reports
Google co-founder and CEO Larry Page and Apple CEO Tim Cook.
Building an emerging market portfolio without BRICs
A traffic policeman walks past a signage decoration for BRICS Summit outside the Sheraton Hotel, the venue of BRICS Summit in Sanya, China's Hainan province, April 13, 2011.
In Brazil’s land of rivers, crops must take the road
Hundreds of trucks carrying soybeans are lined up for more than 100 kilometres along a highway next to the port of Paranagua, in the southeastern Brazilian city of Curitiba, in this file photo. Brazil has failed to make use of its extensive river network, one reason why its transport costs are up to four times higher than in the United States or Argentina.
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