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Why run-flat tires are attractive to auto makers, but not consumers
Flat tire, for illustrative purposes.
Retire in Chatham-Kent and don’t break the bank
The Chatham-Kent municipality nestles between Lake St. Clair and Lake Erie, about 300 kilometres southwest of Toronto.
How I learned to drive at age 12 on a police car
1965 Plymouth Fury police car
Six maxims for structuring a legally sound startup
Starting a business is challenging. But a few simple maxims can help any startup set down legally sound foundations to help it thrive.
Quebec entrepreneurs drive ‘social industrial revolution’
Alexandre Leclerc and Antoine Bisson founded Poka, a social platform for manufacturers to train staff using videos and other interactive content to be shared in real time through an iPad app. Poka claims its technology is helping to drive “the social industrial revolution.”
Review: 2015 Lexus RC 350 lacks options compared to competition
Five ways the slowing economy can affect the coming election campaign
(L-R) Thomas Mulcair, Justin Trudeau and Stephen Harper
Bike without a seat puts B.C. entrepreneurs in gear
The winners and losers of the oil price war
Peter Tertzakian
Canada leads in the race to create Quantum Valley
The Institute of Quantum Computing at the University of Waterloo.
Falling oil price putting pressure on the Canadian prosperity model
Clément Gignac
Canada’s arms deal with Saudi Arabia shrouded in secrecy
Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird is pictured during his meeting with Egypt’s foreign minister in Cairo Jan. 15, 2015. Mr. Baird’s department has made a get-together between him and Turki al-Faisal, a leading member of the Saudi royal family, a “Priority A” goal for his visit to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, this week, documents obtained by The Globe and Mail show.
Unstable dollar magnifies gains – and losses
Shaun Dookhoo, an investor in Milton, Ont., began converting most of his investment funds into U.S. dollars several years ago, and he continues to do so today, even with the Canadian dollar in the mid-80-cent range.
Saudi Arabia’s free-speech crackdown linked to war on terror and critical support of clerics
FILE - In this Saturday, March 29, 2014 file photo, Aziza Yousef drives a car on a highway in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, as part of a campaign to defy Saudi Arabia's ban on women driving. Single Saudi women stand at the center of a societal pivot.
France issues first charges against four in relation to Paris terror attacks
French police officers stand guard outside Paris' main mosque on January 9, 2015 in Paris, as faithfuls enter for the Friday prayer, two days after an Islamist attack on French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo by armed gunmen in which 12 died and 11 were injured, in the deadliest attack in France in half a century.
Canadians are ‘passionate’ about our résumés
Nigerian massacre was ‘just the beginning,’ Boko Haram’s leader vows
Women who have fled violence in Nigeria queue for food at a refugee welcoming center in Ngouboua, Chad, January 19, 2015.
Deadly attacks on journalists in Afghanistan rise, threatening free press
In this Saturday, Jan. 17, 2015 photo, Afghan journalist Hussain Sirat, 33, an editor at Afghanistans biggest daily newspaper, 8AM, who also works for Deutsche Welle speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Kabul, Afghanistan.
The good, the bad and the ugly for the NDP
Jeffrey Simpson
Jan. 21: Stacked-up wealth – and other letters to the editor
The ratio between the world’s 80 richest people and 3.5 billion poorest ‘is the same as the one between the thickness of a sheet of paper and eight CN Towers, stacked top to bottom.’
Presto system coming to all TTC streetcars this year
Streetcar riders will be able to use Presto on Toronto’s existing fleet this year, instead of waiting for the new ones gradually to arrive, as part of an accelerated rollout of the fare-card system across the city’s transit agency.
Victims’ rights can’t be ignored at Colombia peace talks
Handout picture released by the Colombian Defence's Ministry press office showing troops boarding an helicopter on Nov. 19, 2014. The Colombian Army has mounted a massive search for a general captured by FARC guerrillas, a kidnapping that has derailed peace talks just as they marked their two-year anniversary.
Even Harper wants Quebec
Lysiane Gagnon
Shanghai fires four officials over New Year’s Eve stampede that killed 36
In this Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015 file photo, a man prays after laying flowers at the site of a New Years Eve deadly stampede in Shanghai, China. Shanghai sacked four top district officials for insufficient preparation and response to the stampede that killed 36 people, the city government announced Wednesday, Jan. 21. 2015.
Japan ‘fighting against time’ to seek release of hostages held by Islamic State
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe inspects honor guards at the Palestinian Authority headquarters, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015.
Growing number of single Saudi women challenge conservative society on love, marriage and work
FILE - In this Aug. 3, 2008 file photo, a Saudi woman checks a wedding dress at a shop in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Under Saudi Arabia’s Wahhabi interpretation of Islam, the sexes are strictly segregated, making it harder for young people to meet. Morality police keep women and men apart in restaurants, malls and public spaces, and schools and most universities are segregated. The increase in single women has alarmed the country’s clerics, who have responded by pushing for early marriage and preaching on the evil consequences of “spinsterhood,” such as sex outside wedlock. (AP Photo, File)
Palestinian who stabbed 11 on Tel Aviv bus 'had murder in his eyes'
An injured man sits as he is treated by paramedics at the scene of a stabbing in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015.
Brazilian mourn star surfer killed by off-duty policeman
Brazil's Ricardo Dos Santos competes during his round one heat at the Billabong Pro Tahiti in French Polynesia on Aug. 26, 2012.
WHL Roundup: Kohl Bauml scores twice to lead No. 10 Silvertips over Cougars
Microsoft promises Windows 10 will be familiar on all devices, even holographic headsets
FILE - This July 3, 2014 file photo shows Microsoft Corp. signage outside the Microsoft Visitor Center in Redmond, Wash. On Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2015, Microsoft will talk about how its upcoming Windows 10 operating system will be consistent across various devices, yet familiar to those who have used past systems on PCs, as the company addresses lackluster reception for the current Windows 8. (AP Photo Ted S. Warren, File)
James Taylor, Paul Simon perform at cancer benefit for late jazz saxophonist Michael Brecker
James Taylor performs at the Nearness of You concert at Frederick P. Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015, in New York. (Photo by Scott Roth/Invision/AP)
Man dead after driving into disabled truck on Highway 400
Regina construction company fined after worker hurt touching live power line
Toyota remains top automaker in global sales at 10.23 million vehicles, beating Volkswagen, GM
Head-on crash in Innisfil, Ont., leaves one dead, 4 injured
United Airlines cancels twice-daily flights to Denver from Saskatchewan
Japan central bank sees growth rebounding from contraction in coming year, raises forecast
Saskatchewan elementary teacher on trial for luring former student
15 years after outcry, major TV networks make uneven progress toward ethnic diversity
In this image released by Fox, Melissa Fumero, left, and Stephanie Beatriz appear in a scene from the comedy series, "Brooklyn Nine-Nine." Beatriz worked extensively in theater and enjoyed the freedom of appearing in a range of “colorblind” stage roles as well as playing specifically Latina characters. (AP Photo/Fox, John Fleenor)
January 21: Your daily horoscope
Aquarius
A ‘thinking person’s fashion icon’? Don’t insult my intelligence
Nathalie Atkinson
Iowa Sen. Ernst vows new GOP-led Congress will focus on Americans' concerns
Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa rehearses her remarks for the Republican response to President Obama’s State of the Union address, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Measles outbreak traced to Disney theme parks in California includes 5 employees
Report: Man fatally shot by police was hometown friend of actor Wahlberg, had bit movie parts
Trudeau blasts Harper’s economic management, says Liberals more fiscally prudent
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau greets supporters at a Liberal Party rally after today's National Winter Caucus meetings, Tuesday January 20, 2015 in London, Ontario.
Text of GOP response to State of the Union address
Oilers rally for shootout win over Capitals
Edmonton Oilers right wing Teddy Purcell (16) and Washington Capitals defenseman Karl Alzner (27) battle for the puck in the second period at Verizon Center. The Oilers won 5-4 in a shootout.
Gordon: Carey Price deserves Hart considerations, too
Sean Gordon
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