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Ships in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Musandam, Oman, Monday.

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Standoff over Tehran’s closure of the strait and the U.S. blockade raises doubts about when or if talks would resume

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74 Mactaggart Drive in Nobleton, Ont., on December 4, 2025. (Sammy Kogan/The Globe and Mail)

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Carpenters’ Regional Council executive board kept in the dark about purchase, source says

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For Earth Day, consider the buffalo and how everything depends on nature

Two new papers warn that nature is not a resource to exploit, but the system on which everything else depends – our economy, our culture, ourselves

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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith answers questions at a news conference in Calgary, on Feb. 20.

Alberta’s UCP government votes to restart process of overhauling provincial electoral map

Premier Danielle Smith rejected the advice of an independent redistricting commission, triggering accusations of gerrymandering

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Workers lay pipe during construction of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion on farmland, in Abbotsford, B.C., on Wednesday, May 3, 2023. The CEO of Pembina Pipeline Corp. says the company needs a resolution of uncertainties surrounding the Trans Mountain expansion project before deciding whether to make an offer for an equity stake in the pipeline. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

North or south? How potential pipeline routes to the West Coast would differ

Either option would face steep challenges when it comes to engineering, cost and public buy-in

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Mark Podlasly, CEO of the First Nations Major Projects Coalition and member of Nlaka'pamux First Nation.

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How Canada’s big banks turned mortgages into a nearly risk-free cash machine

There have been concerns for years about painful mortgage losses at Canada’s banks. The figures tell a strikingly different story

Hanif Bayat

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David Berman has nibbled on preferred shares issued by the Royal Bank of Canada and a host of other institutions.

In a lower-yielding environment, preferred shares stand out

David Berman

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The half-floor sub-penthouse unit at Camrost-Felcorp's Yorkville Estates building at 200 Cumberland.

A different set of rules governs the ultraluxury market

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Home of the Week, 456 Cold Creek Rd., Hillier, Ont.

Home of the Week: A modern Prince Edward County farmhouse found online

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A garden suite in Toronto's Dovercourt Village, built for Robert Porto. Design by architect Timothy Mitanidis of Creative Union Network.

A garden suite with plenty of headroom

Dave LeBlanc

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Prime Minister Mark Carney waves following his speech at the Liberal national convention in Montreal on Saturday, April 11, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi

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Mark Carney, the banker for all seasons

John Turley-Ewart

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A person types on a laptop computer during an artificial intelligence roundtable attended by AI experts and leaders from across Canada in Gatineau, Que., on Monday, May 27, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

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The future of AI will be decided by trust, not speed

Steve Hasker

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GFL boss explains the math on Western Canada waste acquisition

Andrew Willis

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Three women in San Francisco, the childless city, on why they opted out of parenthood

These women worry about the state of the world, but their reasons for remaining child-free are deeply personal, too

Jennifer Liu at Alamo Square Park in San Francisco on April 17, 2026.

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With their descendants’ future at stake, these seniors are picketing for the planet

Naomi Buck

Don Brown, wearing a sign promoting clean energy, speaks to people on the street in the Westdale neighbourhood of his hometown of Hamilton, Ontario, on Friday, April 10, 2026. Brown, who turned 100 in December, is a member of Elders for Climate Sanity, an activism organization that regularly hand out literature in Hamilton. (Nick Iwanyshyn/The Globe and Mail)

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(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 28, 2019, a person serves Chateau d'Yquem wine during a tasting at the Chateau d'Yquem in Sauternes, southwestern France. - For professionals, winemakers, oenologists, sommeliers, wine merchants, to taste the wine, it is to look at it, to air it, to smell it, and to taste it. But especially spit it out, mastering at best the art of distinguished spitting. For the 7,000 or so professional oenologists in France, the world's leading exporter of wine in value, "spitting is a commonplace gesture" because they can test up to a hundred juices a day, says Olivier Thienot, director of the Ecole du Vin de France. (Photo by GEORGES GOBET / AFP)GEORGES GOBET/AFP/Getty Images

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Sand dunes, mountains and moonscapes converge in Chile’s Atacama Desert

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Textile stores are thriving as hubs for connection and sustainability

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Brothers David (left) and Adam Bobrowski pose for a photo outside Bobrowski Textile in Toronto, Ontario, Sunday, March 28, 2026. The shop, which opened in 1961, carries vintage fabrics handpicked by its original proprietors, Abraham and Rywka Bobrowski, the brothers’ paternal grandparents. (Galit Rodan/The Globe and Mail)

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Ilana’s Balloons and Funnery Playpark owner Ilana Doitch pauses for a portrait in the play park in Newmarket, Ont., on April 19, 2026. (Sammy Kogan/The Globe and Mail)

In a helium shortage, balloon stores scramble to stay afloat

Supply dwindled when war in Iran began, forcing Canadian businesses to get creative

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A pre-recorded video showing Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen is shown during a viewing party of the Artemis II launch, in Longueuil, near Montreal, Quebec, on April 1, 2026. Four astronauts blasted off aboard a massive NASA rocket April 1 on a long-anticipated journey around the Moon, the first crewed lunar flyby in more than 50 years. With an intense roar that reverberated far beyond the launchpad, the enormous orange-and-white rocket carried three Americans and one Canadian away from Florida's Kennedy Space Center at approximately 6:35 pm local time, according to an AFP journalist onsite. "We're going to the Moon!" yelled a spectator. (Photo by ANDREJ IVANOV / AFP via Getty Images)

Ottawa opens regulatory doors to space launches in Canada

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Vehicles of the Mexican National Guard stand with the Pyramid of the Moon in the backgroun, at the perimeter of the Teotihuacan pyramids after a gunman killed a Canadian woman and wounded several others before killing himself, authorities said, at one of the country's most visited tourist sites, in San Martin de las Piramides on the outskirts of Mexico City, Mexico, April 21, 2026. REUTERS/Luis Cortes

Members of the Mexican National Guard posted at the perimeter of the Teotihuacán pyramids on the outskirts of Mexico City, where a gunman killed a Canadian woman and wounded several others on Monday.

Attack at Mexican pyramids that killed Canadian was planned, officials say

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U.S President Donald Trump holds a Bible as he visits outside St. John's Church, in June, 2020, in Washington.

Man of God or Antichrist? MAGA faithful differ on their religious view of Trump

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In this photo, provided by the French Army on Monday, April 20, 2026, a Russian supersonic Tu-22M3 strategic bomber flies over the Baltic Sea. (Etat-Major des Armees via AP)

NATO intercepts Russian bombers and fighter jets flying over the Baltic Sea

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FILE - Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum speaks during her daily morning press conference at the National Palace in Mexico City, Nov. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)

U.S. officials killed in Mexico car crash after anti-drug operation worked for CIA, sources say

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