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Former PM Turner to campaign for Keystone in Washington
Former prime minister John Turner is pictured in October, 2010. Mr. Turner will visit Washington to campaign on behalf of the Keystone pipeline proposal.
Toronto Zoo staff ratify contract deal ahead of giant Panda opening
Panda bear, Da Mao, peers out of a container as its unloaded from a FedEx transport jet March 25, 2013 in Toronto. Two bears, on loan from China, will spend time at both the Toronto and Calgary Zoos.
For a Nova Scotia fishing village, there’s danger of falling into the ocean
Gene Kersey, left, and Tim Menk walk along the damaged seawall in Gabarus, NS, on April 2, 2013. The deteriorated wall is currently involved in a debate over which level of government is responsible for repairing it.
Ottawa signals merger won’t affect humanitarian aid
International Co-operation Minister Julian Fantino is pictured in December, 2012. The Conservative government has signalled that it will keep the core mandate of its international development program intact, easing concerns that a planned merger with the Department of Foreign Affairs will hurt Canada’s commitment to poverty reduction and humanitarian aid.
Blog recap: Sharks score two quick goals to beat the Canucks; Bruins maul Leafs
OLG executives’ wages soar despite salary freeze in public sector
Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation president and CEO Rod Phillips, right, and OLG chair Paul Godfrey speak to reporters and members of the editorial board at The Globe and Mail in Toronto on March 11, 2013. Executive pay at OLG rose by nearly 50 per cent over the past two years, despite a salary freeze for managers in the public sector.
Mayor offers words of comfort to mother of slain son
Kwado (Kojo) Mensah was 20 when he was killed.
Wildcat strike cripples Alberta courts, leaves jails with bare-bones staffing
Alberta sheriffs take part in a strike as they joined correctional guards, setting up a picket line outside the Edmonton courthouse on Monday April 29, 2013.
Class action law suit against Canadian retailer for Bangladesh victims difficult, but not impossible
A shopper passes demonstrators outside clothing retailer Primark in central London April 27, 2013. The demonstrators were protesting following the collapse of a building in Bangladesh where low-cost garments were made for Western brands.
Kyle Quinlan, Shanice Marcelle named top CIS athletes of the year
McMaster University Marauders' quarterback Kyle Quinlan smiles during football practice in Vancouver, B.C., on Tuesday November 22, 2011.
Dancer Eva von Gencsy’s legacy is all that ballet-jazz
Eva Von Gencsy.
Toronto ready to embrace underdog role against Bruins
Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender James Reimer makes a save on the Montreal Canadiens during first period NHL action in Toronto on Saturday April 27, 2013.
Therrien calm, collected, correct as he prepares to lead Montreal into playoffs
Montreal Canadiens' head coach Michel Therrien looks on from the bench with players Alex Galchenyuk (27), Brian Gionta (21) Brandon Prust (8) and Travis Moen, left to right, during second period NHL hockey action against the Toronto Maple Leafs in Montreal, Saturday, January 19, 2013.
Senators set to put survival skills to test against Habs
Roy MacGregor
Hard-working immigrant joined politics in response to ailing husband’s plea
Teresa Wat, B.C. Liberal candidate for Richmond Centre, says she was pushed by her husband to give back to the community.
Leafs need Kessel’s stick to do some talking
Toronto Maple Leafs right winger Phil Kessel is congratulated by teammes after scoring on the Montreal Canadiens during first period NHL action in Toronto on Saturday April 27, 2013.
Pidgin protests in Downtown Eastside concern activist funders
Protests at Pidgin restaurant have been a rallying point for those worried about gentrification in the Downtown Eastside.
All eyes on Vancouver’s net as playoff opener looms
Vancouver Canucks goalie Cory Schneider deflects the puck during the third period of their NHL game against the Columbus Blue Jackets in Vancouver, British Columbia March 26, 2013.
Farm sector spared in worker reforms
Seasonal workers pick daffodils on a field in Saanichton, 15 kilometres east of Victoria in March of 2007.
Blue Jays discover down side to wheeling and dealing
Toronto Blue Jays General Manager Alex Anthopoulos.
Health Canada declined oversight request, diluted-chemo supplier says
The president of the private drug-compounding company at the centre of a diluted chemotherapy inquiry says Health Canada and regulators in Ontario and New Brunswick declined requests over a year ago to provide oversight for her company.
Best pictures from April 29
Penguins, Blackhawks rise above the playoff herd
Eric Duhatschek
Colorado Avalanche win the NHL draft lottery
The Colorado Avalanche logo is seen in this file photo.
Factbox: Who is Jason Collins?
Boston Celtics center Jason Collins (R), grabs a rebound away from Atlanta Hawks guard Kyle Korver in the first half of their NBA basketball game in Atlanta, Georgia in this file photo taken January 5, 2013. Collins, a veteran centre in the National Basketball Association (NBA), announced on Monday that he was gay, becoming the first active player from any of the U.S. professional sports leagues to publicly reveal his homosexuality.
Pakistan Taliban using violence as election strategy, killing 46 since campaign launch
Men look at a tattered shoe at the site of Tuesday's bomb blast, outside the campaign office of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) political party, in Karachi April 24, 2013. At least five people were killed and 15 others injured on Tuesday night after militants set off a bomb targeting a roadside election camp of the MQM in Karachi, according to local media.
Blair: A historic coming-out and why pro sports will accommodate gay players
Atlanta Hawks center Jason Collins controls the ball during an NBA Eastern Conference Game 6 playoff against the Orlando Magic in Atlanta, Georgia in this file photo taken April 28, 2011. Collins, a veteran centre in the National Basketball Association (NBA), announced on Monday that he was gay, becoming the first active player from any of the U.S. professional sports leagues to publicly reveal his homosexuality.
Councillors visit mayor to lobby for Scarborough subway extension
Elizabeth Church
Groups threaten lawsuit against BC Hydro
Gary Murphy, chief project officer for BC Hydro’s smart metering program, opens a box containing smart meter units which will be installed in homes around BC in the coming months. The smart meters wirelessly transmit data back to BC Hydro.
20 gold stocks the short sellers don't like
3 top picks from Sprott Asset’s John Wilson
John Wilson.
Suncor hikes dividend 54%, announces $2-billion share buyback
Suncor hikes dividend
B.C. pilot pleads not guilty in hang-gliding death of woman
William Orders, the pilot involved in a tragic hang-gliding accident near Agassiz, B.C.
Employers fume as Ottawa tightens foreign worker rules
Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney speaks about the government's Temporary Foreign Worker program during a news conference Monday.
China's territorial assertiveness worries rest of Asia
Barrick Gold sees lustre fade on its bonds
Annual General Meeting of Barrick Gold, at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, April 24, 2013. The world’s biggest gold miner has a new headache: A key debt analyst is advising investors to take a pass on the company’s bonds.
Has this bratty dad gone too far?
Canada’s trade relationship with the Caribbean should be allowed to flourish
Kamla Persad-Bissessar, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, speaks to The Globe and Mail’s editorial board.
Low prices and low taxes sound great - but someone has to pay
Rob Carrick
An admirable underdog tries to end the Stanley Cup drought
Ottawa’s Stanley Cup hopes rest on the recovering achilles tendon of Erik Karlsson.
Lawrence Heights TCHC condo plan goes forward
The Lawrence Heights area, a Toronto Community Housing development, is slated to be redeveloped.
Flooding prompts three Saskatchewan communities to declare states of emergency
Internet’s creative destruction in retail just getting started
CEO of Wal-Mart Global eCommerce Neil Ashe.
Life goes on after amputation
Cyndi Desjardins lost the lower portions of all four limbs to flesh-eating disease.
Seven ways to snag your first job in today’s economy
It can be a challenge for recent graduates to find jobs when the economy is tough.
Performance anxiety squeezing those at the top
Although managers should be looking for signs of increased stress among employees and willing to raise it, this becomes much more difficult with senior executives, who are likely to become defensive.
Italy’s new PM rips up austerity plans
Enrico Letta’s maiden speech in the Chamber of Deputies made it clear that a program of tax hikes and spending cuts is finished.
International price gap for heavy oil a wasted opportunity for Alberta
Pemex’s KU-S oil production platform in the Gulf of Mexico: Mayan heavy crude is competing with Alberta’s bitumen.
A bet against Canada is not so far-fetched
Sean Silcoff
Five ways companies can address a shortage of skills
Five ways companies can address the skills shortage
Performance art, Poitras-style: Swept away in a kaleidoscope of images
End of Summer, Orange Leaves Falling: A hypnotic swirl of images embraces the viewer.
Spanish restaurant knocks Copenhagen’s Noma off its perch as world’s best
Chef René Redzepi’s Noma, in Copenhagen, was judged best restaurant in the world for the past three years, but has now been deposed by El Celler de Can Roca of Girona, Spain.
No reservations: Your guide to London's hot new pop-up food scene
The Beagle, a restaurant and bar in London’s east end.
A red light couldn’t stop Christy Clark – will uproar halt her momentum?
Gary Mason
Toronto's board of health pushes for calorie counts on menus
Dr. David McKeown, Toronto’s medical officer of health, speaks to the media before getting a flu shot at Atrium on Bay in Toronto on Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012.
Doc chronicles strange story of Green Beret John Hartley Robertson, MIA since 1968
John Hartley Robertson has been listed as Missing in Action in Southeast Asia since 1968. The film Unclaimed follows the efforts of a fellow Vietnam vet to prove that Robertson is still alive -- and living in Vietnam with his Vietnamese wife and children.
Brokerage Fraser Mackenzie closes its doors
A Bay Street sign, the main street in the financial district is seen in Toronto, January 28, 2013.
Ontario deficit to mark improvement over previous targets
Premier Kathleen Wynne visits a youth employment centre in Toronto, Ont. Monday, April 29, 2013.
Amy Winehouse's father unhappy with Beyoncé and André 3000's Back to Black cover
Actor and singer Andre 3000.
How Talisman’s Kvisle plans to shrink the company
Hal Kvisle, president and CEO of Talisman Energy, speaks at the Global Business Forum in Banff, Alta., Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012.
Caught between a tsunami and a boa in Indonesia - now what?
All sorts of animals become meals in this jungle market.
Sold! A $1.5-million vacation package
The Giza Pyramids.
Want to lift your spirits? Join a choir
Sync this camera to your smartphone
Beneath its tough facade, Nikon’s Coolpix AW110 is a sophisticated camera with built-in WiFi and GPS.
Alouettes say Tebow welcome to compete for backup job
New York Jets quarterback Tim Tebow warms up before his team met the Miami Dolphins in their NFL game in Miami, Florida September 23, 2012.
No moratorium on fracking: Dix forced to clarify NDP position
Workers assemble high-pressure pipe at hydraulic fracturing operation near Bowden, Alta., in February 2012. B.C. is planning to ramp up its own fracking activities.
The close: Bargain hunting lifts TSX, S&P 500 at record high
A trader works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange
Santander CEO’s departure brings clarity to succession
Santander chairman Emilio Botin is widely seen as stepping down in five years to be replaced by his daughter Ana.
Serbia chooses clay court for Davis Cup semi against Canada
Italy's Fabio Fognini slips on the clay as he plays as he plays Spain's Albert Montanes during their fourth round match. Fognini won 4-6, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 11-9. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)
Tax tips for seniors and their children
Tax time
Tories reverse course, tighten up foreign-workers program
Minister of Human Resources Diane Finley responds to a question during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, April 25, 2013.
Progress Energy wants additional Asian partners for B.C. LNG
Progress Energy Malaysia’s state-owned energy company is relaunching its takeover deal with Canada’s Progress Energy Resources Corp., a mid-sized natural gas company.
Can an openly-gay athlete help Nike sell shoes?
NBA veteran center Jason Collins has become the first male professional athlete in the major four American sports leagues to come out as gay. Collins wrote a first-person account posted Monday, April 29, 2013 on Sports Illustrated's website. He finished this past season with the Washington Wizards and is now a free agent. Here he poses during the Boston Celtics NBA basketball media day on Sept. 28, 2012.
Pippin receives six nominations for 2013 Drama Desk Awards
Former SCTV star Andrea Martin was nominated for her show-stopping acrobatic performance as swingin’ grandmother, Berthe, in Pippin.
From omnibus to minibus, Flaherty tables new budget bill
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty.
My middle-class mom’s luxury-free formula for raising hardy kids
Bristol-Myers standing out in the crowd
Ritalin can have a role in alleviating apathy in Alzheimer’s patients: study
A brain scan.
AECL must testify in U.S. lawsuit, Ontario Court of Appeal rules
Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. shut down its Chalk River reactor in Ontario for 15 months in 2009 and 2010. Lantheus Medical Imaging Inc., in a lawsuit against its insurance firm, said it lost more than $70-million after its supply of medical isotopes was cut off following the shutdown of the Chalk River reactor.
Man detained in Sudanese prison wants memos from Canadian spy agency
Abousfian Abdelrazik waits to deliver a letter to the Sudanese Embassy in Ottawa on Monday, April 29, 2013.
Read the 2013 federal budget implementation bill
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty.
Gluten-free banana muffins
Insider buying in REITs surges despite recent price gains
Looking west at the VMC. Formerly a vacant pocket of suburbia, 53 of the 442 acres of land in the project is held by SmartCentres and Calloway REIT, which was hunting for new ways to grow.
More charges against former York University football coach
RCMP cordon off a crime scene using police tape
Video: Nelson Mandela at home in Johannesburg
The South African presidency says former South African President Nelson Mandela has been discharged from a hospital after an improvement in his condition. Officials say he was treated for pneumonia. He is pictured here in a June 17, 2010 file photo.
New video of frail Nelson Mandela fuels debate over his image
In this image taken from video, the ailing anti-apartheid icon Nelson Madela is filmed Monday April 29, 2013, more than three weeks after being released from hospital. Mandela was treated in hospital for a recurring lung infection.
Quebec’s hearings into water fluoridation give a platform to quackery
Quebec Health Minister Rejean Hebert responds to reporters questions before entering a party caucus meeting Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at the legislature in Quebec City.
Home-ice edge: A tower with an all-Canadiens address
To be located on Avenue des Canadiens-de-Montréal, the $200-million Deloitte Tower will rise 26 storeys. The new building will contrast with Windsor Station, right, a former railway station and now a protected heritage site.
Montreal's Deloitte Tower to honour old links, forge new ones
The Deloitte Tower courtyard will feature a skating rink that will become a reflecting pool in fair weather. The building aims to be Montreal’s first LEED Platinum office building.
Bozak's status uncertain ahead of playoff opener
Toronto Maple Leafs' Tyler Bozak, left, celebrates with teammate Michael Kostka after scoring against the Montreal Canadiens during second period NHL hockey action in Montreal, Saturday, January 19, 2013. The Leafs won 2-1.
Listen to Alexander Graham Bell's voice
Shorting Canada’s banks is a lonely enterprise
Toronto's Bay Street financial district.
Atlantic premiers call for Harper to cancel changes to EI
Prince Edward Island Premier Robert Ghiz, Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Kathy Dunderdale, Nova Scotia Premier Darrell Dexter and New Brunswick Premier David Alward, left to right, hold a news conference as the Atlantic premiers meet at the White Point Beach Resort in Hunts Point, N.S. on Monday, April 29, 2013.
Have your say: How do we teach sportsmanship in a sport with designated fighters?
Despite the national hockey euphoria over the return of the NHL playoffs, we can’t help but ask: Do we want our kids to watch?
London, Ont., to host PGA Tour Canada finale
PGA Tour Canada President Jeff Monday announces Sunningdale Golf and Country Club will play host to Tour Championship
Feds won’t solve foreign worker issue by overcorrecting
David Parkinson
March vehicle sales go out like a lamb
2013 Honda Civic Si.
U.S. soldier who fled to Canada to avoid serving in Iraq court-martialled Monday
United States Iraq war resister Kimberly Rivera speaks at a press conference in Toronto on Friday, August 31, 2012. Rivera, an American soldier who fled to Canada after she became disillusioned with the Iraq war is to be court-martialled Monday.
Conservatives to introduce latest budget bill, including foreign-worker changes
CBC: Don Cherry’s views on women in sports locker rooms are his own
Canadian television sports personality Don Cherry.
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