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What might a national daycare program cost?
Preschool is more than babysitting – it’s education
What PEI and Quebec can teach the rest of Canada about improving child care
Frame grab from PEI childcare excellence initiative video Erin Anderssen For daycare series
In pictures: Birthday boy Drake brings the party to Toronto
Rapper Drake performs at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto on Oct. 24, 2013.
Argos down Bombers to cement first place in East
Winnipeg Blue Bombers' Aaron Kelly, 19, is stopped by Toronto Argonauts' Pat Watkins during first quarter CFL action in Toronto on Thursday Oct. 24, 2013.
Senate seeks answers about CSEC’s interest in Brazil
Security experts say that Canadian intelligence has developed a powerful spying tool to scope out and target specific phones and computers so as to better set up hacking and bugging operations.
Habs' Parros doesn’t want to be poster boy for NHL anti-fighting crowd
Montreal Canadiens right wing George Parros, right, fights with Toronto Maple Leafs right wing Colton Orr during second period National Hockey League action Tuesday, October 1, 2013 in Montreal.
Environmental NGOs launch B.C. oil-spill study
Vessels used in response to a hazardous spill sit on the waters of Vancouver Harbour as the federal government announces changes to improve oil tanker safety in Vancouver, B.C., on Monday March 18, 2013.
Tree-planting boss denies discrimination at human-rights tribunal
Deprived of food, water and toilets, 30 workers, most of them recent immigrants, have been found at a remote tree-planting camp near Golden, B.C.
Infographic: The history of the measles
Former Habs captain Koivu given ovation as Montreal beats Anaheim
Montreal Canadiens goalie Carey Price (31) stops Anaheim Ducks left wing Daniel Winnik (34) as Montreal Canadiens defenseman P.K. Subban (76) moves in during first period National Hockey League action Thursday, October 24, 2013 in Montreal.
Alberta steps up measles fight as cases linked to Netherlands outbreak
Best pictures from October 24
A member of a special forces unit under the military intelligence service takes part in a demonstration of skills in the city of Stavropol in southern Russia October 24, 2013. The day of special forces units of the Main Intelligence Directorate under the General Staff of the Armed Forces' of Russia is marked on October 24. REUTERS/Eduard Korniyenko (RUSSIA - Tags: MILITARY ANNIVERSARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Palliative care physician Larry Librach had a passion for compassion
Palliative care pioneer Dr. Larry Librach at the Sao Paolo palliative wing named for him.
Ontario report raises concerns about Ottawa’s plan to reform education on reserves
Students in a high-school credit accumulation class at the Kiikenomaga Kikenjigewen employment and training service in Thunder Bay.
Pairs team to pay tribute to coach at Skate Canada
Canadian pairs Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford compete at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2013 in London, Ont. Wednesday, March 13, 2013.
Images from Game 2 of the World Series
St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Michael Wacha throws a pitch against the Boston Red Sox in the first inning during game two of the MLB baseball World Series at Fenway Park.
Raitt plans tanker car safety talks with U.S.
Canada's Transport Minister Lisa Raitt is pictured in October, 2012. She says it’s up to provinces, municipalities and railways to make sure busy crossings are safe as suburbs grow around rail lines.
Lions looking to get back on track against Esks
B.C. Lions quarterback Thomas DeMarco throws a pass against the Saskatchewan Roughriders during the forth quarter of CFL football action in Regina, Sask., Saturday, October 19, 2013.
Fractures widen in Tory ranks over move to suspend senators
Pamela Wallin leaves the Senate Chamber with senator Don Plett on Oct. 23, 2013.
Tea Party hero Ted Cruz defends U.S. budget fight, government shutdown
Ted Cruz faces criticism even within his own party.
Argos’ DB Thorpe taken to hospital after suffering injury against Bombers
Tax breaks for employees: Eight strategies that can save you money
Tim Cestnick
Globe a finalist in seven categories at EPPY digital journalism awards
Award-winning photojournalist Louie Palu's chronicle of Mexico's drug war, Borderline, has earned The Globe and Mail one of seven nominations for the 2013 Eppy Awards.
Wynne backing Redford on national energy strategy
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne, left, is set to meet her Alberta counterpart Alison Redford in Calgary Oct. 25.
Pine-beetle problem forces Canfor to close sawmill in Quesnel, B.C.
A 2010 file photo shows a pair of Mountain Pine Beetles next to a dime. Crew members of the Mountain Pine Beetle crew set a controlled burn to trees in the area that have been infested by the Mountain Pine Beetle. After determining a tree is infested with mountain pine beetle, control crews will fall the tree and cut it into smaller portions to be piled and burned. Mountain pine beetles are attacking the province's pine trees. Left unmanaged, the beetle could devastate Alberta's pine forests and spread eastward across Canada's boreal region.
Report: Argos close to deal with former NFL first-round pick Maybin
In this June 12, 2009 file Buffalo Bills rookies defensive end Aaron Maybin was on a familiarization tour of Toronto during a visit to the city. After visiting the Hockey Hall of Fame, the he and another player toured and had lunch at the CN Tower where Aaron took some tentative steps onto the glass floor. On Thursday, Maybin was a guest of the Argos when they took on the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in CFL action at the Rogers Centre.
Olympic ski champion Chandra Crawford takes trail less travelled to Sochi
Cross country skier Chandra Crawford, is interviewed as she prepares for the upcoming season at the Nordic Centre in Canmore, Alta., Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013.
Falling rates, BoC’s stand puts housing spotlight on Flaherty
Canada’s housing market has defied economists’ expectations in recent months.
Oil sands firms urged to reveal risks of carbon crackdown
Mining trucks carry loads of oil-laden sand at the Albian Sands oils sands project in Fort McMurray, Alta.
Investing gurus like the hard data of software small cap Enghouse
Vote offline for the ballot
An Elections Canada ballot box.
The best chance for native schoolchildren
Assembly of First Nations Chief Shawn Atleo at his office in Ottawa. DAVE CHAN for The Globe and Mail
Fifteen U.S. stocks in bargain territory
Lacklustre earnings signal caution for investors
As U.S. stocks rise to record levels, corporate earnings growth has slowed.
Activist investor Ackman unloads $835-million CP stake
Bill Ackman, CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management.
Ben & Jerry’s gets in on Ron Burgundy’s Scotch fondness
Three top stock picks from Portfolio Management’s Darren Sissons
Raptors exercise option year on entry-level deals for Valanciunas and Ross
Toronto Raptors forward Jonas Valanciunas (17) knocks down New York Knicks forward Andrea Bargnani, right, during first half NBA pre-season basketball action in Toronto on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2013.
Cenovus, Husky tout integrated strategy as oil-price gap hits refining business
Cenovus, owner of the Christina Lake oil sands operations in Alberta, earned $370-million in the third quarter.
New Senators forward Bobby Ryan’s career is a tale of three coaches
San Jose Sharks goalie Antti Niemi, of Finland, right stops a shot next to Ottawa Senators' Bobby Ryan (6) during the second period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013, in San Jose, Calif. In playing for Randy Carlyle, Bruce Boudreau and Paul MacLean, Ryan has run the gamut of coaching personalities. He has adjusted to each and become an elite scorer for the Senators in part because of those coaches but still battles his own confidence often.
Stay positive at work: It really makes a difference
Eileen Chadnick
Are you really stressed, or just under pressure?
Harvey Schachter
Molson taps into weather-related cravings with Facebook mobile ads
A man refreshes himself in a fountain on Dundas Square during a heat wave in Toronto.
Canadian home prices vs. interest rates
Wordy northern whales have turned down the volume, scientist says
Northern resident Killer Whales off River's Inlet BC
U.K. economy picks up speed, puts pressure on Carney to raise rates
Bank of England Governor Mark Carney delivers his speech during the Financial Times 125th anniversary event in London on Oct. 24, 2013.
Calgary firm Integral hires veteran in bid for growth
Business deal
Three killed in float plane crash near Alert Bay, B.C.
A pin shows the location of West Cracroft Island, where a Cessna carrying two passengers and a pilot crashed on Oct. 23, 2013, killing all three.
Drake’s birthday cake is charming (but a few things are missing)
Drake’s birthday cake boast a teetering CN Tower and a pudgy Raptors mascot among other things.
Public editor: The art of the flu vaccine
A tweeting bra for the breast cancer awareness cause
The tweeting bra.
You can’t fight the Fed – even if you’re the Bank of Canada
David Parkinson
Five must-sees at 2013’s Art Toronto
The new wave in sex ed: Teens talking to teens about sex
A scene from one of the ICanRelate videos.
Talking points: meet the beetles, mind the gap and bugs like it fast
A work of land art titled Wish by Cuban-American artist Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada spans 11 acres in Belfast.
What I learned teaching in Tanzania
90 hours in the 'death zone': One man’s brave actions on an uncompromising mountain
Pemba Gyalje rescued two climbers on K2, ultimately spending an astonishing 90 hours in the ‘death zone.’
Artist Nicolas Baier explores the ‘poetic potential’ of the cosmos
Artist Nicolas Baier is seen in Toronto, Ontario Friday, October 18, 2013.
Dance appears to help Parkinson’s patients – now scientists aim to find out why
Sorella Englund, a volunteer, works with people with Parkinson's in a 12-week dance program to study the physical and neuropsychological effects of dance on people with Parkinson's disease, at Canada's National Ballet School in Toronto on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013.
Now you too can buy a copy of perhaps the strangest book ever made
Russell Smith
My ex-husband is becoming a deadbeat dad. What can I do?
David Eddie
It’s ‘vintage of the century’ (again) for Bordeaux
Beppi Crosariol
With Shekinah, filmmaker Abbey Neidik hopes to overcome Hasidic stereotypes
A still at Rebbe Schneerson's grave from the documentary Shekinah,directed by Abbey Jack Neidik.
Most of my holdings are Canadian stocks. Am I being stupid?
The close: TSX rises, earnings galore
The screens at the TMX Broadcast Centre in Toronto show the closing numbers of the TSX on Tuesday, July 3, 2012.
Bill Ackman to sell $835-million of CP shares
Bill Ackman, CEO of hedge fund Pershing Square, arrives for the annual meeting Canadian Pacific Railway in Calgary, Thursday, May 17, 2012. Influential U.S. corporate lawyer Martin Lipton says shareholders are becoming too powerful a force in the corporate world, especially some of the most prominent hedge fund activist investors like Ackman and Carl Icahn.
Atleo renews support to Elsipogtog leaders in efforts to protect lands
Demonstrators rally against shale gas exploration in Halifax on Oct.18, 2013.
Newfoundland NDP caucus plans next steps after leadership in-fighting
Lorraine Michael, shown Sept. 13, 2011, is the leader of the Newfoundland and Labrador NDP.
New CEO, new rules: Scotiabank enters the Brian Porter era
Incoming bank of Nova Scotia CEO Brian Porter
Canadian banks just not interested in Citizens
People walk past a Royal Bank of Scotland office in London on Feb. 6, 2013.
Harper now says ‘very few’ Tories knew of $90,000 cheque to Duffy
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper responds to a question during Question Period in the House of Commons on Oct. 24, 2013, in Ottawa.
Guatemalan plaintiffs in HudBay lawsuit allege interference
Angelica Choc is the widow of Guatemalan activist Adolfo Ich Chaman who was allegedly killed by private security in 2009 at a mine once owned by Toronto-based HudBay Minerals.
Onetime biggest dog passes away
The Great Dane, posing with Boo Boo, once the world’s smallest dog, measured more than 3 feet 5 inches (104 centimetres) from ground to top of his shoulders and 7 feet 3 inches (220 cm) from tail to nose and weighed 245 pounds (111 kilograms).
Jets hit the road searching for consistency
Washington Capitals' Alex Ovechkin scores a breakaway goal on Winnipeg Jets' goaltender Ondrej Pavelec during second period NHL hockey action in Winnipeg, Tuesday, October 22, 2013.
How do you get back into the work force after opting out to raise a child?
Yahoo chief executive Marissa Mayer appears on NBC’s Today show in New York, Feb. 20, 2013. Ms. Mayer is courting Madison Avenue, but experts don’t think the ad industry will quickly spend dollars on Yahoo.
Canada falling far short on emission goals, Environment Canada reports
Canada is falling well short of its international commitment to reduce greenhouse gases and will need major new action to offset rising oil industry emissions and meet the 2020 target adopted by the Harper government, Environment Canada said Thursday.
Are low interest rates all that bad for the Big Six banks?
People walk on the sidewalk of Bay street past the Canadian Stock Market building in Toronto. July 30, 2013.
Potash Corp.: So bad, it’s good
People walk by the Potash Corp. logo at the entrance of the company's office tower in downtown Saskatoon in this file photo.
How playing bridge makes you a better investor
Ian McGugan
Michael Cohl has last laugh with Spider-Man save
September 8th, 2010. New York City. With fragments of the set under construction behind him, ead producer Michael Cohl of  the musical “Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark” in Broadway's newly renamed Foxwoods Theater (formerly the Hilton Theater) in Manhattan. Piotr Redlinski for The New York Times.
Can Tim Leiweke save the Maple Leafs?
November 2013 Report on Business magazine cover
Trudeau makes his first visit to Washington
Justin Trudeau, leader of the Liberal Party of Canada seen buttoning his jacket while walking through Lafayette Square across from the White House after a television interview during on his first trip to Washington DC. He was in DC attending a policy conference held by The Center for American Progress where he sat on a panel titled "Global Perspectives" with former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard and former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.
Why e-mail is broken
To keep e-mail under control, have a ‘later’ file for less important e-mails.
One man responsible for three recent UBC sex assaults, police believe
Four things we learned from the new boss of Maple Leaf Sports
Ted Rogers was a tough act to follow
Derek DeCloet
Be afraid: Seven of the scariest movie monsters and villains ever
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NHL upholds Sabres forward Patrick Kaleta’s 10-game suspension
Buffalo Sabres' Patrick Kaleta looks on during NHL practice in Buffalo, N.Y., Tuesday, April 19, 2011.
What provinces need to learn from the top court's end-of-life ruling
The daughter of Hassan Rasouli, who is in vegetative state at Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto, holds her father’s hand in a photo from Dec. 6, 2012.
Molly’s back on BBM: Why BlackBerry’s ‘forbidden fruit’ is such a hit
Michael Babad
B.C. NDP leader Dix should leave post now, Burnaby mayor says
Mayor of Burnaby Derek Corrigan.
Fright night: Seven unappreciated horror movies
Map: 3160 BRITANNIA RD., BURLINGTON, ONT.
Six companies that proudly offer "Made in Canada"
It takes five hours to build a Devinci bike
The secret ingredient to Terroni’s success
Builder’s own Burlington home sells in short order
Toronto agent accused of sexually assaulting young models
Norwayne Anderson faces five charges of sexual assault and two charges of sexual exploitation.
Map: 60 BATHURST ST., TORONTO
Map: 1 BEDFORD RD.,TORONTO
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