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Home of the Week: Cabbagetown Victorian had owners seeing red
Home of the Week, 1 Aberdeen Ave., Toronto. When Mr. Pfeiffer and his partner Lawrence Reiter moved into the home, the classic three-storey Victorian brick house was covered in red paint. And by covered, Mr. Pfeiffer clarifies, every room inside was shellacked in a crimson red. And it wasn’t just the walls, it was ceilings too.
You rock, Anne: Here’s why Hathaway is actually the best
Anne Hathaway poses with her award for best actress in a supporting role for Les Misérables at the Governor's Ball following the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre on Sunday Feb. 24, 2013, in Los Angeles.
The self-defeating legacy of austerity
The close: Dow falls, after approaching record high
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, September 12, 2012.
Toronto FC opening MLS season in the middle of a rebuild
New Toronto FC head coach Ryan Nelsen (left) listens as club president Kevin Payne speaks to the media in Toronto on Tuesday January 8, 2013.
Home of the Week: Cabbagetown Victorian had new owners seeing red
Home of the Week, 1 Aberdeen Ave., Toronto
Groupon ousts CEO as the daily-deal fad dwindles
What a difference a year makes: Groupon CEO Andrew Mason outside the Nasdaq Market following his company's IPO in New York in this file photo taken November 4, 2011. Reports now suggest his board is looking to turf the youthful CEO.
TVA Group profit falls on lower ad revenue
President and chief executive officer of TVA Group Inc., Pierre Dion listens during the company's annual general meeting in Montreal, May 10, 2010.
Map: 219 Roe Ave., Toronto
219 Roe Ave., Toronto by Studio Architectonic’s Gary Yen and Maggie Ma. The hybrid home, explains Mr. Yen, is ‘all site specific, so every house is unique.’
A modern home that's a litle bit prefab, a little bit not
219 Roe Ave., Toronto by Studio Architectonic’s Gary Yen and Maggie Ma. The hybrid home, explains Mr. Yen, is ‘all site specific, so every house is unique.’
Lives Lived: Elizabeth Marjorie Sparks, 65
Supreme Court won’t hear appeals from Toronto 18 plotters
Zakaria Amara is seen in this undated photo. Amara, 20, from the Toronto suburb of Mississauga, was one of the 17 men arrested June 2, 2006 in what Canadian police and security officials describe as a home-grown terrorist ring that planned to target landmarks in Ottawa and Toronto.
How Survivor's Mark Burnett gathered believers for his epic Bible miniseries
Mark Burnett and Roma Downey with the cast and crew on set at the Ouarzazate Museum location for The Bible.
Djokovic, Federer lead top seeds into Dubai semis
A modern home that’s a little bit prefab, a little bit not
Dave LeBlanc
IMF set to cut growth forecasts if U.S. ‘sequester’ trims spending
Christine Lagarde, International Monetary Fund managing director, holds a news conference in Washington Jan. 17, 2013. The IMF has long urged the United States to avoid sharp spending cuts that could destabilize a fragile global economic recovery.
Toronto-area police seize $800,000 in stolen liquor
Wine bottles
Review clears all but three senators in housing expenses investigation
A view shows the Senate Chamber on Parliament Hill in Ottawa January 17, 2011.
Are smartphones ‘emasculating’? So says Google's co-founder no less
Chok! Chok! Chok! advert shakes up mobile marketing
A still from Coca-Cola’s 60-second television spot that started airing Jan. 22.
The Gatekeepers: The official trailer
Watch the trailer for Charlie Zone
Stoker: The official trailer
Watch the trailer for Jack the Giant Slayer
Map: 14 Blevins Place, Toronto
Despite Regent Park’s reputation, the building at 14 Blevins Place is a prime example of humanist architecture.
Elementary teachers’ union calls for boycott of extracurriculars to continue
Grade 7 and 8 students at First Nations School of Toronto participate in a mock trial in Toronto, Ontario Thursday, December 6, 2012.
Watch the trailer for California Solo
As Regent Park rebuilds, a pause to consider what came before
John Bentley Mays
21 & Over: The official trailer
Watch the trailer for Lost Rivers
Watch the trailer for Of Two Minds
Argentine bonds suffer as U.S. hearing fuels default fear
Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez has repeatedly refused to pay holdout investors, whom she calls “vulture funds.”
In a lacklustre market, popularity of the urban townhouse stands out
Tech wizard and rocker to represent Tories against Premier
Duane Nickull, left, speaks to reporters at an event introducing him as the B.C. Conservatives’ candidate for Vancouver-Point Grey on Feb. 28, 2013.
Why does Google’s Sergey Brin think smartphones are ‘emasculating’?
Michael Babad
Greek slump near end, but jobless rate to stay high: Finance Minister
Greek Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras addresses the audience during the "Hellenic-Chinese Business Partnering" conference in Athens September 18, 2012.
Bank of Japan heads in new direction
The Bank of Japan is working to combat nearly two decades of persistent deflation.
Ontario Health Minister condemns ‘abuse’ in payments by Mount Sinai Hospital to embattled executive
Tom Stewart, seen in this 2005 picture, stepped down as the hospital’s physician-in-chief and chief clinical officer in February, 2013.
Wireless industry moves to stem flow of cellphone tower ire
Workers secure transmission lines to a 130 foot tall communication tower in Chatham, Ont., in this file photo.
Public concern about environment hits 20-year low: survey
People walk along a street against wind beside a demolition site on a hazy day in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, Feb. 28, 2013. Beijing’s environmental authorities said on Thursday air quality in Beijing and nearby regions hit dangerous levels, Xinhua News Agency reported.
Milanovich named CFL’s coach of the year after guiding Argos to Grey Cup win
Toronto Argonauts head coach Scott Milanovich speaks during the head coaches news conference ahead of the 100th Grey Cup CFL game in Toronto, November 21, 2012.
Rats play follow the leader telepathically
A modern home takes Don Mills fast forward
The Don Mills, Toronto home of Kimberly Au and Kenneth So, designed by architect Cheryl Atkinson. With a lush courtyard, lots of glass and a layout carefully sculpted to build on the strengths of the lot, it offers a contemporary update on the verdant suburban living that Don Mills was designed 50 years ago to offer.
Why the Swiss have turned on their bankers
Carl Mortished
Caterpillar to cut 1,400 jobs in Belgium
Workers at a Caterpillar Inc. plant stand outside a factory in Gosselies Feb. 28, 2013. Caterpillar said Thursday that it plans to cut 1,400 jobs at a plant near Charleroi in Belgium due to high costs and the weak European economy.
Watchdog says new Navy ships underfunded by $1.5-billion
HMCS Preserver, the navy's 40-year-old Halifax-based supply ship, rests at drydock at the Irving-owned Halifax Shipyards in Halifax on Thursday, June 3, 2010. The vessel, commissioned in 1970, is receiving a $45million refit.
Ontario Tories to call Wynne as witness in gas-plants hearing
Premier Kathleen Wynne, please pay attention. Ontario's economy is more reliant on minimum wage jobs than any other part of the country, but for Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick.
Modern home takes Don Mills fast forward
The Don Mills, Toronto home of Kimberly Au and Kenneth So, designed by architect Cheryl Atkinson.
BG Group seeks natural gas for export
The planned Kitimat LNG site.
The end of fraud: Top U.S. court limits SEC investigations
So do many people “I wish they caught me six years ago, eight years ago.” Bernard Madoff, in a June prison interview with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
At the open: Dow takes aim at all-time high
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.
Vienna Philharmonic astonishes with its ability to work as one
Map: 860 LANDS END RD., NORTH SAANICH, B.C.
TV: Five shows worth watching tonight: February 28
Toronto police seek 20-year-old in stabbing on Yonge subway
Price adjustments move a North Saanich home
Canadian GDP report on Friday: Are we hanging by a thread?
Scott Barlow
Exports help trim Canada’s current account gap
Cargo containers are stacked up at the Port of Vancouver in Vancouver in this file photo.
Loonie sinks on weaker commodities, economic signals
Canadian dollars shown with U.S dollars.
Canadian economic indicators Q4 2012
Canadian economic indicators for Q4 2012
Weston profit falls 40 per cent
Weston Bakery truck trailers sit idle at a George Weston Ltd. owned facility on the Queensway in Toronto.
Knuckleball brotherhood on the rise after R.A. Dickey’s success
Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher R.A. Dickey shows off his knuckleball grip
U.S. jobless claims hint at improving labour market
People wait in line to enter a job fair in New York in this file photo.
U.S. growth revised higher, weakest pace since 2011
A shopper passes ‘sale’ signs as she walks past a store window in this file photo.
Adrian Sutil gets second chance with Force India
Adrian Sutil of Germany
Carrick on money: So much for Canada’s debt halo
Man stressed at home
Maldives government to appeal flogging of rape victim, 15, for premarital sex
Maldives' newly appointed President Mohamed Waheed Hassan Manik speaks during a news conference at the president office in Male February 11, 2012.The former president of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed, on Friday demanded new elections and vowed mass street protests if the new government did not relent, raising the prospect of a protracted crisis on the Indian Ocean islands famed as a beach paradise.
Canada’s banks awash in profits
File photo of Toronto's financial district in the King St. West and Bay St. area.
A most Canadian compromise: balancing free speech against other rights
Scales of justice.
Sears tops estimates, Lampert promises U.S. turnaround
In this Dec. 6, 2012, photo, an employee walks through the appliance department at a Sears in North Olmsted, Ohio.
Awareness campaign aims to bridge gap between sex workers and police
Former sex trade worker Sheri Kiselbach, right, looks on as litigation director Katrina Pacey speaks during a news conference in Vancouver, Sept. 21, 2012. Kiselbach and Pacey were commenting on the Supreme Courts decision to allow Vancouver Sex Workers to challenge the prostitution laws.
Morning Briefing: Would marriage survive Mars mission?
An artist's concept of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft approaching Mars.
India budget surprises with spending surge, wealth tax
India's Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram (centre) poses as he leaves his office to present the 2013/14 federal budget in New Delhi Feb. 28, 2013.
Premarket: Dow to edge closer to record high
Groupon shares collapse (You call that a deal?)
Michael Babad
Humanitarian relief to Syria’s rebels? Aid groups say it’s a bad idea
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, talks to Syrian opposition coalition leader Mouaz al-Khatib, during an international conference on Syria at Villa Madama, Rome, Feb. 28, 2013. The United States is looking for more tangible ways to support Syria's rebels and bolster a fledgling political movement that is struggling to deliver basic services after nearly two years of civil war, Kerry said Wednesday.
Spain’s Bankia shows recovery signs after record loss
Valeant posts loss on acquisition costs
In 2011, Valiant took over Edmonton-based Afexa Life Sciences Inc., acquiring the well-known flu treatment Cold-FX
Education Ticker: UBC sets new admittance benchmarks
Simona Chiose
Marois holds slim but steady lead in Quebec polls
Quebec Premier Pauline Marois addresses the education summit Tuesday, February 26, 2013 in Montreal.
Supercitizens and their threat to democracy
A big political donor, U.S. billionaire Sheldon Adelson arrives at an event with Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney in Jerusalem.
TD raises dividend 5 per cent as core consumer, business units buoy results
The outside of a TD Bank branch is seen in New York January 17, 2012.
Hate speech was a legal issue. This Supreme Court decision has made it political
October 11, 2011: Bill Whatcott hands out flyers door to door in Ottawa. The Supreme Court of Canada hears a major case Wednesday involving hate crime, free speech and the legitimacy of human rights code guarantees. The man at the centre, Bill Whatcott, is a virulently anti-gay proselytizer who was once a gay prostitute. He is hoping to slay what he perceives as the demon of human rights protections.
RBC hikes payout as profit climbs 12% to more than $2-billion
People walk past the Royal Bank Tower where the RBC Financial Group's Head Office and Main Bank Branch are located.
Six ways to get past procrastination
Do it now
If I invest in RRSPs, will I lose some government pension benefits?
RRSP Nest Egg
Where to invest your money, ahead of the RRSP deadline
The search for safe, stable investments.
How to diversify your fixed income beyond government bonds
A bouquet of Canadian bills.
Six small wagons disguised as SUVs
Ex-Montreal hospital head plotted with ex-SNC execs to defraud government: investigators
Prime Minister Stephen Harper, right, chats with Dr. Arthur Porter, left, at the Montreal General hospital in Montreal Friday Nov.24, 2006.
Extremely small cars sell for extremely large prices
1964 Peel P50
Hate speech ruling marks Canada as a different place
John Ibbitson
Whatcott ruling is a very real burden on some speech
A person walks from the Supreme Court of Canada in Ottawa on Wednesday Feb 27, 2013.
Analysis of Senate expense reports raises new questions
A view shows the Senate Chamber on Parliament Hill in Ottawa January 17, 2011.
Allophilia: Beyond tolerance lies true respect
In Pictures: 12 microcars sell for more than $100,000 each
Euro-style tiny crossovers finally coming to Canada
The 2013 Encore is ideal as an urban runabout and Buick is hoping the vehicle attracts younger, smarter, upscale buyers.
Dowbiggin: Time for NHL to admit their hypocrisy over fighting
Tampa Bay Lightning right wing B.J. Crombeen, left, and Toronto Maple Leafs right wing Mike Brown fight during the first period of an NHL game Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013, in Tampa, Fla.
Validity of Khadr’s guilty plea in doubt
In this photo of a sketch by courtroom artist Janet Hamlin, Omar Khadr attends a hearing in the courthouse for the U.S. military war crimes commission at the Camp Justice compound on Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba, April 28, 2010. The youngest Guantanamo prisoner, Khadr, who was a 15-year-old fighting in Afghanistan when captured in 2002, was sent to finish his sentence in his native Canada on September 29, 2012,
Unions must share the blame for precarious employment
Konrad Yakabuski
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