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Deloitte probes MLA spending
The British Columbia Legislature in Victoria.
From gold records to a gold mine: It's curtains for Shania Twain shrine in Timmins, Ont.
The Shania Twain centre, which was officially opened by Canadian-born singer Shania Twain during a ceremony in her home town of Timmins on Tue., Nov. 2, 2004. The centre had been open since 2001, however Twain was unable to attend the opening earlier due to a pregnancy and touring commitments.
Legal arguments drag on over Ontario teachers’ walkout
Ontario Education Minister Laurel Broten during a meeting with Globe and Mail reporters at the Globe and Mail building on Jan. 7.
Flights back to normal at Toronto's Pearson airport after computer problem
Passengers line up to check in after a computer glitch creates backups at Pearson airport in Toronto, January 10, 2013. A Nav Canada flight planning computer crashed resulting in significant delays for departing flights.
Former TDSB chief agrees to co-operate with probe into disputed dissertation
Chris Spence, Director of Education, TDSB, briefs the media following a Resource Allocation Review meeting with trustees in Toronto on Dec. 6, 2012.
Cubans line up at passport office ahead of travel policy reform
A Havana billboard: ‘Blockade, history’s longest genocide.’
Winnipeg, native band battle over water
Shoal Lake 40 Chief Erwin Redsky wants Ottawa to intervene in his first nation’s dispute with the City of Winnipeg.
Still the ‘poor cousin,’ new CBA improves pension plan for average NHLers
A member of the Vancouver Canucks steps on the ice for practice at Rogers Arena October 5, 2011 in Vancouver, BC.
Affable Yakupov wins over Oiler teammates
Nail Yakupov: ‘He’s here, he’s an Oiler, that’s all there is to it,’ Ryan Smyth says of his new teammate. ‘Obviously a very talented, very skilled person and seems like a good person.’
High-profile endorsements top up Wynne’s momentum in Ontario Liberal race
Adam Radwanski
Czech vote for new president marks end of Euro-skeptic era
Czech presidential candidates Milos Zeman, left, and Vladimir Franz chat before a final televised debate in Prague January 10, 2013.
Rebelle director Kim Nguyen overjoyed but realistic about Oscar nomination
Oscar-nominated director, Kim Nguyen, in Montreal, January 10, 2013. Nguyen's film, Rebelle, has been nominated for best foreign picture.
NHL teams south of the border begin offering discounts, in Canada, not so much
Sports memorabilia is seen in this file photo.
‘Big money’ in illegal garlic
Garlic ...photo -op...last stop before becoming an integral part of today's pasta sauce. May 23 2012
Health-care line-jumping a fact of life, Alberta inquiry told
Dr. Nicholas Mohtadi, an Orthopaedic Surgeon and Director of the Sport Medicine Centre at the University of Calgary talks to patient Tori Orosz about her knee on Wed., Dec. 7, 2011. The Acute Knee Injury Clinic pilot project (funded by Alberta Health Services and run through the University of Calgary's Kinesiology Department) has come up with an innovative, cost-effective approach to treating acute knee injuries that is improving access and reducing wait times for patients.
Is this janitor too nice for his own good?
Meet Internet star @Cmdr_Hadfield
Newfoundland and Labrador, shot without zoom, is shown in a photo posted on Twitter on Jan. 7, 2013 by Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield.
Astronaut Chris Hadfield's amazing view of Canada from space
Newfoundland and Labrador, shot without zoom, is shown in a photo posted on Twitter on Jan. 7, 2013 by Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Hadfield, NASA, via Twitter
3 top stock picks from Goodreid’s Gordon Reid
Gordon Reid.
Shoalts: To survive as Leafs GM, Nonis has lengthy checklist to fill
David Shoalts
Mason Capital cuts its Telus stake down to 3.4%
Mason Capital loses appeal in challenge to Telus share plan
Alberta Premier’s senior spokesman quits
Alberta Premier Alison Redford with a member of her staff Jay O’Neill in Calgary April 24, 2012.
Leaner Price ready to move fast in Habs crease
Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price, stretching during an informal practice Thursday in Brossard, Que., has no preseason games to work out the kinks, followed by a 48-game sprint for the playoffs.
Canada: Don’t give up on Haiti
A group of boys sit on the rooftop of a home damaged by the 2010 earthquake, across from the Jean Marie Vincent camp where they now reside, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013.
Ed Davis’s power has Raptors saying, ‘Andrea Who?’
Ed Davis, right, is averaging 31.4 minutes a game as a starter with the Toronto Raptors, compared to 15.4 minutes off the bench.
Alas Canada, another great TV idea we’ll never see
Simon Houpt
Canadian stocks with strongest insider buying
Our readers (barely) pass a tough investing test
John Heinzl
Five ways to be a smart social media user in your job hunt
LinkedIn is the ‘No. 1 source of recruiting,’ says Patricia Polischuk, a Waterloo, Ont.-based senior consultant with Knightsbridge.
Eight top stock picks for 2013
Determine your chapter in life in order to find balance
Harvey Schachter
So long CITY-TV, hello City
Rogers Media is re-branding its flagship network, revamping all of its on-air imagery, advertising and logos with a pared-down name: City.
In Pictures: Vancouver's Waldorf Hotel, then and now
The sign on the Waldorf Hotel in East Vancouver in October 2011.
Back from the brink: Nokia climbs on positive numbers
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, left, and Nokia president and CEO Stephen Elop unveil the Nokia Lumia 920 and Nokia Lumia 820 in New York, Sept. 5, 2012.
How other languages express emotions – and English lacks the words
Chevy retires 'runs deep' slogan, looks beyond the good ol’ U.S.A.
Chevy’s marketing has traditionally leaned heavily on Americana, from dusty cowpokes to Mom’s apple pie, the Stars and Stripes and cultural and entertainment icons.
Searching for the gold standard of economic ideas
Gold bars are displayed at bullion house in Mumbai.
Penn West tightens its belt on lower oil prices
Penn West CEO addresses the company’s AGM in June, 2010. ‘Our focus is on adding light oil and we have the inventory to do just that,’ Mr. Nunns said Thursday.
Oscar nominations: the anointed and the snubbed
Daniel Day-Lewis in Lincoln, which earned 12 nominations.
Jets governor Chipman says new CBA deal should raise profit margin
Winnipeg Jets' Evander Kane (L) celebrates his first period goal against the New Jersey Devils with Kyle Wellwood during the first period of their NHL game in Winnipeg, December 3, 2011.
France’s Hollande to tout Total as majors vie for $10-billion UAE gas deal
French President Francois Hollande wears protective glasses as he visits a manufacturing facility in Pessac, France, Jan. 10. Mr. Hollande will meet with United Arab Emirates ruler, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahayan, on Tuesday to promote Total SA for $10-billion gas deal.
SPCA seize 45 dogs from Victoria-area home
One of the dogs removed from a Brentwood Bay, B.C., home on Jan. 10, 2013.
Rebel advance in Mali hastens UN talks
Al-Qaeda-linked fighters in northern Mali: a looming disaster that would make Darfur pale in comparison.
Chevron forecasts ‘notably higher’ fourth-quarter profit
Chevron forecasts ‘notably higher’ fourth-quarter profit
Stock to watch: Cameco shares poised to glow
Cameco's Rabbit Lake project in northern Saskatchewan. Cameco is one of the world's largest uranium producers.
Maple Leafs players still coming to terms with Burke firing
Team captain Dion Phaneuf talks with the media following an informal Toronto Maple Leafs practice in Toronto on Thursday January 10 , 2013.
L’Oréal eyes $1.3-billion sales in India by 2020
L’Oreal cosmetics are displayed in a shop in Riga, Latvia in this file photo. The Paris-based international company opened a research centre in Mumbai on Thursday to develop products specifically for Indian consumers.
Wal-Mart CEO knew of Mexico bribery claim, lawmakers say
Wal Mart de Mexico allegedly paid $52,000 (U.S.) to change a zoning map so it could open a store near the ancient pyramids in Teotihuacan, Mexico shown here.
Cold snap cuts China iron ore output, may extend price rally
Employees of a steel company work at a steel market in Shanghai Jan. 9, 2013. Up to 15 per cent of China’s iron ore mines, especially those located in the northern region, remain shut as record cold weather continues.
Why taxing pollution deserves serious discussion
Morning smoke from factories with rising sun.
Dodgeball and doughnuts helped Felicien get over Olympic heartbreak
Perdita Felicien smiles at a news conference highlighting the Canadian Track and Field Championships and Olympic Trials in Calgary, Alta., Tuesday, June 26, 2012.
Newspaper becomes lightning rod for free press debate in China
Wang Junwei a protester outside the newspaper office Southern Weekend is taken away by undercover police in Guangzhou January 10, 2013.
In photos: A long, long train ride across China
Huang Liu in the village of Wukancun, China January 9, 2013.
Which way U.S. banks stocks? Look to the yield curve
Scott Barlow
The close: S&P 500 back to five-year highs
OSC accuses scholarship trust chief of earning improper finder’s fees
The Ontario Securities Commission.
Shell may have moved rig to avoid taxes, lawmaker says
Salvage teams assess Shell’s Kulluk drill barge on Kodiak Island’s Kiliuda Bay in Alaska Jan. 9, 2013, in this picture provided by Greenpeace.
Family of murdered teen proposes young offender reform
A photo of Kimberly Proctor, an 18-year-old from Langford whose burned body was found in the Victoria suburb in March 2010.
Lives Lived: Kathleen Lovelace, 90
Kathleen Lovelace
Giving baby a brand
Macklem warns Canada’s outlook weak despite recent job growth
Bank of Canada senior deputy governor Tiff Macklem speaks Thursday at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ont.
Fake poop created to treat C. diff
Researcher Emma Allen-Vercoe and her team with the ‘poopulator’
'Smile, honey!' How technology is making women grin and bear it
He promised to leave her, but hasn’t. What do I do?
David Eddie
Wet stone? Boiled beef? I find some wine terms confusing – can you help?
How do you parent a transgendered kid?
Nine-year-old Rose is seen in her bedroom at her parents home in Hamilton, Ontario.
Last Tango in Paris: 40 years later, sexual controversy isn't so controversial any more
Geoff Pevere
The best wine buys under $20 a bottle
Beppi Crosariol
Is Japan the land of the rising stocks?
Pedestrians walk past Japan Exchange Group Inc.'s Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) on the first trading day of the year in Tokyo, Japan, on Friday, Jan. 4, 2013.
OHL trade roundup: Petes move captain Slater Koekkoek
Slater Koekkoek
As China’s banks ease off lending, new players step into breach
Egypt signals $2-billion Qatar loan already spent
A girl rides a donkey in a shanty town in Cairo Jan. 10, 2013. Political strife in late November and early December set off a rush to convert Egyptian pounds to U.S. dollars, sending the currency to record lows.
Get ready for this year’s corn boom
Who is left as an unsigned free agent?
Pavel Kubina
Greek unemployment hits record as recession drags on
People stand outside an office of the Labour Force Employment Organization in the northern Greek port city of Thessaloniki, Jan. 10, 2013. Unemployment has reached new highs in Greece, with October 2012 figures showing the jobless rate at 26.8 per cent.
Downgrades for HudBay Minerals, Microsoft
Production at HudBay mine.
Kinder Morgan hikes planned capacity of Trans Mountain pipeline
Kinder Morgan's Westridge marine terminal in Burnaby, B.C.
China exports prove hard to play
Herbalife pushes back against 'unfortunate slandering'
Traders work at the post that trades Herbalife stock on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, January 10, 2013. Herbalife Ltd stepped up its defense against activist investor Bill Ackman on Thursday, stressing it was a "legitimate company" with a mission to improve nutrition and help public health.
The 'zombie houses' that refuse to die
Thousands of U.S. homeowners are legally liable for houses they didn’t know they still owned, after banks decided not to complete foreclosures.
Startups find success by going global first: study
A man looks at a stock quotation board outside a brokerage in Tokyo in this Nov. 7, 2012, file photo.
Signs of good things to come
U.S. moves to halt junk home loans that fed mortgage crisis
New rules announced yesterday in the U.S. restrict mortgage lenders from offering inducements to borrowers to overextend themselves.
Missing executive chef Jonathan Gushue found unharmed
Chef Jonathan Gushue
'This ruling changes my life': Readers discuss the Federal Court’s ruling on Métis and non-status Indians
The Métis flag. The Federal Court of Canada is expected to decide if the federal government is responsible for negotiating with the Métis people on claims ranging from health and education, to land claims and tax exemptions.
Bauer applauds end of hockey lockout
Kevin Davis, president and CEO, Bauer Performance Sports
New rules will build stronger foundation for U.S. housing
Casino meeting ‘hijacked,’ mayor says
Mayor Rob Ford’s appeal will be heard Monday. If he loses, council has to call a by-election or appoint an interim mayor.
Porter Airlines flying despite ground-crew strike
A Porter Airlines Bombardier Q400 turboprop at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport
RCMP defence states constable consented to affair she calls assault
How horseback riding changed my life
Dalhousie University women’s hockey team feels ‘betrayed’ after alleged hazing
RBC reveals its 8 favourite REITs for 2013
Those seeking to avoid exposure to market meltdowns by investing in trade volatility for scrutiny.
Canucks chances hinge on finding scoring depth
Vancouver Canucks centre Ryan Kesler, who underwent shoulder surgery in the off-season, skates with a trainer at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, B.C., on Wednesday January 9, 2013.
Canadian children to design 2015 Pan Am Games mascot
2015 Mascot Creation Challenge
Karnalyte signs potash deal with India's GSFC
The future mine site for Karnalyte near Wynard, Sask., is shown in an Oct. 29, 2012, file photo.
Ahead of appearance at first nations meet, how busy is Harper?
Canadian Prime Minister <strong>Stephen</strong> <strong>Harper</strong> plays cribbage with Verna Rutherford, left, Metha D'Amico and Ben Berg during a visit to the Trinity Lodge Seniors Home in Calgary, Alberta, December 23, 2012.
Map: 50 LIPPINCOTT ST., TORONTO
Toronto row house priced to sell gets $61,500 over asking
Reality TV viewers more likely to tan: study
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