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  • Pattinson seeking solace plans holiday with family

    Actor Robert Pattinson has reportedly decided to spend some memorable time with family and rented a house in Canada for two months. The 26-year-old, who is nursing his broken heart post his split from Kristen Stewart, will stay in the swanky pad with his family members, reports dailystar.co.uk. "Rob is renting a house in Bloor West Village in Toronto for July and August. He needs time away ...

  • Why catastrophe bonds could be coming to Canada

    Streetwise gives you the full scoop on business deals and Canada's finance and capital market sectors. Through daily updates, our dedicated team of award-winning Globe and Mail journalists set the agenda and ensure you get exclusive and must-have business intelligence and analysis every day. The most informed Globe and Mail readers access Streetwise every day. Why don't ...

  • Video Ive never taken a penny Montreal mayor maintains innocence

    Montreal's interim mayor has resigned after being arrested and charged with 14 offences including fraud. Michael Applebaum maintains his innocence and says he will fight the ...

  • Defence Minister dodges question from McCain about Canadian military intervention in Syria

    Minister of Defence Peter MacKay responds to a question during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, June 12, 2013. (Sean Kilpatrick/THE CANADIAN ...

  • Bruins begin to look like Cup champs

    hockey has been fast and furious, even though it is being played in June, and no-one we know has yet complained about the quality of the efforts being put forth by both teams. From our viewpoint, looks like the Bruins will take it in ...

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As Good As It Gets

In James L. Brooks' "As Good As It Gets," Jack Nicholson plays what very well may be the ultimate "Jack Nicholson Character." As Melvin Udall, an obsessive-compulsive misanthrope, Nicholson is allowed the kind of free range that suits his talents best. Whether he's snarling and threatening his wife with an axe in "The Shining" (1980), or glowering behind smug speeches about honor in "A Few Good Me ... ...

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  • Leaders downplay reports of stalled Canada-EU trade talks

    British Prime Minister David Cameron welcomed Stephen Harper to the G8 talks in Northern Ireland on Monday. Despite suggestions the summit could yield a breakthrough in the Canada-EU trade talks, no deal has been reached amid hints of trouble at the table. (Lefteris Pitarakis/Associated ...

  • Experimental drug shows promise in treating breast ovarian cancer

    Canadian-U.S. team of researchers has developed a new "sharp-shooter" drug they hope will be a breakthrough in treating several types of cancer. The experimental drug is known for now as CFI-400945 and is a new class of cancer drug that targets a certain enzyme that gives rise to some malignancies. Those tumours include breast, ovarian, colorectal, pancreatic and prostate cancers. ...

  • Toronto man making his mark with safecracking skills

    Toronto's Scott Gray has picked up the kind of skills that you often see used in a heist movie. He's a certified master safecracker, an expertise that he has developed through years of working as a safe and vault technician. Gray said his preferred strategy is beginning with the dial on the door. "The saying that I like to say is: 'The easiest way in is the easiest way ...

  • MPs and senators side income provokes ethics debate

    The debate over Justin Trudeau's speaking fees has raised questions about what MPs and senators should be allowed to earn on top of their parliamentary incomes. "It's certainly not legally wrong. But as we are re-examining our democratic institutions, should we, in fact, be putting in place higher ethical expectations?" says Penny Collenette, a law professor at the ...

  • Police pepper-sprayed Abbotsford camp says homeless woman

    A homeless woman in Abbotsford, B.C. has come forward to say she is behind allegations local police slashed and pepper-sprayed tents at a homeless ...

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