Four Torontonians are getting a playoff treat from an unlikely source, the Boston Bruins. Four restaurant employees from Mississauga will get to watch Monday night's Game 7 in Boston after an after-hours visit from a couple dozen Bruins staff and players.
The team, who lost Sunday's Game 6 2-1, got...
(280) Comments | Posted April 24, 2013 | 2:44 PM
Canadian clothing company Joe Fresh's garments were produced at the site of a factory collapse in Bangladesh that killed more than 80 people, the retailer confirmed Wednesday.
The company said it was "extremely saddened," and that the complex housed a factory that produced some apparel for its parent...
(0) Comments | Posted March 22, 2013 | 5:39 PM
Canadians love twitter. A LOT. This week in seven tweets is a weekly column that looks at the funniest, sharpest tweets written by Canadians and is a look back at the week's events through a 140-character lens.
1. Front Page Headaches
The Globe And Mail front pages...
(1) Comments | Posted March 15, 2013 | 5:26 PM
Canadians love twitter. A LOT. This week in 7 tweets is a weekly column that looks at the funniest, sharpest tweets written by Canadians and is a look back at the week's events through a 140-character lens.
1. Pope Watch
The last Papal enclave was in 2005, an innocent, halcyon...
(13) Comments | Posted March 9, 2013 | 7:33 AM
Earlier this week Toronto inched above Chicago to become the fourth most-populous city in North America. Cue the celebratory articles, columns.
"Toronto is a desirable location for people to live and work. We are attracting people from across North America and other parts of the world," said Toronto Mayor...
(0) Comments | Posted March 8, 2013 | 4:04 PM
Canadians love twitter. A LOT. Seven tweets is a weekly column that looks at the funniest, sharpest tweets written by Canadians and is a look back at the week's events through a 140-character lens.
1. B.C. Political Meltdown
B.C. Premier Christy Clark is currently dealing...
(0) Comments | Posted March 1, 2013 | 11:00 PM
Canadians love twitter. A LOT. This week in 7 tweets is a weekly column that looks at the funniest, sharpest tweets written by Canadians and is a look back at the week's events through a 140-character lens.
1. Canada at the Oscars
Canada actually had a pretty good Oscar night....
(0) Comments | Posted January 30, 2013 | 1:28 PM
Tara Sutton, an award-winning filmmaker and journalist, has been a firsthand witness to the U.S. invasion of Iraq, disasters in Ethiopia and watching activists and citizens fight for their lives and rights in Afghanistan, Cambodia and many other countries.
Recently, while living in Jordan, she covered the...
(17) Comments | Posted January 8, 2013 | 11:32 AM
We here at HuffPost Canada love podcasts. We listen to them during our commutes, download them while we're at our desks and try to squeeze a few more in while we're making dinner or before we head to bed.
If you're still looking for a New Year's resolution may we...
(159) Comments | Posted December 7, 2012 | 10:35 AM
Australian radio station 2Day FM and two of its DJs Michael Christian and Mel Greig are facing intense criticism for their prank call to London's King Edward VII Hospital, the hospital where Kate Middleton was being treated for hyperemesis gravidarum until Thursday.
On Friday,...
(19) Comments | Posted November 28, 2012 | 6:00 AM
They're entrepreneurs, philanthropists, sports stars, role models and more.
Last week, The Huffington Post Canada launched its in-depth look at the Millennial Generation in our Asking Y series.
Today, we highlight some of bright lights from that generation. These are just a few of the Canadians under...
(6) Comments | Posted November 16, 2012 | 9:52 AM
Israel's assassination of Hamas military chief Ahmed Al-Jaabari on Wednesday, following the latest round of Palestinian rocket fire, sparked another tragic round of bloodletting in the Middle East.
The Israel Defence Forces, the best-equipped army in the region, hit with warships, helicopters and jets. Hamas...
(4) Comments | Posted November 7, 2012 | 4:55 PM
Each week, the Huffington Post Canada's Living team will try out something that has sparked our curiosity, and as long as we live to tell the tale, we'll let you know all about it.
Test Drive Subject: The Kobo Mini
Price: $79.99
What It Is: Kobo’s smallest eReader. The Mini,...
(687) Comments | Posted September 11, 2012 | 10:34 AM
Can gays, lesbians and transgender people be evangelical Christians? In its upcoming fall issue, Montreal's Maisonneuve magazine looks at this surprising group within the U.S. evangelical movement.
The cover feature by American-Canadian author and professor Clancy Martin looks at how the gay evangelical movement was started quietly in...
(12) Comments | Posted August 24, 2012 | 2:09 PM
Rob Ford has consistently spoken out against the gravy train. But what does Toronto's mayor have to say about the butter box?
As part of an exhibition at the CNE, Toronto-based artist Olenka Kleban has made a butter sculpture of the mayor.
The butter Rob Ford...
(7) Comments | Posted August 21, 2012 | 11:03 PM
The engagement of Nickelback lead singer Chad Kroeger and fellow musician Avril Lavigne will probably be the biggest celebrity news to come out of Canada until Prince Harry shows up again and does something untoward at another Alberta bar.
News of the newly-minted music power...
(0) Comments | Posted July 19, 2012 | 3:48 PM
Was it a dramatic summer night in Georgia? A heroic rescue at sea in Korea? A golden California summer? Canada has had a long history at the Olympic Games. We're asking you to decide what was the best Canadian Summer Olympic moment in our mini tournament.
Vote for your...
(2) Comments | Posted July 12, 2012 | 1:19 PM
Is Canada's brand stale? When people think about us do they still think of Mounties, lumberjacks, fur trappers and other old-time stereotypes of the country?
The designers at Bruce Mau Design and WNYC's Studio 360, an arts and culture show, think so and wanted to give the country's...
(1092) Comments | Posted June 28, 2012 | 10:53 AM
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld President Barack Obama's health care plan on Thursday, in a 5-4 decision.
The President's health care plan, considered to be a key part of his domestic agenda, has been opposed by Republicans and many right-wing Americans.
Many Americans who were upset...
(271) Comments | Posted June 26, 2012 | 3:51 PM
UPDATE, Wednesday, 11:20 a.m.: Senator Patrick Brazeau has apologized over the phone to Jennifer Ditchburn.
"I received a sincere, heartfelt apology from @TheBrazman Senator Brazeau this morning on the phone, which I accepted," Ditchburn wrote on Twitter.

(2) Comments | Posted May 13, 2013 | 5:03 PM