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January 17

Canadiens’ intra-squad game draws 17,000 fans at the Bell Centre
Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price stretches during their training camp Wednesday, January 16, 2013 in Brossard, Que.
In Israel, tensions grow between ultra-Orthodox and less strict Jews
Israeli Tzuiya Rosenberg, 48, stands outside her apartment building in front of election posters of Shas's spiritual leader Ovadia Yosef. A group of Ultra-Orthodox men recently knocked on her door telling her to stop using the Internet and her cell phone. When she first moved to Beit Shemesh eggs were thrown at her balcony for hanging the Israeli national flag for Independence Day. She says that the ultra-Orthodox are increasingly trying to oppress her and impose their values on her. She is a modern Orthodox Jew.
Factbox: Performance enhancing drugs used in sports
In this July 19, 2009, file photo, Lance Armstrong crosses the finish line during the 15th stage of the Tour de France cycling race in Verbier, Switzerland. Armstrong confessed to using performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France during a taped interview with Oprah Winfrey that aired Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013, reversing more than a decade of denial.
Edmonton nurses secretly vaccinated family during H1N1 crisis, inquiry told
A patient gets a shot during a flu-vaccine program in Calgary in October, 2009.
Patrick Chan senses Olympic fever on the rise in Canada
Patrick Chan has won the last two world championships.
In Ontario, sides line up as battle over bawdy houses set to resume
Arts Factory given room to get ‘messy’ in city warehouse
A handout photo of the Arts Factory warehouse.
Newly acquired Fistric adds grit to Oilers’ blueline
The Edmonton Oilers acquired defenceman Mark Fistric from the Dallas Stars earlier this week.
Supreme Court to rule on woman who hired hit man against abusive husband
The Supreme Court of Canada building.
Vote: What did you think of Lance Armstrong's confession to Oprah?
Cyclist Lance Armstrong is interviewed by Oprah Winfrey in Austin, Texas, in this Jan. 14, 2012, handout photo courtesy of Harpo Studios.
Brian Gay wins playoff at Humana Challenge
Brian Gay
B.C. raises timber availability and log export fee
Logs are piled up at West Fraser Timber in Quesnel, B.C., Tuesday, April 21, 2009.
Ethics Commissioner to look into Jim Flaherty’s letter to CRTC
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty takes part in a press conference in Ottawa on Jan. 16, 2013.
Social justice, fiscal prudence are Wynne’s watchwords in Liberal race
Ontario Liberal leadership contender Kathleen Wynne visits The Globe and Mail’s Toronto headquarters on Jan. 17, 2013.
Independent MLAs enter untested waters
Justine Hunter
Quebec’s ‘Notre Home’ video has PQ reaching out to anglophones
The music video for Notre Home has a catchy tune and an upbeat message about anglophones’ future in Quebec.
Quebec pleased as Supreme Court ruling bolsters drunk-driving laws
Quebec Justice Minister Bertrand St-Arnaud outlines his recommendation for sanctions the government would like to have for repeat drunk drivers on Jan. 16, 2013.
Pressure mounts on Obama to decide Keystone XL’s fate
Demonstrators protest against the Keystone pipeline outside of the Canadian consulate in downtown Chicago on May 17, 2012.
John Kerry’s investments include pro-Keystone Canadian energy firms
John Kerry is expected to breeze through his U.S. Senate confirmation hearings next week for the Secretary of State job.
Russian ships carrying arms en route to Syrian port
A man passes by buildings destroyed by Syrian air strikes in the Duma neighborhood of Damascus, Jan. 17, 2013. The Assad regime is getting much of its materiel from Russia.
Roster spot in Toronto is Kadri’s to lose
David Shoalts
Best pictures from January 17
A man rides a horse through a bonfire in San Bartolome de Pinares, Spain, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013, in honor of Saint Anthony, the patron saint of animals. On the eve of Saint Anthony's Day, hundreds ride their horses trough the narrow cobblestone streets of the small village of San Bartolome during the 'Luminarias' a traditional festival that dates back 500 years and is meant to purify the animals with the smoke of the bonfires, and protect them for the year to come. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)
Help! When should I pull the trigger on a stock purchase?
John Heinzl
Tunisia guards against Mali war spillover
A demonstrator holds a Tunisian flag as he joins others to protest for more compensation for the families of those injured or killed during the uprising against Ben Ali in 2008, outside the parliament in Tunis January 17, 2013. Tunisian authorities are also concerned about spillover from the unrest in Mali.
3 top picks from Macquarie’s Stan Wong
Stan Wong.
World Baseball Classic throws a curve at Jays
New Toronto BlueJay shortstop Jose Reyes speaks at a Toronto Blue Jays press conference in Toronto on Thursday January 17, 2013.
The Canucks’ secret scientific strategy
Vancouver Canucks Manny Malhotra practices his face off during day three of training camp at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, B.C., Tuesday, January, 15, 2013.
Targeting a 15% return with these stocks
A 1947 photo of Benjamin Graham, Wall Street investment banker and the father of value investing.
A conservative think tank applauds health care in Ontario and Quebec
Staff in the department of Endoscopy at Toronto East General Hospital move beds from the hall Feb. 21, 2012.
Top mutual fund picks for RRSP season
Labatt strikes back against Molson with Hockey Night deal
Labatt has signed a multiyear deal to get its Budweiser brand on CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada during the well-known Coach’s Corner segment with Don Cherry.
AIMCo CEO offers gloomy forecast for year ahead
Leo de Bever, chief executive officer of Alberta Investment Management Corp. (AIMCo).
A 'prude', a 'flirt' or 'asking for it'? Check your hemline, ladies
Integrity should trump publications’ thirst for advertorial revenue
Simon Houpt
For the funeral business, there’s an art to finessing the final farewell
A screengrab from one of Mount Pleasant Group ‘The Art of Saying Goodbye’ advertisements.
Stressed? It’s time for an SOS
Harvey Schachter
Overworked, stressed? Why it will get worse this year
Stressed employee looking at his watch.
Border agency charges seven in alleged ‘marriage of convenience’ scheme in Toronto
A Canadian Border Services Agency guard screens passengers at Pearson airport in Toronto in September of 2007.
Dreamliner woes shift focus to outsourcing of components
An official carries a main battery that was removed off an electrical space beneath the cockpit of an All Nippon Airways 787 at Takamatsu airport in Takamatsu, western Japan, Thursday. The battery, which forced an emergency landing at the airport, was swollen from overheating, a safety official said, as India and Europe joined the U.S. and Japan in grounding the technologically advanced aircraft because of fire risk.
Canadian speedskater Nesbitt says she can improve on her record 1,000 time
Christine Nesbitt of Canada celebrates winning the women's 1500 metres race at the World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships at Thialf stadium in Heerenveen, northern Netherlands, Friday March 23, 2012.
Baseball Canada adds four players including ex-Jay Richmond to early WBC roster
Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Scott Richmond watches practice at their American League spring training facility in Dunedin Florida, February 28, 2012.
Stock to Watch: GMP a proxy for Canadian market
GMP Capital CEO Harris Fricker
U.S. officials declare Canadian bus drivers ‘imminent hazards’
A tour bus that careened off a mountain highway and plunged down a snow-covered slope, killing nine passengers and injuring at least 27 others is recovered in Pendleton, Oregon on December 31, 2012. The charter bus was carrying about 40 people through the Blue Mountains of northern Oregon en route from Las Vegas to Vancouver, British Columbia, when it crashed through a guard rail on Interstate 84 on Sunday morning, authorities said.
Canada’s Kingsbury starts road to Sochi by winning moguls World Cup event
Mikael Kingsbury from Quebec watches the scoreboard after his final ski during finals in the 2012 Canada Post Grand Prix Freestyle Ski World Cup in Calgary on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012.
AT&T to take $10-billion hit over pension plan loss
AT&T to take $10-billion hit over pension plan losses
India has enough potash to keep Canpotex waiting
Canpotex Ltd. makes export sales to India and elsewhere on behalf of leading North American potash producers Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Mosaic Co. and Agrium Inc.
Government faces class-action lawsuits over student loan borrowers’ lost data
Human Resources Minister Diane Finley speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons on Sept. 18, 2012. Ms. Finley has been ordered by a federal judge to ‘further consider’ her compliance in the HD Mining case.
On the Road again? No end in sight for Jack Kerouac’s journey
This is a 1962 photo of ‘Beat’ generation poet Jack Kerouac.
Primaris’s creative break fee raises hackles
The Dufferin Mall in Toronto
Google to develop new headquarters at London’s Kings Cross
The Google sign is seen at the company’s headquarters in New York.
Sun Life builds relationships in Southeast Asian market
Sun Life Financial president and CEO Dean Connor
Carbon tax would beat green energy credits
Smokestacks
A rail revolution in the oil patch? It's more smoke than fire
Scott Barlow
Queen declines to intervene in Chief Spence’s protest, letter shows
Britain's Queen Elizabeth waves as she arrives for a service of thanksgiving at Saint Macartin's Cathedral in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland
Dollar squeeze adds to economic hardship in Sudan
A customer buys medication at a pharmacy in Khartoum Jan. 13, 2013. Depreciation of the Sudanese pound has pushed inflation above 44 per cent and is making it harder and more costly for Sudanese to access drugs.
Mama: The official trailer
Megan Charpentier in a scene from Mama.
The close: S&P 500 hits 5-year high
Edmonton MP charged with refusing breath sample refused to co-operate: officer
Edmonton MP Peter Goldring, left, speaks to media as his lawyer Dino Bottos looks on outside court in Edmonton, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012.
Intel spending plan upsets investors, shares fall
Intel Corp. CEO Paul Otellini
Inquest jurors visit Ashley Smith death cell during tour of prison
Ashley Smith is shown being duct-taped to her seat on an airplane during a prison transfer on April 12, 2007, in this image from video.
Air Canada growth could stall if new delays hit Dreamliner
David Parkinson
The 3 best (and worst) parts about living alone
Three ways to do a yoga plank with increasing difficulty
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New centre looks to stem exodus of Quebec entrepreneurs
Neon sign saying “Ouvert.”
Wynne pledges to bring back Ontario legislature quickly if elected
Kathleen Wynne, a candidate for the Ontario Liberal leadership, at the Globe and Mail office on Jan. 17, 2013.
Fictive kinship: It turns out, you can pick your family
Lessons from a stroke: David Butler-Jones reflects
Dr. David Butler-Jones
My estranged dad wants to be a part of my life. What do I do?
Dustin Hoffman, still the scamp at 75: 'I like to get away with what I can get away with'
Dustin Hoffman on the set of “Quartet”
Are my headaches caused by sulphites? If so, why not from all vintages of the same wine?
The naked beauty of a light white wine
Beppi Crosariol
Can the youngest-ever Oscar nominee triumph over celebrity (and Hollywood jealousy)?
Do do-over relationships ever work?
Black, white and broke: How to make brilliant films on a budget
Geoff Pevere
Jason DaSilva takes his deeply autobiographical doc to Sundance
Jason DaSilva in a scene from “When I Walk”
Pilot’s ex-lover was on bridge when B.C. ferry ran aground
Karl Lilgert arrives at B.C. Supreme Court in downtown Vancouver on Jan. 17, 2013.
China’s planned rail spending tops $100-billion for 2013
In this photo released by China’s Xinhua news agency, a high-speed train leaves for Beijing from Shijiazhuang, Dec. 26, 2012.
Mining firm agrees to release applicants’ résumés
The Pine Valley open pit coal mine in the Peace River District of northeast British Columbia, near Tumbler Ridge.
For Boeing, one ray of good news amid the gloom
787 Dreamliner jets, including two belonging to All Nippon Airways (ANA) of Japan, sit idle on the tarmac parking at Paine Field in Everett, Wash. Jan. 17, 2013. Airlines scrambled to rearrange flights as Europe, Japan, Qatar and India joined the United States in grounding Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner passenger jets while battery-related problems are investigated.
Getzlaf and Perry speculation to heat up as soon as Ducks land in Vancouver
Anaheim Ducks' Ryan Getzlaf, centre, celebrates his goal against the Vancouver Canucks with teammates Corey Perry, left, and Sheldon Brookbank during second period NHL hockey action in Vancouver, British Columbia December 16, 2009.
Popcorn wasn’t always a star at the movies
U.S. trade commission a patent troll’s paradise
An Apple iPhone, left, and a Samsung Galaxy S II smartphone. Both patent holders and those whose sales have been blocked are flocking to the ITC.
Apple hit with price target cuts, but it’s still a Street darling
A customer tries an <strong>iPhone</strong> in an Apple store, in this June, 29, <strong>2007</strong> file photo, in Seattle. Apple Inc. is expected to release quarterly earnings on Wednesday, July 25, <strong>2007</strong>
Spain launches housing plan for neediest eviction victims
Police stand guard as a demonstrator bangs a pot during a protest to stop evictions in Madrid Jan. 15, 2013.
Why there is little satisfaction to be found in Canadian manufacturing
A worker helps build a power transformer on the assembly line at Hammond Power Solutions Inc. in Guelph, Ont., in this April 9, 2012, file photo.
NorthwesTel files new plan to improve Northern telco services
The twilight of the midday sun lights the way down the main street in Inuvik.
Lives Lived: Dora Codrington, 83
Should I complain when my child’s teachers make spelling and grammar mistakes?
Everyone's doing it. So why do we still have loner-phobia?
Apps to identify melanoma from photos often inaccurate, study says
A melanoma that was misdiagnosed as a benign lesion by three out of four smart phone apps tested in study is shown in a handout photo.
Police tight-lipped on suspect in banquet-hall shooting
RCMP officers work outside a banquet hall in Richmond, B.C., where four men were shot late on Jan. 16, 2013.
Map: 68 PRINCE GEORGE DR., TORONTO
Two offers on first day for Etobicoke side-split
Don't buy Norbord just yet
Lou Schizas
Map: 35 HAYDEN ST., TORONTO
Hayden: An elusive Toronto musician drops back into sight
Musician Hayden is photographed in Toronto Jan. 10, 2013.
Anheuser gets hangover from deal for Corona maker
A U.K. regulator has ordered that Anheuser-Busch, the maker of popular American brew Budweiser, must share the brand name with the Czech producers of Budvar.
Pet toys removed, Toronto condo sells
Map: 274 MONTROSE AVE., TORONTO
Premium paid for Little Italy semi
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