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Super Bowl advertisers veer from sex and comedy; take a more serious tone
This image from video provided by Weight Watchers shows a frame from their television commercial scheduled to air during the Super Bowl NFL football game on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015. Fifteen advertisers, including Weight Watchers, will make their Super Bowl debut in 2015, buying a place on the biggest, most expensive stage in American television. (AP Photo/Weight Watchers)
Denny Morrison, Ivanie Blondin shine at World Cup speed skating
Denny Morrison of Canada competes in the the men's 1500 meter during the Speed Skating World Cup at the Viking Ship ice skating arena in Hamar, Norway, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015.
Brooks Koepka’s win in Phoenix nabs him his first PGA title
Brooks Koepka holds the trophy after winning the Phoenix Open golf tournament, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015, in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Mount Polley spill taints Alaska-B.C. mine relations
A aerial view shows debris caused by a tailings pond breach going into Quesnel Lake, near the town of Likely, B.C., on Aug. 5, 2014.
Tories defend expanded powers of CSIS amid calls for greater oversight
Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney announces achievements by the Canada Border Safety Agency during a news conference at Montreal's Trudeau airport Monday, January 5, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
Lower Mainland transit tax would be combined with PST
TransLink has been grappling with frozen revenue streams and cutting or outsourcing services in order to make ends meet.
Man suffers severe leg injury after two home-built aircraft collide in Alberta
Technology, Missy Elliott give Katy Perry's Super Bowl halftime show a boost
Singer Katy Perry performs during halftime of NFL Super Bowl XLIX football game between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
The Al Jazeera Three: Facts about the imprisoned colleagues
Mohamed Fahmy, the Egyptian-Canadian journalist being detained in Cairo, is shown in a handout photo.
Columbaria solve burial plot problems in B.C.
Leslie Buck stands in front of a columbarium at St. Paul's Anglican Church in Vancouver.
It’s time Toronto illuminates the Bloor viaduct, as originally planned
Marcus Gee
Site C floods will wash away 12,000 years of human history
Justine Hunter
Former 'Power Ranger' actor arrested in fatal stabbing of his roommate with sword
Assaults nearly double at Nova Scotia jail, records show
The Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility, in Dartmouth, N.S., is shown on June 3, 2005. The number of assaults at Nova Scotia's largest jail nearly doubled in the first six months of last year compared to the same period in 2013 as inmates injured guards and fought each other after small frustrations turned into flashpoints of escalating violence.
Katy Perry roars among the fireworks at Super Bowl halftime
Recording artist Katy Perry performs onstage during the Pepsi Super Bowl XLIX Halftime Show at University of Phoenix Stadium on February 1, 2015 in Glendale, Arizona.
Canada's big city mayors ready to push urban agenda
Newly elected Winnipeg Mayor Brian Bowman at City Hall in Winnipeg Manitoba, January 29, 2015. The leaders of the country's 22 largest municipalities gather in Toronto this week in a bid to lay out their priorities and frame the political debate ahead of the upcoming federal budget and election.
At heart of new euro crisis: Germany’s obsession with debt
People walk on a shopping street in the southern German town of Konstanz January 17, 2015.
Bad second period costs Canucks in loss to Wild
Vancouver Canucks defenceman Alexander Edler (23) and teammate Frank Corrado (26) look on as a goal from Minnesota Wild's Thomas Vanek's shot goes past Vancouver Canucks goalie Ryan Miller (30) during the third period of NHL action in Vancouver, B.C. Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015.
Courtenay, B.C., in 'shock' after mother, baby pulled from river: mayor
Calgary Stampede falling victim to oil’s woes with ad worries
Chuckwagon driver Jason Glass at the Calgary Stampede in 2013.
Obama says on live TV he assumes NFL will look at having refs fully control footballs
SouthGobi risks insolvency if Mongolian tax verdict stands
File photo of workers in a Mongolian mine.
Quebec Imam denied community permit on security grounds
Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre speaks at a legislature committee on Jan. 15 at the legislature in Quebec City.
Kelly: Raptors are writing Toronto a love story the Leafs, Jays couldn’t
Cathal Kelly
In Pictures: Revolutionary figure skater Toller Cranston
Ellen Burka, left, with Canadian skater Toller Cranston during practice session for men's singles figure skating competition at the Mikho Ice Rink, Sapporo, Japan during 1972 Winter Olympics.
Beyond great, Toller Cranston was revolutionary in men’s skating
Legendary Canadian figure skater Toller Cranston, shown in this undated handout photo, has died. He was 65.
I’m going nowhere after a fight with my manager
Slow-moving storm blankets U.S. Midwest, creeps toward Northeast
A United Airlines jet blows snow on a runway at O'Hare International Airport, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015, in Chicago. More than 1,100 flights have been canceled at Chicago's airports and snow-covered roads are making travel treacherous.
Emotionally dumb? You’re CEO material
Better workplaces through research
Harvey Schachter
One person killed in head-on crash on Highway 1 near Salmon Arm, B.C.
The Patriots battle the Seahawks in Super Bowl XLIX
Two reasons to buy this little-known REIT
FAM has a market presence in Calgary, pictured, Winnipeg and the GTA, among other Canadian cities
Saskatchewan RCMP are investigating wrong-number call about a snowmobile crash
Higher gasoline consumption only short-term help for oil prices
A man gets gasoline at a BP station in St. Louis on Jan. 14, 2015.
Canada dims the light on the incandescent light bulb
The light bulb aisle at a Toronto Canadian Tire last week. Retailers say demand for incandescent bulbs is lower than a year ago.
Carney’s prescription for the euro zone doesn’t include austerity
Brian Milner
Bad second period costs Vancouver Canucks in 4-2 loss to the Minnesota Wild
Members of the Minnesota Wild celebrate their 4-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks following the third period of NHL action in Vancouver, B.C. Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Railways reduce shipping load on drop in oil prices
Shipping crude oil by rail has ballooned in popularity because railroads reach places pipelines do not.
Proposed Metro Vancouver transit tax would be combined with PST: province
Alberta’s real estate woes threaten the rest of the country
Barrie McKenna
Editorial cartoons for February, 2015
Energy producers are learning a painful history lesson
Gwyn Morgan
Parliament must reject Harper’s secret policeman bill
Prime Minister Stephen Harper announces Canada's sweeping new anti-terror legislation at a news conference in Richmond Hill, Ont.
Interim Liberal leader says it's too late for co-operation with Alberta Party
Habs' good fortune takes a turn for the worse against Coyotes
Arizona Coyotes' Antoine Vermette celebrates a goal by teammate Oliver Ekman-Larsson (not shown) on Montreal Canadiens goaltender Dustin Tokarski, left, as Canadiens Andrei Markov defends during third period NHL hockey action in Montreal, Sunday, February 1, 2015.
Celebrities offer support after Whitney Houston's daughter found unresponsive in Georgia home
FILE - In this Feb. 12, 2011, file photo, singer Whitney Houston, left, and daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown arrive at an event in Beverly Hills, Calif. The daughter of late singer and entertainer Whitney Houston was found Saturday, Jan. 31, 2015, unresponsive in a bathtub by her husband and a friend and taken to an Atlanta-area hospital. The incident remains under investigation. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg, File)
Manitoba's Braden Calvert wins 2015 Canadian junior curling championship
Several themes emerged from Super Bowl ads
This image provided by Nissan shows a portion of the company's television ad scheduled to run during Super Bowl XLIX on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Nissan)
Winter storm expected to hit Maritime provinces in time for Groundhog Day
Ex-Australian PM Rudd wants Baird to help him fix WHO
Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird responds to a question during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Jan. 29.
Streaking Hawks complete 1st 17-0 month in NBA history
Atlanta Hawks centre Al Horford drives against Philadelphia 76ers centre Nerlens Noel in the first quarter of their game at Philips Arena in Atlanta on Jan. 31
DreamWorks' 'How to Train Your Dragon 2' tops Annie Awards over 'Lego Movie,' 'Big Hero 6'
FILE - This file image released by DreamWorks Animation shows a scene from "How To Train Your Dragon 2." The DreamWorks sequel “How to Train Your Dragon 2” topped the 42nd Annie Awards, taking best feature at the annual honors for animation, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2015, on the UCLA campus in Los Angeles. “How to Train Your Dragon” won five awards in all. It also took best director for Dean DeBlois, as well as prizes for feature character design, storyboarding and music. (AP Photo/DreamWorks Animation, File)
Serious crash in Whistler, B.C., sends woman to hospital with critical injuries
United Steelworkers calls on workers at 9 US refineries to strike after contract talks stall
Representatives from Deer Park United Steelworkers Local 13-1 hold picket signs outside the Shell Deer Park Refinery as the Union calls for strikes against the Shell refinery and chemical plants in Deer Park, Texas, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015. (AP Photo/The Courier, Kirk Sides)
As Canadian politicians focus on the 'middle class,' who are they talking to?
Finance Minister Joe Oliver answers a question during Question Period in the House of Commons in Ottawa on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015. Canada's middle class is the darling of doting politicians everywhere — the focus of a growing list of election promises, the subject of endless speeches, the precious vote-rich prize whose support can make or break a political party in this year's federal election. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Police chase in Cape Breton ends safely with one man facing several charges
What your genes can tell you about your health
People work out at a GoodLife Fitness location in Toronto in 2013. Up to 20 per cent of people fail to see improvements in metabolic health after prolonged exercise regimens, researchers say.
What would you have done? 'The right thing' isn't always so obvious
Hours of Culture: Five things you should check out this week
Fantastic Four- The first teaser trailer for the reboot of the Marvel superteam shows a great cast and yes, The Thing looks pretty cool, but seems to be just ticking off the genre boxes at this point. (youtube.com)
The Quick Fix: No-Bake Energy Bars
Don’t expect these refrigerated bars to be super-firm, but wrapped in foil they hold their shape well enough to travel to work for a midday pick-me-up.
Canada 300: What will our nation's future look like?
Canada 300, a bilingual collection of nine short plays about the future, will spend the next seven months touring the entire country.
The Globe Do-Over: What advice would you give your younger self?
We asked readers to give advice to their younger selves. Here are a few of their letters.
Defeating depression with yoga
Linda Malone leads a demonstration Antidote Yoga class.
Sarah Hampson: Looking back on life in letters to myself
Sarah Hampson at an earlier age.
In Tcherniakov’s Don Giovanni, an 18th-century tale mirrors today
What is most poignant about this production is the palpable sense that its anti-hero is not happy, or even particularly desirable: He is that past-his-prime rich man sitting alone in an expensive restaurant, dying to buy drinks for young women. He is showing his age and putting on weight and getting a little belligerent. And his sentence is harsh.
Karim Rashid understands e-mails are as important as mortgage payments
How Canadian employers are tackling the terrain where office culture, productivity and mental health intersect
Bay Street litigator Lindsay Hill, whose life has been put on hold since 2007 when bipolar disorder left her unable to work, poses for a photo with her husband Jean-Pierre (JP) Boutros in Toronto on December 29, 2014. "Even when things are impossibly difficult my son and husband have made it worthwhile. Mostly now when things are really, really dark, I hang onto the fact that I can give them a hug and everything will be ok" she says.
ICAO holds high-level safety meeting on tracking of aircraft and flights over conflict zones
In this March 31, 2014 file photo, a shadow of a Royal New Zealand Air Force P-3 Orion aircraft is seen on low cloud cover while it searches for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in the southern Indian Ocean. The International Civil Aviation Organization will hold a high-level safety meeting this week to look at the global tracking of commercial aircraft and flights over conflict zones. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Rob Griffith
'American Sniper' shoots down Super Bowl weekend box-office record with $31.9 million
This photo released by Relativity Media shows Octavia Spencer and Anthony Mackie, right, in a scene from Relativity Media's "Black or White." (AP Photo/Relativity Media, Tracy Bennett)
Winning ticket for $10 million Lotto 6/49 jackpot bought in Markham
Saint John fire crews deal with aftermath of three-building blaze
Steven Tyler, Charli XCX headline Rolling Stone party on Super Bowl eve
FILE - In this Friday, Nov. 14, 2014, file photo, Steven Tyler arrives at the Hollywood Film Awards at the Palladium, in Los Angeles. Tyler and Charlie XCX headlined the Rolling Stone Super Bowl party on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2015. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
Roots of Groundhog Day: It casts a shadow back to medieval Europe
FILE -- Albino groundhog Wee Wiarton Willie sits in his cage after making his prediction in Wiarton, Ont. Wednesday February 2, 2000. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Kevin Frayer
History behind 'The Imitation Game' includes Canadian connection
Keira Knightley, left to right, Matthew Beard, Matthew Goode, Benedict Cumberbatch and Allen Leech star in "The Imitation Game" in this undated handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - Elevation Pictures, Jack English
Farmers enjoying low fuel prices but waiting for other shoe to drop
Workers load brussels sprouts on a tractor in a field in Chilliwack, B.C. Monday, Nov.11, 2013. Decades of boom-and-bust commodity prices, worker shortages and being at the mercy of the weather has virtually removed the word optimism from the vocabulary of many Canadian farmers.So it shouldn't come as a surprise that many are looking at the current run of low fuel costs with a certain degree of suspicion.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Ontario public sector bargaining expected to be lengthy amid tight constraints
Traders to concentrate on oilpatch earnings/outlooks, January jobs data
A look at what goes on inside the Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility
Assaults nearly double at Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility, records say
The Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility, in Dartmouth, N.S., is shown on June 3, 2005. The number of assaults at Nova Scotia's largest jail nearly doubled in the first six months of last year compared to the same period in 2013 as inmates injured guards and fought each other after small frustrations turned into flashpoints of escalating violence. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mike Dembeck
A Wondrous Walkure at the COC
Christine Goerke as Brünnhilde and Clifton Forbis as Siegmund in the Canadian Opera Company production of Die Walküre.
Greek finance minister seeks support in Paris amid tensions over bailout debt
Greece's Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, answers a reporter's question during a joint news conference with Dutch Finance Minister and Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem, following their meeting at the Finance Ministry in Athens, Friday, Jan. 30, 2015. Dijsselbloem who chairs eurozone finance meetings says there is no decision so far on what to do after Greece’s current bailout program runs out at the end of next month. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
TV Blog Buzz: New 'Games of Thrones' preview; inside the 'Parenthood' finale
This file publicity image released by HBO shows Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen in a scene from "Game of Thrones." "Game of Thrones" fans who recently went to an IMAX theatre to watch a special presentation of the season 4 finale on the mega-big screen got an extra treat: a two-minute preview of the new upcoming season.THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, o/HBO, Keith Bernstein, File
What's new on Netflix Canada, Shomi, CraveTV in February?
Hours after it goes on air from Bahrain, pan-Arab news channel suspended from broadcasting
FILE- In this Monday, Dec. 15, 2014 file photo, a man adjusts his headscarf during a press conference for the launching of a new Arabic news channel in Manama, Bahrain. A new pan-Arab news channel, Alarab, backed by billionaire Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has stopped broadcasting just hours after it went on air from the tiny island nation of Bahrain. The Alarab television station said on its official Twitter feed on Monday that it halted coverage for "technical and administrative reasons" and hopes to be back on the air soon. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali-File)
Rory McIlroy wins Dubai Desert Classic by three shots
Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland tees off on the sixth hole during the final round of the Dubai Desert Classic Feb. 1.
Me, China and my iPhone
Customers gather for the opening of an Apple Store in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, on Jan. 24.
Daniel Nestor falls in Australian Open mixed doubles final
Martina Hingis of Switzerland, left, and Leander Paes of Indiapose with the winner's trophy at the awards ceremony after their victory over Kristina Mladenovic of France and Daniel Nestor of Canada in their mixed doubles final match on day 14 of the 2015 Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on Feb. 1.
Pro Football Hall of Fame class includes Seau, Bettis
Members of the NFL Pro Football Hall of Fame class of 2015 are introduced Jan. 31 in Tempe, Ariz. From left are running back Jerome Bettis; wide receiver Tim Brown; defensive end and linebacker Charles Haley; Bill Polian; Tyler Seau, son of the late linebacker Junior Seau, on behalf of his father; guard Will Shields; center Mick Tingelhoff; and Ron Wolf.
Government, aviation industry officials try to address safety issues after year of calamities
FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2014 file photo, a Pro-Russian rebel looks at pieces of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 plane near village of Rozsypne, eastern Ukraine. After a calamitous year for aviation, hundreds of government and industry officials will gather in Montreal this week in an attempt to reach a consensus on how to prevent any more airliners from disappearing without a trace or being shot down while flying over a conflict zone. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits, File)
Rodgers wins MVP; Watt unanimous top defensive player
Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers poses after being selected as the AP Most Valuable Player at the 4th annual NFL Honors at Symphony Hall in Phoenix on Jan. 31.
Wiggins steals show in Love’s return to Minnesota
Minnesota Timberwolves’ Andrew Wiggins, left, keeps the ball at arm's length from Cleveland Cavaliers’s Kyrie Irving in the first quarter of an NBA basketball game Jan. 31 in Minneapolis.
Anderson Silva dominates Nick Diaz for comeback win at UFC 183
Anderson Silva, right, kicks Nick Diaz in their middleweight bout during UFC 183 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Jan. 31 in Las Vegas.
Flames score four in third period to beat Oilers
Calgary Flames left wing Lance Bouma (17) celebrates his goal against the Edmonton Oilers during the third period at Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary on Jan. 31.
Jordan renews swap offer for pilot as IS purportedly kills Japanese hostage
Jawdat Safi, brother of Islamic State captive Jordanian pilot Muath al-Kasaesbeh, holds a lit candle along with a poster of his brother as he takes part in a rally in support of al-Kasaesbeh at the family's headquarters in the city of Karak, Jan. 31.
Numbers on Anglican Diocese of Quebec
Signs in English and French hang outside St. James Anglican Church in Trois-Rivières, Que., Sunday, January 25, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
Quebec Anglican Church facing major challenges in light of fewer parishioners
Reverend Yves Samson speaks to the faithful during mass at St. James Anglican Church in Trois-Rivières, Que., Sunday, January 25, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
Two people injured, one seriously in suspicious house fire in Guelph
Woman charged with impaired driving after crash with baby in car
Obama's $4 trillion budget includes higher taxes on rich and big banks, public works program
FILE - In this Wednesday, May 16, 2012 file photo, newly constructed roadways are being built in Fairfax County, Va. President Barack Obama’s budget will propose an ambitious six-year, $478 billion public works program of highway, bridge and transit upgrades, half of it financed with a one-time mandatory tax on profits that U.S. companies have amassed overseas, White House officials said. Obama will unveil a $4 trillion budget on Monday, Feb. 2, 2015.(AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, File)
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