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• Man with ties to N.L. beaten, dies in Montreal
  Montreal - A 59-year-old man was killed, possibly as a result of a beating, Monday morning. Police said a man succumbed to critical head ...
• 'Life tracking'
  In the first half of 2009, Jonathan Liu read to his kids 267 times, yelled at them 57 times and slept 1,248 hours. How does he know? Because, ...
• Habs' system isn't pretty, but it's working
  Montreal - The Montreal Canadiens are confident "the system" that focuses on defence will continue to pay off in their Eastern Conference ...
• Cammalleri, Habs surprise Penguins to even series
  Pittsburgh - Before each game, a group of Montreal Canadiens players gather outside the dressing room and warm up with a soccer ball. That ...
• Exercise your brain
  Can't get your kids to concentrate on their homework? Don't nag. Send them out for a quick game of road hockey instead. Researchers report kids ...
• 'Gunless' shoots blanks
  Canadians are a good, decent, smart and funny people who can make good, decent and smart movies. What eludes us, with all due respect to ...
• Johnson & Johnson issues global recall on 11 kids drugs
  Eleven formulations of over-the-counter children's cold and allergy medicine are being recalled in Canada as part of a larger worldwide recall ...
• Feud finished?
  VANCOUVER - Ryan Kesler strolled from the Vancouver Canuck players lounge into the main dressing room Tuesday, settled against a wall and waited ...
• Habs Cap off comeback
  WASHINGTON - The ugly purple welts, Montreal Canadiens defenceman Josh Gorges was saying in the hours before Wednesday night's game, "are playoff ...
• Phoenix hopes home ice is an advantage
  The Phoenix Coyotes were going home after Game 6 one way or the other and they're more than delighted to have dragged the Detroit Red Wings along ...
• Splendour in the grass
  If you love your lawn, you will want to keep it healthy and happy. The key is not to use chemicals to kill moss or high-nitrogen fertilizer to ...
• 'A real illness'
  Edmonton - Eighteen months ago, Sarah went snooping on her husband's computer and opened a deleted file that made her feel as if she'd been ...
• Bryzgalov helps Phoenix force Game 7
  Detroit - Special teams and a special performance from goalie Ilya Bryzgalov revived the Phoenix Coyotes' fortunes Sunday. Bryzgalov kept the ...
• Time to cut back
  Edmonton - Just as people hoarding clothes and ashtrays from skinnier and smokier days, many people with investment accounts opened decades ago ...
• The top 10 reasons for consolidating accounts
  Why do some people have their investments at multiple financial companies? Was it the closest financial institution to make that last minute ...
• Price expected to get the call tonight
  Montreal - It would appear the Montreal Canadiens will be counting on Carey Price to pull them even in their best-of-seven Eastern Conference ...
• Pretty in pink ... and brown and blue
  Vancouver - Time was, little kids wore what their parents put them in. These days, even kindergartners are right on top of each season's trends ...
• Habs not about to roll over for Caps
  Anyone who wrote off the Montreal Canadiens off in their NHL Eastern Conference quarter-final series against the Washington Capitals is guilty of ...
• Playoff performers you can count on
  Former NHLer and Stanley Cup winner Brendan Shanahan gives a hearty ho-hum to the whole idea of pressure making certain players wilt. Shanahan ...
• Mortgage-rate rise means borrowers' party is almost...
  Edmonton - Without announcing last call, Canadian banks have taken the punch bowl away from the mortgage party that millions have enjoyed, and ...
• Chicken-soup mixes recalled over salmonella fears
  More products are being removed from shelves at Canadian stores, as the list of food items containing the additive hydrolyzed vegetable protein ...
• Yankees worth $1.6 billion, says Forbes
  New York - The financial value of the Toronto Blue Jays has fallen dramatically from last season, according to Forbes' annual valuations of Major ...
• Seguin tops Hall in final Central Scouting rankings
  The winner of the NHL's draft lottery will certainly hit the jackpot with the first overall pick during the league's annual talent sweepstakes. ...
• Canada bans blood donations from people with chronic...
  Ottawa - Canada has become the first country to ban people with chronic-fatigue syndrome from donating blood. The precautionary move is a result ...
• Hydro-Quebec posts income of $3.04 billion
  Montreal - Hydro-Quebec earned income of $3.04 billion in 2009 despite strong recessionary headwinds that included less revenue from industrial ...
• Feelings 2.0
  Women feel ugly more often than men, but they feel sexy more often, too. People talk to the sun when it emerges from the clouds. The older people ...
• Bacon and cheesecake 'alter brain like heroin'
  Bacon and cheesecake can alter the brain in ways similar to heroin and cocaine, according to scientists who say they have found the most ...
• Newcomers to Canada strive to 'speak office'
  Ottawa - For many newcomers to Canada, learning English, or French, is just the first hurdle. To secure their future in their new land, they ...
• Quebec judge dismisses N.L. claims against...
  Montreal - Newfoundland and Labrador is weighing its options after a Quebec judge stayed the province's environmental claims against insolvent ...
• Role leaves its mark on Lynda Boyd
  Vancouver - Every once in a while an actor is allowed some input into a role, but Lynda Boyd's latest role as a woman with a past on TV's ...