national

  1. Jeffrey Simpson
  2. Gary Mason
  3. Christie Blatchford
  4. Jeff Gray
  5. John Barber
  6. Lawrence Martin
  7. Lysiane Gagnon
  8. Margaret Wente
  9. Rex Murphy
  10. Rick Salutin
  11. Roy MacGregor
  12. Mark Hume
  13. David Walmsley
  14. Jane Taber
  15. Adam Radwanski

ROY MacGREGOR

Seasonal reflective disorder: looking back on the decade that was

How a woodland path leads straight and true through the tumult of the past 10 years

ROY MacGREGOR

As cashiers guilt us into giving, it seems the kettles are running dry

Salvation Army is short of campaign goals; could donor fatigue be the reason?

Christie Blatchford

Before we start a pity party, a reminder of the Almrei of 2001

Gary Mason

A disturbing view of RCMP oversight

GARY MASON

The tricky business of moving Olympic traffic

ROY MacGREGOR

Woman becomes the postal child for language war in small town

Petition gathers steam to overturn Canada Post's decision about anglophone worker

JANE TABER

Rumours of coup greatly exaggerated, Rae says

Liberal foreign affairs critic equates Parliament to junior high, 'where people make stuff up.' Nevertheless, not all is happy in Grit land

toronto

  1. Marcus Gee

MARCUS GEE

McGuinty's playing with the cool kids

Marcus Gee

Striking city workers doing the math on sick day payouts

Though unions have angrily rejected latest offer, many union members are giving it a good hard look

MARCUS GEE

Let's wash our hands of H1N1 hysteria

Marcus Gee

The Porter Air death watch is officially over

Apart from a few grumpy neighbours complaining about airplane noise just about everybody has come around to the merits of a thriving island airport.

Marcus Gee

Mayor will pay price for strike

The sick leave stays. Let the anger begin sink in as Torontonians try to fathom what a loss would have looked like

Marcus Gee

Miller is fighting for his political life

Toronto's Mayor has been steady, poised and disciplined. Thursday, for the first time, his anger boiled over

Rick Salutin

Mind traps of Toronto's late strike

What kind of victory do the critics want – unconditional surrender?

world

  1. Doug Saunders
  2. John Ibbitson

John Ibbitson

MacKay may be indefensible, but his job is safe

Harper would never fire his minister over the treatment of Afghan detainees, because it's not a ballot question and never will be

JOHN IBBITSON

A new era for Canada rises in the East

Harper's visit to Asia shows future prosperity lies in links to that part of the world - a situation this country is uniquely prepared for

John Ibbitson

For Harper, Canada's future is Asian

Will Prime Minister Stephen Harper will be able to convince conservative Canada that its future - their future - lies across the Pacific?

JOHN IBBITSON

A hit with India, Harper looks to charm China

John Ibbitson

Liberals need time to find vision and spine

Ignatieff's struggle to contain latest internal dissent - a Facebook missive from Dion's wife - suggests he still lacks the determination needed to do whatever it takes to win or hold on to office

JOHN IBBITSON

PM hopes eastern promises will pay off

As Harper wraps up visit to India, questions remain whether goodwill gestures will lead to enhanced trade

JOHN IBBITSON

Of APEC summits and the elephant not in the room

Obama's shorter-than-expected visit looms large over gathering's agenda as Harper prepares to gather face time with world leaders

John Ibbitson

Rural overrepresentation defeats the people's will

The gun registry is popular with Canadians - about two thirds of them want it retained - so why was it defeated in the House?

DOUG SAUNDERS

Burned after reading: How MI5 double-crossed Canada

British double agent warned Russian spies of RCMP crackdown, new book reveals

business

  1. Rob Carrick
  2. Tim Cestnick
  3. Andrew Willis
  4. Avner Mandelman
  5. Barrie McKenna
  6. Brian Milner
  7. Derek DeCloet
  8. Eric Reguly
  9. Fabrice Taylor
  10. Gwyn Morgan
  11. John Heinzl
  12. Konrad Yakabuski
  13. Neil Reynolds
  14. Scott Adams
  15. Tom Bradley
  16. George Stalk Jr.
  17. Jiri Maly
  18. Andrea Southcott
  19. Daniel Muzyka
  20. Patrick Brethour
  21. Kerry Stirton
  22. David Parkinson
  23. Lou Schizas
  24. Kevin O'Leary
  25. Thane Stenner
  26. Dan Richards
  27. George Athanassakos
  28. Skot Kortje
  29. Angela Self
  30. Boyd Erman
  31. David Rosenberg
  32. John Reese

Barrie McKenna

Greenback as reserve currency has its drawbacks

Research suggests the benefits of being the world's reserve currency are marginal for most Americans, particularly savers and exporters

Fabrice Taylor

Labrador Iron Ore on rebound from a rocky bottom

Demand is back. The only hair in the soup: The Canadian dollar

Barrie McKenna

Lessons from the U.S. housing collapse of 1926

The U.S. Congress, the Obama administration and the banking industry may be missing the point as they throw themselves into a post-crisis overhaul of financial regulation.

Brian Milner

A bear's advice for 2010

'Stay very close to home, because Canada is likely to do better than most places,' says Satyajit Das

GWYN MORGAN

Copenhagen's actors: And the winners are ...

AVNER MANDELMAN

A mea culpa or two in the art of sleuthing

Fabrice Taylor

Ma Bell: Safe, modest gains that ring true

The telecoms business is growing, and margins are fat

John Heinzl

Dividend growth lives - if you know where to look

Despite little growth in the financial sectors, guru sees hikes continuing for pipelines and gas and electric utilities

Konrad Yakabuski

Bill deal-making leads to medley of compromises

Democratic leadership in Senate, desperate to sell Medicare buy-in as substitute for public option, now appears ready to scotch idea

sports

  1. Allan Maki
  2. David Shoalts
  3. Eric Duhatschek
  4. Jeff Blair
  5. Lorne Rubenstein
  6. Stephen Brunt
  7. Tom Tebbutt
  8. Bruce Dowbiggin

DAVID SHOALTS

Playing outside at Fenway 'coolest thing ever'

ROY MacGREGOR

A rout as exciting as Swiss cheese

Canada continues mastery at tournament, even though Switzerland proves to be a solid opponent

ERIC DUHATSCHEK

'T-minus one

Roy MacGregor, Eric Duhatschek, James Mirtle, Matthew Sekeres and Sean Gordon

THE GLOBE AND MAIL PICKS THE 2010 CANADIAN MEN'S ROSTER

Eric Duhatschek

Foreign affairs / Slovakia

ROY MacGREGOR

'It's going to get a lot tougher'

Canadians know that blowout scores unlikely to last in tournament

ERIC DUHATSCHEK

STEVIE Y SET TO REVEAL HIS TROOPS

Team Canada roster announcement, the Winter Classic at Fenway and who's leading the Hart Race?

BRUCE DOWBIGGIN

TSN flexes its world junior muscle

JEFF BLAIR

SEEKING OUT THE 2010 CHART TOPPERS

Tiger, Schumacher, Gretzky, Yzerman, Balsillie, Bosh and Beeston (among others)

DAVID SHOALTS

Leafs a surprising fount of Olympic talent

arts

  1. Lynn Crosbie
  2. Russell Smith
  3. R.M. Vaughan
  4. Warren Clements
  5. Johanna Schneller
  6. Lisa Rochon
  7. John Doyle
  8. Andrew Ryan
  9. Simon Houpt
  10. Elizabeth Renzetti
  11. Kate Taylor

Lynn Crosbie

Here's my prescription for 2010: sanity and sobriety

A year in which alcohol and drugs wreaked havoc on celebrities cause for some much-needed calm

Andrew Ryan

The grandest gift of all? A Dickens epic, of course

Programs for everyone. It's a Festivus miracle!

Warren Clements

A witty teen horror flick takes a second stab at success

Jennifer's Body flamed out at the box office, but it shouldn't have

John Doyle

Just call me Santa's little helper. You're welcome!

If this is the season of goodwill, it's kinda hard to tell

Warren Clements

Three times three makes magic

What is it about the number nine that captures the imagination?

R.M. VAUGHAN

'I would rather be eating sautéed spinach '

ANDREW RYAN

One last spin in a rather nifty phone booth

John Doyle

Here comes the cheese. No, not the edible kind

Thirty men get one minute to impress five women. No, seriously

John Doyle

Mary Walsh is sitting pretty

She's got a TV pilot, a documentary, movies, an opera and maybe a play in the works. All that, and Marg Delahunty is back on 22 Minutes, too

technology

  1. Ivor Tossell
  2. Mathew Ingram
  3. April Holladay
  4. Wesley Fok

Lisan Jutras

The key to holiday cheer: tweeting during turkey

Who among you can honestly say that some time between Christmas Eve and Boxing Day you have not had an urge to vanish through the escape hatch that the Internet provides?

Wesley Fok

Snap together some digital Lego

The building blocks still have the power to amuse and delight children and adults alike, even in the age of television, computers and video games

April Holladay

Where does the universe end?

Is space infinite? Is it defined by how far light has travelled since the big bang? And if I am not at the centre of the universe, what is?

Wesley Fok

We all need to print, so strip the trash

While some sites offer stripped down pages optimized for printing, not all do. With Printliminator, you can do the job yourself

Ivor Tossell

Facebook topples the privacy façade

New rules make it simpler for users to guard their information just as social site becomes much more public

Lisan Jutras

Facebook mobilizes masses - but what for?

Never have so many people been gathered together to do so little

Ivor Tossell

When gamers become recruiters

When everyone else on the block has a virtual pig, you want one too

Wesley Fok

Who needs Kindle?

There are software options out there that put an e-reader onto a smart phone

Lisan Jutras

Go on, let it all hang out online

When it comes to sharing on social networks, I've realized that the only thing worse than revealing one's soiled laundry is pretending that it doesn't exist

April Holladay

What makes us tick?

When we sleep on a bus trip, why are we often able to wake up just before our intended stop?

life

  1. Beppi Crosariol
  2. Leslie Beck
  3. Paul Taylor
  4. Andre Picard
  5. Sarah Hampson
  6. David Eddie
  7. Claudia Dey
  8. Anthony E. Wolf
  9. Alexandra Gill
  10. Lucy Waverman
  11. Amy Verner
  12. Karen von Hahn
  13. Leah McLaren
  14. Judith Timson
  15. Timothy Taylor
  16. Alex Hutchinson
  17. Sue Riedl
  18. Lynn Coady
  19. Lisan Jutras

Beppi Crosariol

A tippler's predictions (and wishes) for 2010

Herewith some spirited predictions followed by a few additional wishes (that almost certainly won't be fulfilled)

Angela Self

Money resolution No.1: Stop feeling guilty

Forgive yourself for 2009's splurges and buys and set a fresh financial plan for 2010

Leslie Beck

12 (modest) steps to a healthier you

Forget the all-or-nothing diet New Year's resolutions: Research suggests that gradual changes are the ones that stick

Rebecca Dube

Top 10 pet stories: Zhu Zhu hamsters were hot. Glowing beagles are cooler

Some highlights from the past year of life with our furry, scaly, feathered friends

Sarah Hampson

The year in interviews: What Hef's slippers told me

Some subjects can be complex reads, but they give themselves away in small details

Judith Timson

Don't just seize the day. Seize all possible joy

We could make list after list about the decade, but it's the personal milestones that resonate most

Leah McLaren

Hell isn't other people: It's other people discount shopping

We should all make like New Brunswick and put a kibosh on the horror that is Boxing Day shopping

Russell Smith

Want more stylish men? Stop encouraging them to be thugs

A lot of men think that to give in to their women's aestheticization is to undergo an emasculation.

DAVID EDDIE

My husband's parents insist on staying over when they visit

But we don't want to spend so much time with them. What do we do?

Andre Picard

The fright before Christmas, by André Picard

A holiday classic is reimagined in the time of the swine flu panic

focus

  1. Anne McIlroy
  2. Tabatha Southey

Tabatha Southey

I, for one, welcome Canada's coming military overlords

ANNE McILROY

Ocean mud rivals tropics for new species

TABATHA SOUTHEY

Want to be a complete jackass? Now there's an app for that

ANNE MCILROY

Meet Ardi, a mother to all humanity

Before Lucy there was Ardi, who after 4.4-million years is turning the anthropology world on its ear