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Jim Balsillie
Culture
“Canadians suffer from this absolute refusal to see myth and romance in ourselves”: A Q&A with
BlackBerry
star Jay Baruchel
The actor talks about making the outrageous new film, fighting Canadian cinema's old guard, buying weed with grandparents and whether it's "the Beach" or "the Beaches"
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City News
The 50 Most Influential People in Toronto: who really runs this city?
You know you live in interesting times when the chief of police is the most powerful person in town. What propelled Chief Blair to...
City News
Glen Murray and Kathleen Wynne are running for the Ontario Liberal Party leadership
The race to be the next leader of the Ontario Liberal Party is now, finally, an actual race. Three weeks quietly passed following...
City News
Camera: financial and diplomatic bigwigs hobnob at the Canadian International Council gala
Ritz-Carlton, October 25. Masters of the financial and diplomatic universes took part in the gala for the Canadian International...
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City News
The three biggest corporate cash hoarders in Toronto (and what we imagine they’re doing with the dough)
Last month, Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney accused corporate Canada of hoarding hundreds of billions of dollars of “dead...
City News
RIM’s head of global sales quits (and it could be Jim Balsillie’s fault)
Thanks to its precipitous downward spiral and uncomfortable office politics, Research in Motion is rumoured to have some pretty...
City News
Professors hate Jim Balsillie’s think tank enough to boycott two Ontario universities
Canadian professors triumphed over former Research in Motion exec Jim Balsillie earlier in the month when they got York University...
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Jim Balsillie bashes York University (and shows he’s a sore loser) in the Globe and Mail
Woe betide anyone who refuses Jim Balsillie’ s largesse—the former Research in Motion exec penned an op-ed in today’s Globe...
City News
York University refuses to take $30 million from Jim Balsillie
After eight months of foot stamping and posturing, York University has backed out of a deal to use a big chunk of Jim Balsillie’...
Style
April Fool’s joke roundup: some funny, some not funny and some that just sound sensible
Everyone with a Facebook feed saw Google’ s eight-bit version of Google Maps (complete with a pixelated CN Tower ), but there...
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City News
Reaction Roundup: Jim Balsillie’s out, execs are getting fired…what the heck is going on at RIM?
After a few weeks of relative quiet from Research in Motion, the company dropped a big pile of news on the world yesterday: the...
City News
Jim Balsillie resigns, RIM earnings disappoint, share prices drop and Thorsten Heins starts firing people
Breaking Research in Motion news: today brought not only an expected fourth quarter earnings report (spoiler: the numbers were...
City News
Jim Balsillie finds giving away $30 million is tougher than he thought
Poor Jim Balsillie. First Research in Motion’ s board wanted some distance, and now over 270 professors at York University...
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City News
25 Canadians made Forbes’ billionaires list (and two notables did not)
We’re not sure if the “one-per-center” label is exclusive enough for the 25 Canadians who made it onto Forbes magazine’s...
City News
Five things we learned about RIM’s boardroom strategy from Roger Martin’s Globe and Mail interview
Roger Martin holds a lot of titles: Research In Motion board member, dean of business at the University of Toronto , Toronto Life...
City News
RIM hopes NHL players (including one Maple Leaf) can make the PlayBook look cool
Hockey players and Research in Motion now have more in common than a tendency towards bouts of unresponsiveness —RIM has managed...
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Savvy rich guy Prem Watsa doubles his stake in RIM
As the tech and finance pundits sink their teeth into Research in Motion , Fairfax Financial CEO Prem Watsa is sinking his money...
City News
Jim Balsillie will be off RIM’s board by the summer—at least so says one activist investor
As if losing his job—and most of RIM’s value— wasn’t bad enough, former Research In Motion CEO Jim Balsillie is now being...
City News
Reaction Roundup: the lowdown on RIM’s executive shuffle
We don’t expect analysts to go easy on Research In Motion just because co-CEOs Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie finally stepped...
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Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis are out—but will a new CEO be enough to save RIM?
In an attempt to halt Research In Motion’ s death spiral, executive duo Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis are stepping down as...
City News
Why rumours that Samsung was poised to takeover RIM were really quite silly right from the start
No matter how bad the news gets for Research In Motion, a juicy rumour—no matter how far fetched—seems to be all it takes to...
City News
RIM’s share prices surge with rumours that co-CEOs might be turfed
Research in Motion may have found a quick way to shake off a dismal third quarter (and that whole rowdy drunken execs fiasco):...
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Reaction roundup: analysts on RIM and Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis’s $1 salaries
Despite its frequent and public thrashings, Research in Motion still had to stand before investors to dish on its dismal third...
City News
Markham may soon be home to the most expensive insult to Jim Balsillie ever
The remote wilds of Markham could have a $300-million, 20,000-seat sports and entertainment venue by 2014, the Globe and Mail...
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Deep Dives
Inside the rise and fall of the Vaulter Bandit, the 21st century’s most notorious bank robber
To fellow tourists he met around the world, Jeffery Shuman was a semi-retired developer with a bright smile, an even tan and a fat wallet. In truth, he was a legendary bank robber on the run from the Toronto police and the US Marshals
Deep Dives
Anchor Man: Fox News host John Roberts on Trump, the trade war and the American psyche
If Fox News seems an unlikely landing spot for a guy who got his start pumping out Platinum Blonde on MuchMusic, you probably haven’t heard his thoughts about joining the notorious network, the Canada–US relationship and what he misses most about Toronto
Deep Dives
Trump’s Loss, Toronto’s Gain: Meet the artists, professors, scientists and other luminaries ditching the US and moving north
They’re coming from Big Law, the Ivy League, arts institutes and beyond, brimming with smarts and energy and united by a common cause: avoiding the carnage of Donald Trump. True tales from the brain gain
Deep Dives
Dancing Queens: Patrons, staff and performers share their wildest memories of Crews and Tangos, Toronto’s most storied drag bar
Crews and Tangos has been enforcing the rules of the Village for more than 30 years: wear what you want, kiss who you want, but don’t forget to tip the drag queens. With a condo development looming, we asked around for tales from the iconic spot
Deep Dives
The Joy of Sex with Strangers: A Toronto hotwife’s adventures in ethical non-monogamy
Three months ago, I was a suburban mom in a monogamous relationship. Now I’m sleeping with people I meet online—with my husband’s blessing—and we’ve never been happier. Don’t judge us until you’ve read our story
Deep Dives
The Scandal, the Firing and the Fallout: Anatomy of a Bay Street fiasco at RBC
Nadine Ahn was a high-ranking executive at the bank. Ken Mason, her subordinate, was rapidly promoted. Then someone claimed to see them canoodling at the Royal York, tipped off HR and triggered an inquisition
Deep Dives
Edward the Conqueror: The unlikely ascent of Canada’s telecom king
Edward Rogers was dismissed as a meddling nepo baby—until he muscled out his siblings, acquired his competitors, cornered the telecom market and became the dominant force in Canadian sports
Deep Dives
Lady Parts: Inside Meredith MacNeill and Jennifer Whalen’s new show,
Small Achievable Goals
The
Baroness von Sketch Show
alumnae have elevated joking about women’s issues to an art. Their new show takes aim at menopause. How funny is that?
Deep Dives
Murder in the Blue Mountains: The story behind the killing of Ashley Schwalm
Ashley and James Schwalm had what seemed like a fairy tale life—two wonderful children, fulfilling careers and a gorgeous home close to the private ski club where they’d fallen in love. Then Ashley’s remains turned up in a burned-out car at the bottom of a ditch, and all signs pointed to her husband
Deep Dives
Dark Horse: Inside the fall of Eric Lamaze, Canada’s most famous equestrian
For years, Lamaze was the world’s top-ranked show jumper, living an enviable life filled with fancy cars, international travel and adoring fans—the kind of life a person might do anything to protect
Deep Dives
Dividing Line: How the Bloor Street bike lane turned the city into a battlefield
A few kilometres along Bloor has become Toronto’s most contested strip of concrete, igniting fights over congestion, safety and the future of downtown
Deep Dives
The Chosen One: At just 23, Scottie Barnes is the new face of the Raptors—and the team’s best chance of salvation
Barnes is shouldering the weight of an impatient, basketball-mad city, a hit-and-miss team, and his own colossal ambitions. Does he look worried?
Deep Dives
Almost
Famous: Inside the Beaches’ rise to rock stardom
A viral earworm about a breakup turned the Beaches into Toronto’s hottest export. Now, the panty-throwing, stage-diving, all-girl rock band is seducing fans around the world
Deep Dives
“I was nearly beaten to death by my partner. The case was dismissed because it took too long to get to trial”
How an overburdened justice system is failing survivors of intimate partner violence
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Food & Drink
“We felt disconnected from the outdoors before”: What St. Lawrence Market North vendors think of their new home
And what locally made and grown goods they’re selling
Food & Drink
Sort-of Secret: Amelia’s Market, a Geary Avenue grocer selling local goods and light lunches
Like lovely cheese plates paired with glasses of Ontario-made wine
Food & Drink
“There’s more attention now on shopping close to home”: How Broadfork Produce is connecting Toronto’s top chefs with Ontario farmers
And the west-end supplier is opening to the public soon
Food & Drink
The US tariffs are coming for your espresso martini
With Kahlúa no longer available at the LCBO, Toronto bartenders are getting creative