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Canadian Mike Pyke has become big star down under
Fans of the Sydney Swans celebrate a win with Victoria’s Mike Pyke at Patersons Stadium in Perth, Australia, in July.
Unsung hero of Queenston Heights finally gets his due
A reproduction of an original oil on canvas painting from 1778 (by Mather Brown) showing Sir Roger Hale Sheaffe, Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada 1812-1813.
Learning lessons from the Windy City’s waterfront success
Marcus Gee
Canada ranked fourth in the world for scientific research
Ottawa adds $100M for Pan Am aquatic centre
When Toronto plays host to the 2015 PanAm Games, it aims to have a 300,000-square-foot complex to house swimming, synchronized swimming, diving and fencing events.
Chinese court finds boyfriend guilty of murdering Amanda Zhao in B.C.
Li Jiaming, right, is on trial in Beijing in connection with the 2002 death of his girlfriend, Amanda Zhao.
Constitutional challenge threatens Ontario’s anti-bullying law
Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty holds a news conference at Queens Park on June 15, 2012.
Six Ontario doctors each billed taxpayers more than $3-million last year
Finance Minister Dwight Duncan leaves a press conference at Queen's Park Wednesday.
Former VP warned SNC years before foreign bribery scandal
Saadi Gadhafi, son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, speaks during a news conference at his office in Tripoli in this January 31, 2010 file photo. Saadi Gaddafi fled to Niger and is thought to still be there. He is a former soccer player who had a brief career playing professional soccer in Italy. Saadi’s lawyer said he was “shocked and outraged by the vicious brutality which accompanied the murders of his father and brother.”
B.C. reaches contract with nurses, includes wage increase
Debra McPherson, President of the BC Nurses' Union, is eagerly awaiting the union’s unveiling of a new agreement to province-wide representatives next week.
Land rush leaves Liberia’s farmers in the dust
A woman walks through an area only metres from her village of Nimba Point in Liberia that was forest and farmland only a few months ago. Residents are now faced with adjusting from an agriculture-based economy to a wage economy, although contracts concerning compensation are still being disputed.
All eyes on Terry for Chelsea’s first 'big game'
Chelsea captain John Terry runs with the ball during their English League Cup soccer match against Wolverhampton Wanderers at Stamford Bridge in London September 25, 2012.
In Pictures: The impact of Liberia's land grab
A worker trims the tops off of palm seedlings in the nursery area of the Sime Darby plantation. Because of a delay in developing new planting areas, these seedlings have been growing longer than they should, and would be too unwieldy to transplant without being trimmed first.
VIFF film reviews: Plan your paparazzi-free film fest experience
Random Acts of Romance, directed by Katrin Bowen
Best pictures from September 26
A visitor looks at Nancy Fouts's "Don't Touch", at the AKA Peace exhibition at the Institute for Contemporary Art (ICA) in central London. Bran Symondson, a former soldier, conceived the AKA Peace project, in which artists turn decommissioned AK47 assault rifles into works of art. REUTERS/Andrew Winning (BRITAIN - Tags: SOCIETY MILITARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
If Trudeau leads, will Liberals follow?
John Ibbitson
Trudeau family brand coming to the fore in Liberal leadership race
Bill Curry
Crooner made Moon River a personal brand
Singer Andy Williams performs the nominated song "Moon River" (from "Breakfast At Tiffany's) at the 1961 (34th) Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles in this handout photo. Williams, who charmed audiences with his mellow delivery of songs like "Moon River" and "Can't Take My Eyes Off of You" in the 1950s and 60s, has died at his home in Branson, Missouri, his family said September 26, 2012. He was 84.
UBC unveils plan to provide more housing for students, faculty
UBC’s Katherine White says Vancouver housing costs are ‘absolutely’ a factor when considering a move to the institution.
Eight E. coli cases linked to recalled beef in Alberta
Lives Lived: Gavin Montague Rumsey
Rev. Gavin Rumsey
Doctors’ warnings to medically unfit drivers reduce risk of crashes, study finds
Take that, you dirty rats: Giant nest destroyed at Alberta dump
NDP wants low-cost drug program to grow
British Columbia NDP leader Adrian Dix, pictured at a Vancouver Board of Trade luncheon on Sept. 18, 2012. Dix wants B.C. doctors to favour prescribing low-cost generic brands of prescription drugs over costly name brands.
Veterans of the labour wars
Chicago Blackhawks defenceman Sean O'Donnell (6) fights for control of the puck in the first period during an NHL game on Friday, Oct. 7, 2011, in Dallas.
Inquiry witness describes Mafia ‘tax’ that drives up construction costs in Quebec
Videotaped scenes of money changing hands are no laughing matter, inquiry told.
Girl Guides try new look to attract recruits
Sparks, Brownies, Guides, Pathfinders and Rangers will all wear the same distinctive Girl Guide blue-uniform T-shirt.
Three new U.S. banks that just may entice you
David Milstead
Greenback’s supremacy in doubt
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Lloyd Blankfein, left, gestures on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 13, 2010, while testifying before the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission.
Rush to liquids backfires for natural gas producers
TransCanada: prized yields vs. politics
TransCanada’s fortunes, tied to the highly contentious Keystone XL pipeline and U.S. politics, have analysts’ opinions split.
Buying U.S. real estate? Beware the dreaded estate tax
Tim Cestnick
CAW reaches deal with Chrysler
CAW President Ken Lewenza speaks at a press conference to announce the union has reached a tentative agreement with Chrysler, in Toronto on Sept. 26, 2012.
Toronto Marlies ready for their close-up thanks to NHL lockout
Santander’s bullish bet on Mexico
Emilio Botin, chairman of Spain's largest bank Santander, speaks in Mexico City Sept. 4, 2012.
Birks’ CEO wraps jeweller in the Maple Leaf
‘The resilience of the brand is remarkable,’ says Jean-Christophe Bédos, the new CEO of Birks & Mayors.
Looking for growth stocks with momentum
Nexen deal could chill foreign investment in energy sector
An aerial shot of Nexen’s Aspen platform in the Gulf of Mexico.
Gaga responds to the ‘fat’ haters with a call for courage
Lady Gaga poses for a portrait in her hotel suite prior to an event at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. Wednesday Feb. 29, 2012. Gaga launched her "Born this Way" foundation at Harvard.
Bay Street’s big legal firms turn to outsourcing
Shelby Austin’s ATD Legal Services offers law firms and corporate legal departments the option of farming out routine tasks.
From TV pitch to Bay Street performance: A closer look at O’Leary Funds
Judge Justin Trudeau on record and policy positions — not family lineage
Liberal MP Justin Trudeau speaks briefly with media as he enters party caucus meetings on Parliament Hill in Ottawa.
Every child should have the chance to enter the French immersion stream
Student Lincoln Receveur make his way to Simon Fraser School the day a back-to-school road safety campaign started on the first day of school September 4, 2012.
Brown back on Canadian bobsleigh team to challenge Lumsden
Team members look on as Jesse Lumsden pushes off on a run during tryouts for Canada's national bobsled team in Calgary on Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012.
China-Japan spat threatens to disrupt billions in trade
Protesters holding Japanese flags punch their fists during an anti-China rally in Tokyo Sept. 22.
Can your passion help you make a living?
One Big Thing: Discovering What You Were Born to Do by Phil Cooke. Publisher Thomas Nelson, Inc.
Turning a love of hockey into a career
Ottawa 67s goaltender Seamus Kotyk is shown at practice in Ottawa, May 11, 1999. The 67s face the Acadie-Bathurst Titan in the opening game of the Memorial Cup in Ottawa.
How to beat the market, with patience and ugly stocks
“Risk comes from not knowing what you’re doing.” (Warren Buffett plays bridge with shareholders during a 2008 meeting.)
Donald Fehr forges ironclad solidarity
Sean Gordon
Ontario high school teachers vote in favour of strike
About 5,000 teachers and education workers gathered outside the provincial legislature at Queens Park on Aug. 28 2012 to protest against a controversial bill that would impose wage freezes on Ontario teachers. The teachers voted in favour of strike Sept. 26, 2012, despite Bill 115 preventing them from striking.
Two-time Canadian figure skating champion Cynthia Phaneuf retires
Cynthia Phaneuf from Brossard, Que. sports a smile during a practice session at the Canadian figure skating championships in Moncton, N.B. on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012.
U of T hires Muslim chaplain who hopes to fight stereotypes
Students walk past Convocation Hall at the University of Toronto.
Fields not insulted by circumstances that brought him to Toronto
Toronto Raptors new players Landry Fields (left) and Kyle Lowry answer questions at a news conference in Toronto, Tuesday, July 17, 2012.
Police arrest No. 1 target in Stanley Cup riot
Image taken from a video the Vancouver police Integrated Riot Investigation Team released in January showing suspects who allegedly assaulted Good Samaritan Robert Mackay during the Stanley Cup riot in June 2011.
Beacons point the way in stormy euro zone
Paul Taylor
Nexen strong enough without CNOOC: DBRS
Nexen’s Long Lake oil sands processing facility near Fort McMurray, Alta.
The 50 most engaged workplaces in Canada
Vancouver, BC - May 21, 2009 - Brian Scudamore, (center)founder and CEO of 1-800-GOT-JUNK, stands amongst staff during a group rally in the lunchroom of their company offices in downtown Vancouver May 22, 2009. At 10:55 a.m., a large group of employees gather for a daily huddle where they have a seven-minute conversation when they talk about plans and ideas.
Vote: How relevant is Canadian higher education?
Fast food puts brands on kids’ brains
Two McDonald's Happy Meal with toy watches fashioned after the characters Donkey and Puss in Boots from the movie Shrek Forever After are pictured in Los Angeles June 22, 2010.
Nestlé to challenge Unilever in emerging markets
Nestlé, the world's biggest food company by sales, aims to triple sales in Asia, Oceania and Africa.
How I lost 100 pounds: Inspired by my sister, I started walking
Janine Scott before and after her 100-pound weight loss.
USADA to send Lance Armstrong ban report by Oct 15
Lance Armstrong speaks to delegates at the World Cancer Congress in Montreal Wednesday, August 29, 2012.
Why Justin Trudeau’s passion for politics may not be enough
Lilberal MP Justin Trudeau speaks briefly with media as he enters party caucus meetings on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Sept. 26, 2012.
United beat Newcastle, holders Liverpool advance in League Cup
Arsenal's Andrey Arshavin (C) is challenged by Coventry City's Reece Brown during their English League Cup soccer match at the Emirates Stadium in London September 26, 2012.
Charts turn bearish for Barrick Gold
A Barrick Gold mine in Nevada.
Young painter documented horrors of Second World War
Bruno Bobak enlisted in the Canadian Army during the war and was made an official war artist in 1944.
Thriving in the era of the strong loonie
Two experts debate how Canadian exporters can thrive in the new reality of a sustained strong loonie.
The J.K. Rowling saga: How to lose friends and alienate critics
Russell Smith
Walk Like a Giant: Neil Young returns with Crazy Horse
Neil Young and Crazy Horse performing in February, 2012.
VIFF docs paint portraits of the artist as visionary
A scene from Robert Lepage’s take on Wagner's epic Ring cycle
Shauna Singh Baldwin: ‘I’ve been a minority in three different countries’
Shauna Singh Baldwin, author of ‘The Tiger Claw’
Saving for an education - your questions answered
Dean Owen, chair of Advocis, the Financial Advisors Association of Canada.
Muskoka Harvest Ale, Ontario
Lives Lived: Indira Harricharan
Indira Harricharan
Buying a business? Protect yourself from high severance costs
Aveleda Vinho Verde Fonte 2011, Portugal
Why Canada’s oil sands are so highly coveted
Why Canada’s oil sands are so highly coveted
Louis Latour Marsannay 2009, France
Police search for duo who allegedly kept Nova Scotia teenager in chains
An RCMP constavle looks on as a member of the RCMP forensic identification services enters a home on Faulkner Road in Upper Chelsea, N.S., Wednesday September 26, 2012. Police are looking for two men charged in the sexual assault and forcible confinement of a teenage boy in Lunenburg County and were searching the home.
Road 13 Old Vines Chenin Blanc 2011, British Columbia
At the close: TSX ends lower but off lows
PAUL HACKETT
Euro crisis flares again, with a vengeance
Michael Babad
Calliope Viognier 2011, British Columbia
Don’t say yes to a favour so fast
Player development matters most in Yakupov dispute
Nail Yakupov, a winger from Russia who was chosen first overall by the Edmonton Oilers in the first round of the NHL hockey draft, pulls on an Oilers jersey on Friday, June 22, 2012, in Pittsburgh.
Saint Clair Family Estate Vicar’s Choice Sauvignon Blanc 2011, New Zealand
Global tourism on track to hit ‘historic’ one billion visitors this year
Tourists use an iPad in front of Rome’s Colosseum. Global tourism has largely rebounded from the 2008 recession, according to the United Nations World Tourism Organization.
Cameco hit with downgrade as hopes for uranium rebound fade
Cameco's Cigar Lake mine manager Rick Forbes walks down one of the mine shafts at the Cigar Lake mine site September 3, 2010. The mine has been dewatered since February 2010 after being flooded in 2006 and 2008. REUTERS/David Stobbe
Did your dreams of a lush garden wither by August? How to turn your black thumb green
What do you do with your garden once fall comes?
How can central banks ease investor anxiety?
The Federal Reserve Building on Constitution Avenue in Washington on March 27, 2009.
Spain braces for further austerity measures
A Spanish flag flutters in the wind on the top of <strong>Madrid</strong>'s city hall as rain clouds appear in the background September 26, 2012. Spain will announce a series of economic reforms and a tight 2013 budget on Thursday, aiming to avoid the political humiliation of having Brussels impose conditions on a request for an international bailout.
Dundee Industrial REIT IPO brings in the money
Dundee Industrial REIT will use the IPO proceeds to buy up 70 “light industrial properties,” or warehouses and manufacturing plants, in seven provinces.
Middle East telcos mull alliance in Facebook fight
An advertisement for multilingual social network Dudu is seen on a building in Dubai Sept. 23, 2012. Middle East telcos are discussing the idea of creating a pan-Arab online platform to challenge Facebook and others.
Faced with deficit, Alberta Premier banks on rebounding oil prices
Alberta Premier Alison Redford.
Book Club giveaway: Enter to win a free copy of The Casual Vacancy
The cover of JK Rowling's next book, The Casual Vacancy, is seen in a photo released by the publisher in London.
Document: Christy Clark's letter to Alison Redford requesting Northern Gateway meeting
Investors fret as S. African strikes spread
Truck drivers and other members of the South African Transport and Allied Workers Union march through the Durban central business district Sept. 26, 2012, demanding a salary increase.
How did Canada make the world’s best soccer game?
FIFA Soccer 13 is an international production put together on Canadian soil. While the team members love their adopted homeland, working on the franchise usually requires them to have some expertise in it, which is a passion often developed elsewhere.
Why I am still thinking about my long-gone childhood home
Motion on rights of the fetus fails but finds cabinet supporters
Rona Ambrose speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons.
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