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Couple give hospice a hand to help more people nearing end of life
Calfrac co-founder Doug Ramsay says he hopes his gift to Foothills Country Hospice will encourage others to contribute to what he calls 'such a great cause.'
Kill the Messengers: Stephen Harper and how our elected leaders meddle with the media
Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his muzzling of government scientists, among other centralizing tendencies of his office, is the subject of Mark Bourrie’s book.
RCMP in western Newfoundland recover body of missing snowmobiler from lake
The Gallery of Lost Species: Author Nina Berkhout and the persistence of memory
Nina Berkhout, a well-known poet, applies her sensibilities of that genre to The Gallery of Lost Species to keep the pace moving.
Significant events related to a tailings spill at B.C.'s Mount Polley mine
A first-hand account of the world’s most notorious detention centre
Mohamedou Ould Slahi, who languishes in Guantanamo Bay, hand-wrote a 120,000-word diary describing the conditions of his rendition, imprisonment and often brutal treatment at the hands of his captors.
Mastercard, Amazon, Google, Deckers and Hawaiian Holdings are big market movers
The problem with steak at NAO, Yorkville’s newest steakhouse
A steak from NAO Steakhouse.
10 ads to watch out for on Super Bowl Sunday
This image provided by Anheuser-Busch shows a portion of the company's Budweiser television ad scheduled to run during Super Bowl XLIX on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Anheuser-Busch)
How the tradition of pond hockey wound up on thin ice
People skate on Grenadier Pond in Toronto Jan. 27, 2015.
Why this new Orientalism art show is a spectacular must-see
Detail from The Favourite of the Emir by Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant
Five charged with fraud and money laundering in $92-million Ponzi scheme
The close: U.S. stocks sink on GDP, TSX boosted by energy stocks
A pumpjack operates at the Inglewood Oil field in Los Angeles.
Appeal court upholds quashing of charges laid by police in Cape Breton
Saskatchewan Roughriders sign veteran receiver Weston Dressler to extension
Roughriders sign veteran receiver Weston Dressler to extension
Saskatchewan Roughriders' Weston Dressler runs the ball against the Calgary Stampeders during first half CFL football action in Calgary, Alta., Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013.
Former Quebec union boss sentenced to 12 months for faking, inflating bills
Former president of Quebec's FTQ labour union Jocelyn Dupuis , right, and his lawyer Jean-Daniel Debkoski leave the courtroom after being found guilty of fraud charges in Montreal on September 26, 2014. The former leader of one of Quebec's main construction unions has been sentenced to 12 months in jail. Jocelyn Dupuis was convicted in September of faking and inflating bills worth more than $63,000. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
It's now or never: Collection of kitsch from Elvis tribute museum being auctioned in Miss.
Canadian Oil Sands stock sees huge swings, dividend cut news leaked early
Syncrude's oil sands up-grader facility located north of Fort McMurray, Alberta. Syncrude is partly owned by Canadian Oil Sands.
South Carolina judge orders journalist to tell how she obtained diary of James Brown's widow
It's now or never: Collection of kitsch from Elvis tribute museum being auctioned in Miss.
Michelle Obama, Bradley Cooper back challenge to TV, film producers to accurately portray vets
Producer Bruce Cohen listens at left as actor Bradley Cooper speaks on a panel during the launch event for "Got Your 6," a multifaceted program that includes encouraging film and television to include characters who are veterans, Friday, Jan. 30, 2015, at National Geographic Society Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Hydro-Quebec CEO Thierry Vandal resigns after nearly a decade at helm of utility
Are these Brazilian islands really the most beautiful place on Earth?
Baia dos Porcos, Fernando de Noronha, Brasil.
Recalls this week include space heaters, orbital sanders, candle gift boxes
This photo provided by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission shows a Holmes brand oil-filled heater that is being recalled because the heaters can spray heated oil, posing a scald hazard. (AP Photo/U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission)
Why shopping has turned into a night at the museum
Family of slain Saskatchewan woman upset over missing accused's court appearance
Panthers in NHL playoff chase, showing signs of progress
Florida Panthers players Brad Boyes celebrates with Jonathan Huberdeau and Erik Gudbranson after scoring a goal against the Detroit Red Wings during the third period of an NHL hockey game in Sunrise, Fla., Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015.
Nova Scotia RCMP say man charged after two men struck on highway last fall
Lower fuel prices expected to drive airline profits and stock prices: analysts
Oil jumps 7 per cent on signs US oil companies curtail production following big rout in price
The NDP and Liberals must come together to prevent the unthinkable
Gerald Caplan
Chevron guts budget as job cuts, project delays follow oil slump
Current gas prices are shown at a Chevron gas station in Encinitas, Calif, on Oct. 10, 2014.
N.W.T. opens land for first oil exploration auction since devolution
Sex Pistol Sid Vicious dies of an overdose in New York
For the government, this oilfield is history; presidential-scandal Teapot Dome sold for $45M
Sacramento’s DeMarcus Cousins to replace Kobe Bryant in NBA all-star game
Toronto Raptors forward DeMar DeRozan makes a basket past Sacramento Kings forward DeMarcus Cousins during first half NBA basketball action in Toronto on Wednesday, January 28, 2015.
Calendar: What investors need to know for the week ahead
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US economy, fueled by consumers, is showing steady gains even as rest of world struggles
In this Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015, photo, BurgerFi restaurant employee Elia Carranza prepares to add cheese to a veggie burger as she grills an order at the Aventura, Fla., restaurant. The company plans to nearly double in size from their existing 65 restaurants this year. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
Los Van Van returning to once-hostile Miami in new era of US-Cuba relations
In this Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015 photo, Samuel Formell, a musician with the Cuban band Los Van Van, poses for a photograph following an interview in Miami Beach, Fla. The group is returning to a less polarized Miami as part of its fifth U.S. tour, just as the Obama administration is easing a half-century of restrictions on Cuba, making travel to and from the Communist-governed island easier. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Comedian Tig Notaro is star of Sundance doc premiere, host of its awards program
In this Jan. 26, 2015 photo, Tig Notaro poses for a portrait to promote the film, "Tig", at the Eddie Bauer Adventure House during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Victoria Will/Invision/AP)
Hedge fund manager abandons short position on Bill Gross’s firm
Bill Gross speaks at the Morningstar Investment Conference in Chicago, in this file photo taken June 19, 2014.
Extra security planned for Bill Cosby's Friday show in Ohio; protesters are expected outside
FILE - In this Jan. 17, 2015 file photo, comedian Bill Cosby performs at the Buell Theater in Denver. Cosby's stand-up tour is making a stop in northern Ohio, where police say they will have extra officers on hand for the show. Police in Sandusky expect at least a few protesters outside the theater where Cosby will perform Friday night. The 77-year-old comedian is facing sexual assault accusations from at least 15 women, with some of the claims dating back decades. He has denied the allegations through his attorney and has never been charged with a crime. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)
1976, Have Several: An adaptation that’s not yet ready to stand on its own
1976, Have Several
Toronto in black and white: A photographer's slow take on the city
The King Edward Hotel: 'The classic architecture of the past has a strength that extends to the human spirit and sustains it.'
Is it so surprising when something worth watching is produced, written or directed by a woman?
HANNAH CHEESMAN and MACKENZIE DONALDSON
Five things to do this weekend: Jan. 30 to Feb. 1
Douglas Coupland: everywhere is anywhere is anything is everything, a show at MOCCA and the ROM.
The humane message of Transparent: It’s okay to be wrong. It’s not okay to be unyielding
Transparent has been praised as a sophisticated family drama and a “gender-studies utopian experiment,” as The New York Times Magazine put it: great television, an event for transgender visibility in the mainstream and a bellwether for a more inclusive understanding of gender and sexuality more generally.
Amid measles outbreak, White House says science indicates parents should vaccinate their kids
A single-dose vial of the measles-mumps-rubella virus vaccine live, or MMR vaccine is shown at the practice of Dr. Charles Goodman in Northridge, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015. Some doctors are adamant about not accepting patients who don't believe in vaccinations, with some saying they don't want to be responsible for someone's death from an illness that was preventable. Others warn that refusing treatment to such people will just send them into the arms of quacks. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
New York state wage board recommends $7.50 hourly wage for servers, other tipped workers
Goodell 'excited about the future' after a season of controversies
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell participates in a news conference for NFL Super Bowl XLIX football game Friday, Jan. 30, 2015, in Phoenix.
Europe’s Greek lesson: Austerity has failed
A European Union flag, left, hangs beside a Greek national flag beneath the Parthenon temple on Acropolis hill in Athens, Greece. Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg
The casual fan’s field guide to the NFL’s bizarre, sad season
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell pauses as he speaks during a news conference
Red Army uses hockey to carve tale of human tragedy
Red Army follows Russian hockey elite, including, from left, Alexei Kasatonov, Viktor Tikhonov, Vladislav Tretiak, Igor Larionov, Viacheslav (Slava) Fetisov.
Esprit Orchestra keeps the sounds fresh and new
Esprit Orchestra is Canada's only full-sized orchestra devoted exclusively to performing and promoting new orchestral music.
Cost of hydraulic steering for Bluenose II double original estimate: minister
Are Leafs fans and CBC backers the new helicopter parents?
Two Toronto Maple Leafs fans wear paper bags over their heads during a game in Sunrise, Fla., in April, 2014.
A challenge of Wagner proportions for conductor Johannes Debus
Conductor Johannes Debus leads the Canadian Opera Company orchestra during a rehearsal for Die Walkure at the Four Season Centre for the Performing Arts, on Jan 16 2015.
Reproducing a public art project from Canada’s darker days
J.E.H. MacDonald’s painting Mist Fantasy, featured in Art for War and Peace.
With right to strike, the Supreme Court returns balance to the workplace
Hassan Yussuff, president of the Canadian Labour Congress
Artillery fire kills at least 12 civilians in Ukraine’s war-torn Donetsk
A pro-Russia rebel extracts a piece of shrapnel from the wall of an apartment building after an attack, in Donetsk, Ukraine, Jan. 30, 2015.
Will Progress succeed, or is Toronto overloaded with global theatre?
Kelly Nestruck
Everywhere and anywhere, Douglas Coupland takes over Toronto
Douglas Coupland at his exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery in May, 2014.
Richler’s widow has doubts that Montreal will ever honour author
The gazebo on Mount Royal sits in disrepair Tuesday, January 27, 2015 in Montreal. The gazebo is supposed to be renamed to commemorate author Mordecai Richler but the project has been stalled for four years.
UK drama 'Foyle's War' wraps with 3 satisfying episodes; help from native son John Mahoney
This photo provided by Acorn TV shows John Mahoney as Andrew Del Mar in "Foyle's War" on Acorn TV. The final season of “Foyle’s War,” debuts Monday, Feb. 2, 2015, on the streaming service Acorn TV. (AP Photo/ITV/Acorn TV)
Michael Christie’s second book examines living life to the fullest
Michael Christie’s new book is about an agoraphobic woman and her son.
Sun Pharma gets approval for $4B purchase of Ranbaxy after agreeing to sell off antibiotic
Candy maker's Deflategate chocolate football was a joke but winds up raising $20K for charity
Bill Sarris, the owner of Sarris Candy, poses behind the "deflated" chocolate football called a "Bradie" Ball at Sarris Candy store in in Canonsburg, Pa., on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015. Sarris says they came up with the idea to poke fun at the controversy surrounding under-inflated footballs on Tuesday. The display item isn't for sale. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
No wrongdoing by West Vancouver officer who stopped longboarder: watchdog
Public editor: Egregious grammatical errors caught by Globe readers
Globe and Mail public editor Sylvia Stead
Shake Shack shares more than double in market debut
People walk past Shake Shack in New York January 30, 2015. Shares of trendy hamburger chain Shake Shack Inc soared as much as 150 percent in their first day of trading on Friday, valuing the company that grew out of a hotdog cart in New York's Madison Square Park at nearly $2-billion.
Oh, Canada: Contemporary Art from North North America
Kim Adams’s Optic Nerve, a van with holes punched in it, .is pictured at the Mass MoCA art gallery in North Adams Mass.
Crime and punishment: Two short-story collections converge on a theme
George Pelecanos’s characters in his collection of short stories, The Martini Shot, are constantly facing their essential selves at moments of sudden violence.
Brief appearance for parents accused of malnutrition in death of toddler
Football video
Beyond language: The strange, miraculous stories of Argentina’s Silvina Ocampo
Thus Were Their Faces, by Silvina Ocampo
Finance Minister says premiers’ call for infrastructure spending is bad timing
Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger, left to right, Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne, P.E.I. Premier Robert Ghiz, Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard, New Brunswick Premier Brian Gallant, B.C. Premier Christy Clark and Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Paul Davis listen to a question as they take part in a closing news conference following the Canada's premiers meeting in Ottawa, Friday January 30, 2015.
Alibaba promises more action against fake goods
The logo of the Alibaba Group is seen inside the company's headquarters in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province November 11, 2014.
Opera Atelier takes on Milan’s famous La Scala
Opera Atelier staged Lucio Silla at Austria’s Salzberg Festival in 2012, which is when La Scala’s general manager came into contact with them.
New Hampshire scratch-off lottery tickets come with a side of bacon ... scent
Sam Williams cooks up bacon from the “bacon truck” Friday Jan. 30, 2015 outside the welcome center in Hooksett, N.H. Free bacon and tickets were given to visitors passing by to promote New Hampshire’s new scratch-and-sniff $1 lottery tickets.(AP Photo/Jim Cole)
Oil crash has graduates rethinking careers
As recently as October, Halliburton’s CEO said recruiting was his biggest challenge. Now, geology and physics graduates are worried their high-paid, globe-trotting days are over before they even started.
Author Gordon Korman always hears: ‘You were my dad’s favourite author when he was my age’
Business controlled by Jay-Z makes bid for Scandinavian music streaming company Aspiro
Valeant back in action with sights set on a smaller target
J. Michael Pearson, chairman of the board and CEO of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc., gestures during their annual general meeting in Laval, Quebec May 20, 2014.
Billionaire to Taj Mahal casino workers: Benefit cuts are 'essential sacrifice' they must make
This Nov. 19, 2014 photo shows members of the Unite-HERE casino workers union marching in front of the Trump Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City, N.,J. to protest benefit cuts a bankruptcy court judge imposed on Taj workers. On Friday Jan. 30, 2015, Carl Icahn, who is taking over the casino, said the cuts are "an essential sacrifice" workers need to make in order to keep their jobs, and the National Labor Relations Board urged an appeals court judge to restore the benefits. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
Mexico cuts spending by $8.4 billion because of oil price drop, high-speed rail put on hold
Even with CEO change, McDonald's facing onslaught of competition
This Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015 photo shows a McDonald's fast food restaurant sign in Chicago. McDonald's Corp. has tapped Steve Easterbrook as its new president and CEO to succeed Don Thompson, who has helmed the burger chain about two and a half years, the company announced Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Why men hit their partners: Four schools of thought
An anonymous man who has admitted to abusing his partner.
Colorado considers ban on using welfare cards at marijuana dispensary ATMs
Joe Groia to run for Law Society
Joe Groia, pictured in Toronto in 2011, is fighting the Law Society’s ruling that he violated acceptable courtroom conduct during his successful defence of Bre-X geologist John Felderhof.
Pete Carroll says decision will be Richard Sherman’s to make if baby arrives early
Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll, left, and New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick participate in a news conference for NFL Super Bowl XLIX football game Friday, Jan. 30, 2015, in Phoenix.
Citing family member’s health, B.C. cabinet minister steps down
B.C. cabinet minister Don McRae, with Premier Christy Clark at a news conference in 2012.
B.C. authority shuts down woman who allegedly performed Botox injections, called herself ‘doctor’
Can domestic abusers be rehabilitated?
B.C. cabinet minister McRae steps down to focus on family member's health problems
Peyton Manning still weighing future in football
Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning after their loss to the Indianapolis Colts in the 2014 AFC Divisional playoff football game at Sports Authority Field at Mile High.
Alibaba promises more action against fake goods following public spat with Chinese regulator
On Horseshoe Falls, Canada’s ‘Captain Adventure’ scales new heights
Sentence delay for former soldier who planned attack on Veterans Affairs office
Calgary defence lawyer Tonii Roulston speaks to reporters about her client, former Canadian soldier Glen Gieschen, in Calgary on November 27, 2014. Sentencing for a former Canadian soldier who admitted to planning an attack on the Calgary office of Veterans Affairs has been delayed. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Bill Graveland
Design failure caused Mount Polley tailings breach, expert panel concludes
A aerial view shows debris caused by a tailings pond breach going into Quesnel Lake, near the town of Likely, B.C., on Aug. 5, 2014.
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