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  • Brandon Bridge throws three touchdown passes as Roughriders down Ti-Cats

    Saskatchewan quarterback Brandon Bridge threw three touchdown passes in just his second career start, and the Roughriders held on to defeat the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 27-19 in front of 23,604 at Tim Hortons Field on Friday night. Bridge, 25, got his first start in 2015 when he was with Montreal (a loss against Saskatchewan). The Mississauga, […]
  • Lawyer Allen Linden won compensation for thalidomide victims

    He was a young professor in love with tort law, the legal process by which people can seek damages from those who have harmed them. Torts were his elixir, his passion. And here was a very big tort, or “civil wrong:” Dozens of Canadian children had been born with deformities because their pregnant mothers had […]
  • Sept. 16: Your daily horoscope

    IF TODAY IS YOUR BIRTHDAY A Mercury-Mars union on your birthday will inspire you to think in ways that lesser mortals cannot begin to understand. But it will also help you frame your message in ways that anyone can understand. Communication is your strength. Use it wisely. ARIES (March 21 – April 20): Story continues […]
  • Josh Donaldson powers Blue Jays to win over Minnesota Twins

    Josh Donaldson homered and drove in the go-ahead run in the seventh inning with an infield single that ricocheted off the mound, sending the Toronto Blue Jays to a 4-3 victory on Friday night over the Minnesota Twins to slow their push toward the post-season. The Twins had a three-game lead over the Los Angeles […]
  • Globe editorial: How the Liberals are blowing it on small business tax reform

    The Trudeau government has managed a neat trick. It’s right about the need to rethink the uses, and rein in the abuses, of a tax-preferred structure known as the Canadian Controlled Private Corporation, or CCPC. But its plans to do so have been so poorly conceived, and so badly explained, that they’re now widely seen […]
  • Easily-overlooked Magic-Mat is a useful dashboard storage accessory

    Magic-Mat Premium Available at: Canadian Tire Price: $6.99 Story continues below advertisement Magic-Mat is one of those items that resides at the end of the aisle with the tree-shaped air stinkers and the “As seen on TV” products. Considering the measly price, it was worth the gamble. Peel the sticky, flimsy black mat from the […]
  • Sept. 16: Take the middle road on tax reform. Plus other letters to the editor

    Letters to the Editor should be exclusive to The Globe and Mail. Include your name, address and daytime phone number. Try to keep letters to fewer than 150 words. Letters may be edited for length and clarity. To submit a letter by e-mail, click here: letters@globeandmail.com ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Take the middle road on taxes Story continues […]Read More
  • UK police make ‘significant’ arrest in London subway blast

    British police made a “significant” arrest in the urgent manhunt for suspects a day after the London subway blast that injured more than two dozen people, authorities said Saturday. Police said that an 18-year-old man was arrested by Kent police in the port of Dover on the English Channel. He is being questioned under the […]
  • Bullish on West Fraser Timber

    On Jan. 7, 2017 ($45.44) we reported a breakout from a large trading range (dashed lines) and targets of $57 and $62. West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. rallied to a high of $62.50 in May, 2017 to fulfill our targets (A). The stock then stayed in a slightly rising wedge pattern for about three months […]
  • Canada’s privacy commissioner investigating Equifax hack

    Canada’s privacy watchdog says it has opened an investigation into the massive Equifax Inc. data breach after receiving several complaints and dozens of calls from concerned Canadians. The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada says that the credit monitoring company has committed to notifying all impacted Canadians in writing as soon as possible, but […]
  • The close: TSX ends flat while S&P 500 teases 2,500-mark

    The Toronto stock market wavered Friday and closed flat as declines in energy and utilities were offset by gains in consumer discretionary and staples stocks. The S&P/TSX composite index rose 0.31 of a point to 15,173.03. Five of the index’s sectors were up, and five were down. Consumer discretionary shares rose 0.7 per cent and […]Read More