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July 4,   4:57 PM EDT

Fallen Mounties honoured
Family, friends gather in Mayerthorpe to open memorial park honouring four officers gunned down in 2005

Harper selects new communications director
Report says former lobbyist and Reform party activist Kory Teneycke will replace Sandra Buckler

Betancourt: 'I cry with joy'
French-Colombian politician embraced in France as an icon

Jesse Helms dead at 86
Built a career along the fault lines of racial politics and battled liberals, Communists and the occasional fellow Republican during 30 conservative years in Congress

My wife keeps comparing us to our new fabulous friends
Can we get over this couple envy?

'Hey, boss, what's your sign?'
Finding out about the alignment of the stars and planets could help you in the workplace

Controversy and the Order of Canada
Historian Christopher McCreery takes your questions

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BCE strikes final takeover deal
Cope to take helm of telecommunications company next week, price remains $42.75 a share but no common dividend payouts before closing

UBS sees small second-quarter loss
Bank surprises, saying results will be at or slightly below breakeven

European markets fall, Asia mixed
Japan posts its 12th straight day of losses, while European indices open lower

Chrysler looks at China alliance
Does deal with Great Wall Motor Co. to study sharing technology, components and distribution

Terror ringleader overheard talking about bombings
British man had just dropped Canadian terror suspect off at Heathrow Airport

300,000 attend Stampede parade
‘Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth' kicks off in style on the streets of downtown Calgary

Refugee board ordered to take another look at war dodger's failed asylum bid
Court finds someone who refuses to take part in military action which ‘systematically degrades, abuses or humiliates' combatants or non-combatants might qualify as a refugee

Layton hoping for Alberta breakthrough
long-time Alberta New Democrat Ray Martin to seek candidacy in the riding of Edmonton East.

U.S. Embassy returns to historic Berlin address
Former U.S. President Bush inaugurates new embassy in front of Brandenburg Gate

North Korea balks at further nuke dismantling
Pyongyang says it has not received enough fuel oil and other benefits promised under an aid-for-disarmament deal

Obama has little choice but to drift toward centre
Conservative Democrats may have his fate in their hands, which is why he's steering 'safe' on guns and national security

Mugabe insists opposition drop claim to power
'We are open to dialogue but reality is reality and it has to be accepted... I am the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe'

Contests, sponsorships, prize money – Frolfing's not for slackers any more
You don't get a caddy. A top pro's winnings might total a few hundred bucks. But in disc golf, you can go from the backyard to the big leagues - if you give a toss

Cyclists' deaths flag highway safety issue
Deaths fulfill grim prophesy thousands of other riders have narrowly avoided

You too can writhe like Tiger
Now that the world's No. 1 golfer is hobbled, legions of duffers are likely to follow suit. Here's a handy guide

Rising costs fuelling gas theft
More people are resorting to "gas-and-dash" thefts and other extreme measures to contend with the high price of petrol

Ask a dietician
Leslie Beck takes your healthy eating questions

'There's absolutely no typical woman'
Abortion cuts across the lines of class, education, age and income to affect women from all walks of life

Magic mushrooms' medical mojo
A small but growing number of scientists are once again recruiting patients for studies of controversial drugs

Children's suicide attempts raise concerns about ADHD medication
Issue highlights debate over whether or not to prescribe powerful drugs to treat complex psychiatric problems among children

Sound wood yields sweet sounds
Remarkably consistent density of grain in ancient instruments holds key to the magical tones of a Stradivarius

Student breaks back of bags
Ontario high-schooler develops way to decompose plastic bags in months rather than years

Digging up buried treasure
Businesses have discovered having their own enterprise search engine saves time and money and makes employees happy

YouTube told to hand over users' data
Viacom suing Google over copyrighted clips; critics say information could identify millions of people worldwide

Your Friday reads
Jack Kapica searches the Web and offers a selection of the week's interesting stories: A BoingBoing brouhaha, Indy for Prez and Oscar-worthy animated robots

What's in a name?
All you need is $100,000 to be master of your own domain

Get ready to rock, needlepoint-style
In an ingenious piece of engineering, developers have fitted a glove-like add-on to the bottom of the Nintendo DS

Canucks acquire Steve Bernier
Vancouver sends a second- and third-round draft choice to Buffalo

Jagr departs for Russia
36-year-old Czech signs a 'letter of intent' with Avangard Omsk of the Continental Hockey League

Sharks add another star defenceman
San Jose acquires Dan Boyle for a package including Matt Carle and a first-round pick

Federer, Nadal back in Wimbledon final
Top two men's players will meet in their third consecutive championship match after commanding semifinal victories

Aznavour named to Order of Canada
Legendary singer, described as the Frank Sinatra of France, gets special designation reserved for non-Canadians

One banana: $2,500
Michael Fernandes's installation piece in Halifax is one expensive piece of fruit. As the artist explains, it's the process, not the banana, that is important

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Montreal jazz fest not the second coming, but still thrilling
It's not often that a concert can be both thrilling and disappointing at the same time

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