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University of Saskatchewan students, faculty rally in support of fired public health dean
Members of a student-led TransformThis organization gather before a rally againstof the University of Saskatchewan administration on campus in Saskatoon, Tuesday, May 20, 2014.
Build Toronto sees $2.1-million loss
Toronto councillor Doug Ford, is pictured in Toronto on May 1, 2014.
Boomers sitting on $163-billion in real estate holdings
Gary Mason
Ottawa to review greenhouse gas strategy
Smoke pours from the stacks at the Portlands Energy Centre in Toronto, January 15, 2009. An environmental analyst says a new report revealing that oil and gas production has become the single biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions adds further weight to calls for Ottawa to regulate the sector.
Oliver sees chance for economic reform in Quebec’s new government
Federal Finance Minister Joe Oliver, left, met with his Quebec counterpart, Carlos Leitao, on Tuesday.
China, Russia fail to reach gas deal
Russia's President Vladimir Putin, left, and China's President Xi Jinping shake hands after signing an agreement during a bilateral meeting at the Xijiao State Guesthouse ahead of the fourth Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) summit, in Shanghai, China Tuesday, May 20, 2014.
Restaurateur appeals ruling in Ford defamation case
Boardwalk Cafe owner George Foulidis sued the mayor over comments made about sole-source contract with the city, but a judge dismissed the case in 2012
Names of contenders surface in Assembly of First Nations vote
Perry Bellegarde, Regional Chief for Saskatchewan on the executive of the AFN, is said to be considering running for national chief.
Attempt to shorten shifts for doctors causing unintended consequences
Reena Pattani, a doctor at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto, says it’s nice to think reducing the length of medical residents' shifts will result in better patient care, but her research reveals little difference.
Toddler’s seizures stopped after consuming cannabis oil, parents say
Two-year-old Kyla Williams hasn‘t learned to walk or talk, her development has stopped as she suffered as many as 200 seizures daily and no medication helped. Now the girl’s family say she hasn’t had a seizure in a week, ever since they began giving her cannabis oil extracted from hemp.
Three rivers, two creeks on B.C.’s endangered waterways list
Peace, Fraser and Similkameen Rivers, and Pennask and Callaghan Creeks have been placed on most B.C.’s endangered waterways list.
Best pictures from May 20
Actress Elsa Zylberstein poses on the red carpet as she arrives for the screening of the film "Deux jours, une nuit" (Two Days, One Night) in competition at the 67th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes May 20, 2014.
Teams compete to create Star Trek’s ‘tricorder’
Sonny Kohli’s team, Cloud DX, is in the race to develop a portable medical device that can check vital signs and diagnose diseases.
Kelly: Lundqvist brings urbane glamour as hockey’s new leading man
Cathal Kelly
Duhatschek: Chicago captain Toews has ‘got it all’
Eric Duhatschek
Nova Scotia union files court challenge over new home-support labour law
Joan Jessome, left, president of the Nova Scotia Government and General Employees Union.
Electrical fire at St. Michael’s Hospital quickly contained
Why kids over 5 aren’t doing enough physically
A man and children are silhouetted while standing in the waters of Semiahmoo Bay as rain clouds move into the area in White Rock, B.C., on August 26, 2013. A new report reveals that the overall physical activity levels of Canadian kids are lagging behind those of youngsters from other nations.
Amid cash burn, this stock could go to zero – or turn profitable
Chris Umiastowski
Bard on the Beach leads Vancouver Jessie theatre award nominations
Jonathon Young with Rachel Cairns in Ophelia
ATS firing on all cylinders, but are shares getting too pricey?
ATS Automation Tooling Systems assembling the Sphere Formation.
Want to turbocharge your wealth? Reinvest your dividends
John Heinzl
Quebec Premier Couillard faces his ‘difficult decisions’ time
Sophie Cousineau
Bargains among global bank stocks
Four B.C. LNG players form alliance to push for Asia exports
A rendering of Pacific NorthWest LNG’s proposed export terminal on Lelu Island, near Prince Rupert in northwestern B.C.
Target Canada's new leader faces the same tough challenges
Target's senior vice-president Mark Schindele tours a new Target store before its opening in downtown Chicago in this July 18, 2012 file photo. The retailer said Mr. Schindele would replace Tony Fisher as president of Target Canada, effective immediately.
Global profits from forced labour
Canada’s Kinross ignores boycott, plans to attend conference in Russia
Kinross Gold operations in Kupol, Russia
Modern-day slavery generates billions: UN report
Twelve-year-old prostitute Mukti applies makeup before serving a customer inside her small room at a brothel in Faridpur, located in central Bangladesh February 22, 2012. UN agency finds more than 20 million people classified as exploited are generating $150.2-billion in profit each year.
Montreal’s Duvernay-Tardif preps for new ball game south of the border
Montrealís Laurent Duvernay-Tardif
Transcript: Startup mentality: Take an idea and run with it
If you’re starting a startup, take an idea and run with it, testing it out first.
Four ways to deal with a bad boss
Michelle Ray is a Vancouver-based leadership expert.
Be bold when you cold call a company
Bruce Sandy
Gold-medal tips: Kevin Dineen's advice on leadership
Coach Kevin Dineen says players who skate for Team Canada ‘play the game with a certain set of standards.’
Where's the deterrence in Credit Suisse's guilty plea?
The stock price of Swiss bank Credit Suisse barely budged on news it agreed to pay a $2.6-billion (U.S.) penalty after pleading guilty to conspiring to help American citizens avoid taxes.
Incoming deputy health minister vows to do more with current Ontario budget
Dr. Robert Bell, President and CEO of the University Health Network, speaks during the launch of the fundraising event, The Ride to Conquer Cancer benefiting Princess Margaret Hospital.
Academic freedom? It’s not just an academic argument
Robert Buckingham, until Wednesday May 14, 2014, was the dean of the University of Saskatchewan school of public health.
Coup lite in Thailand
Passersby have their photograph taken with a Thai soldier guarding a pedestrian overfly near the site where pro-government demonstrators stage a rally on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand Tuesday, May 20, 2014. Thailand's powerful military chief intervened Tuesday for the first time in the country's latest political crisis, declaring martial law and dispatching gun-mounted jeeps into the heart of the capital with a vow to resolve the deepening conflict as quickly as possible. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)
Keyera joins Enbridge crude-oil diluter pipeline
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What are hedge cities and why is Vancouver considered one of them?
Walking the Stanley Park seawall as the Vancouver skyline is reflected in the waters off Coal Harbour on Feb. 5, 2010.
Online retail shifting from disruption to destruction
Brian Milner
Liberal hopeful sued by party members; accused of depleting funds
Josh Wingrove.
Canada’s receptive oil patch in line for trillions in new investment
Peter Tertzakian
Cook’d: YTV's new cooking show puts kids in charge
Natasha Young is pictured at Toronto's 'Mildred's Temple Kitchen' Restaurant on Monday May 12, 2014. The twelve year old from Hamilton, ON, is one of the judges on a cooking reality show called 'Cook'd'. The premise of the show is that chefs prepare dishes that are judged by a panel of kids aged 7-12
Six must-have BBQ accessories to take your grill from hot to haute
Canadian rocker Deryck Whibley: ‘If I have one more drink the docs say I will die’
Members of the Ontario, Canada-based band Sum 41 Cone McCaslin, left, Deryck Whibley, center, and Steve Jocz, right, pose backstage during MTV's "Total Request Live" at the MTV Times Square Studios Thursday, May 31, 2007 in New York
These Asian flavours will sizzle on your grill
The close: TSX gains ground, U.S. markets slide on retail earnings
Customers walk past a Staples Inc. shopping cart inside of a store in Mount Prospect, Illinois, on Aug. 13, 2011.
Grilled Shrimp with green Sriracha sauce
Grilled Shrimp with Green Sriracha Sauce
Recipe: Vietnamese dipping sauce
Recipe: Vietnamese dipping sauce
Homemade strawberry pop-tarts: An elevated take on a processed treat
These Homemade Strawberry Pop-tarts are bursting with filling, and drizzled with tangy cream-cheese glaze.
Merriam-Webster adds ‘poutine’ to dictionary. (Take a ‘selfie’ while you eat)
Michael Babad
Recipe: Vietnamese grilled chicken
Vietnamese grilled chicken
Recipe: Japanese grilled vegetables with warm miso dressing
Japanese grilled vegetables with warm miso dressing
Man hurt when part of billboard falls at Eaton Centre
A slat fell from from the Toronto Eaton Centre’s north media tower on May 20, 2014.
Six tips and 15 songs to make the perfect playlist for your BBQ party
We fogeys love to boogie
Britain’s Turner Prize in sights of first Canadian-born finalist
Ciara Phillips New Things To Discuss (2013) Commissioned by The Showroom, London
The maestro Quincy Jones and his singing Montreal protégé
Music producer and composer Quincy Jones, left, and singer Nikki Yanofsky
Even optimistic investors are starting to lose faith in China
A worker walks with a hammer past a residential construction site during sunset in Nantong, Jiangsu province in China on Aug. 6, 2013.
Listen to the full album: What to expect from Neil Young's A Letter Home
Singer Neil Young speaks during a press conference in Toronto, Sunday January 12, 2014
Richards a leader as Rangers head home with series lead on Canadiens
New York Rangers forward Brad Richards, left, celebrates with teammate Ryan McDonagh after he scored a goal against the Montreal Canadiens during the third period in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals of the 2014 Stanley Cup Playoffs at the Bell Centre.
Shana Kelley: A quicker way to diagnose disease
Shana Kelley’s by Jef Ekins/University of Toronto
Heather Payne: Closing the gender gap in coding
HackerYou and Ladies Learning Code founder Heather Payne sees even bigger days ahead. ‘I’m really obsessed with quality, and the idea of being the best program of our kind in the world.’
In pictures: Red carpet fashion from Day 6 in Cannes
Actress Marion Cotillard poses for photographers as she arrives for the screening of Two Days, One Night (Deux jours, une nuit) at the 67th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Tuesday, May 20, 2014.
John Wayne: The Life and Legend of the uncomfortable cowboy
Geoff Pevere
Scenes from inside the Terroir chefs' culinary retreat
Magnus Ek garnished thinly sliced pickled matjes herring from Norrona with shavings of smoked, dried egg yolk at the Terroir symposium’s Rural Retreat.
Trudeau would reignite Quebec’s sovereignty flames, Maxime Bernier says
Maxime Bernier speaks during Question Period on March 26, 2013.
10 Vancouver restaurants where diners can still get wild B.C. spot prawns
BC Spot prawns for sale at the Lobster Man on Granville Island in Vancouver May 10, 2011.
CEO fears disaster in European elections
Carl Mortished
RCMP sticking to facts after teens killed in SUV lake plunge near Prince George
Canadians trained in security to observe Ukraine's presidential election
Mike Harris stands to be recognized at the Magna AGM in Markham, Ontario on May 4, 2011.
Former Charest cabinet minister Tomassi pleads guilty; avoids trial
Quebec Family Minister Tony Tomassi responds to Opposition questions over contracts given to his family owned company, Genco, to daycare centres Tuesday May 4, 2010 at the legislature in Quebec City.
If Boardwalk REIT can’t buy, what REIT can?
Centre Pointe West, one of Boardwalk REIT’s properties, in Calgary, Alberta.
Julio Cesar heads to Brazil for World Cup, may not be back in Toronto
Brazil's national soccer team goalkeeper Julio Cesar dives for the ball during a training session in Rio de Janeiro June 28, 2013.
From Manhattan to The Godfather: How the gift of Gordon Willis changed the way we look at movies
In this Nov. 14, 2009 file photo, cinematographer Gordon Willis poses with his honorary Oscar following The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 2009 Governors Awards in Los Angeles.
Why is brown-rice syrup in my food? Is it healthier than sugar?
Apps to make your trip more fun, less frustrating
Tried and tested travel apps to make your trip easier.
AltaCorp staff moves another sign of oil sands revival
An oil pump jack is silhouetted against the sky in the heart of Alberta’s oil sands.
Beware the siren song of sky-high dividends
Dividends
B.C. teachers launch strike, province to cut wages
Teachers hold a rally on Como Lake Ave. in Coquitlam, B.C., on May 13, 2014.
Public editor: When 500 words aren’t enough to tell the story
Feature writer Craig Offman’s article on Toronto neurosurgeon Michael Tymianski’s crusade to develop an effective stroke drug is a great example of long-form journalism.
Report: Canucks to name Jim Benning general manager this week
Trevor Linden, right, and Vancouver Canucks owner Francesco Aquilini arrive at a press conference in Vancouver on Wednesday, April 9, 2014.
Now Trending: Canadian series Corner Gas headed to the big screen
Brent Butt in Corner Gas
Should you book Air Canada's new Dreamliner? Check it out first
Air Canada’s first Dreamliner lands at Pearson International Aiport.
Valeant says sweetened Allergan bid won’t be all cash
Valeant unveiled its offer for California biotech firm Allergan, best known for its Botox product line, in late April.
My sister and I know it: We need an inquiry into murdered aboriginal women
Gabrielle Scrimshaw
Canadian kids near bottom of international physical activity survey
At midday: Miners lift TSX ahead of bank earnings
RBC Capital Markets says a weaker trading environment will impact the Canadian banks in their upcoming second-quarter results. As Paul Bagnell reports, RBC is calling for a 3-percent drop in earnings per share.
Rapper Macklemore responds to anti-Semitism charges after wearing controversial costume
In this photo taken May 16, 2014, Macklemore strikes a pose as he performs "Thrift Shop" to a mob of waving fans during Vivid: Spectacle Opening Night Party at the EMP Museum in Seattle.
Brickyard or bust: in pursuit of the Indy 500 Borg-Warner Trophy
Dario Franchitti’s image on the Borg-Warner Trophy following his victory in 2010.
Ottawa Citizen's redesign a model for Postmedia
The Ottawa Citizen redesign marks the first in a series of revamps planned to roll out across eight newspapers owned by Postmedia Network Inc. over the next 12 to 15 months.
Prince Charles urges Canada’s youth to volunteer during PEI visit
Prince Charles, right, and his wife Camilla are greeted in Charlottetown, P.E.I. on Tuesday, May 20, 2014.
Q&A: Small-cap stocks to buy while they're down
Péladeau recovering after bike accident in the Eastern Townships
Pierre Karl Péladeau posted this photo on his public Facebook page following his bike accident. He is being tended to by Micheline Ouellet, the assistant chief nurse of the Centre Hospitalier Université de Sherbrooke.
Ontario Liberals, PCs make plays for rural voters
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne drives a tractor with instruction from farmer Sandra Vos, right, at a campaign event in Paris, Ontario on Tuesday May 20, 2014, 2014.
Urban myths are clouding the debate over cyberbully bill
David Butt
Duhatschek: Price injury becomes a talking point for Kings and Blackhawks
Eric Duhatschek
Sabre-wielding suspect Tasered during vandalism at Montreal mosque, police say
Adil Charkaoui speaks during a news conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa Tuesday Sept. 29, 2009. Charkaoui is the director of the Centre Communautaire Islamique de l'Est de Montréal.
CIBC on backburner in bidding war for Russell Investments
A CIBC bank branch is shown in Old Montreal, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2009.
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