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September 15

Senators prevail as Jets remain winless in NHL preseason
Ottawa Senators' Mark Stone (61) moves in for the rebound in front of the face of Winnipeg Jets' goaltender Michael Hutchinson (34) during third period preseason NHL action in Winnipeg on Sunday, September 15, 2013.
Former Calgary Stampeders owner Sig Gutsche dies
In this file photo, Sig Gutsche, a Calgary businessman and owner of the city's Hard Rock Cafe, makes an offer to buy the CFL's Calgary Stampeders Wednesday, June 14, 1995 in Calgary, Alberta. The Stampeders announced their former owner had died in a statement on Sunday
Grigorenko scores in shootout as Sabres overcome Canadiens
Buffalo Sabres' Zemgus Girgensons (28) moves in on Montreal Canadiens' goaltender Zachary Fucale during second period NHL pre-season hockey action in Montreal, Sunday, September 15, 2013.
With Porter's plans in the wings, Bombardier to test ‘whisper jets’ on Monday
A scale model of a CS100 Bombardier airplane is displayed beside a mock-up of the future C Series Bombardier aircraft at the company’s Montreal offices in 2009. Test flights, expected Monday, are part of a lengthy approval process and won’t immediately determine how the jets would perform with Porter Airlines’ controversial expansion plan at the Toronto Islands airport.
Quebec Liberals dare PQ to call election over secular charter
Protesters in Montreal gathered this weekend to rally against a proposed ban on relgious garb.
Best pictures from September 15
Revelers throw colored powders in the air during the Holi Festival of Colors in Lisbon, Sunday, Sept. 15 2013. The festival, which is mainly celebrated during the Hindu spring festival Holi in some regions of India and Nepal, has become popular among people in other communities. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Recycling, campaign-spending limits hot topics at municipal conference
Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson walks past new household green bins used to recycle food scraps as he arrives for an announcement in Vancouver, April 11, 2013. The small bins are to be used in homes and then emptied into larger bins that will be collected by the city weekly.
The Leafs open the preseason with a win over Flyers
Leafs' Spencer Abbott watches Flyers' goalie Steve Mason make a save during first period NHL pre-season action between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Philadelphia Flyers, Sunday Sept. 15, 2013 in London, Ontario.
Kadri, Raymond key Maple Leafs' preseason win over Flyers
Leafs' Nazem Kadri celebrates the first goal of the game with David Broll (left) during first period NHL pre-season action between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Philadelphia Flyers, Sunday Sept. 15, 2013 in London, Ontario.
N.S. Liberals vow cut to surgical wait times
Provincial Liberal Leader Stephen McNeil delivers the party's platform in Halifax on Sept. 11, 2013. McNeil has vowed to cut down on wait times for surgery.
B.C. man unearths a message in a bottle dated to 1906
A photo of a bottle found on the beach at Schooner Cove near Tofino, B.C. by Steve Thurber, who works as a driver on the Vancouver Island.
B.C. touts cold climate in bid to land LNG investment
Exploration at Horn River, located north of tiny Fort Nelson in the northeastern corner of B.C., has barely begun yet is advancing quickly. The gas is stuck in shale rock, making it difficult to produce, but companies are fast figuring out the best techniques for the area. B.C.'s gas plays are taking off just as drilling in Alberta, where natural gas has long been a driver of the economy, appears to be slowing.
Ten good reasons why Dix deserves another shot
Mark Hume
Clark’s surprise win earns unlikely pals
Justine Hunter
Lulay leaves with sore shoulder but Lions avenge loss to Alouettes
B.C. Lions' Shawn Gore, left, celebrates his touchdown reception with quarterback Travis Lulay during the first half of a CFL football game against the Montreal Alouettes in Vancouver, B.C., on Sunday September 15, 2013.
Images from Sunday's Lions-Alouettes game
B.C. Lions' Nick Moore bobbles the ball in the endzone and fails to hold on as Montreal Alouettes' Ed Gainey, back, defends during the first half of a CFL football game in Vancouver, B.C., on Sunday September 15, 2013.
Boy, 13, charged with attempted murder of teenage girl
Marois and Drainville disregard legal advice
Quebec's Minister of Democratic Institutions Bernard Drainville gestures as he speaks during a news conference to present the Quebec Charter of Values at the National Assembly in Quebec City, September 10, 2013. REUTERS/Mathieu Belanger (CANADA - Tags: POLITICS)
Going backward, after the Dhaka disaster
Photographs of garment workers in Dhaka on stilt houses. REUTERS/Andrew Biraj (BANGLADESH - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS TEXTILE EMPLOYMENT)
Images from Sunday's Montreal Cycling Grand Prix
Canada's Ryder Hesjedal signs autographs before the start of the Montreal Cycling Grand Prix, Sunday, September 15, 2013 in Montreal.
Slovakia’s Sagan wins Montreal's cycling Grand Prix on breakaway with Canada’s Hesjedal
Peter Sagan, from Slovakia,celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the Montreal Cycling Grand Prix, Sunday, September 15, 2013 in Montreal.
Values charter will become law ‘over my dead body,’ says Quebec Liberal Leader
Quebec Liberal Party Leader Philippe Couillard is pictured in March, 2013. He says the Parti Québécois’ proposed charter of values will become law ‘over my dead body.’
Ignore the noise. Invest on fundamentals
Brian Milner
The ideal workplace? It’s not open plan
I’m a new mom heading back to work. Have any tips?
Bill Howatt
Tepid growth keeps Canada’s inflation worries at bay
Any bounce in Canada’s economy is likely to come from gains in wood products and food manufacturing.
Sasha Jacob: Plugging back in to clean energy
Sasha Jacob’s firm Jacob Securities has survived a retrenchment and is back in growth mode, now handling a wider range of underwriting and advisory services.
Click to ‘like’ your colleague’s work
Harvey Schachter
Five years after financial crisis, B.C. resort town Whistler still reeling
Hotels and lodges in Whistler, B.C., Sept. 13, 2013. In Whistler, property prices remain weak after plunging during the financial crisis. As attractions branch out beyond skiing, officials are hoping for a revival.
In pictures: NDP, Liberals choose their Toronto Centre candidates
Linda McQuaig and Chrystia Freeland are the NDP and Liberal by-election candidates, respectively, for Toronto Centre.
Defending champ Wise Dan cruises to Ricoh Woodbine Mile victory
In this file photo, Wise Dan, riden by jockey John Velazquez, captures the $1,000,000 Ricoh Woodbine Mile over the E.P.Taylor turf course at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto on Sept. 16, 2012. Valazquez again guided the six-year-old gelding to 3 1/2-length win to successfully defend their title in Sunday’s race.
New contract averts potential strike at Cami plant
General Motors of Canada Ltd. and the union at the auto maker’s Cami Automotive plant have reached a deal that freezes wages for the next four years, but will end the use of lower-paid supplementary workers at the plant, which is one of the company’s most productive factories in North America.
The delicate art (and science) of tapering
U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke. Wall Street analysts are betting the Fed will trim its monthly purchases of Treasuries and mortgage-backed securities – bought with newly created money under the strategy called quantitative easing, or QE – to something like $75-billion (U.S.) a month from $85-billion.
EI premium freeze reveals Tories' economic cupboard is bare
Barrie McKenna
I’m an idiot. That’s why I got to drive a Porsche 911
The headlights on this 1971 Porsche 911 took a while to figure out.
In Pictures: Canada’s Cobble Beach Concours d’Elegance
1912 Stutz Bearcat.
Images from Week 2 action in the NFL
Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning (L) talks with his brother, New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning after the Broncos defeated the Giants in their NFL football game in East Rutherford, New Jersey, September 15, 2013.
Moments: Caught on Camera, Sept. 16 to Sept. 20
A boy runs ahead of decorated cows on a street in Mutters, some 10km south of the western Austrian city of Innsbruck September 14, 2013. At the end of the summer season, farmers move their herds down from the Alps to the valley into winter pastures.
Orioles boost playoff chances, turf Blue Jays in series finale
Baltimore Orioles Danny Valencia hits a two RBI double against theToronto Blue Jays during the third inning of their American League baseball game in Toronto, September 15, 2013.
Oscar momentum builds as 12 Years a Slave wins TIFF audience award
Chiwetel Ejiofor stars in 12 Years a Slave, directed by Steve McQueen.
Bullying can lead to lifelong problems
Sack the hysteria: Men’s shorts aren’t filled with cancer time bombs
André Picard
Wael Shawky’s films tell epic tales on a humble scale
Egyptian artist Wael Shawky has made two puppet films about the Crusades and are being shown in an art installation which opened at the Art Gallery of York University in Toronto on Sept. 11, 2013. The artist posed for some portraits with the Cabaret Crusades before the official opening.
Music icon Patti Smith’s 5 tips for success
Why is this wacky Brit running across Canada - by himself?
Jamie McDonald
A preview of Canada’s 2013-14 theatre season – with some hot tips for the PM
Toronto’s Canadian Stage is mounting David Ives’s Venus in Fur this season.
Talking points: Sex ed in China, an ‘intergalactic snowball’ and pandas with purpose
A farmer checks peppers laid out on a road for a week-long drying process in Turkey’s Kilis province.
‘Don’t freak out, but they found something on your mammogram’
Why are faulty birth-control pills being treated as a minor inconvenience?
The lacklustre response by drug companies and government suggests contraception is seen as a lifestyle issue.
Home sales continue their cross-country rebound
The Canadian Real Estate Association will release August’s home sales figures on Monday morning, and they will point at a market that is rebounding – for now.
Canadians detained in Egypt facing more jail time
Undated photos of Toronto professor and filmmaker John Greyson, left, and London, Ont., emergency-room doctor Tarek Loubani.
Mexican ambassador wants ‘road map’ for end of visa rules
The Mexican ambassador to Canada, Francisco Suarez, on Sept. 5, 2013, in his Ottawa office, says his country is “really mad” at the Harper government for the continued imposition of a visa on its travellers here.
No flood-insurance policies in Canada without new maps: poll of CEOs
High River, Alta., June 20, 2013. Insurance executives say homeowners will never have access to comprehensive flood insurance in Canada unless there are new maps of flood-prone areas that take climate change into account.
Canada’s Cinderella Davis Cup run comes to an end with Pospisil loss
Serbia's Janko Tipsarevic falls to his knees as he celebrates his team's victory at the Davis Cup semifinal against Canada in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013.
NDP's McQuaig, Liberals' Freeland to face off in battle for Toronto Centre
Linda McQuaig and Chrystia Freeland are the NDP and Liberal by-election candidates, respectively, for Toronto Centre.
Sports concussions linked to substance abuse, suicidal thoughts: research
A football practice in 2012 at Toronto’s St. Michael’s College School, which performs baseline concussion tests on all athletes. New research presented at 2013’s Heads Up Conference has drawn a link between sports concussions and substance abuse and suicidal thoughts.
Risks of righting Costa Concordia have locals praying for success
The wreck of the Costa Concordia awaits salvage off the coast of Tuscany on Sept. 15, 2013.
State’s role in proposed Quebec charter borders on absurdity, Kenney says
A nun holds the cross that is the symbol of the Notre-Dame congregation in Montreal.
Heartache in Belgrade
Canada's Milos Raonic returns the ball to Serbia's Novak Djokovic during their Davis Cup semi-final match in Belgrade September 15, 2013.
Own The Podium’s Calgary summit is merging sport’s art and science
Canada's Mark de Jonge celebrates his bronze medal finish in the men's 200-metre kayak single (K1) during the 2012 Summer Olympics at Dorney, England on Saturday, August 11, 2012.
Djokovic routs Raonic to force fifth and deciding match in Davis Cup semi
Novak Djokovic of Serbia celebrates a point won against Milos Raonic of Canada during their Davis Cup semifinal match in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013.
Watch: Ronaldo's new Real deal
Ontario politician trying to lure Quebec doctors affected by values charter
Demonstrators take part in a protest against Quebec's proposed Values Charter in Montreal on Saturday Sept. 14, 2013.
Durant sacked in closing seconds as Argos hang on to beat Roughriders
Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback Darian Durant (L) is brought down by Toronto Argonauts defensive end David Lee during the second half of their CFL football game in Regina, Saskatchewan September 14, 2013. The Toronto Argonauts defeat the Saskatchewan Roughriders 31-29.
Images from boxing's Mayweather-Alvarez bout
Floyd Mayweather Jr., left, poses for photos with Justin Bieber after defeating Canelo Alvarez during a 152-pound title fight, Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013, in Las Vegas.
Canadian ice dancers place second and third at U.S. figure skating event
In this file photo, Canada's Kaitlyn and Weaver Andrew Poje perform their free dance in the ice dance competition at the World Figure Skating Championships Saturday, March 16, 2013 in London, Ont. The duo finished second during the ice dancing competition at the U.S. International Figure Skating Classic on Saturday in Salt Lake City.
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