I was dining with a friend of mine who happened to mention a film crew was working out of her home on the Mountain brow. Her home has been utilized in previous television and movie shoots as it has a spectacular layout with a million-dollar view of the city.

One of Canada’s top thriller writers has struck gold with The Burning Edge, bringing reporter Jack Gannon back in another hard-hitting story that is fearsomely paced and laced with the author’s signature style of explosive energy. Author Rick Mofina, author of a previous dozen books, also has a terrific ear for dialogue that quickens the page turning.

I agree that government pensions should be reviewed. It’s about time the system was looked at. Demographics are a huge problem in the developed world and my generation won’t be able to afford the $108 billion a year we’ll be paying in 2030, compared to the $36 billion now.

The other shoe’s dropped, on gays; Catholic trustees on a collision course with Catholic premier (Opinion, Jan. 31)

The sea of Marmara shimmered to my right, a pod of dolphins played improbably in the ferry-and tankers-choked Bosporus strait, and minarets pierced my jet-lag fog on my first Istanbul evening.

The captivating and chaotic Republican presidential race was briefly sidetracked by an almost farcical diversion Thursday, with conflicting reports about whether Mitt Romney or Newt Gingrich was in line for the endorsement of Donald Trump, the American master of publicity.

Underneath the 1971 Dodge Charger body is a 500-cubic-inch supercharged engine, which produces about 3,500 horsepower on the nitromethane fuel.

Someday, Tim Tebow hopes to be playing in the Super Bowl rather than just visiting.

Pitcher Edwin Jackson agreed Thursday to a one-year contract with the Washington Nationals.

Vancouver Canucks centre Cody Hodgson has been named the NHL’s rookie of the month for January.

Ryan Callahan scored the decisive goal in the shootout and Henrik Lundqvist stopped 34 shots to lead the New York Rangers to a 1-0 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday night.

James Bond turns 50 on film this year, but he doesn’t look a day over 007.

Man, you couldn’t get me down into that hole in the ground for all the beans in Boston.

I had the thought that chicken wings would be nice to make in honour of the Chinese New Year, so I pitched the idea to my editor. If wings are too banal or plebeian, it could always be thighs, I offered. The editor replied: wings absolutely, everyone loves wings! But, he said, why not something for the Super Bowl

There won’t be anyone ordering a beer or knitting while sitting on a lawn chair at the Darcy Hepner Jazz Orchestra’s next gig.

Williams coffee pub and Waterfront Trust collect, refurbish and donate blades