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Canada downs Finland 25-21, 25-19, 25-20 at Volleyball World League
Doneil Henry heads in winner in Toronto FC’s 3-2 victory against Columbus
Toronto FC defender Doneil Henry reacts at game end after scoring the game winning goal against the Columbus Crew during second half MLS soccer action in Toronto on Saturday May 31, 2014.
PCs say Matthews partly to blame for Ornge crash
Deb Matthews speaks to the media following the swearing in of Kathleen Wynne was sworn in as Ontario's first female premier, on Feb. 11, 2013.
Canadian navy supply ship crippled by fire returns to its Vancouver Island home
Nicholson bids farewell to Hockey Canada
Hockey Canada president and chief operating officer Bob Nicholson is expected to step down Friday. Under his watch, Canada won back-to-back Olympic gold medals in men’s and women’s hockey.
Bob Nicholson talks player safety, relationships on last day with Hockey Canada
Issues remain after safety check of Bluenose II
Bluenose II, Nova Scotia's sailing ambassador, waits in port in Lunenburg, N.S. on Wednesday, May 28, 2014.
Photos: Crackdown in Turkey on first anniversary of protests
A plainclothes police officer detains a demonstrator during a protest in central Istanbul May 31, 2014.
Former Liberal PM critical of Harper's approach to First Nations
The Right Honourable Paul Martin
Martin critical of Harper Conservatives' approach to First Nations
Blue Jays cruise past Royals 12-2
Toronto Blue Jays Edwin Encarnacion (left) high fives teammate Dioner Navarro in the on deck circle after scoring on a hit by Juan Francisco during first inning AL baseball game action against the Kansas City Royals in Toronto May 31, 2014.
Table: Paying off your mortgage sooner
A toy log cabin sits on $20 bills.
Desmond Tutu describes oil sands production as ‘filth’ in keynote speech
Archbishop Desmond Tutu gives the keynote address during the conference, As Long as the Rivers Flow: Coming Back to the Treaty Relationship in Our Time, in Fort McMurray, Alta. on Saturday May 31, 2014.
Arrest made after RCMP say driver fled with child in truck, dragging officer
Desmond Tutu calls oilsands "filth," urges cooperation on environment
Archbishop Desmond Tutu gives the keynote address during the conference, As Long as the Rivers Flow: Coming Back to the Treaty Relationship in Our Time, in Fort McMurray, Alta. on Saturday May 31, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
Lightning rod Patrick Kane shines on big stage
Chicago Blackhawks' Patrick Kane celebrates after scoring his goal against the Minnesota Wild during the third period in Game 1 of an NHL hockey second-round playoff series in Chicago on May 2.
Hudak rejects possibility of forming coalition government
Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak speaks to media at the Pre-Apprenticeship Training Institute in Toronto on May 29.
Harper goes on full-scale verbal attack against ‘evil’ communism
Prime Minister Stephen Harper addresses a fund raiser for a memorial to the victims of Communism in Toronto on May 30.
Why Andrea Horwath is Ontario's invisible woman
Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath arrives at a campaign and media event at Dewson St. Public School in Toronto on May 30.
Ornge faces labour code charges related to helicopter crash
An ORNGE helipopter flies over the Moose River en route from Moose Factory to Moosonee.
Download this: Tetris creator’s puzzling new games
Dwice resembles Tetris in that it has objects cascading down the screen. In this case it’s symbols: circles, pentagrams, squares, triangles and the like.
UN World Food Program chief says wars causing unprecedented hunger
South Sudanese boys displaced by the conflict walk along a flooded road between makeshift homes in a camp for internally displaced people at the UNMISS base in Malakal, Upper Nile State May 30.
On the trail of Amanda Todd’s alleged tormentor
Amanda Todd YouTube video.
B.C. teachers, government use funding statistic to tell different stories
BCTF  President Jim Iker speaks to the media at Charles Dickens Elementary School in Vancouver May 26, 2014 on the first day of rotating strikes.
Businesses lobby to salvage foreign worker program
Minister of Employment and Social Development Jason Kenney responds during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, May 28, 2014.
The real reason the French don’t get fat
The Ontario Liberals haven’t made the tough choices
Jeffrey Simpson
May 31: This week’s Talking Point – what violence says about gender fault lines – and letters to the editor
University of California, Santa Barbara students march between drive-by shooting-crime scenes in a protest against sexual violence and hate crimes in the Isla Vista neighborhood of Santa Barbara, California on May 26, 2014. Elliot Rodger killed six people before taking his own life in a rampage through a California college town shortly after he posted a threatening video railing against women, police said.
Is the World Cup a giant waste of money?
Doug Saunders
Desmond Tutu takes on the oil sands
Chief Allan Adam of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, left, and Archbishop Desmond Tutu speak during a press conference in Fort McMurray, Alta.
Northern Gateway: A pipeline battle that’s only just begun
A demonstration outside the Delta Ocean Pointe hotel in Victoria.
May 31: Your daily horoscope
Gemini
Brace yourself for a great, Old West-style computer drama
John Doyle
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