Derek DeCloet

An iPhone app for everyone

What if Canadian wireless junkies could have a set of applications worthy of our fractious media industry?

Week in questions

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How many times has Johnny Depp been named sexiest man alive?

While Pattinson and Stewart were filming in Vancouver, devotees were desperate to see them as real-life lovers.

Hunted and haunted by the Twi-Hard hordes

Vancouver gossip blogger Lainey recalls the hormonal hurricane surrounding the making of The Twilight Saga: New Moon

Globe Essay

Don't head for the exit

The West should set an objective, not seek a way out, which would mean defeat

Kevin Lipp of Grand Island, N.Y., was diagnosed with MS in 1999, but 11 months ago he travelled to Italy as a part of an international project trying to find ways to treat people with MS. In Italy he was treated by Dr. Paolo Zamboni, who uses a revolutionary surgery to treat vascular disease that he believes causes a lot of the neurological damage in MS patients.

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

Canadians chagrined over status as climate-change dawdlers

Poll finds three quarters are embarrassed that country hasn't taken international lead on cutting greenhouse gases

Disaster assistance promised for Vancouver Island floods

Comox and Cowichan valleys face state of emergency and evacuations after high tides, heavy rains

A flickering last stand for a red-light landmark

Montreal's Café Cléopâtre is fighting to keep the bad old ways alive

A nod to the past, a reason to believe in the future

The Olympic Torch inspires optimism in towns linked to history, whether it be the birth of hockey or the Acadian expulsion

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Today's Highlights

Video: The Next Big Thing
Going mobile, going strong
''We run everything out of our mobile cleaning unit using the Internet hooked up to a cellphone and a laptop,' Andy Oakes says.

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Globe Drive: Auto Therapy
Does my heart belong to daddy's Camaro?
This 1967 Chevrolet Camaro RS/SS Indy Pace Car sold last year at auction for $88,000 U.S..