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May 6

Groin flare keeps Jays’ Osuna on bench in the ninth inning
Drew Storen closed out Friday night’s game for the Jays. Roberto Osuna’s groin flared up, keeping him out of action.
A week in hell: How Fort McMurray burned
A Canadian Joint Operations Command aerial photo shows wildfires near neighborhoods in Fort McMurray Wednesday posted on social media.
Pillar lifts Jays over Dodgers in Anthopoulos’s return to Toronto
Kevin Pillar circles the bases after hitting a three-run home run in the eighth inning.
First a fight, then friendship for four Fort McMurray evacuees
Lydia and Ted Dreger (top and bottom right) with their new friends Badou N'Dure and Errol Shaw (top and bottom left), in the makeshift dining hall at the Lac La Biche Bold Center.
Amid tragedy, an opportunity for Fort McMurray to rethink its future
Evacuees from the Fort McMurray wildfires look through donated supplies at a shelter in Lac la Biche, Alta., on Friday.
30,000 fans to join Leicester’s celebration
Captain Wes Morgan, centre, seen celebrating Leicester City’s first goal against Manchester United last Sunday, will raise championship cut at home on Saturday.
Canadian-owned Derby favourite Nyquist overshadowed by American Pharoah
On Saturday Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., will host the Kentucky Derby.
Embrace or reject? Trump victory throws Republicans into turmoil
Donald Trump speaks to supporters during a campaign rally in Poughkeepsie, New York, in April.
‘It was like Armageddon’: Fort McMurray residents share their stories
A convoy of evacuees drives south as flames and smoke rises along the highway near near Fort McMurray, Alberta on May 6, 2016.
Inside Vancouver’s Mr. Red Cafe
Sizzling turmeric fish at Mr. Red Cafe in Vancouver May 4, 2016.
Quebec City won’t bid for the 2026 Winter Games
A set of Olympic Rings are silhouetted against the setting sun over the Black Sea a day after the close of the 2014 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 24, 2014, in Sochi, Russia.
Inside Calgary’s Ten Foot Henry
Crystal Schick/ Crystal Schick CALGARY, AB -- Kristy Makinano, from left, and Stephen Smee, executive chef/owner, Andrew Moore, chef de cuisine, and Neil Maclean work the line at Ten Foot Henry during the lunch hour rush in Calgary, on May 5, 2016. -- (Crystal Schick for the Globe and Mail)
TTC driver returns backpack stuffed with man’s inheritance – $50,000 in cash
The TTC logo, photographed Jan. 25 2011.
Slave Lake’s wildfire experience may aid Fort McMurray residents
An aerial view around Slave Lake, Alberta on May 19, 2011.
Djokovic defeats Raonic to advance to semi-finals of Madrid Open
Canadian Milos Raonic lost 6-3, 6-4 to Serbia’s Novak Djokovic in the quarter-finals of the Madrid Open on Friday.
At Mr. Red Café’s new Kitsilano location, each dish has a story
Sizzling turmeric fish at Mr. Red Cafe in Vancouver May 4, 2016.
Residents forced to flee Fort McMurray had to make a quick decision: what to bring
Cassie White, 19, holds one of the only photos of her with her grandpa, now deceased, that she took when she fled the Fort McMurray wildfire in Edmonton, Alberta on Friday, May 6, 2016. Ms White, who only took a few clothes, her laptop and a handful of photos when she evacuated, says she felt her grandpa looking out for her. Amber Bracken for The Globe and Mail
No stars shine on Parti Québécois horizon as party searches for leader
Parti Québécois MNA Sylvain Gaudreault, right, is applauded by his caucus and rival Agnes Maltais after he was chosen as interim leader on Friday, May 6, 2016 at the end of a Parti Québécois special caucus meeting in Quebec City.
Coyotes young GM’s first test: should he try to get Matthews from Toronto?
Eric Duhatschek
Warm, dry winter in Prairies could heighten fire risk over summer
The scale of the Fort McMurray blaze could portend a nasty fire season in Prairies.
Nothing short of an asteroid will move B.C. politics into the modern age
Gary Mason
PVR reboot meant some Rogers customers missed Nashville’s OT goal
Nashville Predators goalie Pekka Rinne, right, of Finland, congratulates forward Mike Fisher (12) after Fisher scored the winning goal against the San Jose Sharks during the third overtime period in Game 4 of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup Western Conference semifinal playoff series Friday, May 6, 2016, in Nashville, Tenn.
Ten Foot Henry’s sum is greater than its parts
A roasted-carrot dish has made the rounds on social media, accompanied by rave reviews, but during the vegetables were largely overcooked and overhype.
B.C. woman starts school in the world’s coldest capital city
Munkhtuul family in Ulan Bator's Ger district. The family makes a living by hunting for recycling at the local dump to sell. The dump is also a source of fuel for the their stove which is also used to heat their home. (John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail)
Will consumers pay the price for Certified Humane beef?
Cattle graze on dry land west of Medicine Hat, Alberta on Thursday, July 23, 2015.
Toronto overtakes Vancouver as country’s cannabis capital
The canopy of a marijuana crop is seen at Alternative Solutions, a DC area medical marijuana producer, April 20, 2016 in Washington, DC.
Already ailing, Alberta’s economy is dealt a hammer blow
Drivers of a resupply convoy stand outside their vehicles south of Fort McMurray as a wildfire blocked the only highway to the city, on May 5, 2016.
Fort McMurray rescue efforts shift focus to family pets
A website with an online map has been set up for residents in and around Fort McMurray to report stranded pets, which will be collected by volunteers and transferred to dozens of agencies in the area.
Last week’s best reads
Thank you for your opinion on Vancouver’s empty homes
Condo towers are shrouded in dense fog as a man walks a dog along the seawall in downtown Vancouver, B.C., on Sunday January 3, 2016.
Foreign firms have unfair advantage over Cancon, committee hears
Carroll is giving the Raptors something they desperately need: scoring
Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Toronto Raptors forward DeMarre Carroll (5) slaps hands with center Jonas Valanciunas (17) after scoring a basket against Miami Heat in game two of the second round of the NBA Playoffs at Air Canada Centre. The Raptors won 96-92.
Kelly: Valanciunas has been the Raptors’ best player this post-season
Cathal Kelly
Are short- and medium-term goals putting couple's retirement plans at risk?
Multiple contrarian insider buying at Husky Energy
The Husky Energy tower in Calgary, Monday, Feb. 1, 2010.
Bullish on American Electric Power
Trudeau, Notley rising up to challenge of Fort McMurray crisis – so far
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holds a press conference at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa on Wednesday, May 4, 2016.
The Globe’s stars and dogs for the week
Taking BCE’s call: The ‘journeyman’ CEO on the MTS line
Jay Forbes, CEO of the Manitoba Telecom Services Inc.
Conservatives stall national anthem bill from MP with fatal disease
Ottawa-Vanier MP Mauril Belanger, who lives with ALS (also known as Lou Gherig's disease) uses a tablet with text-to-speech program to defend his proposed changes to neutralize gender in the lyrics to "O Canada" in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Friday, May 6, 2016.
Table: Reversal of fortune
A Canadian dollar is pictured in January, 2015.
The Globe and Mail’s ETF Buyer’s Guide, Part 4: International equity
Already in 2016 there have been 31 newly filed ETFs from eight separate providers in Canada.
Lord Tanamo was a master of the stomping ska sound
As a singer with the Skatalites, Lord Tanamo helped popularize the music of Jamaica’s shantytowns.
Wynne names former MPP who was asked to resign over harassment complaints
Premier Kathleen Wynne has named a former member of the Ontario legislature who she says was asked to resign in 2013 after workplace sexual harassment complaints were made against him.
Fort McMurray fire: What’s happening now, and what you’ve missed
Flames engulf trees along a highway near Fort McMurray, Alberta, on May 6, 2016.
Photos of the Week for May 1 to May 6
LED lights attached to pigeons leave light trails in the sky while they fly as part of the "Fly By Night" art installation by Duke Riley above the Brooklyn borough of New York.
Alberta wildfire will take ‘weeks and weeks’ to extinguish
A Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer looks on at smoke rises from wildfires near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, May 6, 2016.
PM staying away from Alberta for now to focus on logistics
A wildfire burns as evacuees who were stranded north of Fort McMurray, Alta., head south of Fort McMurray on Highway 63 on May 6, 2016.
Dangerous – but affordable – fire-trap apartments a risk to Toronto tenants
Propertires are being covnerted at the cost of inhabitants’ safety.
Canada Post profit falls amid steady decline in letter deliveries
A Canada Post mailbox is seen near Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Thursday May 5, 2016.
Canadian fintech's shining storyline overshadowed by 'short' thesis
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Canadian lumber producers reject rumoured U.S. calls for return to quotas
Lumber moves along a conveyor belt during processing at the West Fraser Timber Co. sawmill in Quesnel, British Columbia, Canada, on Friday, June 5, 2015.
Check out five new destinations taking part in this year’s Doors Open Toronto
Travellers ride down an escalator at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport in July, 2015.
Would you take lower pay for greater happiness?
Leah Eichler
Jockey Mario Gutierrez never stopped believing he’d return to Kentucky Derby
Mario Gutierrez rides Nyquist into the winner's circle after winning the Breeders' Cup Juvenile horse race at Keeneland race track Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015, in Lexington, Ky.
Fort McMurray underscores value of natural resources to Canada’s economy: Clark
Premiers from Canada's western provinces speak with media during the Western Premiers' Conference in Vancouver, B.C. on Friday, May 6, 2016.
A TPP deal falling victim to U.S. election may be good news for Canada
Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) leaders (L to R) Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Malaysian President Najib Razak, US President Barack Obama, Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key, Peruvian President Ollanta Humala, Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsein Loong and Vietnam's President Troung Tan Sang wave as they pose for a family photo prior to a meeting on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Manila on November 18, 2015.
Failure of iconic British chain BHS a warning to retailers
Eric Reguly
AGO tour is a diversion and equalizer for dementia sufferers, caregivers
Volunteer Valerie Melman guides a tour through the AGO on Tuesday, April 19, in Toronto. These tours use art therapy to stimulate memory and conversation among its participants.
The close: TSX rises, pares weekly loss as gold jumps
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York on Friday, May 6.
Lawyers’ International Food Enterprise funds health programs in Africa
Do you have $250,000 to spend? Here’s how you can party like a Bieber
Lights, camera, action! What’s a party without the glitz and glamour? For music, lighting, audio-visual elements and photographers, Arthur K, the lead event planner and owner of Fusion Events in Toronto, says you’ll be spending anywhere from $10,000 to $20,000.
Ottawa reviewing stance on U.S. war-dodgers, says Trudeau
Members of the War Resisters Support Campaign protest quietly outside a Prime Minister Justin Trudeau event in Toronto on Friday, May 6, 2016.
After riding in Google car, FCA head believes self-driving cars could be on roads in 5 years
FCA CEO Sergio Marchionne attends the celebration of the production launch of the all-new 2017 Chrysler Pacifica minivan at the FCA Windsor Assembly plant in Windsor, Ontario, May 6, 2016.
Ending the tyranny of the car in Toronto requires political courage
Marcus Gee
Toronto FC comes home to newly renovated BMO Field
Thanks to the co-operation of Mother Nature and a lot of hard labour, BMO Field will be open for business as planned Saturday.
Capitals are loose and confident on brink of elimination
Washington Capitals right wing T.J. Oshie fights off Pittsburgh Penguins center Oskar Sundqvist as he chases the puck during the third period in game four of the second round of the 2016 Stanley Cup Playoffs at the CONSOL Energy Center.
Challenge semi-finalist joins NHL team as general manager
John Chayka’s company Stathletes Inc. was a semi-finalist in the Small Business Challenge contest two years ago.
Don Coxe: The time has arrived to start buying oil stocks
Don Coxe
First images emerge from devastated Beacon Hill area of Fort McMurray
Gutted homes in the Beacon Hill neighbourhood of Fort McMurray.
Sylvain Gaudreault chosen as interim PQ leader
Parti Quebecois MNA Sylvain Gaudreault, left, speaks at a news conference after he was chosen as interim leader, Friday, May 6, 2016 at the end of a Parti Quebecois special caucus meeting in Quebec City.
Rachel Notley’s first year was easy, compared to what comes next
Alberta Premier Rachel Notley gives an update on the wildfire situation currently underway in and around Fort McMurray on Wednesday, May 4, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Codie McLachlan
Shareholders get more savvy when it comes to say-on-pay votes
The Manulife building in downtown Vancouver.
Business oddities: U.S. Supremes rule those pomegranates aren’t so wonderful
The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington.
Just Did It: Nike’s Phil Knight on the trailblazing emergence of a global mega-brand
Co-founder and chairman of Nike, Phil Knight congratulates Allyson Felix after she won an event at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Team Trials in Eugene, Ore., in 2012.
Row house near Crowfoot Park finds offer following handful of showings
Done Deal, 1316 Ranchlands Way NW, Calgary, Alta.
White Rock, B.C., home near ocean sells for lot value
Calgary house hunters playing a guessing game
Dale Mackie and his wife, Vivian, spend time with their two daughters: Haley, 11, and Serena, 9, at their NE Calgary townhouse on Monday. Mackie was been watching the housing market for quite some time and is still unsure when the right time to buy is.
Calendar: What investors need to know for the week ahead
Calendar
Fort McMurray wildfire forces a quarter of Canada’s oil output off-line
Flames engulf trees along a highway near Fort McMurray, Alberta, on May 6, 2016.
Alberta woman who killed her family as a teenager finishes her sentence
On April 23, 2006, three bodies were found at this house in Medicine Hat, Alta. A woman, now 22, was convicted in the killings along with her then-boyfriend, Jeremy Steinke
Ottawa feels heat over move to undo Conservative changes to environmental rules
Pipelines at Canadian Natural Resources Primrose Lake oil sands project are seen near Cold Lake, Alta
Collection of Carol Shields’s advice illuminates the writing life
Anne Giardini and her son, Nicholas, wove together a book on writing advice by Ms. Giardini’s mother, Carol Shields, based on essays, speeches, correspondence, even notes taken by creative-writing students. The resulting book is a highly readable collection that illuminates not only Shields’s writing process, but the woman herself.
RBC sees no long-term impact from wildfire on shares of oil sands producers
Pipelines at Canadian Natural Resources Primrose Lake oil sands project are seen near Cold Lake, Alta
In times of crisis, Canada truly comes together – like one big small town
Marsha Lederman
Kate Taylor: Rethinking the rules around what counts as Canadian culture
Kate Taylor
Fort Mac revisited: How did places from The Globe’s year-long series fare in the fire?
An RCMP officer surveys the damage on a street in Fort McMurray.
Losing her religion: How musician Laurel Sprengelmeyer, also known as Little Scream, traded one faith for another
Laurel Sprengelmeyer, aka Little Scream poses in her studio in Montreal, March 29, 2016. Her new album Cult Following is due out in May.
Shaw Festival’s Peter Hinton goes down the rabbit hole
Peter Hinton directs Alice in Wonderland at the Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake this summer. It’s the first new play to premiere in the festival’s A-house during artistic director Jackie Maxwell’s tenure.
How Lululemon botched its sheer-pants controversy
Vancouver-based yoga brand Lululemon was criticized in 2013 for selling a batch of trendy stretch pants that many customers complained were uncomfortably sheer.
Tom Dumoulin wins Giro d’Italia opening time trial
Dutch cyclist Tom Dumoulin of Giant - Alpecin competes during the 1st individual time trial stage of the 99th Giro d'Italia (Tour of Italy) from Apeldoorn to Apeldoorn on May 6, 2016 in Apeldoorn.
‘Starchitect’ Daniel Libeskind leaves his mark around the world
Daniel Libeskind
Ultrasound is a dark drama that tests personal politics
Elizabeth Morris and Chris Dodd star in Ultrasound now playing at Theatre Passe Muraille.
Why ‘paralyzing volatility’ means trouble for Wall Street giants
FILE - This July 16, 2013, file photo, shows a Wall Street street sign outside the New York Stock Exchange. U.S. stocks declined early Thursday, March 3, 2016, with utility companies taking the biggest losses. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
Against Nature: A sinister adaptation of Huysmans’s novel À Rebours
James Kudelka’s ‘Against Nature.’
Via Rail boosts ridership, cuts operating loss by 12 per cent
A Via Rail train sits in the station yard in Halifax on June 13, 2013. A collision between a train and a car near Chatham, Ont., has killed two people.
Massive convoy moves stranded oil field evacuees to safety
Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie presents the world premiere of Against Nature (À Rebours) - a salon creation featuring one dancer, two singers and three musicians - Directed and choreographed by James Kudelka. Dancer: Laurence Lemieux Singers: Alexander Dobson & Geoffrey Sirett
Canada routs United States 5-1 at world hockey championship
Canada's players celebrate a goal during the group B preliminary round game USA vs Canada at the 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship in St. Petersburg on May 6, 2016.
Non-profits lend home buyers a hand breaking into tough market
A few more census questions for Canada’s geeky populace
Tabatha Southey
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