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  • In Pictures Rolling Stones rock Toronto in 50th anniversary concert

    The rock band was in Toronto on May 25 as part of their 50 and Counting tour, celebrating a half-century together as a group. The band returns to Toronto for a second show on June ...

  • Young bear spotted sleeping in North Vancouver tree after eating two chickens

    A B.C. conservation officer is hoping a hungry bear that gobbled up two chickens in a North Vancouver neighbourhood will soon climb out of a tree and head back to its habitat.Jack Trudgian says the bear wandered out of a nearby ravine on Saturday and found itself a meal before going up a tree and falling asleep. He says bear sightings are common in North Vancouver and the animals are typically ...

  • MLS Montreal 5 Philadelphia 3

    Marco Di Vaio scored three times in the first half Saturday and the Montreal Impact outlasted Philadelphia for a 5-3 victory. The Italian forward scored scored his second goal in the 28th minute, breaking a 1-1 tie, and he doubled the advantage 4 minutes later off an assist ...

  • Woes continue for Toronto FC with shutout loss to Revolution

    Toronto FC's Reggie Lambe, right, battles for the ball with Columbus Crew's Matias Sanchez during first half MLS action in Toronto on Saturday, May 18, 2013. (Chris Young/THE CANADIAN ...

  • Marco Di Vaio scores hat trick Impact outgun Union

    Marco Di Vaio, right, leads the MLS with nine goals after scoring five times in the Montreal Impact's last three games. (Graham Hughes/Canadian ...

Movie Review

Office Space

"Office Space" should have started with a brief dedication: "This film is dedicated to anyone who has ever worked in a cubicle." This film, the first live-action offering from Mike Judge, creator of "Beavis and Butt-head" and "King of the Hill," is a wry tale of vengeance against cubicle culture, and anyone who has ever worked in one will find much to laugh about. I, for one, have worked in a cubi ... ...

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  • Bodychecking banned for peewee players across Canada

    A player from the Dartmouth Whalers collides with a member of the Cole Harbour Red Wings, right, in peewee "A" action in Halifax on Thursday Feb. 15, 2001. One of Canada's largest hockey associations will ban bodychecking for peewee players as momentum grows to have the disputed practice eliminated for adolescents who doctors say are suffering high rates of hockey-related ...

  • Photos Vancouvers March Against Monsanto

    Approximately 250 "March Against Monsanto" protesters gather at the Vancouver Art Gallery in Vancouver, BC., May 25, 2013. They want to call attention to the dangers posed by genetically modified food and the food giants that produce it and marches are planned for more than 250 cities around the ...

  • Search for Canadian resumes in Snowy Mtns

    POLICE have not given up hope of finding a bushwalker alive who's been missing for two weeks. Canadian national Prabhdeep Srawn set out on May 13 and hasn't been heard from since. The 25-year-old's rental car was found that same day, abandoned at Charlotte Pass ski village, on the slopes of Mount Kosciuszko. The search, which resumed on Sunday morning, involves police alpine ...

  • I Would Rather Have a Live Scientologist Than a Dead Kid

    Richardson is shocked over comments Oklahoma Sheriff Joe Kerns said in a Fox News23 interview - "especially doing an interview on Narconon Arrowhead while an investigation is still supposedly on going." In an email received at 2:45 PM this afternoon, Richardson replied to the comment made by the Sheriff Joe Kerns: "I would rather have a live Scientologist than a dead kid" ...

  • Canada Soccer sets sight on high-level coach

    The next coach of Canada Soccer will be responsible with turning around a men's squad that was destroyed in its last World Cup qualifying game to Honduras last October. (Esteban Felix/Associated ...

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