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Ontario hints at finance plans as deficit projection drops to $10.9-billion
Ontario Finance Minister Charles Sousa speaks to the media prior to a pre-budget consultation session in Toronto on Friday, January 23, 2015.
Former Bombardier CEO’s pay cut 14% after missing targets
File photo of Bombardier president Pierre Beaudoin.
Family tax breaks to benefit parents with no childcare expenses: PBO
David Kaiser and Loree Tamanaha watch as their two-year-old daughter Olive plays in her Montreal home, Oct. 16, 2013.
Fear a recession? The numbers say otherwise
George Athanassakos
The niqab is perfectly compatible with Canadian values, Mr. Harper
Idil Issa
Andre Deveaux attack
In photos: Inside the business of scrapping old ships
A worker dismantles a part of a decommissioned ship at the Alang shipyard in the western Indian state of Gujarat, March 27, 2015.
Amazon launches new home service marketplace
The recommendation system, called Amazon Home Services, marks the e-commerce company’s latest attempt to expand its empire beyond online shopping. It debuted Monday across the U.S. after several months of testing in New York, Los Angeles and Amazon.com’s home city of Seattle.
U of T architecture professor acquitted of sex-assault charges
James Andrew Payne leaves a Toronto court on Sept. 5, 2013.
Blue Jays are relying on young guns to snap record slump
Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Drew Hutchison throws against the Baltimore Orioles during first inning AL baseball game action in Toronto Wednesday August 6, 2014.
National Arts Centre season revives Djanet Sears epic - and Twelfth Night with puppets
A scene from Obsidian Theatre Company’s production of The Adventures of a Black Girl in Search of God.
Israeli Military Prep School
In this Friday, Feb. 27, 2015 photo, an Israeli high-school senior preparing to join the Israeli military later this year pauses in mud during an exercise at a privately run training camp for military combat fitness near Yakum, central Israel. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Ford offers ‘heartfelt apology’ for racial slurs
City councillor Rob Ford stands before council to deliver an apology following a complaint to the Integrity Commission during a city council meeting at City Hall in Toronto on Tuesday, March 31, 2015.
English soccer goalie, forward come to blows
Goal-line technology to debut at Women’s World Cup in Canada
A technician adjusts a spirit level against Hawk-Eye testing equipment
At the open: TSX lower, loonie down after January GDP report
The Toronto Stock Exchange Broadcast Centre is shown on June 28, 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Aaron Vincent Elkaim
Man who owned python that killed two boys charged with criminal negligence
Noah Barthe, left, and Connor Barthe pose in this undated photo posted on the Facebook page of Mandy Trecartin. The young brothers were asphyxiated by a python during a sleepover in Campbellton, N.B.
Ontario Teachers posts 11.8% return in 2014, looks abroad for investments
File photo of Ron Mock, chief executive officer of Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan.
Use the lessons of Exxon Valdez to manage Canada’s pipeline risks
Robert Hage
Indiana backtracks, Arkansas presses on as gay-rights feud escalates
Demonstrators gather outside the City County Building on March 30, 2015, in Indianapolis. The group called on the state house to roll back the controversial Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which critics say can be used to discriminate against gays and lesbians.
Air Canada pilots to be in the spotlight in Halifax plane crash investigation
A Transportation Safety Board investigator inspects an engine at the crash site of Air Canada AC624 on March 30, 2015, at Stanfield International Airport in Halifax. The flight , which was carrying 133 passengers and five crew members, crashed the day before during a snowstorm.
No British soccer team at next year’s Olympics in Brazil
In this July 20, 2012, file photo, Brazil's Hulk vies for the ball with Great Britain's Joe Allen during their Olympic men's friendly soccer match
Tuesday’s analyst upgrades and downgrades
File photo of Corus Entertainment president and CEO John Cassaday.
U.S. home prices climb 4.6%
This Jan. 8, 2015, photo shows a home for sale in Charlotte, N.C.
Vancouver’s drug users need compassion, not Tories’ contempt
People wait outside Insite, North America's only supervised injection site run by the Portland Hotel Society, in the Downtown Eastside in Vancouver, British Columbia, Thursday, November 21, 2013. Bill C-2, the Respect for Communities Act, consists of a host of new regulations that will make it much more difficult for a community service provider to open a harm-reduction sites.
Investments in renewable energy climb 17% in 2014: report
A wind turbine run by the Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE) is seen along a ridge line on March 26, 2015, in Guanacaste, Costa Rica.
Microsoft teams with Intel for new Surface 3 tablet
Canada’s economy not ‘atrocious’ quite yet. Just downright lame
Michael Babad
In photos: McLaren 570S inside and out
McLaren 570S
Ricketts scores as Canada downs Puerto Rico 3-0 in international friendly
Canada's Tosaint Ricketts is seen in this 2013 match
Top links: Canadian REITs best bargain since crisis
Scott Barlow
Amaya revenue surges on PokerStars acquisition, though loss widens
Amaya offices are shown in this undated photo.
Vancouver has worst traffic congestion in country: report
The Trans-Canada Highway in Burnaby, B.C., just east of Vancouver, during the afternoon rush hour in June 2014.
McLaren looks to challenge Porsche 911 with entry-level sports car
McLaren 570S revealed at the New York International Auto Show March 30, 2015.
Canada’s 0.1% GDP decline in January smaller than expected
An oil sands facility is reflected in a tailings pond near Fort McMurray, Alta., in 2012.
Activists rally along Sea to Sky corridor against Woodfibre LNG proposal
The site of the Woodfibre LNG project, a proposed small-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) processing and export facility, in Squamish, British Columbia, Wednesday, July 23, 2014. The project would be located on an existing industrial site, the former Woodfibre pulp mill and it could export approximately two million tonnes of LNG per year.
Vancouver Coastal Health to revamp Downtown Eastside health services
One is a change to the hours at Insite, the city’s only legal supervised-injection site on East Hastings, so that it can serve more people.
Fourth book in Stieg Larsson’s Millennium series set for release Sept. 1
Before the bell: U.S., Canada stocks poised for lower open
Luke Kawa
Shibuya becomes Japan’s first ward to recognize same sex marriage
Lesbian activists Hiroko Masuhara, centre left, and her partner Koyuki Higashi, centre right, speak to the media with transgender activist Fumino Sugiyama, left, and gay activist Gon Matsunaka after Tokyo's Shibuya ward recognises same-sex partnerships, outside the Shibuya city hall in Tokyo in this photo taken by Kyodo March 31, 2015. A district assembly in Tokyo became the first in Japan on Tuesday to recognise same-sex partnerships, a major step forward for gay couples in a country where being openly gay remains taboo.
MLB commissioner says Montreal needs a firm commitment for new stadium
Fans wear Montreal Expos uniforms as they watch the Toronto Blue Jays and New York Mets at Olympic Stadium
Coach knows best: Earle Morris helps Canadian team at curling worlds
Team Canada coach Earle Morris chats with skip Pat Simmons
Roundup: Avery Bradley scores 30 points as Celtics defeat Hornets
Boston Celtics' Avery Bradley celebrates
Tuesday's small-cap stocks to watch
How do you like Neal Carter’s apples?
Margaret Wente
Malaysia sentences man to death for killing British students in Borneo
Zulkipli Abdullah, 23, walks out from a courtroom in Kuching, Malaysia, on March 31, 2015.
Memo to bank CEOs: Beware of chasing growth at all costs
Scotiabank often takes 20 per cent stakes in assets it acquires abroad, cautiously assessing whether it wants to go all in. But though they pride themselves on being prudent, Canadian banks are still doing whatever they can to achieve better profit growth
North America’s fruit industry feeling effect of farm workers’ strike in Mexico
Farmworkers march during a demonstration in San Isidro on the border between the U.S. and Mexico, in Tijuana in Baja California state, March 29, 2015.
Three scenarios Canada may face in Syria against Islamic State
RCAF members and several members of the coalition participate in a combat search and rescue exercise held for personnel of the Middle East Stabilization Force, currently conducting operations against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in a training area in Kuwait on March 16, 2015.
Despite bargain opportunities, Russia still a big risk
Brian Milner
Today’s GDP data to reveal why Canada’s economy is ‘atrocious’
Michael Babad
We’re aiding and abetting homeopathic quackery
André Picard
Finally, a common, credible standard for towing
The five words that destroyed Zynga
Former Zynga CEO Mark Pincus walks off the stage after an announcement of new games.
At what age must drivers retest to keep their licence after a crash
Can a person be to be too old to drive?
Six ways to make your customers the ‘happiest people on Earth’
How can you make your customers feel like working with you is a much-needed vacation?
Creating shared value through upcycling
Kevin Davies was passionate about converting food waste from restaurants into organic “craft compost,” but could he convince investors to buy into his dream?
Carrick best reads: The semi-retirement myth
Working in retirement.
It isn't just trucks and SUVs that can tow
The Seat Leon was named the 2015 British Tow Car of the Year. The Leon, which is based on the Volkswagen Golf/Jetta, is rated to tow as much as 1,600 kilograms for a braked trailer.
Four good reasons to pay dreaded trailer fees
Canada’s allies bolster support for Harper’s Islamic State mission
Armaments await to be loaded for the next Air Task Force-Iraq (ATF-I) CF-18 Hornet mission during Operation Impact 28 November, 2014.
Genome Canada to create ‘innovation network’ of 10 research centres
Genome Canada, the federal governmentâs principal agency for funding genomics in Canada is about to announce a significant reorganization of the country’s genomics infrastructure. The change involves doubling the centres that the agency funds, with a $15.5 million investment in what it calls the Genome Innovation Network plus an additional $15 million over the next two years.
Canada urged to join record Syria aid drive at UN pledging meeting
A Syrian refugee girl holds a cart outside tents at a refugee camp in Akkar, northern Lebanon December 9, 2014. The U.N. World Food Programme is restarting food aid for 1.7 million Syrian refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq and Egypt after it received enough donations to fund the halted programme.
3D print technology providing cheap, lightweight ‘robohand’ to 7-year-old U.S. girl
Myanmar, rebel groups sign draft ceasefire agreement to end decades-long civil war
Myanmar President Thein Sein (C) looks on as Aung Min (L), Vice chairman of Union Peace Working Comittee (UPWC) shakes hands with Naing Han Tha (R) a leader of the Nationwide Ceasefire Coordinating Team (NCCT) after they sign a nationwide ceasefire draft agreement at the Myanmar Peace Centre in Yangon on March 31, 2015.
Clinton also used iPad for email despite claims of single device
U.S. House Speaker John Boehner calls on former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to turn over her personal email server to "some neutral third party." Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Fight over ‘religious freedom’ proposals shifts to Arkansas
Rep. Warwick Sabin, D-Little Rock, center, cheers with protesters outside of the House chamber at the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark., Monday, March 30, 2015.
U.S. Coast Guard rescues nine people from Canadian tall ship
A crew member jumps from a disabled tall ship onto a U.S. Coast Guard cutter during a rescue mission 58 miles (93.3 kms) east of Gloucester, Massachusetts as seen in this still image from video taken March 30, 2015.
Japan wants more business with Canada but senses our ambivalence
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, left, and Prime Minister Stephen Harper in Ottawa in 2013.
March 31: Broken politics – and other letters to the editor
The Centre Block of the Parliament Buildings is shown through the Centennial Flame on Parliament Hill in Ottawa.
Bachman stops 29 shots as Oilers beat Avalanche to end five-game road losing streak
Edmonton Oilers goalie Richard Bachman makes a glove save of a shot against the Colorado Avalanche in the third period of an NHL hockey game Monday, March 30, 2015, in Denver. The Oilers won 4-1.
Flames score three goals in 2nd period to hang on for 5-3 win over Stars
Calgary Flames' Jiri Hudler (24) of the Czech Republic handles the puck under pressure from Dallas Stars' Jason Demers (4) in the third period of an NHL hockey game Monday, March 30, 2015, in Dallas.
March 31: Your daily horoscope
Aries
Lives Lived: Yaroslav (Jerry) Prystajecky, 78
Yaroslav (Jerry) Prystajecky
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