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Portfolio Strategy

The ETF bad boys

Exchange-traded funds are the hot investment these days. But the bandwagon effect has also led to the creation of unsuitable ones Nov 22, 2009 8:56AM EST

Liberal Leader Stephane Dion and his wife Janine Krieber arrive for their campaign flight in Ottawa on Sunday, September 14, 2008. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
Ottawa Notebook

Dion's wife goes rogue?

Facebook posting openly questions Michael Ignatieff's leadership, his decision to shun the coalition and the party's reliance on 'Toronto elites' Nov 21, 2009 7:01PM EST

The National Trust's Ancient Tree Adviser Brian Muelaner, pictured at Lanhydrock Bodmin, Cornwall.
World: Elizabeth Renzetti

Seeing the forest for its trees

Brian Muelaner may hail from the Canadian Prairies, but he's at home cataloguing Britain's ancient trees Nov 22, 2009 8:58AM EST

Nigel Dickson's photograph of the late jazz giant Oscar Peterson, part of a show on view at the Royal Ontario Museum until March.
National: Portraiture

'Our nation's photo album'

Ian Brown considers what a government that nixes a national portrait gallery is hiding from Nov 22, 2009 8:59AM EST

A house along Beverly Street still sits in a pool of water.

B.C. cleans up in in wake of floods

An evacuation order has been lifted for hundreds of south Vancouver Island residents forced from their homes by flooding, but not everyone will be sleeping in their own beds right away Nov 22, 2009 9:41AM EST

Historic U.S. health-care bill set for Senate debate

Legislation makes it to Senate floor, over the opposition of Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President Obama. Nov 22, 2009 9:55AM EST

Time running out in Afghanistan: Hillier

Canada's former top soldier tells policymakers that the next 18 months are 'crucial' to turning around deteriorating situation. Nov 22, 2009 9:49AM EST

RCMP officer helps deliver baby in B.C.

Constable comes to rescue after neighbour unexpectedly goes into labour 9:27 AM EST

Wait times all over the map as H1N1 vaccine rolled out in Ontario

Some Toronto clinics report no lineups, others broadcast wait times of two hours Nov 21, 2009 7:06PM EST

Researcher's labour of love leads to breakthrough in treating MS

New way of thinking about debilitating disease has yielded stunning new treatments – but MS societies urge sufferers to be cautious before experimenting Nov 22, 2009 9:38AM EST

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Oprah Winfrey, executive producer of 'Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire, ' waves to photographers at the premiere of the film at AFI Fest 2009 in Los Angeles, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009.
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Can Cott put the pop back in its sales?
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