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  • From the Vortex to the Leviathan Canadas Wonderland opens for another season

    Season pass holders (rear left) Evan White, 37, a steamfitter, Heather White, 33, an educational assistant, with (front left) Danny White, 3, and Jack White, 6, from Newmarket, pose for a portrait at Canada's Wonderland amusement park in Vaughan, Ont., May 11, 2013.(Philip Cheung For The Globe and ...

  • Cassette making on the way back for Canadian music company

    Montreal-based Duplication – formerly Analogue Media Technology – received its first order for 10 cassettes in 1989. Nowadays, cassettes account for a quarter of its business, which involves producing merchandise on behalf of bands. It began making cassettes and vinyl records for band, then CDs and DVDs, then Blu-ray, and now cassettes are back as a focus. "We've ...

  • Asian women begin bid for Canada

    Asia's long road to the FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015™ commences on Tuesday, with a record 16 sides featuring in the preliminaries for next March's 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup in Japan, which serves as the qualifier for the global ...

  • Bruins rookie defencemen getting job done

    Bruins rookie defenceman Dougie Hamilton (27) and Torey Krug, right, have been more than holding their own against the New York Rangers in two games. (Brian ...

  • Canadas Roseline Filion wins bronze in womens 10m tower

    Roseline Filion of Laval, Que., won the bronze medal in the women's 10-metre tower Sunday to conclude the fifth stop on FINA diving World Series in Guadalajara, Mexico. It was a nice comeback for Filion after a self-described disappointing performance earlier this month at the Canada Cup FINA Grand Prix in Gatineau, Que. Huixia Liu of China took the gold with 401.05 points, her compatriot ...

Movie Review

Once

Once

It wasn't until the final credits were rolling that I realized I never knew the names of the lead characters in John Carney's Once, which he describes as an art house musical. The guy and girl played by real-life Irish singer-songwriters Glen Hasard and Markta Irglov are never explicitly named ... ...

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  • Petition looks to rename Victoria Day

    An online petition supported by prominent Canadian artists, authors and celebrities proposes renaming Vicotira Day to give Canadians a chance to honour both the Crown and the indigenous peoples of Canada. (Tom Hanson/Canadian ...

  • Remains found on murder suspect Millards Ontario farm

    Police searching a farm belonging to Dellen Millard, charged with forcible confinement and theft over $5,000 in connection with the disappearance of Tim Bosma, are trying to determine if remains found on his property could be human. ...

  • Toronto factory sticks to its knitting – for 87 years

    Parkhurst Knitwear sells its hats, coats and sweaters around the world from its factory in Toronto, one of the last domestic knitting mills in ...

  • Vancouver theatre faces a real tragedy

    The Centre for Performing Arts is pictured through a window from the Vancouver Public Library in Vancouver on May 9, 2013. (Ben Nelms for The Globe and ...

  • Bergeron leads Bruins to 5-2 win over Rangers in Stanley Cup Playoffs Sunday

    Bergeron had two assists for Boston. The first assist came on the Bruins' game winning goal from defenceman Johnny Boychuk which Boston up 3-2 at 12:08 of the second period. The second assist came on the Bruins' fourth goal early in the third period. Bergeron delivered a great pass to Brad Marchand to put the Bruins up 4-2 at the twenty-six second mark of the final frame. ...

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