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Son asks convicted killer: 'Travis Vader, where are the bodies of my parents?'
Travis Vader arrives at court in Edmonton in a March 8, 2016. A sentencing hearing is to begin today for an Alberta man convicted of killing two seniors who vanished on a camping trip more than six years ago. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Amber Bracken
Four stories in the news today, Dec. 12
Mohamed A. El-Erian: How to make this stock-market rally last
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Monday, Oct. 24
Japanese man revisits Guam cave where he hid in World War II
The Latest: Globe nominations leave out some big names
Lily Collins arrives at the 22nd annual Critics' Choice Awards at the Barker Hangar on Sunday, Dec. 11, 2016, in Santa Monica, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Venezuelans prepare for largest currency note to be yanked
A customer holds a stack of 100-bolivar notes at a bakery in downtown Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Dec. 12, 2016. Venezuelans are rushing to spend their 100-bolivar notes after a surprise announcement that they will be taken out of circulation this week. President Nicolas Maduro said on Sunday that his government would be pulling the bills to stop the "mafias" who smuggle contraband on the Colombian border. (AP/Photo/Fernando Llano)
Amber Alert girl found safe in Hamilton, mother charged
A nine-year-old girl who was the subject of an Amber Alert has been found safe in Ontario, police said Dec. 12, 2016.
CNN's Jake Tapper pushes for answers and then pushes more
Lionel Richie, Mariah Carey joining forces for 2017 tour
Extradited Serb charged of war crimes in Kosovo
Carl Bernstein: Trump 'thrives in a fact-free environment'
FILE - In this March 14, 2016, file photo, Carl Bernstein attends a special screening of "Everything Is Copy" at The Museum of Modern Art in New York. Bernstein said President-elect Donald Trump “lives and thrives in a fact-free environment” during an appearance on CNN's "Reliable Sounces" Sunday, Dec. 11, 2016. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)
The Latest: Syria claims 99 per cent control of Aleppo
Recount efforts end: Trump wins in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania
FILE - In this Monday, Dec. 5, 2016, file photo, Ilann Maazel, lead counsel for the Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein campaign, speaks with members of the media outside the federal courthouse in Philadelphia. A federal judge on Monday, Dec. 12, issued a stinging rejection of a Green Party-backed request to recount paper ballots in Pennsylvania's presidential election, won narrowly by Republican Donald Trump, and scan some counties' election systems for signs of hacking. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Lockheed falls as Trump tweets that F-35 program is costly
FILE - In this July 7, 2006, file photo, the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is shown after it was unveiled in a ceremony in Fort Worth, Texas. Shares of Lockheed Martin fell Monday, Dec. 12, 2016, as President-elect Donald Trump tweeted that making F-35 fighter planes is too costly and that he will cut "billions" in costs for military purchases. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)
Girl who was subject of Amber Alert found safe in Hamilton, mother charged
Loonie gains, TSX declines amid soaring oil prices; crude at highest level in 2016
No snow warnings but warming weather could be another problem in Metro Vancouver
Suspect in Egypt chapel bombing had 2014 run-in with police
Coffins are taken into ambulances after a funeral service for victims of a Sunday cathedral bombing, at the Virgin Mary Church, in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Dec. 12, 2016. Egypt's president says a suicide bomber caused the explosion that killed 24 Christians during Sunday Mass at a Cairo chapel. President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi says three men and a woman were arrested in connection with the attack at a chapel adjacent to Cairo's St Mark's Cathedral, the seat of the Coptic Orthodox Church. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
Markets Right Now: Dow bucks downward trend, sets record
Monday’s analyst upgrades and downgrades
Gold bars sit stacked in this arranged photograph at Solar Capital Gold Zrt. in Budapest, Hungary, on March 10, 2016. Gold-mining companies that are seeing their shares surge the most in decades are still cheap, based on historic measures of their reserves.
Russia's Rosneft takes part of Egyptian gas field for $1.6B
Plane crash survivor from Brazil recounts final moments
Microsoft investment in Element AI bolsters Montreal’s status as AI hub
Microsoft Corp. is investing in Montreal-based artificial intelligence start-up Element AI.
The Latest: Trump says he'll leave businesses before Jan. 20
FILE - In this Dec. 9, 2016 file photo, President-elect Donald Trump speaks in Grand Rapids, Mich. Trump says he’ll reduce the costs of the Pentagon’s most expensive weapons program, Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, after he takes office. The president-elect tweeted Monday that the “F-35 program and cost is out of control. Billions of dollars can and will be saved on military (and other) purchases after January 20th.” (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
Trudeau ready for final week of House sitting
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau responds to a question during question period in the House of Commons on Wednesday.
Public pension ‘time bomb’ keeps experts awake at night
Scott Barlow
Monday's small-cap stocks to watch
Tweed, seen above with medical marijuana plants growing at their facility in Smith Falls, Ont., in November, 2015.
Edmonton Oilers beat Winnipeg Jets 3-2
Winnipeg Jets goalie Connor Hellebuyck (37) reacts after letting in an Edmonton Oilers goal during third period NHL hockey action in Edmonton, Alta., on Sunday December 11, 2016. The Oilers won 3-2.
Oil prices - Dec. 12
Monday’s TSX breakouts: An industrial stock featuring a 7.4% yield
Jennifer Dowty
Before the Bell: OPEC-Russia deal boosts oil, stock futures
Colin Cieszynski
The increasing demand for entrepreneurial managers
Jeff Dyer
A practical management twist on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
Harvey Schachter
Dec. 12: Donald Trump and Twitter. Plus other letters to the editor
President-elect Donald Trump often uses Twitter to go into attack mode.
China takes off gloves over Taiwan, warns U.S. it would retaliate
This file photo taken on December 9, 2016 shows U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks at a "get-out-the-vote" rally in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Sell or keep house as rental? Couple says eventual decision ‘just feels right’
‘While renting may be the better choice from a purely financial standpoint, we realized that owning our own home, and making it how we wanted for our family, was very important to us,’ says Natalie, seen here with Norm in Victoria.
The upside to road tolls, if done correctly
Andrew Clark
Hike in EI premiums is ‘an annoyance’ to small-business owners
TORONTO, ONTARIO: March 5, 2013 - Dan Kelly, seen here at his Toronto, Ontario offices Tuesday March 5, 2013, is the president and CEO of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business . (Tim Fraser for The Globe and Mail) (For Special Reports - Canada Competes story by n/a)
A week with the Honda CR-V: Heading into a storm with the kids
2016 Honda CR-V
Still stunned at Trump’s win? It’s all in the numbers
Clifford Orwin
The real battle for Mosul begins when Islamic State is defeated
Zheger Hassan
When populism threatens to ‘blow,’ drill a relief well
Canada’s younger generation needs a new pension tool
Ottawa recently introduced proposed changes that would amend federal pension laws to permit federally regulated employers to provide a pension plan with a target-benefit design.
Majority of Canadians surveyed object to Liberals’ cash-for-access fundraisers
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said only cynics would think his ministers could be bought for the price of a $1,500 ticket.
Surge of Afghanistan veterans to test Canadian mental-health care resources
A Canadian soldier walks during a patrol at the village of Bazaar e Panjwai in Kandahar May 29, 2009.
Big bond sales at Canada’s big banks may signal a rise in rates
The Bank of Canada kept interest rates at a historic low this week, explaining that the business outlook remained uncertain and there is still slack in the economy. But Canada’s biggest banks are signally they expect the cost of borrowing to rise by staging a series of massive bond sales in recent weeks.
Canadian home price and debt charts that will raise the hair on your neck
Pro-Kurd party members arrested in wake of Istanbul bombings
Report criticizes lack of transparency in IS fight
Syria rebels retreat in Aleppo in 'terrifying' collapse
FILE - In this Monday, Dec. 5, 2016 file photo, a Syrian army soldier places a Syrian national flag during a battle with rebel fighters at the Ramouseh front line, east of Aleppo, Syria. Aleppo is set to be recaptured by Syrian President Bashar Assad, but the victory will not be Assad's alone. The battle for Syria's largest city has attracted thousands of foreign forces, including Russian soldiers and thousands of fighters from Iran, Lebanon, Iraq and Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)
Manslaughter conviction in death of ex-NFL star Will Smith
'La La Land,' 'Moonlight' among winners at Critics Choice
A look at Bill English, New Zealand's new prime minister
Japan denies Chinese claim of dangerous fighter-jet conduct
Sunday's Games
Scores and Schedule
Hong Kong finance chief quits, leadership bid expected
FILE - In this Nov. 4, 2016 file photo, Financial Secretary John Tsang speaks during a press conference at the government headquarters in Hong Kong. Hong Kong’s financial chief resigned Monday, Dec. 12, 2016, in what is widely seen as a prelude to a leadership bid for the southern Chinese city’s top job. Tsang tendered his resignation, the government said, in a move that came after the city’s deeply unpopular current leader, Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, announced unexpectedly on Friday that he would not seek a second term in office. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)
Social Democrats easily win Romania parliamentary elections
The head of the Social Democrat Party, Liviu Dragnea, speaks to media after exit polls were announced in the parliamentary elections in Bucharest, Romania, Sunday, Dec. 11, 2016. Two exit polls give Romania's left-leaning Social Democrats a huge lead in a parliamentary election placing them first with about 45 percent while the center-right Liberals came second with about 21 percent of the vote, although these are provisional estimates. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
'La La Land' waltzes off with most Golden Globe nominations
Patrik Laine scores winner - for the Oilers - in Jets' 3-2 loss to Edmonton
Clarification: Pennsylvania Congressman Indicted story
FILE- In this June 21, 2016, file photo, Rep. Chaka Fattah, D-Pa., walks after leaving the federal courthouse in Philadelphia. Federal prosecutors are seeking a sentence of 17 to 21 years for the former Pennsylvania congressman convicted of a racketeering scheme that included a string of illicit financial moves to cover up an illegal $1 million campaign loan. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Flight worker who fled checkpoint guilty of drug smuggling
Ex-treasure hunter ordered to answer missing coins questions
FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Delaware County Sheriff's Office in Delaware, Ohio, shows Tommy Thompson. A federal judge has ordered former deep-sea treasure hunter Thompson to answer questions about the location of 500 missing gold coins. Judge Algenon Marbley in Columbus, Ohio on Monday, Dec. 12, 2016, told Thompson to answer questions about the coins within 30 days.Thompson has been held in contempt of court since last December, when Judge Algenon Marbley in Columbus found he violated a plea deal by refusing to respond. (Delaware County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)
John Glenn's casket to be escorted through Ohio capital city
A breakdown of the cost of child care in some of Canada's biggest cities
Federal Liberals have more work to do on child care, Trudeau says
WHL Roundup: Jakob Stukel lifts Hitmen over Blazers in shootout win
China says Trump's Taiwan comments cause 'serious concern'
FILE - In this Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016 file photo, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a "USA Thank You" tour event in Cincinnati. An official Chinese newspaper Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2016, called Donald Trump "as ignorant as a child" on Monday after the president-elect again suggested that he was reconsidering how America deals with Taiwan, one of the most sensitive issues in the relationship between the U.S. and China. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Dec. 12: Your daily horoscope
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The Latest: Funeral services held for 2 men killed in fire
Asian stocks mixed ahead of Fed rates decision; oil soars
People cross a street in front of an electronic stock indicator of a securities firm in Tokyo, Monday, Dec. 12, 2016. Asian markets were mixed Monday ahead of a Federal Reserve meeting that is widely expected to raise U.S. interest rates and oil prices soared after producers agreed to reduce output. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
Man held for allegedly stabbing worshipper near mosque
QMJHL Roundup: Imama's hat trick leads Sea Dogs to 4-1 win over Armada
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