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December 12

Quebec government aims to resolve pension deficit
Information regarding the Canadian Pension Plan is displayed of the service Canada website in Ottawa on Tuesday, January 31, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Uproar grows over interpreter at Mandela memorial
Thamsanqa Jantjie gestures at his home during an interview with the Associated Press in Johannesburg on Dec. 12, 2013.
James Duthie spurns overtures from Rogers to stay with TSN
TSN’s James Duthie.
Conservatives feared Canada Post losses would affect budget
Canada Post letter carrier Danny Dodds delivers the mail on Dec. 11, 2013, in Ottawa.
MacGregor: Senators gain a little bit of traction with home win over Sabres
Buffalo Sabres center Steve Ott (9) shoots on Ottawa Senators goalie Craig Anderson (41) in the first period at the Canadian Tire Centre.
How Newtown took on America's gun culture
Sarah Clements, 17, a resident of Newtown, Connecticut outside the U.S. Captiol building in Washington DC where she was this week handing out printed material related to gun violence to U.S. members of Congress.
The Globe in Kiev: Ukraine President’s foes dismiss pro-EU gesture, demand he resign
Despite the President’s pledge to sign a trade deal with the EU, protesters said they would continue to seek the government’s resignation.
Best pictures from December 12
A woman walks near a barricade at the main street Khreschatyk where pro-European integration protesters hold a rally in central Kiev, December 12, 2013. Ukrainian protesters stood their ground after a sweep by riot police and their leaders dismissed an offer of talks from a president they say must quit for favouring ties with Russia over the European Union. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Châteauguay mayor’s refusal to take bribe leads to the arrest of four people
Quebec anti-corruption commissioner Robert Lafreniere delivers a statement during a news conference Monday, October 3, 2011 in Montreal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
Christine Sinclair scores for Canada in their shutout win over Scotland
Canada's Christine Sinclair controls the ball during a match of the International Women's Football Tournament against Scotland at the National Stadium in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013.
Conservative Senator leaving Red Chamber for Massey College
Senator Hugh Segal speaks to the media at the Senate on Parliament Hill October 28, 2013 in Ottawa. Dave Chan for The Globe and Mail
Bargain-hunting: 10 stocks that top Piotroski scorecard for value
Canada Post does not have a delivery for you
Suzanne Gamache a 31-year Canada Post employee delivers mail and parcels to business and condo towers in Vancouver December 11, 2013. (John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail)
Federal government will help fund effort to improve worker safety in Bangladesh
Rescue workers look for trapped garment workers in the collapsed Rana Plaza building in Savar, 30 km (19 miles) outside Dhaka April 26, 2013. Bangladesh textile workers vented their anger on Friday, burning cars and clashing with police, as the death toll passed 300 following the collapse of a building housing factories that made low-cost garments for Western brands. Miraculously rescuers were still pulling people alive from the rubble - 72 since daybreak following 41 found in the same room overnight - two days after the eight-storey building collapsed on the outskirts of the capital, Dhaka. REUTERS/Andrew Biraj
Driving for dollars, away from Toronto gridlock
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne (centre left) stands with Anne Golden, chair of the transit investment strategy advisory panel (right) and Glenn Murray (centre right), Ontario's Minister of Transportation, as she prepares to receive the transit investment report at Queens Park in Toronto on Thursday, December 12 2013.
B.C. coroner’s unit identifies body of young man missing for almost 40 years
Police tape demarking a crime scene.
MacGregor: Ted Nolan rekindles love for NHL in Buffalo
Roy MacGregor
How this bull market shows its age (and what you should do about it)
Tom Bradley
Canada Post’s Chopra puts survival plan into action
New President and CEO of Canada Post Deepak Chopra pauses while speaking at the Canada Post headquarters in Ottawa on Tuesday, January 18, 2011.
Canada heading for energy ‘gridlock,’ group warns
Heavy machinery operates at the Shell Albian Sands north of Fort McMurray, Alta.
Blair: Foes of new home-plate contact rules should give their heads a shake
In this Sept. 27, 2006, file photo, Los Angeles Dodgers' Delwyn Young, left, is out at home plate as he collides with Colorado Rockies catcher JD Closser during the seventh inning of a baseball game in Denver.
Full text: Daniel Dale’s libel notice against Toronto Mayor Rob Ford
Toronto Star reporter Daniel Dale has begun proceedings for a libel suit against Mayor Rob Ford over statements the mayor made in a Vision TV interview with Conrad Black.
Regulators stumble on defining high-frequency trading
Traders work at the Goldman Sachs post that trades IntercontinentalExchange on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, November 18, 2013.
Have a fun, affordable holiday season (minus the financial hangover)
Exchanging gifts at a holiday Christmas party.
Why resilience is a crucial workplace skill
Richard Blackwell
Why a leader says ‘Let’s go’
Sam Geist is a professional speaker, author and facilitator who specializes in strategy, marketing and leadership.
Three top stock picks from Northland’s David Cockfield
David Cockfield.
Why you must plan to be at ease
Harvey Schachter
Upstart Canadian chat service Kik logs 100 million users
Kik and its peers have generated a lot of buzz despite the fact they have little revenue to show for their efforts so far.
TD’s Ed Clark takes off rose-coloured glasses – and sees uncertainty
Toronto-Dominion Bank President and Chief Executive Officer Ed Clark attends the company's annual general meeting in Ottawa April 4, 2013.
Hamilton police officers praised for behaviour in viral video
Junior team eyes Monahan again after Flames’ front-office shakeup
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.
Chinese demand fuels canola exports
Canola production rose by almost 30 per cent even as the amount of land seeded fell by 9 per cent, Statscan said in a report on Wednesday.
B.C. approves airport fuel delivery project
Injuries a question for U.S. Olympic hockey team as roster deadline approaches
The puck gets by Los Angeles Kings goalie Jonathan Quick for a goal by Chicago Blackhawks center Patrick Sharp during the second period of Game 1 of the NHL Stanley Cup Western Conference finals, Saturday, June 1, 2013,in Chicago.
Best Buy goes low tech with Rogers publishing division deal
The Beastie Boys (L-R) Mike Diamond, Adam Horowitz and Adam Yauch are photographed at the 2006 Sundance film festival in Park City, Utah, in this January 22, 2006 file photo.
Teens wearing fat suits for school play is ‘repulsive’ says Regina mother
Novartis to close plant in Mississauga, cut 300 jobs
Swiss drug maker Novartis's headquarters in Basel. Alcon Canada Inc. is a division of Novartis, which purchased Alcon from Nestle SA in 2011.
Texas teen avoids prison term for drunk driving deaths. His defence? ‘affluenza’
ATexas judge sentenced Ethan Couch to 10 years probation – instead of the possible 20-year prison term – for his role as the driver in a drunk driving crash that killed four people and injured two.
Two GIFs explaining the CRTC's decision to investigate the Big Three
Oil patch belt-tightening obscures true picture
David Parkinson
Toronto Star reporter serves libel notice to Rob Ford after Conrad Black interview
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford attends a news conference at City Hall on Dec. 10, 2013.
Brian Burke’s hair creates a Twitter buzz
Does massive integration make auto industry too big to fail?
Jeremy Cato
The close: TSX ends well off lows, Lululemon sinks
The screens at the TMX Broadcast Centre in Toronto show the closing numbers of the TSX on Tuesday, July 3, 2012.
Is subway WiFi the final nail in the coffin of literature?
Russell Smith
Weather the Weather: slight, silly and very chilly
Amy Lee and Courtenay Stevens
Controversy surrounds NuvaRing birth-control device
Jennifer White stopped using the NuvaRing after her migraines worsened to the point that she sometimes lost her vision. Her doctor attributed the migraines to changes in blood flow due to hormonal contraception, and ordered her to stop using the NuvaRing, White said.
Talking points: iPad learning, global frenemies and your stomach’s clock
The peaks of London’s Canary Wharf high rises peek above the morning fog.
Scaling the piano keys to my own eternal flight
Why Robert Altman’s Nashville just keeps a-goin’
Geoff Pevere
Solving the mystery of the baby brain
Leah McLaren
Last-minute shopping: Top 10 children's toys
Nerf Rebelle Crossbow
Want to change your family’s gift-giving tradition? Don’t do it
David Eddie
The top tweets of 2013, and what mattered most to Canadians on Facebook
A man is silhouetted against a video screen with a Twitter and a Facebook logo as he poses with an Dell laptop in this file photo.
Conservative MP explains inspiration behind Reform Act
Conservative MP Michael Chong addresses a press conference in Ottawa on Tuesday December 3, 2013.
Mandela’s final journey brings long lines and high hopes in South Africa
Craig Kielburger
Vancouver plans first city-backed New Year’s Eve event in two decades – but not this year
An artist’s conception of Vancouver’s planned New Year’s Eve celebration at Jack Poole Plaza.
What the charts say: Stocks to buy amid the TSX selloff
Transit company lets Santa keep day job
christmas surprise
Baby boomers the target of cheeky ads for K-Y personal lubricants
Screen grab from K-Y ad.
Senate ethics watchdog asked to probe role of Tory fundraiser Gerstein
Senator Irving Gerstein takes part in a meeting in Ottawa on Dec. 4, 2013.
Raise a glass to nine bubblies for toasting the holidays
CRTC widens probe on wireless roaming charges
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission announced late Thursday that it decided to take that step after a preliminary investigation found that big carriers are “are charging, or planning to charge” smaller domestic rivals “significantly higher wholesale roaming rates” than they charge their U.S. peers.
Novelist Dany Laferrière is first Canadian to be admitted to Académie française
Dany Laferrière has been admitted to the Académie française.
From Google Wallet to bitcoin, banks’ grip on savers is loosening
Carl Mortished
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Portland Timbers captain Will Johnson named Canada’s male soccer player of the year
Portland Timbers midfielder Will Johnson applauds fans as he walks off the field after a second game of the Western Conference finals in the MLS Cup soccer playoffs against Real Salt Lake, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2013, in Portland, Ore. Johnson has been chosen Canada's male soccer player of the year.
New bill takes aim at unsafe – even deadly – prescription drugs
iStockPhoto - ROYALTY-FREE A still life of an open bottle of prescription medicine and its content of pills. Credit: iStockPhoto harmacy, Medicine, Prescription Medicine, Bottle, Healthcare And Medicine, Herbal Medicine, Safety
Mobile trend will push phone, tablet ownership past PCs in 2014, IDC Canada says
A woman walks banners advertising Samsung Electronics' Galaxy Note III at a subway station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013.
'Heartbroken' women's hockey coach resigns weeks before Olympics
Team Canada women's hockey coach Dan Church speaks to reporters during an off day at the IIHF Women's World Hockey Championships in Ottawa on Thursday April 4, 2013. Church is stepping down from his position as Canada's women's hockey coach for personal reasons.
Factory woes a bigger concern than housing and debt, BMO warns
Michael Babad
Can ‘friends with benefits’ actually work?
Winter travel costs on the rise; Transat also mulling currency surcharge
Jean-Marc Eustache, president and chief executive officer of Transat A.T. Inc. speaks during their annual general meeting in Montreal, March 15, 2012.
House Leader touts Tories' streak of new laws as MPs wrap up for holidays
Peter Van Loan, right, Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, and the Denis Lebel, Minister of Infrastructure, arrive to make a statement on the government's legislative accomplishments on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, December 12, 2013.
Marketers under greater pressure to control costs
Elevators inspired by the DDB logo at the offices of DDB Canada, an integrated advertising agency in Toronto.
No injuries as engine fire grounds Vancouver-bound flight after takeoff
A Dash 8-300 operated by Air Canada Jazz. A plane like this one was involved in an incident between Nanaimo and Vancouver on Dec. 12, 2013.
BC National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction shortlist revealed
Graeme Smith is a former Globe and Mail foreign correspondent.
Conflict of interest behind MLSE’s decision to abstain from NHL vote
George Cope, president and CEO of Bell Canada, left,  MLSE Chairman <strong>Larry</strong> <strong>Tanenbaum</strong>, centre, and Nadir Mohamed President and CEO of Rogers Communications hold up Toronto Raptors, Toronto FC, Toronto Maple Leafs and Toronto Marlies jerseys following a press conference in Toronto on Friday December 9, 2011.
First Nation won’t let B.C. gold-copper mine proceed without legal fight, chairman says
A view of Fish Lake, which is at the centre of a continuing dispute between B.C. first nations and Taseko Mines Ltd. The lake is 125 kilometres southwest of Williams Lake in the traditional territories of the Xeni Gwet'in First Nation.
TTC seeks $27-million increase in subsidy from city
Andy Byford, CEO of the Toronto Transit Commission, says a subsidy increase is needed because of rising ridership.
Doug Ford defends himself after handing out $20 bills to constituents
Toronto Councillor Doug Ford heads into his brother Rob’s mayoral office at City Hall on Nov. 18, 2013.
PGA Tour Canada returns with 12 event schedule in 2014
PGA Tour Canada boss Jeff Monday
From theft to litter: Canada Post’s delivery phase-out presents hurdles
Mail carrier Leo Gaspari delivers mail on his route in the Don Mills and Lawrence area in Toronto on Dec. 11, 12013. Gaspari has worked for Canada Post for 33 years, 20 of which he has delivered mail. He will be retiring in two years but is worried about the pension trouble Canada Post is having.
Five awkward moments for Conrad Black during interview about interview with Rob Ford
Conrad Black and Mayor Rob Ford.
Poloz takes a long view on inflation, dollar
File photo of Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz.
Which cities best fit Gary Bettman’s criteria for NHL expansion?
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman smiles at a news conference in Toronto on Tuesday, Nov.26, 2013. Rogers Communications wrested control of NHL multimedia rights with a blockbuster 12-year, $5.2-billion agreement that will preserve "Hockey Night in Canada" but limit CBC's role in the iconic broadcast.
Former Vancouver Olympic CEO Furlong says RCMP letter exonerates him in abuse case
John Furlong in Toronto on Oct. 28, 2013.
A new slant on a rural home
Architect Tania Bortolotto’s design displays an exterior with long, low corners on a thickly shingled, ship-like structure, while the interior is a stunning composition of curves that swoop, soar, intersect, cradle and caress. And where corners do occur, they’re usually made of glass, camouflaged in gorgeous materials, or they rebelliously refuse to meet at 90 degrees.
Two ‘Diefenbabies?’ Ex-PM sired two boys, families believe
Stan Goertzen, centre, and his brothers Lawrence, left, and Darrell believe they are grandsons of former prime minister John Diefenbaker.
The battle for sexual justice is far from won
Why high-yield bonds are a decent bet for 2014
Strikingly modern King City home dispenses with 90-degree thinking
Dave LeBlanc
Iamgold shares plunge after dividend suspended
Handout photo of Iamgold’s Essakane operations in Burkina Faso.
Forum on residential school malnutrition experiments triggers raw emotions
Bitstrips' plan to fill the Web with comic strips wins a big-time backer
A condensed version of the Bitstrips story, as shown on the company’s blog.
Music won't make your kids smarter, Harvard researchers say
Snubs, kudos and go-figures from Golden Globe TV nominations
Tatiana Maslany, Canadian star of sci-fi series Orphan Black, is getting Emmy buzz, an excitement no one missed at this week’s Banff World Media Festival.
Duhatschek: Flames need a GM with fire in his belly
Brian Burke, the Calgary Flames' president of hockey operations, announces the firing of GM Jay Feaster and assistant GM John Weisbrod at a press conference in Calgary, Alta., Thursday, December 12, 2013.
On Site: Bloordale gets a condo with a brash new look
The Enigma Lofts will have 86 loft-style suites and townhouses in a nine-storey building near Bloor Street and Lansdowne Avenue.
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