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• Gainey defined team-first mentality
  MONTREAL - The new-team smell had faded by early 2003 when George Gillett Jr., by then two years the majority owner of the Montreal Canadiens, ...
• The ABCs of CPP, OAS and retirement planning
  Edmonton - Public perceptions about financing retirement range from the astute to the silly. In an introductory pension course presented by the ...
• Canada's trainer to the stars
  Ottawa - When Toronto's fitness and diet guru Harley Pasternak informed clients in 2004 he'd be out of town on business, he thought he'd back ...
• Season has gone awry for Bruins
  Boston - If you think this has been a frustrating season for the Montreal Canadiens, consider the plight of the Boston Bruins. They headed into ...
• Leafs counting on Phaneuf to stand tall
  Toronto - A two-foot high box was waiting for Dion Phaneuf as he cut a swath through a crowd of cameras and reporters en route to his first news ...
• Three families take a whirl at eco awareness
  There once was a time when you couldn't run the dishwasher and collapse into bed exhausted after your dinner party - the whooshing and clanking ...
• Young rinks making their marks at Scotties
  Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. - There is a youth movement afoot at the 2010 Scotties Tournament of Hearts. There are 17 rookies among the 48 curlers ...
• Canadians are getting fatter and less fit
  Montreal - Statistics from the recently released Canadian Health Measures Survey (see details below) stating that Canadians are fatter and less ...
• Danton scores in first game with SMU
  Halifax - About 3,000 hockey fans jammed the old Halifax Forum Wednesday night to watch ex-con and ex-NHLer Mike Danton play in his first ...
• Canadian Inuit sue European Union over seal ban
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• Simply put, Joseph had a solid career
  Toronto - Curtis Joseph, the fourth-winningest goaltender in National Hockey League history, officially exited pro hockey's stage on Tuesday. But ...
• Canada wants to expand seal products in China
  Canada has launched an "aggressive" campaign on seal meats and products in China in hopes that it will be enough to save the Canadian sealing ...
• Staff retention top priority in 2010
  Calgary - Both employers and employees are looking ahead more optimistically to a fresh slate in 2010, but there is no shortage of challenges ...
• Dare to divvy up your duties at work
  Edmonton - For many of us, a full-time job is just a little bit too much, but we begrudgingly endure eight-hour workdays. "My experience is that ...
• Six wasn't in the mix for Canada
  A crazy thing happened during Canada's run to global dominance at the 2010 IIHF world junior hockey championship. There were these Americans, ...
• Zapping away the years
  Winnipeg - Linda is turning back the clock. After a lifetime of looking after others, the Winnipeg-based 58-year-old retired marketing manager ...
• Canadians will have to beat U.S. again
  Saskatoon - They played a thriller on New Year's Eve and now Canada and the United States have a rematch with junior hockey supremacy on the ...
• Get it on the box
  Can you build a better food label? The Centre for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) thinks so. After spending several years evaluating ...
• Leafs get another shot at Sabres' Miller
  Toronto - Ron Wilson is a coach with grand ambitions. He already draws up the plays for the Toronto Maple Leafs, and once the Olympics arrive he ...
• Canadian team's biggest asset is flexibility
  Regina - The quest for a Canadian six-pack began Wednesday morning when the 22 survivors of the national junior team's selection camp converged ...
• Restless in Regina: Team Canada's final cuts come...
  Regina - Goaltender Martin Jones was starting to wonder if he'd get a second chance to make a last impression with Team Canada brass. When ...
• Let the games begin
  Interactive yet educational games are the perfect way to kick back and relax with family and friends, while having fun and creating lasting ...
• Jays about to deal ace: Halladay to Phillies
  Toronto - The doctor is out. According to numerous reports, the Toronto Blue Jays have bowed to the wishes of ace right-hander Roy (Doc) Halladay ...
• Pitch A Fit
  There's no doubt that Nintendo's "Wii Fit" is fun - but is it exercise? Depends on who you ask. A report issued just in time for holiday gift ...
• Martin to rock the Olympics for a third time
  Edmonton - This Olympic thing is becoming old hat for the Old Bear, but it promises to be an even more amazing trip for his young curling cubs. ...
• Hot start has been long forgotten by Flyers
  Philadelphia - A coaching change, one of the worst slumps of the NHL season and a major abdominal injury to goaltender Ray Emery. Who could have ...
• Eclectic roster working for Thrashers
  Eight Canadians, four Americans, three Russians, two Swedes, two Czechs, two Finns, one German, one Slovak and one from Kazakhstan. And that's ...
• Smart move
  Despite popular opinion, older folks can use high-tech gadgets, and Dr. Brian Richards is dead set on proving it. At the University of Toronto's ...
• 'Yoga's bad boy' makes no apologies
  Celebrity guru Bikram Choudhury, the self-described "busiest man in the world," says he always makes time for some retail therapy. "It takes six ...
• 17th-century will from Cupids discovered
  A sleuthing family history buff has discovered the 17th-century will of a Newfoundland man who appears to have been part of the first English ...