Loonie soars on jobs report
A strong employment report pushed the Canadian dollar to well above 98 cents US on Friday, its highest point in nearly two years.

[ Sports ] Last game at the Montreal Forum
Great players of the Montreal Canadiens turn out for an emotional farewell to a storied venue.

[ Sports ] Playing to Win: Canada at the Paralympics
Wheelchair racers speeding to victory, blind swimmers competing for gold, and disabled skiers pushing their bodies to the limit. These are today's Paralympians. They train hard. They play to win. And in recent years, Canadians have been winning big at the Paralympic Games. The Paralympics began as a postwar sporting event designed to get injured ex-soldiers moving again. But by the 1980s the Games had evolved into an elite international competition.

Schizophrenia no defence in man's murder
A man with schizophrenia has been found guilty of second-degree murder following the beating of a 74-year-old man at the Marentette Rest Home in Windsor, Ont., where they lived.

[ Arts & Entertainment ] Ann-Marie MacDonald: actress, playwright, novelist
A year after the release of her wildly successful debut novel Fall on your Knees , MacDonald chats with Pamela Wallin in 1997.