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TIFF Day 1: Fresh faces and established stars walk the red carpet
Alicia Vikander arrives for the premiere of the film The Fifth Estate at the 38th Toronto International Film Festival, Sept. 5, 2013.
Adam Olsen is the B.C. Green Party’s outside man
Adam Olsen, interim leader of the B.C. Green Party, poses for photos where he grew up in Central Saanich, B.C., on Sept. 5, 2013.
B.C. police chiefs call for tougher penalties on drivers using cellphones
The B.C government, ICBC and the police are launching a month-long campaign to prevent distracted driving across the province.
Metro Vancouver scraps plan for recycling, garbage disposal
A City of Vancouver landfill in pictured in Delta, B.C., in 2011. A Metro Vancouver committee voted against a new recycling plan on Sept. 5, 2013.
In photos: Big Chill stars reunite at TIFF
Cast members, from left, Kevin Kline, Glenn Close, Meg Tilly, Mary Kay Place, JoBeth Williams and Tom Berenger laugh before a reunion screening of the 1983 film The Big Chill at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival at The Princess of Wales TheatreSept. 5, 2013 in Toronto.
MacKay vows review of Canada’s bail-granting rules
Justice Minister Peter MacKay speaks during a discussion on a Canadian victims’ bill of rights in Ottawa on Sept. 5, 2013.
Canadian figure skating contenders feel less stress heading into Olympics
Patrick Chan is looking forward to less hoopla in Russia in February, and more time to focus on his quest for the podium.
Watch: Aikman's Week 1 picks and Super Bowl prediction
Best pictures from September 5
Free-wheeling Murray threatens to send Liberals’ transit vision off the rails
Adam Radwanski
Inconsistent Collaros still trying to earn trust of fellow Argonauts
Toronto Argonauts quarterback Zach Collaros will have another crack at the Alouettes this week when the two teams meet in Montreal.
See The Fifth Estate stars on TIFF's red carpet
Benedict Cumberbatch poses for a photograph on the red carpet at the gala for the new movie The Fifth Estate during the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival, Sept. 5, 2013.
Helicopter purchase’s fate in doubt as Ottawa examines other models
The Sikorsky H-92 Cyclone helicopter.
Obama, Putin face off at G20, with consensus on Syria still elusive
Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with U.S. President Barack Obama at the Konstantin Palace in St. Petersburg on Sept. 5, 2013.
Green acres: The soaring value of Canada’s farmland
Prices are shooting up faster in the most productive farming areas in the country. In Southwestern Ontario, prices have jumped 30 to 50 per cent a year in some counties, according to a recent report from real-estate appraiser Valco in London, Ont.
Ontario government promising stricter rules for housing allowances
Ontario Progressive Conservative MPP Peter Shurman made a statement to the media at Queen’s Park in Toronto on March 4, 2013.
Olympic bid cities have distinctive pitches, but all have drawbacks
A general view of the construction of soccer club Besiktas' Inonu Stadium is seen in Istanbul September 1, 2013. Along the picturesque Bosphorus Straits dividing Europe and Asia, Istanbul is undergoing a transformation which should fill Turkey with confidence in its bid to become the first Muslim country to stage the Olympics in 2020. Overlooking the waterway, mechanical diggers are tearing down Besiktas' Inonu Stadium to make way for a state-of-the-art facility earmarked to stage rugby in 2020, and to the north construction of the city's third suspension bridge is underway.
Shakespeare auction shelved amid online sound and fury
Mackenzie Hughes wins Cape Breton Celtic Classic
Mackenzie Hughes
Martial artist Lawrence Nakamura was ‘poetry in motion’
A one-armed Japanese Kendo student with his father, middle, are shown along side Lawrence Nakamura on a 1987 Canadian tour.
PQ plans step-by-step release of values charter, keeping critics on their toes
Quebec Premier Pauline Marois speaks in Quebec City on Aug. 25, 2013.
Oilers president says Burke’s hiring in Calgary will help revive the rivalry
Kevin Lowe speaks in Calgary, Alberta April 16, 2012.
New recall of birth-control pills raises worries over quality, safety
Canada’s third nationwide recall of birth control pills in six months is raising questions over the quality and safety of the foreign drug plants where the medications were produced.
Crowd-funding: Can mass appeal translate into street smarts?
Andrew Svoboda wins Chiquita Classic in playoff
Andrew Svoboda
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Parks’ quick adjustment up north a factor in Lions’ top defence
To date, BC Lions cornerback Cordelius Parks has 33 tackles this season.
How we lost 155 pounds: 'I was never unhappy because I was fat; I was fat because I was unhappy'
Lorna and Steven Poole had different strategies for their weight loss. She took a slow and steady approach, while he took a more drastic technique.
BlackBerry’s cloudy future hurts BB10 smartphone sales effort
Arun Kumar, a senior product manager for BlackBerry, shows off the new BlackBerry 10 during the global launch of the new smartphone.
Bjorn beats Lee on first playoff hole to win European Masters
Thomas Bjorn
Saint Mary’s students should see the consequences of condoning sexual abuse
The campus of Saint Mary's University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Paul Darrow for the Globe and Mail
Don’t complain about more research on Northern Gateway
The Douglas Channel at dusk in Kitimat, B.C., in this Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012 photo.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Police warn of ‘distraction thefts’ after rash of incidents
DeLaet looking forward to playing in Presidents Cup
Graham DeLaet
Study looks at stem cells’ impact on heart attack victims
Harriot Garrow is the first patient to have been treated as part of the two-year trial.
Blair: Kadri doing himself no favours whatsoever
Leafs’ Nazem Kadri (43) during the Toronto Maple Leafs skate at the ACC in Toronto on Tuesday, May 07, 2013.
Think you’re a good business writer? Wrong
You need to practise your writing to improve. Most people think they are better writers than they really are.
Avoid burnout: Escape the daily grind and set some new goals
Harvey Schachter
Roughriders’ Sheets early favourite for outstanding player award
Saskatchewan Roughriders running back Kory Sheets celebrates a touchdown against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers during the first half of CFL action in Regina, Sask., Sunday, September 1, 2013. Sheets has been the CFL's most dominant player the first half of the season.
Accused in human-trafficking case told immigration she needed caregiver in Canada, trial hears
Mumtaz Ladha, the accused in a human-trafficking case, gets into an elevator to go back into court on Sept. 4, 2013.
Talking Points: Man vs. goose, bad first date, electronic cigarettes
A man wrestles a dead goose while being dunked into the water during Antzar Eguna (Day Of The Goose) in the Basque fishing town of Lekeitio, Spain. The participant who successfully pulls off the bird’s head gets to keep the goose.
Images from Thursday's action at the U.S. Open
Andy Murray of Britain serves to Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland at the U.S. Open tennis championships in New York September 5, 2013.
Online dating: Can you offload the hard work of finding a catch?
Calgary’s Saddledome prepares to host hockey games and concerts after flood
Andrew Higgins sprays down the Calgary Flames logo as work continues at the home of the Flames in Calgary, Alta., Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013. Severe flooding damaged the arena last June.
Risk of heavy rain on Friday has High River taking flood precautions
A pile of debris sits in a parking lot of a vacant apartment building in High River, Alta., on July 23, 2013, after a flood hit the town.
Survival mode: Canada Post to focus on delivering your online purchases
A Canada Post truck is seen on Tuesday, May 1, 2012 in Toronto.
'Two at a time' and other lessons from an online dating veteran
Thanks to a matchmaker, ‘I’m dating like a real dater’
Retailer Simons crashes Canada, one door at a time
Peter Simons plans to expand his Quebec-based retailer to other cities besides Edmonton but knows it’s a slow, deliberate process.
Dundee's top resource stock picks
Silhouette of an oil pump jack.
Why is my bank-heavy portfolio flatlining?
TD Securities cuts staff on equities desk
The TD Securities trading floor in Toronto.
If rising rates don’t cool housing, Flaherty may have to
Sean Silcoff
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Immigration boosting housing sector: report
NBF senior economist Matthieu Arseneau says Canada’s unusually high level of net migration in the 20-44 age group is underpinning a high rate of formation of new households and that is driving housing demand.
August existing home sales through Multiple Listings Service (MLS)
Alberta First Nation appeals decision on Athabasca’s Dover project
An Athabasca Oil drilling rig. A northern Alberta First Nation has made good on pledge to keep fighting an oil sands project proposed by Athabasca Oil Corp., a move that could delay the $1.3-billion sale of the company’s interest to its Chinese partner.
The close: TSX higher but gold miners sag
With Watermark, Burtynsky and Baichwal finally go with the flow
Photographer Edward Burtynsky and filmmaker Jennifer Baichwal, co-directors of the documentary Watermark.
Williams Lake councillor charged with obstruction of justice
Canada tops Mexico 89-67 at the FIBA Americas
Canada's Cory Joseph,left, looks to pass under pressure from Mexico's Jorge Gutierrez during a FIBA World Cup qualifying basketball game in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013.
Please stop defending the word 'like.' It, like, still has no place
Russell Smith
Terrence Howard takes the mic at the Shangri-La Hotel
Terrence Howard with Jennifer Hudson in a scene from Winnie.
Tell us: Which actor has best portrayed multiple characters in the same film?
Jake Gyllenhaal sees double in Denis Villeneuve's Enemy
Activist nun Elizabeth Kelliher was a voice for the overlooked
Sister Elizabeth Kelliher, a member of the Downtown Eastside Residents' Association, joins protesters outside a vacant hotel taken over by six squatters in Vancouver on Oct. 24, 2006.
Jets forward Evander Kane says he thought traffic fines had been paid
Winnipeg Jets forward Evander Kane
Scotiabank’s Rick Waugh says banks must manage their own risks
Rick Waugh, president and CEO of Bank of Nova Scotia.
TIFF live blog: Updates from inside the Toronto International Film Festival
Duhatschek: Burke and the Flames an interesting marriage
Newly named Calgary Flames President of Hockey Operations Brian Burke is pictured during a news conference in Calgary, Alta., Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013.
Details released for oil-exploration deal on Anticosti Island
A well near Canton, Pa., is seen in this 2012 file photo. Calgary’s Petrolia Oil & Gas Ltd. has finally shed light on the agreement it signed in 2008 with Hydro-Québec to explore for oil on Quebec’s Anticosti Island.
Babies: a bullish indicator
Baby sitting on pile of money
Saint Mary’s student president says rape chant was ‘biggest mistake ... probably in my life’
A spokesman for Saint Mary’s University in Halifax says senior administrators were shocked after seeing a video of students in a frosh-week chant condoning non-consensual sex with underage girls.
More men buying sex toys. So why does stigma still persist?
Sarah Forbes-Roberts co-founder of Come as You Are sex shop says sex toys for men have come along way over the past five years.
VAG officially seeking architects for new downtown gallery
The current Vancouver Art Gallery, pictured on Dec. 13, 2012, is expected to be replaced by a new facility at a nearby location in 2020 if government funding can be secured by spring 2015.
Public editor: A reader reminds us of the importance of attribution
Guelph at 20: How a simple idea evolved into one of the most distinctive of jazz fests
Ajay Heble, founder and artistic director of the Guelph Jazz Festival.
Darian Durant named CFL’s offensive player of the month
Saskatchewan Roughriders' Darian Durant throws against the Edmonton Eskimos during second half CFL football game action in Edmonton, Alta., on Saturday, August 24, 2013.
One of the largest meth busts in Ontario history leads to five arrests
This photo shows meth crystals forming on a string during an RCMP presentation.
Film critic Roger Ebert to receive TIFF tribute on opening night
Film critic Roger Ebert stands in the photographers line at the premiere of The Night Listener at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah January 21, 2006.
Cory Monteith stars in two TIFF dramas this year
Cory Monteith in All The Wrong Reasons.
Why innovators are worth the risk to your investment
Software developer Brian Ho holds a Google Glass device at Vandrico, a Canadian company specializing in wearable computing, during a demonstration for the media in North Vancouver, B.C., on Tuesday July 30, 2013.
Life insurers stake out their turf
Manulife Financial CEO Donald Guloien
MLSE’s Leiweke confirms firing of TFC president, gives manager a vote of confidence
Tim Leiweke speaks in Sacramento, Calif., March 20, 2012.
Saddledome almost ready for hockey
Bank of Canada should hike rates if worried about housing: Scotiabank
Rick Waugh, president and CEO of Bank of Nova Scotia.
U of T instructor charged with sex assault agrees to stop teaching during trial
James Andrew Payne, a senior lecturer in the University of Toronto's John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design leaves a Toronto court on Thursday September 5, 2013 during his trial relating to an alleged sexual assault.
John Herdman’s contract to coach Canadian women’s soccer team extended to 2020
Canadian coach John Herdman yells to his team playing the USA in the women's semi-final soccer match at the London 2012 Olympic Games at Old Trafford in Manchester on August 6, 2012
Canadian lumber stocks shoot up on China demand
Scott Barlow
An American Family: 40 years later, and there’s still nothing quite like this landmark doc
Geoff Pevere
Korea National Oil mulls sale of Canadian assets: reports
A South Korean worker works at the loading/unloading bay of Korea National Oil Corporation's stockpile office in Kuri, east of Seoul, Sept. 7, 2005.
Eye on Shorts: What bearish investors are betting against
Canada to increase aid to Syrian people, Baird says
Russia's President Vladimir Putin, left, shakes hands with Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper during arrivals for the G-20 summit at the Konstantin Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013.
In Syria, parents are afraid students will 'lose their future'
People, affected by what activists say is nerve gas, are treated at a hospital in the Duma neighbourhood of Damascus August 21, 2013.
TIFF launches new David Cronenberg project: part exhibition/retrospective/symposia/futuristic romp/art show/online experience/book launch and short film
Director David Cronenberg speaks during a news conference for The Cronenberg Project at the 38th Toronto International Film Festival.
Nova Scotia premier condemns Saint Mary's frosh chant as 'disturbing'
A spokesman for Saint Mary’s University in Halifax says senior administrators were shocked after seeing a video of students in a frosh-week chant condoning non-consensual sex with underage girls.
Jim Flaherty lauds ‘frugal’ Germans, rejects U.S. ‘printing more money’
Michael Babad
Map: 21 WARRENDER AVE., TORONTO
Done Deal, 21 Warrender Ave., Toronto
Why it’s never too late to prosecute war criminals
The notorious ‘Arbeit Macht Frei’ sign at the entrance gate of the Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp in Oswiecim, southern Poland. The special prosecutors' office that investigates Nazi war crimes said on Sept. 3, 2013 that it is recommending charges against dozens of alleged former Auschwitz guards, opening the possibility of a new wave of trials almost 70 years after the end of the Second World War.
Map: 332 MONARCH PARK AVE., TORONTO
Done Deal, 332 Monarch Park Ave., Toronto
How Alyssa Milano's sex tape is helping draw attention to Syria
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