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March 31

All eyes on the Penguins
Pittsburgh Penguins centre Sidney Crosby (87) is helped by right wing Pascal Dupuis (9) after being hit in the face with a puck during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the New York Islanders in Pittsburgh, Saturday, March 30, 2013. Crosby did not return to the game. The Penguins won 2-0.
Five NHL games to watch
Boston Bruins' goalie Tuukka Rask (40) looks on as Ottawa Senators' Kaspars Daugavins attempts an unconventional way of shooting the puck with the tip of his stick during a shootout in Ottawa Monday March 11, 2013. Daugavins' shootout skills must have made an impression on the Bruins. Boston has claimed the Latvian forward off waivers from the Ottawa Senators.  The Bruins won 3-2.
The Walking Dead finale recap: Who lived, who died and what to expect next season
A zombie in a scene from AMC’s TV show The Walking Dead.
Best pictures from March 31
Pastors Dan Eddy (right) and Robert Schipul, both of Christ Lutheran Church, lead an Easter sunrise service in Scituate, Massachusetts.
Speed thrills for the Blue Jays
Philadelphia Phillies infielder Jimmy Rollins (L) tags out Toronto Blue Jays baserunner Jose Reyes (R) at third base during the fifth inning of their MLB spring training baseball game in Clearwater, Florida, March 28, 2013.
It’s a whole new ball game for Jays’ manager John Gibbons
Toronto Blue Jays manager John Gibbons watches batting practice during baseball spring training in Dunedin, Fla., on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013.
Baird trip a bid to build Canada's Mideast ties after Arab Spring
Anti-government protesters celebrate in Tahrir Square after the announcement of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's resignation in Cairo Feb. 11, 2011. A furious wave of protest finally swept Mubarak from power on Friday after 30 years of one-man rule, sparking jubilation on the streets and sending a warning to autocrats across the Arab world and beyond.
Croatia pursues EU membership despite turmoil
Prime Minister of Croatia Zoran Milanovic, left to right, meets with Finnish Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen, Finnish Minister for European Affairs and Foreign Trade Alexander Stubb and Prime Minister of Turkey Ali Babacan on March 23, 2013. Croatia is pursuing European Union membership, despite recent turmoil in the euro zone.
Vancouver Facebook users rail against violent police tactics
After Andishae Akhavan asks why he was arrested, the arresting officer suddenly punches him.
Long-shot longhouse dreams gain support
Scott Clark of ALIVE stands underneath a viaduct in False Creek in Vancouver, March 31, 2013.
B.C. NDP leader to reveal one platform proposal at a time
Justine Hunter
Official end of HST divides British Columbians
Anti-HST supporters, led by former B.C. Premier Bill Vander Zalm, get their wish to break up the tax starting today.
Teen dies after SUV crash into Toronto waterway
A memorial fit for King Ralph
The premier gets a kiss at the Annual Ralph Klein Pancake Breakfast in 2006.
Egypt seeking loan to boost economy
A man sits on his tractor as he waits in line for gas, in Cairo, on March 18, 2013. Cash and fuel shortages in Egypt are raising questions about the country's ability to keep importing wheat that is essential to subsidized bread supplies, stirring fears of an economic catastrophe.
Canada’s Housing First plan for homeless limiting, U.S. experts warn
A homeless man sleeps on the southwest corner of Bay and Queen Streets.
Prison guards lack ‘common understanding’ on respect for inmates: survey
A guard walks along a catwalk at Kingston Penitentiary in Kingston,Ont. Thursday, April 19, 2012.
Amanda Kessel lives up to hockey pedigree
Amanda Kessel celebrates a goal for Minnesota in the NCAA national championship game against Boston University last month.
Weekend roundup: Messi nets record, United and Bayern march on
Barcelona's Lionel Messi celebrates his goal against Celta Vigo during their Spanish First Division soccer match at the Balaidos stadium in Vigo March 30, 2013.
How two Haitian friends became Quebec mayors
Amos., Que, Mayor Ulrick Cherubin stands in front of city hall in Amos on Monday, March 4, 2013.
Reimer proving Leafs don’t need Luongo
Toronto Maple Leafs' goalie James Reimer celebrates his shut-out victory after the Leafs win over the Senators in Ottawa March 30, 2013.
Press freedom weighs heavily in confidential-source cases
Jeff Z. Klein, an editor at The New York Times, gathers with fellow employees outside the newspaper's editorial offices on July 6, 2005. Time magazine reporter Matthew Cooper and New York Times reporter Judith Miller had refused to provide the identity of their confidential source who had revealed a CIA officer's identity. Federal prosecutor Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald said Mr. Cooper and Ms. Miller should be jailed for refusing to reveal their confidential sources to a grand jury investigating the leak of a covert CIA operative's name to the news media.
Canada’s questionable move to quit the drought convention
Because a severe drought in the Sahel region of West Africa has left them with no other income this year, a rising number of impoverished people are trekking to the small informal gold pits of Burkina Faso, where they scavenge for tiny flecks of gold. This 15-year-old girl is working all day in the gold pits, rather than being in school. Children as young as 6 are working here.
Canada praised for its stance on pollution from Arctic shipping
A record loss of Arctic sea ice and faster-than-expected melting of Greenland’s ice cap made worldwide headlines in 2012.
15 top performing small to mid-cap equity funds
A little black book can boost your work life
Harvey Schachter
Your best sales tool? The real live phone call
Harvey Schachter
March Madness and the road to the Final Four
A fan watches warm-ups before a regional final game between Florida and Michigan in the NCAA college basketball tournament, Sunday, March 31, 2013, in Arlington, Texas.
Auto industry an unlikely roadblock in Ottawa’s ambitious free-trade talks
Barrie McKenna
Canada’s labour pain: 1.3 million jobless, but not enough skills
Economists are divided on what to expect from Statscan’s latest labour force survey, to be released Friday. TD estimates a loss of 20,000 jobs, while others anticipate job creation of about 5,000 or 10,000.
I’m pregnant and my bosses won’t stop smoking on the job
ECB has room to ease – but won't
Mario Draghi, president of the European Central Bank, addresses the media during his monthly news conference in Frankfurt in this Jan. 10, 2013, file photo.
Douglas Porter: The art and science of reading the numbers
Douglas Porter is the new chief economist and managing director, Economic Research, for the Bank of Montreal.
U.S. report to show strong job creation in private sector, economists say
A "Help Wanted" sign in the window advertises a job opening at a dry cleaners in Boston, Massachusetts in this file image from September 1, 2010.
A sunny outlook for at least one solar energy company
Martin Mittelstaedt
It pays to let companies keep their cash
John Reese
Forest sector’s latest push: high-tech lumber for tall towers
An artist’s conception of the Wood Innovation and Design Centre (WIDC), a modest all-wood tower set to begin construction next spring in downtown Prince George, B.C. Officials at the Forest Products Association of Canada are pushing to have building codes changed to allow for taller wood structures. Such buildings are made possible, they say, by massive wood beams made from reinforced timber that could become the main ingredient in many new condo towers.
No gas, please: Australia shale hunters focus on oil
Shale prospectors in Australia’s vast Outback are homing in on oil as the lucrative prize that is easier and cheaper to exploit than gas.
U.S. sends F-22 jets to join South Korea drills amid threats from North
An F-22 Raptor is shown at a demonstration at Langley Air Force Base in Hampton, Va., in April, 2012. The United States sent F-22 stealth fighter jets to South Korea on Sunday to join military drills aimed at underscoring the U.S. commitment to defend Seoul in the face of an intensifying campaign of threats from North Korea.
Ontario reaches agreement in principle with teachers
Liz Sandals speaks to the media following the swearing in of Kathleen Wynne as Ontario's first female premier, on Feb. 11, 2013. Ms. Sandals has been named the province’s Education Minister amid a protracted dispute between the provincial government and teachers.
How being an outsider helped lead Ed Whitacre to success
Need a mid-afternoon pick-me-up? Try this stretch
Why I feel like 20 going on 100
How to donate blood without trashing your training runs
How crowd-funding made this Vancouver production a reality
Luc Roderique, Rachel Aberle, Richard Newman and Brahm Taylor in Three Sisters.
Why Ottawa dance fans are the luckiest in the country (again) with the National Arts Centre 2013-14 season
A scene from Les Grands Ballets Canadiens’s Rodin/Claudel.
Horror frog makes its own claws
Why Taiye Selasi is ‘not a normal literary lady’
Taiye Selasi, author of Ghana Must Go.
Toasted rye and avocado
Canada’s Jacobs stays unbeaten at men’s curling worlds
Canada skip Brad Jacobs, right, and lead Ryan Harnden share a laugh during a morning draw against Finland at the World Men's Curling Championship in Victoria, B.C. Sunday, March 31, 2013.
Oilers recall centre Anton Lander from AHL’s Oklahoma City Barons
Edmonton Oilers' Anton Lander (R) fights for the puck with Columbus Blue Jackets' Marc Methot during the first period of their NHL hockey game in Columbus, Ohio January 17, 2012.
In photos: Easter celebrations around the world
People are silhouetted as the sun rises during an Easter sunrise service in Scituate, Massachusetts March 31, 2013.
Canadian warship HMCS Toronto makes heroin bust at sea
HMCS Toronto heads to the Arabian Sea as part of Operation Artemis, in Halifax on Monday, Jan.14, 2013. A Canadian warship has made a major drug bust at sea.The Department of National Defence says HMCS Toronto has seized around 500 kilograms of heroin from a boat in the Indian Ocean.
Murray beats Ferrer in a gruelling Sony Open final
Andy Murray of Britain celebrates on match point in his victory over David Ferrer of Spain during the men's final of the Sony Open tennis tournament in Key Biscayne, Florida March 31, 2013.
Baird announces $13-million in aid to help Syrian refugees in Jordan
Syrian refugees wait to cross the border to Turkey at Bab El-Hawa on the outskirts of Idlib, near the Syrian-Turkey border, January 13, 2013.
Canadian phenom Andrew Wiggins faces pressure as high school showcase looms
Canadian high school basketball player, Andrew Wiggins, #22, flies toward the basket for a dunk. Wiggins plays for Huntington Prep school in the US, was in Hamilton on Feb. 17, 2012, to play against United Leadership Academy. The sold-out game at McMaster University was an opportunity for fans to see Canada's top young basketball players. Wiggins is anticipated to go first in the NBA draft, but he has yet to decide which college he will attend
Whitecaps control the ball but still fall 2-1 to Chivas USA
Exxon oil spill in Arkansas seeps into Keystone debate
Emergency crews work to clean up an oil spill near Interstate 40 in Mayflower, Arkansas, on March 31, 2013.
Big global players champing at the LNG bit on the West Coast
A worker checks valves at the BOTAS liquefied natural gas import terminal in Marmara Ereglisi, near the city of Tekirdag, in western Turkey.
Toronto police identify man shot dead at Yorkdale mall
Toronto Police search for evidence in the west parking lot at Yorkdale Shopping Centre following a fatal shooting in Toronto, March 31, 2013.
Hall breaks Gretzky record for fastest hat trick as Oilers dump Canucks
Vancouver Canucks goalie Roberto Luongo is scored on by Edmonton Oilers' Taylor Hall during first period NHL action in Edmonton, Alta., on Saturday March 30, 2013.
Canada routs Sweden in women’s world hockey championship warmup
Canada's Haley Irwin (21) scores on Sweden's Valentina Lizzna (35) during first period of IIHF Women's World Hockey Championship exhibition game in Pembroke, Ontario Saturday March 30, 2013. IIHF Women's World Hockey Championship starts in Ottawa on Tuesday.
Bieler and Zusi score as Sporting KC hands Impact first loss
Montreal Impact Troy Perkins lets in a goal by Toronto FC penalty kick during second half MLS action at the Olympic Stadium in Montreal on Saturday March 16, 2013.
March 31: Your lookahead horoscope
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