The popularity of Red Friday rallies such as this one, held in Toronto in 2006, reflects Canadians' growing support of their army, navy and air force.
Focus

Canada's military: Invisible no more

Why our national mythology has moved beyond the idea of peacekeeping and embraced the culture of the warrior

SA 1851 Canadian 12 Pence postage stamp from the collection of Wall Street executive William H. Gross.
Collecting

Rare Canadian stamp sells for $260,000 (U.S.)

12 pence pre-Confederation stamp from 1851 was sold at a New York auction

Earlier discussion

How do I handle the homework struggle?

Parenting expert Alyson Schafer takes your questions

Interactive map

H1N1 cases across Canada

A big-picture look at hospitalizations and deaths by province/territory

PEI Premier Robert Ghiz, Nova Scotia Premier Darrell Dexter, Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams and New Brunswick Premier Shawn Graham smile at the Churchill Falls power station Friday.

NB Power deal leaves Atlantic premiers divided

Graham rebuffs calls from Williams, Dexter to guarantee in writing their ability to ship power through his province to the U.S. if sale goes through

Vancouver Island city overwhelmed by flooding

State of emergency after high tides, heavy rains cause evacuations and school closures in Duncan

Pace of rebound to determine budget moves: Jim Flaherty

Government will look at possible spending cuts only after economic recovery is entrenched, Finance Minister says

Federal court rules refugee board must reconsider lesbian deserter case

Bethany Smith fled the U.S. army because she was harassed and threatened by fellow soldiers over her sexual orientation

Coast guard searches for adventurer feared lost at sea

Author and experienced captain Hubert Marcoux, 67, left Halifax on Nov. 9 for Bermuda

Second child hit by car in Toronto

A 13-year-old girl suffered serious leg injuries, less than 24 hours after a boy was hit by a minivan on Thursday

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Adam Radwanski
The gloves are off in Ontario, but only Tories are swinging

Province's Liberals are finding politics a different game now that they've got Tim Hudak to contend with

Adam Radwanski
A reign of terror, a trail of OPP inaction

Pretrial testimony read in court suggests police largely stood by despite continuing harassment of Ontario family

Christie Blatchford
Marcus Gee
Money talks – and unions, corporations deserve to have a say

Leading forces in Canadian society would be marginalized by political donation rules

Jeffrey Simpson
Why the dog of a nuclear deal with India didn't bark

Great photo ops, but substantively, the PM's Indian trip was a bust

Jeffrey Simpson
Margaret Wente
Does cancer screening do harm?

Over-diagnosis has plenty of side effects – needless surgery and trauma, emotional anguish, wasted money and resources

Margaret Wente
Lawrence Martin
Our conservative redefinition

The celebrated advent of Barack Obama makes Canada's trend line look all the more remarkable

Rick Salutin
Our own little Abu Ghraib?

It's one more proof, a uniquely Canadian one, that the war on terror has become the chief incubator of terror

Rick Salutin

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On the one-year countdown to the start of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, the 2010 Olympic Torch, designed and manufactured by Bombardier, and the torchbearer uniform, designed by the Hudson's Bay Company, were unveiled to the world. The first two torchbearers, named by Coca-Cola and RBC, respectively, are Patricia Moreno of Vancouver and Caleb Taylor of Regina.
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