Lesley Ciarletti knew she sniffed something foul, alarming, while jogging down a secluded country road on Saturday.

Mirella Amato stepped off the opera stage to launch Beerology, a Toronto-based consulting firm devoted to all things beer, including beer lectures and guided beer-tasting sessions.

What we need is a smart plan that brings confidence to public transit in Toronto, so people who want to ditch the car feel they can. I’m not convinced I’ve seen one yet.

Obama’s proposal would cost $100 billion over 10 years, and financed by closing other corporate tax breaks

The CRTC is requiring incumbent telecom companies to provide independent ISPs with open access to their networks at speeds that match what they provide their own customers.

GM’s new tough guy CEO is an unlikely choice to pitch firm’s improved products

It’s not every incoming CEO of a Fortune 500 company whose arrival draws comment from the White House. The surprise ascension of Daniel Akerson, 61, to the CEO post of General Motors Co., effective last Wednesday, prompted the Obama administration to laud the career telecom and leveraged buyout financier for proven talents in guiding GM’s recovery.

If you want the best credit rates, check out a three-digit number that tells lenders whether or not you’re a good risk.

We earn more, but we’re willing to take a pay cut. On Labour Day weekend, our working lives are being shaped by several trends.

Sales of existing home sales in Toronto fell by 22 per cent in August 2010 over last year.

Postmedia Network Inc. confirmed Friday that some of its daily newspapers have cut jobs in an effort to tighten their operations and refocus on serving an Internet-based readership.

Cheered by a boisterous crowd, Sam Querrey beat Nicolas Almagro of Spain 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 Sunday to reach the fourth round at Flushing Meadows.

French Open champions Daniel Nestor of Canada and Serbian partner Nenad Zimonjic closed out a disappointing hardcourt season Sunday with a 6-3, 6-4 third-round loss to Rohan Bopanna of India and Pakistan’s Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi at the U.S. Open.

Shutting down youngster Brandon Morrow early this season follows an emerging pattern of success with their starting pitching set in ’09 with Brett Cecil that’s paying off now.

The Labour Day Classic is a game with significant ramifications, especially for the loser.

There is growing revolt from Blue Jays fans who can't watch games on Sportsnet's new TV channel and one lesson Rogers can take from it: Don't mess with seniors.

Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt says he’ll attempt to become a professional soccer player once he brings his track career to an end.

If you could construct the prototypical Raptors big man he’d be a versatile guy about 7 feet tall who has some shooting range and doesn’t mind doing some hard banging in the paint.

Shoya Tomizawa, 19, loses control of bike, smashes head on track and is hit full speed by two riders.

Jason Day matches Mike Weir's 54-hole record, but leads by just one shot at TPC Boston.

Travel Editor Jim Byers lists top places to visit this season.

Hurricane Earl bearing, down on the Maritimes, has prompted some airlines to ground flights as a safety precaution.

Little known branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art is a superb art collection and a magical getaway in Manhattan.Little known branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art is a superb art collection and a magical getaway from Manhattan

Elephants are on parade as you learn about life outside of the big cities in this Asian nation.

A trip through the rugged hills of island of Sardinia has its ups and downs.

It’s well past midnight when Joselo, the blind bartender with silver hair past his shoulders, brings up the story of El Pingüino.

The 18th century comes alive in historic, scenic Nova Scotia town.

This city was once off the average tourist’s radar, known as “a nice place to live, but you wouldn’t want to visit there.” But smart travellers are learning that this is a richly rewarding destination, with a lot of natural beauty, fascinating culture, unique shopping and – best of all – sensibly priced restaurants worth checking out, because of Portland’s passion to “think globally, but eat locally,” which was a mantra here long before everyone else adopted it.

Scandanavian nation’s quirkiness, sense of humour and rugged landscapes are always on display.

Discovery puts key human practices like tool use and meat-eating far further back in our evolutionary tree.

Residue of Prozac in water from waste sewage may affect levels of serotonin in shrimp, causing them to be reckless

It’s called the "backfire phenomenon:" Even when you give correct information, people still believe incorrect facts, sometimes even more strongly.

Researchers have discovered two previously unknown species of bottom-dwelling fish in the Gulf of Mexico, living right in the area affected by the BP oil spill.

Toronto's AXS Biomedical Animation Studio creates 3-D animations for horror film Splice. The team melds science with imagination to tell the story of two rogue scientists.

A molecular oncologist who worked with the team creating Splice talks to the Star about his foray into the film industry.

Workers are spending hours of their employers' time shopping online.

Lunch review of Bay St. favourite Mercatto, where the meatless Italian food is as lively as the decor.

Only 40 per cent of kids walk or bike to school. Researchers who say it's a missed opportunity for badly needed exercise try to find out why

Minutes after my little girl was born, I was perfectly willing to risk jail time to defend her. Research shows I'm not alone.

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The CNE's top five food draws aren’t criminal on their own, but combined, they’ll do serious damage to your waistline.

Gardening is relaxing. Most of the time, that is. But beware garden snobs.

As someone who’s blissfully uninterested in doing the daddy thing, I’m late to admit it but it’s true. Good stats are hard to come by, but queer parenting is definitely in the air.

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Yoko Ono says John Lennon is still helping her in her endeavours as an artist and peace activist as she pays tribute to her late husband before what would have been his 70th birthday.

Popular show exposes the tragedies behind the piles of trash.

A lawyer for Taylor Lautner says the Twilight star has settled a lawsuit with an RV dealership he claims didn’t deliver a $300,000 (U.S.) coach in time for a movie shoot.

Emma Donoghue's new novel Room, to be released in Canada on Tuesday, is a Booker contender.

George Clooney’s The American led the long weekend box office in North America as of Sunday. Takers took second spot and Robert Rodriguez’s Machete was third. The numbers are in millions U.S.

Of Gods and Men, a work of uplift and inspiration, shows just how great the divide can be between the heaven and Earth.

The Debt is Linda Barnard's pick for Best of the Fest.

Author follows his 2001 breakthrough The Corrections with much anticipated Freedom.

Here are 10 international titles, beyond Jonathan Franzen's Freedom, to watch for this fall.