HMV making comeback through Toys “R” Us locations in Ontario
HMV, the entertainment brand that departed the country seven years ago, said this week that it has begun selling merchandise in five of the toy retailer's Ontario locations.
Entertainment
Feb 1
‘Barbie’ movie: Can viewers look beyond Barbie’s problematic past?
The 'Barbie' movie is the hype of the year, but some people still struggle with Barbie's scandal-ridden history.
Entertainment
Jul 20, 2023
Another N.B. cabinet minister resigns from Blaine Higgs government
Another New Brunswick cabinet minister has resigned amid calls for a leadership review of Premier Blaine Higgs, who has been embroiled in controversy over changes to Policy 713.
Politics
Jun 23, 2023
Okanagan high school students reminded about kindness from younger counterparts
Pink Shirt Day was started in 2007 after a boy in Nova Scotia wore pink to school and was bullied. The day is now marked across the world.
Canada
Feb 22, 2023
Remembering the celebrities we lost in 2022
From movie and TV stars to musicians and notable personalities, we said goodbye to a lot of familiar, beloved faces this year.
Entertainment
Dec 30, 2022
China’s zero-COVID policy could remain through 2023 despite vaccine campaign: experts
A vaccination campaign will require months and China also needs to build up its hospitals and work out a long-term virus strategy, health experts and economists warn.
World
Nov 30, 2022
Football fans get a close-up in the acclaimed Philadelphia-set ‘Silver Linings Playbook’
NEW YORK, N.Y. - In David O. Russell's "Silver Linings Playbook," Bradley Cooper plays an unstable former teacher trying to improve himself after exiting a mental institution. When his character, Pat Solitano, consults his otherwise level-headed psychiatrist Dr. Cliff Patel (Anupam Kher) on whether a Philadelphia Eagles' jersey is appropriate attire for a dinner party, Patel questions which jersey. On hearing that it's star wide-receiver DeSean Jackson, he responds unequivocally:
Entertainment
Nov 30, 2012
Moderate or Mike Harris clone? A closer look at Ontario Tory Leader Tim Hudak
TORONTO - The biggest challenge of Tim Hudak's life didn't come from the floor of the legislature or the firing line of a media scrum.
Sep 7, 2011
Moderate or Mike Harris clone? A closer look at Ontario Tory Leader Tim Hudak
TORONTO - The biggest challenge of Tim Hudak's life didn't come from the floor of the legislature or the firing line of a media scrum.
Sep 7, 2011
Moderate or Mike Harris clone? A closer look at Ontario Tory Leader Tim Hudak
TORONTO - The biggest challenge of Tim Hudak's life didn't come from the floor of the legislature or the firing line of a media scrum.
Canada
Sep 8, 2011
RIM could have activist shareholder Carl Icahn on board pushing for change
One of Research In Motion's Canadian shareholders says it would support activist investor Carl Icahn buying into the struggling BlackBerry maker to make changes or put the company up for sale.
Sep 28, 2011
Dolby lawsuit against RIM dropped after license agreement
SAN FRANCISCO - Dolby Laboratories says Research in Motion has agreed to license its audio technologies that were the subject of two recent lawsuits against the BlackBerry maker.
Money
Sep 12, 2011
RIM failing consumers and should consider putting itself up for sale: investor
MONTREAL - Research In Motion is failing in the "dynamic" consumer market and should consider putting itself up for sale or spinning off its patent portfolio into a separate company, says an investment bank with holdings in the struggling BlackBerry maker.
Money
Sep 6, 2011
UCLA walk-on Jerry Rice Jr. earns teammates’ respect heading into debut
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - The name on the back of Jerry Rice Jr.'s UCLA jersey is an awfully heavy thing for a walk-on receiver to carry on his shoulders.
Sports
Oct 27, 2011
Microsoft tablet risks alienating its longtime partners – PC makers
NEW YORK, N.Y. - With the unveiling of the Surface tablet, Microsoft is heading into unusual territory: competing with its partners, the very same companies that make Windows PCs. But Microsoft has little to lose, since PC manufacturers are having little success with their own tablets.
Money
Jun 19, 2012
Research In Motion may not have many suitors despite PM’s comments on takeovers
MONTREAL - Research In Motion may not have many suitors at home or abroad especially with Prime Minister Stephen Harper's comments that he would like to see the BlackBerry maker remain a Canadian company, analysts said Monday.
Politics
Feb 6, 2012
Research In Motion may not have many suitors despite PM’s comments on takeovers
MONTREAL - Research In Motion may not have many suitors at home or abroad especially with Prime Minister Stephen Harper's comments that he would like to see the BlackBerry maker remain a Canadian company, analysts said Monday.
Money
Feb 6, 2012
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion enters 2012 with a lot riding on its name
MONTREAL - BlackBerry maker Research In Motion will likely have but one goal in 2012: stop the terrible skid that started a year ago before it gets horribly out of control.
Canada
Dec 12, 2011
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion enters 2012 with a lot riding on its name
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion will likely have but one goal in 2012: stop the terrible skid that started a year ago before it gets horribly out of control.
Dec 27, 2011
Wi-LAN files patent suit against Research In Motion
OTTAWA - Ottawa-based Wi-LAN Inc. (TSX:WIN) has launched a patent suit against Research In Motion Ltd. (TSX:RIM), adding to the challenges facing the troubled BlackBerry maker.
Money
Jan 23, 2012