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  • New business jet Challenger 350 launched by Bombardier New business jet Challenger 350 launched by Bombardier

    GENEVA - Canadian aeroplane maker Bombardier has expanded its leading Challenger family of business jets with the launch of the new Challenger 350 aircraft in collaboration with global leader in private aviation, US firm NetJets. The launch on Monday was held at a special event here at the European Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition (EBACE). Bombardier said deliveries of the ...

  • Bank of Canadas Carney says Europe needs big reforms

    Reuters © Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney (L) speaks to the President of the European Central Bank Mario Draghi as they pose for a group photograph at the G7 Finance Ministers meeting in Aylesbury, southern England May 10, 2013. REUTERS/Alastair ...

  • Canada’s financial community facing changing of the guard

    Streetwise gives you the full scoop on business deals and Canada's finance and capital market sectors. Through daily updates, our dedicated team of award-winning Globe and Mail journalists set the agenda and ensure you get exclusive and must-have business intelligence and analysis every day. The most informed Globe and Mail readers access Streetwise every day. Why don't ...

  • Ontario Tories want Wynne McGuinty to testify again about gas plants

    Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne appears before the legislature's justice committee at the Ontario Legislature in Toronto on Tuesday April 30, 2012. (Frank Gunn/THE CANADIAN ...

  • Ronald McDonald House Charities named RBC Canadian Open charitable partner

    RBC and Golf Canada have announced that Ronald McDonald House Charities Canada has been selected as the charity partner for this year's RBC Canadian Open.RMHC Canada staff and volunteers provide more than 10,000 families of seriously ill or injured children each year with the essentials of running a home - everything from education to home-cooked meals - while their child is being treated ...

Movie Review

Double Suicide (Shinju ten no amijima) [DVD]

Double Suicide (Shinju ten no amijima) [DVD]

Much like the teenage lovers in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, the adult lovers in Masahiro Shinoda's Double Suicide (Shinju ten no amijima) find that their love for each runs into a wall erected by a structured society that will not permit it. While Shakespeare's ill-fated lovers were caught in the cross-hairs of familial feuding, the lovers in Double Suicid ... ...

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  • E-book sales plateauing BookNet Canada report

    Kobo and Kindle have grown to become familiar brands in Canada but e-book sales now appear to plateauing, suggests a report by the industry organization BookNet Canada.Based on surveys with 4,000 book-buying consumers, BookNet Canada pegged paperback sales in 2012 at about 58 per cent of the market, while hardcovers accounted for 24 per cent and e-book sales made up 15 per ...

  • ‘RHOOC’ star Lydia McLaughlin is shocked over Lauri’s return to the show

    show and she claims that she never really watched the show before signing on to showcase her life and her husband, Doug McLaughlin. However, before Lydia signed on to the show, there had been plenty of women who had starred on the show before her. And one of those ...

  • Babcock deserves credit in leading the Red Wings in Stanley Cup Playoffs

    ice hockey team to a gold medal at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, is getting great production from his entire Red Wings team in the ...

  • Lydia McLaughlin on ‘Real Housewives of Orange County’ ‘You really cant win’

    "The Real Housewives of Orange County" star Lydia McLaughlin joined the show this season as a rather innocent individual. She is married to Doug McLaughlin and has two adorable children. It sounds like she is very accepting and open with all the women, even going against Alexis Bellino when she thought she was out of line with the bullying accusations. However, now that Lydia has ...

  • ‘Basketball Wives’ star Evelyn Lozada’s ex-husband is broke

    Chad Ochocinco last year in hopes of starting a loving marriage for the two and she had good intentions from the beginning. However, after just 41 days, the marriage came to an end because she discovered that he had been cheating on her with various women. After she was head-butted by him during a fight, his mistresses began stepping forward and slamming Evelyn on Twitter. One can imagine that ...

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