Jim Balsillie

Why does Trudeau keep sucking up to foreign tech companies?

Despite the PM’s love for Silicon Valley, relying on foreign tech firms for jobs risks turning Canada into a branch-plant economy

Canada’s real economic challenge? Innovation.

A new report shows that Canada isn’t pulling its weight in fostering innovative, globally competitive companies, writes Chris Sorensen

BlackBerry blow-up: How a leadership rift ripped RIM apart

An excerpt of ‘Losing the Signal: The Spectacular Rise and Fall of BlackBerry,’ on the fatal division between Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie

How Jim Balsillie plans on selling the North

For just one time, Jim Balsillie would take the Northwest Passage—in the hopes of finding sovereignty in the Arctic, tourism and jobs

Cover story preview: Selling the North

For Jim Balsillie, finding the Franklin expedition was the beginning of bigger goals in the Arctic

Balsillie behind efforts to display Erebus bell to public

A 3D replica of the first artifact recovered from HMS Erebus is going on display — and credit goes to BlackBerry’s billionaire former co-CEO

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York turns down $30 million

Professors feared influence of RIM-founder’s think tank

RIM co-founder Jim Balsillie resigns

Company posts its first quarterly loss since 2005

The fall of the BlackBerry titans

The fall of the BlackBerry titans

Strategic blunders, reckless pride and bad luck unravelled it all

Farewell, then, Lazaridis and Balsillie

RIM’s co-CEOs are taking a big step away from the spotlight

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Has RIM lost its way?

A major network outage and investor unrest has Research In Motion vowing that it will fight back

Newsmakers

Newsmakers: Sept. 15-22

A murderess goes to school, Toronto city hall smells a rat and Michaele Salahi’s husband stops believin’