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Bright ideas: 3 great gift ideas from design expert David Weeks
Why a Toronto couple decided to buy a Santa’s Village theme park
Last month, Brad and Sara Dunkley became the new owners of Santa’s Village theme park in Bracebridge, Ont.
Health expenditures in Canada
The Friday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Two-star general demoted after affair
RBC's top picks, BlackRock's advice for 2017, and why Canada has become irrelevant to your portfolio
Canada flag on a laptop
Schools of dead herring continue to wash up on Nova Scotia beaches
Dead herring are shown on a beach near Brighton, N.S., in this recent handout photo. Schools of dead herring keep washing ashore along the rocky beaches of western Nova Scotia, prompting a retired scientist to enlist the help of local naturalists and bird watchers as he continues to gather data about the mysterious phenomenon. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - Joan Comeau
Opioids, pot and economics: three ways politics touched Canadians this week
Ottawa takes hard line with provinces on health transfers
Federal Health Minister Jane Philpott, back, listens as British Columbia Health Minister Terry Lake speaks during a news conference in Vancouver, B.C., on Nov. 10, 2016.
Smart kitchens: Take a look at how your dinner is going digital
The IQ of your kitchen may increase dramatically thanks to a new batch of smart appliances, including Samsung’s Family Hub, which among other things, lets you know when food is about to expire. The SmartPlate analyzes the caloric and nutritional makeup of anything that’s served on it. But it won’t judge you for second helpings, thankfully.
Hey, where’s my annual Enbridge dividend hike?
John Heinzl
Timeline: New Brunswick's Petitcodiac River
Governor wants tourism head to quit over rapper kerfuffle
Mexico governor upbraided for comment on indigenous women
Life in prison for gang leader in fellow member's slaying
Former Virginia Intermont campus sold; new school proposed
Canadians capture silver and bronze in World Cup bobsled event
Driver Steven Holcomb, front, and brakeman Carlo Valdes, of the United States, react in the finish area after their second run of the men's two-man bobsled World Cup race Friday, Dec. 16, 2016, in Lake Placid, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)
B.C.’s help for first-time home buyers is a trap
Moving past Pad Thai: How Toronto chefs are embracing micro-regional cuisine
Pai Market chef Nuit Regular imports ingredients from Thailand to recreate dishes specific to her hometown of Pai.
Clinton says Putin’s ‘personal beef’ with her prompted election hacks
In this Nov. 16, 2016 file photo, Hillary Clinton speaks in Washington.
Glitch in Christmas tree lights sets fire that kills couple
Pearl jam: How well does this luxury $89 mask work for your face?
Philosophy Ultimate Miracle Worker Pearl Mask, $89 at Sephora, Hudson’s Bay and Shoppers Drug Mart.
Man says he was drunk when parents found him holding girl
This Dec. 15, 2016 photo provided by the Maricopa County, Ariz., Jail shows Oren Cohen. Tempe, Ariz., police say Cohen told investigators he was extremely intoxicated when he was found holding a 2-year-old girl in the Tempe apartment of a family he didn't know. Police said they arrested Cohen early Thursday morning after he ran out of the apartment when the girl's father confronted Cohen after finding him holding the toddler. (Maricopa County Jail via AP)
Social mediation: Politicians bypass press, control message
New North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, right, speaks with cabinet members on his first day of office Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016, at the state Capitol in Bismarck. There are 17 cabinet positions with Burgum replacing a few of the positions with new members or with people filling in for the interim during the transition from former Gov. Jack Dalrymple's administration. (Mike Mccleary/The Bismarck Tribune via AP)
Minister Patty Hajdu approved $1.1-million price tag to build new office
Minister of Status of Women Patty Hajdu stands in the House of Commons during question period, in Ottawa on Dec. 9, 2016.
CarMax, others settle US actions over ads on used car safety
FILE - In this Monday, Dec. 20, 2010, file photo, a car drives past the CarMax sign at the dealership in Oak Lawn, Ill. CarMax Inc. and two other used-car retailers, Asbury Automotive Group and West-Herr Automotive Group, have settled complaints from federal regulators that they touted their inspections in advertising but failed to disclose that some of the vehicles were under safety recalls and unrepaired, the Federal Trade Commission announced Friday, Dec. 16, 2016. (AP Photo/M Spencer Green, File)
M0’ and more: How the inconspicuous M0851 became a leader in Canadian fashion
‘I never design anything for anybody, ever... I would probably make a mistake trying to guess what other people want. I have to do it for me, and if others like it, that’s great.’ – Frédéric Mamarbachi
Vine will live on as simpler video app for Twitter
Good cheer for the cheers crowd​: Wine and spirit gifts for the holidays
Lip serviced: How Canadian beauty pioneer Susanne Langmuir is thriving post-LVMH deal
Susanne Langmuir.
The top 10 songs and albums on the iTunes Store
Forget Jurassic Park. Bring back something more exotic: giraffes
Tabatha Southey
Canadian Press NewsAlert: B.C. coroner issues overdose death alert
Four sobering lessons from the fall of Aleppo
Doug Saunders
The potential benefits of mental distractions for the aging brain
Mental distractions may help reinforce memory in adults 60 and older – but not younger adults, according to new research from the University of Toronto.
The Latest: Cousin: Ex-Milwaukee officer shouldn't get bail
FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office shows Milwaukee police officer Dominique Heaggan-Brown, who has been charged with reckless homicide in the Aug. 13, 2016, shooting death of Sylville Smith according to online court records Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016. Heaggan-Brown shot Smith, who is also black, following a traffic stop on the city's north side. The shooting sparked two nights of riots in the city. (Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)
Walking a marathon on behalf of Ronald McDonald House
Death on the tracks: How bad is Toronto transit’s suicide problem?
Riders wait for an arriving northbound train at Queen subway station.
Bear-market survivor no longer a long-term investor
Suraj K. Gupta
Probation for man who threatened 2 US senators on Twitter
Status of Women spent $1.1 million to create new office for minister: documents
Ontario Correctional Services Minister David Orazietti quits
David Orazietti at Queen's Park in Toronto on Feb. 11, 2013.
Trudeau will wait to comment on Trump's pledge to open Jerusalem embassy
Thirteen people die of overdoses over one day in B.C. as fentanyl fuels opioid crisis
A man, right, injects himself with an unknown substance outside the Insite supervised injection site as a sign is posted warning of heroin cut with fentanyl in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver. Police say nine people died of overdoses on Thursday night.
Sampling an NHL player’s fitness regimen with conditioning coach Matt Nichol
Globe and Mail sports reporter Rachel Brady does the water bottle one of the exercises by fitness trainer Matt Nichol.
Weekly Summary Corporate dividends, name changes, new listings
Ontario cabinet minister David Orazietti quits
Recalls this week: Food processors, chain saws
Stores push deals, hope to lure shoppers for holiday stretch
In this Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016, photo, shoppers return to their car at a mall in King of Prussia, Pa. Retailers are pushing promotions and other enticements for the final stretch of the holiday season as new numbers show that shoppers are spending at a decent, but a tad slower rate compared to last year. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
L’Opéra de Montréal collaborates with formerly homeless to craft opera
Sac à Dos, a day centre for Montreal’s homeless, holds a workshop as part of an effort to involve them in an opera’s production.
Romanian citizens extradited, charged in cyberfraud scheme
OPP constable charged in eastern Ontario crash that injured man: SIU
Young couple prepare to juggle short- and long-term goals
Glenn Lowson/The Globe and Mail
Vancouver’s Chinatown threatened by development and demographics
Chinatown activist Kevin Huang stands in front of one of the few remaining Chinese mutual society storefronts in Chinatown; there used to be 26 in Chinatown but now only a handful remain.
Montreal project helps solve issue around recovering Nazi-stolen art
Ships in Distress on a Stormy Sea by Jan Porcellis is the 14th recovery for the Max Stern Restitution Project.​
Three buyers vie for McKenzie Towne home
126 Prestwick Terrace SE, Calgary
Aussie star of 'Place to Call Home' set sights on Hollywood
This undated image released by Acorn TV shows Marta Dusseldorp as Sarah Nordmann in a scene from, "A Place To Call Home." available on the streaming service Acorn TV. (Acorn TV via AP)
Xavier Dolan excited by Oscar attention, disappointed by film's theatrical hopes
Director Xavier Dolan speaks during a news conference in Montreal on September 23, 2016, where his film 'It's Only the End of the World' was selected to represent Canada as a possible nominee in the Best Foreign Film category at the 89th Academy Awards. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
The Latest: Lawmakers promise thorough probes into hacking
President Barack Obama speaks during a news conference in the briefing room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Dec. 16, 2016. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
A mystery elf treated me to my own Twelve Days of Christmas
Sheriff training university faculty to carry guns on campus
Trump moves to cancel deals in Azerbaijan, Georgia
FILE - In this Saturday, Dec. 10, 2016, file photo, President-elect Donald Trump is interviewed by Chris Wallace of "Fox News Sunday" at Trump Tower in New York. The Trump Organization has canceled a licensing deal for a hotel in Azerbaijan and is taking steps to do the same for a project in neighboring Georgia, part of a string of recent efforts by the president-elect to extricate his business from thorny relationships five weeks before he takes office. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
Yahoo faces proposed Canadian class-action suit over compromised user info
A flag bearing the Yahoo company logo flies above a building in New York on Oct. 31, 2016.
Workout and fitness trends we’ll be talking about in 2017
Alex Hutchinson
Official: FBI backs CIA conclusion on Russian hacking motive
How do I know if the money I’m spending on marketing is worth it?
Why The Manchurian Candidate feels eerily prescient in the era of Trump
Barry Hertz
Soulpepper’s production of It’s a Wonderful Life is anything but
Historical society, artist preserve 'Subway Therapy' notes
FILE- In this Nov. 11, 2016 file photo, a commuter takes a photo of the "Subway Therapy" wall, in New York. Matthew Chavez, who goes by the artist name Levee, started the installation in the underground passageway that connects two subway lines, where people were encouraged to leave their feelings about the presidential election written on sticky notes. Artist Matthew Chavez started carefully removing the notes on Friday, Dec. 16 so they can be archived by the New-York Historical Society for a program called History Responds. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
Correction: Laura Branigan obituary
The Illusionists - Live from Broadway is unfortunately lacking in magic
Governor wants tourism head to quit over rapper kerfuffle
First lady: White House needs 'grown-up' in times of crisis
First lady Michelle Obama 'winks' and gestures to guests after after speaking following the screening for the movie 'Hidden Figures,' Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016, in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
UN chief speaks to reports he'll run for South Korea leader
Port Moody condo sells to first buyer to view it
Done Deal, 301 Capilano Rd., unit 401, Port Moody, B.C.
Initial public offerings scheduled to debut next week
Yahoo faces proposed Canadian class action over compromised user info
Soldier sentenced to six years in child porn case
N.S. government to resume talks with civil servants, teachers unions
Barry Ritholtz: Napoleon is dead! Wait. That’s a stock scam
FILE - In this May 16, 2012, file photo, the Facebook logo is displayed on an iPad in Philadelphia. Facebook is taking new measures to curb the spread of fake news on its huge and influential social network, focusing on the "worst of the worst" offenders and partnering with outside fact-checkers to sort honest news reports from made-up stories that play to people's passions and preconceived notions. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Maximum fines for B.C. farm, director after guilty pleas in cattle-abuse case
A Chilliwack Cattle Company worker is shown hitting a cow in this undated screenshot handout taken from video. A company that owns a dairy farm in British Columbia's Fraser Valley and one of its directors have pleaded guilty in a cattle abuse case that was the first of its kind in the province. Chilliwack Cattle Sales Ltd. pleaded guilty to three counts of causing an animal to continue to be in distress, while Wesley Kooyman pleaded guilty to one count. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - Mercy for Animals *MANDATORY HANDOUT*
Man who killed Patrice Vincent in 2014 wanted more victims: Quebec coroner
Warrant Officer Patrice Vincent was killed when a Canadian man rammed two soldiers in Quebec with his car on Oct. 20, 2014.
Italy's upheaval set to wreck Mario Draghi’s party
In this Monday, Dec. 12, 2016 file photo Italian outgoing Premier Matteo Renzi, right, waits for new Premier Paolo Gentiloni prior to the handover ceremony at Chigi Palace Premier's office, in Rome.
Investigation, cleanup underway after riot at Saskatchewan Penitentiary
Trudeau and Couillard hopeful Ottawa will reach a deal with Bombardier
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Premier of Québec Philippe Couillard sign a infrastructure agreement in Montreal, Friday December 16, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
Quebec coroner says man who killed Forces soldier in 2014 wanted more victims
Calm breaks in pre-holiday market as China news hits oil, stocks
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Sept. 27.
Man finds 2 pounds of heroin in car seized by Ohio police
Free flow for fish, surfers with new bridge over restored Petitcodiac River
Germany threatens to fine Facebook over hate speech
FILE - In this May 16, 2012, file photo, the Facebook logo is displayed on an iPad in Philadelphia. Facebook is taking new measures to curb the spread of fake news on its huge and influential social network, focusing on the "worst of the worst" offenders and partnering with outside fact-checkers to sort honest news reports from made-up stories that play to people's passions and preconceived notions. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Three songs you need to hear: Sean Michaels’s playlist of the week
The Latest: Volkswagen gets weekend to reach emissions deal
Hotel search site Trivago rises in stock market debut
Obama, rapping Putin, says US could strike back on cyber
President Barack Obama speaks during a news conference in the briefing room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Dec. 16, 2016. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
$2.6B contract awarded for Sandia National Labs management
This July 16, 2009, aerial view shows part of Sandia National Laboratories' main campus on Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, N.M. Federal officials announced on Friday, Dec. 16, 2016, that National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, a subsidiary of Honeywell International, has won the $2.6 billion contract to manage the Laboratory. (Sandia National Laboratories via AP)
The Latest: 150 cars destroyed in Richmond fire
Julia Roberts to take on first-ever starring TV series role
FILE - In this June 4, 2016, file photo, Julia Roberts accepts the woman of the decade award at the Guys Choice Awards in Culver City, Calif. The Hollywood Reporter said on Dec. 15, 2016, that Roberts would be taking on her first regular TV role in a miniseries adaptation of Maria Semple’s novel, “Today Will Be Different.” (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
Want a hippo for Christmas? The story of a girl who got one
Gayla Peevey, singer of that enduring Christmas classic, "I Want a Hippopotamus For Christmas," sings in her home Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016, in La Mesa, Calif. It was 1953, and one of the hottest songs on the radio was “I Want a Hippopotamus For Christmas.” Now it’s Christmas 2016, and Peevey is still singing. She leaves that to schoolchildren, ringtones, iTunes downloads and TV commercials that, to the 73-year-old singer’s amazement, keep the song in everyone’s head every Christmas season, whether they want it there or not .(AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
At least three deaths may be attributed to extreme cold weather in B.C.
Bryan Murray to receive historic honour from Ottawa Senators
Then-Ottawa Senators general manager Bryan Murray holds a news conference on Tuesday, May 28, 2013 in Ottawa.
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