Rick Hillier, former chief of Canada's defence staff, fields a question at the Halifax International security Forum on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009.
Politics: Ottawa Notebook

Generals enter torture fray

Treatment of Afghan detainees set to dominate agenda this week as top military commanders are hauled before MPs

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How to get organized this holiday season - and beyond

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Former Harmony CEO has a Clickfree strategy

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This image taken from video shows a courtroom artists drawing of Tahawwur Hussain Rana, center, 48, charged with plotting a terrorist attack against a Danish newspaper, as he appears at a bond hearing before federal Magistrate Judge Nan Nolan Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009, in Chicago.

Accused in terror plot ‘man of integrity,' brother says

Parliament Hill journalist whose brother is accused of involvement in an international terrorist plot speaks out, says brother is an honest man facing false charges

Immigrants over-qualified, earn less

A new study finds a bleak jobs picture for new Canadians, though the picture improves for those who have been here longer

Toddler dies after plunging from balcony at Pearson

Boy was with his family on the airport's Terminal 1 departure level; police say incident was a tragic accident

Retail sales top expectations

Spending rises 1% in September, marking seventh gain in nine months, on higher car, supermarket sales

Ontario stands behind stunt driving law despite ruling

Province says it views law as Constitutional even after judge dismissed charges against an 18-year-old woman last week

21 Filipinos killed on way to file election papers

Bodies found after dozens of gunmen hijacked convoy of journalists, and family and supporters of a candidate for provincial governor

While jailed in Tehran, Canadian journalist considered suicide

Maziar Bahari spent nearly four months in Evin prison, where he lost 25 pounds and says he was hit, kicked and whipped

Coast Guard drops search for missing Halifax sailor

Hubert Marcoux, 67, had hit high seas, strong winds on the way to Bermuda earlier this month and failed to arrive as planned a week ago

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Debbie Zinman and Alison Smith, co-founders of ECHOage, an online birthday party service that combines gift giving with charity, took their Web developer's advice and turned it on its head. "We're dealing with mothers," Ms. Zinman says. "So we wanted to design our home page in a very specific way."

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Decoding the decade: Underrated films

Our readers' top list. Which film from our list of finalists do you think is the decades most underrated film?