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High-priced Alberta private school offers A-B-C’s with extra X’s and O’s
Roy MacGregor
Toronto shoemaker who repaired for Elizabeth Taylor and Sophia Loren dies at 91
Celebrities performing in Toronto who needed a quick shoe repair or dye job turned to Novelty Shoe Rebuilder’s Paul Abate.
Raptors season beginning to slip away
Toronto Raptors forward Linas Kleiza (11) drives to the hoop past Utah Jazz guard Jamaal Tinsley during first half NBA action in Toronto on Monday, November 12, 2012.
OHL beats Russia in Game 4 of Subway Super Series
Ryan Strome of the Niagara IceDogs
Best pictures from November 12
Two bald eagles fight off seagulls for the remains of dead salmon along the Harrison River November 12, 2012. (John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail)
Variety rules in Ontario Liberal leadership race
Adam Radwanski
Stampeders backpedal on concussion talk
Calgary Stampeders' quarterback Drew Tate (L) rolls away from Saskatchewan Roughriders' Tearrius George during the second half of their West Division semi-final CFL football game in Calgary, Alberta, November 11, 2012.
Trestman set to match wits with former assistant
Ontario boards may close high schools as result of job action
Left, Sam Hammond, President of the Elementary Teachersâ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) and Ken Coran, President of the Ontario Secondary School Teachersâ Federation (OSSTF) at Queen’s Park earlier this fall.
A new Canadian brain therapy targets depression
Dr. Zafiris Daskalakis, director of the new Magnetic Seizure Therapy clinic of the CAMH, photographed beside the magnetic stimulator machine that offers an alternative to traditional electroshock therapy at the clinic on Queen St., Toronto.
Poll: Who should lead China?
A policeman blocks the street in front of the giant portrait of former Chinese chairman Mao Zedong at Beijing's Tiananmen Gate Nov. 7, 2012.
Alberta reshapes education with groundbreaking new bill
Karen Reinberg-Abernethy works with her children Gabriel, Serena, Victoria and Sebastian, who are all home schooled in Calgary, Nov. 12, 2012.
Hall of Fame quartet represent the tail end of an era
Hockey Hall of Fame 2012 inductees (L-R) Mats Sundin, Joe Sakic, Adam Oates and Pavel Bure flip pucks off hockey sticks during a news conference in Toronto November 12, 2012.
Martha Hall Findlay to run for federal Liberal leader with campaign team from Redford, Nenshi
Former Liberal MP Martha Hall Findlay on March 18, 2008.
Former chief of staff to Brazil’s President Lula da Silva gets 10-year prison term
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during a ceremony in Brasilia August 25, 2005.
Health-care promises born of war need to be fulfilled
André Picard
Petraeus regrets affair 'on so many levels': friend
General David Petraeus shakes hands with author Paula Broadwell in this handout photo originally posted by the the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan in July 2011.
Where are they now: Marv Levy
Former Buffalo Bills coach Marv Levy stands with former players Ruben Brown, left, and Leonard Smith during a halftime ceremony last month honouring former Bills general manager Bill Polian.
Pitney Bowes struggles to deliver amid declining mail volumes
David Milstead
Candace Savage’s A Geography of Blood wins $60,000 Hilary Weston prize
Candace Savage.
Money stress catches up with Canadians
Rob Carrick
U.S. stock funds get election-year boost
Manage risk of junk bond market by diversifying
Give way
Ottawa gives Canadian Grain Commission a makeover
A grain harvest just north of Calgary near the town of Balzac.
Transcript: Canada’s biggest sports executives on state of the industry
Keith Pelley, president of Rogers’ media division
Pretty vs. useful: with Surface Microsoft declares a winner
Microsoft’s design team put thought into how the Surface user interface flows.
Brick deal a pre-emptive strike for cautious Leon’s
A Brick store in Mississauga.
CNOOC bid puts Nexen’s reputation in play
The Usan floating oil rig, in which Nexen is a partner, can handle 180,000 barrels of oil a day.
The Petraeus affair: Beware the biographer
Paula Broadwell flies with Gen. David Petraeus to Helman Province, Afghanistan in June, 2011.
China and India could invest more in maternal and child health
Dakshri, a 23-year-old woman who has just given birth to a child, sits in the post-delivery ward at a community health centre in the remote village of Chharchh, in Madhya Pradesh, India on February 24, 2012. An innovative free maternity ambulance service is trying to increase the number of babies born in clinics.
Toronto sports executives promise fewer condos, more teams that contend
The CN Tower and Rogers Centre illuminate the Toronto skyline on August 19, 2011.
Jailed murderer Mark Twitchell eager to revive film career
Edmonton filmmaker Mark Twitchell is shown in an undated photo from his MySpace.com personal page.
Arland Bruce declares himself fit to play against Stamps in Western Final
B.C. Lions' Arland Bruce celebrates his touchdown against the Saskatchewan Roughriders during the second half of a CFL football game in Vancouver, B.C., on Sunday August 19, 2012.
Teck targets India for future growth
A truck hauls a load at Teck Resources’ Coal Mountain operation near Sparwood, B.C.
How a job is kind of like a marriage
Just married couple departing in a decorated car.
I am torn between two career paths. How do I choose?
Julie Labrie
Renewable power to soar by 2035: IEA
About half of all renewable electricity will come from hydro, while a quarter will come from wind, and solar photovoltaics will represent about 7.5 per cent, the International Energy Agency says.
Party photos of the week: Mirror Ball
Suzanne Boyd, Moses Znaimer and Stacey McKenzie
B.C. changes how tsunami alerts issued following Haida Gwaii quake
Six-year-old Joseph Kim takes cover under his desk during an earthquake drill at Hollyburn Elementary School in West Vancouver, B.C., on Jan. 26, 2011.
Ford on bullying awareness: ‘Being called fat, it bothers you’
FILE PHOTO: Mayor Rob Ford is seen during a press conference to launch Workforce Development Week at a Scarborough, Ont. employment office, Monday October 22, 2012.
Do Shanghai on $10 a day (before hotel, of course)
Police searching for suspects after three women sexually assaulted in two separate incidents
Security camera image of suspect in sexual assault investigation in Toronto’s Avenue Road/Lawrence Avenue West area
Party photos of the week: Hope Rising
Annie Lennox performs at a benefit concert for the Stephen Lewis Foundation.
KKR taking it to the streets in tough times
KKR co-founder Henry R. Kravis.
Jefferies takeover comes with zero staff cuts
Jefferies takeover comes with zero staff cuts
Vivendi’s best bang for Brazil unit may lie in IPO
Vivendi headquarters in Paris: The company decided this past summer to sell GVT as it reviews its portfolio of businesses in mobile telephony, videogames and music.
Why you may not be ordering this in L.A. on Monday any time soon
Share your best photos using the sky as a backdrop.
Balance Rock near Skidegate on the Haida Gwaii October 3, 2012.
NDP allege political interference in plans for Burnaby Hospital
In this file photo on June 4, 2010, then B.C. Education Minister Margaret MacDiarmid releases special advisor's report on the Vancouver board of education's financial performance at the Vancouver-Fariview Constituency Office.
Merit, interpersonal skills trump bilingualism for Supreme Court jobs: letter
The Supreme Court of Canada
Small-box Wal-Marts tailored to urban cores
‘We are going into areas where the urban customers might never have seen a Wal-Mart,’ says COO Jim Thompson, seen here at the new store that replaces a Zellers at the Cedarbrae Mall in Scarborough, a multicultural suburb of Toronto.
Moments: Caught on Camera, Nov. 12 to Nov. 16
Canada had expected to face UN grilling for attitude on torture
Rob Nicholson, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, third from left, is accompanied by victims of crime, as he makes an announcement in the Foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, October 23, 2012 regarding criminal justice legislation.
Finance bonuses to plummet as London loses ground
Banking job cuts have hit London hard in the past three years.
A Brickload of debt, but few synergies to be seen
Sean Silcoff
Surrey, B.C., woman charged with murdering her mother
Federal fiscal update to reflect slower growth
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty speaks with the media in the foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill Tuesday.
Rihanna says ‘Stay’, and other new songs worth a listen
Screen grab from video of Rihanna singing “Stay” on Saturday Night Live
Fan favourites: Your photos and memories of 100 Grey Cups
Stock to watch: Home Depot vulnerable to selloff on earnings
A Home Depot rental van is parked in front of a Home Depot store in Daly City, Calif.
Leon's through the years
The A. Leon Co. Ltd. started out as a general merchandise store. But when the company founder discovered that the profit margin was bigger on mattresses, he branched out.
Globe and Mail’s head office site sold to three real estate firms
The Globe and Mail building at 444 Front Street West in Toronto.
Tensions rising with no end to NHL labour impasse in sight
Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby speaks to reporters during a news conference in New York, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012.
Greece gets 2-year extension to make needed cuts
Luxembourg’s Prime Minister and Eurogroup Chairman Jean-Claude Juncker, left, Spain’s Economy Minister Luis de Guindos and International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde attend a Eurogroup meeting in Brussels Nov. 12, 2012 to discuss the situation in Greece.
Best practices to improve care for patients with stomach cancer
The close: Stocks flat, but Apple resumes slide
Apple's logo hangs inside the Apple Store in New York City's Grand Central Station.
How to speed up security and Customs experience
A border guard walks past a NEXUS sign at the Peace Bridge in Fort Erie, Ont. The NEXUS program, a joint Canada-U.S. venture, was created in 2002 to get pre-approved, low-risk travellers across the borders of either country more quickly.
Gear and gadgets to speed you on your way
Logitech’s Ultrathin Keyboard Cover for iPads.
What's it like to use Airbnb – for business travel?
A 727 fuselage home in Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica, one of the properties available through Airbnb.
Business blends with luxury at these hotels
The Oberai Guragoan hotel in New Delhi.
The new value hotel: stripped but stylish
Alt hotel room in Québec.
Keep employees on the road for less
Fine dining at 30,000 feet
Air France in-flight meal in business class.
A premium economy seat – the more accessible perk
Premium economy seat.
Debt-ridden Rusal’s hopes lie in Chinese demand
Rusal’s Sayanogorsk aluminium smelter in the Siberian city of Sayanogorsk.
Roy MacGregor’s acceptance speech
Globe and Mail hockey columnist Roy MacGregor on the ice at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh before the Winter Classic game between the Penguins and the Washington Capitals.
10 Canadian stocks with the most insider selling
When we’re at our best
What does Penguin’s chairman see in the Random House merger? More ‘firepower’
John Makinson, chairman and chief executive officer of The Penguin Group, one of the world's leading trade book publishers, poses for a portrait in Toronto in 2008.
Bruce Cockburn on awards, raising hell and his critics: 'I don’t want to be hated'
Bruce Cockburn in 2010
The Takacs Quartet: reading each other’s musical minds
Takacs Quartet with Marc-Andre Hamelin on piano
IEA signals end to oil patch’s party
Scott Barlow
Lamborghini takes the lid off to boost sales
The new Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4 Roadster during its unveiling in Singapore November 12, 2012.
TNK-BP to sign $31-billion Russian gas deals
Pedestrians pass the headquarters of British-Russian joint venture TNK-BP in Moscow in this file photo.
One of two female councillors on Rob Ford’s executive quits
Toronto City Councillors Jaye Robinson, Mary-Margaret McMahon, Michelle Berardinetti and Josh Matlow chat together before a city council vote
The skeptic's take on Osisko’s bid for Queenston
A sign welcomes visitors to the town of Malartic, Que., where Osisko owns an open-pit gold mine.
Bet on oil doesn’t look so sound any more
Oil-tanker traffic has increased in Burrard Inlet.
‘Final call’ for SAS airline as it sheds 6,000 staff to secure government loans
The latest plan aims to buy SAS two years’ breathing space, after which banks and its major shareholders – the governments of Sweden, Norway and Denmark – will pull the plug.
Wildrose Party says Premier Redford has no mandate to take Alberta into debt
Wildrose Leader Danielle Smith waves to the crowd in High River, Alberta, Monday, April, 23, 2012.
Potential seen for Libyan tourism
Europe gives Greece more time as ‘Ponzi scheme goes on’
Michael Babad
Andretti: F1 should be more like IndyCar to win U.S. fans
Late last month, Andretti cut the ribbon to open the new 20-turn, 5.516-kilometre circuit near Austin, Texas. He completed a lap of the track in the 1978 John Player Special Lotus 79 that he drove to five wins and the F1 world championship.
Natural disasters remind us to check home insurance policies
Storm damage from Hurricane Sandy is seen in Cleveland, Ohio Wednesday October 31, 2012.
Leucadia taking over rest of Jefferies
Moody’s Investors Service downgraded Jefferies Group in October to just a step above junk status.
Company from Ghana wins startup prize
Soccer fans wave Ghana' flags in Yeoville outside Johannesburg, South Africa, Friday July 2, 2010.
Rona denies reports of new Lowe’s takeover offer
Spain vows to stop eviction of neediest after suicides
Last week’s suicide of a 53-year-old woman who was about to be evicted has inflamed a public already angered by what they see as a lack of compassion among Spanish banks. The placard reads ‘Without flat, on the street? Take the street, do not be silent.’
Splurge on Aritsugu knives in Kyoto
Aritsugu knives
Ethiopia on track to complete first mega-dams by 2015
Egypt fears that the Nile dams will reduce the flow of the river’s waters further downstream and Addis Ababa has long complained that Cairo was pressuring donor countries and international lenders to withhold funding.
Link found between flu and autism risk during pregnancy, study says
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