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Reverend Lisa Vaughn, pictured on the screen of an iPhone, blessed electronic devices at Saint Timothy's church in Hatchet Lake, N.S., on Sept. 1.
Technology

Nova Scotia priest plans to bless the faithful's cellphones

Anglican church to offer ‘grace for gadgets’ service as a way of staying relevant in high-tech times

Sean Coates enjoys a cigarette at Kits Beach in Vancouver as he takes a break from work. Jeff Vinnick/The Globe and Mail
Health

Vancouver smokers not butting out yet

Some continue to light up in parks, beaches despite the city’s new outdoor smoking ban

3D image of a young girl who leaps into traffic in a school zone.
Traffic safety

Driving a message home with an optical illusion

3D image of little girl being used to enhance traffic safety

Queen's University principal Daniel Woolf.
Education

From the ivory tower to the Facebook wall

University leaders find social media help in casting aside stuffy image – and recruiting students

What will become the most northerly mosque in North America crosses the Red River early Wednesday on its way to Inuvik, NWT.

A little mosque’s big journey, from Winnipeg to Inuvik

House of worship makes one of the world’s longest moves

Hawaiian junket gets Truth and Reconciliation Commission in hot water

As commission seeks more federal cash for residential-schools panel, bill for members' Honolulu trip is pegged at as much as $6,000

Astronaut Chris Hadfield to be space station’s first Canadian commander

Veteran astronaut to blast off in December 2012 for six-month visit to International Space Station

Saskatchewan refuses to bend
on clinical trials for MS treatment

MS Society joins Ottawa in criticizing decision to forge ahead

B.C. got details of Ontario HST deal before provincial vote

Finance Minister Colin Hansen says he was unaware of this before polls closed

Terror suspect wants secret evidence against him revealed

Disclosure rules could mean delay in trial because spy agencies are reluctant to testify

Ottawa aid helps fund agency that provides illegal abortions in Africa

Money goes to its health services, but group also discreetly performs procedure for desperate women

Court ruling leaves Sikh temple election in doubt

Senior temple member says a fight between fundamentalists and moderates is at the root of the dispute

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Jeffrey Simpson
How the long-gun registry shot a wedge into the NDP

A dozen dissident New Democrats have climbed into bed with the Harperites

Editorial cartoon by Brian Gable
Lawrence Martin
Is there an old-style Tory in the House?

The Canada we know was a blend of the centre and the centre-left. Now it’s a hybrid of the centre and the hard right

Margaret Wente
B.C.’s fishy salmon science

Like it or not, farmed fish will soon be vital to feed a hungry world

Margaret Wente
Rick Salutin
What happened at Jailapalooza?

The real result of the G20 ‘symbolic’ violence was to convince many that the Harper security outlays were well spent and perhaps prep the ground for the rise of Rob Ford in Toronto’s mayoral race

Rick Salutin
Adam Radwanski
In London's east side, OxyContin is king

Fighting prescription drug addiction in Ontario is an uphill battle with a public health system that inadvertently creates new addicts

London's Dundas Street East, seen here August, 18, 2010, is trying to revitalize itself but still struggles with a drug culture.
Marcus Gee
Rob Ford and the kick-in-the-pants brigade

It would be satisfying to aim a blow at City Hall, but ...

Toronto mayoral candidate Rob Ford.
Christie Blatchford
If nothing else Ontario’s Court of Appeal made it a great day for Scotland

Once in a while, even this great generous country, with its multiple safeguards of individual rights and various levels of appeal, catches a break.

Justice Harry S. LaForme speaks during an announcement appointing him as Chair of the Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission on Monday April 28, 2008, in Ottawa.
On Parliament Hill
Politics

Blogs, essays, analysis and more

The West Block, right, on Parliament Hill as seen from the Supreme Court of Canada in Ottawa.
The West Coast
British Columbia

News, comment and politics from our bureaus in B.C.

A tug boat passes slowly underneath the Lion's Gate bridge in Vancouver as a shroud of fog envelopes Stanley Park during the early morning hours in downtown Vancouver, December 22, 2008.
The Big Smoke
Globe Toronto

All things Toronto and GTA: news, features, food and real estate

Aerial views of downtown Toronto
Ian Brown
Eating to stay, truly, alive

A cross-Canada culinary journey begins with one meal that offered the joys (and annoyances) of individuality and another that was about social immersion

Ian Brown