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• Devoted to a higher calling
  Edmonton - Extreme sportsman Robin Postnikoff spends his days at a job, and a hobby, most kids would envy - climbing around on stuff. The ...
• Planet powers down at night for Earth Hour
  In a prorogation of power on Parliament Hill, the Peace Tower went dark for an hour Saturday night to mark Earth Hour. Olympic Stadium in ...
• Sabres get vote as NHL's surprise team
  If you want to talk about surprise teams in the National Hockey League this season, the Phoenix Coyotes top the list, coming out of bankruptcy to ...
• Local speller ousted from national bee
  St. John's spelling sensation Anna Henley has been eliminated from the Canwest Canspell National Spelling Bee in Ottawa after six rounds. Anna ...
• Spellers battle butterflies before big bee
  The day before the big spelling bee is a day like any other for many of these 21 young finalists from across the country. Except for maybe some ...
• Leafs' Kulemin has a story to tell, if you get him...
  Toronto - There are go-to guys in every National Hockey League dressing room. Players who attract a crowd of reporters after practices, not ...
• Toronto's Laura Newcombe wins second straight...
  How do you spell two-time champ? Laura Newcombe from Toronto has won the 2010 Canwest Canspell National Spelling Bee in Ottawa. The 11-year-old ...
• Brule finds new life with Oilers
  Other than the fact their misery will officially be over in less than three weeks, there has not been much positive to say about the Edmonton ...
• Energy talks still on with P.E.I. and N.S., Quebec...
  Quebec - Calling off a multibillion-dollar energy deal with New Brunswick doesn't put a damper on the Quebec government's ambitions to expand ...
• Bishop's letter left alone by Ottawa school boards
  The Catholic Archdiocese of Ottawa defended local school boards Tuesday for not removing a letter by disgraced bishop Raymond Lahey from ...
• Update: Family overjoyed after missing N.B. woman...
  The family of a Moncton woman, who has been missing for almost a month, was overjoyed to learn Wednesday afternoon that she is alive and well. ...
• Officers lack training to judge suicide notes: research
  Police in Canada lack sufficient training to judge the veracity of suicide notes - and a failure to make accurate decisions in such cases could ...
• Local spelling bee champ goes to national tournament
  Anna Henley has arrived in Ottawa for the Canwest Canspell National Spelling Bee. Anna is The Telegram's Canwest Canspell Regional Spelling Bee ...
• Update: Quebec and New Brunswick scrap energy deal
  After months of negotiation, Quebec and New Brunswick announced today they are scrapping a controversial energy deal that would have seen ...
• Giving your body the right fuel
  Quick: what contains more carbs, a cup of grapes or a slice of bread? Yes, that was a trick question. The grapes contain 27 grams of ...
• Suite stars: Top hotels from your favourite films
  In some films, the location plays a starring role. What would the Shining be without the cavernous, endless Overlook Hotel? What would "Pretty ...
• After 25 years, Turnbull is stepping away from the...
  Ray Turnbull's hotel room resembles an upscale men's clothing store. Turnbull always books a room with two beds when he's on the road as TSN's ...
• Irish Lullaby
  Ottawa Citizen - Twenty years ago, when Con O'Brien joined the Irish Descen-dants, there was a thirst for folk bands specializing in Irish songs, ...
• Puppy love
  When Dawson turned seven years old, his mother Becky Brunton decided it was time for the world to see what he could do. Diagnosed at 18 months ...
• Wheelchair curling: How it works
  Vancouver - Virtually all the rules of able-bodied curling apply to the wheelchair game, with one exception - there's no sweeping. Curlers ...
• Canadian skip has come full circle
  Vancouver - Gerry Peckham is one of those unheralded, behind-the-scenes guys. He won't have some dignitary putting a gold medal around his neck ...
• 'Reckless' Ovechkin suspended two games
  Washington Capitals' star Alex Ovechkin has been suspended for two games for a "reckless" hit Sunday against the Chicago Blackhawks. Ovechkin ...
• Fighting back
  Vancouver - Bev McGuigan's night-school art classes became a lifeline after chemotherapy stripped her memory three years ago. "It was really ...
• Skiing at the end of the world
  Telluride, Colo. - Welcome to the end of the world. We're not talking Bora Bora, but rather its winter equivalent, four hours by plane from ...
• Gushue looking for a perfect weekend
  It's hard to imagine that at just the tender age of 29, Brad Gushue has the second-longest tenure of skips at the 2010 Tim Hortons Brier. In his ...
• GMs agree to head-hit proposal
  The National Hockey League has taken a first step in cracking down on hits to the head. On the final day of the league's meetings in Boca Raton, ...
• Defining Spaces
  Ottawa - If you watch those design shows on TV, you'll hear people talking a lot about "wish lists" for a new home. More often than not, one of ...
• Gushue rink feeling right at home in Halifax
  HALIFAX - Three days into the 2010 Tim Hortons Brier, Glenn Howard sits exactly where he - and probably every curling fan in the entire country - ...
• After this year, hired gun Park will probably do his...
  HALIFAX - The curling off-season is not unlike any other Canadian sport, when rumours begin to swirl about bodies switching teams - high-profile ...
• Job count coming
  Ottawa - The coming week brings us an answer to perhaps the most important question relating to the economy: How many more or fewer people in ...