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China's People's Congress gets to work
A security officer stands guard at the Great Hall of the People, the venue of the National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, March 5, 2013.
Venezuela to expel U.S. Embassy officials; admits Chavez's health has suffered serious setback
In this file photo released on Feb. 15, 2013 by Miraflores Presidential Press Office, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, middle, poses for a photo with his daughters, Maria Gabriela, left, and Rosa Virginia at an unknown location in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. Venezuela's government says that President Hugo Chavez's respiratory problems have gotten worse and that the ailing leader is in "very delicate" condition.
Wynn Resorts seeks a chance at Toronto casino
Tourists view the water show at the Bellagio Hotel & Casino on the ‘strip’ in Las Vegas, Nev.
Kessel finally delivers on home ice as Leafs explode in third to beat Devils
Toronto Maple Leafs Phil Kessel and fans celebrate his goal
How $5-million and new ideas could transform Toronto's parks
Marcus Gee
Kadri stays hot with two points in Leafs’ win over struggling Devils
Toronto Maple Leafs' Nazem Kadri (R) celebrates his goal with teammate Leo Komarov against the New Jersey Devils during the first period of their NHL game in Toronto, March 4, 2013.
Church could do more to help abuse victims, Ouellet says
Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet in Rome, Italy on June 4, 2009.
Cardinals get down to the business of selecting a pope
Swiss Guards salute Italian Cardinal Renato Martino after a meeting at the Vatican March 4, 2013. Preparations for electing Roman Catholicism's new leader begin in earnest on Monday as the College of Cardinals opens daily talks to sketch an identikit for the next pope and ponder who among them might fit it.
Over half of 300,000 eligible to vote for Liberal leadership back Trudeau, campaign says
Federal Liberal Party leadership candidates Martha Hall Findlay, Justin Trudeau and Martin Cauchon, left to right, laugh during a debate on March 3, 2013. The federal Liberals are weeding out duplicate names and mischief makers as they count the Canadians who are eligible to vote for their new leader, but party sources say the final number will approach 300,000.
Habs are on top but how long can it last?
‘We’re at the top, it’s fun right now. … It’s awesome. If we were in last place they wouldn’t be saying anything about us. We’re in first place, it’s the best feeling in the world,’ says Montreal Canadiens forward Max Pacioretty, right.
Ontario mulling junk food restrictions to cut childhood obesity
B.C. government increasingly leaving no paper or electronic trail
A report by the B.C. Information and Privacy Commissioner Elizabeth Denham shows the government is largely keeping its files bare by systematically destroying e-mails and by having senior officials communicate orally rather than put anything in writing.
Obama picks dynamic duo to push forward green priorities
President Barack Obama pauses in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, March 4, 2013, where he announced will nominate, from left; MIT physics professor Ernest Moniz for Energy Secretary; Gina McCarthy to head the EPA; and Walmart Foundation President Sylvia Mathews Burwell to head the Budget Office.
Buffetted: Why the world’s greatest investor changed his strategy
George Athanassakos
Canada gives full-court press to Keystone approval
Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall and Alberta Premier Alison Redford speak to the media on Feb. 27, 2013. Both Premiers are pushing for Keystone approval with American lawmakers and industry leaders.
Index maker Russell passes a harsh judgment on Greece
A man and a woman talk as a Greek flag flutters atop the Parliament House in Athens.
Syrian rebels report capture of provincial capital
A statue of President Bashar Al-Assad's father, Hafez Al-Assad, is pulled down as people celebrate in Raqqa March 4, 2013. Syrian opposition fighters captured the northeastern city of Raqqa on Monday and crowds toppled a statue of President Bashar al-Assad's father, opposition sources and a resident said.
Canadians favour larger ice surface if change would make hockey safer
Roy MacGregor
Overdraft protection: Rising fees should cause a rethink for consumers
Rob Carrick
30 low-volatility U.S. stocks for jittery investors
Best pictures from March 4
A Hindu sadhu (holy man) applies paint to his forehead at his ashram on the premises of Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu March 4, 2013. Hindu holy men from Nepal and India come to this temple to take part in the Shivaratri festival, which this year falls on March 10. Celebrated by Hindu devotees all over the world, Shivaratri is dedicated to Lord Shiva, and holy men mark the occasion by praying, smoking marijuana or smearing their bodies with ashes. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar (NEPAL - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Man charged with distributing obscene material receives conditional discharge
Feds to maintain funding for First Nations police for next five years
Minister of Public Safety Vic Toews delivers an announcement during Question Period in the House of Commons on March 4, 2013. The government says it will continue to pay for the First Nations Policing Program for the next five years.
Approval of NHL realignment hinges on playoff format
David Shoalts
Toronto Star union says paper is looking to outsource radio room program
A pedestrian walks past a Toronto Star newspaper box in front of the Toronto Star building at One Yonge Street in Toronto January 18, 2008.
Retired priest gets 6 months house arrest after pleading guilty to sex charges
Ottawa police force offers to hold funeral for officer killed in northern Quebec
Constable Steve Dery is shown in this undated handout photo. Members of a small northern Quebec community were reeling Sunday after Dery, 27, was shot and killed Saturday night while responding to a domestic dispute.
Japanese firm antes up for B.C. liquefied natural gas project
The Canaport LNG terminal in Saint John. Japan Petroleum Exploration is taking a 10-per-cent stake in an LNG plant and export terminal planned for the B.C. coast.
Billion-dollar fines just glancing blows for HSBC
Italian priest burns photo of Benedict during Mass
Then-newly elected Pope Benedict XVI, known as German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, blesses pilgrims from the balcony of the St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican in this April 19, 2005 file photo.
Kevin Martin’s Alberta rink continues to struggle at Brier
Alberta skip Kevin Martin, left, and third John Morris pause for a moment during the afternoon draw against Northern Ontario at the Tim Hortons Brier in Edmonton, Alta. Monday, March 4, 2013.
B.C. Liberals botch the politics of ethnic outreach
B.C. Premier Christy Clark is followed by her communications director Ben Chin as she walks out to speak to reporters after an emergency cabinet meeting in Vancouver on Sunday, March 3.
Why aboriginal people are underrepresented on juries
Frank Iacobucci, former Supreme Court justice and Independent Reviewer, speaks on his report on First Nations Representation on Ontario juries.
Miners’ gloomy outlook dims driller’s prospects
Major Drilling says conventional drilling services have been the hit the hardest.
Pratt & Whitney uncovers fraudulent engine testing scheme
Workers assemble a PW500 engine destined for a Cesna Citation at the Pratt and Whitney plant in Longueuil, Que. Pratt & Whitney signed multiple deals Tuesday.
At the world’s biggest mining convention, schmoozing benefits charities
Attracting industry players from 125 countries around the world, the PDAC is the world’s largest mining convention, and also the first big event in the calendar year, providing a unique opportunity for CEOs, engineers and financiers to rub shoulders with allies and rivals.
China top oil importer for the first time
Demand in China has been ticking up over the past two decades amid rapid economic growth and the proliferation of vehicles, while refining capacity continues to grow.
Vatican joins Iran, resists UN effort to fight violence against women
This photo made available by Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, England shows Malala Yousufzai saying goodbye as she is discharged from the hospital to continue her rehabilitation at her familys temporary home in the area, Friday, Jan. 4, 2013. The teenage Pakistani girl, shot in the head by the Taliban for promoting girls' education, has been released from the hospital after impressing doctors with her strength. Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham officials said Friday 15-year-old Malala Yousufzai will be treated as an outpatient before being readmitted for further cranial re-constructive surgery at the end of the month or in early February.
The princes of the church
Cardinal Odilo Pedro Scherer, of Brazil, middle, is followed by compatriot Cardinal Geraldo Majella Agnelo, left, as they arrive for a meeting at the Vatican, Monday, March 4, 2013.
Why the banks can't win in a 'race to the bottom'
A women enters a Bank of Montreal in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Feb. 05, 2013. BMO has dropped its advertised rate for a five-year fixed mortgage to 2.99 per cent.
How a company builds culture around at-home work force
businessman sitting in front of a video conference camera in an office
Work like a spy: A secret agent’s guide to business success
Work Like a Spy: Business Tips from a Former CIA Officer
‘I am a people trainer for dogs'
To be a professional dog trainer, Caryn Liles says you must have empathy and analytical skills and, above all, love dogs.
Olympic curling trials on the minds of Brier teams still chasing a berth
Manitoba skip Jeff Stoughton (L) and Ontario skip Glenn Howard laugh prior to their round robin match against each other at the Canadian Men's Curling Championships in Edmonton, Alberta March 3, 2013.
Toyota sees first full-year European profit since 2007
Employees build Toyota Yaris hybrid cars at the assembly plant in Onnaing, northern France, in this Oct. 8, 2012 file photo.
Sabres’ Kaleta suspended five games for hit on Rangers’ Richards
Buffalo Sabres right wing Patrick Kaleta (36) picks up a loose puck in front of Tampa Bay Lightning defenceman Matt Carle (25) during the first period of an NHL game Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, in Tampa, Fla.
Cardinal Marc Ouellet talks to Peter Mansbridge
Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet in Rome, Italy on June 4, 2009.
Man in the green Stetson brought verve and sass to public life during Trudeau era
Eugene Whelan is seen in a November 2006 file photo.
As Lear, Clare Coulter submits to an ego-bruising experiment
Clare Coulter as Lear (holding 'the Fool') at Toronto’s Harbourfront Centre.
Alberta Premier's poll numbers drop sharply ahead of budget
Premier Alison Redford speaks at the first annual Alberta Economic Summit held at Mount Royal College on Saturday, February 09, 2013 in Calgary, Alberta.
Euro zone to bail out Cyprus – but money laundering must stop
Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades, shown in a file photo, promised on Thursday to work for a swift deal to prop up the island’s banks.
Art and voodoo: Spend an afternoon in Miami’s Little Haiti
Celebrating Haitian Flag Day in the Miami neighbourhood of Little Haiti.
Love frozen entrées? Here’s how to choose a healthy one
Leslie Beck
Winter puts a chill on U.K. clothing retailer
Arthur Porter gave money to federal Conservatives while heading spy watchdog
Prime Minister Stephen Harper, right, chats with Dr. Arthur Porter, left, at the Montreal General hospital in Montreal Friday Nov.24, 2006.
Stock to watch: Trevali Mining poised for new life as zinc producer
A workman checks zinc bars ready for dispatch at Xstrata’s San Juan de Nieva refinery in Spain in this file photo.
Controversial Swiss pay curbs find support in Germany, France
After Swiss citizens voted to impose some of the world’s strictest controls on executive pay, French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault voiced support for similar rules in France.
5 songs you've got to hear: Nashville's answer to Sarah Harmer, and more
My Morning Jacket
Premier apologizes for ethnic voter plan as minister resigns
John Yap speaks to reporters after stepping down as minister responsible for multiculturalism over his party’s ethnic voter outreach plan at the B.C. Legislature in Victoria on March 4, 2013.
Company Theatre to stage Amy Herzog’s Belleville
Maria Dizzia and Greg Keller play a couple whose marriage is unravelling in Paris in Amy Herzog’s Belleville at the New York Theatre Workshop in New York.
The close: Dow moves closer to record while TSX slumps
Bell moves closer to Astral with sale of TV assets
Bell Canada Enterprises (BCE) president and chief executive officer George Cope (L) and Ian Greenberg (R), president and chief executive officer of Astral Media Inc., speak at a news conference in Montreal in this March 16, 2012 file photo.
Frozen dinner sales collapse in France after horsemeat scandal
A map of France showing regions and its cheeses, right, is seen next to a hanging board with butchers’ horsemeat cuts at Le Taxi Jaune restaurant in Paris, Feb. 14, 2013. Sales of frozen meat-based prepared meals such as lasagna fell by nearly 30 per cent in France after the horsemeat scandal and are showing no sign of recovery, market research firm SymphonyIRI said on Monday.
Nijinsky: Why the National Ballet has a hit on its hands
Guillaume Côté and Heather Ogden in Nijinsky.
Who wants to buy Aurizon Mines? Not these shareholders
Aurizon Gold has eight properties in Quebec, including the Casa Berardi gold mine, as well as several development and exploration projects.
Insiders suggest now is the time to snap up junior miners on the cheap
Ken Read leaving Own The Podium
Ken Read, president of Alpine Canada,  speaks to the media during a news conference in Vancouver Wednesday October 26, 2005
Joni Mitchell, Alberta Ballet artistic director collaborating on new work
Joni Mitchell, right, plays at the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame Gala in Toronto, Sunday, January 28, 2007.
Party photos of the week: 50th Tartan Ball
India's patent board rules against Bayer in generic drug case
The Bayer AG chemical park is pictured in Leverkusen, Germany in a Jan. 31, 2013 file photo.
Alberta’s largest unions warn of cuts to public service
Alberta Premier Alison Redford, shown Feb. 9, 2013.
Whitecaps captain Jay DeMerit out indefinitely with torn Achilles tendon
Vancouver Whitecaps' goalkeeper Joe Cannon, top, checks on injured teammate Jay DeMerit who had to be carried off the field during the first half of an MLS soccer game against Toronto FC in Vancouver, B.C., on Saturday March 2, 2013.
Lives Lived: Hon Yuk Ying, 88
Areva plans first nuclear fuel shipment to Japan since Fukushima
Workers walk near the No.4 reactor of the Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO)’s tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima prefecture, in this photo released by Kyodo, March 1, 2013, ahead of the second-year anniversary of the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami. French energy group Areva said it was preparing to send nuclear fuel to Japan for the first time since the Fukushima disaster, a sign of possible restarts of idled Japanese reactors.
Three 1960s libraries get a medal-winning makeover
Big blocky chairs, a shared design element, give the Lorne Park Library lounge area a contemporary look. ‘The big part of all these projects is to draw people back into the libraries,’ says Mr. Sharp, the architect. After the renovations, all of the libraries have reported increased traffic.
Mississauga library makeovers ‘poetically expressed’
Blocky tangerine chairs punctuate the newly-opened up space at the Port Credit Library in Mississauga. The new windows, on what was previously a solid wall, open up to a view of the Credit River.
Shoot 4D photos on your next vacation
Take 4D images with a Lytro camera.
Irish drug maker battles $6.6-billion hostile takeover bid
Two women pass Biogen Idec in Cambridge, Mass. in this file photo. Irish drug maker Elan said on Monday it would give shareholders 20 per cent of future royalties from multiple sclerosis drug Tysabri, in which it holds a 50-per-cent interest that it plans to sell to its U.S. partner Biogen.
Appeal of doctor-assisted suicide ruling postponed two weeks
People demonstrate outside the B.C. Court of Appeal before a hearing into the federal government’s appeal of the B.C. Supreme Court ruling that struck down the laws making physician-assisted dying illegal, in Vancouver on March 4, 2013.
The goalie dominoes fall in the southeast
Florida Panthers goalie Mark Markstrom stops a Boston Bruins' shot on goal during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Sunrise, Fla., Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013.
How I learned to love the Big Fat Indian Wedding
After days of dancing and mehendi it’s time for the big ceremony.
Don’t rush into housing market just for a low mortgage rate
Rob Carrick
Are household appliances getting too complicated?
Prominent economist welcomes our job-stealing robot overlords
Scott Barlow
Read Toronto Star staff memos from publisher, editor
A pedestrian walks past a Toronto Star newspaper box in front of the Toronto Star building at One Yonge Street in Toronto January 18, 2008.
Psychogenic illness: What happens when the mind causes real pain?
Receiving a diagnosis of psychogenic movement disorder was ‘a huge sigh of relief,’ Kieran Porter says.
Liberals claim supporter sign-ups ‘exceeded expectations,’ but won’t release numbers yet
Justin Trudeau, left, and Marc Garneau exchange views at the Liberal leadership debate in Halifax, March 3, 2013.
Andrew Preston wins Charles Taylor Prize for book on U.S. diplomacy
Andrew Preston walks to the stage to be awarded the Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction at the King Edward Hotel in Toronto, March 4 , 2013.
Ex-lovers did nothing untoward on bridge before ferry accident, court told
Karen Briker arrives at B.C. Supreme Court to testify at the Queen of the North passenger ferry sinking trial in Vancouver on March 4, 2013.
Who says you can’t have fun in Dull, Scotland?
Who says you can’t have fun in Dull, Scotland?
How to stop missing the RRSP deadline
F-35 jets hit with more delays, MacKay warns, thanks to U.S. sequestration
A Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is shown in this undated handout photo. If the Harper government proceeds with its controversial F-35 program, the stealth fighters might not drop as many bombs or fire as many missiles as previously estimated, according to a Parliamentary Library research publication tabled this week.
Study predicts Arctic shipping quickly becoming a reality
Three polar bears are seen on the Beaufort Sea coast within the 1002 Area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
It’s a bull! It’s a bear! It’s...a muddle
Father's $22,000 cellphone bill: Is price-gouging or bad parenting to blame?
Businessman with cell phone
Sri Lanka takes next step to opening strategic China-built port
Hyundai cars manufactured in India are parked after being unloaded from the carrier ship in Hambantota, Sri Lanka. The port is envisioned as a refuelling and service point for cargo ships which pass a few kilometres away off the southern tip of the Indian Ocean island nation, on one of the world’s busiest east-west shipping lanes.
TSO explores the intersection of technology and classical music
The theme of this year’s New Creations Festival, which opened at the Toronto Symphony Orchestra on Saturday, is the partnership of technology and music.
Crescent Point Energy is not a buy and hold stock
Swiss may set pace by bringing hammer down on pay
The Swiss Federal Assembly Parliament in Bern. Violation of new laws affecting compensation will be punishable by jail terms.
Toronto Star to cut jobs citing declines in ad revenue
A pedestrian walks past a Toronto Star newspaper box in front of the Toronto Star building at One Yonge Street in Toronto January 18, 2008.
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