How we got into this transit mess: a timeline On Toronto’s tortured transit file, the twists and turns have multiplied since Rob Ford won 47 per cent of the vote to become mayor on Oct. 25, 2010. He had promised to scrap the city’s light rail plan, Transit...

PERTH: Sri Lankan all-rounder Angelo Mathews believes his team’s star batsmen are ready to start turning promising starts into substantial scores and help their side rediscover winning form. Sri Lanka suffered their second successive defeat to start the triangular one-day series against Australia and India on Friday, falling by five runs to the hosts at ...

Graham Ford is scheduled to meet Sri Lanka Cricket officials this morning to finalize his coaching contract for the Lankan team, Sources told Ada Derana.

“A man has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.”- Walter Lippman During the last fifty years, our public service has been blessed with extraordinarily talented men and women, be in the field of law, medicine, politics, engineering or general administration. Some have shown almost ...

Exponential 575% rise in comparison to FY2010’s figure of Rs. 155 m; Posts Rs. 829 m net profit attributable to equity holders; Turnover more than doubles to Rs. 10.6 b FY2012 1Q revenue up 162% to Rs. 4.4 b; after tax profit up 257% to Rs. 368 m Assets worth Rs. 34.3 b, up from ...

Celebrated artists Neil Young, Salman Rushdie and Francis Ford Coppola have joined the perennially star-studded guest list for the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival.

Ontario Liberals hope to capitalize on Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s fumbles to score big in the provincial election, sources have told the Star.

Lifetime films story of Bolingbrook's most famous ex-cop The story of Drew Peterson, as told by Lifetime, will star actor Rob Lowe as the former Bolingbrook cop accused of murder.

By Dr.Vickramabahu Karunaratne We are happy to see that this May Day has become a day to challenge the Oppression of Mahinda state. Many strong trade unions have come together to challenge the chauvinist pro global capitalist government. Government is...

By MEL GUSSOW Elizabeth Taylor, the actress who dazzled generations of moviegoers with her stunning beauty and whose name was synonymous with Hollywood glamour, died on Wednesday in Los Angeles. She was 79. A spokeswoman at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center said...

Almost every business has its awards banquets. But when the business is movie making, and the banquet is put on by the folks behind the Oscars, the room glows with serious star power and cinematic history.Clint Eastwood, Robert DeNiro, George Lucas, Kevin Spacey, Kathryn Bigelow, Josh Brolin and Tony Bennett helped honor winners Saturday at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' second a...

Rep. Joe Wilson and Democratic opponent Rob Miller have new television ads that take a decidedly negative turn in their race for South Carolina's 2nd District.Wilson campaign officials say the Republican congressman's ad debuts Wednesday.In the ad, a somber Wilson introduces a retired two-star Marine general who tells Miller he should return contributions he's taken from the liberal organization M...

Dr. Charles Rembert Sloan, longtime Columbia surgeon, civic leader and humanitarian, died Wednesday at Palmetto Health Baptist hospital at the age of 87.Along with a long list of accomplishments that ranged from being a University of South Carolina track star and senior class president to master rose gardener to philanthropist to Sunday school teacher to Korean War veteran to Columbia Rotary Club ...