Shafia mother says she lied to police over fears her elder son would be tortured
Tooba Mohammad Yahya, accused along with husband Mohammad Shafia and son Hamed, of murdering four family members, told jurors she lied to police in a bid to save her eldest son
If they voted for Layton, Ms. St-Denis, they didn't vote for you
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Harper to put lavish MP pensions on chopping block
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Polish prosecutor who shot himself at press conference ‘had $800,000 bounty on his head’
Colonel Mikolaj Przybyl is said to have faced numerous threats aimed at intimidating him and stalling other investigations he was leading over possible financial misconduct within the army
Israel making preparations for flood of Syrian refugees after predicted fall of Assad
Israel is making preparations for the fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and a flood of refugees from his minority Alawite sect into the Golan Heights, Israel’s military chief told a parliamentary committee on Tuesday
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Government to gun owners: We made a mistake. Fix it for us or go to prison
Matt Gurney: Two small-calibre rifles have been suddenly reclassified by the Canadian Firearms Program, proving that even once the gun registry is gone, Canada’s firearms laws will still be a mess
Sports
Leafs look to add distance
The Toronto Maple Leafs, who are six points ahead of the Buffalo Sabres, have a chance to bury their divisional opponent
Ron Caron was one of a kind
Red Fisher: Hockey to The Prof was much more than a way of life for him. It was everything. It was life itself
Don't expect Tebow to run over the Patriots
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Arts
Ewan McGregor goes under cover in Haywire
“Haywire has strong elements of fight movies, which I’m not particularly familiar with, and then there was the spy element, a sort of James Bond thing”
Charles Taylor Prize shortlist revealed
Wade Davis, Charlotte Gill and JJ Lee are among this year's nominees
Beyonce baby Blue Ivy Carter has left the hospital
Blue Ivy Carter has left the hospital, the New York Daily News reports, joined by her parents Jay-Z and Beyonce as part of a three-vehicle caravan that exited Lenox Hill Hospital during the wee hours of Tuesday
World
Pakistan bombing kills dozens in insurgent-heavy region
A bomb killed at least 29 people and wounded 37 on Tuesday when it exploded near a fuel station in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber region, where insurgents are battling government forces, regional officials said
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Welcome back, deficits (and the cuts you force)
Andrew Coyne: Longer term, fiscal conservatives can't count on deficits to do their dirty work for them. They'll have to make the case for limited government on its own merits
As Anwar Ibrahim's sodomy trial ends, speculation rises that he could be Malaysia's next PM
Goodspeed Analysis: Anwar Ibrahim's not guilty verdict immediately plunged Malaysia into speculation over whether Mr. Anwar can help unseat the ruling coalition
Ontario could do without Dalton McGuinty’s high-cost help
Ken Coates: While Ontario speaks warmly about the lower income families that will benefit from 2012 tuition rebates, this program has an absurdly high cut-off
Life
How does a runner train when a runner can’t run?
Imagine if there was a way to take your elliptical outside, to have a workout with no impact on your sore joints, yet to be able to move as if you were running. As it turns out, there is a way.
Features
It's time to laugh at the NHL's losers
Down Goes Brown: The NHL will officially cross the midway mark later this week, with all 30 teams having played their 41st game of the season
Make a big stink about odours to protect your home
Contractor Mike Holmes: Train your nose to recognize odours that warn of potentially lethal outcomes, such as a natural gas leak, an electrical fire or septic gas
Papa John’s does damage control in wake of racially tinged receipt
Papa John’s is doing damage control after a woman was identified as 'lady chinky eyes' on her receipt from the restaurant
Video: Australian woman survives plunge into river on failed bungee jump
An amateur video captures Erin Langworthy's leap from the bridge amid cheers. Just as her cord begins to rebound, it snaps. People on the bridge can only watch as her tiny form floated downriver
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Light to moderate marijuana smokers show no signs of lung damage, in contrast to cigarette smokers, according to results of a study conducted in the U.S.
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The PMO dismissed reports of Harper vs. Putin exhibition hockey games this year, but that didn't stop the Post's Steve Murray from imagining such a match-up
Tony Clement joins the club of high-level Twitter twits
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