Looking back on a year of ups and downs.

Presents a calendar and comments on events from 2003. Ex-Liberal "Rat Packer" John Nunziata announces bid for mayor's chair in Toronto, just as voters dared to hope that retiring Mel Lastman was irreplaceable. Canadian team snags first-ever win in cricket World Cup, over Bangladesh. Mike Weir: First Canuck and first left-hander to win Masters golf tourney. Germany appoints 85 protection officers to enforce new law making it illegal to kill ants. Workaholic bugs valued as killers of other garden pests. Retirement-minded Jean Chrétien muses about new career as newspaper columnist. Brit study finds shopping a gal-gal thing. Women are recreational browsers; men have "smash-and-grab approach." Fights ensue if mixed shopping lasts beyond 72 minutes. Others.