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August 15

Devils sale another feather in Gary Bettman’s cap
David Shoalts
Milestone nears for Riders’ Simon
Saskatchewan Roughriders' Geroy Simon, reacts to a Calgary Stampeders' touchdown during second half CFL football action in Calgary, Alta., Friday, Aug. 9, 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Pillar gets used to big-league life with Blue Jays
Toronto Blue Jays left fielder Kevin Pillar makes diving catch of a ball hit by Boston Red Sox left fielder Jonny Gomes during sixth inning AL baseball action in Toronto on Wednesday, August 14, 2013.
Best pictures from August 15
Ivan Ukhov of Russia clears the bar in the men's high jump final during the IAAF World Athletics Championships at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow August 15, 2013. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach (RUSSIA - Tags: SPORT ATHLETICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
In pictures: First totem pole raised on Gwaii Haanas in 130 years
Some of the hundreds who gathered in Gwaii Haanas work together to lift the first totem pole raised in the area in 130 years.
Double gold for Canada at Paralympic swimming world championships
Montreal’s Benoit Huot won gold on Thursday in men’s 200-metre individual medley in the S10 disability category.
The day after, chaos and heartbreak reign over Egypt
The Rabaah al-Adaqiya mosque was heavily damaged in the clashes; so too were Coptic churches throughout Egypt.
Buehrle outlasts Peavy as Blue Jays frustrate Red Sox
Boston Red Sox centre fielder Jacoby Ellsbury reacts after striking next to Toronto Blue Jays catcher J.P. Arencibia during eighth inning AL baseball action in Toronto on Thursday, August 15, 2013.
What the world can (and can't) do after Egypt's deadly day
A man searches for the identity card of a relative who died during clashes between supporters of ousted Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi and security forces in the Nasr City neighborhood of Cairo, Aug. 15, 2013.
Totem pole celebrates Haida’s pact with Canada
A man signals with his hat to those raising a totem pole Thursday in Gwaii Haanas.
Hutchison, Drabek on road to recovery from Tommy John surgery
Toronto Blue Jays starter Kyle Drabek is recovering from his second Tommy John procedure. (file photo)
Journalist Art Mantell loved to cover human drama
Art Mantell took a break from journalism in the late 1960s, spending five years at the National Research Council.
Coverage of the Egyptian upheaval on front pages around the world
Teenagers ride success of newest bright star in hockey blogosphere
Seventeen year old Iroquois Ridge High School students and Co-founders of their hockey website The Houckey House (www.thehockeyhouse.net) Sam Lehner and Stephen Ellis in the library at their school in Oakville on July 11, 2013. The pair came up with the idea from a business class and followed through working on the idea at school before they launched the site, with Ellis working as the Editor/Writer and Lehner the Head of Technology and Marketing for the website.
Wynne’s scaled-back cuts part of plan to reconnect with rural regions
Adam Radwanski
Equipment problems, poor planning cited in fatal Sechelt training exercise
The Royal Canadian Marine Search & Rescue craft Lewis-McPhee.
Lives Lived: Barbara Elizabeth Killinger
Barbara Elizabeth Killinger.
CFL Week 8 picks
Toronto Argonauts' Ricky Ray, gets set to throw the ball down field during first half CFL action against the Montreal Alouettes in Montreal on August 8, 2013. He's appeared in just five games this season but Ricky Ray already appears to be in mid-season form. The Toronto Argonauts veteran quarterback stands third overall in passing with 1,355 yards despite missing a game due to a knee injury.
Canadian executive convicted in Indian bribery conspiracy
Praful Patel, India's minister of civil aviation, attends the International Conference on the Civil Aviation Sector in India, in New Delhi, on Thursday, Nov. 25, 2010.
Markets hit as Fed fears grow
A trader rubs his head as he looks up at informational screens while working on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shortly before the closing of the market in New York, August 15, 2013. U.S. stocks had the biggest one-day percentage drop since late June on Thursday in higher-than-average trading volume after poor results and outlooks from Dow components Wal-Mart and Cisco.
B.C. coroner confirms suicide of former RCMP spokesman
Sergeant Pierre Lemaitre on the stand via live video feed April 21, 2009, during the Braidwood Inquiry into the death of Robert Dziekanski.
Rob Ford calls summer council meeting to discuss Holyday vacancy
Doug Holyday addresses the media during a scrum outside the mayor's office at Toronto city hall, August 12, 2013.
Reed defeats Spieth in playoff in Greensboro
Patrick Reed
Verizon’s delay shows Ottawa’s ‘absurdity,’ BCE chief says
BCE head George Cope says Canadian carriers and Verizon are not on an even playing field.
Top auditor to review entire Senate as probe of spending scandal widens
Auditor General Michael Ferguson is said to have made his plans to audit every senator clear while meeting with a Senate sub-committee on August 13, 2013.
Oil’s new Arctic passage to Europe
Omnitrax looks to bolster the types of cargo it handles at Churchill’s port, a facility that had long been dependent on grain exports by the Canadian Wheat Board, which lost its monopoly last year.
The military’s massacre of peaceful protesters has taken Egypt to the brink
Egyptian relatives and colleagues of policemen who were killed during Wednesday's clashes carry coffins covered with national flags during a military funeral in Cairo on Aug. 15, 2013. Egyptian authorities on Thursday raised the death toll from clashes the previous day between police and supporters of the ousted Islamist president, saying hundreds of people died and laying bare the extent of the violence that swept much of the country and prompted the government to declare a nationwide state of emergency and a nighttime curfew.
Flaherty cooled the housing market without dousing it
A woman walks past homes for sale in the Kitsilano neighborhood in Vancouver on September 18, 2012.
Canadian home sales gaining momentum
Real estate signs in the Fairview Slopes neighbourhood in Vancouver.
Blue Bombers desperate for a win after tumultuous week
Winnipeg Blue Bombers' Chad Simpson, right, is tackled by Hamilton Tiger-Cats' Jamall Johnson during first half CFL action in Guelph, Ont., July 13, 2013. Chad Simpson knows the one way to stop more heads from rolling is for the floundering Blue Bombers to win a football game.
Toronto cyclist rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries
The intersection of Dundas Street and Manning Avenue after a collision between a cyclist and automobile.
Buffett bets on Suncor and oil sands
Billionaire financier Warren Buffett revealed in a U.S. regulatory filing that he has accumulated a stake of 17.8-million shares in Suncor Energy Inc., worth $620-million at the current share price.
A super (secret) way to quadruple your charitable giving
Preet Banerjee
How BlackBerry got swarmed at the mall
Attendants at the launch of a new Blackberry phone in Toronto, Jan. 30 2013.
Nova Scotia fiscal update could signal a looming election
Finance Minister Maureen MacDonald attends a technical briefing before delivering the first fiscal update for 2012-2013 since the Nova Scotia government released its spring budget, in Halifax on Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012.
Stampeders' Paredes aims to extend record for consecutive field goals
Stampeders kicker Rene Paredes is the CFL record-holder for most consecutive field goals with 36. (file photo)
Curb appeal nets Lawrence Park home full asking price
Done Deal, 122 St Leonards Ave., Toronto
Beaconsfield two-bedroom draws several offers
Done Deal, 26 Afton Ave., Toronto
Should I negotiate for more severance?
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Three top stock picks from Leon Frazer’s Douglas Kee
Douglas Kee, Chief investment officer for Leon Frazer & Associates.
Make family time as important as work time
Harvey Schachter
There's heavy demand in all sectors for ‘lean’ specialists
Jmee Lynn Widjaya brought her lean business skills to Sun Life Financial after working in the aerospace, banking and media sectors.
Buffett-inspired Canadian portfolio gets boost from MTY Food
Police charge Edmonton man after two-year-old son left in hot vehicle
Mexico hopes energy reforms will spark drilling boom
A platform belonging to Mexico’s state-run oil monopoly Pemex is seen in the Bay of Campeche April 19, 2013. The country is enduring a crippling shortage of gas and pipeline capacity.
The berry-picking shirt: Stuff is where the stories lie
Former Jays great Joe Carter says baseball drug cheats are getting off easy
Former Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Joe Carter doesn’t think the punishments for baseball’s drug cheats went far enough. (file photo)
Ontario man, 61, charged in major drug seizure at Ambassador Bridge in Windsor
The Ambassador Bridge spans the Detroit River dividing Canada and the U.S.
Marketing dilemmas in a world of Twitter and Facebook
“Only 7 per cent of word of mouth happens online,” said Jonah Berger, a marketing professor at the Wharton business school at the University of Pennsylvania. “…Marketers are always chasing the shiniest new toys and jumping on the bandwagon, but it’s important to take a step back and think about the strategy.”
Raonic misses out on Cincinnati quarter-finals with loss to Isner
Milos Raonic, from Canada,hits a return during a match against John Isner, of the United States, at the Western & Southern Open tennis tournament, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013, in Mason, Ohio. Isner won 7-6 (5), 6-4.
Two car crash victims robbed in Toronto as they waited for paramedics
Tapering: Three ways the Fed would cushion the blow
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke.
U.S. consumer lagging behind the recovery
Sean Silcoff
RCMP suspends production of reality TV show
Members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) wave to the crowd as they participate in the annual Canada Day parade in Montreal, Monday, July 1, 2013.
Ai Weiwei exhibit offers a monumental study of contradiction
Forever Bicycles, 2003. Media preview of the Ai Weiwei: According to What? exhibit at the Art Gallery of Ontario
Party photos of the week: The Outnet's end-of-summer bash
Jenna Bitove, Jennifer Payette, and Suzanne Rogers
Ontario Tories won’t drop contempt motion even if Liberal speaker emails investigated
Ontario Tory House leader, Jim Wilson, centre, refuses to drop a contempt motion against the Liberals that will be passed when legislation resumes on Sept. 9, 2013 because the justice committee was not allowed to ask about emails showing senior Liberals talked about getting Speaker Dave Levac to change a preliminary finding of contempt against the government in the gas plants scandal.
In Pictures: Ai Weiwei exhibit offers a monumental study of contradiction
Grapes, 2010.
Othello: The tragedy’s mood is captured brilliantly
A new production of Othello, starring, from left, Bethany Jillard, Dion Johnstone, Graham Abbey, opened on Wednesday at the Stratford Festival’s Avon Theatre.
A new study finds chivalry isn’t dead, but maybe it should be
A new study says men are expected to pay for their supper in the early stage of courtship.
Who makes the most money in Canada - and why is it anyone’s business?
The close: Wall Street slammed but TSX rises on gold, telecom stocks
Neil Catania, right, works with fellow traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013. Warnings of weaker sales from two major companies and concern that the Federal Reserve could ease off its support for the economy sent the stock market spiraling lower Thursday.
On gay rights, Conservatives could learn a thing or two from John Baird
Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird Mr. Baird says an anti-gay Russian law enacted in June is hateful and mean-spirited.
Lisa Robin Kelly, former star of That ‘70s Show, dead at 43
Late actress Lisa Robin Kelly in a 2012 mug shot
Teenager dies after being shot three weeks ago near Jane and Finch
Daniel Alfredsson says contract negotiations with Sens ‘went nowhere’
Former Ottawa Senator Daniel Alfredsson takes part in a press conference in Ottawa on Thursday, August 15, 2013
Jeannette Walls' new novel is a 'homage to sisterhood'
Author Jeanette Walls may seem glamorous, but her humble beginning that inspired her writing were anything but.
Detour Gold soars since risky financing
Detour Gold’s storage dome at the Detour Lake mine in northern Ontario.
Have you ever been fired?
Have you ever been fired?
How to help kids stay cool about back-to-school worries
No matter the age, some children do feel very anxious about going back to school, especially if its a new school.
Cyprus off-shore find may create export opportunities
The Homer Ferrington gas drilling rig is operated by Noble Energy and drilling in an offshore block on concession from the Cypriot government in the east Mediterranean on November 21, 2011.
Video proves unwanted salmon being left for dead on seiners, group alleges
This summertime activity lets your kids go wild with paint
Is there a kid anywhere who does not jump for joy at the prospect of painting all over someone’s body?
Gold zooms to 7-week high as U.S. equities slide
File photo of gold bars in the vault of the branch office of precious metal trader Degussa in Zurich April 19, 2013.
Dental college offers reward to help track down rogue B.C. dentist
An image taken from a video recorded by private investigators shows unlicensed dentist Tung Sheng Wu being visited by police and other authorities at his home office in Burnaby on May 29, 2013.
Grand Theft Auto Online looks like Rockstar’s biggest sandbox game yet
Grand Theft Auto Online is in essence an entirely new game running in the GTA 5 engine, a reason to keep logging in for months after the single-player campaign is over
Video: A rundown of how Grand Theft Auto Online looks and plays
How can I stop my friend from objectifying women in front of me?
Entire Winlaw volunteer fire department resigns to protest chief’s suspension
Winlaw, B.C. as displayed on Google Maps.
Herbalife kept links to Canadian pyramid scheme for a decade
Bill Ackman, founder of hedge fund Pershing Square, has claimed that Herbalife is a pyramid scheme, while the company has said it is legitimate.
La Pirogue: The official trailer
Canadian Pacific rejects order to pay for Lac-Mégantic cleanup
Canadian Pacific Railway locomotives are shuffled around a marshalling yard in Calgary in 2012. The railway is rejecting a legal demand by the Quebec government that it help fund the cleanup of Lac-Mégantic.
University of Toronto shocked at sex assault allegations against instructor
Wynne promises to address environmental concerns before reverse flow of pipeline
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne answers reporters questions Aug 2, 2013 the day after provincial by-elections.
Tobacco companies burn brightly, still
Gabor Kovacs of 'smoke no smoke' smokes an e-cigarette that his shop sells at Camden in London June 9, 2013.
Home of the Week: Toronto home rebuilt on modern lines
Home of the Week, 128 MONTGOMERY AVE., TORONTO, ASKING PRICE: $1,465,00. Owner Azad Mardukhi wanted to bring a more modern look to his north Toronto neighbourhood. 'This neighbourhood is changing. The demographic is changing,' Mr. Mardukhi says. 'So I wanted to be a trendsetter – for lack of a better word – on my street in terms of architecture.’
Owning Coyotes a ‘dream come true’ for Calgary businessman George Gosbee
George Gosbee, Chairman and CEO of Alta Corp Capital is photographed at the first annual Alberta Economic Summit held at Mount Royal College on Saturday, February 09, 2013 in Calgary.
To dodge the expenses scandal, Tories pretend they lead the mob
Bruce Anderson
REIT valuations baffle Bay Street as yields rise
Toronto’s Bay Street, home to Canada’s financial district, is pictured in January, 2013. Sluggish corporate profits might force the Bank of Canada to reconsider its positive outlook for the rest of the year.
Not creepy dad endorses great sex for his daughter in open letter
Home of the Week: A home rebuilt on modern lines
Home of the Week, 128 Montgomery Ave., Toronto
At midday: Dow down sharply; TSX telecom stocks rise
Trader sad new york stock exchange investing
Carrick on money: The changes ahead for your pension
Financial Plans
Public editor: How government tries to define the news agenda
Ontario's Liberal Premier Dalton McGuinty holds a press conference in the Ontario Legislature on Monday October 15, 2012, after resigning.
University of Alberta students coming back to financial panic on campus
The University of Alberta campus in Edmonton.
Students’ use of laptops in class found to lower grades
Laptop keyboard, online calculator.
Illegal dentist continued treating patients after clinic search: court documents
Tung Sheng “David” Wu, seen here in this Aug. 7, 2012, photo, is believed to have been practicing dentistry illegally in B.C. since the 1990s.
In a hot Toronto market, should I price my house high or low?
A Toronto house sold.
Images from Thursday's action at the World Athletics Championships
United States' Inika Mcpherson competes waits to compete in the women's high jump qualification at the World Athletics Championships in the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013.
No more phone calls: Is online polling the future?
Angus Reid
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