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Montreal man wanted for crying wolf about stolen dog
RM puts 80 classics up for bid at Motor City Auction
1929 Rolls-Royce Phantom II Torpedo Tourer.
Accused in assault of Saskatchewan homeless woman doesn't seek bail
Asian stock markets mostly up after encouraging US corporate news, Fed survey
Garland makes first court appearance as police continue search for bodies
Regina dog-litter company contends garlic spray thwarts mosquitoes
Mike Duffy facing 31 charges from Senate expenses scandal, RCMP says
Senator Mike Duffy arrives at the Senate on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Oct. 22, 2013.
Nissan and CFL put high school football teams ‘Back in the Game’
Toronto Argonauts slotback Andre Durie, centre, is surrounded by high school players and coaches from across Canada who will benefit from the ‘Back in the Game’ program.
Both sides talking of ‘mediation’ in B.C. teachers’ dispute
Hundreds of B.C. teachers, parents and other union supporters rallied on the lawn of the B.C. Legislature Monday, June 16, 2014 in Victoria to protest against Premier Christy Clark and the governments latest contract offer.
Chrysler tells government it can finish recall faster than safety agency has predicted
Quebec Liberals apologize for comments against PQ, bonuses
Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard, centre left, gives the thumbs up after taking the official photo of his new cabinet, during a ceremony Wednesday, April 23, 2014 at the legislature in Quebec City. Two Quebec cabinet ministers embroiled in controversy have been forced to reverse course and apologize as Mr. Couillard tries to refocus his Liberal government.
Free-speech faceoff in Regina pits preachers against boom box at shopping mall
GOP criticizes Justice Department handling of IRS investigation; probe includes missing emails
FILE - In this March 5, 2014, file photo, former Internal Revenue Service (IRS) official Lois Lerner speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Justice Department is investigating the circumstances behind the disappearance of emails from Lerner, part of a broader criminal inquiry into whether the agency had targeted conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status, according to congressional testimony released Wednesday. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File)
Hot Ticket: Pemberton Music Festival
This new festival comes six years after 2008’s Pemberton Festival turned into a logistical nightmare.
Canada’s freestyle ski team unveils roster – sans Alex Bilodeau
Justine Dufour-Lapointe (right) is one member who will be on the Canadian freestyle ski team.
From Vancity to the Vatican: B.C. credit union head on meeting the Pope
Tamara Vrooman, president and CEO of Vancity, met the Pope and his representatives at a conference in Vatican City earlier this month.
Forty-year-old mother with kidney disease becomes cheerleader for New Orleans Saints
New Orleans Saints Saintsation Kriste Lewis performs during a photo shoot at the NFL football team's training facility in Metairie, La., Wednesday, July 16, 2014. Lewis is one of only two NFL cheerleaders in her 40s. The other dancer is 45-year-old Laura Vikmanis, who has been with the Cincinnati Bengals dance team, the Ben-Gals, since making the squad at age 40.
Globe in Gaza: Palestinian refugees are becoming desperate
The mother of one of the four Palestinian children from the Baker family, whom medics said were killed by a shell fired by an Israeli naval gunboat, grieves outside the morgue in Gaza City on July 16, 2014.
Artist’s work may be destroyed by CBSA due to Iran import ban
Montreal filmmaker Sadaf Foroughi tried to bring a traditional Iranian peep box into Canada for use in an art installation.
Globe in Gaza: Bad food, bad smells at refugee shelter
Palestinians flee their homes in the Shajaiyeh neighbourhood of Gaza City on Wednesday after Israel dropped leaflets warning people to leave the area.
Globe in Gaza: In desperate times, Palestinians get five hours of rest
Winnipeg city councillor, former NHL player Thomas Steen arrested for second time
Toronto FC midfielder Michael Bradley named to MLS all-star team
Toronto FC midfielder Michael Bradley (centre) was voted into the Major League Soccer all-star team on Wednesday, July 16, 2014.
Correction to a July 11 whale rescue story
Thieves target North Shore Rescue equipment caches
The best images from July 16
The pack of riders cycles on its way during the 187.5-km 11th stage of the Tour de France cycling race between Besancon and Oyonnax.
Cleanup underway after train derailment near Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
Football’s return to Ottawa looks like a touchdown
Ottawa RedBlacks' Chevon Walker (29) and Carlton Mitchell (88) celebrate a touchdown against the Edmonton Eskimos during first half action in Edmonton, Alta., on Friday July 11, 2014.
CP Rail to challenge arbitrator's ruling in court; called 'outrage'
Canadian Pacific Rail CEO Hunter Harrison speaks in Calgary, in a May 1, 2014 photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Cancer survivor Sam Gillman outlived life's many obstacles
Sam Gillman.
Chris Hemmerich now inside top 5 in Canada's Weekly Top 10
Chris Hemmerich wins Ontario Men's Amateur
Cleanup underway, after 24 rail cars go off tracks near Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
Roughriders release international running back Hugh Charles
Saskatchewan Roughriders running back Hugh Charles braces for a hit from B.C. Lions defensive back Ronnie Yell during the first quarter of CFL football action in Regina, Sask., Saturday, July 12, 2014.
Oilers continue to change coaching staff, hire Rocky Thompson as assistant
Edmonton Oilers head coach Dallas Eakins speaks during a press conference in Edmonton, Alta., on Monday June 10, 2013. Rocky Thompson joins Eakins’ staff along with Craig Ramsay, who was hired earlier this off-season.
West Fraser Timber reports lower Q2 earnings despite increase in revenue
Why going (really) slowly during exercise is actually good for you
Canada's 20 leading dividend-paying stocks
Bud Selig’s Montreal comments welcomed by those pushing for MLB’s return
Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig speaks during a news conference at baseball's All-Star game, Tuesday, July 15, 2014, in Minneapolis.
'All the Way' with HBO for Bryan Cranston in TV revival of his Broadway role as Lyndon Johnson
FILE - This file image released by Jeffrey Richards Associates shows Bryan Cranston portraying President Lyndon B. Johnson during a performance of "All the Way." HBO Films has acquired rights to the Tony Award-winning play, which opened earlier this year to critical and popular success while also winning Cranston the Tony as Best Actor. Robert Schenkkan will adapt his play for HBO, the company announced Wednesday, July 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Richards Associates, Evgenia Eliseeva, file)
Canucks sign restricted-free-agent Linden Vey to one-year contract
The Vancouver Canucks signed restricted-free-agent forward Linden Vey (57) from the Los Angeles Kings to a one-year contract.
Target faces calls to withdraw from Canada
Target faces calls fro analysts to withdraw its operations from Canada.
Ron Howard to direct documentary about the Beatles' touring years during the early 1960s
FILE - In this Feb. 8, 1964 file photo, Ed Sullivan, center, stands with The Beatles, from left, Ringo Starr, George Harrison, John Lennon, and Paul McCartney, during a rehearsal for the British group's first American appearance, on the "Ed Sullivan Show," in New York. The Beatles made their first appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show," America's must-see weekly variety show, on Sunday, Feb. 9, 1964. And officially kicked off Beatlemania. Ron Howard will direct a documentary on the Beatles that focuses on the band’s touring years during the early 1960s. Howard announced the project Wednesday. The film is being made with the cooperation of Paul McCartney, Ringo Star, Yoko Ono and Olivia Harrison. The Beatles company, Apple Corps, is co-producing the film. (AP Photo/File)
United Airlines says bird kill at Houston airport was done for health and safety reasons
I want to be a racehorse trainer. What will my salary be?
Strait of Dover with jockey Justin Stein in the irons wins the 153rd running of the Queen’s Plate horse race aboard Strait of Dover in Toronto, June 24, 2012. Trainers make most of their money from a share of a race’s prize purse.
How a leader can gain their employees’ trust
Bill Howatt
Smoky air, ash shrouds Edmonton area; health advisory for those with health issues
Pierre Karl Péladeau in a potential conflict of interest of enormous proportions
Pierre Karl Peladeau gestures during a press conference in Saint Jerome, Que., Sunday, March 9, 2014, announcing him as a Parti Quebecois candidate for that riding on day five of the Quebec provincial election campaign.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
The Canadian Navy doesn't need a complete ban on alcohol
A man's hand holds glass of beer
Retrocom real estate trust to pay $179 million for 9 Walmart-anchored properties
Kraft Dinner makes ‘fun’ its advertising catchword in new campaign
Crowds check out a Kraft Dinner ‘KD Fun Shop’ in downtown Toronto on Wednesday.
Bitcoin 'mining pool' promises to avoid majority control, a threat to currency
Girl, 7, dead after being struck by minivan in Toronto
BlackBerry shares beaten down by Apple-IBM partnership
BlackBerry shares have risen steadily since May as new CEO John Chen buoyed shareholders with his attempts to turn around the company by outsourcing some manufacturing and refocusing on so-called “enterprise” clients, which have long formed BlackBerry’s core user base. But analysts suggested the Apple-IBM partnership – announced after markets closed on Tuesday – would increase competition for the Waterloo, Ont.-based smartphone maker
Alberta’s next premier will play regulation hard-ball
Jeffrey Jones
Roughriders release international running back Hugh Charles
Ontario judge OKs up to $122.66 million for creditors of Nortel's EMEA unit
Canadian companies that have doubled up on bosses
Barrick Gold CEO Jamie Sokalsky is pictured in Toronto on April 30, 2014. Barrick Gold Corp. says Sokalsky will step down on Sept. 15.
Olympic medallists Dufour-Lapointe, Howell headline Canada's freestyle ski team
Intruder arrested in kitchen of Kennedy compound was looking for Katy Perry, police say
James Lacroix, second from right, is escorted into Barnstable District Court on Wednesday morning, July 16, 2014, in Barnstable, Mass after being evaluated by a court appointed psychiatrist . Lacroix is accused of breaking into the Kennedy compound on Cape Cod on Tuesday. (AP Photo/The Cape Cod Times, Steve Heaslip) MANDATORY CREDIT; MAGS OUT; NO SALES; TV OUT
Business Highlights
B.C. teachers' union hopes for mediation in August so classes can resume in fall
Canada's immigration minister says first two entrepreneur visas granted
Vancouver's Catholic schools get policy to accommodate transgender students
Tracey Wilson, 11, stands for a photograph in Vancouver, B.C., on Wednesday July 16, 2014. The Catholic Independent Schools of Vancouver Archdiocese has approved a transgender student policy after Wilson and her family filed a human rights complaint after she was diagnosed with gender dysphoria and her request to be treated as a girl couldn't be accommodated. She has since switched to the public school system. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Three top picks from Aston Hill's Joanne Hruska
Joanne Hruska
Invest like Warren Buffett: Three stock picks
A family shops for new pet toys during at a PetSmart in Dallas in 2013. The pet supply/services store’s EPS have declined just once in the past 10 years.
First Nation pulls out of hearings into Grand Rapids oil sands pipeline
Chief Allan Adam of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, left, and Archbishop Desmond Tutu speak during a press conference in Fort McMurray, Alta.
Distributing your estate to your heirs: The methods and the message
Tim Cestnick
Ontario police chiefs call for secrecy around non-conviction records
Barrick shakeup signals more changes ahead
Ian McGugan
Google, environmental group sniff methane in streets, find cities with older pipes leak more
Former FDA, CDC officials: More food label changes needed to help people make healthy choices
Hudson’s Hope evacuated as wildfire grows out of control
The Mount McAllister wildfire got aggressive Wednesday, forcing the evacuation of 1,150 people from Hudson’s Hope. The fire, sparked Sunday by lightning, was causing the community to be choked with smoke, with chunks of ash raining down. Residents were told to head to an evacuation centre in Fort St. John. For more on the fire and evacuation, visit us online. The Mount McAllister wildfire burns in the northeastern region of B.C. on Tuesday, July 15, 2014. An evacuation order has been issued for the District of Hudson's Hope in northeastern British Columbia as the Mount McAllister wildfire threatens the community. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-B.C. Wildfire Management Branch
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Studies reveal more side effects for cholesterol drug niacin; some doctors say it's too risky
FILE - In this Wednesday, May 15, 2013, file photo, a pharmacist works at his desk located next to the prescription pick up counter in New York. New details from two studies reveal more side effects from niacin, a drug that hundreds of thousands of Americans take for cholesterol problems and general heart health. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
Natural selection: How Kent Monkman’s latest installation blends art history with colonial critique
"Bête Noire" by Kent Monkman, 192 x 192 x 120 inches (2014). Painted backdrop (acrylic on canvas). Sculptural installation (mixed media)
B.C. man's Google Elephant system helping save threatened species in Africa
Jake Wall, a PhD geography student at the University of British Columbia, helps outfit an elephant with a satellite GPS tracking collar in northern Kenya in a handout photo. Wall, who works with the conservation group Save the Elephants, has designed a system to crunch the live satellite data and alert rangers to curb poaching and alert rangers to elephants in distress. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Jake Wall
When you like the stock – but not the company’s product
McDonald’s may be missing the mark when it comes to meeting its North American sales goals, but in emerging markets the fast-food chain is doing well.
Have Your Say: Should workplace diversity include ex-cons and body piercings?
Yum Brands 2nd-quarter profit increases 19 per cent as KFC business in China rebounds
In this Wednesday, May 14, 2014 photo, a customer departs a Pizza Hut restaurant location, in Boston. Yum Brands, parent company of Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, and KFC, reports quarterly financial results on Wednesday, July 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
EBay 2Q profit rises on PayPal growth; eBay e-commerce unit hampered by cyberattack
In this June 5, 2014 photo, people walk in front of an eBay Inc. sign at the company's headquarters in San Jose, Calif. EBay Inc. reports quarterly financial results on Wednesday, July 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Oilers continue to change coaching staff, hire Thompson as assistant
Archdiocese of Vancouver agrees to accommodate transgender students
Independent Catholic schools in Vancouver have quietly approved a policy to accommodate transgendered students after settling a human rights complaint by 11-year-old Tracey Wilson after she was diagnosed with gender dysphoria, but could not be accommodated in her request to be treated as a girl.
U of T instructor testifies in own sexual assault trial
James Andrew Payne will not be teaching for the duration of his trial.
Quebec cabinet minister apologizes to PQ predecessor over travel allegations
Quebec Culture Minister Christine St-Pïerre responds to Opposition questions over comments she made about artists wearing the red square to protest tuition hikes, Tuesday, June 12, 2012 at the legislature in Quebec City. St-Pierre is apologizing to her Parti Quebecois predecessor for comments she made about his frequent trips to France. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
FDA uncovers additional 300 vials labeled dengue, influenza, rickets from gov't lab
How an app may have just made Kim Kardashian $85-million richer
Fashion designer Olivier Rousteing kisses Kim Kardashian as they pose prior to attending the Vogue party, in Paris, Wednesday July 9, 2014.
US, Europe escalate sanctions on Russia; Obama says Ukraine actions 'have consequences'
President Barack Obama speaks about foreign policy and escalating sanctions against Russia in response to the crisis in Ukraine in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, July 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Outages from post-tropical storm Arthur costly for New Brunswick businesses
Bank of Canada finds new way to drive home message
Kevin Carmichael
Oliver adds retail expertise to Economic Advisory Council
Federal Finance Minister Joe Oliver arrives for the announcement of a renewed Federal Gas Tax fund at a TTC transit yard in Toronto on Friday, July 11, 2014.
Goodbye lawns? Gardeners adapt to changing climate
Mowing and watering a traditional lawn requires a lot of time, money, water and fertilizers. Increasingly, many home gardeners want to focus instead on edible gardens, and rethink the rest of their landscaping in a more environmentally sustainable and low-maintenance way.
The close: TSX ends at record high, BlackBerry tanks
A passerby is seen outside the Toronto Stock Exchange at the Exchange Tower in Toronto, Ont. Feb. 7/2011.
Garbage dump fire smoulders on in Iqaluit, where there's no money to douse it
A garbage dump fire smoulders across the bay from the town of Iqaluit, Nunavut, Tuesday, July 8, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Ukranian duo secure first slots in entrepreneur visa program
The founders of Zeetl Inc., the first successful applicants to Canada’s Start-Up Visa Program.
Clarification: GM-Recalls-Rental Cars story
Banners advertising rental cars stand along the check-in counters at Hartsfield-Jackson Airport, Nov. 27, 2013, in Atlanta. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, David Goldman
Time Warner, Yahoo, Intel, HCA Holdings, and PNC Financial are big market movers
Kim Cattrall takes on a new taboo: getting old
Kim Cattrall as Davina in Sensitive Skin
Canucks sign restricted-free-agent forward Linden Vey to one-year contract
Los Angeles Kings right wing Linden Vey (57) and New York Islanders center John Tavares, back right, fight for the puck during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013, in Los Angeles. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Gus Ruelas
Kate Thornley-Hall: Partial to patterns – bolder the better
Kate Thornley-Hall designed this room in a converted mill in Mulmur, Ont. She transformed a simple underused room into the client’s favourite spot in the house by making it bold, bright and full of life.
Dow reaches another record following earnings, deal news; Time Warner soars on Murdoch bid
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