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Wynne to rein in Ontario Power after auditor’s tough report on spending
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne says the government will table legislation early next year to give it direct control over salaries, benefits and other perks at Ontario Power Generation.
Snow, rain and gloom of night won’t stop the post office. But e-mail, IM will
Michael Babad
Capital Economics can see Fed 'taper' coming next week
U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke listens to opening remarks prior to delivering his semi-annual monetary policy report to Congress before the House Financial Services Committee in Washington, July 17, 2013.
More students drive after using pot than after drinking, study finds
A high school student takes a deep drag on his bong as thousands gathered at Dundas Square in downtown Toronto to light up their bongs, and joints in honour of 4/20, which is widely known as a pot holiday in cannabis culture.
Investors spend record amount on real estate outside Canada
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) acquired a 50-per-cent stake in Britain’s Bullring Shopping Centre in Birmingham this year. It was one of the many overseas acquisitions for Canadian real estate players.
Voting data reveals a tight NDP-Liberal race in 2015
Linda McQuaig, who won the NDP nomination in the by-election for Toronto Centre MP, speaks after winning in Toronto on Sunday, September 15, 2013.
Toronto police seek teens after woman robbed, grandchild grabbed
Police tape demarking a crime scene.
Ottawa handed shipyards too much control of $105-billion project, researchers say
Vancouver Shipyard.
CN forecasts double-digit earnings growth in 2014
A CN locomotive makes it's way through the CN Taschereau yard in Montreal, Saturday, Nov., 28, 2009.
Infographic: Canada Post's worsening financial picture
Canada Post vehicles sit outside a sorting depot in the Ville St-Laurent borough of Montreal, in a June 6, 2011 photo.
At the open: Stocks fall as worries grow about Fed easing stimulus
The screens at the TMX Broadcast Centre in Toronto show the closing numbers of the TSX on Tuesday, July 3, 2012.
B.C.’s once-lauded green agenda now in disarray
Gary Mason
Toronto police budget talks run calmly despite tensions between Doug Ford and Chief Blair
Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair speaks at police headquarters on Nov. 5, 2013. Talks to discuss the 2014 police budget are expected to bring the long simmering tension between the Ford family and Chief Blair to a head on Dec. 11, 2013.
Carrick on money: The high cost of sex in your retirement years
Viagra pills made by Pfizer.
Demi Lovato reveals she couldn’t go an hour without cocaine
Singer Demi Lovato, 21, is promoting her forthcoming memoir, out later this month, called Staying Strong: 365 Days a Year
UVic research cites Sedin twins as ideal community builders
Vancouver Canucks Henrik Sedin and his brother Daniel, left, watch game play against the San Jose Sharks during Game 1 of their NHL Western Conference quarter-final hockey playoff in Vancouver, May 1, 2013.
Laurentian Bank profit plummets on restructuring costs
Laurentian Bank’s main branch in downtown Montreal.
Canada Post phasing out home mail delivery, raising rates
Mail carrier Leo Gaspari delivers mail on his route in the Don Mills and Lawrence area in Toronto on Dec. 11, 12013. Gaspari has worked for Canada Post for 33 years, 20 of which he has delivered mail. He will be retiring in two years but is worried about the pension trouble Canada Post is having.
Wednesday's analyst upgrades and downgrades
A yellow Encana natural gas pipeline marker is seen along a road on state forest park land in Kalkaska, Mich., June 20, 2012.
New GM CEO is a blunt talker who takes action
In this Jan. 14, 2013, file photo, General Motors CEO Mary Barra is seen during presentation of the North American Car & Truck of the Year at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.
Watch the 'fake' sign language interpreter at Mandela's memorial
India's President Pranab Mukherjee speaks at the podium as a sign language interpreter (R) punches the air beside him during a memorial service for late South African President Nelson Mandela at the FNB soccer stadium in Johannesburg December 10, 2013. The fake sign language interpreter took to the stage during Tuesday's memorial for anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela, gesticulating gibberish before a global audience of millions and outraging deaf people across the world. Picture taken December 10.
Site C dam could ruin Peace-Athabasca delta, opponents argue
Arlene Boon, whose grandfather bought the family property along the Peace River outside of Fort St. John, and her husband Ken walk along their property on January 16, 2013. The flooding and safety zones for the proposed Site C Hydro Development Dam near Fort St. John on the Peace River would gobble up their property which they refuse to sell to BC Hydro.
G8 health ministers vow to find dementia cure by 2025
It's the 'gotcha' parking ticket we hate the most
Lorraine Sommerfeld
Charles Bombardier's Apendix can stretch to fit more seats
Image of the Apendix concept car
Audi's first plug-in hybrid is a pleasure to drive
Petrina Gentile
Behind Ukraine’s protest are memories of Moscow’s famine
Pro-European integration protesters take part in a rally at Independence Square in Kiev on Dec. 11, 2013. Scores of Ukrainian riot police withdrew on Wednesday morning from a protest camp after moving against demonstrators overnight in the authorities’ biggest attempt yet to reclaim streets after weeks of protests against President Viktor Yanukovich.
Loonie closes higher for third trading session in a row
Canadian dollar
Father’s diet may influence birth defect risk in newborn: study
Four stocks under the bulls’ radar
Oracle signage is seen outside Mocsone Center during Oracle OpenWorld 2012 in San Francisco, California in this October 1, 2012 file photo.
Obama's pick for ambassador to Canada faces Senate grilling
The U.S. embassy in Ottawa, shown in April, 2008.
Before the bell: U.S. budget deal fails to ignite relief rally
The most overused buzzwords on LinkedIn profiles in 2013
Are you misusing or overusing business jargon?
Why the spike in Smith & Wesson shares is so unsettling
Michael Babad
Encana puts greater focus on oil
President and CEO of Encana Doug Suttles answers questions during a media round table in Calgary, Alberta, June 11, 2013.
Indigenous partners, not prisoners
Elder Walter Cooke holds an eagle feather as he conducts the opening prayer for premiers from across the country and National Aboriginal Organization leaders during a meeting in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., on July 24, 2013.
Even the man who brought down Pablo Escobar now opposes the War on Drugs
Marina Jimenez
MacLeod: For one more night Jarome Iginla is king in Calgary
Boston Bruins' Jarome Iginla walks out to skate at his old stomping grounds at the Saddledome in Calgary, Alta., Monday, Dec. 9, 2013.
Long list revealed for the RBC Taylor Prize for non-fiction
Graeme Smith is a former Globe and Mail foreign correspondent.
Ontario power utility needs deep reform to avert a political meltdown
Adam Radwanski
Dec. 11: Fighting the e-snoop battle – and other letters to the editor
Why Harper and Putin want the North Pole
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
First Nations schools need a bigger boost, economist to warn chiefs
Assembly of First Nations Youth Council member Clayton Tootoosis takes part in a rally on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Dec. 10, 2013.
As Mandela is remembered, a moment of praise for F.W. de Klerk
Barbara McDougall
In Montreal, a bridge built on the cheap
Lysiane Gagnon
We need to take the long view on pensions
Jeffrey Simpson
In pictures: South Africa and the world continue to say farewell to Nelson Mandela
People react as the hearse carrying the coffin of former South African President Nelson Mandela travels through a street in Pretoria, December 11, 2013, on its way to the Union Buildings, where his coffin will lie in state for three days.
When the cheap energy runs out, what happens?
Carl Mortished
How to determine what your business is worth
Five ways to weed out the wrong candidates
China, Japan could use a market shock to come to diplomatic senses
The tiny islands in the East China Sea, called Senkaku in Japanese and Diaoyu in Chinese.
Last-minute shopping: 10 gadget gift ideas for under $100
USB powered Kii in her stocking. It fits right on the key ring and it’ll come in handy when any Lightning connector iPhone is running out of juice.
The freelancer stigma: How many is too many?
Many of the freelance designers, art directors and translators at Headspace Marketing have been working 35 to 40 hours a week for years for the company, says Eric Blais, its president and co-owner.
Occasional gaffe part of being genuine political leader, Trudeau says in interview
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau takes part in an interview on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, December 10, 2013.
Harper pays respects to Mandela, announces Africa scholarship plan
Former prime minister Jean Chrétien walks past former prime minister Brian Mulroney in the box for the Canadian delegation. ‘It is a great occasion of respect because he’s admired by everybody,’ Mr. Chrétien said. Prime Minister Stephen Harper led the delegation. ‘Today was more a celebration than a funeral,” he said. ‘A celebration of a very long life, but a very important life.’
Oilers waste three-goal lead, need OT goal from Eberle to beat Hurricanes
Carolina Hurricanes' Andrej Sekera (4) watches as Edmonton Oilers' Taylor Hall (4), Jordan Eberle (14) and Sam Gagner (89) celebrate the game winning goal during overtime NHL action in Edmonton, Alta., on Tuesday, December 10, 2013.
Bruins rally to beat Flames in Iginla’s return to Calgary
A Calgary Flames fan holds up a sign welcoming back Jarome Iginla during the pre-game skate
Watch: Gators beat Wiggins and Jayhawks
December 11: Your daily horoscope
sagittarius
The 10 most viral ads of 2013
Screenshot from PouPourri.com's "Girls Don't Poop" ad campaign.
Comedian-actor-musician Steve Martin is taking Lawren Harris to L.A.
Comedian and art collector Steve Martin will co-curated a 2015 exhibition of Group of Seven founder Lawren Harris at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles.
Are ballet barre classes a good workout?
Late third period marker by Shattenkirk lifts Blues past Jets
St. Louis Blues' T.J. Oshie (74), Kevin Shattenkirk (22) and Alexander Steen (20) celebrate after Shattenkirk scored during third period NHL action in Winnipeg, Tuesday, December 10, 2013.
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