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Vancouver pathologist Dr. Blake Gilks is one of the founders of the new Web-dased testing system.

The keepers of quality cancer care

With labs bungling results, a B.C. pathology test offers peace of mind for just $600


'Shock of consciousness' sweeps China in wake of temblor

Chinese show compassionate side of nationalism


Potential post for Toews raises ethical concerns

MP being vetted for judgeship, reports say


Man plays dead as grizzly chews

‘I don't know why I didn't scream because I was in so much pain,' Brent Case says as he describes bear gnawing on his head


'There's nothing more. The town is dying'

In the wake of mass layoffs, many are fleeing Mackenzie and predicting its demise – but its mayor vows to fight for a tomorrow

Globe essay

The broken chain of answerability

Stephen Harper

Proliferating officers of Parliament and layers upon layers of rules threaten our democracy.


Camping

travel

Where Canada pitches its tent

This six-pack of reader camping recommendations aims to enable and inspire memorable communions with Mother Nature


Test yourself

Quiz

The week in questions Popup

How many times does the Harper government plan to apologize?

 

Report on Business 

Dead end for free trade

NAFTA was meant to deliver timely, unfettered access to Canada's biggest trading partner. Instead, delays are longer, costs are higher, and business models are breaking down

Saudi raises oil production

Kingdom has already raised output by 300,000 barrels a day and is willing to pump more if needed, oil minister says

Judge puts off ABCP ruling

Says he needs more information to determine whether legal immunity provisions in restructuring plan are fair or legal

Biovail, U.S. settle over Cardizem

Company to pay $24.6-million, plead guilty; shareholders urged to reject any slate of directors founder might propose


National 

Crown must justify adult sentences: ruling

Narrow majority finds it morally, legally wrong to treat violent youth like adults for purpose of sentencing

Man's 3rd murder trial ends with verdict of guilty

Fatigued jury convicts chiropractor Kirk Klymchuk of second-degree murder

Sovereignty not dead, Marois says

PQ Leader proposes manifesto on province's independence next fall

AECL pulls plug on reactors after millions spent

Crown corporation spent years trying to solve problem that increases chance of meltdown in units meant to produce medical isotopes

Canadian Victoria Cross unveiled

Canadian medal bears many similarities to its Commonwealth counterpart but is also steeped in uniquely Canadian symbolism


World 

Child suicide bomber wounds two Canadians

Two Afghan soldiers also hurt in blast set off by 10-year old

Canada's special response team waits for phone to ring

Offer has been made to Myanmar and China but there are no takers

Hunger, despair take hold in Myanmar

Hundreds of thousands of survivors weaken as regime bans foreign relief workers from distributing aid

Opposition leader postpones Zimbabwe return after threat

After word of assassination plans, Tsvangirai postpones plans to campaign in the presidential runoff vote


Life 

Priced out of paradise

Long-time cottagers have tolerated the invasion of monster homes, golf courses, float planes and power boats, but skyrocketing property value assessments are proving to be the tipping point

BBQ: The perfect burger

The mouth-watering, shirt-staining winner? Wagyu

It's back to the elements for energy- and cost-conscious cottagers

Even property owners with access to hydro are going off the grid with solar panels and wind turbines, Patrick White reports


Health 

Low vitamin D raises breast-cancer mortality

Disease twice as likely to spread in women deficient in the nutrient, study finds

New test to detect autism at 9 months

Test could be used as a fast, objective screening tool to identify babies that may develop autism

Small Doses: Whiplash heals faster with positive thinking

Patients who expected to get better were most likely to make a full recovery within six months of injury


Science 

Did Magellan take ride on El Niño?

Phenomenon in Pacific Ocean may have helped Portuguese explorer on first trip around the world nearly 500 years ago

U.S. to protect polar bears

Canadian Environment Minister says he'll consider tougher action after scientific review expected in August

Giant study pinpoints warming effects

Flowers bloom earlier, leaves fall later and polar bears turn cannibal, global study says of human-generated climate change


Technology 

Regulator to revisit rules for new media

Federal rules dealing with of audio, video content on Internet to be re-examined in hearings set for early 2009

CRTC orders Bell to prove Net 'shaping' needed

Regulator wants evidence that networks are congested in squabble over practice of slowing some Internet traffic

RIM to roll Thunder

BlackBerry maker plans to roll out touch-screen version of its cellphone as competition to the iPhone

WebSeven: 'Friend' doesn't mean what it used to

You're likely not, even if Facebook says you are


Sports 

Federer thumps Seppi to reach Hamburg final

Top seed bests Italian 6-3 6-1

Back to Boston

LeBron James scores 32 as Cavaliers beat Celtics to force Game 7

Havret takes early third round lead at Irish Open

Frenchman headed to lunch just two strokes behind compatriot Michael Lorenzo-Vera who had yet to tee off on the third day

Sharapova pulls out of Italian Open semifinal

Second-seeded Russian said the injury would not affect her preparations for the French Open, which begins next weekend


Arts 

A 21st-century Gutenberg

Working in a Toronto garage, Michael Torosian creates rare – and very pricey – books

Jackie Maxwell and the raiders of the lost plays

The Shaw's artistic director and a network of enthusiasts are scouring the world to uncover scripts rarely, if ever, produced

DeGeneres, de Rossi engaged after California ruling

Talk show host makes announcement during taping of The Ellen DeGeneres show Thursday

Hollywood boys who just don't want to grow up

65-year-old Harrison Ford is not alone in trying to maintain an image as a strapping young action hero

Penn uses Cannes clout to back documentary

Film about volunteers who helped tsunami victims

Real Estate

Real estate

'You can't believe what it used to look like!'

Travel

Kim Cattrall and Sarah Jessica Parker

Less sex, more city

Autos

Autos

Killer deals out there on this reliable SUV

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