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Friday, November 21, 2008 - 8:41am

Loblaw's Galen G. Weston has hit his stride as company spokespersondiv a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?a=Xc7eN"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?i=Xc7eN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?a=qYUbN"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?i=qYUbN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?a=yHiuN"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?i=yHiuN" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheGlobeAndMail-Front/~4/460563068" height="1" width="1"/
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Friday, November 21, 2008 - 8:35am

Consumers are growing increasingly shy, paving the way for a period of poor economic performance and soaring unemploymentdiv a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?a=fbn1N"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?i=fbn1N" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?a=fdVwN"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?i=fdVwN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?a=2PU8N"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?i=2PU8N" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheGlobeAndMail-Front/~4/460563069" height="1" width="1"/
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Friday, November 21, 2008 - 8:31am

Shawn Atleo hoping to represent new generation of aboriginals with fresh ideas about their role in Canadian economydiv a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?a=XrUjN"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?i=XrUjN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?a=urZYN"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?i=urZYN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?a=zKh5N"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?i=zKh5N" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheGlobeAndMail-Front/~4/460550715" height="1" width="1"/
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Friday, November 21, 2008 - 8:29am

Putting sovereignty on back burner being blamed for party's inability to mobilize supportdiv a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?a=CvqnN"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?i=CvqnN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?a=V4StN"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?i=V4StN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?a=YGDAN"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?i=YGDAN" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheGlobeAndMail-Front/~4/460550716" height="1" width="1"/
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Friday, November 21, 2008 - 8:24am

Mounties waited until after the election to discuss allegations of influence peddling with former foreign affairs ministerdiv a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?a=lCMqN"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?i=lCMqN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?a=k0zxN"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?i=k0zxN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?a=MaORN"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?i=MaORN" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheGlobeAndMail-Front/~4/460540198" height="1" width="1"/
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Friday, November 21, 2008 - 8:21am

Vancouver Olympic organizers will unveil the 35,000-kilometre route of the torch relay for the 2010 Winter Games todaydiv a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?a=LkooN"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?i=LkooN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?a=SDCLN"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?i=SDCLN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?a=4DnWN"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?i=4DnWN" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheGlobeAndMail-Front/~4/460540199" height="1" width="1"/
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Friday, November 21, 2008 - 7:40am

Says he doesn't normally put cellphone in chest pocket but it stopped stray bullet the one time he diddiv a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?a=AiayN"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?i=AiayN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?a=EFxxN"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?i=EFxxN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?a=r57QN"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?i=r57QN" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheGlobeAndMail-Front/~4/460503087" height="1" width="1"/
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Friday, November 21, 2008 - 7:01am

Investors scoop up battered financial and technology shares after days of sharp declinesdiv a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?a=SS45N"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?i=SS45N" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?a=E9a9N"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?i=E9a9N" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?a=PYSWN"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?i=PYSWN" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheGlobeAndMail-Front/~4/460467677" height="1" width="1"/
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Friday, November 21, 2008 - 5:38am

Red haired children targeted in prank that appears to have been inspired by popular animated TV show South Parkdiv a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?a=6imIN"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?i=6imIN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?a=MeImN"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?i=MeImN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?a=KujUN"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?i=KujUN" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheGlobeAndMail-Front/~4/460415648" height="1" width="1"/
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Friday, November 21, 2008 - 5:00am

An aide to Barack Obama's transition team says the president-elect is on track to nominate Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state.
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Friday, November 21, 2008 - 5:00am

U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey collapsed during a speech Thursday night and lost consciousness, a Justice Department official said.
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Friday, November 21, 2008 - 5:00am

Oil prices fell to a three-year low below $49 a barrel Friday in Asia as plunging stock markets, driven down by more bad U.S. economic news, battered investor confidence.
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Friday, November 21, 2008 - 5:00am

China has acknowledged for the first time that more than 19,000 students died in the massive earthquake that struck Sichuan province in May.
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Friday, November 21, 2008 - 4:51am

After not playing football for an entire year, wide receiver becomes a favourite targetdiv a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?a=l6s5N"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?i=l6s5N" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?a=vBreN"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?i=vBreN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?a=HyB9N"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?i=HyB9N" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheGlobeAndMail-Front/~4/460394419" height="1" width="1"/
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Friday, November 21, 2008 - 4:35am

On the occasion of his Golden Jubilee and his visit to Canada, Adrienne Clarkson reflects on the spiritual and ethical leaderdiv a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?a=8byVN"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?i=8byVN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?a=dAehN"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?i=dAehN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?a=y3iuN"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?i=y3iuN" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheGlobeAndMail-Front/~4/460415649" height="1" width="1"/
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Friday, November 21, 2008 - 4:34am

Piracy can't be beaten at sea. The solution lies on shore, at the source of the problemdiv a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?a=7sWgN"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?i=7sWgN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?a=6mZdN"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?i=6mZdN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?a=Ve8sN"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?i=Ve8sN" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheGlobeAndMail-Front/~4/460437236" height="1" width="1"/
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Friday, November 21, 2008 - 4:30am

67-year-old rushed to George Washington University Hospital, where his condition was not immediately knowndiv a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?a=NfnCN"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?i=NfnCN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?a=HOABN"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?i=HOABN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?a=fjcuN"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?i=fjcuN" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheGlobeAndMail-Front/~4/460370049" height="1" width="1"/
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Friday, November 21, 2008 - 4:29am

Calgary wins both games of home-and-home against Coloradodiv a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?a=LiHRN"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?i=LiHRN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?a=sHm0N"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?i=sHm0N" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?a=z1SFN"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?i=z1SFN" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheGlobeAndMail-Front/~4/460370050" height="1" width="1"/
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Friday, November 21, 2008 - 4:18am

#8216;The world may be against us, but remember that nothing beats love,' wrote Jeremy Steinke soon after his arrest in the slayings of his girlfriend's familydiv a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?a=HlcTN"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?i=HlcTN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?a=IN7dN"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?i=IN7dN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?a=4slwN"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheGlobeAndMail-Front?i=4slwN" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheGlobeAndMail-Front/~4/460370052" height="1" width="1"/
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Friday, November 21, 2008 - 4:07am

An Ottawa professor accused in a 1980 bombing outside a Paris synagogue defended himself in court Thursday against questions about his international travels and relationships with women.
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Friday, November 21, 2008 - 4:00am

Former U.S. Senator Fred Thompson is going back to the small screen after his foray into Republican presidential politics over the last year.
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Friday, November 21, 2008 - 4:00am

Attorney General Michael Mukasey has collapsed during a speech in Washington and was taken to hospital.
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Friday, November 21, 2008 - 4:00am

Campaign finance reports show Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton has reduced the size of her presidential campaign debt to less than $7.5 million as of November 1.
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Friday, November 21, 2008 - 4:00am

A sophisticated speaker system, described as a "bull-horn on steroids," may be one of the most effective weapons designed at repelling hijackers on the high seas, according to an anti-piracy expert.
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Friday, November 21, 2008 - 4:00am

The Toronto stock market fell more than 765 points to 7,724.76 on Thursday, plummeting to its lowest level in half a decade during an afternoon of rollercoaster trading.