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

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.

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

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

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

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

Newsmakers of the week

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

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