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The lost art of music snobbery
Marc Weingarten.
In 2018, don't be afraid to embrace your inner procrastinator
Snapshots of a dynamic Muslim community
Sheema Khan is the author of Of Hockey and Hijab: Reflections of a Canadian Muslim Woman.
There’s nothing wrong with you, so skip the New Year’s resolutions
Author Sarah Knight.
To focus on community strength, you have to follow the money
Zita Cobb.
Here are some important stories you missed this year
Margaret Wente
2 men charged in deaths of women, children found in home
FILE - In a Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2017 file photo, Troy police investigate multiple deaths at 158 Second Ave., in Troy, N.Y. Officials announced early Saturday, Dec. 30 that two people have been arrested in the quadruple homicide that took the lives of two women and two children in their Troy, N.Y. apartment. (Lori Van Buren/The Albany Times Union via AP)
How Bombardier’s ‘success fees’ gave them an inside track to deals around the world
The Bombardier-built Everline runs single cars down an 18-kilometre track in Yongin, South Korea.
Videos show Egypt's church gunman calmly walking away
Priest David, the head of Mar Mina church, is greeted by people outside the chruch, in Helwan, Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Dec. 29, 2017, where at least 10 people, including eight Coptic Christians, have been killed in a shootout outside the church. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
German police warn parents as fireworks injuries mount
Dozens of militants evacuated from southern Syria
In this photo released on Friday, Dec. 29, 2017 by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian government forces stand on their checkpoint as busses, background, wait to evacuate Syrian militants and their families from Beit Jin village, in the southern province of Daraa, Syria. Dozens of Syrian militants and their families have left aboard buses an area where they have been besieged by government forces near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights part of a deal to clear yet another district from insurgents. (SANA via AP)
Palestinian wounded in clashes with Israel dies of wounds
Three lessons from Canada's shootout loss to the U.S. at the world juniors
Canada goalie Carter Hart looks on in the snow during a break of IIHF World Junior Championship preliminary outdoor game action against the United States, at New Era Field in Orchard Park, N.Y., Friday, December 29, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mark Blinch
Review: Porsche Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid pairs practicality with brute force
2018 Porsche Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid.
Retired top Pakistani general dies in car accident
Court upholds ban on Navalny running for Russian presidency
Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny pauses, at the Echo Moskvy (Echo of Moscow) radio station in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
UK police make 5th arrest in suspected extremist plot
Ringo Starr, Bee Gee Barry Gibb tapped as British knights
FILE - In this Friday, July 7, 2017 file photo, Ringo Starr, center, is joined by guests including filmmaker David Lynch, left, and musician Edgar Winter, second from right, during a 77th birthday celebration for Starr outside Capitol Records, in Los Angeles. A Beatle and a Bee Gee have topped the list of celebrated people designated to receive knighthoods and other awards in the New Year’s Honors List. They are joined by a noted children’s author celebrated for “War Horse,” a politician who fought in vain to keep Britain in the European Union, and many others, including renowned researchers, volunteers and actors. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
TrackMat work pad is a great knee saver in the garage
BedRug’s TrackMat Work Mat by is comprised of two-cm thick closed-cell foam.
Dec. 30: First Nations funding, and the bottom line on trust. Plus other letters to the editor
Jane Philpott, Minister of Indigenous Services: ‘Once the money goes to those [First Nations] communities, then they have complete flexibility.’
Departing UK infrastructure czar vows to fight Brexit
Pakistan man exonerated after serving 9 years for blasphemy
Russia denies report of North Korea sanctions breach
Putin voices hope for co-operation with US in letter to Trump
Russian President Vladimir Putin makes a toast during an award ceremony in the Kremlin, in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 28, 2017, for Russian Armed Forces service personnel who took part in the anti-terrorist operation in Syria. Putin said at Thursday's award ceremony that Wednesday's explosion at a supermarket in the country's second-largest city was a terrorist attack. (Kirill Kudryavtsev/Pool Photo via AP)
Egypt court jails ousted president over insulting judiciary
FILE - In this April 23, 2016, file photo, ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, wearing a red jumpsuit that designates he has been sentenced to death, sits inside a defendants cage in a makeshift courtroom at the national police academy, in an eastern suburb of Cairo, Egypt.An Egyptian court has convicted former Islamist President Mohammed Morsi and 18 others over insulting the judiciary, sentencing them to three years in prison. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)
N. Korea says won't give up nukes if US keeps up 'blackmail'
The Latest: Trump ups show of support for Iranian protesters
A 'martyr' sniper becomes a hero to Iraq's Shiites
Boats placed on National Register of Historic Places
This May 2016 photo shows the DeSmet tour boat at Glacier National Park in Montana. (Tommy Martino/The Missoulian via AP)
From sniper to saint, showing Iraqi Shiite militias' power
In this Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017 photo, a man sits among awards, certificates of appreciation and posters belonging to the sniper Ali Jayad al-Salhi, 65, a volunteer with Popular Mobilization Forces killed fighting Islamic State militants, in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq. In his martyrdom, he has virtually become a new saint for Iraq’s Shiites. His poster adorns shop windows, men and women wear his image as badges. Poems praise his valor. His sniper’s rifle, with which he’s said to have killed nearly 400 Islamic State group militants, is now enshrined in a museum in the holiest Shiite city. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)
Pakistan police rescue hostages held by drunken relative
WHL Roundup: Reece Klassen makes 37 saves as Hurricanes edge Tigers
Rakell scores in 4th straight, Ducks beat Flames 2-1
Scores and Schedule
Grand Canyon imposes mandatory water conservation measures
No winning ticket for Friday night's $26 million Lotto Max jackpot
Extreme cold to test New Year's revelers; some events iced
FILE- In this Dec. 31, 2008 file photo, revelers bundle up against the freezing cold at the New Year's eve festivities in New York's Time's Square. Brutal weather has iced plans for scores of events in the Northeast U.S. from New Year’s Eve through New Year’s Day, but not in New York City, where people will start gathering in Times Square up to nine hours before the famous ball drop. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin, File)
The Latest: Freezing rain downs power lines near Bellingham
In strife-torn Myanmar, love trumps hate for a rare couple
In this July 16, 2017, photo, Setara, right, holds her husband Mohammad's hand in Thetkabyin village camp, near Sittwe, Myanmar. The love story between Setara and Mohammad is extraordinarily rare in Myanmar. She was born an ethnic Rakhine Buddhist, and he a Rohingya Muslim. The Rakhine Buddhists despise the Rohingya Muslim minority in their country, and the United Nations has called the Rohingya one of the most persecuted people in the world. In Sittwe, the predominantly Buddhist state capital of the region, Setara tells nobody that she is married to a Rohingya. (AP Photo/Esther Htusan)
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Compher scores in OT, Avalanche beat Maple Leafs 4-3
Ryan Benesch scores five goals, three assists as Mammoth get past Roughnecks
Dec. 30: Your daily horoscope
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Kane scores OT winner, Glass wins first NHL start as Blackhawks top Oilers
Chicago Blackhawks Patrick Kane (88), Duncan Keith (2) and Nick Schmaltz (8) celebrate a goal against the Edmonton Oilers during overtimeNHL action in Edmonton on Friday, December 29, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
Jets’ reworked top line comes up big in win over Islanders
Winnipeg Jets' Patrik Laine releases the shot as New York Islanders' Mathew Barzal and Scott Mayfield defend during a game on Dec. 29, 2017.
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