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December 8

Asian stocks fall on concerns about weak Chinese trade, Japan's recession
Pedestrians are reflected on an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2014. Asian stocks mostly fell Tuesday on concern about feeble Chinese trade figures, Japan's recession and weaker-than-expected German industrial growth. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
TTC pilot project reduces use of streetcar short turns
Vehicle bunching has been slashed on the St. Clair streetcar route.
Shorthanded Raptors grind out OT win over Nuggets
Toronto Raptors' Patrick Patterson reacts after hitting a game-tying three-pointer late in the second half of NBA basketball action against the Denver Nuggets in Toronto on Monday, December 8, 2014.
Kelly: Raptors' Ujiri and Weltman haven’t put a foot wrong yet
Cathal Kelly
Actor who played Pugsley from 'The Addams Family,' Ken Weatherwax, dies
This Oct. 31, 2006 photo provided by ABC, shows some of the original cast of the TV show, "The Addams Family," from left, John Astin, (Gomez Addams), Felix Silla, (Cousin Itt), Lisa Loring, (Wednesday Addams) and Ken Weatherwax, (Pugsley Addams), reunited at a special Halloween edition of ABC's "Good Morning America" outside their Times Square studios in New York. Weatherwax, who played the child character Pugsley on "The Addams Family" television series in the 1960s, has died. He was 59. (AP Photo/ ABC, Ida Mae Astute)
Rinelle Harper speaks publicly for first time since gruesome attack
Rinelle Harper, pictured in her hotel bed in Winnipeg in November, is set to address the AFN’s three-day meeting.
Toronto's police services board follows city's rich tradition of dysfunction
Marcus Gee
Canadian oil producers brace for ‘price war’ as oil hits five-year lows
An oil sands facility is reflected in a tailings pond near Fort McMurray, Alta., on July 10, 2012. Energy stocks were down nearly six per cent on the Toronto Stock Exchange as oil prices continued to plunge following last week's five per cent slide.
B.C. Transportation Minister says sales tax hike could be ‘affordable’
A sky train on the Expo Line makes its way past the Dunsmuir Viaduct in Vancouver May 29, 2013.
B.C. new home buyers feel weight of heavy rebar tariff
The B.C. government, prodded by its construction industry, has raised the alarm in Ottawa about what it says are the unintended consequences of the rebar tariff. The province fears that the rising costs could drive away investment just as a series of major projects, particularly around liquefied natural gas, are approaching final investment decisions.
Alberta brings in act to clean up government; critics remain skeptical
Alberta introduced new rules Monday to help clean up government, but opponents say the real test is whether Premier Jim Prentice’s team will actually follow them.
Hundreds of Calgary students left waiting after school bus batteries swiped
School bus depot in St. John's NL. In Calgary, police Staff-Sergeant Brad Moore said 237 batteries were taken from 79 school buses sometime between 2 p.m. on Sunday and 5:30 a.m. Monday, leaving hundreds of students waiting in the cold.
Duhatschek: Calgary’s Mark Giordano ‘keeps kicking down doors’
Calgary Flames defenseman Mark Giordano (5) celebrates center Sean Monahan (23) (not pictured) overtime goal against the Colorado Avalanche at Scotiabank Saddledome. Flames won 4-3 in overtime on Dec. 4, 2014.
B.C. must not undo low-carbon-fuel standards
Gary Mason
Victoria mayor apologizes for not swearing oath to the Queen
Lisa Helps, a former councillor who won last month’s municipal campaign by 89 votes, has a bio not unlike other West Coast mayors – like Vancouver’s Gregor Robertson, she travels by bicycle and is passionate about affordable housing.
City of Winnipeg chosen to host global snowmobile conference in 2017
Will Paul Beeston leave the Blue Jays sooner than expected?
Toronto Blue Jays President and CEO Paul Beeston smokes as he watches team workouts at the team's MLB baseball spring training facility in Dunedin, Florida February 17, 2013.
Jenni Rivera's estate sues owners of plane that crashed, killing singer and entourage in 2012
FILE - This Aug. 12, 2011 file photo shows Mexican singer Jenni Rivera at the Imagen Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif. Rivera's estate on Monday, Dec. 8, 2014, sued the owner of a Learjet 25 that crashed two years ago in northern Mexico, killing the Mexican-American superstar and six others. (AP Photo/Vince Bucci, File)
No sign that Ottawa plans to change rules on solitary confinement
A photo of her late son Eddie Snowshoe hangs on a wall of Effie Bella Snowshoe’s Fort McPherson, NWT home on July 23 2014. Eddie Snowshoe committed suicide while serving time in segregation in an Edmonton area correctional institution on August 13 2010. Eddie had travelled from Fort McPherson to Inuvik where he shot a fleeing cab driver after a robbery attempt and was sentenced five years. Snowshoe was sent to a prison in Edmonton, Alberta where he committed suicide after spending 162 days in segregation.
B.C. Premier Clark extolls the virtues of a carbon tax during Ontario visit
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne (right) meets with B.C. Premier Christy Clark at the Queen's Park Legislature in Toronto on Monday, Dec. 8 2014.
The three candidates for the role of national chief
Composite of the three candidates for Assembly of First Nations chief. From left to right, Ghislain Picard, Leon Jourdain and Perry Bellegarde.
The challenges for new Assembly of First Nations chief
Chief Rufus Copage of Shubenacadie (Indian Brook) First Nations, N.S., carries the Assembly of First Nations Eagle Staff during the grand entry as First Nations leaders, elders, youth and delegates gather for the Assembly of First Nations Special Chiefs Assembly in Ottawa on Tuesday, May 27, 2014.
Canada won’t meet 2020 greenhouse gas emission targets: report
An Environment Canada report says Canada can expect 727 megatonnes in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 unless new measures are taken.
MacGregor: Paul MacLean’s dismissal was a matter of likeability
Roy MacGregor
Mammoliti wants city to foot $48,000 legal bill in conflict-of-interest case
Mammoliti, pictured here in August 2014, was docked three months’ pay earlier this year by his fellow councillors – the highest fine ever levied – after a scathing report from Toronto’s integrity commissioner found that a $500-a-plate event held in 2013 in his honour broke city rules.
Frustrated by worsening traffic? Invest in collision repair
Winnipeg-based Boyd Group Income Fund, one of the largest collision-repair operators in North America, hit a record high last week amid some analyst target price increases. The units of the fund, which include such brands as Boyd Autobody & Glass in Canada and Gerber Collision & Glass in the United States, are up about 65 per cent over the past year.
Canadians give collective holiday hug to family of Tina Fontaine
Thelma Favel at her home on the Sagkeeng First Nation near Powerview-Pine Falls Manitoba, October 16, 2014.
Alberta brings in act to clean up government; critics remain skeptical
$400,000 worth helicopter parts stolen in B.C. worthless to thief:police
Battered Canadian forest industry impeded by regulations and red tape
Distribution centres, Catalyst Paper in B.C. pictured, have been busy as forestry exports to China have jumped ‘ridiculously.’
An Aeroplan executive takes the hot seat
Rob Carrick
Are Wynne and Harper just playing politics? She’s winning
Premier Kathleen Wynne speaks in Toronto on Monday, Nov. 10, 2014. (Matthew Sherwood for The Globe and Mail)
End the quiet torture of solitary confinement
Edmonton Institution in Edmonton Alberta on Wednesday, November 19, 2014. Edward Snowshoe, from the Northwest Territories, committed suicide there in 2010 after the 24-year-old spent 162 consecutive days in segregation. Amber Bracken for the Globe and Mail
Images from the Goh Ballet’s Nutcracker rehearsal
Fifteen airline stocks to keep on your radar
Las Vegas given green light by NHL to gauge expansion interest
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman in Toronto on Nov 26, 2013.
Border Patrol seeks female agents as number of women caught crossing border illegally rises
In this undated photo from the U.S. Border Patrol, Crystal A. Diaz, a U.S. Border Patrol agent with the Tucson Sector in Arizona, rides her ATV while on patrol. The Border Patrol is on a hiring spree for a very specific type of agent: a female one. Only 5 percent of its approximately 21,000 agents around the country are women, and the agency has long called this a problem. It is especially troublesome in the Southwest, where nearly 120,000 women were caught crossing the border illegally in the fiscal year that ended Oct. 31. That's a significant increase from fiscal year 2011, when about 43,000 women were apprehended. (AP Photo/U.S. Border Patrol)
US sues Deutsche Bank, other banks, saying they dodged tens of millions of dollars in taxes
Three top stock picks from Caldwell Investment’s Jennifer Radman
Ottawa asked to lift cap on immigrants Alberta can nominate for permanent jobs
Judge disqualifies last named plaintiff in Apple iPod case, but trial continues for now
Massive fire in downtown LA shuts down parts of 2 freeways
A Los Angeles city firefighter works amid the ruins of a raging fire that destroyed a massive apartment complex under construction in downtown Los Angeles early Monday, Dec. 8, 2014. It was one of two destructive early morning fires in the city. The other heavily damaged a building that houses multiple businesses in a neighborhood a couple miles away. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
Harper government taking First Nations to Federal Court over finances
Prime Minister Stephen Harper responds to a question during question period in the House of Commons in Ottawa on Wednesday, December 3, 2014.
B.C. Premier Clark says Petronas LNG project still has hurdles to overcome
Exporting apples to Canada marks a major trade milestone for Poland
Apples are displayed in a wheel barrow during an event promoting Polish apples in Warsaw in this August 6, 2014 file photo. The recent arrival in Canadian grocery stores of the first-ever shipment of Polish apples is a major milestone for the Eastern European country.
AP sources: Congress weighs allowing cuts in multiemployer pension plans to avert bankruptcies
B.C. doctor beaten, 'left for dead' during attack inside psychiatric hospital
China’s stocks are soaring – and that’s a bad sign
Ian McGugan
Discovery's snake vs. man 'Eaten Alive' draws 4.1 million viewers; not all find it appetizing
Company that operated Arctic drill ship agrees to plead to maritime, environmental crimes
Premier Christy Clark says B.C.’s LNG plans still on track to meet 2020 target
British Columbia Premier Christy Clark has staked much of her province’s economic future on natural gas production and LNG exports, and in the lead-up to the last provincial election in 2013 she set the three-terminal target.
Southern half of B.C. deemed avian flu control zone by CFIA
Canadian Food Inspection Agency workers inspect a barn in B.C. in 2004. Similar work is being conducted on farms in the Fraser Valley this month.
Saskatchewan amends human rights code to explicitly protect gender identity
Los Angeles proposes sweeping building, water fixes for major earthquakes, but cost unclear
Rates mixed at US Treasury auction with 6-month bills rising to highest level in 10 months
No bail for man charged with conspiring to export to Iran devices used in nuclear production
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Opioid tramadol can cause potentially fatal blood sugar drop: study
Government tables pipeline safety act that makes companies liable for costs and damages
Why the slumping loonie’s worst days are yet to come
Loonies are pictured in Vancouver on Sept. 22, 2011
Volkswagen verifies UAW has signed up at least 45 per cent of workers at Tennessee plant
FILE - In this July 31, 2012, file photo, an employee works on a Passat sedan at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tenn. The United Auto Workers on Monday, Dec. 8, 2014, qualified for the top tier of a new labor policy at the Volkswagen plant in Tennessee, giving the union its first formal role within a foreign-owned auto plant in the South. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig, File)
B.C. Mountie shot during traffic stop now conscious, speaking to family: RCMP
Canadian solar industry divided on Chinese import tariff
Solar panels installed on the roof the Ikea s tore in west end Toronto feeds power pack to the grid on Nov. 13 2013.
TSX suffers worst day in 18 months as oil prices keep tumbling
The TMX Broadcast Centre in Toronto
Saskatchewan makes changes to allow more people to vote in elections
New solutions needed to address chronic problems in senior care: NDP
Canada only half way to 2020 emissions goal as oil and gas emissions rise
Ottawa better off paying people to watch planes than make jet engines
Sean Silcoff
Business groups urge rethink to Tories’ foreign-worker reforms
Employment Minister Jason Kenney
Why the holidays are a great time to thank staff
Leaders need to show appreciation to their staff at all times, but particularly at the holidays.
Are you suffering from stress, or anxiety?
Bill Howatt
Justin Bourque was sleep-deprived, depressed before shooting rampage: documents
Justin Bourque is shown in this RCMP booking photo taken June 6, 2014. A judge in New Brunswick ordered the release Friday of all exhibits entered into evidence at the sentencing hearing of Justin Bourque in the killing of three Mounties in Moncton. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-RCMP
Half of B.C. is deemed control zone in effort to stop avian flu in poultry
Death of boy, 13, found on trail in Manitoba native community was homicide:RCMP
How the Dow Jones industrial average and other major indexes fared Monday
Pele set to leave hospital two weeks after being admitted with urinary infection
Pele speaks to the media during his official presentation as honorary ambassador for the 2014 FIFA World Cup at the Modern Art Museum of Rio de Janeiro on July 29, 2011 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
More women with dense breasts face quandary of cancer screening beyond mammogram
These two undated photos, provided by the American Society of Radiology shows an extremely dense breast, left, and a least dense breast. More women are learning their breasts are so dense that it’s more difficult for mammograms to spot cancer. But new research suggests automatically giving them an extra test isn’t necessarily the solution. (AP Photo/American Society of Radiology)
Repairs after Regina Beach house explosion could be delayed by warm weather
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Bill Cosby fallout grows as Iowa venue says 2015 performance postponed indefinitely
FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2014 file photo, entertainer Bill Cosby gestures during an interview about the upcoming exhibit, "Conversations: African and African-American Artworks in Dialogue, " at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art, in Washington. A Los Angeles police spokeswoman says detectives are meeting with a woman who is a possible victim of sexual assault by Cosby. Officer Jane Kim says detectives were meeting with the woman Friday, Dec. 5, 2014, but could not release any additional details. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Canadian broker to the stars dies
Roy Zakka, pictured at the 9th Annual 'It's Always Something' Variety Show held at the Princess of Wales Theatre in Toronto. November 22, 2010. Mr. Zakka died Dec. 7, 2014.
'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay-Part 1' claims box office victory for 3rd consecutive week
In this image released by Lionsgate, Jennifer Lawrence portrays Katniss Everdeen, right, and Liam Hemsworth portrays Gale Hawthorne in a scene from "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1." (AP Photo/Lionsgate, Murray Close)
Merck, Spirit Airlines, T-Mobile, Conn's and Abercrombie & Fitch are big market movers
Profiting from oil these days may mean betting against it
An oil sands facility is reflected in a tailings pond near Fort McMurray, Alta., on July 10, 2012. Energy stocks were down nearly six per cent on the Toronto Stock Exchange as oil prices continued to plunge following last week's five per cent slide.
Bombardier out of bid on Amtrak high-speed rail replacement contract
Bears’ Brandon Marshall goes on injured reserve
FILE - In this Dec. 15, 2013 file photo, Chicago Bears wide receiver Brandon Marshall (15) pushes Cleveland Browns cornerback Joe Haden (23) away after a catch in the second quarter of an NFL football game, in Cleveland.
Six Olympic sports that may be in danger of being dropped
Is synchronized swimming, which is quite popular in some countries, destined to be dropped as an Olympic sport?
Correction: Film-AFI Awards story
This photo released by Paramount Pictures shows Jessica Chastain in a scene from the film, '"Interstellar," from Paramount Pictures and Warner Brothers Pictures, in association with Legendary Pictures. The American Film Institute announced on Monday, Dec. 8, 2014, its top 10 films of the year, including "Interstellar." (AP Photo/Paramount Pictures, Melinda Sue Gordon)
The best images from around the world for Dec. 8
A girl stands in line in front of a bus with other passengers travelling to Nairobi, as they wait to be searched for weapons by Kenyan police, in the town of Mandera at the Kenya-Somalia border.
A return for Tiger Woods no longer dependent on just his health
Tiger Woods tees off from the fourth hole during the final round of the Hero World Challenge golf tournament on Sunday, Dec. 7, 2014, in Windermere, Fla.
Small-cap misery: TSX Venture closes at its lowest ever
Frankly will be going public on the TSX Venture Exchange via a reverse takeover of a shell company owned by a Toronto merchant bank.
Durham police warn drug users to be careful after 6 fatal suspected overdoses
Former Madoff executive gets 10 years in prison
Daniel Bonventre, former operations manager for convicted swindler Bernard Madoff.
Pavel Datsyuk named NHL’s first star of the week
Detroit Red Wings' Pavel Datsyuk, centre, celebrates his goal with teammates Jonathan Ericsson (52), Tomas Tatar and Danny DeKeyser (65) during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Carolina Hurricanes in Raleigh, N.C., Sunday, Dec. 7, 2014.
Sundance Film Festival announces slate of documentary and drama premieres, special programs
Cairo map
Merck to buy Cubist for $8.4-billion to add antibiotics
A view of the Merck & Co. campus in Linden, N.J.
Five steps that can help you win the battle against age-related weight gain
Independent film dramatizing Barack Obama's 1st date with Michelle in works
FILE - In this Oct. 22, 2012 file photo, President Barack Obama kisses his wife Michelle after the third presidential debate at Lynn University, in Boca Raton, Fla. An independent film is currently in development that will dramatize President Obama’s first date with Michelle Obama in 1989. Producer Stephanie Allain confirmed Monday, Dec. 8, 2014, that she and Tracey Bing are producing “Southside With You,” a film about the first summer afternoon the Obamas spent together. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
Ex-music promoter extradited from Brazil to Florida in $300M Ponzi scheme case
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