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Sundance Watch: 'Me and Earl and the Dying Girl' becomes fest's breakout hit
Connie Britton, a cast member in "Me and Earl and the Dying Girl," works the press line at the premiere of the film at the Eccles Theatre during the 2015 Sundance Film Festival on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015, in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
‘Short Canadian banks’ idea is starting to pay off
The corner of Bay Street and Adelaide streets in the heart of Toronto’s financial district.
Serial robber took 8 banks in 8 weeks across Western Canada: police
Police are asking for the public's help in identifying a man, shown in an RCMP handout photo, they say is responsible for eight bank robberies over eight weeks across B.C., Alberta and Saskatchewan. Each of the robberies involved a weapon or the threat of a weapon but no employees or customers were physically injured.THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-RCMP
Tim Hortons lays off unspecified number of staff at its headquarters
Cups of coffee sit on a counter in a Tim Hortons outlet in Oakville, Ont. on Monday September 16, 2013. Tim Hortons is laying off an unspecified number of employees at its headquarters in a reorganization of its operations. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
The best images from around the world for Jan. 27
Banks’ prime-rate cut falls short of BoC in a bid to protect profits
Bank towers are seen in the financial district in Toronto, January 28, 2013. Canada’s big banks reduced their prime lending rates in the wake of the Bank of Canada’s unexpected move last week, but stopped short of matching the central bank’s quarter-percentage-point cut in a bid to protect profits.
Shot B.C. Mountie has endured surgeries, complications, but is recovering: wife
Images from media day at Super Bowl XLIX
Seattle Seahawks' Russell Wilson laughs after being handed some briefs during media day for NFL Super Bowl XLIX football game Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015, in Phoenix.
Mr. Incredible and Batgirl have a dispute
Cliffs Natural Resources' Bloom Lake mine files for creditor protection
Body of missing 20-year-old student found in the Scugog River near Lindsay, Ont.
"I don't like" balanced budget law: Manitoba NDP leadership candidate
House GOP plans vote to authorize litigation to block Obama executive action on immigration
House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of La., right, and Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, left, rush through a basement corridor to a House Republican Conference on Capitol ill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015. At a news conference later, House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, acknowledged that there have been "a couple of stumbles" in the opening weeks of the new Republican-run Congress. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Eurobank’s Greek problem felt all the way to Toronto
Eurobank CEO Christos Megalou, pictured in Athens Jan. 27, 2015, doesn’t expect a renewed banking crisis following the election of Syriza.
Gov't: 9.5 million already signed up for 2015 coverage under Obama's health law
FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2014 file photo, the HealthCare.gov website, where people can buy health insurance, on a laptop screen, is seen in Portland, Ore. Some 9.5 million people have already signed up for 2015 coverage under President Barack Obama's health care law, and the administration is on track to surpass its nationwide enrollment target set last year. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, File)
Kevin Spacey skips award shows to watch Arab actors perform a play on region's hope, despair
In this Jan. 25, 2015 photo made available by Emirates News Agency, WAM, Sheik Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Ruler of Sharjah, right, meets with by Kevin Spacey in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Kevin Spacey skipped the SAG awards to watch 34 young aspiring actors from across the Arab world perform a play as part of his foundation’s Home Grown initiative supporting local talent. After two weeks of intensive training, the actors performed a play set in a fictional refugee camp where issues of poverty, corruption, love and hope were acted out on a theater before an intimate gathering that included Al Qasimi. The cast, all 25 years-old or younger, hail from war-torn Syria, Egypt, Yemen, Lebanon and across the Arab world, and for many it was the first time they had ever left their home countries or been given support to hone their craft. (AP Photo/WAM)
The growing influence of 2014's top ten brands
File- In this June 5, 2014 file photo, a man walks past a Google sign at the company's headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. Google is one of the major U.S. corporations researching the power of color in the working world, in everything from workspaces to marketing and branding. Meghan Casserly, spokeswoman for the organization built around the popular search engine, says Google has already found a clear link between color and satisfaction with a person's work area," which in turn can boost employee creativity and productivity.(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)
Snapchat to show content from big media brands through new 'Discover' feature
Smith edges Wallingham in first tiebreaker at junior curling championships
Online gambling company in talks for $1-billion acquisition
As dealmaking increases, the online gambling sector is heating up.
Snow stories: A look at some experiences with Tuesday's storm in the Maritimes
A list of the top 20 prime-time programs in the Nielsen ratings for Jan. 19-25
Albertsons and Safeway says FTC clears their $7.64B combination
Mobilicity says it has funding to participate in Ottawa's spectrum auction
Yes, #facebookdown was funny. But a Facebook outage is truly serious business
A smartphone user shows the Facebook application on his phone in the central Bosnian town of Zenica, May 2, 2013.
Two baked pastas that will take comfort food to the next level
With five cheeses, chilies and sausage, this baked rigatoni can be ready in an hour.
Rigatoni with ricotta and sausage
With five cheeses, chilies and sausage, this baked rigatoni can be ready in an hour.
Baked penne with mixed vegetables
For hit-starved Fox, 'Empire' proving to be a timely success
Five things to watch for in Apple's results
Customers wait outside the Apple store to buy the new iPhone 6 at the Eaton Centre in Toronto on Sept. 19, 2014.
A look back at Martin Brodeur's career
New Jersey Devils goalie Martin Brodeur
Police charge two men in connection with Nova Scotia stabbing
In lean times, European opera houses find ways to flourish
Greek soprano Antonia Kalogirou, seen here in 2013, performs during an open concert in Athens.
Homemade liqueurs offer huge payoff with very little investment
To make a homemade liqueur, all you need is a store-bought base, such as vodka, and some flavour to infuse it with, such as caramel.
John Doyle: The Americans is back and brooding on the recent past
John Doyle
AGF-led consortium wins Porter’s Billy Bishop air terminal
Toronto island airport/
Porter says terminal sale will help it with expansion plans to more destinations
Porter employees position a model of a CS100 airplane at a news conference in Toronto on Wednesday April 10, 2013. Porter Aviation Holdings Inc. has signed a deal to sell its passenger terminal at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport to Nieuport Aviation Infrastructure Partners GP, a consortium of infrastructure investors. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
I’ve exposed my faults in three memoirs, so why am I bothered by one little phrase in a review?
Mental visualization helps surgical residents hone skills for tricky operation
Dr. Teodor Grantcharov, a laparoscopic surgeon at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto, is shown in a handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO
Jewish leader warns of rise of anti-Semitism on Auschwitz anniversary
Candles burn by a memorial plaque at the Birkenau Nazi death camp in Oswiecim, Poland, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015, after the official remembrance ceremony.
If everyone wants to be a celebrity chef, who will work in restaurants?
Julie Philip leads a class at George Brown College in Toronto on Jan. 22. George Brown has partnered with renowned chef Alain Ducasse to expand their students’ horizons.
Alberta NDP announces tour to hear from residents on next budget and low oil
Thieves smash SUV into San Francisco museum to steal gold in latest smash-and-grab theft
Workers remove a damaged pane of glass at the Wells Fargo History Museum in San Francisco, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015. Thieves in a sport utility vehicle smashed through the glass doors of the Wells Fargo History Museum in downtown San Francisco and made off with gold nuggets on display. (AP Photo/Stephanie Mullen)
Michelle Obama visit to Saudi Arabia illustrates different rules for Saudi, Western women
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama participate in a delegation receiving line with the new Saudi Arabian King, Salman bin Abdul Aziz, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015. The president and first lady have come to express their condolences on the death of the late Saudi Arabian King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Spotify's Top 10 most viral tracks
American Indian tribes to discuss legal pot at conference set for next month near Seattle
Oppenheimer paying $20M in US settlements on penny stock sales, money laundering controls
Spotify's Top 10 most streamed tracks
Martin Brodeur to retire and join Blues’ front office
Martin Brodeur #30 of the St. Louis Blues takes a break during the second period against the New York Islanders at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on December 6, 2014 in Uniondale, New York.
Freeport cuts capital spending plan as commodity prices fall
An aerial view of the Cerro Verde copper mine in the Atacama Desert near Arequipa, Peru, is seen in this handout photo released to the media on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010. The mine is majority-owned by Freeport-McMoRan of Phoenix.
Mom who used iron to scald boy for raiding fridge loses sentence appeal
Toronto businessman and philanthropist Joseph Rotman dies at age 80
Man suspected of killing store clerk, stealing cigarettes was out on bond, facing deportation
RCMP in Manitoba make sex assault arrest more than year after attack
Katie Holmes to portray businesswoman in next season of Showtime's 'Ray Donovan'
FILE - In this Jan. 11, 2015 file photo, Katie Holmes arrives at The Weinstein Company and Netflix Golden Globes afterparty at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. Holmes is joining the Showtime drama "Ray Donovan" for its upcoming third season. The former "Dawson's Creek" star will play the businesswoman Paige, a daughter of billionaire producer Andrew Finney, who is portrayed by Ian McShane. Finney enlists the services of the show's title character, a Hollywood fixer played by Liev Schreiber. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
Strong dollar, dwindling PC upgrades, troubles in China and Japan markets hit Microsoft stock
FILE - This July 3, 2014, file photo, shows the Microsoft Corp. logo outside the Microsoft Visitor Center in Redmond, Wash. Microsoft shares plunged more than 10 percent Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015, after the software giant reported quarterly revenue that beat expectations but warned that a weak PC market and a strong dollar will curb growth this year. (AP Photo Ted S. Warren, File)
The top 10 books on Apple's iBooks-US
Death count rises to 11 in crash of Greek F-16 jet during NATO exercise
People wearing protective suits walk past the wreckage of a Greek F-16 fighter plane which crashed after taking off, inside the Los Llanos military base in Albacete, central Spain, Jan. 27, 2015.
'Django Unchained' actress Daniele Watts, boyfriend plead not guilty to lewd conduct
FILE -- In this Sept. 20, 2012 file photo, Daniele Watts attends The Hollywood Denim Party at Palihouse in West Hollywood. An attorney for Watts and her boyfriend entered a not guilty plea in Los Angeles to misdemeanor lewd conduct charges on Tuesday Jan. 27, 2015. (Photo by Todd Williamson/Invision/AP, File)
Factbox: A look at the snowstorm that hit Atlantic Canada
Charges withdrawn against 2 men in connection with blockade near Belleville
This week's top 10 paid and free apps for iPhone and iPad on the App Store
US new home sales surge 11.6 per cent in December; gains bode well for 2015
Water main break means no drinking water from tap on southern Alberta reserve
Brothers charged in attempted robbery of armoured car where guards bear sprayed
Safety board warns of systemic flaws in safety oversight of large gas transmission lines
FILE - In this image Dec. 11, 2012 file photo, provided by the West Virginia State Police, shows a fireball erupting across Interstate 77 from a gas line explosion in Sissonville, W.Va. Accident investigators issue a report and safety recommendations based three powerful gas transmission line explosions in California, Florida and West Virginia. In each case, the gas company failed conduct inspections or tests that might have revealed weaknesses in the massive pipelines. In the California accident, 9 people were killed and 70 homes destroyed. In the West Virginia incident, the stretch of pipeline that ruptured, igniting a fire that destroyed three homes and damaged several others, hadn’t been inspected or tested for 24 years. (AP Photo/West Virginia State Police)
Sundance Watch: Kevin Bacon, Lily Tomlin, Keanu Reeves, Ethan Hawke sound off on the fest
Lily Tomlin poses for a portrait to promote the film, "Grandma", at the Eddie Bauer Adventure House during the Sundance Film Festival on Monday, Jan. 26, 2015, in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Victoria Will/Invision/AP)
Renaissance man Joseph Rotman was a patron of education
Joseph Rotman in November, 2009, when he was inducted into the Business Hall of Fame.
Municipal councils should face penalties for meeting in secret: Ombudsman
Malicious Regin malware created by NSA, researchers believe
Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, who is seen on a giant screen during a video conference for an interview as part of Amnesty International’s Write for Rights campaign, leaked source code for a malicious program code-named QWERTY to Der Spiegel magazine.
Grain shipping companies face railway backlog, deteriorating service: report
A grain elevator is shown near Regina, Sask., Aug.30, 2007. A coalition of agriculture associations says the grain industry is dealing with deteriorating rail service with an 11 per cent shortfall in the supply of railway cars. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Troy Fleece
What to expect from Canadian stocks this earnings season
Nova Scotia establishes $50 million private venture capital fund for businesses
Royal Bank cuts prime rate to 2.85 per cent; other big banks follow suit
A Royal Bank of Canada sign is pictured in downtown Toronto on Dec. 2, 2011. Canada's biggest banks have started passing on some - but not all - of the Bank of Canada's recent rate cut, lowering the interest charged to borrowers with loans and mortgages tied to the prime rate. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
With a major presence in Miami, American Airlines sees itself as a natural to fly to Cuba
Maestro Giorgio Moroder says performing as a live DJ makes him feel like Michael Jackson
Leonard Cohen and company: See who’s nominated for a 2015 Juno Award
Leonard Cohen
Kurds push Canada’s top soldier in Iraq for military aid to fight IS militants
General Tom Lawson, chief of the defence staff, says the mission to Iraq has so far been ‘very successful.’
Mercedes selects AM General to make R-Class SUV in the US for export to China
This undated photo made available by Daimler shows the 2010 Mercedes-Benz R-Class. In the summer of 2015, the military and commercial vehicle maker AM General will start making the SUVs under a new, multi-year contract with the German automaker. AM General will make the seven-seat vehicle at its commercial vehicle plant in Mishawaka, Indiana. The R-Class was briefly sold in the U.S. but is now sold exclusively in China. (AP Photo/Daimler)
Film Review: 'Black or White' wrestles with race in Los Angeles custody battle
This photo released by Relativity Media shows Kevin Costner, left, and Octavia Spencer, in a scene from Relativity Media's "Black or White." (AP Photo/Relativity Media, Tracy Bennett)
Court hears Gordon Stuckless lured young boys with the help of an accomplice
Gordon Stuckless arrives at court in Toronto on Tuesday, April 22 , 2014. A court in Toronto is hearing that the man at the centre of the Maple Leaf Gardens sex abuse scandal had a system to lure young boys that sometimes involved working with an accomplice. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Now Trending: Tom Petty receives writing credit on Sam Smith hit Stay With Me
Tom Petty performs in concert with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers during their Hypnotic Eye Tour 2014 in Philadelphia
Bogs into bush: Research suggests climate change threatens Alberta wetlands
The Parliamentary Budget Office report on oil prices, by the numbers
Tiger Woods gives details on lost tooth incident
Tiger Woods talks to the media after playing a practice round at the Phoenix Open golf tournament on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015, in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Wisconsin Gov. Walker proposes 'Pay Their Way' plan to help fund new Milwaukee Bucks arena
Milwaukee Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo (34) drives around San Antonio Spurs’ Boris Diaw (33) during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Manitoba vows to strengthen child-welfare services
Family Services Minister Kerri Irvin-Ross says the Manitoba government is shifting its focus and its funding from protecting children to preventing families from going into crisis in the first place.
Manitoba promises help for child welfare but backs away from inquiry suggestions
Obama signals opening up Atlantic Ocean to drilling for first time, removes areas off Alaska
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chair Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, voices her opposition after President Barack Obama waded into a decades-long fight over drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, announcing that his administration would pursue a wilderness designation for 12.28 million acres, barring drilling in most of the refuge, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. She is joined by the Senate Republican leadership, from left, Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn of Texas, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Most Broadway theatres reopen Tuesday after snowstorm blasts New York City
A pedestrian walks in the middle of Seventh Avenue in Times Square, New York, early Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015. A storm packing blizzard conditions spun up the East Coast early Tuesday, pounding parts of coastal New Jersey northward through Maine with high winds and heavy snow. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
CPPIB executive to lead federal government pension plan
U.S.-Cuba thaw unlikely to deter defection, expert says ahead of Pan Am Games
Canada's Samuel Piette (8) collides with Cuba's Maikel Chang (10) in the first half of a CONCACAF Olympic qualifying soccer match Monday, March 26, 2012, in Nashville, Tenn. For months, the thought of walking out on his team and fleeing to the U.S. lingered on Chang's mind.THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Mark Humphrey
Almost 30 years behind bars: convicted murderer found dead in Alberta prison
The snubs, surprises and quirks of this year's Juno nominations
Marianas Trench band member Josh Ramsay, left, whitehorse and members Luke Doucet, centre, and Melissa McClelland , right, announce nominations during the 2015 Juno award nominations press conference in Toronto on Tuesday, January 27, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
NDP pledges tax breaks for small businesses in three-point economic plan
New Democratic Party Leader Thomas Mulcair is shown during Question Period on Jan. 26, 2015.
Ready, jet-set, go: Private plane operators wine, dine passengers arriving for Super Bowl
In this Monday, Jan. 26, 2015, photo, private jets are parked at Scottsdale Airport in Scottsdale, Ariz. With the NFL Super Bowl football game and the Phoenix Open PGA golf tournament scheduled this weekend, private jet traffic is expected to increase in the Phoenix area. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Dow, S&P 500 slump on disappointing outlooks for companies, and lower orders for durable goods
Waterloo startup wants to make the ice scraper obsolete
Neverfrost co-founder Khanjan Desai works in Kitchener, Ont., on Friday, Dec. 12, 2014 with an infrared-reflective film they created. Neverfrost is a clear film that is designed to protect windshields from natural and seasonal elements, such as insulating against summer heat, preventing frost during winters, and avoiding stone chips on windshields
Dundee Capital Markets hires GMP veteran
Business deal
Why would an alleged Russian spy want to know about ETFs?
Michael Babad
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