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September 26

Kicker Sean Whyte makes the difference in Alouettes win over RedBlacks
Quarterback Jonathan Crompton of the Montreal Alouettes throws a pass to teammate S.J. Green against the Ottawa Redblacks during a CFL game at TD Place Stadium on September 26, 2014 in Ottawa.
Healthy Clarkson excited after last year’s ‘nightmare’ season
Toronto Maple Leafs David Clarkson poses during a shoot at training camp in Toronto on Thursday September 18, 2013.
Searching for Sasquatch: One club's 25-year quest around a B.C. resort town
B59TFK Bigfoot Sighting. Image shot 2008. Exact date unknown.
Bozak strong in pre-season debut as Leafs beat Sabres
Toronto Maple Leafs Joffrey Lupul, left, and Tyler Bozak, right, celebrate a goal by Josh Leivo, center, against the Buffalo Sabres during the third period of an NHL hockey preseason game, Friday, Sept. 26, 2014, in Buffalo, N.Y. Toronto won 6-4.
Canadian Dalton Pompey leads Blue Jays to win over Orioles
Dalton Pompey of the Toronto Blue Jays celebrates their victory with Marcus Stroman during MLB game action against the Baltimore Orioles on September 26, 2014 at Rogers Centre in Toronto.
While walking NY Film Festival red carpet for 'Gone Girl,' Tyler Perry confirms he'll be a dad
Temporary foreign worker data 'don't correspond' with reality
More than a dozen employers surveyed by The Globe said they do not employ anywhere near the number of temporary foreign workers attributed to them in a government report released to The Globe and Mail through access to information laws. Dan Kelly, president of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, said the government has been making decisions on some “really poor pieces of evidence.” Mr. Kelly said he is aware of some employers who rely heavily on foreign workers, but said they’re typically small businesses in rural or remote communities.
Training camp evolved over the years but focus, goals remain the same
Toronto Maple Leafs training camp 1928. Corporal Joe Coyne of the RCR is at the front, facing (first row, left to right): Ace Bailey, Art Duncan, Joe Primeau, and Hap Day. Middle row, l to r: Shorty Horne, Dr. Bill Carson, Gerry Lowrey, Art Smith. Back, l to r: Lorne Chabot, Jack Arbour, Alex Gray, Danny Cox.
RCMP arrest Calgary woman sought on warrant for fatal impaired crash
UN official says family planning access is ‘critical’ for women worldwide
A file photo taken on February 15, 2012 shows a staff members caring for a baby at the Saint Ivan Rilski home for medical and social care for children in Sofia.
Duhatschek: Johnston brings a personal touch to Penguins
Penguins head coach Mike Johnston, left, and assistant Rick Tocchet won their first pre-season game against Detroit, Thursday.
Celtics lose Rajon Rondo for several weeks after he breaks finger at home
The Celtics said the Rajon Rondo is expected to miss six to eight weeks.
Amid political tensions, Germany’s outspoken president praises Canada
Doug Saunders
At long last, encampment at Oppenheimer Park to come down
Gary Mason
We’ve overloaded family dinners with expectation and symbolism
Elizabeth Renzetti
In desperation, Doug Ford stoops to populist pandering
Marcus Gee
George Radwanski: A willful champion for personal privacy
During his tenure as privacy commissioner, George Radwanski battled with government, saying it was trying to use September 11 attacks as an excuse for harvesting detailed personal information. He resigned in 2003 after being mired in an expense scandal.
Great pies withstand painful experience at Don’t Argue Pizzeria
The potato mash with crispy, braised kale and the pancetta niçoise at Don’t Argue Pizzeria taste great, but the people who run it couldn’t care less about customer comfort.
B.C. First Nation wins bin to challenge Northern Gateway pipeline in court
Douglas Channel, the proposed termination point for an oil pipeline in the Enbridge Northern Gateway Project, is pictured in an aerial view in Kitimat on January 10, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Latest test results show Nova Scotia pulp mill’s emissions still too high
Local citizens are concerned over the smog conditions created by the Northern Pulp Mill in Pictou, Nova Scotia. Tests conducted last month at the Northern Pulp mill in Nova Scotia show the operation was still spewing emissions above legal limits, the province’s Environment Department said Friday.
2015 will be Year Zero for the Blue Jays
Cathal Kelly
In Pictures: Afghan girls shoot for fun
An Afghan girl poses with her goggles after being shot by a paintball gun at Eagle paintball club in Kabul September 26, 2014.
Couple have good income but are falling deeper into debt
Three top picks from Getting Technical’s Bill Carrigan
Bill Carrigan.
Newest Liberian Ebola treatment centre overwhelmed with cases
A doctor attends to a girl on Friday at a Médecins sans frontières hospital in Monrovia, where patients and doctors are terrified.
A mother's agony over her daughters’ deaths
Jennifer Hicks stands at the graveside of her twin daughters, Krista and Karen, who both drown to death on Aug. 4, 2002: ‘There is no justice for me or my girls.’
Five key decisions Blue Jays have to look forward to during off-season
For the eight seasons he has been a member of the Blue Jays, Janssen has always been one of the more respected players.
BMO: Markets have it wrong when it comes to the U.S. economy and the rest of the world
Republicans and Democrats are in rare agreement about welcoming new immigrants, but fracas over health care legislation could scupper change.
The Globe's stars and dogs for the week: Investors score with Nike
Best images from around the world: Sept 26
A Turkana woman carrying a child stands by a hut in Napak village in northwestern Kenya inside the Turkana region of the Ilemy Triangle September 25, 2014. The Ilemi Triangle is a disputed region in East Africa, claimed by South Sudan and Kenya, bordering also Ethiopia. The dispute arose from unclear wording of a 1914 treaty which tried to allow free movement of the Turkana people, nomadic herders who had traditionally grazed the area. Picture taken on September 25, 2014.
The app every East Vancouver park-goer needs
Stephen Quinn is the host of On the Coast on CBC Radio One, 690 AM and 88.1 FM in Vancouver
Couche-Tard: With or without acquisitions, investors win
Laval, Que.-based Couche-Tard has 8,500 gas and convenience stores, compared with 5,869 in 2010.
New Brunswick’s chief electoral officer to seek audit of some vote tallies
New Brunswick premier designate Brian Gallant speaks in Fredericton, on Wednesday, Sept.24, 2014.
First of Nigeria’s kidnapped girls to return home is in traumatic state
Mercy Rano, mother of one of more than 200 girls abducted in the remote village of Chibok, cries as she reacts during a news conference on the girls in Lagos June 5, 2014. The first of Nigeria’s kidnapped “Chibok girls” to make it home after being released by her Islamic extremist captors spent a tortured night, tossing and turning and screaming “They will kill me! They will kill me!”
Prentice announces new measures to prevent floods, speed up claims
Alberta Premier Jim Prentice speaks in Edmonton, on September 15, 2014.
Teen on co-op placement dies in industrial accident in Niagara region
Police tape marks a crime scene in this file photo.
Going the extra mile for women’s education
Susan Murphy walked Spain’s Camino de Santiago to kick-start a five-year fundraising campaign for the Canadian Federation of University Women.
Landed an interview? Don’t forget your portfolio
Eileen Dooley
Hockey appreciation course helps women break the ice at work
Retired Maple Leafs captain Wendel Clark poses with the Gal’s Got Game co-founders Lally Rementilla, left, and Rekha Shah, right, while other participants at their hockey networking event look on.
Tate, Glenn together again at McMahon, but on opposite sides Saturday
For Bellwoods Brewery, a second shop is about seven million bottles away
Bellwoods Brewery co-owner Mike Clark, sampling a batch at the Ossington Ave. microbrewery in Toronto, hopes to open a second retail shop at their planned new location.
Canadian man allegedly found with 51 live turtles stuffed in pants denied bail
Seized red-eared slider turtles are displayed by customs officials at the Anna international airport in the southern Indian city of Chennai September 13, 2006. A Canadian man allegedly caught with 51 live turtles stuffed down his pants as he tried to re-enter Canada from the U.S. was denied bail in Detroit on Friday.
Crown appeals decision to grant bail to Quebec man charged with killing his kids
Guy Turcotte is shown in court in a court artist sketch on November 14, 2013 in St. Jerome, Que. The Crown will ask Quebec's highest court to review a decision to grant bail to a former doctor facing murder charges in the killing of his two children.
Charges dropped against accused drug kingpin due to nearly decade-long delay
Labour shortage imperils LNG projects, Chinese partner warns
Seventeen B.C. LNG project proposals have been announced so far, including a plant and marine terminal in Kitimat, B.C. (model shown).
My son’s school boundaries are changing: Here’s why I’m okay with it
If proposed boundary changes are approved, Kate Hammer’s son, 17 months, will attend Parkdale Public School instead of Garden Avenue Public.
New Newfoundland and Labrador premier vows action on crime, mental health
Paul Davis is sworn in as the 12th Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador on Friday Sept. 26, 2014, at Government House in St John's, N.L.
Taylor Swift, Metallica, No Doubt set for Rock in Rio USA festival in Las Vegas next year
Musician John Mayer performs at Rock In Rio USA event in Times Square on Friday, Sept. 26, 2014 in New York. (Photo by Brad Barket/Invision/AP)
Two hopefuls, no Hazel: Inside Mississauga’s first real race in decades
Bonnie Crombie and Steve Mahoney are running for Mississauga mayor.
Nova Scotia woman charged with attempted murder in connection with stabbing
When you should (and shouldn’t) gift money to adult kids
One advantage to gifting money to a child is that you get to see the kids enjoy the money while you’re alive as opposed to never knowing what they’re going to do with it when you die.
With bag of awards, Jets goaltending prospect Hellebuyck awaits his turn
How do you build wealth for the long run?
While the three-stage process of growth, maintenance and decay may be inevitable, there is no need for it to take place over three generations. All that is required is long-term planning and discipline.
Kinder Morgan takes pipeline fight with Burnaby council directly to residents
Senior vegetation ecologist Tyler Innes walks through Stoney Creek while recording plant species in the area as part of a field study and geotechnical investigation for the proposed Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion project which would run nearby, in Burnaby, B.C., on Wednesday August 27, 2014.
Senior Scotia Capital executive departs suddenly
The corporate logo is seen outside Scotiabank headquarters in the financial district in Toronto on December 3, 2002. Scotiabank is boosting its shareholder dividend by two cents, while reporting a higher third-quarter net income of $2.35 billion. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Kevin Frayer
New Kennedy Center president wants to break barriers between artists, audiences in DC
In this image provided by the Kennedy Center, Kennedy Center President Deborah F. Rutter poses for a portrait in the Opera House at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, Wednesday, May 14, 2104. Rutter says there's no reason the nation's capital should be a conservative, risk-averse place for the arts. In fact, she wants to see the Kennedy Center drive more innovation and discussion about the role of the arts in society. In her first month as the new president of the busy performing arts center, Rutter says she is thinking of how to break down barriers between artists and audiences to foster more interaction.(AP Photo/Kennedy Center, Todd Rosenberg)
Marvel settles dispute with family of comic-book artist
Marvel argued that since Jack Kirby created the characters while working for Marvel, the characters belong to the company.
Officials probe possible role of respiratory virus in weakness, paralysis in 9 Colorado kids
In this Monday, Sept. 8, 2014 photo, Melissa Lewis, of Denver, helps her son, Jayden Broadway, 9, as he coughs in his bed at the Children's Hospital Colorado in Aurora, Colo. He was treated for the enterovirus 68 and released, but his asthma made the illness more difficult to fight. The CDC is investigating nine cases of muscle weakness or paralysis in children at the hospital and whether the culprit might be enterovirus 68 which is causing severe respiratory illness across the country. (AP Photo/The Denver Post, Cyrus McCrimmon)
US official says Khorasan group 'a clear and present danger' to passenger, cargo flights
FILE - In this Nov. 14, 2013, file photo, Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Administrator John Pistole testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Pistole says hardened jihadists in Syria known as the Khorasan group represent "a clear and present danger" to passenger and cargo airline flights to the United States and Europe. Pistole says the purpose of U.S. military air strikes earlier this week that targeted the group was to disrupt an "imminent attack or attack entering the last phases of execution." (AP Photo/Molly Riley, File)
The root causes of Paul Calandra
Parliamentary Secretary Paul Calandra speaks in the House of Commons during question period in Ottawa on Friday, Sept. 26, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Teen on co-op placement dies in industrial accident in Niagara region: Police
Up close inside Alberta's oil sands
Original stars to return to Broadway's 'Chicago' in Nov. to mark record-setting performance
In this 1996 file photo released by The Publicity Office, Ann Reinking, left, and Bebe Neuwirth star in the musical "Chicago" at New York's Richard Rodgers Theater in New York. Original stars Reinking, Neuwirth, James Naughton and Joel Grey will be making cameos that night to celebrate the show becoming the second longest-running show in Broadway history. (AP Photo/The Publicity Office, Dan Chavkin, File)
Most actively traded companies on the TSX
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
With playoff clock ticking, Whitecaps need big effort against Real Salt Lake
Marvel settles dispute with family of artist who helped create Iron Man, other characters
ABC's 'How to Get Away With Murder' debuts to impressive numbers
FILE - In this July 15, 2014 photo, showrunner Shonda Rhimes speaks during the "How to Get Away with Murder" panel at the Disney/ABC Television Group 2014 Summer TCA in Beverly Hills, Calif. ABC's night of Shonda Rhimes has gotten off to an impressive start, and it was the newcomer that led the way. The network has filled its Thursday schedule with three series from Rhimes' production company. The latest, a lawyer drama starring Viola Davis called "How to Get Away With Murder," was seen by 14.3 million people in its debut. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
How the Dow Jones industrial average and other major indexes fared on Friday
Music Review: Nothing surprising on Thom Yorke's surprise album, 'Tomorrow's Modern Boxes'
This CD cover image shows "Tomorrow's Modern Boxes," the latest self-release by Thom Yorke. (AP Photo/Thom Yorke)
Canadian man allegedly found with 51 live turtles stuffed in pants denied bail
Small towns rescuing, restoring downtown movie theatres in bid to add vitality to communities
Work is done on the marquis of the Webster Theater, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2014, in Webster City, Iowa. When the historic downtown movie theater in Webster City, Iowa, went bankrupt and shut down last year, some wondered whether it was further proof of the small town’s demise after a factory closure put hundreds out of work. Instead, residents rallied. They held public meetings, hashed out volunteer work and launched a fundraising campaign. More than $200,000 later, the theater reopened. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Leading Canadian scientist's biggest challenge? Funding fatigue
Jim Woodgett.
I hate stepping on the scale. How do I get over my fear?
Woman's Feet on a Bathroom Scale
Bullish on Laurentian Bank
Set for a rebound? Multiple insider buying at Teck Resources
Teck’s Highland Valley copper operation in British Columbia.
Five schools of thought about where the world may be headed next
A young Syrian Kurdish boy looks through the fence at at the Turkish-Syrian border in Suruc, Turkey, Sept. 24.
Zimbabwe's Liam Middleton named Canadian men's rugby sevens coach
Diamondbacks fire manager Kirk Gibson, bench coach Alan Trammell also let go
FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2014, file photo,, Arizona Diamondbacks manager Kirk Gibson watches from the dugout during a baseball game against the Minnesota Twins in Minneapolis.
Chartered accountant is an enterprising investor
Matt Momentoff
B.C. law society will hold referendum on Trinity Western accreditation
Trinity Western University
B.C. lawyers to vote in referendum on accreditation of Christian law school
Nike, Janus Capital, Micron Technology, Diamond Foods and Blackberry are big market movers
Why this Toronto theatre isn’t inviting critics to opening night
Born in Scotland, made in Canada: bluebellgray taps local talent for custom line
Fiona Douglas watercolour paints for future Bluebellgray designs at a hotel in Toronto on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Hannah Yoon
The close: TSX snaps losing streak; BlackBerry shares climb 5%
A man walks past an old Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) sign in Toronto, June 23, 2014.
What it’s like to watch your intimate memoirs unfold onstage
Peter James Haworth plays Ian Brown in Great Canadian Theatre Company’s world premiere of The Boy in the Moon.
Security firms gathering data on hacker strategies to exploit Shellshock bug
A MacBook Air laptop is pictured on display at an Apple Store in Pasadena, California July 22, 2013.
Japanese firm fined $67.7M by US for conspiring to fix prices for ocean shipping services
FILE - In this Friday, Sept. 5, 1997 file photo, containers are unloaded from the "K" Line ship, Bay Bridge, docked at the Port of Tacoma in Tacoma, Wash. On Friday, Sept. 26, 2014, the U.S. Justice Department said that Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd., also known as "K'' Line, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to fix prices for international ocean shipping services. (AP Photo/Karie Hamilton)
Energy stock’s beautiful run may have more to give
A worker hangs from an oil derrick outside of Willisburg, N.D. on July 26, 2011. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Gregory Bull
US indexes end a turbulent week with a surge; Dow gains 167 as Nike soars on higher earnings
Two Pan Am Games executives to get total of over $600,000 in severance
A velodrome is being built for the 2015 Pan-Am Games.
Wife of former 'American Idol' judge Randy Jackson files for divorce in Los Angeles
FILE - In this Feb. 2, 2008 file photo, music producer Randy Jackson and wife Erika attend the Victoria's Secret "What Is Sexy?" Super Bowl party at Taste Ultra Lounge, in Scottsdale, Ariz. Erika Jackson filed for divorce on Friday, Sept. 26, 2014, in Los Angeles, citing irreconcilable differences. She and Randy Jackson have been married for almost 19 years and have two children together, including a 17-year-old son. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file)
OSFI hands insurers fresh capital requirements
Looking up from the corner of Bay and Adelaide streets in Toronto’s financial district. OSFI has released details of new regulations modelled on the Basel Committee’s guidelines. Come 2015, Canadian banks must meet a liquidity coverage ratio of 100 per cent.
Chen pins BlackBerry’s turnaround hopes on software
BlackBerry CEO John Chen shows off the new Passport device at it's launch in Toronto on Wednesday, September 24, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Mellencamp on Ryan: 'I never say die for anything'
FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2012 file photo, performer John Mellencamp, right, and actress Meg Ryan, center, watch Dale Watson perform at the start of Farm Aid 2012 concert at Hersheypark Stadium in Hershey, Pa. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma, File)
Douglas Coupland ponders how the Web has rewired our brains
The quietly powerful company Alcatel-Lucent, which makes much of the wiring that keeps the Internet alive, is the focus of Douglas Coupland’s 25th book.
Severance payments for axed Pan Am executives cost over $500K
RCMP search for armed and dangerous suspect following central Alberta robbery
Deep-value stocks are scarce, but they can still be found
Norman Rothery
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