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Duffy, Wallin, Greene among 18 new Senators

Appointments sure to trigger a debate over patronage as the fate of the Conservative government hangs in the balance


Missing woman found alive after three days in blizzard

Southern Ontario woman treated for hypothermia after becoming disoriented in storm


Prairie meteorites may yield clues to origins of solar system

Geologists studying 100 pieces that fell to ground when meteor streaked across Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta last month


Dear Santa: This year, bring me a snow blower

Canadians from coast to coast are dealing with cancelled flights and power outages. But holiday cheer is near, Environment Canada says: 'We'll breathe a collective sigh of relief' on Christmas Day

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Charles Taylor and Gérard Bouchard

Academics moderated the often explosive hearings on Quebec's relationship with minorities and brought them calmly to a close


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'No! It was not supposed to end like this'

Readers respond to the final chapter of the Dear Sweetheart series that revealed David Hazzard was killed in action without ever seeing his wife, Audrey, again


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Top-court appointment bypasses review process

Harper fills long-standing vacancy on Supreme Court by naming Nova Scotia judge Thomas Cromwell to post

Espionage fears cost second civil-service job

Documents reveal government agency's 13-step plan to dismiss Canadian who once worked for China's state-run news agency

Ottawa brokers last-minute ABCP deal

$32-billion to be unlocked as foreign banks agree to credit lines, investor protection

Compromise may be only choice: CAW head

Ken Lewenza signals that his union may have no choice but to follow in the footsteps of its U.S. counterpart

Electing Bloc MP may have cost town $2-million subsidy

Trois-Rivieres mayor accuses Harper government of being partisan after town loses funding for 375th anniversary celebrations

Legal fees mount in Tory case against Elections Canada

Possible $500,000 tab a sensitive issue in the 18-month-old lawsuit launched by the Conservatives over controversial ad scheme during 2006 election

Bill for radar-sites cleanup jumps to $583-million

Work that was to be completed this year at an estimated cost of $280-million has now been extended to 2018

Lawyer calls Khadr hearing date ‘desperate'

He's scheduled to appear on the U.S. holiday Martin Luther King Day, the day before Obama becomes president.

Telecommunications: Canada's 9-1-1 emergency

A dispute over who should pay to fix outdated emergency dispatch systems is delaying a solution for slow response times — and costing lives. Grant Robertson reports

Gloomy economy fails to curb Green enthusiasm

Canadians have undergone a profound shift in how they regard the environment.


Regional News 

2 children dead, 8 people injured in B.C. car crash

Snow and weather conditions believed to have been a factor in multi-car accident on Vancouver Island

N.S. mourns two soldiers killed in Afghanistan

Mourners filled a small church in rural Nova Scotia on Monday to pay their respects to a soldier who was on his third tour of duty in Afghanistan

Man shot dead by police had bipolar disorder

25-year-old from Mississauga had previous run-ins with officers, people who knew him said as they questioned why a mentally ill man had to be fatally shot

Ontario government ends buck-a-bottle beer pricing

Province quietly hikes the minimum price that can be charged for a case of 24 beers to $25.60 from $24

Wrongfully imprisoned, denied closure and dying

His 1975 murder conviction was quashed, but Erin Walsh has been forced to sue New Brunswick for compensation – and cancer may soon take him

Counsellors on hand at school after three children die

Newfoundland fire kills five-year-old boy and his seven-year-old sister, and their five-year-old cousin

None hurt as TTC bus shot at in melee on Eglinton

Two bullet holes in vehicle

Report: Multiple failures in fatal capsizing

Search and rescue operations called flawed during fatal capsizing of sealing boat last March.

Obituary: Jim Fulton, 57

Passionate former NDP MP dies of cancer

Sidney set to lose millions in tourist dollars if Washington ferry route cut

Route has been targeted by Washington Governor Christine Gregoire


Nation Builder 2008 

Edward Greenspon: Who is your nation builder?

The Globe is looking for those outstanding Canadians who unify and inspire

Who will it be?

We received more than 350 public nominations. The winner will be announced next week.


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