Guy Laliberté

Newsmaker of the day: Guy Laliberté

Thirty years after Laliberté was walking on stilts for spare change in Quebec City, the 55-year-old is selling a majority stake in Cirque du Soleil for $1.5 billion

A hint of sanity in Quebec over the Cirque sale

The province says it won’t intervene “in a private transaction” that could see Cirque du Soleil sold to foreigners. There’s hope for Quebec yet.

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This week, we test your trivia skills on everything from cinematic stinkers to bestselling singers

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6 dropouts who went on to do great things

Impatience with school couldn’t stop these Canadians from getting rich and famous

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Guy Laliberté vs. Norman Bethune

Sure, healing battle wounds is a noble pursuit. But is it as entertaining as Cirque du Soleil?

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Guy Laliberté vs. Michel Tremblay

The man behind Cirque du Soleil takes the playwright who brought us ‘joual

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Sex, drugs & acrobats

On the eve of Cirque du Soleil’s 25th anniversary, a new book exposes the stunning rise and wild times of its billionaire founder

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Dishing the dirt on Cirque

Unauthorized biographer Ian Halperin on how he discovered the seedier side of the biggest show on earth