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TIFF Day 6: The day everyone took photos of only Scarlett Johansson
Scarlett Johansson poses for a photograph on the red carpet at the gala for the new movie "Don Jon" during the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto on TuesdaySept. 10, 2013.
Repairing the Saddledome one seat cushion at a time
Workers install new seats as they prepare to re-open the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary.
In Pictures: Celebrating 100 years on the St. Clair streetcar line
Canucks retreat to northern locale as quest for elusive Cup begins
Vancouver Canucks goalie Roberto Luongo and twins Henrik and Daniel Sedin playing table hockey with residents of Haida Gwaii during a team visit and lunchtime barbeque at the community hall in Old Massett on Tuesday.
Best pictures from September 10
A Nepalese woman devotee, hands covered with vermilion powder, offers prayers on the banks of the Bagmati River on Rishi Panchami in Katmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013. Rishi Panchami is a purifying and atonement day for Hindu women in Nepal. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
Blair: Montreal should make the most of exhibition baseball games
Fans cheers on the Montreal Expos during the team's final home game ever in Montreal against the Florida Marlins at Olympic Stadium, September 29, 2004.
Return of Romero a silver lining as Angels pound Buehrle and the Jays
Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Mark Buehrle, right, reacts next to Blue Jays catcher J.P. Arencibia moments before being pulled from the game against the Los Angeles Angels during fifth inning AL action in Toronto on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013.
St. Clair community celebrates 100 years of streetcar line
The St. Clair streetcar previously ran in its own dedicated boulevard before 1928.
How do I use the fat-burning programs on my treadmill?
Smitherman worried about missing husband
George Smitherman, left, met Christopher Peloso in 1994, and the two were married in 2007.
Sam’s sign won’t return to Yonge Street
To the lament of many, the city plans to allow Ryerson University to install the iconic neon records somewhere else.
Don't just sit there: Try the jumping jack plank
Leafs, Kadri agree on two-year deal
Toronto Maple Leafs center Nazem Kadri (43) celebrates a goal against the Buffalo Sabres during the first period of their NHL game in Buffalo, New York March 21, 2013.
Millard not to seek bail, as police continue to search farm
Police execute a search warrant at a farm property owned by Dellen Millard in North Dumfries, Ontario, Monday, September 9, 2013.
Growing pains at social housing complex near Vancouver’s Olympic Village
RainCity Housing director Sean Spear says the complaints about the Marguerite Ford complex are common ones whenever a new social-housing project opens.
Dealing with Syria's chemical weapons easier said than done
In this Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013 citizen journalism image provided by the United media office of Arbeen which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, members of the UN investigation team take samples from sand near a part of a missile that is likely to be one of the chemical rockets according to activists, in the Damascus countryside of Ain Terma, Syria. Russia's proposal to place Syria's chemical weapons stockpile under international control for dismantling would involve a lengthy and complicated operation made more difficult by a deep lack of trust. Syria is believed by experts to have 1,000 tons of chemical warfare agents scattered over several dozen sites across the country, and just getting them transferred while fighting rages presents a logistical and security nightmare.
Diversity welcome in B.C., Clark says as provinces weigh in on Quebec charter
‘To folks in Quebec, who might want to live in a more diverse society, we’d love to have you come out here,’ Ms. Clark said on Sept. 10, 2013, when asked about Quebec’s proposed Charter of Values.
MacGregor: Healed Sens ready to hit ground running
Roy MacGregor
Habs’ fifth-rounders unfazed by draft rankings
Darren Dietz, of Medicine Hat, Alta., was selected in the fifth round in 2011 by the Montreal Canadiens.
Tories gear up for constitutional fight as parties unite against PQ’s charter
‘Freedom of religion is a fundamental, universal value inscribed in our own Constitution, and this government will defend it vigorously,’ Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney said on Sept. 10, 2013, in response to Quebec’s proposed charter of values.
What you'll learn from watching the new Jimi Hendrix biopic
Portrait of Jimi Hendrix from Jan. 1, 1967.
NDP to zero in on Liberal ‘failings’ this fall, Mulcair says
NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair addresses the media at a national caucus strategy session on Sept. 10, 2013, in Saskatoon.
Five key consequences of Quebec’s planned Charter of Values
Daycare worker Samah Tliba poses for a photograph at a daycare centre in Montreal on Sept. 10, 2013.
Girls’ Adam Driver had to work to overcome camel fears in TIFF flick
Actor Adam Driver ponders a question during the press conference for The F Word at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto on Sunday, Sept. 8, 2013.
Errol Morris dedicates his new film to Roger Ebert at TIFF
Filmmaker Errol Morris is shown during an interview at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013.
Nurse Rosemarie Riddell saw beyond the stigma of HIV/AIDS
Rosemarie Riddell on the ward at St Paul’s Hospital.
Watch: Ukraine and England battle to a draw
Foreign couple’s divorce a first for same-sex unions solemnized in Canada
Thousands of same-sex couples who came to Canada to get married can now be assured of their right to a divorce.
Ticats’ Burris poised to enter record books
Henry Burris has helped the Hamilton Tiger-Cats keep pace this season with the East Division-leading Toronto Argonauts.
Clark defends cancellation of fall legislative session
B.C. Premier Christy Clark talks with construction workers in West Kelowna, July 11, 2013.
Why I’m not giving up on Fortis
John Heinzl
Sebastian Vettel more than just the fastest F1 driver
Johan De Nysschen, President of Infiniti, talks with German Formula One racing driver Sebastian Vettel (L) during the presentation of an Infiniti Q30 concept car during a media preview day at the Frankfurt Motor Show on September 10, 2013.
Why investors shouldn't fret over Dow index shake-up
Quebec’s secular code cuts off the province from its roots of tolerance
The Quebec government website shows examples of acceptable and unacceptable religious symbols allowed to be worn by public servants, according to its proposed Charter of Quebec Values.
National leaders stand up to discrimination in Quebec
Liberal leader Justin Trudeau speaks at the opening of the Liberal caucus in Georgetown, P.E.I. on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013.
Global auto stocks with sales and earnings traction
Shoalts: Bernier gives Leafs fans genuine cause for hope
Jonathan Bernier laughs following a charity hockey game in Chateauguay, Que., Thursday, September 27, 2012.
Air Canada stock rides upward draft this summer
Air Canada stock has risen by more than 50 per cent in the past five weeks.
Metrolinx says council vote needed to reopen changes to Scarborough subway plan
This Metrolinx-TTC rendering shows LRT cars passing on Eglinton LRT line.
Lifting the veil from Quebec’s economy
Quebec Premier Pauline Marois receives the Charter of Quebec Values from Citizenship Minister Bernard Drainville Sept. 10, 2013 at the legislature in Quebec City.
In pictures: U.S. marks the 12th anniversary of 9/11
A flower is left along the North Pool of the 9/11 Memorial during a ceremony marking the 12th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York September 11, 2013.
Watch: EPL stars lead the way in World Cup qualifying
A bib’s eye view
PGA Tour Canada golfer Mike Mezei with caddy Robert Thompson
I’m in my fifties. How do I switch careers?
Katie Bennett
Three ways to boost your career mojo
Eileen Chadnick
Transcript: How to manage superstars at work
Montreal Canadiens’ P.K. Subban celebrates after scoring against the Ottawa Senators during first period of game five first round NHL Stanley Cup playoff hockey action in Montreal on May 9, 2013.
How to keep workers from mentally checking out
Bill Howatt
Ottawa reaches deal to sell 30 million shares of GM stock
The GM car plant in Oshawa, Ont., shown on July 20, 2013.
‘Don’t assume that we’re stupid’
Television ads are posted in front of the Carlton hotel in Cannes.
Bombers coach hopes defence can put together another great game
Saskatchewan Roughriders' Darian Durant (4) gets the ball away despite pressure from Winnipeg Blue Bombers during the second half of their CFL game in Winnipeg Sunday, September 8, 2013.
Why no one's buying this 9/11-themed golf-course ad
This is the advertisement from Tumbledown Trails that appeared in the Wisconsin State Journal on Sept. 9, 2013. The owner of the Tumbledown Trails golf course near Madison, Wis., apologized Tuesday for the ad.
Canadian men’s soccer team wraps up first camp under Floro with loss to Mauritania
Members of Canada's national men's soccer team practice in Toronto on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012.
Northern Ontario floods leave man dead, four communities under state of emergency
Can we put the post-9/11 stigma of Muslim Americans behind us?
Finger-licking goodness: A menu that will be a hit with the kids
Spicy Buffalo Chicken Legs are meatier take on Buffalo wings.
White chocolate fruit and nut squares
Cucumber salad with blue cheese and spicy vinaigrette
Spicy buffalo chicken legs
Spicy Buffalo Chicken Legs are meatier take on Buffalo wings.
Dix to announce plans next week
B.C. NDP Leader Adrian Dix pauses while addressing supporters after the Liberal Party was projected to win a majority government in Vancouver on May 14, 2013.
Talking Points: Water bottle sculpture, human-to-human mind control, good fathers
BLUE-SKYING: A worker builds a sculpture made of 7000 recycled plastic water bottles fitted with LED lights at Victoria Park in Hong Kong.
The close: TSX left out of Wall Street rally, Apple sags
Trader watches the screens at a bank in Lisbon July 3, 2013. Portugal's benchmark PSI20 equity index tumbles 6.4 percent in massive volumes, hitting a near eight-month low, as the country's political crisis fuels fears that Lisbon's plan to exit an international bailout could derail.
Former Toronto children’s sports coach facing sex charges
Moviegoer calls 911 after getting fed up with cellphone use at TIFF
Kid busted for using cellphone in movie theatre.
Is e-trading an ace in the hole for markets?
The TD Securities trading floor in Toronto.
Crane company owner slams disaster team that responded to Elliot Lake mall collapse
Dave Selvers, owner of Millennium Crane, is seen outside the mall-collapse inquiry in Elliot Lake, Ont., on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013. Selvers criticized the Heavy Search and Urban Rescue Team at the deadly collapse as of "no use whatsoever."
In Photos: A rehabilitated porpoise returns to the sea
Members of the Vancouver Aquarium tend to Levi, a rehabilitated adult porpoise, aboard a boat near Saanich Inlet, B.C., on Sept., 10, 2013.
Tears and goodbyes as porpoise released into waters off B.C. after months of rehab
Members of the Vancouver Aquarium slowly release Levi, a rehabilitated adult porpoise, into the waters off Saanich Inlet, B.C., on Sept., 9, 2013.
Canadian Tire files REIT initial offering
Canadian Tire’s proposed new REIT will acquire a majority of the company’s real estate.
Why cheap natural gas may be a boost to farmers
Nitrogen fertilizer, seen here in granules, is closely tethered to the price and supply of natural gas.
Canadian Tire files prospectus for REIT IPO
Canadian Tire’s proposed new REIT will acquire a majority of the company’s real estate, including 255 retail properties and one distribution centre.
East-west pipeline will save Quebec refineries, Enbridge says
Quebec’s two remaining refineries need better access to cheaper crude and the ideal solution is reversing Line 9, said Enbridge CEO Al Monaco.
What happens when a novelist meets her fictional creations in the flesh?
Vancouver’s Aislinn Hunter is the author of the 2002 novel Stay, which has been adapted into a film playing at TIFF.
Toronto Police officer charged with child pornography
Raw pork: Tasty delicacy or too gross to contemplate?
A Toronto chef serves salsiccia cruda at his Italian restaurant, which he says is some of the ‘sweetest-tasting meat I’ve ever had.’
Don't buy those beaten-down REITs just yet
Husband of former Ontario health minister George Smitherman is missing
March 24, 2013 - TORONTO, ON: George Smitherman (left) and Christopher Peloso during Casey House's Snowball at the Mattamy Athletic Centre at the Gardens.
Images from Tuesday's World Cup qualifiers
Austria's David Alaba reacts during their World Cup qualifying soccer match against Ireland in Vienna September 10, 2013.
Party photos of the week: eOne at the Roundhouse
The PQ’s not racist – just running scared
Patrick Lagacé
Blue Jays confirm exhibition games in Montreal
Baeball fans fill Olympic Stadium to watch the Montreal Expos play their final home game against the Florida Marlins in Montreal, Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2004.
Spread: S&P/TSX REIT index yield vs 5 year Government of Canada yield, vs S&P/TSX REIT index
How the Liberals and NDP are trying to woo Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson
Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson prepares to ride his bike back to City Hall after announcing changes to the food scrap recycling program in Vancouver, B.C., on Thursday April 11, 2013.
Teen inventor designs device to rid oceans of plastic
The essence of Boyan Slat’s Ocean Cleanup Array would be to use the ocean to its advantage to clean up plastic ‘garbage patches.’
Should we boycott a vintner for making flagrantly racist statements?
Beppi Crosariol
Don Coxe: Syria and Russia may have saved Obama - and the bull market
U.S. President Barack Obama listens to remarks from French President Francois Hollande during their meeting at the G20 Summit in St. Petersburg on Sept. 6, 2013. Mr. Obama faces an uphill battle in securing U.S. lawmakers’ support of a strike on Syria.
Scotiabank’s full-service brokerage to get new leader
The marquis outside of Scotia Plaza in Toronto shows the closing numbers of the TSX at + 252.19 on Tuesday, July 3, 2012.
Tell us about your kids' daycare: Costs, headaches, and inventive solutions
Four-year-old Zain Siddiqui and his mother Tabassum arrive at his first day of school. Critics characterize full-day kindergarten as an expensive form of government-backed daycare.
Prevalence of porn in society lies at the heart of TIFF film Don Jon
Scarlett Johansson, star of the films Under the Skin and Don Jon, poses at the premiere of the Under the Skin at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival on Monday, Sept. 9, 2013.
The Neil and the Damage Done (and other twisted lyrics for Albertans angry at Neil Young)
Michael Babad
The Square gives a harrowing view from the streets of Egypt
Slower housing starts signal rate hike may be further away
David Parkinson
Nestor says Davis Cup semi will be a highlight of his long career
Canada's Daniel Nestor, left, of Toronto, Ont., and Vasek Pospisil, of Vernon, B.C., celebrate a point while playing Italy's Daniele Bracciali and Fabio Fognini during the first set of a Davis Cup tennis quarter-final doubles match in Vancouver, B.C., on Saturday April 6, 2013.
Legislature to say idle while Liberals revamp tax structure for LNG revenue
B.C. Minister of Finance Mike de Jong during a meeting with the editorial board while visiting The Globe and Mail head offices in Toronto on July 4, 2013.
How Clive Owen learned to play a drunk
Clive Owen poses for a photograph on the red carpet at the gala for the new movie Words and Pictures during the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013.
Who’s to blame for retailers’ decline? Retailers
Carl Mortished
Who’s really behind Miley Cyrus’s overexposure in racy Wrecking Ball video?
This June 29, 2013 file photo shows Miley Cyrus hosting the iHeartRadio Ultimate Pool Party at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami. NBC said Monday, Sept. 9, that the singer and actress, who popularized the word twerking and found new uses for foam fingers during an attention-getting duet with Robin Thicke on the MTV Video Music Awards last month, will be both host and musical guest of the NBC late-night program on Oct. 5.
Julia Roberts says shooting August: Osage County was life-altering
Actress Julia Roberts attends a news conference for the film "August: Osage County" at the 38th Toronto International Film Festival September 10, 2013.
Okanagan wineries hope warm summer produces bountiful grape harvest
Burrowing Owl Winery in Oliver, B.C.
In Pictures: New York 12 years after 9-11
A construction worker walks past two steel "tridents" (L) recovered from the World Trade Center site after September 11, 2001.
From referendum to dress code: The evolution of Quebec’s identity politics
Dos and don’ts: The cross on the left is an acceptable way for public employees in Quebec to wear religious symbols in the workplace. The one on the right is not, according to the government.
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