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Census 2011

Census 2011

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Borrowing a line from Bob Marley

Canada’s population is the fastest-growing of all G8 nations.

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Safe House is pure visceral fun

Ryan Reynolds plays Matt Weston, a rookie CIA agent stationed at an underused safe house in Cape Town, South Africa.

Reel Guys by Richard Crouse and Mark Breslin


Of bubbly love potions

With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, love is in the air and all over the greeting card racks at your local...

Liquid Assets by Peter Rockwell


Let’s wave goodbye to the blond weave

LiLo has officially killed the blond, wavy weave look.

The Word, Dorothy Robinson


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Global spaces: A serene oasis in Brooklyn

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Jazz Be Nimble

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Backbeat by Mike Benhaim


SkyDome? Or the Rogers Centre

Roderick Robbie, the designer of SkyDome, died Wednesday at the age of 83. The...

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Mistress of Music

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Police didn’t need to kill man: Witness

The anguished renovator who alerted police to a dazed man clad in a hospital gown lurking in the backyard of an east-end house last Friday says police did not need to kill him. 9 February (6)


Mystery shrouds model’s death on the Gardiner

Mystery surrounds the death of a 19-year-old aspiring model and actress as investigators continue to piece together why she left a car on the Gardiner Expressway. 7 February


Average joes buy illegal guns: federal study

OTTAWA - The black-market gun trade includes not just menacing gang members but the firearms enthusiast next door, says a federal study. 10 February


Bucks coach Scott Skiles ejected

CLEVELAND - Milwaukee Bucks coach Scott Skiles has been ejected in the third quarter against Cleveland after picking up two technical fouls within seconds. 10 February


Tomlin, Steelers welcome Haley as new co-ordinator

PITTSBURGH, Pa. - Throughout the 16 minutes that followed him glowingly introducing former Kansas City Chiefs coach Todd Haley as his new offensive co-ordinator, Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin stood proudly in the corner of the second-floor media room at the team's facility. 9 February


Family of four killed in fiery B.C. crash

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A newspaper employee and his family travelling to Vancouver to fulfil a lifelong dream to see an international tennis match were killed in a blazing crash with a semi-trailer, says a colleague of the man. 10 February


Pandas, politics wrap Harper's China trip

CHONGQING, China - Prime Minister Stephen Harper wrapped up his trip to China with his hands on a national treasure but avoided a public handshake with a controversial politician. 11 February 08:29


Family killed in fiery B.C. crash

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A newspaper employee and his family travelling to Vancouver to fulfil a lifelong dream to see an international tennis match were killed in a blazing crash with a semi-trailer, says a colleague of the man. 10 February


Two giant pandas coming to Canada from China

CHONGQING, China - For the last four days in China, Prime Minister Stephen Harper has had his eye on trade. 11 February


Patrick Chan wins Four Continents

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Shaking off a poor morning practice session, world champion Patrick Chan nailed his men's free skate program on Friday to win the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships. 11 February


Dalhousie University strike vote on Monday

HALIFAX - The president of the faculty association at Dalhousie University says professors will take a strike vote on Monday. 10 February


Most actively traded companies on the TSX

TORONTO - Some of the most active companies traded Friday on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the TSX Venture Exchange: 10 February


Time to get on board the love train

Dozing off during your morning TTC commute could be the reason you’re still single, says a dating expert. Fact is, riding the subway can be good for your ‘heart.’ 7 February


At least 3 killed in avalanche in Kosovo

An avalanche hit a village in Kosovo's mountainous south Saturday, killing a married couple and their 17-year-old son and leaving nine others missing, police said, as heavy snow continued to blanket the Balkans. 11 February 14:13


Modular homes headed to Attawapiskat

ATTAWAPISKAT, Ont. - Two modular homes are on their way to the remote northern Ontario reserve of Attawapiskat, but federal officials say the housing project already faces major setbacks. 11 February 14:00


Man in custody after 3 dead in Quebec home

ST-ROMAIN, Que. - A 35-year-old Quebec man was taken into custody after an elderly woman and two girls were found dead in a home in a rural area east of Montreal. 11 February 13:30


Romney looks to end losing streak in Maine

PORTLAND, Maine - Mitt Romney is looking to overcome his struggle to win his party's skeptical conservative wing and avoid a fourth consecutive defeat at the polls on the path to the Republican presidential nomination Saturday in Maine. 11 February 13:18


Carrington's Grammy-nominated CD spotlights women

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Drummer Terri Lyne Carrington couldn't have imagined producing an all-female jazz album like her Grammy-nominated "The Mosaic Project" when she launched her career three decades ago. Back then, she got used to being the only woman on the bandstand. 11 February 13:07


Syrian army general assassinated in Damascus

BEIRUT - Gunmen assassinated an army general in Damascus Saturday in the first killing of a high ranking military officer in the Syrian capital since the uprising against President Bashar Assad's regime began in March, the state-run news agency said. 11 February 13:06


Egypt arrests US student, Australian journalist

CAIRO - Egyptian authorities arrested an Australian journalist and an American student on Saturday on accusation of trying to bribe people to join a strike marking the first anniversary of Hosni Mubarak's ouster that demands a faster transition to civilian rule. 11 February 12:43


Europeans gather to champion Internet freedoms

WARSAW, Poland - Protesters took to the freezing cold streets of Berlin, Helsinki and many other European cities Saturday to voice anger at an international copyright treaty they fear will lead to censorship and a loss of privacy on the Internet. 11 February 12:40


4 killed in trailer home fire in Manitoba

WINNIPEG - An investigation is underway to determine what caused a deadly fire in a trailer home in the town of Selkirk in Manitoba early today. 11 February 12:39


Hacker claims porn site users compromised

LONDON - A hacker claims to have compromised the personal information of more than 350,000 users after breaking into a disused website operated by pornography provider Brazzers. 11 February 12:34


Staff at The Sun tabloid arrested in bribe inquiry

LONDON - The Sun newspaper was fighting to contain the damage after five employees of Britain's biggest-selling tabloid were arrested Saturday in an inquiry into the alleged payment of bribes to police and other officials, detectives and the newspaper's parent company said. 11 February 12:21


New Maldives leader says he will submit to probe

MALE, Maldives - A visiting U.S. official said Saturday that the Maldives wasn't ready for early elections as a way out of its political crisis as the Indian Ocean nation's new president agreed to an independent investigation into his takeover of power. 11 February 11:40


Secret deals unlikely in NDP leadership race

OTTAWA - The NDP leadership race has been criticized as boring but behind the scenes ... it's just as dull. 11 February 11:37


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