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Prime Minister Stephen Harper stands next to Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah while wearing ponchos from Peru for the group photo at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Lima, Sunday. (REUTERS/Mariana Bazo)

Harper ponders 'unprecedented fiscal stimulus'

Prime Minister says deflationary pressures worrying, concedes Canada could dip into a 'technical recession'


Shots fired at motorcade carrying Georgian, Polish presidents

No injuries; South Ossetia and Georgia dispute where gunshots were fired


Assisted suicide takes centre stage in Quebec

Jury in northeastern Quebec will hear case of man charged with helping his severely ill uncle kill himself


Five escape plane crash in Manitoba

Mother and toddler among those who escaped unharmed after plane crash-landed in northern Manitoba


Twilight's box office bite: $70.55-million

Teen vampire romance crushes competition with bigger-than-expected box office haul

Grey Cup

Montreal Alouettes slotback Ben Cahoon responds to questions with quarterback Anthony Calvillo in the background following a team meeting in Montreal. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson)

Connected

Calvillo to Cahoon may be the Alouettes' best chance in the Grey Cup, David Naylor writes


Nation Builder 2008

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Tell us who should win

The Globe is looking for those outstanding Canadians who unify and inspire


Breakdown

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Canada's mental health crisis

Globe series returns with focus on children

 

Report on Business 

Obama pledges economic plan for 2.5 million 'more jobs'

But in clarifying president-elect's message, spokesman says he meant the plan will ‘save or create' 2.5 million jobs

The Detroit Three ... Two? One?

Bailout or no bailout, North American car makers will still be making vehicles in the next decade. But don't expect the auto industry of tomorrow to look anything like today's

The Caisse says it's in good shape

Directors of Quebec's most powerful economic institution dispel growing concerns over liquidity problems

Inflation drops to 2.6 per cent

Gasoline prices rise at slower rate than previously, while car prices decline

HudBay, Lundin merge in $814-million deal

Friendly transaction will create Canada's second-largest base metals company by market capitalization


National 

Maritimes get blast of winter

Heavy snow disrupts travel, closes roads and knocks out power

Caregivers who look after children on B.C. reserves to be screened

Pilot project will conduct background checks on family members who apply for money through Guardian Financial Assistance program

Auto bailout would drive deficit too high, McGuinty warns

Ontario Premier says demands on his government increasing as economic times get worse

'Lives could have already been saved'

What caused Sunday's deadly crash in B.C.? One of the first assumptions is pilot error - but there could have been more to it than that

Vancouver Games to face money hurdles: CEO

‘We have to be ready' for unpleasant surprises, Furlong warns, and ‘manage ourselves accordingly'


Canadian Politics 

Desperate opposition pounces on Caisse rumours

Talk of massive losses at pension fund provides fodder for Charest's opponents

For Campbell, normal no longer exists

Economic crisis not a perfect storm, but rather a 'seismic shift,' B.C. Premier says

RCMP interview Bernier about Couillard claims

Mounties waited until after the election to discuss allegations of influence peddling with former foreign affairs minister


World 

Russia eyes oil off Cuba

Russian oil companies could soon begin searching for oil in Gulf of Mexico waters off Cuba, diplomat says days before Medvedev visit

Military plans continual harassment of Taliban

Canadian and international troops in southern Afghanistan will mount campaign of constant pressure on Taliban this winter

Israel jails eight Jewish neo-Nazis

Teens aged 16 to 19 involved in 'shocking and horrifying' year-long spree of attacks

Is Japan's 'lost decade' a window to the future?

It hit suddenly, and when the bubble burst it was a wipeout. As today's crisis deepens, the unthinkable is becoming all too real

Strong quake hits waters off western Indonesia

No immediate reports of injuries or damage


Life 

Grey Cup: They bleed for the Cup - no matter who's playing

Superfans go mobile, scouring the Internet for cheap flights and sometimes even taking out loans to reach the four-day bash

The graffiti made me do it

People are more likely to break laws near tagged walls and litter

Driven by the sun

It cost him his life savings. It ended a relationship. But Marcelo da Luz's passion for solar-powered cars culminated in a Guinness World Record. Patrick White reports


Health 

Will a few weeks off from exercise hurt me?

Keep up your workout intensity or you'll pay for it later

Fall babies may be more likely to develop asthma

Study shows that kids born in early fall have a 30 per cent higher chance of developing asthma

Skip the doctor's office, go right to the drugstore

More provinces look to grant pharmacists greater power to prescribe drugs

Even our kids have drinking problems

What we drink over the course of a day might as well be counted as a full meal, according to a beverage consumption report from Statscan