Two companies are trying to tap an unused part of the housing market by matching students and other renters with homeowners who have empty bedrooms. Sparrow Living Inc., which received federal funding, launched its home-sharing... read more
Isabelle Farnham felt like she was falling behind her peers. While some of her fellow students at the Ivey Business School at the University of Western Ontario had already secured summer positions in investment banking... read more
Justin Trudeau and his wife of 18 years, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, announced Wednesday that they have parted ways, making him the second Prime Minister to be legally separated while in office – after only his own... read more
Donald Trump has been criminally indicted for orchestrating a plot to overturn his 2020 election loss and inciting a mob of supporters to storm the U.S. Capitol, the most serious charges that the former president... read more
If there is such a thing as too much financial freedom, pay on demand would seem to qualify. With pay on demand, employees of participating companies can request salary they’ve earned to date instead of... read more
We’ve had three straight years of personal finance drama, but 2023 may be the worst of them. Inflation has been running hot for two years, interest rates are peaking and the number of consumer insolvencies... read more
Vanessa Winer has been scouring the web since February looking for the perfect match. But the 25-year-old talent acquisition professional isn’t looking for romance – she’s looking for a roommate. Currently living in Markham, Ont.,... read more
The U.S. actors’ strike that begins Friday will grind film and TV production to a halt worldwide, augmenting the continuing American screenwriter walkout in a move that will clear out sound stages across Canada and... read more
A big chunk of Maddie Moser’s high school career happened during the pandemic – which meant online school and added stressors. When graduation arrived, she wasn’t sure what to do next. “I didn’t feel prepared to... read more
A stabbing that wounded three people in a gender-studies class at Ontario’s University of Waterloo was motivated by hate, investigators say, shaking the community and heightening concerns that education is being targeted by ideological extremists.... read more
If they ever reboot the TV show Thirtysomething, the characters should live at home with their parents. The late 1980s drama was about a group of people in their 30s juggling children and careers. In a... read more
Russian forces are committing wide-ranging atrocities against civilians in Ukraine, a United Nations monitoring mission has found, detailing hundreds of cases of civilians being detained, tortured and in some cases summarily executed since the full-scale... read more
For 24 wild hours, Russians were forced to contemplate something they’ve rarely thought about over the previous two decades: Who or what will come after President Vladimir Putin leaves power? For much of Saturday, an... read more
Olivia Chow was elected mayor of Toronto on Monday, taking on the leadership of a city facing a housing affordability crisis, concerns about public safety and troubled finances. The 1990s-era city councillor and later NDP... read more
At Fat Mao Noodles in downtown Vancouver, all four burners of the open kitchen’s induction cooktop are on the go. Tatsanee Lim, one of the cooks in the 25-seat Thai diner, first learned her craft using... read more
