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'The coolest business in the world' *
That's what aviation once was. Now, a conservative industry has clipped its wings. A century after the Wright Brothers, there are still inventors dreaming big about outer-space passenger flights, robot planes, Jetsons-style flying cars. But experts say they might dream forever. Is there really nowhere left to fly? PETER CHENEY reports.
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A pilot's daring repeat rescue *
Battling elements, Calgary aviator makes second mercy mission to the South Pole.
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American TV crew to shoot Prairie farmer's ordeal *
An American television crew is headed to Saskatchewan to shoot the story of a Saskatchewan farmer who cut off two of his fingers to free himself from machinery that had trapped him for nearly three days.
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Anyone remember what ice cream tasted like in 1905? *
For most of us, we're born, we grow old and then we die. But Mr. Procter breaks the pattern. He grew old a very long time ago -- a week from next Wednesday, he turns 105 -- and yet he's still going strong.
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Backed against a wall *
Kate Hansen can't remember exactly how long it's been since she was able to stand up straight. She thinks the last time was around 15 years ago.
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Bill's Antique Christmas Light Site *
Interested in collecting heritage Christmas lights? Want to know more about antique lights and ornaments?
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Birth of six babies reported in Vancouver *
A woman has given birth to sextuplets at a Vancouver hospital.
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Carny World: Hey mark, put down your toonie *
Rarely do people look behind the whirring and clanging colour-saturated booths and notice the 427 trailers parked behind the rides, trailers housing the 300 core carnival workers who have been on the road working the southern United States since January and opened the Canadian tour in Thunder Bay in June.
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Delivering the goods, courtesy of a courier *
Pete Russell enjoys a unique view of the city, JAN WONG discovers in a go-go-go day.
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Guitars for stars *
It's a long way from a car assembly line in Oshawa, Ont, to the farm in Nova Scotia where George Rizsanyi makes instruments for the likes of Keith Richards and James Taylor, SHAWNA RICHER writes.
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Hermit of Gully Lake found dead *
The Hermit of Gully Lake has finally left the woods that were his home, refuge and security blanket for almost 60 years.
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Invisible man *
Carlos came to Canada full of heady dreams about the new life he'd create here for his family. Now, like thousands of other illegal workers, he is living underground. If he's lucky, MARINA JIMENEZ writes, he might get legal status before the one official who knows the truth about him knocks on his door again.
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John Part: Canada's straight arrow *
Darts star John Part, who carries the nickname Darth Maple, started playing the game at age 21, ALLAN MAKI writes.
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Last American Titanic survivor dies *
Lillian Gertrud Asplund, the last American survivor of the sinking of the Titanic in 1912, has died, a funeral home said Sunday. She was 99.
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Now that's a gift: philanthropist of the year *
Michael DeGroote is not a man who uses fancy words. He belongs to none of the right clubs, and isn't all that interested in hanging around with the right people. He made a fortune in trucking and garbage; rough-and-tumble businesses that tend to attract rough-and-tumble characters. And he's just given away $105-million -- the single biggest gift in Canadian history.
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Ragtag newsstands ordered to get in formation *
Life moves so fast in this city, you can get Sunday's news on Saturday.
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Schedule some sympathy for these devils *
Barring a last-minute strike by Local 43 of the Rock Concert Tarpaulin and Folding-Chair Workers Union, here are the final regulations and schedule for the July 30 Rolling Stones "Liver Spots '03" concert in Toronto.
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Snowbirds go where angels fear to tread *
Out in the Mojave desert, American fugitives from family or the law have camped out for 40 years in Mad Max-style Slab City. But as DOUG SAUNDERS discovers, they've been joined by some unlikely neighbours -- sun-seeking Canadians, who have brought along a little peace, order and good . . . well, not government.
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South African family wins fight to stay *
A family from sunny South Africa has won its five-year fight to stay in rain-swept Prince Rupert.
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The apprenticeship of Eddie Greenspan *
About to turn 60, he's tired of being dismissed as a legal lightweight. Yes, court antics have him in the news again, KIRK MAKIN reports, but 'Fast Eddie' claims it was no stunt. He's done with grandstanding.
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The love of a good die job *
The success of the quirky drama Six Feet Under means others are digging into this dramatic territory, including Canadian comedian Mary Walsh.
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The man with the healing harmonica *
Advocate Jake Fitzpatrick swears taking up the instrument saved him from bronchitis and can help others, writes GRAEME SMITH.
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'After 50 years, this is the least I can do for him' *
'He's lost so much weight now, I can pick him up under his arms and lift him into bed."
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'How will I cope?' First, by reaching out *
My patient looked out her window in the early autumn evening thinking that life was not only good, but couldn't be better.
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Collector gathers clothing woven with history *
Many years ago, my ex-husband and I inherited a massive collection of clothing from a deceased dressmaker aunt; we called Ivan Sayers over, and he bought a monkey-skin cape from us.
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Local rock critic, Greg Potter, recovers from paralysis *
Local award-winning freelance writer Greg Potter, known for his best-selling books and his acerbic reviews of film and music, is recovering at North Vancouver's Lions Gate Hospital after emergency surgery that may have saved his life.
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Robert Stanfield remembered *
News of the passing of the ‘greatest prime minister Canada never had' reverberated through the Progressive Conservative community Wednesday.
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Slaving away in obscure hockey outpost *
Doug MacLean was talking to the boys at the Rotary Club over breakfast yesterday morning, which is the kind of thing one must have to do all the time as the coach/general manager/president of a nascent hockey team in a football town.
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