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• Bundling baby
  —TORONTOIt’s a question all new parents — or parents new to our climate — ask at some point or another during Canadian winters: how much bundling ...
• Actor says civic-minded impulse drives his...
  —TORONTOProne to rapid-fire rants and fits of swearing, actor Jay Baruchel admits his stint on this year’s edition of “Canada Reads” will be “an ...
• RRSP or TFSA?
  —CALGARYIt’s the battle of the acronyms — RRSP or TFSA? They’re both savings vehicles that can help with your tax bill, but which one reigns ...
• Navy spy gets 20-year prison sentence for selling...
  HALIFAX — Sub-Lt. Jeffrey Paul Delisle, the Halifax navy intelligence officer who sold secrets to Russia, has been given a 20-year prison ...
• New ’high-risk’ category will keep mentally ill...
  VANCOUVER — The Conservative government is providing courts with new powers to lock up people found not criminally responsible for their crimes ...
• UPDATE: Big snowstorm moving through Ontario
  TORONTO — A giant snowstorm blanketing Ontario grounded planes, totalled cars and shut down schools Friday, foreshadowing a wild weekend for ...
• External auditor to look at residence claims,...
  OTTAWA — The Senate is asking outside auditors to check out the residency claims and expenses of three of its members, including a senator facing ...
• UPDATE: Brazeau appears in court to face charges of...
  GATINEAU, Que. — Sen. Patrick Brazeau appeared briefly in court Friday to face charges of assault and sexual assault before being released on ...
• Paramedic describes finding dying Toronto cop after...
  TORONTO — A paramedic testifying at the trial of a man accused of killing a Toronto police officer with a snowplow says she thought the man was ...
• Patti Smith exhibition offers intimate look at punk...
  Pope Benedict XV’s slippers, a stone from the river where English writer Virginia Woolf drowned herself, and a photograph of French poet Arthur ...
• Allowing Russian cruise ship to drift in Atlantic...
  OTTAWA — The federal Opposition says it is irresponsible of Canada to abandon a derelict Russian cruise ship that’s now drifting in the ...
• Dangerous delivery
  Spoiler alert: If you haven’t seen Episode 4 of the current season of Downton Abby and you plan to, you don’t want to continue reading. If you ...
• Mad about metric
  Probably the last gas pump in Canada to issue fuel by the gallon still stands guard in a business whose owners were threatened with jail for ...
• Economy grew by better-than-expected 0.3 per cent in...
  OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says the economy grew by 0.3 per cent in November, following a 0.1 per cent rise in October.The November number for ...
• Ron Sexsmith builds on breakthrough with bittersweet CD
  As Ron Sexsmith was in the midst of putting together what would become his new album “Forever Endeavour,” the Toronto singer/songwriter — who has ...
• Medical pot users say changes to law will raise...
  OTTAWA — A group representing medical marijuana users says the Conservative government’s proposed changes to the medicinal pot system will lead ...
• Former Nortel workers ask for bankruptcy investigation
  Representatives for ex-Nortel Networks employees with disablities have filed a complaint with Canadian and American bankruptcy watchdogs over ...
• Canadian inflation stays firm at 0.8 per cent in...
  OTTAWA — Canada’s inflation remained barely visible for the second consecutive month in December, as consumers enjoyed one of the best years in ...
• Cholesterol-lowering statin drugs may raise Type 2...
  TORONTO — Health Canada has updated the labelling for commonly prescribed cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins to warn users they may be at ...
• Supreme Court agrees to hear appeal from Quebec crab...
  OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada says it will hear the appeal of a Quebec crab fisherman who was hit with a bill for more than $1.2 million ...
• Bank of Canada says it overestimated growth, will...
  OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada says it will likely have to keep interest rates low for longer than it expected in the face of a surprisingly weak ...
• Damaged generator raises prospect of rotating...
  Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro says a major generator is out of service for the winter, raising the prospect of rotating blackouts if demand for ...
• Probe launched into fire on offshore platform in...
  HALIFAX — An investigation has been launched into an electrical fire that resulted in the evacuation of personnel from the Deep Panuke natural ...
• Chiefs issue new request to meet Harper, but no...
  OTTAWA — Top First Nations chiefs from across the country have set aside their differences for now and signed on to a request for yet another ...
• Canadian Army reprints 2013 calendar after putting...
  FREDERICTON — The Canadian Army has had to reprint 10,000 calendars for 2013 after discovering the original copies put holidays, such as Easter, ...
• Former New Brunswick city councillor waives right to...
  SAINT JOHN, N.B. — A former city councillor in Saint John, N.B., who is facing child pornography and sexual touching charges has waived his right ...
• Flu studies suggest vaccine ’match’not super...
  From the start of this year’s influenza season, public health officials assured people the flu vaccine was a good ’match’ for circulating strains ...
• All that glitters
  Gold is expected by many to continue to sparkle as an investment opportunity over the next two years despite a 12-year bull run that briefly took ...
• Kaetlyn Osmond wins Canadian figure skating title
  MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Kaetlyn Osmond, a 17-year-old from Marystown, N.L., claimed her first Canadian title on Saturday, easily winning the women’s ...
• N.L. teen Osmond leads after short program at figure...
  MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — In her black sequined dress and lips painted bright pink, Kaetlyn Osmond played up to the crowd in her mambo short program, ...