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Conservative Leader Stephen Harper takes part in a television interview in Montreal on Oct. 6.

Economic storm touches down

With markets tanking, Harper begins to change tone on how Canada will cope with the global financial crisis. Though he doesn't see a deficit in the future, wouldn't rule one out


Force that botched probe to be disbanded

Manitoba officers who probed fatal crash to be investigated


Hutterites challenge post-9/11 security rules

Christian sect members are seeking an exemption from the Supreme Court on use of mandatory photographs on driver's licenses


Man charged in bus slaying to go to trial

Vincent Li, accused of beheading passenger aboard Greyhound bus, to stand trial for second-degree murder


Budgets may not be balanced: Duncan

Ontario finance minister warns global financial crisis will make it difficult to guarantee province won't fall into deficit


Layton: U.K. commander backs NDP position

NDP Leader says he's 'heartened' by British commander's view that Afghanistan is not winnable and Taliban should be in peace talks

Edward Alden

Canadian and American flags at a border crossing.

The Great Wall of the United States

Sept. 11, 2001, led at first to fresh thinking about the Canada-U.S. border. The 'smart border' concept is the way forward, but it will not soon be a reality


Earlier discussion

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Jeffrey Simpson on Harper, Quebec and the election


Canada's economy

Deb Baic/The Globe and Mail

When cash is tight, you don't buy a $500 dress

Trouble for upscale stores in neighbourhoods that aren't quite hot


Adam Radwanski

Adam Radwanski

Mutual destruction

Harper should be pleased that the Liberals and NDP have turned on each other


Blogolitics

Dan Cook

Dan Cook on the news

Headline for the day

 

Federal Election 2008 

Leaders flock east as battleground emerges

Both Tories, NDP see Liberal vulnerabilities in Maritime provinces, some observers say

Duceppe wants Parliament recalled over economy

Bloc Leader says emergency measures on country's finances need to be debated shortly after Oct. 14 election

Harper is offering ‘too little, too late': Dion

Liberal leader says his Conservative rival is on the wrong economic track

Layton zeroes in on economy in bid to win votes

NDP Leader, eyeing victory in battleground B.C. ridings, promises to take stand against banks that raise rates

Dion says Victoria's sewage practices must change

During campaign stop, Liberal Leader says battle over city's proposed new treatment plant must be resolved

Parties get sophisticated in bid for immigrant vote

Voter-profile tool identifies individuals' backgrounds, values and political support, allowing strategists to hone their messages

Experts agree to disagree on election poll impacts

Some say voters are affected by the numbers, others say people's party choices more influenced by friends, family

Vandals hit Nova Scotia ridings

Two Liberals and a Conservative have had their signs and campaign offices vandalized

Afghans must decide on Taliban talks: Harper

Conservative leader says political reconciliation talks are up to Afghan government; Bob Rae ridicules NDP for pull-out plans

Polls show tightening race, Harper now in minority territory

With eight days remaining until election day, Tory support drops to 34 per cent as Liberals surge


National news 

Ottawa, provinces urged to enforce Health Act

For-profit medical clinics ‘cracking' Canada's health-care system, report says

Immigrants face growing economic mobility gap

Incomes grow for Asian newcomers but blacks often fare worse from one generation to the next, census data shows

Man convicted of five blaze murders

Nathan Fry has been found guilty of five charges of murder and one of attempted murder after B.C. house fire killed five people in 2006

Man charged in abduction of Edmonton girl

44-year-old man facing kidnapping and sexual assault charges after girl abducted and later found safe

Obituary: Constance Rooke, 65

Literary critic was president of PEN Canada


Regional News 

Ship visiting Labrador to survey Inuit health

Tests to focus on diabetes, high blood pressure and heart conditions

Car demolishes PEI court's entry

Driver treated for injuries after vehicle repeatedly smashed into main entrance of building

Obituary: Saul Laskin, 90

Lakehead politician became first mayor of Thunder Bay, Ont.

Knife found at site police shot teen

A knife has been found by investigators at the site where a teenager was shot and wounded by police


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