Skip to main content
Main2014

August 25

Leonardo DiCaprio nominates Prime Minister Stephen Harper to do ice bucket
Actor Leonardo DiCaprio speaks at the second day of the State Department's 'Our Ocean' conference at the State Department in Washington, Tuesday, June 17, 2014. Actor Leonardo DiCaprio has nominated Prime Minister Stephen Harper to do the ice bucket challenge. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ AP, Cliff Owen
Asian stocks lacklustre as Yellen speech reverberates, US economic data awaited
Slumping Jays fall to Sox in series opener
Toronto Blue Jays' Danny Valencia tags out Boston Red Sox Christian Vazquez out at third base trying to advance from second on a Dustin Pedroia fly ball during third inning AL baseball game action in Toronto on Monday, August 25, 2014.
Cranston, Margulies, Breaking Bad share top honours at Emmys
Julianna Margulies poses backstage with her award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for the CBS series "The Good Wife" at the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, California August 25, 2014.
'Breaking Bad' wins Emmy as best drama series
"Modern Family" wins Emmy as best comedy series
Gail Mancuso accepts the award for outstanding directing for a comedy series for her work on “Modern Family” at the 66th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on Monday, Aug. 25, 2014, in Los Angeles. Looking on from left are Justin Mikita, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Julie Bowen. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
Billy Crystal pays tribute to Robin Williams at Emmy Awards
FILE - In this Feb. 28, 2004 file photo, Oscar host Billy Crystal, center, and presenter Robin Williams, right, joke around after a writers' meeting for the 76th annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles. Crystal will honor Williams as part of the traditional “In Memoriam” segment at the Emmy Awards for industry members who died during the past year. Williams was found dead by suicide in his Northern California home Aug. 11. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, File)
Vancouver-raised scribe wins Emmy for beloved 'Breaking Bad' episode
Bryan Cranston wins Emmy as best actor in drama
This photo released by AMC shows Bryan Cranston as Walter White in "Breaking Bad," season 5. The TV show has 16 nominations for the 2014 Emmy Awards. The 66th Primetime Emmy Awards are held on Monday, August 25, 2014, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/AMC, Ursula Coyote)
Julianna Margulies wins Emmy as best actress in drama series
Julianna Margulies arrives at the 66th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on Monday, Aug. 25, 2014, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
Rare heavy rains, muddy playa forces temporarily closure of Burning Man
Artist Christina Minor paints on one of the panels around center camp at Burning Man in the Black Rock Desert in Gerlach, Nev. on Aug. 24, 2014, a day before the event opens to ticket holders. (AP Photo/Reno Gazette-Journal, Andy Barron) NO SALES; NEVADA APPEAL OUT; SOUTH RENO WEEKLY OUT
Infographic: Locating Ukraine's latest hot spots
New approach allows Vancouver TED event to step out of comfort zone
Victor ChanThe Dalai Lama is in Vancouver to inaugurate the Dalai Lama Center for Peace and Education and lead a series of dialogues on the topics of peace, compassion and happiness seen here at Vancouver City Hall September 7, 2006 with Victor Chan(right) . Rafal Gerszak/Globe and Mail wide-ranging concept that TEDxVancouver president Jordan Kallman describes as the moment one steps out of his or her comfort zone.
Stem-cell transplant eases symptoms of rare ‘stiff person syndrome’: study
Tina Ceroni is seen in this undated handout photo. Canadian doctors have begun using stem cell transplants to treat "stiff person syndrome," a rare neurological condition in which a patient's leg and other muscles suddenly contract painfully, often leaving them immobilized like a tin soldier.
Man convicted in Alberta RCMP deaths gets more outings
Shawn Hennessey and his wife Christine arrive at the courthouse in Stony Plain, Alberta to hear whether the judge would allow his trial to go ahead on Friday June 6, 2008. Mr. Hennessey and his brother-in-law, Dennis Cheeseman, pleaded guilty to manslaughter for giving James Roszko a rifle and a ride to Mr. Roszko’s farm near Mayerthorpe in 2005. Mr. Roszko ambushed and killed the officers before he was shot and wounded, then killed himself.
Kelly: Eugenie Bouchard and the perils of playing 'nice'
Cathal Kelly
Calgary-shot drama 'Fargo' wins Emmy Award for best miniseries
This photo released by FX Networks shows Billy Bob Thornton as Lorne Malvo in "Fargo," season one. The TV series has 18 nominations and one win for the 2014 Emmy Awards. The 66th Primetime Emmy Awards are on Monday, August 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Matthias Clamer/FX)
Warren Buffett to help finance Burger King and Tim Hortons merger
Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of US holding company Berkshire Hathaway, addresses a press conference.
Senator urged to apologize after involvement with former staffer
Conservative Sen. Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu waits for the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs committee to begin on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Wednesday Feb.1, 2012.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus wins Emmy as best actress in comedy series
Actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus from the HBO sitcom "Veep" arrives at the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, California August 25, 2014.
As New Brunswick election looms, party leaders face off over job plans
Brian Gallant, New Brunswick Liberal leader, heads to his campaign bus in Dieppe, N.B. onThursday, August 21, 2014. The provincial election is September 22.
Isolation, cancelled flights hamper Ebola efforts in Africa
People wait for Liberian security forces to allow them to deliver foodstuff to friends and family members in the West Point area that has been hardest hit by the Ebola virus spreading in Monrovia, Liberia, Monday, Aug. 25, 2014.
Toronto based researcher works to preserve ancient Syriac inscriptions
Amir Harrak, professor of Syriac and Aramaic languages at the University of Toronto, poses for a photo in Toronto on Aug. 8, 2014. Mr. Harrak has been working to preserve rare inscriptions written in the ancient language of Syriac and the university has the world’s largest photograph collection of Syriac inscriptions from Iraq.
In pictures: Syriac inscriptions from Iraq
An image of the façade of the Mar Behnam Catholic monastery in Iraq is seen here. U of T’s Canadian Centre for Epigraphic Documents is home to the largest photo collection of Syriac inscriptions from Iraq.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus wins Emmy as best actress in comedy series
Julia Louis-Dreyfus arrives at the 66th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on Monday, Aug. 25, 2014, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
West Nile Virus confirmed in two B.C. horses
A Culex quinquefasciatus mosquito is shown on a human finger in this undated handout photograph from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The Culex quinquefasciatus mosquito has been proven to be a vector associated with transmission of the West Nile virus, according to the CDC.
Clothes from riverbank are Tina Fontaine’s, family believes
A memorial to 15 year old Tina Fontaine sits on the Alexander Docks along the Red river from which her body, in a bag, was recovered Sunday in Winnipeg Manitoba, August 19, 2014.
Correction: Emmys-List story
Allison Janney arrives at the 66th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on Monday, Aug. 25, 2014, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Jim Parsons wins Emmy as best actor in comedy series
In pictures: Stars light up the Emmy Awards
Actress Lea DeLaria from the Netflix sitcom "Orange is the New Black" arrives at the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, August 25, 2014.
Calgary shooting victim was an innocent bystander, police say
Police tape marks a crime scene in this file photo.
Rogers, Shaw poised to launch Netflix-like video streaming service
A man speaks on his cell phone in front of a Rogers Communications Inc sign
SHOW BITS: A last hurrah for 'Breaking Bad'
Tony Hale, from left, Jon Hamm and Jennifer Westfeldt arrive at the 66th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on Monday, Aug. 25, 2014, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Alberta Tory MLA Thomas Lukaszuk apologizes for $20,000 phone bill
PC Alberta leadership candidate Thomas Lukaszuk speaks during the Alberta Progressive Conservative leadership forum in Edmonton, Alberta on Thursday Aug. 21, 2014. Mr. Lukaszuk apologized Monday for ringing up more than $20,000 in international data roaming charges on one trip, but questioned why the two-year-old information was leaked to the Edmonton Sun newspaper less than two weeks before Tory party members vote for a new leader and premier.
Nunavut prison still squalid, drug-ridden a year after watchdog’s report
Images from Iqaluit, Nunavut on November 6, 2010. The Baffin Correctional Centre is over crowded and in need of repair. Even the floor of the gymnasium is used to house men. An inmate gestures as he points out some of the issues in one of the men's bathroom areas.
Identity crisis shouldn’t pull Tim Hortons too far from home
Tara Perkins
Raonic edges Taro in first round at U.S. Open
Milos Raonic, of Canada, serves to Taro Daniel, of Japan, during the opening round of the U.S. Open tennis tournament Monday, Aug. 25, 2014, in New York.
Police chiefs take no position on inquiry into murdered and missing women
Vancouver Police Chief and president of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police Jim Chu is seen at a news conference in Vancouver, B.C., on Tuesday December 18, 2012. Hundreds of the nation’s top police officers gathered Monday for the start of their annual general meeting in Victoria, where Chu said the association’s policing with aboriginal people committee had already met for a couple of days to discuss the issue.
The best images from August 25
Michael Brown Senior, father of Michael Brown the unarmed teenager who was shot to death, breaks down during his son's burial in St. Louis, Missouri.
A double-double team-up? How Burger King and Tim Hortons stack up
Female golf phenoms find spotlight before male counterparts
Brooke Henderson, a 16-year-old from Smiths Falls, Ont., recently finished second at the U.S. Amateur Championship.
Time to trim back on your winners? Here are 25 top outperformers
Judge tosses out California's 10-day waiting period for gun buyers who already own firearms
Food and taxes: How a Canadian address can boost Burger King’s bottom line
Burger King is in talks to buy Tim Hortons, in hopes of creating a Canadian holding company, bound by Canadian “territorial” tax laws and rates which are generally lower than in the U.S.
Former Manitoba chief says federal audit of his expenses is not fair
Murray Clearsky on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, January 18, 2013.
Industry experts question the safety of wired glass used in schools
Glass panels in doors are seen at Harbord Collegiate Institute in Toronto, Ontario, Thursday, August 14, 2014.
Graphic: Burger King vs. Tim Hortons
Pipeline allocation spat highlights concerns over oil export constraints
Pumpjacks at work pumping crude oil near Halkirk, Alberta. Pipeline snarls remain a key concern among the largest producers in Alberta’s oil patch, even as the sharp increase in rail capacity and concerted efforts to expand current export outlets has narrowed the discount on Canadian heavy crude.
Forcing employees to overcome their weaknesses is a waste of time
The End of the Performance Review: A New Approach to Appraising Employee Performance by Tim Baker.
Three top stock picks from GlobeInvest’s Peter Brieger
Peter Brieger.
Why leaders should learn to channel their inner introverts
Rapper Young Jeezy among 6 arrested on suspicion of illegal firearms possession during probe
In sea of gowns, Robin Wright went with a jumpsuit; other highs and lows in Emmys fashion
Host Seth Meyers, left, and Alexi Ashe arrive at the 66th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on Monday, Aug. 25, 2014, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
ROTATING SOFIA: WHAT DID YOU THINK?
Eric Stonestreet arrives at the 66th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on Monday, Aug. 25, 2014, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
From bushel to bread: Harvest will come early this year
Jay Schultz checks his wheat crop to see when it's ready to harvest on his farm near Standard, Alberta, August 23, 2014.
Burger King owner 3G Capital embraces frugal reputation
A cup of Tim Hortons coffee is pictured Burger King Whopper at a Burger King restaurant in Toronto on Monday August 25, 2014. Burger King are in talks to take over Tim Hortons in a deal which would create the world's third largest quick service restaurant chain, though the two food outlets would remain as stand alones
Tim Hortons deal may help Burger King lower tax bill on non-U.S. operations
Alberta RCMP investigate theft of cans of Silly String from The Dollar Store
Canada’s strategic assets: doughnuts deeper than potash
A Burger King sign and a Tim Hortons sign are displayed on St. Laurent Boulevard in Ottawa on Monday, August 25, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Blood, soil, birth tourism and anchor babies
An Ontario birth certificate
Settlement at Nanaimo sawmill may result in windfall for mass-shooting suspect
The Western Forest Products mill in Nanaimo, B.C., on April 30, 2014.
Box office top 20: 'Guardians of the Galaxy' retakes top spot with $17.2 million
Stem-cell transplant eases symptoms of rare 'stiff person syndrome': study
Tina Ceroni is seen in this undated handout photo. Canadian doctors have begun using stem cell transplants to treat "stiff person syndrome," a rare neurological condition in which a patient's leg and other muscles suddenly contract painfully, often leaving them immobilized like a tin soldier. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ HO, Ottawa Hospital Foundation
Business Highlights
The Brazilian influence behind 3G’s Tim Hortons deal
A cup of Tim Hortons coffee is poured in Toronto on May 14 2010. Burger King is in talks to buy Tim Hortons Inc. (TSX: THI) and form a new publicly listed company that would be based in Canada.
Why value investors avoid stocks with high multiples
George Athanassakos
Most actively traded companies on the TSX
Taseko aims to prove in court that federal government wrong to reject B.C. mine
Growing fractures threaten a fragile euro zone
Dave Morris
The close: TSX at record high, S&P 500 loses grip on 2,000
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange August 25, 2014.
A United jet was diverted after a passenger used gadget to prohibit another from reclining
Ex-mill worker in B.C. accused in fatal shooting may get severance
Jays slugger Jose Bautista unrepentant, said he did nothing to deserve ejection
Toronto Blue Jays manager John Gibbons, centre, talks to home plate umpire Bill Welke after ejecting Jose Bautista, left, during sixth inning American League baseball action against the Tampa Bay Rays in Toronto on Sunday, August 24, 2014.
How the Dow Jones industrial average and other major indexes did Monday
Why I’m hanging on to Sierra Wireless despite its runup
Chris Umiastowski
Buffett-inspired portfolio likes this payment processing company
Consumer credit cards are shown in North Andover, Mass., Match 5, 2012.
As protein demand soars, bulk up on agriculture investments
Pigs are pictured on a farm in Vullierens, 40 km (25 mi) east of Geneva, April 27, 2009. Chinese meat consumption has shown monumental growth in the past 30 years and Indian demand for poultry is projected to increase in similarly exponential fashion.
3G Capital, the latest private equity darling
Burger King Corp.’s then-CEO Bernardo Hees, center, smiles as as he talks with trader Eugene Mauro, right, after his company's stock began trading on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday, June 20, 2012.
Stampeders rally around Joe West after murder of his brother
Calgary Stampeders' Joe West celebrates his touchdown against the BC Lions' during the first half of their CFL football game in Calgary, Alberta June 28, 2013.
Fired Health Ministry employee settles with province of B.C.
Amazon hopes to become ESPN of video games in purchase of streaming platform Twitch for $970M
Calgary Stampeders rally around receiver Joe West after murder of his brother
A look at strong earthquake's impact to Northern California wine country
Skateboarder Bayley Lorenzen, 12, launches himself off buckled pavement in Napa, Calif., following an earthquake Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014. Officials in the city of Napa say 15 to 16 buildings are no longer inhabitable after Sunday's magnitude-6.0 earthquake, and there is only limited access to numerous other structures. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Why your teen likely needs more sleep – and how you can help
Tiger-Cats owner promises stadium will be ready for Labour Day Classic
Toronto Argonauts defensive lineman Ivan Brown tackles Hamilton Tiger-Cats running back C.J. Gable during first half CFL action in Toronto on Friday October 4, 2013.
Standard & Poor's 500 hits 2,000 points for the first time, then edges back; Burger King soars
Ronaldo’s long strike seals Real Madrid’s win over Cordoba
Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates after scoring a goal against Cordoba during their Spanish first division soccer match at Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid August 25, 2014.
Police: Explosion that killed 2 at southwest Illinois recycling plant caused by mortar round
Emergency personnel gather outside Totall Metal Recycling in Granite City, Ill., Monday morning, Aug. 25, 2014, following an explosion at the recycling plant. Police say two people are dead and more are injured after an explosion. Officials fear more explosions, perhaps from live ammunition rounds. (AP Photo/Belleville News-Democrat, Derik Holtmann)
Explainer: What is tax inversion and what does it have to do with doughnuts?
While doughnuts are an important category for Tim Hortons, sales have been relatively flat in recent years. The company has been looking for ways to boost their profile.
Widow of Dr. Donald Low fights for 'right to die with dignity'
Places of higher learning expand up, not out
Signature curved roofline made from pine-beetle-killed wood at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops.
How to fight campus sprawl? Build up
Exterior of the Old Main building at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops with its glass elevator tower at the north entrance.
Basement Jaxx say experimentation may have hurt sales, but they regret nothing
Felix Buxton, left, and Simon Ratcliffe, of the electronic music duo of Basement Jaxx pose in this undated handout photo. Basement Jaxx aren't usually associated with restful breathers. But the high-energy British electronic dance innovators have in fact been dormant the past five years, the longest break between recordings of their long career. Over that five-year span, the pair watched from the sidelines as EDM exploded -- and as longtime friends and cohorts in the chrome-plated pair Daft Punk mined platinum records and Grammy gold. But as they issue new album "Junto," they're not worried that they missed out. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - Sony Music Entertainment Canada, Andrew Whitton
US Treasury bill rates unchanged for both 3-month and 6-month bills at weekly auction
Is 'Brill Bruisers' the New Pornographers' best record? Carl Newman thinks so
New Pornographers band members A.C. Newman, left, and Kathryn Calder pose in Toronto on Thursday, August 7, 2014. Everything about the New Pornographers' new album, "Brill Bruisers," from the playfully Dayglo cover to the sparkly, maximalist power-pop cupcakes contained therein, seems designed to seize your attention. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
Fired B.C. government employee says he's relieved his name has been cleared
Mozilla offers $33 smartphone in bid to capture Indian market
A man uses a smartphone as he walks through Connaught Place in New Delhi, India
S&P 500 hits record high for all the wrong reasons
FILE - In this Aug. 7, 2014 file photo Head of the European Central Bank, ECB, Mario Draghi attends a news conference in Frankfurt, Germany. Italy is standing out as the European economy’s problem child. Other countries that used to dominate negative headlines _ Spain, Greece, Ireland, Portugal _ are slowly healing from the debt crisis that ravaged the currency union in 2009-2012. That set off a scolding for Italy from Draghi, a former civil servant at the Italian Treasury and Bank of Italy head with deep knowledge of the country’s economy and political scene. (AP Photo/dpa, Boris Roessler)
Q&A: Dividend stocks that are still good buys in an aging bull market
Want to enjoy the beauty of Tofino without blowing the budget? Here’s how
Chesterman Beach – 2.7-kilometres of white sand – is home to the luxe Wickaninnish Inn.
Prev
123
Next