Sexual harassment gossip, but no accusers, as Ghomeshi effect engulfs Quebec university

Graeme Hamilton: The stickers plastered on the UQAM professors’ doors last week left little doubt that the three men were accused of something reprehensible

Jonathan Kay: After Ghomeshi’s downfall, signs of a sexual harassment witch-hunt
The Jian Ghomeshi effect: Scandal quickly opening conversation about sexual assault in Canada

Obama avoided taking a stand on Keystone for years and now faces no-win situation

Kelly McParland: The U.S. president has a choice — he can approve Keystone and anger the left wing of his party, or veto it and anger other Democrats

Fake Canadian soldier goes into hiding after igniting storm of public outrage

A woman who identified herself as Gervais’s wife declined to talk, but said the couple, who have reportedly received death threats, will issue a statement

With re-election slipping through his fingers, Vancouver mayor tries new strategy — contrition

Brian Hutchinson: Robertson is often accused of arrogance, but in his opening address at a mayoral debate, he apologized to Vancouver residents

‘Get him … Kill him’: Death of Nova Scotia fisherman a case of ‘murder for lobster,’ prosecutor says

The Twin Maggies crew took aim at Boudreau’s speedboat and rammed it, the prosecutor said. When the attack was over, Boudreau was lost to the sea

Harper gets up close and personal during New Zealand visit long on ceremony, short on substance

Stephen Harper and his wife, Laureen, rubbed noses with Maori elders Friday in Auckland, in a ceremony that blended native and British traditions

'Erupt volcanoes of jihad': ISIS leader breaks silence after reported wounding in air strike

Characterizing the coalition against ISIS as ‘Crusaders and Jews,’ Baghdadi said those who fail to fight for his cause will receive a ‘painful torment’

The politics of obliteration: How the Allies decided which European cities would be bombed and which spared

Richard Overy: During the course of the Allied bombing of Europe, a balance was supposed to be struck between political calculation and military imperatives

‘Only a psychosis’ could explain what Magnotta did to Jun Lin, says psychiatrist who takes his word for it

Christie Blatchford: It was the psychologist's final declaration in re-examination by Magnotta’s lawyer, but hardly her only staunch pronouncement on the...

Rinelle Harper ‘a fighter’ who just wants back to school, beaten Winnipeg teen’s parents say

‘She’s a fighter. She’s a hero to everybody,’ Julie harper said of her daughter who was beaten, sexually assaulted and left for dead

Manitoba grand chief makes emotional call for end to violence against aboriginal women

‘This is the hour that we have to call for change,’ said Grand Chief David Harper, a distant relative of Rinelle Harper. ‘The acts of violence have to stop’

If the Tories really loved the military so much, it wouldn’t be systematically underfunded

Michael Den Tandt: It is unclear how the Tories can perpetuate this sad-sack tradition now, while continuing to cast themselves as the soldier’s best friend

Boy’s mother, sister drag him behind pillar after he was hit in head during Eaton Centre shooting, court hears

Jo-Anne Finney says she asked her son if he had been shot, and put her hand to his head, where she says she felt what appeared to be a hole

CBC president tries to give Radio-Canada staff an award, but they refuse to accept it

Staff refused the award presented to them personally by CBC President Hubert Lacroix in protest of job cuts at the public broadcaster

'We have had similar struggles': Tallest man shakes hands with shortest on Guinness World Records Day

The record-keeping company arranged a meeting between Turkey's Sultan Kosen, who is eight feet three inches, and Nepal's Chandra Dangi, who is 21.5 inches

Australia accused of ‘colonialism’ over plan to scrap parliament on island populated by descendants of HMS Bounty mutineers

The island, settled by the ancestors of the mutineers in the 1850s, is effectively bankrupt but its 1,800 residents fiercely oppose the plan to end its autonomy

Tiger stalks the area around Disneyland Paris, while authorities urge 'extreme caution'

It's not our cat, says EuroDisney, Europe's top tourist destination, while police and rescue squads rope off a security perimeter

Love in the time of Morse code: The anonymity of telegraphs enabled flirtation, betrayal, and occasional lasting bliss

There’s the way they talk about romance: something both enabled and thwarted by technology, that makes them still feel so modern now

BlackBerry allies with rival Samsung in mobile security

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Why Ontario should help Toronto fund the running of its overburdened transit system, just like the old days

Kelly McParland: The economic benefits Toronto generates spread well beyond its borders, which is why Kathleen Wynne would be wise to chip in

On Ghomeshi and due process in crises: Corrupted environments can only be purified by extreme measures

Father Raymond J. de Souza: A corrupted environment can only be purified by extreme measures, including burdening those who did nothing wrong

We’ve finally reached the part where the accused blames the victim in the Magnotta trial

Christie Blatchford: As with many criminal cases, the accused blames the victim for the whole business, so did it finally come to pass at the Luka Magnotta trial

Stephen Harper's courtesy call to New Zealand a chance to strengthen weakening ties

Matthew Fisher: Harper can remind New Zealand’s citizens that their China-focused country still has friends in the West, even if they are like distant cousins

Harper gets up close and personal during New Zealand visit long on ceremony, short on substance

Stephen Harper and his wife, Laureen, rubbed noses with Maori elders Friday in Auckland, in a ceremony that blended native and British traditions

How to pick winning stocks that love lower energy prices

Recent earnings for oil companies show just what a punishing environment the market has become for them this year

Ubisoft discusses its review policy amid Assassin’s Creed Unity controversy

The developer also discussed the controversy surrounding Assassin's Creed Unity's review embargo lifting at noon

Wahlburgers is the new kid on the block when it comes to the Toronto burger scene

Backed by some high-profile Canadian investors, the celebrity brothers chose Toronto for the second location of their wildly popular restaurant

Sean Michaels wins Giller, conducts ether

“I keep being reminded of a story a friend of mine told me, about spending 15 years in an acid trip,” winner of the 2014 Scotiabank Giller Prize Sean Michaels says, “So I’m worried it was all a dream."

Dumb and Dumber To, reviewed: Returning to Lloyd and Harry was maybe not the smartest move for the Farrelly Brothers

The diminished returns of the sequel illustrate the danger of following up on Lloyd and Harry. The Farrellys have so much to live down to

‘Who’s going to listen to this?’: The story behind ‘Serial’ and how This American Life’s spinoff is changing podcasts forever

Serial, produced by This American Life, has reigned supreme on iTunes' top podcast list since it launched Oct. 3, creating watercooler banter, blog recaps and even spinoff podcasts unlike any other piece of contemporary journalism

Israel & Middle East

ISIS leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi calls on Islamist extremists to ‘erupt volcanoes of jihad everywhere’

Characterizing the coalition against ISIS as 'Crusaders and Jews,' Baghdadi said those who fail to fight for his cause will receive a 'painful torment' from God

Driving

Car Review: 2015 Subaru Legacy 3.6R Limited

Subaru's mid-size sedan offers good luxury value, but it could use some more refinement

Jay Leno: I race a Toyota Tundra through the desert

The Baja 1000 is a gruelling 1,000-mile rally through treacherous desert terrain and Jay Leno got a taste of it

Montreal woman buys a ’51 Packard for her 51st birthday

Montreal woman has had a life-long love affair with Packards

Sports

Despite what professional sports may tell you, putting money on fantasy sports is still gambling

Daily fantasy sports, an offshoot of the huge fantasy-sports industry, is still in its relative infancy

Bulls put an end to Raptors run, but Derrick Rose leaves with hamstring injury

Kyle Lowry scored 20 points but it wasn’t enough to lift the Raptors past the Chicago Bulls, as Toronto dropped a 100-93 decision

Senators general manager Bryan Murray reveals he has Stage 4 colon cancer in interview

Ottawa Senators general manager Bryan Murray had said that he had cancer in a statement on July 7, but the severity of his illness was not made public at that time

Toronto Blue Jays get a player who ‘does a lot of little things well’ in Devon Travis

By 9 a.m. Thursday, Travis was hearing via text from a new teammate, a fellow “little guy” he had come to know during his college days

Personal Finance

Couple with $1.6-million in assets worry another market meltdown could derail their retirement

Family Finance: Max and Laura will be dependent on investments for about two-thirds of their retirement income, so it’s vital to restructure their portfolio to have dependable income and low volatility

Executive

Dispelling the pink-slime myth: A lesson in ‘unbranding’ from McDonald’s

McDonald’s launched “Our Food. Your Questions.” to restore credibility by dispelling myths that have plagued the fast-food giant

Posted Toronto

Talk of ‘climate of change’ at Toronto Police Services with new chief, budget strategy in store

‘You could say that we are at a crossroads where all of these very important, far-reaching issues are coming to a head all at once,’ board chairman Alok Mukherjee said

Kensington Market mainstay Zimmerman’s Discount closing after more than 60 years

The New Year will be bringing more changes to Kensington Market, as one of its venerable retailers calls it a day after six decades

Toronto District School Board member arrested and charged with criminal harassment and forcible confinement

'In 48 years, I’ve never seen this sort of thing, people just don’t behave that way,' said Trustee Sheila Cary-Meagher, a witness to the alleged incident

Health

Doctor sterilized 80 women in six hours at squalid Indian ‘health camp’ where botched surgeries killed 12

The deaths of 12 women this week have raised ethical questions about India's drive to curb a booming population by paying women to get sterilized

Life

Dear Prudence: Should we fire our midwives for anti-vaccination rant late in pregnancy?

My wife is nine months pregnant and we are planning a home birth. Our team of two midwives came to our house to do a home visit last week, and shamed us when we let them know we would be vaccinating our baby

Travel

Why choose between London and Paris? Make mine a double

An extended long weekend in London seems extravagant, but five days in London and Paris? That’s efficiency, and something I jumped at the chance to do in early April