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Toronto’s 911 dispatch centre. Peter Power/The Globe and Mail

Cellphone firms ordered to fix 911 system to save lives

Regulator imposes deadline for upgrade that will allow dispatchers to locate callers; decision follows Globe investigation


Captain shot wounded insurgent: prosecutor

Taliban fighter, disarmed and hurt, was killed by two shots from Canadian's weapon, hearing told


Israeli strike kills dozens at UN school

Violence reaches critical junction as Israel accuses Palestinians of using human shields


St. John's hits brakes on drive-throughs

Alarmed by long queues backing onto busy roads, city puts moratorium on new fast-food window services


Funny – or racist?

Radio-Canada under fire as more than 1,000 people send complaints about New Year's Eve show ‘Bye Bye' that poked fun at Obama, prison rape, black criminality and more

Violence in hockey

Fight

'A manly nation requires manly games'

Even a fatal incident is rationalized as an unfortunate accident


Entertainment Online

Ben Goldenberg and Jason Gossbee on the set of their latest project, titled Truth, Lies and Charlie. Fernando Morales/The Globe and Mail

150,000 views and a shot at the big time

A pair of young Toronto filmmakers head for the Sundance festival after taking second prize in YouTube's Project:Direct contest


Arts

Stephanie Azam

The script stops here

Just a few months into her new job at Telefilm Canada, Stephanie Azam is hell-bent on shaking up a moribund film sector

 

Report on Business 

Is it a breakout, or fake out?

A bear market mauling cut the TSX in half in 2008. Quietly, stocks are climbing again on positive momentum, rising more than 20 per cent. Is it a breakout? Or just another fake out?

Air Canada's unhappy holidays

Country's largest carrier conducting internal review of how it responded after winter storms led to widespread cancellations and delays

Flaherty seeks new ways to get credit going

Nervous investors are shunning corporate IOUs

Worst is yet to come, Fed acknowledges

U.S. economy expected to decline ‘sharply' in 2009; jobless rate to rise ‘significantly'

Parts maker's financial woes spark standoff

GM confronted by CAW blockade as it tries to remove equipment from plant of troubled company


National 

$117-million later, Ottawa's troubles with Sikorsky aren't over

Helicopter-maker that will replace Canada's aging Sea Kings is embroiled in a secret legal battle with government

Two survive crash of small plane in Quebec woods

Weather may have played a role – low clouds shrouded mountains where accident occurred

Court allows appeal in 'shaken baby' death

Proclaiming his innocence, Richard Brant says he pleaded guilty only because he feared now-disgraced pathologist Charles Smith

Pipeline bombings 'increasingly violent': RCMP

Fourth explosion took place only 250 metres from nearest home

Academics tout wisdom of spending on decaying campus infrastructure

Universities and colleges across Canada are anxious to be included in new stimulus spending


Canadian Politics 

Ignatieff's inner circle starts taking shape

Former MP Paul Zed to serve as interim chief of staff until permanent one is hired

Tory budget must expand EI payouts, Liberals say

Flaherty says issue has come up in pre-budget talks, and that effects of recession must be cushioned

Pressure mounting on Tory

Disgruntled party members say Ontario Conservative Leader's inability to find a seat is hurting party morale and its ability to raise funds

Residential schools apology deeply moved Harper

Newly released internal e-mails indicate event had a significant impact on PM

Sexual exploitation, drinking at the office supported by Brazeau, former employee claims

New senator is facing a sexual harassment complaint before a human rights tribunal


World 

Gupta as surgeon general?

Obama approached CNN's chief medical correspondent, though final decision not yet made

Burris refused seat in U.S. Senate

But leaders of both parties expect that he eventually will be allowed to sit in chamber

Online dress registry aims to prevent inaugural embarrassments

May help Michelle Obama avoid what was possibly Laura Bush's most noteworthy blunder during her otherwise tame tenure as first lady

A prayer for the jobless

The Church of England offers comfort for Britons who have been laid off - and for those who haven't but feel guilty


Life 

Trying to conceive: Downward dog, upward fertility?

There is no evidence that bending leads to babies, but women struggling to conceive are finding hope in yoga

The baby booty call

Wannabe moms can now sign up for Booty Caller: ovulation alerts sent to their cellphones sent

Tough times: Conspicuous spending: That's un-P.C.

The "money" conversation is rapidly changing

Risky Postings: Sex, drugs and violence

You'll likely find them on your kid's MySpace page, new research finds


Health 

Smoking in pregnancy, aggressive children linked

Offspring of mothers-to-be who light up more likely to engage in violent behaviour, study finds

Gene found that helps cancer spread

Scientists can seek drugs that target MTDH, singled out as gene that metastasizes tumours

Tests tease out 'good' stem cells

Canadian researchers find way to differentiate useful cells from cancer-causing ones

Alzheimer's not just for aged

Almost 15 per cent of Canadians suffering dementia are younger than 65, study says


Science 

Milky Way much bigger than thought

Astronomers revise estimates of size, say galaxy bigger, faster than they had calculated

Pink iguanas offer evolutionary clue

Galapagos reptiles unseen by Darwin offer clue to earlier evolutionary divergence

Nanotechnology: Science of tiny raises big hopes, big fears

Matter as small as a speck of dirt on foot of a flea may portend great beginning or lead to dire consequences


Technology 

Apple cuts the digital locks off iTunes

Major record companies agree to change

Twitter hackers target Obama, Spears

Micro-blogging site's high-profile accounts used to post profane messages and spam

Technology: New Internet-ready TVs put heat on cable firms