December 8, 2008

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December 8, 2008

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HOW BAD WILL IT GET?
SPECIAL REPORT

HOW BAD WILL IT GET?

By STEVE MAICH14 min
MEXICO'S CIVIL WAR
WORLD

MEXICO'S CIVIL WAR

By MICHAEL PETROU11 min
COULD IT HAPPEN HERE?
BUSINESS

COULD IT HAPPEN HERE?

By JASON KIRBY10 min
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HOW BAD WILL IT GET? 4243
SPECIAL REPORT

HOW BAD WILL IT GET?

Facing the worst financial crisis in decades, five experts chart out the future By STEVE MAICH14 min
MEXICO'S CIVIL WAR 2425
WORLD

MEXICO'S CIVIL WAR

Powerful drug cartels are challenging the government's control of parts of the nation By MICHAEL PETROU11 min
COULD IT HAPPEN HERE? 3031
BUSINESS

COULD IT HAPPEN HERE?

Real estate prices are falling, and a U.S.style collapse could cost taxpayers plenty By JASON KIRBY10 min
'Celebrities who say, "No pictures," they're doing it for a game. If they say they're private, they create more mystery.' 1616a
INTERVIEW

'Celebrities who say, "No pictures," they're doing it for a game. If they say they're private, they create more mystery.'

PAPARAZZO RON GALELLA TALKS WITH KATE FILLION ABOUT MADONNA, JACKIE O, BRITNEY AND WHY STARS DESERVE THE PAPARAZZI
GOING GREEN FOR SELFISH REASONS 3839
ENVIRONMENT

GOING GREEN FOR SELFISH REASONS

Big retail is suddenly hugging trees. Partly to look good, but also to save piles of cash. By JASON KIRBY7 min
Our orchestral one-night stands 5859
THE BACK PAGES

Our orchestral one-night stands

When 90 per cent of Canadian compositions are played only once, where's our heritage? By PAUL WELLS7 min
‘I suggest that you were very unfair to Prince Charles. His views are not all wild.’ 44a
MAIL BAG

‘I suggest that you were very unfair to Prince Charles. His views are not all wild.’

JUST AS MANY of us were losing faith in our neighbours to the south, they reaffirmed their status as a land of freedom and opportunity with their election of the new president (“Obama,” World, Nov. 17). In fact, Obama is the first step toward saving the United States.
TWILIGHT ZONE 5253
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TWILIGHT ZONE

There was mass delirium as hordes of teen girls finally got to sit in the dark with their vampire BY BRIAN D. JOHNSON By Brian D. Johnson7 min
MAD ABOUT ATVS 2020a
NATIONAL

MAD ABOUT ATVS

Who'd think the Nova Scotia Tories would buy ATVs for kids? By DAWN RAE DOWNTON6 min
'I WOULDN’T EVEN WANT TO KNOW WHATHE INSURANCE WOULD BE. I PROBABLY COULDN’T AFFORD THAT.’-LOUIE EDGI HAS REASONS FOR TURNING DOWN A MILLION-DOLLAR AUTOMOBILE 5051
NEWSMAKERS

'I WOULDN’T EVEN WANT TO KNOW WHATHE INSURANCE WOULD BE. I PROBABLY COULDN’T AFFORD THAT.’-LOUIE EDGI HAS REASONS FOR TURNING DOWN A MILLION-DOLLAR AUTOMOBILE

Amid the global financial crisis, leaders of the Gulf emirate of Dubai continued to insist that it was an oasis of prosperity. But by the weekend that oasis was looking parched: the United Arab Emirates government moved to shore up Dubai’s real estate and banking sectors by merging the two largest mortgage companies with two federally owned banks.
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