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March 16

Queen Yuna reigns supreme at world championships
Women gold medalist Yuna Kim, centre, from South Korea silver medalist Carolina Kostner, left, from Italy and bronze medalist Mao Asada from Japan hold up their medals at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2013 in London, Ont. Sunday, March 17, 2013.
Leafs stage furious comeback but lose fifth straight as Jets win in shootout
Winnipeg Jets Zach Bogosian (L) scores on Toronto Maple Leafs goalie Ben Scrivens during a shoot out during their NHL game in Toronto March 16, 2013.
Alberta places $30,000 ad in New York Times to pitch Keystone XL pipeline
The Keystone oil pipeline is pictured under construction in North Dakota.
Canadian Jordan (Young Gun) Mein excels in UFC debut, stopping Dan Miller
Jordan Mein from Canada, left, lands a blow to the head of Dan Miller from the United States during their UFC 158 welterweight fight in Montreal, Saturday, March 16, 2013.
Charest makes plea for national unity at Quebec Liberal convention
Jean Charest, former premier of Quebec, is shown with his wife, Michele Dionne, at the Quebec Liberal leadership convention in Montreal. Mr. Charest was celebrated by his party on March 16, 2013.
Canada’s Findlay earns measure of redemption with gold at Pan American Cup
Paula Findlay of Canada competes in the women's triathlon final during the London 2012 Olympic Games at Hyde Park August 4, 2012.
Day 4 at the world figure skating championships
Korea's Yuna Kim reacts following her free skate at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2013 in London, Ont. Sunday, March 17, 2013. Kim went on to capture the gold medal.
The Saturday night live blog will be back next week
An empty hockey arena is seen in this file photo.
Sarah Palin calls Obama a liar in speech to conservative activists
Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin speaks at the 40th annual Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Md., on March 16, 2013. Diehard activists at the three-day conference are already picking favourites in what could be a crowded Republican presidential primary in 2016.
Impact remain perfect with win in home opener over Toronto FC
Toronto FC Richard Eckersley left, races Montreal Impact Marco Di Vaio right for the ball during first half MLS action at the Olympic Stadium in Montreal on Saturday March 16, 2013.
Canada’s Virtue, Moir fall short in bid for another world ice dance title
Canada's Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir compete in the ice dance free skate at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2013 in London, Ont. Saturday, March 16, 2013.
Quebec Liberals ready to choose new leader as convention gets under way
Quebec Liberal Party leadership candidate Philippe Couillard sorts out his pass with his wife, Suzanne Pilote, as he arrives at the party's convention on March 16, 2013 in Montreal. Mr. Couillard is considered the front-runner in the leadership race.
After his latest victory, Patrick Chan yearns for Olympic gold
Canadian Patrick Chan competes in the mens free skate at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2013 in London, Ont. Friday, March 15, 2013. (Kevin Van Paassen/The Globe and Mail)
Britain to close offshore payroll tax loophole
Canadian skip Rachel Homan opens with loss at world women’s curling championship
Canada's skip Rachel Homan (R) delivers the stone during their World Women's Curling Championship qualification round match against Scotland in Riga March 16, 2013.
Argentina’s economy minister during ‘dirty war’ dies
Jose Alfredo Martinez de Hoz is seen inside a vehicle after leaving a court in Buenos Aires in this July 10, 2003 file photo. Martinez de Hoz, aged 87 and former economy minister during the country's 1976-1983 dictatorship, died on March 16, 2013, according to the local media.
Figure skaters Virtue, Moir putting their confidence in Carmen
Canadians Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir perform in the ice dance short dance at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2013 in London, Ont. Thursday, March 14, 2013.
Helicopter escape from Quebec jail sparks manhunt for two fugitives
Quebec Provincial Police car
MLB to probe players linked to Biogenesis: Report
Major League Baseball is investigating a link between Florida clinic Biogenesis, including Milwaukee Brewers’ Ryan Braun (above) and New York Yankees’ Alex Rodriguez (file photo) according to a report by ESPN.
In photos: Romania's unique parade and other St. Patrick's Day celebrations
Bagpipers from the Romania's Vrancea region perform as they take part in St Patrick's Day parade in Bucharest March 17, 2013. St Patrick's Day was celebrated with a parade in Romania for the first time this year, organizers said.
In photos: Amazing lifts at the World Figure Skating Championships
Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy of Germany compete in the pairs free skate at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2013 in London, Ont. Friday, March 15, 2013.
Formula One qualifying postponed by rain
Mercedes Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain hits the wall during the qualifying session of the Australian F1 Grand Prix at the Albert Park circuit in Melbourne March 16, 2013.
UQTR, Alberta get University Cup wins
UQTR Patriotes centre Olivier Donovan, left, Emmanuel Boudreau and Christophe Tremblay-Losier celebrate a goal in third action in CIS University Cup hockey in Saskatoon on Friday, March 15, 2013. The Patriotes defeat the Huskies 3-1.
€10-billion Cyprus bailout breaks taboo of hitting bank depositors with losses
An elderly man passes by a cooperative bank in Limassol, Cyprus, Saturday, March 16, 2013. Many rushed to the cooperative banks which are open Saturdays in Cyprus, after learning that the terms of a bailout deal that the cash-strapped country hammered out with international lenders, includes a one-time levy on bank deposits. The move, decided in an extraordinary meeting of the finance ministers of the 17-nation euro zone in the early hours Saturday, is a major departure from established policies.
Wozniacki to battle Sharapova in Indian Wells final
Maria Sharapova, of Russia, looks on during her semifinal match against Maria Kirilenko, of Russia, at the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament, Friday, March 15, 2013, in Indian Wells, Calif.
Happ unhappy with the prospect of demotion to Buffalo
Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher J.A. Happ could see himself demoted to the team’s bullpen this season (file photo).
Charges quashed against Grenada police accused of fatally beating Toronto man: prosecutor
Family handout of Oscar Bartholomew
Experts call for more scrutiny amid growing use of ‘off-label’ prescriptions
An illustration picture shows blister-packs and a box of acne drug Diane-35, which is also used as a contraceptive, in a pharmacy in Andernos, France, Jan. 30, 2013.
Odinga challenging election loss in Kenya’s new Supreme Court
Supporters of Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga gather outside the Kenyan Supreme Court as his party file a case alleging massive fraud during the country's March 4 election, in Nairobi, Kenya, Saturday, March 16, 2013. Uhuru Kenyatta won the election with 50.07 percent of the vote.
Four research projects coming to an abrupt halt with the ELA closure
One of the lakes used in wetland reservoir project at the Experimental Lakes Area in Northwestern Ontario is shown in an undated photo.
As dismantling begins, shuttering of research station called a 'travesty'
Diane Orihel, a scientist and founding director of the Coalition to Save ELA is photographed beside a trench/canal/diversion between two lakes, on Nov. 1 2012. The Experimental Lakes Area facility examines, using experimental lakes, the effect of human activities on lakes and their watersheds.
At North America’s refining hub, a thirst for Keystone
The LyondellBasell refinery in Houston.
As budget looms, cities ‘hopeful’ about new pledges for infrastructure
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty will table his next budget on March 21, 2013.
All of your headlight questions answered
Transcript: Thomas Mulcair’s conversation with Gary Freeman
Tom Mulcair, left, leader of the NDP, talks with Gary Freeman, right, who was jumped bail and fled to Canada after the shooting of a Chicago cop in 1969. Mr. Freeman was eventually deported after being arrested and sentenced in the case.
Thomas Mulcair champions the case of a convicted cop shooter barred from Canada
NDP Leader Tom Mulcair, left, meets with Gary Freeman in a Washington hotel.
Keystone XL: The benefits and costs of a controversial pipeline
The Keystone oil pipeline is pictured under construction in North Dakota.
Paul Godfrey rolls up his sleeves at Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp.
OLG chairman Paul Godfrey is also head of Postmedia Network Inc., chairs the board of a major real estate developer, and is vice-chairman of Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care.
B.C. law has now pronounced you husband and wife
Maddison Spenrath, 26, and partner Kyle Eerbeek, 28, originally from Calgary but now in Vancouver, have been a couple for 11 years and lived together for about half of that.
Casino connections: How MGM, the OLG and other major players are connected
How broken is military procurement? It’s time for a blue-ribbon panel
Jeffrey Simpson
Why Pope Francis can open the doors of the Catholic Church to the future
A pastor and his people: Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio poses after giving mass at the complex of the San Lorenzo soccer club.
Okay Canada, it’s time to rebrand ourselves. How about We’re No. 11? Or Biebland?
Elizabeth Renzetti
Meet Canada’s next great auteur (by the way, she's never made a movie)
‘I have an all-female crew and create this weird female energy on set,’ says Claire Edmonson, who grew up in Prince Rupert, B.C., and now lives in Toronto. ‘Women need their time in film.’
Art Gallery of Ontario’s Florentine art exhibition transports viewers to early 14th century Italy
The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula and 11,000 Virgins by Bernardo Daddi (about 1333).
The reporter, his foreign-minister father and the war that consumed them
Former Foreign Affairs and Defence Minister Bill Graham speaks with his son Patrick Graham about the Iraq war, 10 years later, in the father’s Toronto office.
Sun, light stretching and the joy of roughage
Margaret Wente
Beautiful beaches, fantastic food: This place has it all
Community editor Amberly McAteer let readers plan her vacation: here she is on Seven Mile Beach in Grand Cayman
Pope Francis and the junta: In search of what really happened in Argentina
In this 1966 photo released by the El Salvador School, Argentine seminarian Jorge Mario Bergoglio smiles for a portrait at the El Salvador school where he taught literature and psychology in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Bergoglio was elected pope on Wednesday, March 13, 2013, making him the first pope ever from the Americas. Bergoglio, who was born in 1936, chose the name Pope Francis.
Meet the players behind Toronto's fashion week
Carolyn Quinn, the director of IMG Fashion Events & Properties Canada.
See works of early-14th century Italian art at the Art Gallery of Ontario
A detail from The Virgin Mary with Saints Thomas Aquinas and Paul Tempera (about 1280 – 1348)
Why we’ll never see a $20 barrel of oil again
Dambisa Moyo
Voice-controlled car kit sounds good
Supertooth HD Voice
Venezuelans flood streets for another Chavez coffin parade
Hugo de los Reyers Chavez, the father of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez, center in white shirt, stands by his son's coffin at the military museum in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, March 15, 2013.
Parents of Toronto teen who killed himself pull the shroud off schizophrenia
Lesley and David Skelly’s son Christopher ‘Kit’ died after a long battle with schizophrenia.
Red Wings nip Oilers in overtime
Edmonton Oilers' goalie Devan Dubnyk (L) stops Detroit Red Wings' Pavel Datsyuk during the second period of their NHL hockey game in Edmonton March 15, 2013.
Max Ferguson's ‘Rawhide’ was the heart and soul of Canada’s airwaves
Max Ferguson’s 17 years as ‘the old cowpoke’ raised MPs’ hackles and earned him fans.
Glencross hat trick lifts Flames past Predators
Calgary Flames' Curtis Glencross (20) is congratulated by teammates Mark Giordano, Matt Stajan and Lee Stempniak on the second of Glencross' three goals against Nashville Predators during the third period of their NHL hockey game in Calgary, Alberta, March 15, 2013.
March 16: Your daily horoscope
Pisces
Three hot looks from the streets of Sydney
Chef David Hawksworth’s homemade pizza
Chef David Hawksworth’s pizza that includes ingredients such as buffalo mozzarella, extra virgin olive oil, fennel, asparagus and double smoked bacon at Hawksworth Restaurant in Vancouver, Monday, March 4, 2013.
Residents gave senior, now charged with murder, wide berth
One person was killed and another taken to hospital after an attack inside the Wexford Residence for Seniors. Peter Roy Brooks has been charged with second-degree murder and aggravated assault after the beating death Wednesday night of Joycelyn Dickson, 72. A 91-old woman, seen here, was also injured in the incident.
Dear New York Times: Here’s why you don’t want to mess with the Vikings
Tabatha Southey
In photos: Seven looks from Paris Fashion Week's ready-to-wear collections
A model wears a creation by German fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel's Fall/Winter 2013-2014 ready to wear collection, in Paris, Tuesday, March, 5, 2013.
3 global revolutions that make it tough for states and corporations to stay on top
The diffusion of power can mean more protest – and political stagnation. One case in point: The ongoing instability in European countries such as Greece.
Avoid the green beer: From Girls to Stompin' Tom, there’s better froth on TV
John Doyle
How can I simplify my makeup routine and still look polished?
Has the battle against fat gone too far?
Benjamin Lesczynski, 8, of New York, takes a sip of a Big Gulp while protesting the proposed soda-ban that New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has suggested, outside City Hall in New York July 9, 2012. Under the proposed law, sugar drinks with no nutritional value would be banned from sale in New York in containers larger than 16 ounces (454 grams).
2010 Koup: Kia’s moment of maturation
2010 Kia Forte Koup.
Finding a home for a Hermès blanket in this interior designer’s den
Tim Johnson's den in Toronto, Ont., in this photo taken Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013.
Style down under goes over the top
Paris courts global customers with (almost) work-ready fashion
Models present creations for Miu Miu's Ready to Wear's Fall-Winter 2013-2014 fashion collection, Wednesday, March 6, 2013 in Paris.
How can I cram seating for eight into my tiny living room?
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