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Montoya leads Jets to shut out of Sabres
Buffalo Sabres' Marcus Foligno (82) appears to score a goal on Winnipeg Jets' goaltender Al Montoya (35) as Sabres' Drew Stafford (21) knocks the net off the mooring in the first period of Tuesday’s game in Winnipeg. After a review, the goal was disallowed.
Bernier to start in goal for Leafs in Winter Classic
Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Jonathan Bernier (right) and two goal scorer Phil Kessel celebrate after their 5-2 win over Carolina Hurricanes in NHL hockey action in Toronto on Sunday December 29, 2013. Bernier will start in goal for Toronto in Wednesday’s NHL Winter Classic against the Detroit Red Wings at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor.
Canadians’ support for infrastructure is high – unless it’s where they live, study says
Pipelines at Irving Oil's East Saint John Marine Terminal. A new national survey by Innovative Research Group tracks Canadians’ support for major infrastructure, especially energy infrastructure.
How high-tech simulations ready med students for real-life situations
Third year medical students take part in a simulated situation.
Interview questions, salaries, fads and excuses top list of best Careers stories in 2013
In 2013, readers liked stories that gave advice about job interview questions.
Images from Tuesday's NHL Winter Classic practices and Alumni Showdown
Detroit Red Wings goalie Petr Mrazek wears a go-pro camera on top of his mask during practice the day before the Winter Classic hockey game against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Michigan Stadium. Man
Border officials seize 50 kilos of drugs at Toronto airport
Passengers bring their bags to Toronto’s Pearson International Airport on Dec. 30, 2013.
More pain may be in store for battered gold prices
With the global economy poised to pick up speed, few observers see much chance in the year ahead for gold to rise substantially above its current levels around $1,200 (U.S.) per ounce.
2013 year-end data tables for all North American stocks and indexes
Trader Peter Tuchman, wearing novelty 2014 glasses, trades at the closing bell on the floor of the New York <strong>Stock</strong> Exchange on New Year's Eve in New York, December 31, 2013.
Nine numbers that define the year for investors
An Air Canada Express aircraft passes the Toronto skyline on approach for landing at the Toronto Island Airport Sep 24, 2013.
In Copacabana, throngs of Brazilians bring New Year's Eve party and prayers to the beach
People watch fireworks exploding over Copacabana beach during New Year celebrations at the Pavao Pavaozinho slum in Rio de Janeiro on Jan. 1, 2014.
The close: TSX ends 2013 up nearly 10 per cent
Traders, wearing novelty 2014 glasses, trade at the closing bell on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on New Year's Eve in New York, December 31, 2013.
For insurers, 2013 was the year of the natural disaster
A river breaks its banks and flows over the main bridge in downtown High River, Alta.
Miners look for light after 2013
Peter Munk at news conference confirming his retirement as chairman of Barrick.
Air Canada defends voucher policy after gender-discrimination accusations
An Air Canada Express aircraft passes the Toronto skyline on approach for landing at the Toronto Island airport on Sept. 24, 2013.
New Brunswick closes in on restoring power just in time for bitter cold snap
A line worker works to restore power in Toronto on Dec. 27, 2013.
B.C. woman assaulted outside hockey arena dies after family takes her off life support
Heather Vince, a family friend of Julie Paskall, places flowers at a growing memorial at the Newton Arena and Community Centre in Surrey on Dec. 31, 2013. Ms. Paskall, 53, died Tuesday after being found beaten and unconscious on Sunday night.
Class-action lawsuit filed in U.S. court against Turquoise Hill Resources
Operations under way at Turquoise Hill’s Oyu Tolgoi project in the South Gobi desert in Mongolia.
Mirtle: Phaneuf contract a necessary evil for Leafs
Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Dion Phaneuf listens as general manager Dave Nonis answers questions
OSC orders $1-million in penalties for two men at centre of alleged fraud ring
The sanctions are related to three separate schemes involving securities of BFM Industries Inc., Liquid Gold International Corp. and Nanotech Industries Inc.
Why did Target keep an unhappy customer on hold for six hours?
People shop at a Target store during Black Friday sales in the Brooklyn borough of New York in this file photo taken November 29, 2013. The hackers who attacked Target Corp and compromised up to 40 million credit cards and debit cards also managed to steal encrypted personal identification numbers (PINs), according to a senior payments executive familiar with the situation. REUTERS/Eric Thayer/Files (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS CRIME LAW)
Toronto runs out of gift cards for ice-storm victims
A downed tree hangs over the wire mesh of a recreational back stop near Livingston Rd. and ToynbeeTrail in Scarborough, December 30, 2013
I’m excited for a New Year’s kiss, but I might be sick. What should I do?
Canada’s seven deadly economic problems
A condo development in the Liberty Village area in Toronto.
Regina refinery fire curbs Federated Co-op’s output
The Regina plant supplies fuels to member-owned Federated’s network of retail gasoline and bulk fuel outlets.
In Photos: Canada takes on USA at World Juniors
Canadian fans cheer on their team at the World Junior Hockey Championships in Malmo, Sweden
Tough new foreign-worker rules begin, empowering officials to inspect workplaces
Employment Minister Jason Kenney speaks in Toronto on Oct. 8, 2013.
At midday: Mining stocks help push TSX higher
File photo of gold bars in the Austrian Mint.
Canada defeats United States at World Juniors to claim first place in Group A
Connor McDavid celebrates his go-ahead goal against the USA
In pictures: The world rings in 2014
Fireworks explode over Britain’s Houses of Parliament – including Queen Elizabeth II tower which holds the bell known as Big Ben – as London celebrates the arrival of New Year's Day.
Shawn Thornton says he won’t appeal 15-game suspension to neutral arbitrator
Pittsburgh Penguins' Tanner Glass prepares to check Boston Bruins' Shawn Thornton into the boards
Warren Buffett goes big on North American energy
A handout photo of a Phillips 66 gas station.
Cato: Hyundai losing a smart, blunt leader
John Krafcik
Give yourself (and your posture) a lift with this simple chair exercise
THE HUMAN CHAIR-LIFT: 1. Sit on the edge of your chair with your hands on either side of your bum, fingers forward. Have your feet on the floor in front of you, far enough forward that your knees make a 90-degree angle. 2. Slowly lift your hips slightly off of the chair without flailing your elbows, but keep your bum close to the chair’s edge. Use your upper-back muscles to draw your shoulders slightly back while also lifting your chest slightly toward the ceiling. Hold for 15 seconds. 3. Finish by rolling your shoulders backward 10 times.
Naughty or nice? Your thoughts on sex at your parents' home
Charting the balance between price and value
Sweden edges Russia to clinch first place in Group B at World Juniors
Russia's Nikolas Skladnichenko struggles with Sweden's Oskar Sundqvist
New Year’s Eve weather: the warm, the cold and the -55
Motorists dig out their cars in Montreal on Dec. 15, 2013, as more than 20 cm of snow fell.
Liberals race to beat Tories in last-minute fundraising push for 2013
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is interviewed on Parliament Hill on Dec. 10, 2013.
Housing provides promising play in U.S. recovery
In this Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012, photo a new home is constructed in Pepper Pike, Ohio. US home construction surges 12.1 percent in December to end best year since 2008.
Trumpeter Cabernet Sauvignon 2012, Argentina
Harper’s Trail Cabernet Franc 2012, British Columbia
Why Canadians outlive Americans, and why we shouldn’t be so satisfied
In Canada, population health approaches to improving social conditions have helped to reduce both chronic disease and acute illness.
Muskoka Brewery Winter Beard Double Chocolate Cranberry Stout Vintage 2012, Ontario
Scott Barlow’s 5 bold market predictions for 2014
Rogers-NHL deal voted CP’s business story of the year
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman (left), Rogers Communications CEO Nadir Mohamed and Rogers Media President Keith Pelley during a conference announcing a 12-year national broadcast and multimedia agreement between Rogers Communications and the NHL in Toronto, Nov. 26, 2013.
At the open: TSX moves higher, gold stocks drag
Trader Peter Tuchman smiles as he works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange after the market opening in New York, December 23, 2013.
Maple Leafs, Phaneuf agree to seven-year contract extension
Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Dion Phaneuf
Let’s remember Chris Peloso with a national plan on suicide prevention
Bob Rae
Vancouver’s tilting homes are distinctive, but puzzling
A row of tilting house on East 17th Avenue near Prince Edward Street in East Vancouver, British Columbia, Friday, December 27, 2013.
Man who leaked J.K. Rowling’s pseudonym fined £1,000
Author J.K. Rowling poses for a portrait on Oct. 16, 2012.
Beyoncé used audio samples from the Challenger disaster: Genius or insensitive?
Singer Beyoncé performs on her Mrs. Carter Show World Tour 2013 at Staples Center on Monday, July 1, 2013, in Los Angeles.
Loonie closes slightly higher on final day of 2013 trading
Canadian dollars are seen in front of U.S. dollars in this file photo.
Canada’s Brooke Henderson claims Junior Orange Bowl Championship
Canada’s Brooke Henderson poses with the winner’s trophy after capturing the Junior Orange Bowl Championship
Before the bell: Year looks set to end with gains
A bourse trader drinks champagne after the last trading day at Frankfurt's stock exchange in Frankfurt.
Dessert's origins unknown, Nanaimo calls it its own
Nanaimo bar.
What you should know about driving - and walking - in Canada
Business year in review: All the news that’s fit to print (and some that isn’t)
Michael Babad
The six issues that will dominate U.S. politics in 2014
David Shribman
War shrine visit by Japan’s PM sparks Chinese anger, international isolation
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo Monday, Dec. 30, 2013. China's Foreign Ministry on Monday accused Abe of hypocrisy and said he would not be welcome in China after he visited a shrine honouring Japan's war dead. Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said that Abe's visit to the Yasukuni shrine in central Tokyo had seriously hurt relations between the countries and shut the door for dialogue between their leaders.
London Underground to replace Bombardier as prime contractor for signalling upgrade
Travellers queue as the doors close on a packed rush hour tube train in central London in this file photo.
How Rehtaeh's tragedy galvanized N.S. health minister against cyberbullying
A woman holds a photo as several hundred people attend a community vigil at Victoria Park in Halifax on April 11, 2013, to remember Rehtaeh Parsons, who died by suicide.
Canadian Olympic Committee launches biggest ad campaign in its history
The We are Winter campaign, 16 months in the making, adds up to what the COC calls the ‘largest brand undertaking in its history.’
Images from the Canadian Olympic Committee's 'We are Winter' campaign
Snowboarder Mark McMorris in an ad campaign produced for the Canadian Olympic Committee.
You asked: The top 10 car maintenance questions of 2013
Dec. 31: 2013, meet 2014 – and other letters to the editor
Happy New Year.
Six events that shaped small business in 2013
What were the most notable events for small business in 2013? That’s the question we posed to some of the country's biggest small business organizations, including the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, Canadian Youth Business Foundation, MaRS Discovery District and Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters. Scroll through the following list to find out what they had to say.
Ending benefits could cut U.S. jobless rate – for the wrong reasons
Lora Lindsey talks to a New York University recruiter at a career fair in New York, Dec. 4, 2013. After years of frustrating fits and starts in the wake of the financial crisis and the Great Recession, the economy finally appears to be generating jobs at a healthier, more sustainable pace that many analysts now think will continue into 2014.
The training program your company can’t afford to overlook
Invest in customer relations and media training to standardize and enhance your customer interactions
The biggest BlackBerry stories of 2013
A man is silhouetted against a video screen with the BlackBerry logo as he pose with a Blackberry Q10.
Hyperinflation: The worst investment call of the past five years
Boyd Erman
What will happen to commodity prices?
Henry Van Ankum is photographed on his brother's farm near Alma, Ont. Ankum is growing corn on his own 200 acres but also helps work his brother's 50 acres. Ankum and other corn growers are concerned about the low prices their crops will fetch.
Lecavalier scores shootout winner as Flyers stop Canucks
Vancouver Canucks left wing Daniel Sedin (22) watches the replay on the jumbotron as Philadelphia Flyers goalie Steve Mason (35) celebrates his teams win following a shootout during NHL action in Vancouver, B.C. Monday, Dec. 30, 2013.
Capitals’ Ovechkin gets emotional about terrorist attacks in Russia
Roy MacGregor
December 31: Your daily horoscope
Capricorn
Internet Ephemera Awards: The Web is still the best at being the worst
There are about a billion people taking credit for this cat picture. CAT PICTURE.
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