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Watch: Panthers beat Penguins 6-3
Like Father, Like Son wins VIFF People’s Choice Award
Still from Twyla Roscovich’s Salmon Confidential, provided by the Vancouver International Film Festival. The film won the Most Popular Canadian Environmental Documentary Award as the festival wrapped up Friday.
Moments: Caught on Camera, Oct. 14 to Oct. 18
Christine Fitzgerald of Ottawa took this photo at her cottage in Mont-Tremblant, Québec. The fall colours are the perfect backdrop to the silhouette.
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Fallen leaves on canoe.
Jailed Canadians recount journey from Ramses Square to Egyptian prison and home
Dr. Tarek Loubani, centre, said he and John Greyson, right, were beaten by officers upon arriving in an Egyptian prison after they were detained.
Scotiabank Nuit Blanche feels the price of success
Yuta Honda takes a photo of the "The City of Gears" project at Bloor and Landsdowne during Nuit Blanche in Toronto on Saturday, October 5, 2013.
August Schellenberg was trailblazer in Canadian theatre
August Schellenberg, a cast member in the HBO film "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee," arrives at the premiere of the film in Los Angeles in this file photo taken May 10, 2007.
Seguin’s offensive explosion helps Stars overpower Jets
Dallas Stars forward Tyler Seguin (91) looks up at the replay of his goal as he celebrates with his teammates during the second period against the Winnipeg Jets at MTS Centre.
Incoming N.S. premier keeps memory of mother’s perseverance close at hand
Premier designate Stephen McNeil will lead Nova Scotia’s first Liberal government since 1999.
Best pictures from October 11
A devotee of "Chao Pho Kuan U Shrine" runs on burning charcoal as he performs a fire-walking ceremony during celebrations for the vegetarian festival in Phang Nga October 11, 2013. The festival, featuring face-piercing, spirit mediums and strict vegetarianism, celebrates the local Chinese community's belief that abstinence from meat and various stimulants during the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar will help them obtain good health and peace of mind. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha (THAILAND - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY)
Ontario horse-racing industry says rescue is too little, too late
Breeder Bob Broadstock has gone down from 35 horses to 22 over the last year and half.
Raptors beat Knicks in Bargnani’s return to Toronto
New York Knicks forward Andrea Bargnani (77) shoots a free throw as former teammates and Toronto Raptors point guard Kyle Lowry (7) and guard DeMar DeRozan (10) look on at Air Canada Centre.
A Thanksgiving conundrum: choosing between tradition and evolution
Melissa Yu prepares a Thanksgiving dinner that’s equal parts traditional and modern. Melissa K. Yu prepares pies at her home in the Bloor-Dovercourt area in Toronto, Ontario Friday, October 11, 2013. She adapts Thanksgiving through both Chinese traditions and broader multicultural and culinary options. (Kevin Van Paassen/The Globe and Mail)
Kingston Pen: Developers dream up next chapter for notorious prison
The 178-year-old prison has been a massive fortress on the Kingston waterfront. Plans by Correctional Service Canada to decommission it in 2015 have stirred local imagination.
Nobel Prize win was ‘totally unexpected,’ Alice Munro says
Writer Alice Munro, in Victoria on Friday, one day after being named this year’s Nobel laureate.
A day without a phone – can we beat this mobile hangup?
Elizabeth Renzetti
Sentencing deliberation begins for child abductor Randall Hopley
Accused child abductor Randall Hopley is led out of the Cranbrook, B.C. courthouse on Sept. 14, 2011.
Quebec’s construction firms battle wary clients as Charbonneau unfolds
Rose Fierimonte, president of Dorbec Construction, a rare woman in a male-dominated industry, now faces descrimination dure to her Italian descent.
Chemical weapons team a surprise pick for Nobel Peace Prize
Selection reflects Nobel committee’s annual balancing act between rewarding achievement, recognizing aspiration and encouraging a cause that promotes world peace.
All-in-one simplicity: The portfolio in a box
Rob Carrick
A portfolio manager’s finely tuned passive portfolio
Justin Bender.
A smart menu always makes the grade
The Chinese oyster with black bean sauce and glass noodles has a subtle ginger kick.
Newlyweds seek an all-weather retirement plan
Bargnani finds new life in New York, but old welcome in Toronto
Jonas Valanciunas, left, and Raptors teammate Amir Johnson battle with Andrea Bargnani, right, of the New York Knicks, during their exhibition game in Toronto on Friday night.
Five mental mistakes that sabotage investors
John Heinzl
My Strategy Lab value portfolio, one year later: Why cash is not trash
Norman Rothery
Beyond the digital glamour, the digital workhorses
Put this in the bottom of your bird cage, and I walk
Vancouver Canucks' coach John Tortorella laughs during an interview following a news conference after he was hired by the NHL hockey team in Vancouver, B.C., on Tuesday June 25, 2013.
AFN chiefs pan Ottawa’s education plan for First Nations children
Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn Atleo speaks during a news conference on Oct. 7, 2013 in Ottawa. Native leaders are denouncing the federal government’s attempts to craft legislation aimed at improving education for First Nations children, saying there has been a lack of consultation and no commitment to increase funding.
Habs forward Brendan Gallagher set for Vancouver homecoming
Montreal Canadiens' Brendan Gallagher, right, celebrates with teammate Alex Galchenyuk, left, after scoring against the Philadelphia Flyers' during third period NHL action in Montreal, Saturday, October 5, 2013.
Duhatschek: Lure of the motherland starts a Russian exodus
Eric Duhatschek
Benefits of full-day kindergarten challenged in new study
A four-year-old is pictured at full-day kindergarten in Toronto in September, 2013. A University of Manitoba study suggests that full-day kindergarten makes no difference over the long haul to kids with lower literacy skills.
MacGregor: Past cannot justify the present when it comes to fighting in hockey
Roy MacGregor
Children’s book ‘Yertle the Turtle’ now OK again in unionized B.C. classrooms
Yertle the Turtle and other stories by Dr. Seuss. Random House publishers
Shoalts: Leafs flying high despite injuries
Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman Cody Franson (4) is attended by a trainer after an injury against the Nashville Predators during the third period at Bridgestone Arena.
Uneven Alouettes get their groove back
Quarterback Josh Neiswander has started three games in a row for the Montreal Alouettes.
U.S. doesn’t know fugitive sex offender’s whereabouts
Sex offender Michael Sean Stanley has been the subject of a nationwide manhunt since his tracking bracelet was found removed in Alberta earlier in October.
Two Canadians jailed in Egypt return home
Dr. Mahmoud Loubani (left) beams after his son Dr. Tarek Loubani (centre) and John Greyson returned to Canada after being imprisoned in Egypt for over a month.
Christine Sinclair gets honorary degree from Simon Fraser University
Canadian women's national soccer team captain Christine Sinclair looks on after receiving an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Simon Fraser University during the fall convocation ceremony at the university in Burnaby, B.C., on Friday October 11, 2013.
The case of the gene-bearing suspects
Detective Constable Christine Handy collects DNA on a Smith & Wesson 40mm handgun at the Toronto Police Service Forensic Identification Services (FIS) laboratory June 20, 2013. (Moe Doiron/The Globe and Mail)
Tanker hazards could throw wrench into pipeline debate
Gary Mason
Redford’s chief of staff ‘did not leave voluntarily’: sources
Alberta Premier Alison Redford is pictured with her chief of staff, Stephen Carter, in 2011. Mr. Carter let go six months into a three-year contract, sources told The Canadian Press.
Siemens’ Peter Loescher: The cleanup man who was swept aside
Peter Loescher
Blog: Habs beat Canucks and Leafs edge Oilers in overtime
In sickness and health, they’re fundraising Friends for Life
The Friends for Life MasquerEight Ball is one of several fundraising galas organized by, left to right, Erick Bauer, his wife Stefanie Cali, and Steve Cameron.
Three top stock picks from Horizon’s Don Vialoux
Don Vialoux.
Getting ahead without a degree
Leah Eichler
Cochran birdies final 4 holes to win SAS Championship
Russ Cochran
5 ways science can help you avoid a gluttonous Thanksgiving
Canadiens captain Gionta returns to Montreal for family reasons
Calgary Flames defenseman Dennis Wideman (6) and Montreal Canadiens right wing Brian Gionta (21) battle for the puck during the second period at Scotiabank Saddledome.
City agrees to seize Captain John’s ship
John Letnik, owner of Captain John's Seafood restaurant and the ship it is housed in, doesn’t intend to leave his property behind.
CEO Sabia’s extension at Caisse a quiet one
Sophie Cousineau
Riders quarterback Durant looks to heart-breaking ‘09 loss for motivation
Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback Darian Durant runs for a touchdown past Montreal Alouettes linebackers Shea Emry (centre) and Ramon Guzman during fourth quarter Grey Cup action in Calgary, Sunday November 29, 2009.
Why the U.S. consumer isn’t a safe bet
Evangelina Guerra, 10, picks a pair of uniform shorts inside an Old Navy clothing shop during a "ChildSpree" back-to-school shopping event in San Jose, August 3, 2013.
Is ambition overrated? This woman thinks so
Entrepreneurial governments make for innovative economies
Another thing that happens on iPhone launch day is a teardown by iFixit, as seen here in the handout image released by iFixit.com. Here a new iPhone 5S handset has been opened and the battery removed during a product teardown in Melbourne, Australia September 20, 2013.
BlackBerry auction gets interesting as Mike Lazaridis plots a second coming
Michael Babad
Soldier ‘withdrew’ after tour in Bosnia, ex-girlfriend tells inquest
Greg Matters is shown in an undated family handout photo.
Vancouver builder’s own home sells quickly after re-listing
The other side of Main Street may be Vancouver’s next hot spot
Elisabeth Obesen, owner of 2523 Wall, purchased the property and had the house built, along with a $150,000 garden.
Quinoa breakfast
G20’s focus ‘drifting’ from global economic issues: Flaherty
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty pauses during a news conference after a G20 finance ministers’ and central bank governors’ meeting at the IMF-World Bank meeting in Washington, Oct. 11, 2013.
The science of predicting Nobel economics winners
Britain's Professor Peter Higgs gestures, during a press conference, in Edinburgh, Scotland Friday, Oct. 11, 2013. Nearly 50 years after they came up with the theory, but little more than a year since the world's biggest atom smasher delivered the proof, Professor Higgs and Belgian colleague Francois Englert won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for helping to explain how matter formed after the Big Bang.
Ontario folk singer Basia Bulat steps out of her comfort zone
On her new album, Tall Tall Shadow, Basia Bulat plays her usual autoharp, but she also plays a small Andean stringed instrument called a charango.
Neutral on Canadian Pacific
Why Bangerz serves up plenty of reasons to root for Miley Cyrus
Singer Miley Cyrus performs on NBC’s Today show in New York, Oct. 7, 2013.
Director Paul Greengrass had to find his sea legs to film Captain Phillips
Director Paul Greengrass uses real locations and personnel whenever possible.
Giller-nominated author Mary Swan: ‘I don’t tend to read fiction’
Author Mary Swan
How the Giller closes deals and opens doors
In pictures: Five stories you need to read to understand Alice Munro
Chaddeleys and Flemings (from 1982’s Moons of Jupiter): Munro is not overtly political; she is far too great a writer to ever be didactic or prescriptive. Yet Chaddeleys and Flemings throbs with class and gender concerns like a raw nerve. In the first half of this two-part story, the main character meets, as a child, a gaggle of older women – cousins – moving riotously through life, unmarried. They are yarn-tellers, antic-havers. When the narrator, years later, and her husband re-meet Cousin Iris, the younger woman has to reckon with her new perception of the older woman, and the degree to which it is a betrayal of her own self. The last paragraph of Part 1 is trademark Munro prose: haunting, glimmering, indelible.
In an Africa on the rise, ‘bleeding hearts’ aren’t welcome
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf believes international charities help Africa, but only ‘if that charity is directed to needs that are identified by the beneficiaries themselves.’
Projection: A memoir about a daughter, a runaway mother, a life lived half in fiction
Author Priscila Uppal
Uni-Sélect insiders signal long-term confidence
Last month, Uni-Sélect, the supplier of auto parts and finishes hit a year-to-date share-price high.
Immodest proposals: Five leaders on what the government’s priorities should be
The Senate Chamber on Parliament Hill in Ottawa.
Infidelity: Stacey May Fowles and the ends of the affair
Author Stacey May Fowles
The Signature of All Things: Elizabeth Gilbert’s overgrown novel could some pruning
Gilbert’s challenging story is shot through with wit and impressively researched.
Why we need to stop speculating what goes on in the heart of Miley Cyrus
Leah McLaren
Cents and sensibility: 4 new business books you should be reading
The Firm: The story of McKinsey and Its Secret Influence on American Business, By Duff McDonald
Arcade Fire’s album Reflektor described as ‘giant piece of art’
Arcade Fire performs during a benefit concert in memory of Denis Blanchette, the lighting technician who was killed at the Parti Quebecois’ election-night victory rally.
Thank You for Your Service: Examining soldiers’ invisible battle during life after wartime
Author David Finkel
Berlin theatre scene can be wildly over the top – but also surprisingly familiar
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant is a play about a broken-hearted bisexual fashion designer.
Douglas Coupland: an omnipresent superstar for an easily distracted era
More than 20 years after he became a pop-culture darling with Generation X, Coupland is still innovating, say observers who seem in no way to be suffering from Coupland fatigue.
Why we’re better off living in hyperdense cities built around mass transit
A crowded subway in Toronto: The more people, the better, urban planners argue.
It’s time for Jamie Dimon to hit the bricks
Brian Milner
Deals of the week: Carve out a great car deal this weekend
2013 Infiniti FX
The close: TSX little changed as traders look to debt ceiling negotiations
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, September 30, 2013.
Thanksgiving family match-up introduces new Canadians to holiday traditions
Air Canada admits comments about lost dog ‘inappropriate’
Budget watchdog loses senior analyst to former PBO Kevin Page
Canada's first parliamentary budget officer, Kevin Page, is pictured in April, 2012. The position is currently held on an interim basis by Sonia L’Heureux.
Five tales of panic from the Rogers outage
People walk by a Rogers store at Yonge St. and Eglinton Ave. in Toronto on August 27, 2013.
Find Vienna’s most opulent man cave at this five-star hotel
Palais Hansen Kempinski Vienna is located in the heart of Vienna, right at the famous Ring Boulevard.
Canucks’ Edler suspended three games for check to the head of Sharks’ Hertl
San Jose Sharks' Tomas Hertl loses his helmet as he collides with Vancouver Canucks' Alexander Edler during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, B.C., on Thursday October 10, 2013.
How much does it cost to race an Ironman?
Participants start the Ironman European Championship Triathlon at a lake in Langen, near Frankfurt July 1, 2007. About 5,000 triathletes compete for qualification for the legendary Ironman in Hawaii and the European Championship.
Groundhog Day: Markets can expect six more weeks of ‘political nonsense’
Michael Babad
Images from Friday's World Cup qualifiers
Germany's Thomas Mueller and Ireland's Stephen Kelly head for the ball during their 2014 World Cup qualifying soccer match in Cologne October 11, 2013.
Air Canada shares have flown too high, too fast
Air Canada opened its new operations centre to the media during a tour on Aug. 20, 2013. All operations (communications with air craft, staffing etc) will be based out of the Brampton, Ont. facility.
In Pictures: Top 10 most stolen vehicles in Vancouver
1997 Honda Civic EX Sedan
Child-killer’s bid to have evidence preserved for life dismissed by appeal court
Amina Chaudhary is photographed during an interview at the Grand Valley Institution for Women in Kitchener, Ont. on Sept 24, 2010.
Should I book with Airbnb instead of a hotel?
Apartments often cost a fraction of similarly located hotels – but the rental service isn’t for everyone.
Councillor Paul Ainslie steps down from executive committee
Toronto City Councillor Paul Ainslie speaks from the Council Chamber floor during the debate over the Scarborough Rapid Transit Options at Toronto's city hall on Tuesday October 8, 2013.
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