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Chance cocktail party meeting spurs new Gene Simmons family show
Marsha Lederman
Encarnacion powers Blue Jays to 4-2 win over Indians
Toronto police chief gets nod to spend nearly double on use of force review
Constable James Forcillo briefly appeared before a disciplinary hearing at Toronto Police headquarters on a charge of discreditable conduct under the Police Services Act in the shooting of Sammy Yatim.
Couillard pushes plan to wipe out deficit by 2016
Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard makes a speech during a ceremony which commemorated and honoured the soldiers who participated in the war in Afghanistan and included many of the family members of the 158 soldiers who died in the 12-year conflict, Friday May 9, 2014 at CFB Valcartier.
A major overhaul is not in order for Boston
David Shoalts
Excited Doughty in top form for Kings heading into Game 7
Eric Duhatschek
B.C. government withdraws demand for 10-year contract with teachers
B.C. Education Minister Peter Fassbender is dismissing comments by former B.C. Public School Employers’ Association chair Melanie Joy regarding negotiations with teachers in 2012.
Refiners defend contentious Bakken oil
A report by a lobby group for oil refiners finds that Bakken crude is technically permissible to ship under current regulations. Craig Paradis (L) of Advance Drilling, operates the brake handle on a drilling rig for Crescent Point Energy as two roughnecks add a pipe extension to drill deeper into the Bakken formation near Oungre, Saskatchewan in this June 20, 2012 file photo. Shipping crude across North America in railway cars might seem a quaint throwback to the oil pioneering days of the West, but it's a booming business for North America's railroads, and likely to remain an important niche market for years to come after surging from a dribble in 2008 to close to 500,000 barrels per day in September. To Match Analysis RAILWAYS-OIL/NORTHAMERICA REUTERS/Rod Nickel/Files (CANADA - Tags: TRANSPORT BUSINESS COMMODITIES ENERGY)
Tories eye 'wage floor' and raising fees for foreign-worker program
Employment and Social Development Minister Jason Kenney speaks to supporters after responding to the government's immediate moratorium on allowing restaurants to hire temporary foreign workers, after announcing support for S.U.C.C.E.S.S. to help internationally trained workers get their credentials recognized and find jobs in their fields more quickly, in Vancouver, B.C., on Friday April 25, 2014.
Jenner sisters to co-host this year’s MuchMusic Video Awards
B.C. mayors fear grow-ops could avoid property taxes using ‘llama loophole’
British Columbia municipalities fear that due to the inconsistency, grow-ops could avoid paying nearly all property taxes
New generation of Canadiens have earned respect
Sean Gordon
Politicking in a grain crisis: a bill’s delay-plagued march forward
Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz stands in the House of Commons during Question Period in Ottawa, Monday April 23, 2012.
Prentice recruits campaign chairs in Alberta PC leadership race
Former cabinet minister and Calgary MP, Jim Prentice, speaks at the Alberta PC Party Leader's Dinner in Calgary, Alta., Thursday, May 8, 2014.
Lifelong socialist was a champion for the marginalized
Daniel (Dan) Heap, Anglican priest and candidate for the federal New Democratic Party in the riding of Spadina, June 25, 1968. He placed second in a campaign where he described himself as a "worker priest."
Tories isolate Assembly of First Nations over economic threat
Canada's Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa May 14, 2014.
Hakkinen experiences life in the slow lane
Cathal Kelly
Canadian industrial stocks with upward momentum
Canadian National Railway is one of seven TSX-listed industrial stocks that satisfied four key technical indicators.
Ottawa delivers conflicting messages to exporters
Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz.
Glen Abbey to host Canadian Open for 27th time in 2015
Brandt Snedeker celebrates with his caddy Scott Vail after winning the Canadian Open golf tournament
Spartan Energy: a mid-cap on the move
CI Financial faces an uncertain future
The logo of Scotiabank is seen at a branch in Toronto November 9, 2007.
Wal-Mart makes gains in cutthroat grocery sector
Wal-Mart Canada’s strongest sales came from food and packaged goods, while online sales increased by 13 per cent.
B.C. government withdraws demand for 10-year contract with teachers
B.C. Education Minister Peter Fassbender is dismissing comments by former B.C. Public School Employers’ Association chair Melanie Joy regarding negotiations with teachers in 2012.
Food fight: Rising income disparity and the struggle for higher wages
Demonstrators gather outside a McDonald's restaurant in New York, May 15, 2014.
Ontario leaders’ debate tentatively set for June 3
Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak, Liberal Premier Kathleen Wynne and NDP Leader Andrea Horwath.
Choose federalism to keep Ukraine together
Armed Pro-Russian men prepare themselves to confront Ukrainian government troops at a checkpoint outside Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, May 15, 2014. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Your cellphone is not your castle. But it should be
Security software company Symantec dropped 10 phones each in Calgary, Halifax, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver and waited to see if they would be returned.
A surefire cure for burnout? Play
Harvey Schachter
Boost your bottom line by doing good
The economy's improving picture
Latest data give reason to be hopeful about global economy
A worker walks through a shipping container yard at the Port of Shanghai.
OPG dealt setback on plan for new reactors
Scott Berry, Manager, Site Public Affairs Corporate Relations and Communications Nuclear Issues / Nuclear Waste Management for OPG, beside 'in-ground' structures for storing intermediate level waste.
Pipeline shippers face more risk than bondholders
Demonstrators protest against the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline in San Francisco, February 3, 2014.
Fairfax Financial, activist Dan Loeb trim positions in BlackBerry
A Blackberry Z3 smartphone is shown by a model during its launch in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, May 13, 2014.
B.C. auditor concerned about basic needs of people living with disabilities
A woman is helped into the back of a TransLink HandyDart bus in Vancouver in 2012.
Abramson’s pay ‘comparable’ to predecessor, NYT publisher says
Jill Abramson, former executive editor of The New York Times, arrives at a State Dinner at the White House in Washington Feb. 11, 2014. She has been replaced in her role by managing editor Dean Baquet.
Graphic: Explore 12,000-year-old Naia's world
The skull of Naia on the floor of Hoyo Negro, as it appeared in December 2011, having rolled into a near-upright position.
Blue Jays pitcher Dustin McGowan moved to bullpen
Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Dustin McGowan
Five-year deal for 47,000 B.C. health-care workers
The Surrey Memorial Hospital emergency department in October, 2013.
Canadian regulators move to reform pricey markets
Photos of the TD Securities trading floor in Toronto on April 3 2013.
RBC adds to U.S. technology banking team
Winnipeg business icon George Richardson dead at 89
George Richardson, pictured in 1996.
Couples and guests alike are buzzing over the ‘honest wedding invite’ that pulls no punches
Failure to lounge: Rolling out the lawn chairs in search of relaxation
First Nations have a say in resource development, not a veto
Brian Lee Crowley
Public editor: Publishing Lac-Mégantic ‘perp walk’ photo does not endorse the practice
Former Montreal Maine and Atlantic Railway Ltd. employees Thomas Harding, right, Jean Demaitre, centre, and Richard Labrie are escorted by police to appear in court in Lac-Megantic, Que., on Tuesday, May 13, 2014. The Crown announced late Monday that Montreal Maine and Atlantic Railway Ltd. and three employees of the insolvent railway will each face 47 counts of criminal negligence causing death. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
Bloor West Village house snapped up before open house
CIBC’s Caribbean arm takes writedown
Human skull found after a little spring cleaning in Victoria
Table: Hotel transactions
Hotel Saskatchewan is back in Canadian hands after Winnipeg-based Temple Hotels purchased the Regina landmark last month for for $32.8-million (U.S.) from the U.S.-based chain Radisson Hotels Corp.
Anniversary show dripping in ancient Chinese history
On Site: Queen West project hopes laneways will draw community
Twenty will have retail spots facing inward toward a central row in the master-planned project at Queen and Duffering.
Home of the Week: Summerhill home gets a total re-do
Clean lines, 90-degree angles and no trim are key elements of the new interior.
The close: TSX falls as Dow tumbles by triple digits
Trader sad new york stock exchange investing
S&P says climate change will affect sovereign ratings
A DIY classical concert with audience participation
Facial recognition program allows RCMP to identify alleged passport fraud
An overlay depicts how facial recognition software pinpoints certain features and compares them to a database. The distance between the eyes and the shape of the cheekbone can be used to determine characteristics like sex and age.
A two-minute test may show if a child needs early help in math – and it’s free online
Home of the Week: Modern comforts hide behind Victorian shell
Originally a closed-off room, the kitchen was opened up and made the ‘heart of the home.’
112 Weddings: Filmmaker captures life after the ceremony
Doug Block’s documentary 112 Weddings came about from his work as a wedding videographer.
Here’s what Buffett, Einhorn and Soros are buying
Toronto tops for speedy home sales: How does your city measure up?
Real estate signs sit outside a condominium building on Lake Shore Blvd. West in Toronto.
B.C. wines are back with two strong vintages. Beppi Crosariol shares some of his favourite whites
Beppi Crosariol
Note to marketers: Learn when to back off
Interesting Man campaign for Dos Equis beer.
The truth about wedding fatigue
In her new book Save the Date: The Occasional Mortifications of a Serial Wedding Guest, Jen Doll details the travails of being a perennial invitee.
Important child-health bill died with Ontario’s election call
A child uses a puffer to control asthma symptoms.
Stock analysis: Sun Life Financial hasn’t looked this attractive in three years
Exteriors of the Sun Life Financial office building at 150 King St. West photographed Feb. 24 2014.
Jays place outfielder Rasmus on 15-day disabled list with hamstring tightness
Toronto Blue Jays' Colby Rasmus hits a home run against the Atlanta Braves during the second inning of their MLB game in Toronto May 27, 2013.
Man, wrongfully jailed for 27 years, wins right to challenge lawsuit dismissal
Ivan Henry hugs his two daughters Tanya, left, and Kari after he was acquitted of eight counts of rape from after a conviction in 1983 which sent him to prison for 27 years.
Ad executive Winston Binch preaches the importance of invention
Silicon Valley episode 4: Martin Starr, Kumail Nanjiani, Thomas Middleditch.
Journey Energy IPO could draw up to $248-million
A pumpjack sucks oil out of the ground in a serene setting near Longview, Alberta, on April 8, 2000.
Ontario privacy watchdog moves to block more police access to TCHC security cameras
A closed-circuit television camera at the Atkinson Housing Co-operative in the Alexandra Park neighbourhood of Toronto.
Former Conservative MP and agent plead not guilty to elections charges
Dean Del Mastro, then a Conservative MP, speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons on March 7, 2012.
A for effort, but DIY renovator could have used an architect
I would like to appreciate this house more than I do, since the owner’s enthusiasm for her project is infectious and sincere. But the building proves, to my mind, that the world does need architects, after all, not merely when technical expertise is required, but from the very first moment the client is struck by the idea of building a house, right to the very end.
Harried consumers expect to spend less this year, survey shows
Canadians plan to spend less in 2014 than they did last year.
My sister-in-law is anti-booze. Do I call her out for being judgmental?
David Eddie
Millennials are richer than their parents were at that age, BMO report suggests
Millennials had a median income of $34,700 in 2011, up from $33,900, when adjusted for inflation, among those in the same age bracket 30 years ago, says a BMO report.
In pictures: Red carpet fashions from Day 2 at Cannes
Actress Julianne Moore poses for photographers as she arrives for the screening of Mr. Turner at the 67th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Thursday, May 15, 2014.
Emaciated mannequin pushes PR team into high gear
La Perla boutique in New York: pointing out the skeletal mannequin in its window display.
Canada’s manufacturers limping back to health
David Parkinson
How not to take the lead in your own reno
John Bentley Mays
Mulcair combative against Liberal, Tory grilling over NDP staffers
Official Opposition Leader Tom Mulcair waits to appear at Commons house affairs committee to explain the use of House of Commons resources by the Official Opposition Thursday May 15, 2014.
Silence is golden, and priced accordingly
With its recalibrated electronic control unit, the 2014 Cadillac ELR extracts significantly more power from its Volt-spec hardware.
Lucic labelled sore loser after having words with Habs in handshake line
Boston Bruins left wing Milan Lucic celebrates at TD Banknorth Garden.
Unlike Liberals, Conservatives free to anti-abortion views, Harper says
Prime Minister Stephen Harper participates in a question and answer session with the Greater Kitchener Waterloo and the Cambridge Chambers of Commerce in Kitchener, Ont., on Friday, April 25, 2014.
In Toronto, sometimes meeting the asking price just isn’t enough
Home sales for the Greater Toronto Area in May is estimated to come in at about 10,000 transactions, roughly in line with the tally for the same period last year.
NHL suspends Sabres forward Zenon Konopka for 20 games
In this file photo then Ottawa Senators center Zenon Konopka is seen during an NHL game.
Clark apologizes for B.C.’s historical wrongs against Chinese immigrants
Premier Christy Clark, joined by Teresa Wat, Minister Responsible for Multiculturalism, speaks at formal ceremony to recognize an apology to British Columbia’s Chinese-Canadians for historical wrongs by past provincial governments in Victoria on May 15, 2014.
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Grim discovery sheds new light on when humans came to the Americas
Divers Alberto Nava and Susan Bird transport the Hoyo Negro skull to an underwater turntable so that it can be photographed in order to create a 3-D model.Researchers detailed their analysis of the oldest most complete, genetically intact human skeleton discovered in the New World in a paper published today in the journal Science. This project was led by the Mexican government’s National Institute of Anthropology and History and supported by the National Geographic Society.
In pictures: Scientists link 12,000-year-old skull to prehistoric settlement of North America
Diver Susan Bird working at the bottom of Hoyo Negro, a large dome-shaped underwater cave on Mexico’s Yucatn Peninsula. She carefully brushes the human skull found at the site while her team members take detailed photographs.Researchers described their analysis of the oldest most complete, genetically intact human skeleton discovered in the New World in a paper published today in the journal Science. This project was led by the Mexican government’s National Institute of Anthropology and History and supported by the National Geographic Society.
Why CI’s stock slumped on Scotiabank news
Bill Holland, CEO of CI Financial
Dim sum, oysters and wings: Eating Toronto with Momofuku’s David Chang (and his A-list friends)
(L to R) David Chang, owner of the Momofuku restaurants; Peter Meehan, food writer and editor at Lucky Peach magazine; Fred Morin, co-owner of Joe Beef; and David McMillan, co-owner of Joe Beef have dim sum in Toronto on May 12, 2014.
Now Trending: Michael Jackson could be resurrected as hologram at Billboard Music Awards
Michael Jackson
In pictures: Tear gas, clashes mark Palestinian observation of 'Nakba'
A Palestinian man carries his daughter with the number 66 painted on her face, during a ceremony marking the 66th anniversary of what the Palestinians call the "Nakba," or “catastrophe” referring to their uprooting in the war over Israel's 1948 creation, in the West Bank city of Jenin, Thursday, May 15, 2014. According to U.N. figures, more than 700,000 Palestinians fled or were driven out in the 1948 Mideast war, many settling in the neighboring West Bank, Gaza, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria. Tens of thousands more were displaced in the 1967 war in which Israel captured the West Bank, Gaza and east Jerusalem, lands the Palestinians seek for a state.
Harper unveils conservation plan for ecologically sensitive lands
Prime Minister Stephen Harper visits a stream with young students in New Maryland, N.B. on Thursday, May 15, 2014.
Broadview loft goes for $61,000 over asking
You probably don’t know the real yield of your bond ETF
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