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Philadelphia Daily News editor, New Haven Register honoured for efforts to diversity newsrooms
LeBron James unveils his new shoe before he readies for training camp with Cavaliers
Annual report shows Manitoba Hydro nearly doubles net income
Saskatoon woman, 65, deported to Pakistan after appeal to Federal Court rejected
Orioles clinch AL East title with win over Blue Jays
Jimmy Paredes #38 of the Baltimore Orioles congratulates Steve Pearce #28 on his three-run home in the first inning during a baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays on September 16, 2014 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland.
Jewel's latest song is free: Singer-songwriter releases 'Home to Me' to support public housing
Cops on the hunt for whoever stole $25,000 in beer from Ontario business
Ontario Provincial Police say freight carrier Country Transport was broken into in Norwich Township overnight between Wednesday and Thursday last week. A tractor-trailer filled with thousands of bottles and cans of beer was then stolen from the business.
Conservation groups call on Ottawa to investigate disappearing salmon
Tories changed tack on Supreme Court appointment after Globe report
Veritas (Truth) guards the entrance of the Supreme Court of Canada as the Peace tower is seen in the background in an April 25, 2014 photo in Ottawa. Written responses reveal that Ottawa chose not to hold public hearing or government panel in naming Clément Gascon to the Supreme Court because of a May Globe and Mail report on short list
U.S. Steel Canada files for CCAA protection; cites $2.4B of operating losses
Regina dental patients going to Alberta because of long wait lists for surgery
Some residents of Regina are travelling to Alberta to have oral surgery rather than put up with dental pain for up to a year because of long wait lists, CJME reports. There are currently only two oral and maxillofacial surgeons in the city and each is booked for months in advance.
Saskatoon man pleads guilty to kidnapping, beating woman in May
The Leafs are deeper, yes, but still have a long way to go
Toronto Maple Leafs goalie Jonathan Bernier, takes a break as goalie as James Reimer looks on while they play the St. Louis Blues during the first period of their NHL hockey game in Toronto on Tuesday March 25, 2014
Terrorism experts Jessica Stern and J.M. Berger writing book on Islamic State group
US senator to ask Congress to suspend coal sales after administration declines to halt program
Quebec’s Mirabel airport demolition to go ahead despite convention centre plans
Mirabel Airport stands empty in Mirabel, Quebec December 18, 2006. The federal government on Monday announced a sales program for Mirabel farmers to buy back 11,000 acres of land which was expropriated in 1969 to build the airport.
Toronto FC midfielder Dominic Oduro has speed to burn in 'FIFA 15'
University of Alberta president talks about the risks of transformation
University of Alberta president Indira Samarasekera is pictured at the U of A in Edmonton AB, December 17, 2010. Samarasekera is an advocate for boys education.
Tentative deal for B.C. teachers means relief and hope
B.C. Teachers’ Federation president Jim Iker leaves a news conference in Vancouver on Tuesday. Teachers are set to vote on a tentative contract Thursday.
West Virginia native, former prisoner of war Jessica Lynch starring in Christian film
FILE - In this Dec. 10, 2011 file photo, former prisoner of war Jessica Lynch is featured in the South Charleston, W.Va. Christmas Parade. Lynch has landed a lead role in a Christian film. Morgantown-based JC Films is producing "One Church," being shot this month in Rock Hill, South Carolina. (AP Photo/Bob Bird, file)
Former premier Dalton McGuinty to lobby Queen’s Park
Former premier Dalton McGuinty, shown after answering questions in June about two cancelled gas plants in Ontario, was barred from lobbying the government for a year after leaving office.
Survey calls Metro Vancouver’s waste incinerator plan into question
Three-quarters of people in the Lower Mainland would like the regional government to put its plan for an incinerator on pause for two years. And more than 90 per cent say it should investigate the option of new-style facilities that mechanically sort recyclables out of mixed trash, according to a survey commissioned by Belkorp Industries Inc., the company that wants to build one of the new “mixed waste recovery facilities,” or MWRFs, in the region.
One convicted, one acquitted in sex assault at off-campus residence
The Peter MacKinnon Building at the University of Saskatchewan is a National Historic Site of Canada and the administrative centre for the campus, it opened in 1913. One of the two men accused of sexually assaulting a woman at a University of Saskatchewan off-campus residence has been found guilty after a judge ruled his story was “an adolescent fantasy.”
John Tory forgets first rule of Toronto subway funding
Marcus Gee
Politicians trade blazers for blue jeans in rural Ontario at plowing match
Kathleen Wynne, who fielded questions from farmers angry about disappearing farmland and high energy bills, mounts a tractor at the International Plowing Match in Ontario on Tuesday.
Review: Apple’s new iPhones go big, really big
They are not cheap: The 16GB models of the iPhone 6 will set you back $749 to purchase outright and $100 more for the 16GB 6 Plus. At the far end of the spectrum, the 128GB iterations of the handsets will cost you $969 and $1079 respectively.
Unto the kingdom of perpetual night: King Richard III died painfully on the battlefield
Mirabel airport demolition to go ahead despite convention centre plans
Mirabel airport's deserted passenger terminal is pictured on Wednesday, September 17, 2014 in Mirabel, Que.. Despite efforts to save Mirabel airport, the Montreal airport authority is going ahead with plans to demolish the facility, which has had no passenger flights since 2004. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
Falun Gong say amended Vancouver bylaw still violates Charter rights
A Falun Gong practitioner protests outside the Chinese embassy on Granville St in Vancouver on November 3, 2011.
Saskatoon woman, 65, deported to Pakistan after appeal to Federal Court rejected
Riel Rebellion legal skirmish in Saskatchewan: band seeks withheld treaty pay
‘Worker’s priest’ Cardinal Jean-Claude Turcotte is seriously ill in hospital
Canadian Cardinal Jean-Claude Turcotte attends a Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Monday, April 18, 2005.
Court documents: Suspects in deadly California bank robbery tried to make off with $15,600
Rapid escalation of Ebola risks ‘global security’
Health workers carry the body of a woman that they suspect died from the Ebola virus, in an area known as Clara Town in Monrovia, Liberia, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014.
8 people face charges after police raid suspected drug houses in B.C.
Donations flow in prior to opening of Canadian human rights museum
Employees from Signex work on the signage for the main entrance to the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg Manitoba, September 16, 2014. The Canadian Museum for Human Rights which opens September 20th, is the first national museum to be built in nearly half a century, and the first outside the National Capital Region.
Split opinion: Americans, Europeans, Japanese skeptical about trade; Chinese see benefits
Debate on referendum notably muted in Canada’s most Scottish province
Duncan McGregor sits next to the statue of Scottish poet Robbie Burns at Victoria Park in Halifax September 16, 2014. Scotland goes to the polls to vote on Thursday.
B.C.'s teachers are the losers in tentative deal
Gary Mason
Health officials urged to watch for rare enterovirus causing respiratory illness
Children wash their hands in a bathroom at a nursery in Eichenau, near Munich June 18, 2012. Health officials across the country are on the lookout for a rare type of virus that appears to have crossed into Canada from the United States, where it has caused severe respiratory illness in children in a dozen states. Enterovirus EV-D68 is spread primarily through coughing and sneezing. To prevent its spread, people should wash their hands frequently.
Conservatives do away with DND short-haul moving policy for retirees
Business Highlights
Filmmaker Judd Apatow co-creates new sitcom 'Love' for Netflix; Rust, Jacobs to star
Margaritaville owners file for bankruptcy before landlord could grab closed Mississippi casino
Calgary man accused of abusing animals will remain in jail; bail denied
Probe: HealthCare.gov website security weaknesses putting personal information at risk
This Monday, Sept. 15, 2014, photo shows part of the HealthCare,gov website in Washington. Nonpartisan congressional investigators say the website has significant security weaknesses that could put Americans' personal information at risk. The Government Accountability Office said Tuesday, Sept. 16, that the Obama administration must resolve more than 20 specific security issues related to who can get into the online system, who can make changes in it and what to do in case the complex network fails.(AP Photo/Jon Elswick)
The best e-commerce stocks: Two stand out
Miley Cyrus date 45 minutes late for arraignment, due back in court next month
Jesse Helt arrives at Polk County Courthouse in Dallas, Ore., for his arraignment on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Statesman-Journal, Danielle Peterson
Plans to cut parental programs draw scorn in Quebec
Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard responds to Opposition questions as the legislature reconvenes for its fall session, Tuesday, September 16, 2014 at the legislature in Quebec City.
Fraser River's sockeye salmon run size uncertain, but ‘great’
Jonathan Hill and Elliot Knudsen work on equipment at the Pacific Salmon Commission at their observation outpost in Mission, British Columbia on September 16, 2014.
How the Dow Jones industrial average and other major indexes fared on Tuesday
Major sponsors join chorus of disapproval over NFL but stop short of pulling ads
Telecom firms handed customer info to Environment Canada, other federal agencies
Security guard killed by truck on Burnaby set of Falling Skies
Police tape marks a crime scene in this file photo.
U.S. combat troops a possibility against Islamic State, top soldier says
Iraqi officials check a list aboard a CC-130J Hercules aircraft containing mortar shells destined for Iraq during Operation IMPACT on September 3, 2014.
CDC: Severe respiratory illness - from uncommon virus - has now been confirmed in 12 states
As historic referendum nears, Scots not feeling English love
Cuckoo's Bakery reveal the result of the cupcakes referendum that the bakery has been holding since March 7 by selling Yes, No and undecided cupcakes at Cuckoo's Bakery in Dundas Street, on September 17, 2014 in Edinburgh, Scotland
FedEx says it will raise US ground and express delivery rates by average of 4.9 per cent
Even with positive news, euro zone still feeling the pinch
Brian Milner
Yves Fortier: A herald of Canada’s golden age of geology
Yves Fortier during Operation Franklin, in the summer of 1955.
P.K. Subban ready to step into leadership role in Montreal this season
Montreal Canadiens' P.K. Subban follows through on his game-winning goal in the second overtime period against the Boston Bruins in Game 1 of an NHL hockey second-round playoff series in Boston, Thursday, May 1, 2014.
Film review: Bateman, Fey, Fonda top A-list cast in overly sappy, heavy-handed 'Leave You'
Canada, you're No. 1 in America's heart, U.S. online survey suggests
Rural-urban divide dominates Ontario politicians' annual trek to plowing match
Endo makes unsolicited offer for Auxilium worth $1.4B, or $28.10/share in cash and stock
Ed Clark: An era marked by straight talk and results at TD Bank
Ed Clark , CEO of TD Bank delivers his address during the company's annual general meeting April 4, 2013 in Ottawa.
Ease stress – just bring your dog to work
Softchoice employee Mark Fischer pets Lebowski while Chewbacca looks on. Both dogs are owned by co-workers.
The real goods on fake currencies
Harvey Schachter
Three top stock picks from Davis Rea’s John O’Connell
John O’Connell.
Transcript: Building your brand in the era of digital marketing
Tsunami, earthquake: How to lead when absolutely everything goes wrong
Jerry Chenkin is president and CEO of Honda Canada Inc.
A list of the top 20 prime-time programs in the Nielsen ratings for Sept. 8-14
Nielsen says first episode of PBS series 'Roosevelts' seen by 9 million
Most actively traded companies on the TSX
Some progress in B.C.’s peace and conflict studies
Mediator Vince Ready is pictured before meetings with the B.C.T.F and the B.C Government in Richmond, British Columbia on August 28 2014. (BEN NELMS for The Globe and Mail)
The world is one step behind Ebola
WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 16: Healey International Relief Foundation Program Manager Ishmael Charles of Freetown, Sierra Leone, testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee during a hearing about ebola in West Africa on Capitol Hill September 16, 2014 in Washington, DC. Charles told the committee about his country's desparate fight against ebola and how Sierra Leone's lack of medical capacity has done little to stem the virus. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Cops on the hunt for whoever stole $25,000 worth of beer from Ontario business
NASA picks Boeing and SpaceX to carry astronauts to space station by 2017
In this May 29, 2014 photo, Elon Musk, CEO and CTO of SpaceX, introduces the SpaceX Dragon V2 spaceship at the SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, Calif. On Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014, NASA will announce which one or two private companies wins the right to transport astronauts to the International Space Station. The deal will end NASA's expensive reliance on Russian crew transport. The contenders include SpaceX, Sierra Nevada Corp., and Boeing. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, file)
Infographic: Wind Mobile's network
TD Bank CEO says Ottawa should tighten lending rules to avoid future troubles
His first casino closed, Donald Trump says he may 'buy back' into struggling Atlantic City
B.C. man who killed four women gets life without parole for 25 years
Stroman will likely get ‘stiff’ punishment, Gibbons says
Toronto starting pitcher Marcus Stroman
Tim Hortons merger unaffected by U.S. tax law move, filings show
Signs for Tim Hortons and Burger King are displayed Aug. 26, 2014, in Erie, Penn. The U.S. government may soon clamp down on companies reducing their U.S. tax payments by way of foreign acquisitions, but such a change wouldn’t stop the merger of Burger King Worldwide Inc. and Tim Hortons Inc., filings show.
Foreign holdings of US Treasury securities dip in July to $6 trillion after hitting record
No charges against police officer in York Region motorcycle crash:SIU
Why investors are cheering for new takeover rules
Man stressed at home
Canada falls behind global growth of offshore wind power: report
Offshore wind farms, such as this one, just off the island of Borkum in Germany, are more practical in smaller countries. Britain currently has the most offshore wind farms of any country.
Canada adds more Russian officials to those facing economic sanctions
U.S. Steel Canada files for creditor protection
Steam billows from a stack at the U.S. Steel Canada plant in Hamilton in this file photo taken March 4, 2009.
Infographic: Gold mining cost comparison
B.C. man who killed four women gets life without parole for 25 years
Cody Legebokoff was convicted of four counts of first-degree murder.
Census: US poverty rate drops for the first time since 2006
Death certificate shows rapper Tim Dog was dead when a warrant was issued for his arrest
Balanced mutual funds see lion's share of investments in August: IFIC
US stock market finishes higher as investors await results of Federal Reserve meeting
Anheuser-Busch says it is 'disappointed and concerned' by Rice, Peterson incidents in NFL
CDC study: Americans' bellies are expanding fast - a particularly dangerous trend
The world’s most dangerous flavour: How bitter is making a comeback
Recipe from Bitter © 2014 by Jennifer McLagan. Photography by Aya Brackett. Published by HarperCollins Canada. All rights reserved.
Infographic: Lump-sum investing versus dollar-cost averaging
Lump sum investing vs. dollar-cost averaging: the nitty-gritty from Rob Carrick.
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