For sale: Treasured island, $75 million
780 acres comes with airstrip, golf course, 5,000-sq.-foot house, six guest cottages, a fake village and a fleet of electric cars
Tamsin McMahon
Maclean’s associate editor Tamsin McMahon covers business and the economy. Previously she has written about crime and politics for several Canadian newspapers and has been nominated for a Michener Award and a National Newspaper Award.
Bay Street law firm takes on 164 lawyers
Cassels Brock and Blackwell LLP is suing more than 100 lawyers in an epic battle unlike any before it in Canada
Violence in the heart of Toronto
Eaton Centre shooting claims second victim. In its wake, Tamsin McMahon finds defensiveness over Toronto’s safety record
RIM’s 16G Playbook destined for the dumpster
Canada’s one-time tech darling says it will still offer 32G and 64G models of its troubled tablet line
The Alfa Romeo Spider is back—with a touch of Miata
Fiat’s beloved two-seater’s new version will be based on the slightly less romantic Mazda Miata platform
Another measure of the severity of the eurozone crisis: Olive oil prices
The price of olive oil has been crashing, as Spaniards, Italians and Greeks switch en masse to cheaper soya and sunflower oils.
A new kind of hybrid car: Mean and green
Ferrari and Spyder are trying their hands at making hybrids
BlackBerry blues
The once-mighty RIM is fighting for its life—while the Canadian tech sector is still suffering from the loss of Nortel
PEI gets a princely sum for the Diamond Jubilee
Canada’s smallest province will celebrate the Queen with picnics, tea parties and concerts
ING Direct scrambles to reinvent itself
The company is caught between growing competition in internet banking and the power of the big six