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Marathon men: Oil Kings top Foreurs in triple OT to reach Memorial Cup final
Edmonton Oil Kings' Mitchell Moroz celebrates with the bench after scoring against the Val-d'Or Foreurs during second period semifinal action at the Memorial Cup CHL hockey tournament, in London, Ont. on Friday, May 23, 2014.
Red-hot Blue Jays squeak by A’s to stay on top of AL East
Toronto Blue Jays second baseman Steve Tolleson (right) is greeted at home plate by third baseman Brett Lawrie (13) after driving them both home with a second inning home run against Oakland Athletics at Rogers Centre on May 23, 2014.
Art imitates your life? Tough luck. It takes an outsider to make sense of it
Elizabeth Renzetti
Sony Centre CEO grilled on reno costs
The Sony Centre for the Performing Arts is under the microscope after the city of Toronto's Auditor General questioned cost overruns for the renovations.
UN Watch awards Jason Kenney its Moral Courage Award
Minister of Employment and Minister of Multiculturalism Jason Kenney responds to a question during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on May 15, 2014.
Throat slashed in Jamaica, woman seeks justice at home
Cathy Lee Clayson is photographed at her Ajax, Ontario home on Dec. 21, 2011. Her throat was slashed in an attack the year before at Montego Bay, Jamaica.
Why the Ontario election campaign is a mystery, even to those involved
Adam Radwanski
New forum set up to air LNG concerns
Tribal Chief Liz Logan speaks to fellow dignataries at a Treaty 8 First Nations agreement signing at B.C. Legislature in Victoria on Thursday, May 15, 2014.
Few Toronto food-truck owners pick up new mobile permits
Tamara Chaikin, who runs Localista food truck, is one of many owners who won’t be taking a risk on a new permit.
War of words heating up between Habs and Rangers
New York Rangers Derek Stepan (21) leaves the ice with a member of the Rangers staff after taking a hit from Montreal Canadiens forward Brandon Prust during Game 3 of the NHL Eastern Conference finals in New York on May 22, 2014.
Best pictures from May 23
A stuntman performs in a car at the "Well of Death" at an exhibition in Srinagar, India, Friday, May 23, 2014. In the Well of Death, stunt drivers on motorbikes and cars drive in circles around the vertical walls of the well-shaped construction.
Police make arrest in murder of Surrey, B.C., hockey mom
Mirtle: Headlines have faded, but St. Louis’s grace endures
Despite his mother’s death, Martin St. Louis keeps going, keeps producing.
Police make arrest in murder of B.C. hockey mom
Julie Paskall died on Dec. 31, 2013, outside a Newton hockey rink.
Niagara Falls Liberal candidate considering legal action over altered tweet
Twitter signage is draped on the facade of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2013 in New York.
Two self-guided walking tours to soak up the suds scene
Alexandra Gill
New Canucks GM isn’t a showman – he’s an architect
Jim Benning, new general manager of the Vancouver Canucks, smiles at a news conference in Vancouver, Friday May 23, 2014.
George Taylor Richardson: Business icon was Winnipeg royalty
George Taylor Richardson ran the family business for nearly three decades.
Koch brothers’ company files to develop oil sands project
Americans for Prosperity Foundation chairman David Koch.
Tory nomination postponed in Toronto-area riding, but gloves still off
Conservatve MP Eve Adams is pictured November 28, 2013 in Ottawa.
It’s not hard to love 11-year-old golf prodigy Lucy Li
Lucy Li hits from a sand trap on the 10th hole during the first round of the U.S. Women's Open golf tournament in Pinehurst, N.C., Thursday, June 19, 2014.
Two Quebec teens arrested after nearly 50 school buses vandalized
Three Calgary zoo female elephants arrive safely at new home in Washington, D.C.
Kamala, Swarna and Maharani are seen in this undated handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, Calgary Zoo
T.O. on Top: Jays kick off homestand in sole possession of first place
Toronto Blue Jays center fielder Anthony Gose (left) celebrates with left fielder Melky Cabrera (53) and right fielder Jose Bautista (19) after defeating the Boston Red Sox 7-2 at Fenway Park.
The wrong reasons to kill a merger
Eric Reguly
How to have a gold-medal winning streak? Be a team player
Janet Arnott is coach of the 2014 Canadian women’s Olympic curling team.
Bay Street rockers are takin’ care of business – and charities, too
Men in Suits band members, left to right, Don Tapscott, Trish Fonberg, Vince Mazza, Gerry Throop, Duke McKenzie, Jim Hardy and Stewart Borden are photographed outside Toronto’s El Mocambo.
Rob Ford’s Escalade seen near rehab facility prior to being seized by police
A Muskoka resident spotted Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s black Cadillac Escalade twice last weekend, both times late at night, and parked off of a secluded private road just a few hundred metres from where he is reportedly in rehab.
World’s largest asset manager rails against companies’ short-term thinking
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink: ‘We need executives in business to start focusing on what is right in the long run.’
Canadian officials to reconsider visa application for Ugandan gay rights activists
Ugandan anti-gay activist Pastor Martin Ssempa carries a national flag while leading a procession backing the signing of the anti-gay bill into law, in Uganda's capital Kampala March 31, 2014.
Contra guys: What you miss when you 'sell in May and go away'
Benj Gallander of the Contra Guys
The case against covered call ETFs
Rob Carrick
He is 77, she is 54. Can she retire at 60?
In euro-friendly Germany, the skeptics are a sideshow
Supporters of the Eurosceptic Alternative for Germany (AfD) party wear morph suits and wave flags during an event to rally support for Sunday's European Parliament elections at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin May 23, 2014.
Tobacco investors, your gains may well go up in smoke
A smoker puffs on an electronic cigarette in Halifax on Friday, Feb. 7, 2014.
The ‘scaredy cat’ portfolio approach to investing
Dale Roberts diversified his portfolio to include index funds and ETFs, successfully avoiding the stock-market crash of 2008
Canadian businesses accumulating ‘dead money’ faster than other G7 countries
Senior business man discussing project on laptop with staff.
Infographic: BlackRock's assets under management
Stephen Dubner and Steven Levitt teach us how to think like a freak
Steven Levitt, left, and Stephen Dubner have a new book: Think Like a Freak.
B.C. sends wildland firefighters, helicopter to fight Alaskan blazes
The Globe's stars and dogs for the week: Dick's Sporting Goods shares land in the rough
Little appetite from delegates to change name of B.C. Liberals
Liberal MLA Bill Bennett is seen in Victoria, B.C., Thursday March 14, 2013
Duhatschek: Ontarians make their mark in L.A.
Los Angeles Kings' Jake Muzzin (6) reacts after scoring a goal during the third period in Game 2 of the Western Conference finals Wednesday, May 21, 2014.
Toronto drivers feeling the construction crunch
With one westbound lane closed, traffic leaving downtown Toronto along the Gardiner Expressway is bumper to bumper on April 28, 2014.
Search for new head of TMX Group under way
After six years at the helm, Thomas Kloet, chief executive officer of TMX Group Inc., leaves his post Aug. 31, 2014.
How to birdwatch from thousands of kilometres away
Iris nesting in Missoula, Mont.
British regulators fine Barclays £26-million for gold price fix
Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority, FCA, fined Barclays £26-million, or $48-million, for failing to control a trader who managed influence the price of gold in June, 2012, generating a profit of $1.75-million (U.S.) for the bank
Carson Arthur's three must-have kitchen garden tools
Margaux Williamson: Meet the artist whose life has been the stuff of fiction
Margaux Williamson
The Fair Elections Act was fixed, but it’s still flawed
Minister of State (Democratic Reform)Pierre Poilievre responds to a question during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, April 28, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
DIY kitchen garden essentials: How to grow your own bountiful harvest
How to make the most out of your kitchen garden bounty
Canaccord’s Peter Brown retires
Canaccord Capital’s Peter Brown is retiring from the brokerage he founded in the late 1960s
Infographic: Amazon.com's financials
Woman, 63, charged with theft of charity donation box
Surveillance video shows woman stealing a charity donation box at a Hero Certified Burgers in Richmond Hill, Ont.
Former MacKay staffer exits ACOA job after ‘tainted’ hiring process
Charity donation box stolen at restaurant
Harness the power of reinvested dividends
Dividend reinvestment plans have helped many readers achieve gratifying portfolio results.
Fifty-five African tree planters awarded $600,000 for discrimination in B.C. camp
Moka Balikama makes a phone call outside the human-rights tribunal in Vancouver on Oct. 2, 2013, before a hearing looking into the mistreatment of him and others.
Nurse pleads guilty to selling steroids to soldiers at CFB Edmonton
Investing based on new political leadership is a risky bet
David Berman
Canadian 'Leafy Greens Cookbook,' book about beer come out on top at World Awards
Susan Sampson's "The Complete Leafy Greens Cookbook" cover is shown. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO
Olivia Chow: The NDPer in pinstripes?
Marcus Gee
Canadian designers Rad Hourani and Steven Tai short-listed for one of fashion’s top prizes
Models pose for the Rad Hourani show at Toronto Fashion Week on Friday March 16, 2012.
B.C. rights tribunal awards $600,000 to tree planters who faced discrimination
Bullish on packaging giant Crown Holdings
Do you believe in ghosts and magic? This island is cloaked in legend
The sculpture at Dataran Helang, also known as Eagle Square, greets visitors who arrive by ferry.
Finning CEO buying more of company’s shares
Scott Thomson, CEO of Finning, the international dealer of Caterpillar equipment, acquired 15,500 shares in the public market.
Don’t wait too long to pick up these books of speculative fiction
Something More Than Night by Ian Tregillis
Michael Cunningham’s The Snow Queen and the varieties of religious experience
Cunningham’s skilful dissection of the everyday leads us into deeper questions.
Alliance Pipeline overhauls services to respond to changing gas market
GreeneStone rehab clinic confirms Rob Ford is undergoing treatment
The black Cadillac Escalade owned by Toronto Mayor Rob Ford sits in the impound lot at Northland Towing & Recovery in Gravenhurst, Ont., May 22, 2014. An Ontario Provincial Police statement said that 36-year-old Lee Anne McRobb of Muskoka Lakes Township is facing charges of impaired driving and driving with more than 80 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood after Bracebridge officers stopped her in a black Cadillac Escalade. (J.P. Moczulski for The Globe and Mail)
El Nino: Nadia Bozak’s second novel leaves the Ontario backwoods for the American southwest
Nadia Bozak
Five things to do in Toronto this weekend: May 23 to 25
Scott McFarland, Toronto-based photo conceptualist, poses at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto on Monday, May 12, 2014.
Author Shani Mootoo on struggling with the classics: ‘You don’t have to read it’
Author Shani Mootoo
John Otway: ‘Success or failure is relative’
British musician John Otway is known for his odd promotional stunts.
Ten music events in Toronto this week: May 23 to May 29
Chilly Gonzales (a.k.a. Jason Beck) at home in Paris.
Committee report favours LRT over high-speed rail between Edmonton and Calgary
Canucks officially introduce new general manager Jim Benning
Jim Benning, new general manager of the Vancouver Canucks, looks on as president of hockey operations Trevor Linden speaks at a news conference in Vancouver, Friday May 23, 2014.
Can this man coax Canada’s reluctant exporters to diversify?
Export Development Canada chief Benoit Daignault
Watch Delphi Energy for a trend reversal
Why they do it: It’s not just about the money. Crunching numbers, analyzing industries and making decisions to help investors is both interesting and exciting work, says Mr. Jarvis. “Many love it and stay in the business for a long time.”
Ontario reality check: Are Hudak’s energy plans realistic?
Ontario Progressive Conservative leader Tim Hudak says a million people are out of work in the province.
The Lobster Kings mingles magic and mystery
Author Alexi Zentner
Clearwater Seafoods Inc. six-month chart
Calendar: What investors need to know for the week ahead
Calendar
Clearwater Seafoods Inc. three-year chart
Ukraine unrest drives brothers to different sides of Europe's new Cold War
Crimes Against My Brother: A powerful work that issues a call to spiritual brotherhood
Writer David Adams Richards Richards’s skill is in making the political personal.
Does Tim Hudak’s million-jobless claim measure up?
David Parkinson
How a group home in the neighbourhood can make almost everyone happy
Toronto councillor Doug Ford, who was widely criticized for saying that a group home for developmentally disabled youth had ‘ruined’ an Etobicoke neighbourhood.
Jimmy Choo co-founder Tamara Mellon seeks to shake up style world with solo brand
Rangers’ Carcillo suspended 10 games for abusing official
New York Rangers left wing Daniel Carcillo
Colm Feore has done his homework to play King Lear
Kelly Nestruck
Party photos of the week: Candid
Ryan Emberley and Tara Noelle at their photo exhibit CANDID at The Spoke Club, Wednesday May 21st, 2014.
New strategies to recruit women pay dividends
Luxmi Jeyavel, left, and Jennifer MacPherson are MBA students at Queen’s. Ms. Jeyavel signed on after attending personal information sessions with admissions staff while Ms. MacPherson took advantage of a scholarship.
Geoff Dyer’s Another Great Day At Sea: An awkward exercise in narcissism
Vancouver Canucks officially introduce Jim Benning as team's new general manager
Government subsidies for business are ‘wrong,’ Hudak says
Ontario Progressive Conservative leader Tim Hudak speaks to the London Chamber of Commerce at a lunchtime meeting in London, Ontario, Friday, May 23, 2014.
Twelve stories that help explain the crisis in Ukraine
A Ukrainian woman stands beside masked pro-Russian militiamen who are gathreing in front of the house of Rinat Akhmetov in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk May 25.
Jazz sax man Marsalis on ‘toxic’ collaborations
Branford Marsalis
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