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April 29

Sanchez’s pitching, Saunders’s bat lift Jays past Rays
Toronto Blue Jays left fielder Michael Saunders hit two home runs during last night’s 6-1 win over the Tampa Bay Rays.
Kelly: With a chance to step on Indiana’s neck, Toronto – surprise – fell on its face
Cathal Kelly
Raptors collapse again, setting up do-or-die Game 7
Kyle Lowry controls the ball as Pacers guard George Hill and center Ian Mahini defend during the first quarter in Game 6.
Toronto police looking for man who sucker-punched blind subway passenger
Mark Zillmann, a blind piano tuner who was sucker-punched while transferring subway lines on Tuesday, is pictured in this February, 2016 file photo.
Auston Matthews will probably go to a Canadian team in the NHL draft
Auston Matthews at a game in Zurich, Dec. 4, 2015. For 2016, Matthews is the player expected to go No. 1 in the NHL draft lottery.
Olympic flame reaches Geneva before heading to Brazil next week
Syrian refugee athlete Ibrahim Al-Hussein (R) receives the Olympic flame from the head of Greece's Olympic Committee, Spyros Capralos.
For Black Lives Matter, small win on Andrew Loku may go a long way
Protesters chant out front of the Toronto Police Headquarters in Toronto on Monday, March 21, 2016.
Marcus Lattimore finds his stride in life after football
Marcus Lattimore #21 of the South Carolina Gamecocks rushes past Bacarri Rambo#18 of the Georgia Bulldogs at Sanford Stadium on September 10, 2011 in Athens, Georgia.
X-ray telescope Astro-H lost in space, Japanese agency confirms
Officials of Japan’s space agency bow beside a model of the Hitomi X-ray telescope on Thursday in Tokyo.
Three Vancouver outlets that are offering up healthy fast food
Seared tuna and salad is one of the many options at Tractor in downtown Vancouver.
Oklahoma City’s Durant prepares for tough battle against Kawhi Leonard
Thunder forward Kevin Durant averaged 28.2 points per game and 8.2 rebounds during the regular season.
For Randy Chevrier, football runs deep
Former Stampeder Randy Chevrier isn’t sure what his postfootball career will look like, but says he’s constantly looking for something ‘develop that similar passion’ he has for the game.
Voters may want campaign-donation limits, but how much does it matter?
Adam Radwanski
How a Sudanese man, likely almost 30, ended up playing high school basketball in Windsor
Jonathan Nicola, centre, was playing high school basketball at Windsor Catholic Central before officials discovered he was much older than the 17 he claimed to be.
Ottawa urged to reconsider tamper-resistant oxycodone
Earlier this month, Health Canada announced that the government would not proceed with proposed rules to make oxycodone harder to manipulate for purposes of abuse.
Atlanta Hawks looks to upend history against Cleveland Cavaliers
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Why the arts should have been given a boost during this slump
Alberta’s NDP government pledged during last year’s election, and in its fall budget, that money to our own arts funder, the Alberta Foundation for the Arts (AFA), would see a marked increase
Kelly: Leicester City has beaten the odds and could take the Premiership
Cathal Kelly
Alberta’s health officials in flux as fentanyl overdoses mount
A naloxone training session in Vancouver's DTES April 27, 2016. (John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail)
Accounting for the Vancouver school budget crisis defies understanding
“I’m also disappointed that the board is putting partisan politics ahead of the needs of students,” Mike Bernier, B.C. Education Minister, said during a media conference call.
Leicester closes in on ‘happy ending’ to dream season
In this Sunday, April 17, 2016 file photo Leicester's Shinji Okazaki chases the ball during the English Premier League soccer match between Leicester City and West Ham United at the King Power Stadium in Leicester, England.
Portland the last stop on Toronto FC’s long road trip
Toronto FC's Sebastian Giovinco celebrates after scoring his team's second goal against Colorado Rapids during first half MLS action in Toronto on September 19, 2015.
CRA has yet to pay any rewards under tax-cheat tip line
The CRA promises rewards of between 5 and 15 per cent of the additional federal tax collected as a result of a tip.
The Globe’s stars and dogs for the week
NHL draft lottery: Top three projected picks
Eric Duhatschek
Bottle found on Nova Scotia beach has human ashes and drinking money
The wishes of the late Gary Robert Dupuis are spelled out in a letter found in a tequila bottle with ashes and $25 for drinks at West Mabou Beach in Nova Scotia on Wednesday.
Will this couple’s mortgage debt delay their early retirement goals?
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U.S. private equity giants offer eye-popping yields
The ticker and trading information for Blackstone Group is displayed at the post where it is traded on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) April 4, 2016.
Globe and Mail investigations nominated for Michener Award
The Globe was named a finalist for two investigations, including its work on missing and murdered indigenous women garnered
The U.S. could feel the Bern for decades as Sanders plans to reform democracy
People greet Democratic presidential candidate and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) during a rally at the Indiana state Capitol on April 29, 2016 in Indianapolis, Indiana.
A look at Type Books’s storied history as the store celebrates 10 years
On April 30, Type Books will be celebrating its 10th anniversary selling books. Co-owners Joanne Saul and Samara Walbohm are photographed in the Queen St. West store on April 27 2016.
How B.C.’s fentanyl crisis became a public-health emergency
Christina Chant, Regional Primary Care Clinical Educator with Vancouver Coastal Health during a naloxone training session in Vancouver's DTES April 27, 2016. (John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail)
Photos of the Week for April 24 to April 29
The ‘corrosive truth’ behind discrimination against gay public servants
John Ibbitson
Winnipeg: Canada’s unlikely economic sweet spot
Sun rises over Winnipeg. To the left is the Canadian Museum for Human Rights with the Esplanade Riel spanning the Red River.
Australian survived 472 days in captivity of same group who kidnapped Canadians
Australian Warren Rodwell, front centre, is guided through Manila International Airport in March 25, 2013.
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Infrastructure Minister’s office working with provinces to stimulate economy
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, right, walks with Minister of Infrastructure and Communities Amarjeet Sohi following the Liberal Party cabinet retreat in Kananaskis, Alta., Tuesday, April 26, 2016.
TREB ruling expected to unleash tech innovation in real estate sector
Toronto Real Estate Board has argued that allowing easy access to resale housing data would violate the privacy of clients.
Why a military charity is denying scholarships to the children of soldiers who died by suicide
Captain Brad Elms and his children Jake and Stephanie.
Christy Clark isn’t worried – and she doesn’t think you are, either
Gary Mason
Will TREB ruling lead to Uberization of real estate industry?
A detached home for sale at 97 Redwood Avenue in Toronto on Tuesday, April 7, 2015.
Document: New Brunswick liquor ruling
Meet the Toronto imam wanted dead by Islamic State
Imam Abdullah Hakim Quick was identified by the Islamic State as an enemy because he preaches against violence and extremism.
U.S. Steel Canada granted creditor protection until July
Steam billows from a stack at the U.S. Steel Canada plant in Hamilton in this file photo taken March 4, 2009.
Eataly’s Toronto launch could be delayed after injunction granted
Oscar Farinetti, Eataly’s founder, co-owner and chairman, said a location in central Toronto had been found and that the Westons would have 52 per cent of the real estate and retail project, with Eataly taking the rest.
NHL referee Ron Wicks witnessed game’s highs and lows
Ron Wicks about to the drop the puck between Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux at the 1986 NHL AllÐStar Game in Hartford, Conn.
A golden year for gold: How real is the precious metal’s price rally?
A salesman displays gold bars inside a jewellery shop on the occasion of the Akshaya Tritiya festival in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad May 6, 2011.
How to save thousands – and live longer, too
The ETF Buyers’ Guide, Part 3: Bond funds
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Starbucks brews grande success in South Africa
Sanjel bondholders denied in bid to block sales
Pump jacks pump oil at an Encana well near Standard, Alberta, May 12, 2014.
The bad news for Canada as Saudis sidestep oil
Eric Reguly
From high-flying stocks to dividend investing: One man's conversion
Mike McNeil.
CFO buying at Winpak as stock retreats from all-time high
Bullish on Philip Morris, after a correction
A Marlboro cigarette burns as it sits on a pack of Marlboro cigarettes in this Jan. 31, 2007 file photo in Trenton, N.J.
On Dundas West, Enoteca Sociale is a trattoria worthy of Rome
James Santon is chef in one of the few kitchens where staff have a four-day week.
Bank shortlists 12 Canadian women to be featured on a new bill
Top row, left to right: Agnes Macphail, Jennie Kidd Trout, Celia Franca, Nellie McClung. bottom row, left to right: Emily Carr, Sister Marguerite Bourgeoys, E. Pauline Johnson, Lucy Maud Montgomery.
A fund-by-fund break down of the hidden advice fees Canadians are paying
Ottawa moves to ban menthol cigarettes, citing appeal to young
Jim Jacobs on the exhibit about his mom, the activist-author Jane Jacobs
Jim Jacobs sitting at the desk of Jane Jacobs.
Business oddities: Venezuelan President implores women to switch off
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro points as he speaks during an inspection to a installation of the state oil company PDVSA, in Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela April 28, 2016.
The close: TSX rises with resources, logs third monthly gain
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., on Friday, April 29.
City-building Asia-style makes Toronto look like a backwater
Marcus Gee
Ideal Hope Foundation builds houses in Sri Lanka and India
People gesture to an Indian coast guard helicopter for relief materials, in Chennai, India. Ideal Hope has also built 10 houses in an area affected by flooding.
North Calgary house sells surprisingly quickly
Done Deal, 139 Covewood Close NE, Calgary, Alta.
Lawyers for Dennis Oland ask Supreme Court to hear bail case
Dennis Oland heads from the Court of Appeal in Fredericton, N.B. on March 7, 2016.
Ontario partly releases report into fatal police shooting of Andrew Loku
Holding a photo of Andrew Loku, Cecil Peter speaks out against carding during a public consultation on street checks hosted by Yasir Naqvi, the provincial Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services.
In the land of Noah: One man’s quest to climb Mount Ararat
Rising more than 5,000 metres, Mount Ararat is Turkey’s highest peak.
Coming soon: Ontario’s green energy fiasco, the sequel
One of the many wind turbines that dot the landscape in southwestern Ontario. The turbines are pictured on June 24 2015.
Globe poetry: Primitive Face by Eleanor Chai
Public Editor: We’re not in the unpublishing business
Globe and Mail Public Editor Sylvia Stead.
Canadian-funded clinic in Syria destroyed by bombing
The bomb-destroyed wreckage of a Canadian-funded medical centre, the Al Marjeh Primary Health Care Centre, in Aleppo, Syria. The centre was hit by air strikes on Friday, April 29, 2016.
Calendar: What investors need to know for the week ahead
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Bernier to meet Vancouver School Board chair over budget shortfall
Education Minister Mike Bernier will meet with the chairman of the Vancouver School Board next week.
Kate Taylor: Cultural policy review is long on intentions, short on planning
Kate Taylor
Request for another delay in Amanda Todd trial denied
Amanda Todd, 15, is shown in this undated handout photo from Facebook.
Fabrizio Filippo on his new topsy-turvy techno thriller, The Summoned
The new play from actor-playwright Fabrizio Filippo is The Summoned, a digital-age doozy at the Tarragon Theatre about a tech mogul who calls those close to him to a seedy hotel room for a reading of his will.
Walking and texting: One German city tries to get pedestrians to look up
Traffic lights are embedded in the streets to warn pedestrians using their phones in Augsburg, Germany.
B.C. children’s watchdog slams report on Children’s Ministry
Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, Representative for Children and Youth in British Columbia, speaks to media in Victoria in November, 2010.
Victoria’s chief of police suspended
Victoria police chief Frank Elsner was found to have sent inappropriate online messages to another officer’s wife.
Three-bedroom downtown Vancouver unit sells after strong offer
Done Deal, 546 Beatty St., unit 601, Vancouver
Jordan Tannahill’s one-act Canadian Stage plays mix past and present
Stephen Jackman-Torkoff, left, and Salvatore Antonio in Botticelli in the Fire.
Got a beef with Earls? Restaurant chain simply meeting customer demand
Tories press Ontario Liberals to name firms given billions in grants, loans
PC MPP Monte McNaughton speaks to the media at Queen’s Park in Toronto on Feb. 23, 2015.
The one mistake that most traders keep making
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York on Jan. 20.
Inside the Cutline photography exhibit, an homage to The Globe and Mail’s predigital days
Police arrest protesters in Yorkville following a demonstration against the Vietnam War in 1968.
Online privacy: We shouldn’t have a right to be forgotten
David Fraser is a lawyer with McInnes Cooper, where his practice is exclusively devoted to Internet and privacy law.
Interprovincial beer ban violates Constitution, N.B. judge rules
New Brunswick resident Grard Comeau buying beer at a store in Listuguj, Que., on April 29, 2016, hours after a court in nearby Campbellton, N.B., ruled that his province’s liquor law is unconstitutional and dismissed a $292 fine Mr. Comeau received in 2012 for buying alcohol in Quebec.
Trump needs to put his ‘woman’s card’ play back in the deck
Tabatha Southey
Think cage-free eggs are more ethical? It’s not that simple
School’s in: See how educators are holding their ground against Boko Haram
Students queue outside an examination hall at the University of Maiduguri on April 18.
An old Canada Bread factory is the site of a new type of urban manufacturing
Shane Dickenson frames canvas prints at Posterjack, an online photo printing company located in the Junction area of Toronto, on April 11 2016. A number of businesses have opened up in the former Canada Bread space on Cawthra Ave in Toronto's Junction area. (Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail)
Vice appeals court order to give RCMP records of interviews
Vice Media reporter Ben Makuch leaves Ontario Superior Court in Toronto on Feb. 29.
Safeguarding our children shouldn’t mean parenting the parents
Marsha Lederman
Anaheim Ducks fire head coach Bruce Boudreau after first-round loss
Head coach Bruce Boudreau of the Anaheim Ducks speaks to the media after a 3-1 loss to the Nashville Predators in Game Six of the Western Conference First Round during the 2016 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Bridgestone Arena on April 25, 2016 in Nashville, Tennessee.
Vancouverites aim to create co-housing space within a condo tower
Cohousing community in Roberts Creek, B.C.
Mélanie Joly uses symbolism to help ease perceived Tory slights in Quebec
Robert Everett-Green
The Globe's Cutline exhibit: Interactive slider shows two sides of the same photo
The exhibition Cutline, part of the Scotiabank Contact Photography Festival, showcases images from The Globe and Mail’s archives and features the crop marks, date stamps, captions and creases of the original photos.
Inquest over girl killed by guardians says kids must have voice in care
Katelynn Sampson’s battered body was found Aug. 3, 2008 after one of her guardians called 911 claiming the child had choked while eating.
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