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Trials of the decade
From same-sex marriage to detainee rights, these court decisions left their mark
About Decoding the Decade
Welcome to Decoding the Decade. Since November, we’ve been asking you to weigh in on a specific question related to the past 10 years. You can find all the questions on our Reader picks section.
On Dec. 26 we launched our full Decoding the Decade series.
Hear the words of the decade
Listen to The Globe's Ian Brown read the words and phrases that became part of our collective consciousness this decade
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The top business spats of the decade
Spitzer, Balsillie, Ballmer and the airlines. They've all had their fights. Here's some huge rivalries over the past decade
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Who shaped the business world this decade?
Meet the people who will go down in history for leaving their marks on the worlds of commerce and finance over the past decade
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Rogues, bad boys and girls, fraudsters and Ponzi schemers
Every decade has its business villains. Whether it is people who run hedge fund companies that blow up, or fraudsters whose Ponzi schemes bilk investors, they leave an infamous trail
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Shifting wealth
The last decade has ushered in a seismic shift in power, as China's economy continues to expand at a record pace, and the U.S. loses its global dominance
Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis
Their BlackBerry's best application was philanthropy
Margaret Atwood
She achieved so much, she might be taken for granted
Sheila Watt-Cloutier
She sounded the alarm on climate change in the Arctic
Anthony Pawson
He set the pace for great Canadian research
Ratna Omidvar
She took action to change the immigration debate
Clarence Louie
He revolutionized how native reserves are run
The decade in style: Hit or miss?
Have your say on 10 fashions, styles and trends that defined the decade
Sorry! The decade's best public apology
None was better than Stephen Harper's mea culpa of June 11, 2008
How we travelled then, how we travel now
Hello electronic tickets, GPS devices, packed lunches...goodbye printed tickets, guide books, airplane food
Don't just seize the day. Seize all possible joy
We could make list after list about the decade, but it's the personal milestones that resonate most
Scandalous behaviour?
Vote on the decade's political scandals and determine which were the real deal, or nothing but hype
In 1999, you would not have believed that...
A look at how the decade past made the improbable possible, with links to Globe archives
Decade of obits: People who made a difference
Compiled and written by The Globe's Sandra Martin
Decade of disasters
Between the breached levees of New Orleans, a heat wave that had Western Europe in a fatal sweat and the crumbled "tofu" buildings of earthquake-racked Sichuan, this felt like a decade of unprecedented natural disasters
Best comebacks of the decade
A look at the improbable and the inspirational
Battle of the Blades Pairs We’d Like to See
Dream duos for the popular CBC show
Sports Decade: Cinderella moments
A collection of images from the past 10 years from some of the most surprising sporting results
Celebrity smackdowns
Why they be hatin'? Some handsome fur has been flying in the past decade, keeping tabloids happy and tongues wagging. Celebrity spats are nothing new, but that doesn't make them any less juicy
The comebacks
These are the artists who saw a resurgence in this past decade - and one who departed too
10 innovative book covers from the past decade
Graphic designer Bill Douglas, who has more than 800 book covers to his credit, picks highlights and his personal favourites from the past 10 years
Highs and lows from the TV decade
The great and not-so great
The best advertising campaigns of the decade
Simon Houpt picks his top five, plus some runners-up. Watch the ads and vote for your favourite
The changing face of the auto industry
An interactive look at how the sector has evolved over the past decade
