Skip to main content
Main2013

November 14

B.C. child-welfare watchdog turns down aboriginal conference
Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond appears at a press conference in Victoria in March 2012.
Toronto city council aims to put ‘firewall’ around Ford
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford sits at a City Council session on Nov. 14, 2013.
Best pictures from November 14
As a symbolic gesture councilors turn their backs as Mayor Rob Ford speaks during a debate for a motion on bike sharing Nov 14, 2013. Ford is battling continued calls for his resignation over allegations of drug and alcohol abuse. (Moe Doiron/The Globe and Mail)
What employees told police about working for Rob Ford
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford lashes back at a city councillor on Nov. 14, 2013.
New football helmet sensors monitor brain injuries
Western helmets are lined up on a shelf and connected to a power source, recharging the batteries of the GFTs. London, Ontario ---2013-11-12--- The helmets of the Western Mustangs football team recharge their impact sensor before practice November 12, 2013. GEOFF ROBINS The Globe and Mail
Deaths were preventable, gunman’s father tells Mitchell inquest
David Mitchell arrives at a coroner's inquest into the death of his son Angus Mitchell after a lunch break in Burnaby, B.C., on Thursday November 14, 2013. His 26-year-old son was shot and killed by police during a shootout on a rural road in Maple Ridge in 2012 after fatally shooting two people in a sushi restaurant and wounding his former landlord.
Ottawa to give foreign-trained nurses help getting credentials recognized
Employment and Social Development Minister Jason Kenney answers questions from the media following a speech he made at the Economic Club of Canada in Toronto on Oct. 8, 2013.
Men: Are they obsolete?
Maureen Dowd: Men have not only stopped evolving – they’re devolving
Caitlin Moran: Women may be the hot new thing, but men still hold most of the power
CAITLIN MORAN
Ford brothers to get weekly Sun News TV show
Toronto Councillor Doug Ford, left, and his brother Mayor Rob Ford speak during a council meeting at City Hall on Nov. 13, 2013.
DART crews focus typhoon-relief efforts on Panay
Survivors queue for food and water in the aftermath of super typhoon Haiyan in Tacloban city. The Canadian government has pledged $5-million in cash aid to assist victims of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, and will match donations to registered charities.
How Rob Ford’s dirty talk could spell his final demise
Marcus Gee
Ticats veteran Hage poised to play in first final
Missing on the impressive résumé of Marwan Hage's CFL career is a Grey Cup title, something that's now in reach for 10-year veteran as the Ticats prepare to face the Toronto Argonauts in the East Division final Sunday.
Riders’ Foley reliving 2012 CFL playoffs on the Prairies
Ricky Foley and the Saskatchewan Roughriders face the Calgary Stampeders in Sunday’s CFL West final. (file photo)
McAfee ready to talk about neighbour’s death in Belize
Rob Ford’s chances would be slim in litigation against ex-staffers, media lawyer says
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford leaves his office at City Hall on Nov. 14, 2013.
Trains ready to roll again on rebuilt track in Lac-Mégantic
Dozens of tanker cars similar to the model used for the train that crashed in Lac-Megantic, Que., are parked on Monday, July 16, on the train’s line near Farnham, Que.
Pensions, jobs grant top agenda for premiers’ summit as Wynne warns of ‘economic crisis’
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne speaks to the media at Queen's Park in Toronto on Nov. 14, 2013.
Lexi Thompson wins Lorena Ochoa Invitational
Lexi Thompson
Harris English wins OHL Classic in Mexico
Harris English
Ottawa withholding key residential-schools documents, Ontario survivors say
NDP MP Charlie Angus, right, speaks during a press conference in Ottawa on July 29, 2013, beside Edmund Metatawabin, former chief of the Fort Albany First Nation.
Seeking a lift from ski resort stocks
Intrawest's ski operations, including those at Mont Tremblant, Que., now generate 65 per cent of its total revenue.
Why willpower trumps smarts in financial success
Andrew Hallam
In smartphone world, it’s a two-horse race as BlackBerry falls further behind
Apple iPhone 5c phones are pictured at the Apple retail store on Fifth Avenue in New York.
Fifteen grocery stocks to check out before the checkout
Barrick’s share sale closes, no ‘cleanup trade’ expected
Barrick Gold's Chairman and Founder Peter Munk addresses shareholders at in Toronto on April 24, 2013.
Hospital is right to ignore the Charter of Values
Mark Wainberg, professor and director of McGill University AIDS Centre, Jewish General Hospital wears his kippah to work in Montreal, Quebec October 25, 2013.
It’s time for a Rob Ford intervention
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford reacts during debate on motions by City Council concerning his conduct at City Hall on Nov. 13, 2013.
Hundreds of former BlackBerry staff hunt for Canadian tech jobs
The overwhelming attendance at a job fair with ex-BlackBerry employees in mind offered a glimpse of just how intense the pursuit of well-paying jobs has become in Waterloo.
Jets see silver lining despite power play woes
Winnipeg Jets' head coach Claude Noel talks to Mark Scheifele (55) during first period NHL action in Winnipeg on Monday, November 4, 2013. Noel says he has faith the worst power play in the league will improve.In 71 tries, the Jets (9-9-2) have managed to score only six goals this season.
Don't let a crisis sink your career
John Crean is a national managing partner with National Public Relations.
Why taking breaks will make you more productive
Harvey Schachter
Which career path is right for me?
Bruce Sandy
Three top stock picks from Middlefield’s Andy Nasr
Andy Nasr.
Toronto Star outsources ad sales, cuts 72 jobs
Three burning issues for post-plenum China-watchers
Chinese security personnel guard the entrance to the Jingxi hotel where the Communist Party's 205-member Central Committee gathered over the weekend for its third annual plenum in Beijing Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013.
MacKay claims outrage over Trudeau’s discussing marijuana legalization with school pupils
Minister of Justice Peter MacKay speaks in Question Period on Oct. 21, 2013.
Despite slow start, Oilers’ boss MacTavish keeping his faith in coach Eakins
In this file photo, Edmonton Oilers general manager Craig MacTavish introduces the new head coach of the Edmonton Oilers, Dallas Eakins during a press conference in Edmonton, Alta., on Monday, June 10, 2013. MacTavish is standing behind coach Eakins despite his team’s 4-14-2 start this season.
TransCanada to spend $1.67-billion to build gas pipeline in northeastern B.C.
Generalized map showing the location of the Montney Formation.
Toronto cancels school trips to City Hall, citing safety worries
Protestors gather outside City Hall calling for the resignation of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford on Nov. 6, 2013.
Eric Sprott to step back from daily fund management by end of 2014
Hedge fund manager Eric Sprott on Friday, November 25, 2010.
New U.S. refinery capacity to support heavy crude prices
BP’s oil refinery in Whiting, Ind., on the shores of Lake Michigan, will soon start a new unit that can process about 100,000 barrels of crude a day.
Experts are discouraging donations of baby formula to the Philippines
Newborn babies lie in an overcrowded maternity ward in a hospital in the storm damaged town of Bogo, northern Cebu Nov.13, 2013.
Liberal Muslim MNA speaks out over party's stand against PQ’s secular charter
Fatima Houda-Pepin, the only Muslim woman in the Quebec legislature, has broken ranks with her Liberal Party to support the PQ’s planned secular charter.
Video: Watch the NHL's Kadri suspension video
Leafs’ Kadri suspended three games for hit on Wild goalie Backstrom
Toronto Maple Leafs forward Nazem Kadri (43) collides with Minnesota Wild goalie Niklas Backstrom (32) during the first period at Xcel Energy Center.
U.S. barometers of economic health reveal a recovery in trouble
Brian Milner
I hate selling at a loss. Am I just being stubborn?
Anti-fracking protests shouldn’t hinder shale-gas sector, N.B. Energy Minister says
Craig Leonard is New Brunswick’s Energy Minister.
U.S. airline Spirit invokes Ford crack scandal in ad campaign
Ads on the website spirit.com show a silhouette of a man who looks like Mayor Ford, with smoke coming from his mouth.
Why are bold revisions of the classics less contentious in ballet than opera?
Heather Ogden and Guillaume Côté in Swan Lake.
Child care: Why Canada needs to do better at helping all families
The new millennial workplace perk: Bring Your Parents to Work Day
Parents are taken on a tour around the LinkedIn office by their children during Bring Your Parents to Work Day in Toronto.
My mother-in-law and the Great Slipper Rebellion
Talking points: drawn to abstinence, body and soul and working-class students
Renderings of former U.S. president Abraham Lincoln’s life mask appear on a 3-D online viewer launched by the Smithsonian Institution’s National Portrait Gallery
Fondness for big novels shows how little publishing has changed in 50 years
Russell Smith
How author Isabel Greenberg stays so graphically down to earth
If Isabel Greenberg were a character, she’d exclaim how irritating it is when the focus is on her gender and hair colour.
I feel betrayed by my estranged son – what should I do?
David Eddie
The close: TSX rises, encouraged by Yellen comments
Federal Reserve Vice Chair Janet Yellen addresses the 29th National Association for Business Economics Policy Conference in Washington March 4, 2013.
American late-night TV still can’t get enough of Rob Ford saga
Mayor Rob Ford arrives at his office wearing an Argos jersey after leaving council chambers and prior to his press conference at City Hall in Toronto on November 14, 2013.
Gordon Stuckless now faces 107 sex charges
Convicted pedophile Gordon Stuckless was rearrested on new sexual assault charges on March 22, 2013. Nine more counts were added on Nov. 14, 2011
Rosenberg: Stocks are 20% cheaper in Canada than in the U.S.
Gluskin Sheff chief economist David Rosenberg
Regional operator in the dark about Air Canada’s transborder plans
Air Canada has issued a request for proposals to select a new regional partner to operate certain routes to the U.S. starting in mid-2014.
Party Photos of the Week: Canadian Arab Gala
Arcade Fire announce tour dates; stops in Ottawa, Toronto, Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg, Montreal
William Butler, a member of Arcade Fire, billed as the band "The Reflektors," plays Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013 at the Little Haiti Cultural Center in Miami.
Roughriders slotback Chris Getzlaf hits the practice field after knee injury
Montreal Alouettes defensive back Jerald Brown takes down the ball carrier Saskatchewan Roughriders slotback Chris Getzlaf during the second half of CFL football action in Regina, Sask., Saturday, October 20, 2012. The Alouettes defeated the Roughriders 34-28.
Incoming Rogers CEO expected to spark culture shift at cable giant
Incoming Rogers’ CEO Guy Laurence. ‘One of the things that Guy brings is depth of experience on the customer experience and customer experience road map.’
New space agency chief working with Ottawa on 10-year plan
Walt Natynczyk, shown in January, 2011, is the new head of the Canadian Space Agency.
Why any day can be Champagne day
Perrier-Jouët is famous for its $200 vintagedated Belle Époque Champagne, the one in the iconic Art Nouveau bottle painted with images of Japanese anemone flowers.
Mexico’s auto industry gaining at Canada’s expense
Auto worker Valerie Stades works on a Cadillac at the General Motors Oshawa assembly plant Aug. 28, 2013.
Maritime Link too risky for N.S. power customers, energy regulator told
The Maritime Link would see Emera build a subsea cable that would link Nova Scotia with Newfoundland, allowing Nova Scotia Power to buy energy generated by the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric plant, under construction in Labrador.
Rumoured Toronto mall sale would break records
Bayview Village is seen on December 17, 2010.
Wynne says she'll intervene if Toronto council indicates it can't function
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne speaks to the media in this file photo.
Flaherty’s fiscal update is testament to the incredible shrinking government
Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty delivers an update of economic and fiscal projections in Edmonton.
Heinz to close Ontario factory, trim 740 jobs
Heinz employees Al Reneau and Rebecca Zlotnik leave the Heinz Leamington, Ont. factory after Thursday.
B.C. health ministry failing to implement most seniors’ care recommendations, report says
Are U.S. hawks preparing to do Iran’s hawks another favour?
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrives on Capitol Hill on Nov. 13 before he briefs members of a Senate committee behind closed doors about Iran and his recent negotiations in Europe.
Securities regulators postpone handover for computerized document filing systems
Regulators announced in April that they had signed a deal with Montreal-based technology company CGI Group Inc. to take over operation of systems known by the acronyms SEDI, SEDAR and NRD.
How JPMorgan invoked Twitter's wrath
The JPMorgan Chase bank headquarters in New York
Canada lifts Czech travel visa, smoothing wrinkle in EU trade deal
Winnipeg man pleads guilty to manslaughter in deaths of 2 women
Carolyn Sinclair, 25, is shown in a Winnipeg Police handout photo released on Monday, June 25, 2012. Shawn Lamb has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the deaths of two aboriginal women including Sinclair.
TSX no longer an emerging market index
PQ pulls plug on language law as Liberal MNA breaks ranks on secular charter
Diane De Courcy, the Quebec Minister responsible for French Language Charter, responds to Opposition questions in Quebec City on March 12, 2013.
Ten teenage boys face child pornography charges in Quebec
Janet Yellen sees no bubble, stocks rise
Reform made simple: Pick senators the way we select judges
Gordon Gibson
Court grants adjournment for teens charged in Rehtaeh Parsons case
Rehtaeh Parsons, a 17-year-old from Cole Harbour, had struggled emotionally for more than a year after she was sexually assaulted and a police investigation failed to file charges, her mother, Leah, says on a Facebook tribute page.
Investing in property: bricks and beyond
Many investors wonder about buying a house, a duplex, an office building or a small shopping mall. Experts say this is fine if you are prepared to manage the property and treat it as an ongoing business.
Should you invest in real estate abroad?
The Burj Khalifa skyscraper is seen as the sun sets over the Gulf Arab state of Dubai. Investing globally in real estate is tempting, but one Canadian expert favours local real estate. “If you can touch it, stand on it, visit it, you know what you’re getting.”
In pictures: Tips on investing in real estate abroad
The 29-storey Al Bahar Towers in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
S&P/TSX Composite Index vs MSCI Emerging Markets Index
The Valley: Play about policing and mental illness is relentlessly topical – and deeply empathetic
Susan Coyne and Colin Mercer in The Valley at Tarragon Theatre.
Argos distance themselves from Rob Ford after ‘disappointing’ remarks while wearing team’s jersey
Toronto Mayor <strong>Rob</strong> <strong>Ford</strong> lashes back at Councillor Janet Davis Nov 14, 2013 after she rose in council to condemn comments <strong>Ford</strong> made earlier about a former female policy advisor.
Abenomics: What’s next for Japan?
In this Sept.7, 2013 file photo, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, addresses the International Olympic Committee session during the Tokyo 2020 bid presentation in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Largest recycled tire plant in North America opening in Ontario
TDSB director pledges 10 per cent increase in EQAO scores by next year
Donna Quan, shown Jan. 16, 2013.
At midday: A solid advance for the TSX amid Yellen remarks
Family physicians give Harper government failing grades
Health Minister Rona Ambrose speaks in Calgary on Aug. 19, 2013.
India celebrates the career of cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar
A fan of Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar writes a message on Tendulkar's poster.
Prev
123
Next