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City goes digital to solve the island ferry bottleneck
Ferries carry 1.2 million passengers to the Toronto Islands each year.
Best pictures from August 5
Richmond IKEA union rejects latest offer
Striking Ikea workers picket outside the Richmond Ikea store in Richmond, B.C. July 18, 2013. More than 300 Ikea workers have been locked out of their jobs for more than two months and are striking for higher wages, more hours and improved benefits.
Controversial changes to Fisheries Act guided by industry demands
Commercial fishing boats make their way back up the Fraser River to Steveston Harbour to offload sockeye salmon near the end of a 32-hour fishery window in Richmond, B.C., on Thursday August 26, 2010.
Meet the man billed as Canada’s foremost James Bond expert
James Bond film expert Murray Gillespie is pictured in his apartment in Vancouver on August 3, 2013.
In Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, new housing endangers historic buildings
Area around Oppenheimer Park in 1887.
Return of Bell of Batoche raises questions about missing medals
The Bell Of Batoche is official displayed during Back to Batoche Days in Batoche, Sask., on Saturday, July 20, 2013. Members of a Royal Canadian Legion branch in Ontario say they don't want to press charges against a Métis man who admitted to stealing the Bell of Batoche over 20 years ago, but they still want returned medals which they say disappeared at the same time.
Mounties trying to identify woman who fell to her death at Stawamus Chief
In a file photo, Len Noel, visiting B.C. from Bracebridge, Ont., stops along Highway 99 in Squamish to take a photograph of the Stawamus Chief on Monday, August 2, 2010.
Opening day at the Rogers Cup
Zheng Jie of China hits a return to Mona Barthel of Germany during their first round match at the Rogers Cup tennis tournament in Toronto August 5, 2013. Barthel won 6-7, 6-3, 7-6.
World’s first lab-grown meat is a promising development
Chef Rich McGeown prepares to cook the world's first lab-grown beef burger during a launch event in west London, August 5, 2013.
The evolution of Benjamin Netanyahu
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Sunday, July 28, 2013. (AP Photo/Ronen Zvulun, Pool)
Tweel transitions from soccer pitch to Canada games swimming pool
Nicholas Tweel of Charlottetown, P.E.I., swims the 50-metre breaststroke heat at the Canada games Monday, August 5, 2013 in Sherbrooke, Que. Tweel had surgery in September to repair a ligament in his ankle, ending his soccer carrer.
Bonneau, Niemeyer, Leblanc and Larose inducted into Rogers Cup Hall of Fame
In this file photo, Canadian tennis player Frederic Niemeyer speaks at a press conference in Montreal, Thursday, Nov., 19, 2009 announcing his retirement from tennis. Nieymeyer was inducted into the Rogers Cup Hall of Fame in a ceremony in Montreal on Monday.
HSBC’s future may not be in its hands
HSBC Bank Canada has established new diversity scholarships at four Canadian business schools worth $80,000 and potential employment over the next four years.
EADS’ stake in rival hard to sell
An Airbus A380 performs its demonstration flight during the 50th Paris Air Show at Le Bourget airport, north of Paris on June 20, 2013. European aerospace group EADS is to change its name to Airbus and shake up its corporate structure as part of push to give its civil aviation division more prominence.
Paying for tuition? Start saving now
Don Zadravec, left, and wife Mary, right, are trying to save for tuition for their four children.
Alouettes lose veteran slotback Jamel Richardson to knee injury
In this file photo, Montreal Alouettes slotback Jamel Richardson stretches during a practice Friday, November 16, 2012 in Montreal. On Monday the Alouttes announced they have lost two-time all-star to a knee injury for the remainder of the season.
Canada cruises past Czech Republic in Ivan Hlinka Memorial opener
Social media reacts to A-Rod's 211-game suspension
Baseball commissioner Bud Selig banned Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez for 211 games starting Thursday through the entire 2014 season
Regulars rue racist-sounding Philly cheesesteak shop's renaming
Cheesesteak sandwich
Caribbean Carnival to review parade safety following teen’s death
Revellers take part in the annual Scotiabank Caribbean Festival parade in Toronto, August 4, 2012.
Flames’ draft pick Monahan scores twice in scrimmage at Canadian junior camp
Team Canada hockey junior prospects listen to coaching staff during Canada's National Junior Team training camp in Brossard, Que., Sunday, August 4, 2013.
Huge sinkhole swallows backhoe in downtown Montreal as crews plug water leak
A construction vehicle lies where it was swallowed by a sinkhole on Saint-Catherine Street in downtown Montreal, August 5, 2013.
NATO surveillance programs withdrawal will cost Canada contracts
F-35s AF-1 and AF-2 in flight. Both jets are well along in their testing at Edwards Air force Base.
Stephens moves on to second round of Rogers Cup women’s tournament
Sloane Stephens of the USA hits a backhand to Kristina Mladenovic of France during first round Rogers Cup women's tennis action in Toronto on Monday, Aug. 5, 2013.
Aterballetto stages a grand finale at Quebec festival
Dancers witg Italy’s Aterballetto perform on stage.
When it comes to Jay-Z, is it swindle or is it art?
Jay-Z performs in Toronto in 2011.
New P.J. Harvey song takes on Guantanamo Bay prison system
The politically engaged British pop musician PJ Harvey
Python kills two boys in their sleep at New Brunswick sleepover, RCMP says
RCMP work at the scene of a fatal Python attack on Monday Aug. 5, 2013 at Reptile Ocean in Campbellton, N.B. Two young boys were killed by a python snake as they slept in an apartment above an exotic pet store.
Bombardier hopes to maintain leading position despite Gulfstream challenge
Flags of the United Kingdom, Bombardier Inc. and Canada fly outside Britain's sole remaining railcar factory, operated by Bombardier Inc. and known as Litchurch Lane, in Derby, U.K., on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011.
Seven days of television: August 5 to August 11
Low Winter Sun
The Griswolds strike again
The Griswolds strike again: If your surname is Griswold, you might as well go with it. As a tribute to the 30th anniversary of the comedy flick National Lampoon’s Vacation, real-life Steve and Lisa Griswold recently drove with their two daughters to Disney World from their home in Canton, Ga. They rode in a customized metallic pea-coloured station wagon with wood-panel siding that looks like Clark Griswold’s “Wagon Queen Family Truckster.” If you weren’t alive in the 1980s and have no idea what this is all about, well, at least you’re reading the paper.
Why the sitcom Dads is the most controversial new show on TV
John Doyle
Make coffee with only the power of the sun
The SunRocket solar kettle.
9 places to shop on Hong Kong’s styling Star Street
Sometimes ‘authentic’ Hong Kong eating can be a little too real
Locals dig in at a Hong Kong restaurant.
How expats are bringing new life to Hong Kong’s hip PoHo hood
PoHo, so-named for the area around Po Hing Fong, is nestled in Sheung Wan District, one of the earliest British settlements on Hong Kong Island.
Falling metal kills pedestrian in downtown Montreal
Barrick slapped with investor lawsuit over troublesome project
In this May 23, 2013 photo, mining trucks sit parked on the facilities at the Barrick Gold Corp's Pascua-Lama project facilities in northern Chile.
How to find the underground gem in Hong Kong’s cocktail crown
Butler, a lounge routinely ranked as one of Hong Kong’s best places to enjoy a tipple, is a cozy Japanese-inspired 20-seat den where showmanship is key.
Pleasures of the flesh, or why I love fresh tomatoes from the garden
Talking Points: The misguided Stoli vodka boycott, ‘airlane’ humour, Jeopardy! heart-breaker
From left to right, Michael Niemeyer, Matthew Ervin, Alfredo Diaz, Richard Grossi, Rodney Scott and council member John Duran empty Russian vodka bottles into a gutter during a news conference on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013 in West Hollywood, Calif. Bar owners joined with West Hollywood city officials to announce a boycott of Russian vodkas as part of a protest that has stretched across the county in opposition to anti-gay laws recently signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Coyotes ownership saga concludes as NHL finalizes sale of team
Jobing.com Arena, where the Phoenix Coyotes plays its home games.
Newfoundland RCMP say three hurt in collision between two boats near wharf
Forget about the Cronut. The Ramen Burger is the latest decadent food sensation
The Ramen Burger, courtesy of the chef’s blog
Dog defends owner from bear in Northern Ontario park
A bear wanders near the trail of an undisclosed Canadian park
Gulfstream overtakes Bombardier as world’s top business jet maker by shipment value
Montreal-based Bombardier and Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China Ltd. have agreed to co-operate as they develop planes that will take on the industry’s giants, Airbus and Boeing, which dominate sales of narrow-bodied aircraft, the largest segment in the commercial airplane market. China is seen as a major growth market for the industry.
Alan Thicke defends son Robin’s chart-topping hit ‘Blurred Lines’
Robin Thicke performs on NBC's Today show on Tuesday, July 30, 2013 in New York.
Why dentists are definitely not in love with Woody Allen's latest flick
Laurence Olivier as the evil ex-Nazi dentist in Marathon Man.
Ben Martin wins Mylan Classic
Ben Martin
Excitement building for 2013 Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship
Corey Conners
How reliable is the stock market when predicting the future?
Dan Hallett
Tom Pernice Jr. wins 3M Championship
Tom Pernice Jr.
CRA pilot project targets tax cheats in remote B.C. regions
Clean-up operations after the April, 2011, Rainbow Pipeline rupture and oil spill near Peace River, Alta.
Mike Corrigan: BC Ferries CEO isn’t relaxing in the Seawest Lounge
Is my VW mechanic asking a fair price for repairs?
2012 Volkswagen Jetta.
Classic Car: Vauxhall built the first 100-mph British sports car
The 30-98 of 1913 established its competition credentials by winning the toughest hill climbs of the day.
Six renovations that don’t add value to your home
Swimming pool by a house.
Aug. 5: Keeping watch on wireless providers, and other letters to the editor
Smartphones and tablets are a big part of Canadians’ love affair with wireless usage.
Students are cool with MOOCs, so why aren’t profs?
Konrad Yakabuski
MM&A issued warnings to operators to slow down due to track conditions
Crews work in the area of the derailed tanker cars in Lac-Mégantic, Que., on July 14, 2013.
Mercedes B-Class is Canada’s little charmer
2013 Mercedes-Benz B-Class
Something wicked this way comes, unseen
Barbara Sukowa in Hannah Arendt: Something wicked this way comes, unseen
Buying Used: Performance, luxury, looks. Well, two out of three isn’t bad
2010 Acura TSX
We hadn’t really gone anywhere, but it was still a trip
Doing little, or nothing at all, can be a constructive and gratifying experience
Three questions to re-evaluate your marketing strategy
Like great baseball teams and their fans, you can create an exciting relationship between your brand and your customers if you’re willing to take a risk. Here are 3 questions to get you started
Spotify’s miracle growth undermined by artists’ revolt
Dave Morris
Five cost-effective ways to expand your home-based business
Here are some ideas to help you overcome that plateau
Startup helps merchants track customer behaviour through WiFi
Toronto-based Turnstyle Solutions gives merchants a sense of how people are interacting with their stores. The service uses the WiFi transmissions from smartphones to track – but not identify – customers as they enter and explore a store.
Boutique M&A firms jostle with big banks for deals
People cross the street near the Morgan Stanley headquarters in New York June 11, 2010.
Berlusconi era over, but reform not much closer
Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi reacts during a vote session at the Senate in Rome in this July 19, 2013 file photo. Italy's top court upheld a jail sentence against Berlusconi for tax fraud on August 1, 2013 in a ruling which could throw the country's fragile coalition government into crisis. He was convicted over the fraudulent purchase of broadcasting rights by his Mediaset television empire.
Watch: Blue Jays 6, Angels 5
Young phenom looks cagey in Canada junior camp
Team Canada hockey junior prospects Connor McDavid, left, and Nathan MacKinnon chat during Canada's National Junior Team training camp in Brossard, Que., Sunday, August 4, 2013.
August 5: Your daily horoscope
Leo
I'm gobsmacked by the brilliantly sassy Bethenny Frankel
John Doyle
What’s the best snack to eat before a workout?
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