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More of the same: Ottawa Senators’ losing streak up to five; Tampa Bay Lightning run streak to five wins
Ottawa Senators right wing Ales Hemsky skates past Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Eric Brewer as he celebrates his goal during third period NHL action with teammates J.T. Brown (23), B.J. Crombeen (19) and Alex Killorn (17, hidden) Thursday March 20, 2014 in Ottawa. The Lightning defeated the Senators 5-4.
In debate, Couillard holds his own as Marois is put on the ropes
Sophie Cousineau
Chow repeats her rejection of subway plan, puts money on buses
MacGregor: Dismal hope for Canadian NHL teams causes a lot of jagged nerves
Lightning centre Alex Killorn squeezes between Senators goalie Robin Lehner and defenceman Marc Methot.
How the Columbus Blue Jackets are muscling their way toward the playoffs
Montreal Canadiens' Max Pacioretty, right, fights with Columbus Blue Jackets' Ryan Johansen during first period NHL hockey action in Montreal, Thursday, March 20, 2014.
Marois dodges referendum questions at Quebec leaders’ first debate
Quebec’s party leaders pose for a photograph prior to the leaders' debate in Montreal on March 20, 2014.
TED could extend Vancouver gathering
In this photo provided by TED 2014 Conference, dancer Adrianne Haslet-Davis, center, wipes away a tear while standing on stage with MIT professor Hugh Herr, left, and dancer Christian Lightner, at the 2014 TED Conference, Wednesday, March 19, 2014, in Vancouver. Haslet-Davis took to the stage to perform for the first time since losing part of her left leg in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. Herr designed the bionic leg specifically for dancing after visiting Haslet-Davis in the hospital.
Late Blue Jackets goal sinks Canadiens in tight, gritty game
Columbus Blue Jackets' Derek MacKenzie, right, scores against Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price, centre as Canadiens' P.K. Subban defends during first period NHL hockey action in Montreal, Thursday, March 20, 2014.
The winter that was: Looking back on a season we thought we knew
Ottawa weighing stricter sanctions against Russia
A Russian flag is raised aboard a Ukrainian navy ship that is next to the Ukrainian corvette Pridniprovya, right, in Sevastopol, Crimea, Thursday, March 20, 2014. As the U.S. levies punitive banking restrictions against Russia, sources say Ottawa is also considering sanctions against firms.
Art collection becomes a lifeline for a loyal housekeeper
Onset of winter could complicate remote search for missing aircraft
Paul Koring
Canada’s Rachel Homan launches into World Curling playoffs with win over Sweden
Canada's skip Rachel Homan and second Alison Kreviazuk (L) celebrate after defeating Sweden at the World Women's Curling Championships in Saint John, New Brunswick, March 20, 2014.
Impatient relatives lash out over pace of Flight 370 search
Nathan VanderKlippe
Testimony turns hostile in Vancouver trial of man charged with running prostitution ring
Crown lawyer Damienne Darby addresses the court while the accused, 29-year-old Reza Moazami, writes in the prisoner's box in this court drawing.
Missing emu has low growl and a Twitter account
Andrea Woo
CN Rail workers reject a second contract proposal
The Canadian National Thornton Railroad Yards in Surrey, B.C.
Ontario Tories and NDP ‘reckless’ on economy, Wynne tells Liberal faithful
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne speaks at the Ontario Liberal Party’s 2014 Heritage Dinner in Toronto on March 20, 2014.
Should we give up control to make computers easier to use?
The author, Navneet Alang, does a selfie photobooth
PHS spent thousands on questionable expenses, Health Minister says
Marc Townsend, manager of the Portland Hotel Society, enters Insite, Canada's only safe injection site for intravenous drug addicts, in Vancouver, Tuesday, October 2, 2007.
Canadian Natalie Achonwa making basketball history at Notre Dame
Notre Dame forward Natalie Achonwa, left, drives the lane as Georgia Tech center Shayla Bivins defends the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Monday, Feb. 17, 2014, in South Bend, Ind.
Amanda Palmer’s TED-edition ninja gig out of this world
Marsha Lederman
Are Canucks defenceman Alex Edler‘s struggles the norm or just a season gone wrong?
Canucks defenceman Alexander Edler, right, struggled on defence and offence this year.
Best pictures from March 20
Resident cat, El dueÒo de casa, tears through a Government Palace corridor as officials await the arrival of U.S. Assistant Secretary of State of the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs Roberta S. Jacobson, for her official meeting with Paraguayan President Horacio Cartes, in Asuncion, Paraguay, Thursday, March 20, 2014.
Alberta PCs look above grassroots for Redford’s replacement
Deputy Premier Dave Hancock announces that he is the chosen interim premier in Edmonton on March 20, 2014.
Leafs playoff push no sure thing as margin for error gets slimmer
Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Dion Phaneuf (3) checks Tampa Bay Lightning left wing Ondrej Palat (18) as he attempts to pursue the puck at Air Canada Centre. The Lightning beat the Maple Leafs 5-3.
Amid its own trouble with separatists, Moldova eyes Russia warily
Ukrainian border guards stand at a checkpoint at the border with Moldova’s breakaway Transnistria region, near Odessa, March 13, 2014.
Construction setbacks hit full-day kindergartens in Ontario
Seven ways Jim Flaherty changed the Canadian mortgage market
Robert McLister
Brazil probes Bombardier, railway manufacturers for price-fixing allegations
Bombardier Inc. says it is co-operating with authorities in Brazil who are looking into alleged price-fixing in public transportation contracts, but denies any wrongdoing by its employees.
Music events in Toronto this week, March 21 to 27
Five things to do in Toronto this weekend, March 21 to 23
Sex and the big screen: Seven movies that truly shocked
Vicent Gallo and Chloe Sevigny in Gallo's "The Brown Bunny."
Twenty companies with healthy profits, zero debt
Imax Corp. makes it on to the list of companies with healthy earnings and no debt.
TransForce: A stock with traction for the long haul?
Alberta’s Redford was chewed up and spit out by a broken system, Nenshi says
Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi speaks to reporters in Calgary on Sept. 12, 2013.
Nordstrom delays openings of low-cost Rack stores in Canada
The Nordstrom Rack store in New York's Union Square.
Obituary: Bill Ballard, son of Leafs mogul, was an entertainment pro
Bill Ballard, right, with singer Tom Cochrane and music publicist James Monaco at the opening of the musical Tommy in Toronto in 1995.
Former Bloc MP rebukes PQ, backs Québec Solidaire
Bloc MP Suzanne Tremblay is shown in 1995.
Infographic: Francophone Quebeckers on social media
Delayed flight of Learjet 85 planned for ‘coming days’
The Model 85 has a planned entry into service of 2014.
Learn from the Redford resignation: Don’t neglect the caucus
Alberta Premier Alison Redford arrives at the Alberta Legislature with her daughter Sarah in Edmonton, Alberta on March 20, 2014, the day after her resignation.
Fairfax Financial increases its stake in media company Torstar to 23 per cent
Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. chairman and CEO Prem Watsa speaks during the company's annual meeting in Toronto April 11, 2013.
Why big companies should act like startups
Ian Cullwick is vice-president of leadership and human resources research at the Conference Board of Canada.
Debunking the myths of remote work
Harvey Schachter
I haven’t updated my résumé in ages. Got any tips?
Eileen Chadnick
Crowdfunding: the new penny stock
Colin Christianson of Tenacious Ventures, testifying on crowdfunding.
Editor-in-chief Stephen Meurice exits National Post
Stephen Meurice had been editor-in-chief of the National Post since 2010.
Just who is watching NHL games in Canada?
Referees get in the way of Vancouver Canucks head coach John Tortorella as he screams at the Calgary Flames bench during an NHL hockey game.
Resources Minister Rickford faces aboriginal backlash over Enbridge project
Natural Resources Minister Greg Rickford.
Former auditor-general sues B.C. over expenses, benefits
Rob Ford files defence against lawsuit alleging jailhouse beating
Mayor Rob Ford listens to perspectives from concerned citizens from the Save the Guild group and members of city staff as he walks through Guildwood Park in Toronto on March 20, 2014. Save the Guild is concerned about the number of trees that have been felled in the park.
Why death from hypoxia is the most likely scenario for MH370
Cenovus’s Grand Rapids oil sands project approved
An oil field worker walks up stairs near wellheads that inject steam into the ground and pump oil out at the Cenovus Energy Christina Lake Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage project in Alberta.
Faults aside, Redford left Alberta richer
David Parkinson
Osisko CEO courts rivals to Goldcorp bid
Canadian Malartic mine
Saskatchewan schools reduce roadblocks for aboriginal business students
After its deal with Saskatoon college SIIT, Edwards dean Daphne Taras says the emphasis is now on the academic and personal record of aboriginal students instead of administrative differences between institutions.
Is this Canada’s most beautiful condo? A look at Sonja Bata’s home
Sonja Bata helped her husband Thomas run his footware empire for over 50 years. Now, she lives atop a Bloor Street condo a block away from her office at the Bata Shoe Museum. A large tapestry greets visitors at the entry to her home and also serves to delineate spaces while preserving an open feel to the space.
Inside Sonja Bata's home: Is this the most beautiful condo in Canada?
Sonja Bata helped her husband Thomas run his footware empire for over 50 years. Now, she lives atop a Bloor Street condo a block away from her office at the Bata Shoe Museum. A large tapestry greets visitors at the entry to her home and also serves to delineate spaces while preserving an open feel to the space.
Stakes are high with Supreme Court set to rule on Nadon
Marc Nadon is shown in Ottawa on Oct. 2, 2013.
Great-West taps its Putnam chief to lead U.S. operations
Great-West Lifeco’s global headquarters is pictured in Winnipeg.
How Erich von Stroheim lost his 1924 battle with the studio bosses – but won the PR war
Geoff Pevere
A nuanced response needed for cyberbullying
Organization gets vision-impaired children and adults back on the ice
Mark DeMontis’s long-term goal is to get blind hockey in the Paralympic Games.
Report raises questions about benefits of water births
A mother-to-be prepares to deliver her baby in birthing tub
My 29-year-old girlfriend broke up via text. What do I do?
David Eddie
Middlemarch ‘was reading me, as I was reading it’
Through her examination of the hold Middlemarch has over her, Rebecca Mead reconciled her own feelings about ambition.
Breast-feeding debate has gone on long enough
Leah McLaren
My breakup left me strumming the blues until my kids taught me a new tune
Nova Scotia anxious over closing of Cape Breton development agency
The Honourable Rob Moore arrives to be sworn in as Minister of State (Small Business and Tourism) at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010.
Rift emerges among Métis National Council leaders
David Chartrand, of the Manitoba Metis Federation, takes part in a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Friday March 8, 2013.
A novel way to get Putin out of the G8? Make a new club
Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures after signing a treaty to incorporate Crimea into Russia in the Kremlin in Moscow, Tuesday, March 18, 2014.
The close: Stocks post solid gains amid positive data
The screens at the TMX Broadcast Centre in Toronto show the closing numbers of the TSX on Tuesday, July 3, 2012.
Ontario Liberals want Tory MPP held in contempt in finance-document feud
Ontario Progressive Conservative MPP Vic Fedeli speaks in Toronto on Feb. 21, 2013.
Amid Ukraine crisis, Saskatchewan mulls ban on Russian booze
Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall is shown in Toronto on Oct. 28, 2013.
Feral pigs join certain lizards and turtles on list of invasive species any B.C. hunter can shoot
Fraudster Earl Jones to be released from prison
Earl Jones, shown on July 27, 2009, is released from prison after serving one-third of his 11-year sentence for orchestrating a massive fraud scheme.
Canadian brands ignoring francophones on social media: study
According to the survey, fewer French-speaking Quebecois follow brands on Facebook – just 29 per cent, compared with 35 per cent in the rest of Canada.
Sea Sick: A thoughtful, sobering account of climate change and the ocean, live on stage
Award-winning science writer Alanna Mitchell has taken her message about climate change to the Toronto stage.
Ukraine crisis sends grain prices soaring
Carl Mortished
Earlier: Live tweets from the Quebec leadership debate
Quebec Solidaire Leader Françoise David, Coalition Avenir Québec Leader François Legault, Parti Québécois Leader Pauline Marois and Liberal Leader Philippe Couillard pose for photos before the first debate of the election campaign on March 20, 2014.
A sparkling return for Onegin, the National Ballet’s crown jewel
Playoffs or not, Paul Maurice has done impressive job of turning around Jets
Winnipeg Jets head coach Paul Maurice talks with Bryan Little (18) during first period NHL action against the New York Rangers in Winnipeg on Friday, March 14, 2014.
What your body weight really says about your health
Arya Sharma
Tech startup Keek rebounds from money crunch
A woman takes pictures with Nokia’s new smartphone, the Lumia 1020, with a 41-megapixel camera, after its unveiling in New York, July 11, 2013. Toronto-based Keek Inc. was an early entrant in what is now a sought-after corner of social media, the sharing of short videos. (A keek is a Scottish term for a quick peek.) Keek’s user base is soaring, with more than 45 million users worldwide as of last month.
Stock Analysis: Jean Coutu scores a perfect 10
An exterior shot of Jean Coutu store in Longueuil, Quebec, May 2, 2012.
Images from Thursday's NCAA tournament action
Colorado guard Xavier Talton, left, and guard Askia Booker (0) defend Pittsburgh forward Talib Zanna (42) in the first half of a second-round game in the NCAA college basketball tournament Thursday, March 20, 2014, in Orlando, Fla.
Nervous oil sector will carry on without Redford
Alberta Premier Alison Redford arrives at a meeting of the provincial Progressive Conservative Party executive in Calgary on March 15, 2014
On three-game losing streak, Leafs take a breath and try to regroup
Toronto Maple Leafs right wing David Clarkson fights against Tampa Bay Lightning right wing B.J. Crombeen at Air Canada Centre.
B.C. measles spread as those with symptoms refusing to isolate
A nurse prepares a vaccine shot against measles at a clinic in Beijing, China, in September 2010.
Supreme Court rules that law cutting access to early day parole is unconstitutional
The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that a parole law that applied retroactively to non-violent offenders violates their constitutional rights.
Text-to-911 service for hearing impaired introduced in B.C. first
Janice Lyons, who is deaf and was invited to test out using text messaging to communicate with 911 E-Comm operators, is photographed at the Western Institute for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Vancouver on March 19, 2014.
Watch this incredible one-guess winner on Wheel of Fortune
Vanna White, co-host of "Wheel of Fortune", arrives with host Pat Sajak at Radio City Music Hall to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the game show in New York, Thursday Sept. 27, 2007
Three arrested in alleged $1.6-million fraud at York University
A sign is seen on the York University campus is seen in Toronto in 2009.
Jim Flaherty’s corporate tax overhaul made Canada competitive
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty stands in the House of Commons during Question Period.
Now Trending: Pat Sajak ‘stunned’ by Wheel of Fortune contestant’s remarkable first guess
Vanna White, co-host of "Wheel of Fortune", arrives with host Pat Sajak at Radio City Music Hall to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the game show in New York, Thursday Sept. 27, 2007
Jimmy Kimmel reopens the Rob Ford comedy vault in wake of released police documents
This March 3, 2014 image released by ABC shows Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, left, having his forehead wiped by host Jimmy Kimmel on the late night talk show "Jimmy Kimmel Live," in Los Angeles.
Helen Lawrence: groundbreaking and old-fashioned, all at once
Lisa Ryder is Helen Lawrence, a mysterious woman who shows up from L.A.
Rob Ford to kick off re-election campaign April 17
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford reacts to another councillor as he takes part in discussions in the council chambers at city hall in Toronto on Thursday, March. 20, 2014.
Leadership is the glue that keeps Canada together
A Canada Day parade in Montreal in 2003 on the country's 136th birthday.
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