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October 12

Watch: Avalanche rout Capitals 5-1
Watch: Penguins beat Lightning 5-4
VIFF director stepping down after 26-year run
Alan Franey, director of Vancouver International Film Festival, is pictured on Sept. 19, 2012. Mr. Franey is stepping down from his position after 26 years as director.
Leafs rally four times and finally beat Oilers in OT
Toronto Maple Leafs right wing Joffrey Lupul (19) celebrates scoring a goal with center Tyler Bozak (42) during the third period in a game against the Edmonton Oilers at Air Canada Centre. The Toronto Maple Leafs won 6-5 in overtime.
Saskatchewan to probe death of 19-year-old in jail cell
Brandon Daniels is shown in a family handout photo. A Saskatchewan mother whose son died in a police holding cell after she says he was mistaken for drunk says it has been a long three years waiting for a public inquiry.The Saskatchewan government has announced an inquest into the death of Daniels will begin this month.
Roughriders knock Eskimos out of playoff contention
Saskatchewan Roughriders running back Kory Sheets celebrates after scoring a touchdown during the first half of their CFL game against the Edmonton Eskimos in Regina, Saskatchewan October 12, 2013.
Court injunction against New Brunswick shale gas protesters extended
A murder that changed Toronto
Author Anthony De Sa is photographed in the Little Portugal neighbourhood of Toronto on Sept. 17, 2013.
Impact stretch winless slide to five matches with loss to Revolution
New England Revolution's Andrew Farrell is tripped by Montreal Impact's Sanna Nyassi during first half MLS action Saturday, October 12, 2013 in Montreal.
Montreal cafe among growing number of businesses turning to crowdfunding
Ray will start for Argonauts in clash with Tiger-Cats
Toronto Argonauts head coach Scott Milanovich said Saturday that quarterback Ray will be the club’s starter when it faces the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in Guelph, Ont., on Monday afternoon. (file photo)
In pictures: India rocked by Cyclone Phailin
People in eastern India watch high tide waves as they stand at the Bay of Bengal coast in Vishakhapatnam, India, Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013.
African Union demands ICC exempt leaders from prosecution
Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta arrives for the extraordinary session of the African Union's Assembly of Heads of State and Government on the case of African Relationship with the International Criminal Court (ICC), in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, October 12, 2013. The AU is effectively calling for a boycott of Kenyatta’s trial, which is to be held at the International Criminal Court in The Hague on Nov. 12.
Titanic victims’ Halifax gravesites to receive facelift
Flowers are left by passengers of the MS Balmoral Titanic memorial cruise ship, on an unmarked grave of a victim of the Titanic disaster at the Fairview Lawn cemetery in Halifax, Canada where 121 victims are buried, Tuesday, April 17, 2012. Halifax was the centre of the rescue and recovery operations following the Titanic disaster. The Halifax Regional Municipality issued tenders in October 2013 for the victims’ graves to get a facelift.
Eerily alike Brady, Brees preparing to cross paths
Saints QB Drew Brees, left, and his Patriots counterpart, Tom Brady, will meet Sunday for just the fifth time in their long NFL careers.
U.S. edges closer to reaching debt ceiling as Senate leaders try to end impasse
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid during a news conference about the negotiations with Senate Republicans in Washington, Oct. 12, 2013. With the House negotiations falling apart, hope for a potential deal rested with Reid and his Republican counterpart, Mitch McConnell.
Canada wins two of three on opening day of Gold Coast rugby sevens
The week's best web reads: Twitter's secret IPO filing edits
Twitter is the ‘go to’ place for headlines, teasing marketers and investors alike with a world of possibilities for monetization.
Costco, CFIA issue beef recall over E. coli risk
Costco and the CFIA have recalled Kirkland ground beef sold in western Canada due to possible E. coli contamination.
Obamacare is a big, ugly hairball
Margaret Wente
Lower Mainland’s anti-development activists a force to be reckoned with
Concerned how a high-rise development might impact their North Vancouver community, Glenn MacKenzie and friends pulled out all the stops – online petition, website, packing meetings – to defeat the project.
Canada’s hacking power awes Brazilian security expert
Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff: Brazil has demanded clarification from the Canadian government about allegations that its spies targeted Brazil’s Mines and Energy Ministry.
Snowden drawn into Brazil investigation of alleged spying
Brazil says it will ask Russian government for permission to speak with Edward Snowden.
Formerly 'rough' Puma a conversation car after four year reno
Jamie Spenceley’s 1981 Puma GTI Coupe
Olympic volleyball player loves his new Bimmer
Olympic beach volley ball player Martin Reader with his silver 2008 BMW 328xi coupe in Toronto on September 04, 2013.
There is a place for fighting in hockey: Bobby Orr
Bobby Orr, who went flying after scoring Boston’s Stanley Cup-winning goal against St. Louis in 1970, says if the NHL really wants to see its stars shine, ‘one of the best ways is to give them more time and space to be creative. And that is the enforcer’s job description.’
In Pictures: The people, places and tragedies of the garment industry
Raehana Akhter, a 22-year-old mother who worked as a quality control officer for about $2 a day, was in the Rana Plaza garment factory building that collapsed in Bangladesh. ‘It was like stepping into an elevator [shaft]. I felt this feeling in my stomach, and then everything fell.’
Spinning tragedy: The true cost of a T-shirt
Raehana Akhter, a 22-year-old mother who worked as a quality control officer for about $2 a day, was in the Rana Plaza garment factory building that collapsed in Bangladesh. ‘It was like stepping into an elevator [shaft]. I felt this feeling in my stomach, and then everything fell.’
No bird, no problem: Here’s a turkey-free Thanksgiving menu sure to dazzle
Excerpted from The Flavour Principle © 2013 by Lucy Waverman and Beppi Crosariol. Published by HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. All rights reserved.
In pictures: Union Station through the years
Alice Munro’s Nobel Prize gives an unloved genre its long-awaited due
Russell Smith
When Canada made Afghanistan worse
Jeffrey Simpson
Why Union Station’s $800-million reno will be worth it
The renovated train shed at Union Station.
How impeccable prose seduced a Giller judge
Alice Munro, a renowned Canadian short-story writer, in Clinton, Ont., June 23, 2013. Munro, whose visceral work explores the tangled relationships between men and women, small-town existence and the fallibility of memory, won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature on Oct. 10.
Driving home: Ian Brown on the Banff-Vancouver run and what it means to be Canadian
Seen on the Fraser Canyon stretch of the Trans-Canada.
Buffalo mozzarella with pickled fennel
Excerpted from The Flavour Principle © 2013 by Lucy Waverman and Beppi Crosariol. Published by HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. All rights reserved.
Apple pie with cheddar crust
Excerpted from The Flavour Principle © 2013 by Lucy Waverman and Beppi Crosariol. Published by HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. All rights reserved.
Durango has seating for seven, massive towing capacity
Dodge has sold more than 1.4 million Dodge Durangos in the United States since 1998.
Slow-baked Arctic char with crisp potatoes
Excerpted from The Flavour Principle © 2013 by Lucy Waverman and Beppi Crosariol. Published by HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. All rights reserved.
The end of Goodbye: How the world changes when nobody hangs up
Doug Saunders
I Am Malala: 16-year-old Yousafzai’s new memoir reveals an ordinary teenage heroine
Malala Yousafzai at the United Nations in 2013.
Oct. 12 – This week’s Talking Point – boycotting the Commonwealth summit – and other letters to the editor
Prime Minister Stephen Harper during a Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in 2009. Canada is the Commonwealth’s second-largest contributor, providing about $20-million annually.
Where to check ice canyoning off your Canadian bucket list
Quebec is the only place in North America where you can go ice canyoning.
Shallot and Brussels sprout compote
Excerpted from The Flavour Principle © 2013 by Lucy Waverman and Beppi Crosariol. Published by HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. All rights reserved.
Watch: Flames score late to beat Devils 3-2
Two men in Saskatoon injured, one severely, while trying to build pipe bomb
Stampeders hold off Lions as Cornish breaks own rushing record
BC Lions' players look on as Calgary Stampeders' Jon Cornish, centre, runs the ball during second half CFL action in Calgary, Alta., Friday, Oct. 11, 2013.
Rookie Monahan scores winner to lead Flames past Devils
Calgary Flames' Sean Monahan celebrates scoring the winning goal against the New Jersey Devils during third period NHL action in Calgary, Alta., Friday, October 11, 2013.
October 13: Your lookahead horoscope
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October 12: Your daily horoscope
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‘When should I prune my Annabelle hydrangeas?’
Annabelle hydrangea
I hear I’m not supposed to wash my jeans. Is this true?
Does wearing a peplum jacket make my rear look bigger?
Plant of the week: Tricyrtis macrantha (toad lily)
Tricyrtis macrantha (toad lily)
Gardening must-have: Heavy-Duty Anvil Lopper
Bahco’s Heavy-Duty Anvil Lopper
An art party and a spectacular adieu to Paris Fashion Week
A black fountain, one of several ghostly allusions to previous Louis Vuitton shows, adorned Marc Jacobs’s swan song for the label.
Zombies are again among us: It’s the return of The Walking Dead
John Doyle
Guy Knowles’s kitchen is at the centre of all the action
Guy Knowles’s kitchen
What can I do with the suit of armour I inherited?
Is it ever okay to wear perfume in the office?
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