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The Rob Ford saga: Provincial response
Premier Kathleen Wynne and finance minister Charles Sousa are seen at Queen's Park in Toronto, Ont. Wednesday, May 29, 2013.
The Rob Ford saga: The inner circle and departures
Councillor Doug Ford speaks to the media in Toronto's city hall on Thursday May 30, 2013 .
The Rob Ford saga: The questions and the video
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford.
A caustic attitude isn’t going to bring Vancouver together
Columnist Stephen Quinn.
Ford news conference attempts to shift focus from scandal
Marcus Gee
Wallin Senate expense inquiry likely to stay behind closed doors
Conservative Senator Pamela Wallin prepares to chair the Senate national security and defence committee in Ottawa on Feb. 25, 2013.
Dodgers sink under sky-high payroll
It’s been that kind of season thus far for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Forensic kinesiology still seeking better recognition in courts
Scales of justice.
American Wambach has no regrets over Olympic controversy
Abby Wambach, who scored the winning goal against Canada at the London Games last August, is thrilled that the Olympics pumped up Canadian Christine Sinclair’s status and their rivalry so significantly. Canada plays the United States in Toronto on Sunday.
Murray Frum: A passionate, disciplined art collector who gave back to the cultural community
Murray Frum was briefly a dentist, and made his fortune through property deals and development, but his greatest passion was collecting art.
Chile wants Canada’s natural gas
Sebastian Pinera arrives for a meeting with The Globe and Mail’s editorial board Friday. The President says he wants to transform Chile into a developed country by the end of this decade.
Canada-EU trade talks at crucial stage
An European Union flag flutters outside of the European Parliament in Brussels October 12, 2012
With no DH in National League parks, Encarnacion moves to third base
Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Edwin Encarnacion reacts after overthrowing the ball to first base for an error allowing Atlanta Braves DH Brian McCann to be safe at first during first inning interleague baseball action in Toronto on Tuesday, May 28, 2013.
The quick, surprising fall of Joffrey Reynolds
Calgary police arrested Joffrey Reynolds for breaching probation for allegedly not abiding his house arrest and breaking curfew.
Municipalities call for clearer relationship with Ottawa
A Canadian flag flies on Parliament Hill Friday February 15, 2013 in Ottawa.
Sonar image points to possible wreck of Earhart’s plane
Amelia Earhart, head-and-shoulders portrait, wearing leather helmet iwth goggles and leather coat with fur collar. Photograph, photographer not identified, ca. 1925-30.
Animal services lacked power to withhold IKEA monkey, court told
A small monkey wearing a winter coat and a diaper apparently looks for it's owners in an IKEA parking lot as customers take photos in Toronto on Sunday Dec. 9, 2012
Armed with new TV deal, CIS plots local-market push
McMaster University Marauders' Kevin Malcolm celebrates after recovering a University of Calgary Dinos fumble during third quarter CIS Mitchell Bowl football action in Hamilton, Ontario, on Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012.
Cochran rallies to win Champions Tour event in Iowa
Russ Cochran
Aspiring jockey’s plans are back on track
“They saw me, the person, the rider with skills and not some unknown person with a disability,” Nicolas Sorrell says of Olds College.
Duhatschek: Kings lean on Quick once more
Eric Duhatschek
Peaches does a musical on her own terms
Peaches has created a film version of her musical, Peaches Does Herself, billed as a semi-autobiographical ‘transsexual rock opera.’
Five things to do in Toronto this weekend, May 31 to June 2
Soulpepper, Kim's Convenience Ins Choi
Stanley Cup road for defending champ Kings runs through Chicago
Los Angeles Kings head coach Darryl Sutter watches his team play against the Chicago Blackhawks during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Chicago, Sunday, March 11, 2012. The Kings won 3-2. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Karrie Webb captures ShopRite LPGA Classic
Karrie Webb
Surrey man guilty of murdering pregnant girlfriend
Badger cull divides Britain
A badger walks through woodland near Pickering, northern England, July 21, 2011.
Atlantic provinces face a new brain drain
Commerce grad Jasrene Padman hugs a friend after convocation Tuesday at Dalhousie University. She is heading back to her homeland of Malaysia.
Best pictures from May 31
Ontario Premier fires back at Flaherty over national transit strategy
Premier Kathleen Wynne in Toronto on April 29, 2013.
Michael Dell ‘at peace’ amid turmoil as tech giant fights to go private
When discussing the deal to take Dell private, founder Michael Dell treads carefully.
Map: 1008 BEACH AVE., VANCOUVER
A portfolio based mainly on ‘dividend aristocrats’
Peter Lang
Shoalts: Bruins eager to get back to work after long rest
David Shoalts
Map: 188 Keefer St., Vancouver
Rendering of kitchen interior, 188 Keefer, Vancouver
What IKEA CEO Mikael Ohlsson learned from Canada
Illustration of Mikael Ohlsson, president and chief executive officer, IKEA.
The debate over standardized testing in schools is as divisive as ever
The admittedly ‘nervous’ Maneesha Johal, top, and classmates Lee-Anna Maharaj, right, and Amanda Ibe, left, prepare for ‘Evil Questions Attacking Ontario.’
Deep discount for former rental unit in Yaletown
Defensive-minded Bruins look to slow down high-powered Penguins
Boston Bruins' Dennis Seidenberg (R) pushes Pittsburgh Penguins' Matt Cooke against the boards in the first period of their NHL game in Boston, Massachusetts March 18, 2010.
A play for balance: Couple need a retirement scorecard
New Vancouver projects target urban affordability
Rendering of kitchen interior, 188 Keefer, Vancouver
What to do in Toronto: May 31 to June 6
Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones performs on the 50 & Counting tour at the Honda Center on Saturday, May 18, 2013 in Anaheim, Calif.
Help! I need a second opinion on my portfolio
John Heinzl
The liberal elite’s gift to Rob Ford
Tabatha Southey
Clark to announce post-election cabinet on June 7
B.C. Premier Christy Clark arrives for a candidate caucus meeting in Vancouver, B.C., on Thursday May 23, 2013, after winning a majority in the provincial election earlier this month.
Rising bond yields signal new opportunities ahead
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange on May 31, 2013. Yields on U.S. Treasuries are rising to their highest levels in a year.
How to play the U.S. real estate revival
With the U.S. housing market finally in full-on recovery mode, many investors are asking themselves whether it’s too late to join the party.
Quebec Inc. speaks with one voice on hostile takeovers
Sophie Cousineau
How an app can help you be a socially conscious shopper
How the oil sands industry is distorting Canada’s economy
Thomas Homer-Dixon.
Why Canada needs to develop the oil sands
Konrad Yakabuski.
Scotiabank taps Brian Porter for top job
Brian Porter was named Friday to succeed Rick Waugh as Scotiabank CEO.
Would you pay to join a private members’ family club?
Maritime provinces convene panel to look at lobster industry
Prince Edward Island fisherman Darrell Doucette loads a trap onto his boat in North Rustico for the start of the spring lobster fishery in the Gulf of St. Lawrence on April 29, 2013.
Penn West’s new vice-chair buying
Bullish on General Cable
The shale revolution and its unintended side effects
Eric Reguly
If you’re a physiotherapist, B.C. wants you
Physiotherapist Susan Rankin treats a patient at her North Vancouver, B.C. practice.
Investor advocate Daniel Solin names the good guys and bad guys
Rob Carrick
Going the distance to raise money for cancer research
Todd McDonald, front, with participant Sean LeMoine, organizes mammoth bike trips and swims to raise money for cancer charities.
Wal-Mart? Kensington (mostly) says no
Tom Mihalik, owner of Tom’s Place in Kensington Market, does not welcome the multinational discount department store.
Safety concerns to close Dufferin Bridge for 18 months
Toronto City Councillor Denzil Minnan-Wong walks away after speaking to the media outside of the reception area of the Mayor's office at City Hall in Toronto on May 31, 2013.
Yonge and Eglinton’s billion-dollar makeover
Where five developers intersect: Maurice Wager from Shiplake Management Company, Chris Sherriff-Scott from Minto Communities, James Ritchie from Tridel Corp., Jared Menkes from Menkes Developments Ltd., and Todd Cowan from CD Capital at Yonge St. near Eglinton Ave.
Editor's letter: Covering Toronto's Ford brothers puts media ethics to the test
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford talks to the press outside his city hall office as his brother, councillor Doug Ford, looks on.
For Enbridge investors, Northern Gateway fuss just a sideshow
Sean Silcoff
In Brampton, three generations, one house
Hardeep Singh looks at a five-bedroom home for sale with his real estate agent Tarun Jassi, and his son Navdip Kabli in Brampton, Ontario on Sunday, May 26, 2013. Singh lives in a six person multi-generational home.
Spies come in from the cold ... to finance
Michael Babad
Gallery: Meet the players in the Senate scandal
Senator Mike Duffy arrives on Parliament Hill in Ottawa May 23, 2013.
Air Canada’s Rovinescu sees pay more than double in 2012
Air Canada CEO Calin Rovinescu.
Editorial cartoons from June, 2013
In pictures: Movie magic in the Okanagan at Enderby’s Starlight Drive-In
Is the smartphone still a status symbol?
A woman buys a smartphone.
GG-winner Daniel Lanois talks U2, Peter Gabriel – and hockey
Producer and musician Daniel Lanois will be taking a road trip with his mother to collect his Governor General’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
Tommy fails to feel, touch or heal
Tafelmusik offers attractive opposites
The pairing of water and air, music as subtlety and liquid beauty, was provided by pianist Janina Fialkowksa.
Why it’s perfectly okay to hate Alice Munro
Leah McLaren
Electronic dance music: from social pariah to polished – and profitable
At Sensation events, the hipness of the DJ’s playlist comes a firm second to the sheer sense of spectacle.
Salvant shows off her effortless talent
Woman Child is Cécile McLorin Salvant’s second album (and her first for a North American label).
A pair of film hopefuls heads off the grid in search of fresh thoughts
Johanna Schneller
Photographer Arnaud Maggs: an eloquent witness to time and change
Arnaud Maggs in 2006.
Video: NHL Update May 31 2013
Scandal-plagued Laval asks to be placed under trusteeship of province
Former Laval mayor Gilles Vaillancourt scrums with reporters outside a courtroom in Laval, Que. on Thursday May 9, 2013. The ex-mayor who once seemed unbeatable now faces one of the Criminal Code's most serious charges: directing a criminal organization.
Spurned by her homeland, Judith Brady followed her conscience to Canada
Judith Brady helped lead the charge against the Spadina Expressway and was a Michael Ondaatje academic.
Harper should not be promoting mining interests in Peru
Gerald Caplan
Unibroue Seigneuriale, Quebec
Cabriz Rosé 2012, Portugal
Red Rock Winery Malbec Reserve 2010, California
Louis Latour Ardèche Chardonnay 2011, France
In Situ Winemaker’s Selection Carmenere 2010, Chile
Yering Station Village Shiraz Viognier 2010, Australia
Dish/Clearwire: wake up call
Charlie Ergen‘s latest irritant is a $4.40 per share offer for the U.S. wireless broadband company Clearwire.
Nova Scotia MLA spends month in Florida, quits before getting pay docked
Deputy premier Frank Corbett attends a Nova Scotia legislature management commission meeting in Halifax on Thursday, May 30, 2013.
Oh, you had a baby?! Please write a hilarious memoir about it
Novel about alcoholic hews closely to the truth – perhaps too closely
Lauren B. Davis’s new novel is rooted in her own struggles with addiction.
In his ocean-jumping new novel, Colum McCann bridges literary traditions
Colum McCann new book is TransAtlantic.
In the world according to Conrad Black, the U.S. will always be great
Conrad Black sits down for an interview with the Globe and Mail's Margaret Wente on May 14, 2013.
Murder in Montreal, and other new crime fiction worth a look
Detail of an illustration created for the print edition of this story.
Tao Lin’s new novel makes art from the products that define our daily lives
Tao Lin in his New York apartment in 2010.
You were right all along: It IS the media’s fault
Johann Gutenberg, the famed father of movable type, printed his first 42-line Bible on March 13, 1454.
‘Perdita’ a ghost story whose prose will haunt you more than its plot
Hilary Scharper’s weakness for paranormal romance undermines a potentially fine historical novel.
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