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Live Q & A: The NHL returns

It's back! The Post hockey writers take your questions and give their predictions for the 2010-11 NHL season

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Obama agrees to White House solar panels

President Barack Obama has agreed to put new solar panels on the White House roof for the first time since then-President Ronald Reagan had its panels removed in 1986

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Photos: Toxic sludge kills at least four in Hungary

Photos: Toxic sludge kills at least four in Hungary

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Canada’s withdrawal will harm Afghan war effort: U.S. commander

“From a strictly military point of view, Canada punches above its weight. Their soldiers fight. I am not saying that others don’t, but these guys do. When you take a critical piece out, it hurts,” Col....

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French arrests come during heightened terror alert in Europe

A dozen suspected terrorists were arrested and weapons were seized Tuesday in police operations that France's government linked to reports of a possible terror attack planned on European capitals

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Senate committee looks into whether to ditch unloved penny

“Canadians have a real affinity for their coinage,” a Canadian Bankers Association VP told the Senate finance committee. But not for the penny

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Majority back gun registry: poll

Two-thirds of Canadians support the controversial long-gun registry and even voters who back Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservatives are split on the issue, the poll found

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Quebec spammer ordered to pay Facebook $1-billion

Courts in the U.S. and Canada have ordered him to pay Facebook more than $1-billion for hacking into its network, but a high-living Montreal spammer says the company will not see a cent

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Military confirms one sexual assault at Afghan base

The Canadian military has investigated just five reports of sexual assault in Afghanistan since 2004, with only one guilty verdict — a number that contrasts sharply with the picture painted by a female...

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Our Toronto page is brand new

We've made some big changes to our Toronto page. Click through to get acquainted with some of the new features and let us know what you think

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Rossi a stronger T.O. mayor candidate than polls say

Chris Selley: Rossi projects optimism, purpose and pragmatism. If this doesn’t pan out for him, hopefully he stays in the municipal politics game

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Reform MPs from 1993 get to the ‘why bother?’ stage of their careers

Don Martin: With Monday’s resignation of Jay Hill, the original 52 members from the Reform Party’s class of 1993 are down to 10 survivors and poised to dip into single digits after the next election

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Semrau ruling sends chilling message to soldiers: experts

Nearly three months after his unprecedented conviction of disgraceful conduct, Captain Robert Semrau was dismissed from the armed forces and demoted to second lieutenant

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John Ivison: Can Conservatives ride the wave of voter anger?

Voters are now mad as hell and they’re not going to take this anymore. So, as one Tory points out: “It’s probably not a good time to start building hockey arenas for professional sports teams”

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Pro Canadian lawn bowler bowls 'em over

Ryan Bester, age 25, is an elite lawn bowler, a Commonwealth Games gold medal contender and a former world champion from Canada who excels in a sport typically associated with little old ladies in...

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American, Japanese scientists share Nobel Prize for chemistry

Richard Heck, Ei-ichi Negishi and Akira Suzuki won the prize on Wednesday for a tool that makes it easier to build complex chemicals, including those that could help in the fight against cancer

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Couple urged surrogate to abort fetus due to defect

A B.C. case reveals parental contracts are in legal limbo after a couple discovered the fetus their surrogate was carrying was likely to have Down syndrome. They wanted an abortion. The surrogate was...

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Donald Trump for president?

Billionaire real estate mogul and Apprentice host says for the first time he's seriously thinking of making a presidential run

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Canadian Orthodox archbishop investigated after claims of sexual abuse

A high-ranking Canadian archbishop has taken a leave of absence in the wake of a police investigation over accusations of sexual abuse dating back nearly 30 years

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Climate change: Is this what the future will look like in Canada?

Hotter cities, farmlands turning into deserts and more flooding are some of the possible effects of climate change on Canada. On the bright side, we might get a longer golf season

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