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

Have a stress-free holiday. Expert Marcia Ramsland tells you how

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Former Harmony CEO has a Clickfree strategy

Bryan McLeod turned universal remotes into coveted devices; now he's looking to do the same thing with backup and storage devices

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

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 overqualified, earn less

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

Charges won't go ahead against four in Creba case: report

CTV says a pre-trial ruling has forced the Crown to re-examine its case against four men charged in the fatal 2005 Boxing Day shooting

Greenhouse gases reached record highs in 2008: UN

Report by the World Meteorological Organization comes as the EU urges the United States and China to set emissions targets

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

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

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."

ECHOage acts as a third party to ask parents for a donation on behalf of the birthday child. Half goes to a charity of the child's choice and half is sent as a cheque to the parents of the birthday child to buy a gift of the child's choice.

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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?