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Union says almost 3,000 Ontario community health workers are on strike
Roundup: Lakers outlast Bulls in double overtime to end nine-game skid
Jordan Hill of the Los Angeles Lakers celebrates
‘There will be blood’ in Canada from oil price collapse, JPMorgan warns
Michael Babad
Myanmar opens deep sea port terminal for pipeline carrying Mideast oil to China
Ontario health-care pension fund buys Ivanhoe Cambridge's half-share of 2 malls
Ferrari launches new ‘sexy’ car for 2015 F1 campaign
The new Ferrari FS15-T
Before the bell: Stocks sliding, loonie hits fresh lows
Merkel's visit to Hungary at time of huge political challenges to include Budapest synagogue
FILE - In this May 5, 2011 file photo German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban attend a news conference after a meeting at the chancellery in Berlin. Merkel is traveling to Budapest next week for talks with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban that come at a time of strain between the two nations, with Orban moving closer to Russia and imposing higher taxes and other burdens on German and other foreign companies operating in the country. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, file)
Ohio State University anticipates $3M increase in royalties following football team's victory
Djokovic beats defending champion Wawrinka to reach fifth Australian Open final
Novak Djokovic reacts after a point against Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka
Saudi blogger Raif Badawi spared from flogging for a third week
Ensaf Haidar, middle, takes part in a demonstration calling for the release of her husband, Raif Badawi, on Parliament Hill on Jan. 29, 2015.
Friday's small-cap stocks to watch
A computer screen showing stock information is seen next to investors at a brokerage house in Haikou, Hainan province, December 2, 2013
Mattel 4Q results disappoint on soft Barbie, American Girl sales; CEO vows revitalization
FILE - In this Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, file photo, Barbie dolls, a Mattel product, are displayed in a Walmart store in Robinson Township, Pa. Mattel's fourth-quarter earnings released Friday Jan. 30, 2015 gave the first details on what contributed to a weak performance that led to the resignation of its chairman and CEO. Barbie sales fell 12 percent, though that wasn't as bad as the third quarter's 21 percent drop. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
Romanian central bank chief: helping holders of foreign currency loans could cost 1 bln euros
Marlboro maker Altria's 4Q profit more than doubles on less debt pay-down, higher prices
Genocide convictions upheld against top Bosnian Serbs behind Srebrenica massacre
Former Bosnian Serb army lieutenant-colonel Vujadin Popovic enters the courtroom of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague on Jan. 30, 2015.
Chad attacks Boko Haram in Nigeria as African Union chief presses for troops
\Nigerian refugees prepare food at a United Nations High Commission for Refugees camp in Baga Sola on Jan. 29, 2015. The refugees arrived in the camp after the attack by Boko Haram millitants in the Nigerian town of Baga.
Carrick best reads: Need a house? Rent a mansion (with friends)
Mansion
Top links: Things are really not looking good, Canada
Toronto is world’s best city to live in, Economist study says
Toronto and Montreal are the the world’s two best cities to live in, according to a study by The Economist Intelligence Unit.
Case of man charged with three counts of second-degree murder due in court
New winter storm to hit the Maritimes this weekend
Buses navigate in downtown Charlottetown during a snowstorm on Jan. 27, 2015.
Israeli conductor Israel Yinon collapses during Swiss concert, dies en route to hospital
Costco releases cash with $2.2-billion return to investors
A Costco shopping cart is shown at a Costco Wholesale store in Carlsbad, Calif.
Russian government awards construction of $3 billion bridge to Crimea to Putin ally
Big oil, big impact: Markets brace for plunge in profits as oil majors report 4Q results
FILE - In this Jan. 1, 2015, file photo, Cars fill up at the pumps at a Shell station near downtown Detroit. Profits for companies in the Standard & Poor’s 500 index are expected to grow at one of lowest rates in years, just 1.4 percent. The culprit: Energy companies that suffered as oil prices plunged. On Thursday, Jan. 29, Shell posted a 57 percent drop in fourth quarter earnings. (AP Photo/David N. Goodman, File)
Greece, EU creditors in open dispute over demands to forgive debt, ease reforms
A pedestrian passes anti-austerity graffiti in front of Athens Academy on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015. The European Parliament's president is to be the first European official to visit Athens, a day after announcements by Greece's nascent radical left government on rolling back a series of key budget commitments sent the country's stock market plummeting. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
Rap mogul Suge Knight arrested after deadly L.A. hit-and-run
Death Row Records founder Marion (Suge) Knight, middle, walking into the Los Angeles County Sheriffs department early on Jan. 30, 2015.
Why are employees leaving free pension money on the table?
Stacks of Canadian $100-dollar bills.
Prices in the 19 euro countries fall 0.6 per cent annually in January as ECB readies stimulus
German Vice Chancellor and Minister for Economy and Energy Sigmar Gabriel attends a news conference to present the annual German economic report with the government's economy projection in Berlin, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Voice of the Super Bowl, Al Michaels, on calling big games
Culinary competition 'MasterChef Canada' kicks off 2nd season after Super Bowl
MasterChef Canada judges Michael Bonacini, Alvin Leung and Claudio Aprile pose in this undated handout photo. Prowess in the kitchen is not the only quality a home cook must show to win the hardware from the "MasterChef Canada" kitchen. The judges of the culinary competition show, which kicks off its second season Sunday at about 10 p.m. on CTV after the Super Bowl telecast, say home cooks must be able to handle stress and have a thirst for victory as they vie for the chance to win $100,000. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - BellMedia
World stock markets uneven ahead of quarterly US economic growth report
Danny Meyer, center, Founder & CEO of Union Square Hospitality Group, waits for the Shake Shack IPO to begin trading, on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, Jan. 30, 2015. Shares of Shake Shack Inc. have more than doubled minutes after they debuted on the stock market Friday.(AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Review: 2015 Mini Cooper S Countryman is charming, but doesn't appeal to general public
2015 Mini Cooper S Countryman
This indicator will warn before gold sinks again
Gold bars are stacked at a safe deposit room of the ProAurum gold house in Munich in this March 6, 2014 file picture. Gold companies in North America, where more than half of the industry is based, have announced or completed at least $808.3-million (U.S.) of stock sales since the start of January, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
The biggest opportunities for Canadian startups aren't where you think
An unprecedented software boom over the past five years has pushed the boundaries of where we might have thought technology could go and has given birth to a resurgence of hardware companies
African safari the ultimate field trip for Columbia MBA
A safari in Kruger National Park was on the agenda of Linda Chew and her Columbia classmates while in South Africa.
Ten reasons why your business needs a chief customer officer
Shoppers carry bags as they walk along Oxford Street in central London
Spotted: A Lamborghini, one of many exotic cars on the UBC campus
A Lamborghini parked on the University of British Columbia campus.
Inside a carefully crafted restoration of a Lotus Elite
One look at the Lotus Elite and you’ll think any car this beautifully formed has to be forgiven occasional catastrophic crankshaft failure.
Health Canada puts medical marijuana firm under further RCMP review
Let’s call it what it is: A fee to emit carbon
Todd Hirsch
Chinese MH370 relatives reject Malaysian conclusion that passengers of missing plane are dead
Malaysia Airlines flight crew members head for the the departure lounge at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, in Malaysia, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015. Malaysia's Civil Aviation Authority officially declared the MH370 crash an accident on Thursday, fulfilling a legal obligation that will allow efforts to proceed with compensation claims. (AP Photo/Joshua Paul)
Spain's economy grows by 1.4 per cent in 2014, ending negative run as crisis fades
Germany in 2014 posts first rise in beer sales since 2006
Russia cuts key interest rate to help economy, but depriving ruble of support
A sign at an exchange office with headquarters building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation with the Soviet Sign in the background in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015. The Russian ruble extended its losses on Thursday, declining by 1.5 percent to 69 rubles against the dollar. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Qatar Airways buys almost 10 per cent of British Airways and Iberia parent IAG for $1.7 billion
FILE- In this Monday, June 2, 2014 file photo, Akbar Al Baker, chief executive officer for Qatar Airways, listens during a panel discussion of the 70th International Air Transport Association in Doha, Qatar. Qatar Airways announced Friday, Jan. 30, 2015, that it has bought nearly 10 percent of the parent company of British Airways and Spain's Iberia, deepening wealthy Qatar's business ties to Europe and intensifying competition with the airline's fast-growing Gulf rivals. (AP Photo/Osama Faisal-file)
Ikea Canada's president talks business, furniture assembly and winter
Ikea Canada president Stefan Sjostrand puts together a flat pack table in an Ikea store in Toronto on Wednesday January 28, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
James Franco tries to move beyond "The Interview" at Sundance
James Franco, a cast member in "I Am Michael," works the press line at the premiere of the film at the Eccles Theatre during the 2015 Sundance Film Festival on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015, in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
Philippines mourn 44 slain police commandos as president orders hunt for terror suspect
A relative carries her son while taking a rest beside the picture of her loved one, one of the slain member of the Special Action Force (SAF) who were killed in Sunday's clash with Muslim rebels, during a service inside a police headquarters in Taguig city, south of Manila January 30, 2015.
Independent Investigations Office probes police shooting in Castlegar
Google's listless stock leaves investors hoping company will pay dividend or buy back shares
Life without parole is a solution without a problem
Anthony Doob
Israel and Hezbollah step back from the brink
Israeli soldiers carry their belongings in an area near the Israel-Lebanon border January 29, 2015.
Why Harper might want to call an extra-long campaign
Prime Minister Stephen Harper answers a question during Question Period in the House of Commons in Ottawa on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015. Mr. Harper has promised anti-terrorism legislation to be tabled on Friday that will give new powers to security agencies to track and arrest extremists, but also to “criminalize the promotion of terrorism.”
Ignoring the poor impoverishes politics
Jeffrey Simpson
Jan. 30: Predicting oil’s boom, bust – and other letters to the editor
Many analysts believe oil will fall further before beginning to recover in the second half of the year.
Western values must be excluded from higher education, China’s education minister says
Students store their mobile phones in specially designed pockets in front of their desks during a class at the Hebei Normal University in Shijiazhuang, China. The university wide practice of storing away the phones are meant to reduce distractions.
Businesses fearing NFL trademark issues find Super Bowl by any other name just as good
So as not to infringe on the NFL Super Bowl name trademark, all non-rights holders have to use different wording to promote any Super Bowl activity like this Whole Foods grocery store promotion on Super Bowl party foods calling it "the big game" Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
No word from Islamic State as hostages' families wait for action
A man walks past a TV screen broadcasting a news program about Islamic State hostages Jordanian air force pilot Muath al-Kasaesbeh (top R) and Japanese journalist Kenji Goto (top C), along a street in Tokyo January 29, 2015.
A timeline of 'Suge' Knight's legal and medical troubles over the past 20 years
FILE - This August 2008 file photo provided by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department shows rap music mogul Marion "Suge" Knight. A lawyer for Knight says the Death Row Records founder was at the wheel of a car that struck two men, killing one, in a Los Angeles suburb. The accident in Compton occurred shortly before 3 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department) (AP Photo/Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, File)
Honda lowers forecasts, sees dip in quarterly profit after recall expenses counter cheap yen
FILE - In this July 29, 2014 file photo, a man rides a bicycle near cars displayed at a Honda showroom in Tokyo. Honda Motor Co., the Japanese automaker at the center of an air-bag defect scandal, lowered its annual earnings forecast after quarterly profit slipped 15 percent. The poor results announced Friday, Jan. 30, 2015 by the Tokyo-based manufacturer of the Odyssey minivan, Fit subcompact and Asimo robot came despite a perk it got from the cheap yen, a plus for Japanese exporters. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)
Lander pots goal, two assists as Oilers beat Sabres
Buffalo Sabres goalie Jhonas Enroth (1) makes a save on Edmonton Oilers left winger Luke Gazdic (20) in the first period up at Rexall Place.
Dubnyk perfect in Wild’s shutout of Flames
Minnesota Wild goalie Devan Dubnyk (40) makes a save as Calgary Flames center Paul Byron (32) tries to score during the third period at Scotiabank Saddledome.
Meet Ida May Fuller, who 75 years ago received the 1st Social Security check - for $22.54
FILE - In this Oct. 4, 1950 file photo, Ida May Fuller, 76, displays a Social Security check for $41.30 that she received at her home in Ludlow Vt. On Jan. 31, 1940, Fuller received the country's first Social Security check for $22.54. By the time she died in 1975 at age 100, she had received nearly $23,000 in benefits. (AP Photo, File)
Second H7N9 bird flu case confirmed in B.C.
Technicians carry out a test for the H7N9 bird flu virus using test reagents at the Beijing Center for Diseases Control and Prevention in April 2013.
Investors cheer Amazon's 4th-quarter, hope smart spending is here to stay
Ontario's 800 blood services workers ratify new four-year contract
NBA announces largest international digital partnership with China's Tencent
Lander with goal and two assists as Oilers beat Sabres 3-2
Edmonton Oilers' Justin Schultz (19), Oscar Klefbom (84), Anton Lander (51) and Matt Fraser (28) celebrate a goal against the Buffalo Sabres during third period NHL hockey action in Edmonton, Alta., on Thursday January 29, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
January 30: Your daily horoscope
Aquarius
Lives Lived: Stewart Saxe, 67
Stewart Saxe
A Most Violent Year: A classy homage to seventies crime dramas
J.C. Chandor‘s third movie stars Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain, an immigrant businessman and his wife pursuing the American dream in New York in 1981.
Red Army: A hockey story told by the Soviets
Red Army follows Russian hockey elite, including, from left, Alexei Kasatonov, Viktor Tikhonov, Vladislav Tretiak, Igor Larionov, Viacheslav (Slava) Fetisov.
Black or White opens in theatres
Kevin Costner stars as a grandfather who fights for the custody of his black granddaughter paternal grandmother.
Project Almanac: A time-travel fiasco made for teens
A group of teenagers find a time-traveling machine, and rewind the clock to win a lottery, pass a chemistry test and attend Lollapalooza.
Wild Card: Jason Statham is anteing up for action
Jason Statham stars as Nick Wild in Wild Card.
Devan Dubnyk perfect in Minnesota Wild's 1-0 shutout of Calgary Flames
Minnesota Wild Zach Parise, left, celebrates his goal with teammate Mikael Granlund, from Finland, during first period NHL hockey action against the Calgary Flames in Calgary, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Second H7N9 bird flu case confirmed in B.C.; husband of first patient
The H7N9 bird flu virus is shown under an electron microscope in a handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Centre for Disease Control and Prevention
Canucks get minor leaguer Adam Clendening from Blackhawks for Gustav Forsling
Rap mogul 'Suge' Knight arrested in fatal hit-and-run, portrayed as victim and perpetrator
FILE - In this Oct. 30, 2014 file photo, rap music mogul Marion "Suge" Knight appears in court on a traffic warrant, in Las Vegas following his arrest as a fugitive in a California robbery case. A lawyer for Knight says the Death Row Records founder was at the wheel of a car that struck two men, killing one, in a Los Angeles suburb. The accident in Compton occurred shortly before 3 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
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