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Supreme Court twists Charter of Rights in haste to limit free speech

Andrew Coyne: Where the Court’s view of such limits is expansive and approving in its William Whatcott ruling, the Charter is, rightly, grudging and cautious

'The hunt of my life': A grim look at the former Saint John Councillor facing child pornography charges

Christie Blatchford: Chat logs contained in the warrants reveal the user alleged to be Donnie Snook as terrified of being found out but unable to stop himself

'I’d prefer not to look like an absolute idiot': Former spy watchdog wanted for alleged multimillion-dollar fraud

Brian Hutchinson: Following revelations about Arthur Porter's business dealings in the National Post, Porter resigned as watchdog. Now he is facing fraud charges

Brad Wall to lobby for Keystone pipeline, promote Saskatchewan's green initiatives on Washington trip

Brad Wall's visit to the U.S. capital comes on the heels of Alison Redford's trip to sell the message that the Keystone pipeline is good for both economies

David Suzuki kicks Sun News out of ‘Eco Tour’ debate despite Elizabeth May’s intervention

A Sun News reporter says Suzuki refused to appear at a public policy debate Tuesday until she and her cameraman were escorted from the premises

Tories using unprecedented tactics to force Canadians off EI and onto provincial welfare: Rae

Opposition parties sustained their attacks on Stephen Harper today, accusing him of using unprecedented tactics to root out fraud in Canada’s EI system

The ridiculous and the sublime: Italian politics and Vatican both in need of transformation

Father Raymond J. de Souza: The wisecrack in Italy has been “no government, no pope.” The latter will be attended to soon. Responsible democracy may not return

Italian president cancels Berlin meeting after German politician says Italy voted for two ‘clowns’

Angela Merkel’s main rival added further insult by describing Silvio Berlusconi, whose last term was mired in sex scandals, as 'a clown with a testosterone boost'

'Our little community’s dying': Isolation forces Newfoundland town to ask province for resettlement

If 90% of the community votes in favour, the province would issue everyone a cheque to leave town before cutting the power and leaving nature to take its course

'Hello world': First tweet sent from a cellphone in North Korea as Pyongyang offers mobile Internet service to foreigners

The 'international' Internet, remains strictly off limits for most North Koreans, but this week the first tweet was sent using the nation's new mobile data service

Canada should send its own space probe to Mars, Marc Garneau says

The former astronaut and Liberal leadership candidate said he wants to send an unmanned probe either to study Mars from orbit or to land on the Red Planet

Tycoon plans to send middle-aged married couple on 16-month return trip to mars

Under the audacious but bare-bones plan, the spacecraft would blast off less than five years from now and pass within 160 kilometres of the Martian surface

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The 'Ottawa TomaHawks' owner is either an absolute fool or a marketing genius

Joe O'Connor: The owner of a new basketball franchise picked the name even though Ottawa's mayor warned him there just might be some cultural sensitivities involved

Why police officer who didn’t report racial slur deserves praise, not discipline

Chris Selley: There is something worse than a person who won’t turn the other cheek, though: someone who’s not even allowed to

Toronto’s frustrated downtown intellectuals confront Rob Ford's latest victory

Kelly McParland: After yet another legal setback, the city’s frustrated cafe intellectual set ponders the mystery of Mayor Rob Ford

Will Mike Duffy, and his hush-hush Senate auditors, become the unwitting fathers of Senate reform?

Jonathan Kay: This is the way boards of directors work at golf clubs. It’s appalling such boys-club protocols should operate in the Parliamentary house of a G7…

Investing

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Tips from Blackrock, plus David Rosenberg on why there will be no bond bear market — and more

Arts

Inside the outsider: Thom Yorke, in his own words

In honour of Atoms for Peace's debut, and Thom Yorke’s peculiar brand of defiant strangeness, we pored over his old interviews to create a pseudo oral history

Is Amanda Seyfried to blame for Anne Hathaway’s much-mocked Oscars dress?

Hathaway has revealed that the Prada gown wasn't her first choice for the Oscars — she had opted for Valentino, but switched gowns at the last minute

Ukranian prankster Vitalii Sediuk tried to crash the Oscars in a Bjork-inspired swan dress

Ukranian T.V. prankster Vitalii Sediuk has struck again, this time at the Oscars

Israel & Middle East

Scathing EU report calls for stepped-up sanctions on Israel over ‘illegal annexation of East Jerusalem’

A European Union (EU) consuls general report harshly criticizes Israel for undermining the possibility of an independent Palestinian state

Cars

Meet the BatBerry, an all-Canadian V8-powered Batmobile replica

While many cars from the 1980s make fine weekend projects, BlackBerry application developer Tim Neil is working on something truly unique - an exact replica of the 1989 Batmobile.

Sports

Strange new world: Leafs vs. Canadiens feels like it matters again

Bruce Arthur: In one locker room Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Ben Scrivens was being asked if he felt an extra buzz in the air

Blackhawks can thank coach Joel Quenneville for win streak

While the streak goes on and the Chicago Blackhawks pile up points, the same words are repeated over and over

Cavaliers overcome slow start to defeat Raptors

Rookie Dion Waiters scored 23 points, Shaun Livingston added 15 for the Cavaliers, who were without Kyrie Irving

Blue Jays’ Esmil Rogers got a sharp career push from buddy Pedro Strop

Esmil Rogers and Pedro Strop are best friends. When Rogers was determined to quit baseball in 2006, Strop resorted to tough love

Personal Finance

Canadian retirees an overwhelmingly happy bunch: BMO

Eighty-two per cent of Canadians are happy with their current lifestyle in retirement, says a BMO Financial Group survey

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Toronto man sentenced to life in prison for murdering common-law wife in quiet Leaside neighbourhood

The man who murdered Leaside interior designer Lisa Lebitka has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 14 years

Conflict claims against school trustees ‘ludicrous’: Ontario public board association head

“The concept that trustees cannot vote on issues concerning their community is absolutely ludicrous,” Michael Barrett said on Wednesday

Americans accused of ‘black bloc’ protests during Toronto G20 Summit nabbed in U.S.

Toronto police Det.-Sgt. Gary Giroux says the five accused are on his “top 10” list of G20 offenders, believed to be responsible for at least $600,000 in property damage

Life

Hit snooze or lose: Just a week of poor sleep can affect genes, throwing off metabolism, stress responses

A new study has found clues as to how a lack of sleep impacts the body, and how that can adversely affect overall health

Homes

Three of Bob Hope’s Palm Springs homes are for sale, the most famous listed at $50-million

If you are a Bob Hope fan, or if you just do your celebrity-home shopping in bulk, Palm Springs is where you'll want to take yourself — and your wallet.

Features

The retired McGill professor convinced 'beyond a reasonable doubt' that aliens exist

The former Montreal psychology professor, and author of ETs, and Alien Abductions a Scientist looks at the Evidence, is convinced extraterrestrial life exists

Speeder busted going 188 km/h in 100 km/h zone in weekend of criminal stunt driving in Toronto

An already busy weekend for Toronto traffic cops was topped when officers clocked a man going 188 kilometres per hour, leading to stunt driving charges

In his own words: How Oscar Pistorius killed girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp

Graphic: In an affidavit, Oscar Pistorius, the double-amputee track star, has told how he accidentally killed his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp

‘Bringing first-world medicine’ to Kandahar: Afghanistan war sparks trauma-care revolution

Staff at the Kandahar Air Field combat hospital implemented a novel system that used teams of different specialists to treat each severely injured patient

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Chinese executive caught outsourcing 12-year-old daughter’s homework to his employees

'The girl was quite demanding. She only needed to do one of the four options but insisted on doing them all, without getting involved herself in any way'

Want a longer, happier life? Embrace pessimism, study says

“The optimists are those who basically close their eyes, shut their eyes and don’t really want to know about the truth” about the costs of aging and death

Billionaire offers glimpse inside 'Titanic II' as he unveils ship's blueprints

He joked that climate change may be a positive for the new ship’s fate. ‘One of the benefits of global warming is there hasn’t been as many icebergs’

Three of Bob Hope’s Palm Springs homes are for sale, the most famous listed at $50-million

If you are a Bob Hope fan, or if you just do your celebrity-home shopping in bulk, Palm Springs is where you'll want to take yourself — and your wallet

Video shows horror as tourists plunge to earth in deadliest hot air ballooning accident on record

The terror lasted less than two minutes: The balloon burst into flames and plummeted to earth near Luxor, Egypt, leaving 19 sightseers dead

Now female Democrat lawmakers take aim at Seth MacFarlane's ‘disturbing, misogynist’ turn as Oscars host

‘There was a disturbing theme about violence against women being acceptable and funny,’ the lawmakers wrote in a letter to Academy President Hawk Koch

Last minute switch: Is Amanda Seyfried to blame for Anne Hathaway’s Academy Award dress disaster?

Much has been made of best supporting actress-winner’s — namely, that its ill-placed seams gave the illusion that her nipples could be seen through the...

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer had nursery built near office before banning employees from working at home

Mayer, who gave birth to a son last fall, reportedly paid with her own funds to have a nursery built near her office so she could be closer to her newborn

Suspicious Google Glass eBay auction listing disappears after bids near US$16,000

Bidding on the Internet-powered glasses had reached US$15,900 just prior to the listing being taken down on Wednesday

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Suspicious drugs found in Oscar Pistorius’ bedroom identified as sexual enhancer

Online retailers advertise oral and injectable forms of Testis compositum as testosterone boosters and say it can aid sexual performance

Ottawa museum embraces common sense at risk of inflaming human rights zealots

Kelly McParland: It’ll adopt the terms BC and AD because people know what they mean, setting a dangerous precedent and risking outrage among the easily offended

This super-light car, made of 3D-printed plastic, may revolutionize manufacturing

In something seemingly out of a science fiction movie, one man’s dream of a 3D-printed car is getting closer to becoming a reality

Baseball team's famous racing sausage missing after big night out

The Milwaukee Brewers race five sausages the bottom of the sixth inning: Chorizo, Polish Sausage, Hot Dog, Bratwurst, and Italian Sausage – who is missing

Ottawa ‘TomaHawks’ basketball team changes name in less than 24 hours after outcry from First Nations

An Ottawa basketball franchise unveiled its logo Tuesday. The outcry started almost immediately. But fear not: The Ottawa 'TomaHawks' will never hit the court

The other F-word: Reclaiming ‘foodie’ and the snobby and stigmatized terrain of gastronomic culture

Boston Pizza, a Canadian restaurant chain with 347 branches and $943-million in 2012 sales, brandishes the word like a frying pan in its latest advertising campaign

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