Editorial cartoon by Brian Gable
Politics: The morning buzz

Liberals awake to new nadir

Amid faltering polls and Facebook rants, Liberal fortunes will only go up if Michael Ignatieff can conjure a convincing picture of Canada under his leadership

Road Sage
Road Sage

Traffic chaos? We have a cure for that

Andrew Clark uncovers a top-secret plan to solve commuter misery

Decoding the decade

What's the most important international story of the past decade?

Margaret MacMillan picks the most momentous events and issues of the decade. Help us by nominating yours

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Campus

How smart are "smart drugs" on campus?

Freshman Life: The lengths to which young people will go to enhance their performance

People line up at the Resource Canada offices in Montreal

Immigrants work longer for less

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

Retail sales top expectations

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

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 ‘an unfortunate accident'

Agriculture

Solving hunger with super-rice

Three billion people depend on rice. But it's being ravaged by a serious salt problem in the world's soil. A Canadian researcher hopes to find a solution with his breed of super grains that resist salt

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

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

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

Mistletoe kiss OK despite flu threat, expert says

Britain's authority on etiquette says it's more hygienic to exchange kisses on the cheek than to shake hands

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Today's Highlights

Globe Drive: Eco Driver
Prius takes on Honda's Insight

Face-off: These two four-door hybrids couldn't differ more. Which one pulls ahead?

2010 Toyota Prius, 2010 Honda Insight

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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?