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Canadian study finds vitamin D helps curb breast cancer

Vitamin D

Research being heralded because it raises the possibility of treating breast cancer using an everyday nutrient that is widely available over the counter for pennies a day


Already stricken Myanmar braces for new storm on Friday

Relief agencies say already disastrous conditions to get worse


Judge rules father brainwashed son into hating his mother

Mother given custody of 13-year-old, who will be flown against his will to a U.S. facility that deprograms children


PM to apologize for residential school abuses

Move comes after many rejections of request

BBQ

The perfect burger

When making the perfect burger, spread your hamburger meat into a rectangle, season with salt and pepper, and then mix it. It combines the seasonings more accurately.

The shirt-staining, mouth-watering winner? Waygu


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Poor medicine
for poor people

The children harmed by substandard drugs can't fight back and bureaucrats don't seem interested – it's time for taxpayers to start complaining


Festival Blog

Elizabeth Renzetti

Scene at Cannes

The Globe's Elizabeth Renzetti goes behind the scenes at the world's most glamorous film festival

 

Report on Business 

Eckstein feared he would be blamed

Former Livent executive testifies he kept detailed records of improper adjustments made to financial reports

CIBC challenges overtime pay claims

In response to class action, bank has filed affidavits from front-line employees who say company is a good place to work

Cracks appear in the real estate market

Scotiabank report says Canadian housing boom is ending, but there is no ‘major correction' in the cards; construction activity still high by historical levels, CMHC reports

Polar Bears' new status could slow Arctic drilling

Animal's Endangered Species protection comes as oil industry is pushing into Alaska waters


National 

Cranbrook relives its close calls

Airsick worker left doomed flight; copter crashed at site of popular Kool-Aid stand

Mother makes tearful taser inquiry appearance

Zofia Cisowski, mother of man who died at Vancouver airport, says faith in RCMP shattered; family lawyer calls for complete moratorium on shock weapons

‘Get on with it,' Ontario tells Ottawa on Caledonia

Ontario's Aboriginal Affairs Minister says federal government hasn't moved quickly enough to settle native dispute

Ontario short 2,500 doctors: OMA

Association says about 850,000 people in the province are without a family physician

City tells church to stop feeding the homeless

City council in Abbotsford, B.C., says residents of a seniors' home frightened


World 

Flight attendant accused of setting fire on Regina flight

Compass Airlines attendant said he was upset about being made to work the route

Quake toll could climb to 50,000

Ten million directly affected by Monday's earthquake; official death toll nearly 20,000

Woman indicted in fatal MySpace hoax on girl

49-year-old mother accused of using a fake MySpace persona to ‘torment, harass, humiliate and embarrass' a 13-year-old girl who later hanged herself

California OK's same sex marriage

A California Supreme Court ruling has overturned the ban making them the second state to allow same sex marriages


Life 

The Elderly: Kids do care for divorced parents

New British research contradicts previous U.S. studies that said divorced mothers and fathers get less help from children later in life

Group Therapy: My husband is depressed and hasn't worked in a year

I feel our marriage is one-sided. What do I do?

Helicopter death spurs headphone debate

Question of how loud is too loud raised following death of pedestrian struck by helicopter

Where luggage goes to die

Ever wonder where all those lost suitcases end up? Ellen Himelfarb traces Heathrow MIAs to a Dickensian-sounding auction house in London and finds the bidders circling


Health 

Montreal sex-change clinic packs them in

Centre Metropolitain de Chirurgie Plastique is attracting patients from around the world

Prostate checks: Gentlemen, assume the position

Richard Bercuson's story reads like a marathon training guide, except that the goal is to survive cancer

Overwork means errors, nurses say

Over-stretched, stressed staff acknowledge medication mistakes 'occasionally' or 'frequently,' Statscan study finds

Physical activity may cut risk of breast cancer

New research shows that women 12 to 35 who ran three hours or walked 13 hours a week reduced their risk of breast cancer by 23 per cent

Needling away at the sneezy season

Some sufferers are turning to the ancient therapy, saying it works as well as drugs without the side effects


Science 

U.S. to protect polar bears

Canadian Environment Minister says he'll consider tougher action after scientific review expected in August

Giant study pinpoints warming effects

Flowers bloom earlier, leaves fall later and polar bears turn cannibal, global study says of human-generated climate change


Technology 

First music download trial may get a do-over

Judge who sentenced Jammie Thomas says his instructions to the jury may have been a mistake

RIM to roll Thunder

BlackBerry maker plans to roll out touch-screen version of its cellphone as competition to the iPhone

WebSeven: ‘Friend' doesn't mean what it used to

You're likely not, even if Facebook says you are


Sports 

Jays get out the brooms

Inglett's pinch hit in 11th proves the winner as Toronto takes fourth game in a row

Edu named to U.S. player pool for friendlies

Spurs force a Game 7

Duncan, Ginobli keep San Antonio's repeat hopes alive

Andretti plans racing return to Toronto

Andretti Green completes purchase of Grand Prix, hope to bring race back in 2009

Franzen to miss Game 5 against Dallas

Detroit centre will remain sidelined


Arts 

Hollywood boys who just don't want to grow up

65-year-old Harrison Ford is not alone in trying to maintain an image as a strapping young action hero

Fairy-tale marriage of Shania Twain comes to an end

Canadian singer and her producer husband issue statement saying they are splitting after 14 years of marriage

Star wattage brightens Blindness

Its director admits the downbeat Canadian co-production may be an odd choice to launch the festival. But Julianne Moore is undaunted: 'I like the apocalypse.'

Feist's magic makes big hall feel small

Hugely popular singer and her band somehow convey the casual air of musicians rehearsing for a few friends

Obituary: John Phillip Law, 70

Actor portrayed lovesick Russian seaman in The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming and an angel in Barbarella

Real Estate

Real Estate

Carpenter crafts a one-of-a-kind loft

Autos

Globe Auto

Red-hot, uber-sport sedan shows off Toyota's racy side

Business incubator

insurance

How to recruit top talent over the Web

Travel

t

Tel Aviv's nightlife: ruled by the List

Technology

Get a Mac

The Microsoft effect:
An outfit some love to hate