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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 ...

  • Paddy Lowe to join Mercedes early

    Agreement has been reached between Mercedes and McLaren for Paddy Lowe to join the works team ahead of the Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix June 9. The announcement of Lowe leaving McLaren for Mercedes was made in February and the British racing engineer was supposed to join the team at the end of 2013. "Paddy will strengthen the team in the role of executive director (technical) and will work ...

  • Jennifer Lawrence brother being stalked

    Hollywood actress Jennifer Lawrence and her brother Blaine Lawrence are reportedly being stalked by a Canadian named Han Cong Zhao. Han, 23, was said to be remanded on bail after Judge Annette Karem at Kentucky court here heard he sent Blaine 200 messages and a threatening voicemail. "You got me really upset, when I am upset, wait and see what happens," thesun.co.uk quoted Han as ...

  • Canada called ‘a natural fit’ for Pacific Alliance

    On the eve of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's trip to Latin America, Mexico - keen on putting some new zip into its relations with Ottawa - sees Canada as an ideal fit for the new Pacific Alliance trading bloc that is rapidly emerging.Mexico's vice-minister of foreign affairs, Sergio Alcocer, says Canada would see benefits in Latin America and Asia - if it's willing to do ...

  • In photos Winter ends with a splash in Banff

    A skier takes to the roof to celebrate the last day at the 85th Annual Splash Cup at Sunshine Village Ski and Snowboard resort on Monday, May 20, 2013.(Chris Bolin for The Globe and ...

Movie Review

Clash of the Titans

Clash of the Titans

Louis Letteriers remake--or reimagining, or whatever-you-want-to-call-it--of 1981s campy mythological mash-up Clash of the Titans is just about what you would expect it to be. Maintaining only the barest of plot threads from Desmond Daviss original, this new cinematic ... ...

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  • In Banff a whiff of warmth brings spring fever

    Brown takes a breather Very few make it, but winning isn't everything. The point of the Slush Cup, held Monday, is to simultaneously pay one's respects to the end of winter and the beginning of spring.While the rest of the country was lining up to buy geraniums over Victoria Day weekend, Banff was waving goodbye to nine months of winter and feverishly embracing two short months of ...

  • Bylaw review could put wind in sails of Vancouver kitesurfers

    Stephen Codrington, at Spanish Banks Beach in Vancouver on Sunday, lets the air out of the kite he uses when kitesurfing. (DARRYL DYCK For the Globe and ...

  • Canadians invited to weigh in on Juno Beach wind turbines

    For decades visitors to the D-Day beaches on the northwest coast of France have looked out at the English Channel, taking in the journey made by Allied troops that marked a turning point in the Second World War.The view from some of those sites - including Juno Beach where 359 Canadians died - could soon change if a plan succeeds to build an army of wind turbines some 10 kilometres ...

  • House fire destroys Saskatoon man’s possessions

    Edwin Quewezance visits the home he rents at 417 Ave. Q South on Monday after it was destroyed by a fire that investigators say was likely the work of an ...

  • Craig Andersons confidence spreads through team

    Craig Anderson made 49 saves in Game 3 agaiinst Pittsburgh, prompting Senators teammate Jason Spezza to say the goalie is playing the way he did in the regular season. "He's a guy that has a good edge to him and I think that suits our team well." (Jana Chytilova/Freestyle Photography/Getty ...

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