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Students seek $55M in damages, say dorms had toxic mould
How a young miner living in a small town spends his $92,000 salary
Riding a snowmobile on a sunny day.
OHL Roundup: Joseph Raaymakers earns shutout as Knights get past Spitfires
WHL Roundup: Mattheos scores twice, Wheat Kings extend win streak to five
Calgary eyes multicity bid for Olympics that could include Edmonton and Whistler
The ski-jumping facilities in Whistler, B.C., will be considered as a potential part of a multicity bid for the 2026 Games from Calgary, Edmonton and Whistler.
Edmonton's Jason Maas doesn't regret decision making in loss to Stampeders
Edmonton Eskimos' Jordan Hoover, right, and Kwaku Boateng console each other following their loss to the Calgary Stampeders at CFL West Final football game in Calgary, Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
In Lebanon, everyone has a favourite al-Hariri conspiracy theory
French President Emmanuel Macron and Saad al-Hariri, who announced his resignation as Lebanon's prime minister while on a visit to Saudi Arabia, react on the steps of the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, Nov. 18, 2017.
Asian shares fall in muted trading ahead of Thanksgiving
Henrik Lundqvist gets a shutout as Rangers top Senators
New York Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist stops a shot by Ottawa Senators left wing Mike Hoffman during the first period on Nov. 19, 2017.
Lundqvist gets 63rd shutout, Rangers beat Senators 3-0
TFC’s real challenge lies within as MLS East final looms
Cathal Kelly
Red zones set up marginalized people for failure
The intersection of Main Street and East Hastings Street in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. Researchers studied "red zones" that ranged from a single block to the entire Downtown Eastside neighbourhood.
US troops in Japan banned from drinking after fatal crash
A Japanese driver's damaged vehicle is placed at a police station in Naha, Okinawa, southern Japan Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017. Police on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa are investigating a fatal traffic accident that occurred Sunday when a truck driven by a U.S. Marine collided with the small truck at an intersection, killing the Japanese driver of the other vehicle. (Kazuki Sawada/Kyodo News via AP)
Raptors’ magic forward Pascal Siakam stumps Wizards in victory
Raptors centre Lucas Nogueira, left, fights for the ball with Wizards’ forward Kelly Oubre Jr. on Nov. 19, 2017.
Vikings quarterback Case Keenum reminds everyone of his worth
Minnesota Vikings safety Anthony Harris forces a fumble from Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Cooper Kupp (18) during the second quarter of their NFL game on Nov. 19, 2017.
On Hydro, B.C. Premier John Horgan borrows a trick from the Liberal repertoire
Premier John Horgan speaks to delegates and supporters during the B.C. NDP Convention at the Victoria Conference Centre in Victoria on Saturday, Nov. 4, 2017.
Saskatoon joins wave of cities eying regulation for Airbnb-style platforms
The Airbnb Inc. application is displayed on an Apple Inc. iPhone and iPad.
Ukraine issues call for Canadian defensive weapons
U.S. Secretary of State Tillerson shakes hands with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin, left.
10 Things to Know for Monday
Tom Brady helps Patriots dismantle Raiders in Mexico
Patriots quarterback Tom Brady throws a pass against the Oakland Raiders during a game in Mexico City on Nov. 19, 2017.
Indonesia graft suspect detained after doctors clear health
In this Tuesday, July 18, 2017 photo, Indonesian House Speaker Setya Novanto waves at reporters after a press conference in Jakarta, Indonesia. The top Indonesian politician embroiled in a scandal involving an epic theft of public money has been hospitalized after a car crash that is being widely mocked online as another tactic to avoid arrest. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
Canada wins four medals on last day of ISU World Cup Long Track stage in Norway
Guitarist Malcolm Young, 64, was a driving force behind AC/DC
AC/DC guitarist Malcolm Young, seen in New York in 2000.
Gertrude Kerbel was an incurable optimist and mentor for many
Liberal failure to make key federal appointments is a disappointment
Campbell Clark
Toddler pulled from pond in a Florida development dies
Stampeders edge Eskimos to earn another trip to Grey Cup
Calgary Stampeders' Jerome Messam celebrates his two-point conversion against the Edmonton Eskimos on Nov. 19, 2017.
The Latest: Bruno Mars wins 7 at American Music Awards
Leafs Nation’s pleas on Matthews-Marner don’t move Babcock
David Shoalts
Team Mouat, Team Jones claim victory at the National Grand Slam
Has Trudeau sunk Canada’s chances of joining East Asian Summit?
John Ibbitson
The Latest: Trump voices doubt about trophy hunting policy
Stampeders return to Grey Cup with 32-28 win over Edmonton Eskimos
Calgary Stampeders quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell (19), Rene Paredes (30), Josh Bell (11) and Rob Cote (26) pose with the CFL West Final trophy after they defeated the Edmonton Eskimos in Calgary, Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Todd Korol
Japan exports climb on surging demand for cars, machinery
In this March 24, 2017, photo, workers stand at a seaside construction site with the pier of a container terminal in the background in Tokyo. Japan's trade surplus fell more than 40 percent in October from a year earlier, despite strong growth in exports to China, the U.S. and the EU, as costs for imports of oil, gas and coal surged. Customs figures released Monday, Nov. 20, 2017, showed imports rose almost 19 percent from the same month a year earlier in October to 6.41 trillion yen ($57 billion) while exports were up 14 percent at 6.7 trillion yen ($59 billion). (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Chargers pick off Peterman 5 times in 54-24 win over Bills
Los Angeles Chargers free safety Tre Boston celebrates after his interception against the Buffalo Bills during the first half of an NFL football game Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017, in Carson, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
QMJHL Roundup: Pascal Aquin, Gregor MacLeod lead Islanders over Sea Dogs
NAFTA talks creep forward in Mexico
Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland meets with Mexico's Economy Secretary Ildefonso Guajardo, left, and Ambassador Robert E. Lighthizer, United States Trade Representative in Ottawa in September 2017
Miro Aaltonen scores winner as Marlies beat Crunch for fourth straight win
Trump voices doubt about trophy hunting policy
Members of Canada's Zimbabwean community disappointed with Mugabe speech
Outgoing Transat CEO aims to cap tough decade with new leadership, push into hotel business
Outgoing Transat A.T. Inc. President Jean-Marc Eustache speaks to shareholders at the company's annual meeting March, 2015 in Montreal.
White House: True cost of opioid epidemic tops $500 billion
FILE - In this Oct. 26, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump speaks during an event to declare the opioid crisis a national public health emergency in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Trump declared opioid abuse a national public health emergency at the White House in October. Trump announced an advertising campaign to combat what he said is the worst drug crisis in the nation's history, but he did not direct any new federal funding toward the effort. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Is Apple’s entry into TV content the end of everything good?
John Doyle
What to watch in Canadian business this week
Alberta Premier Rachel Notley speaks to reporters during a media availability on Parliament Hill, Nov. 29, 2016. Notley kicks off a cross-country speaking tour on the importance of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion on Monday in Toronto.
Short sales on the TSX: What bearish investors are betting against
A Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) logo is seen in Toronto in this file photo.
Martin Truex Jr. caps career season with 1st NASCAR title
Crew members for Kyle Larson perform a pit stop during a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Fla., Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Terry Renna)
The Latest: Merkel regrets failure of talks on coalition
German Chancellor and chairwomen of the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Angela Merkel, center, walks in lobby of the representation of the German state of Baden-Wuerttemberg during exploratory talks on a coalition between the CDU, the Christian Social Union (CSU), the German Liberal Party (FDP) and the Green Party in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
Tambor doesn't see how he can return to 'Transparent'
FILE - In this April 22, 2017 file photo, Jeffrey Tambor arrives at the "Transparent" FYC special screening in Los Angeles. Trace Lysette, an actress on "Transparent," says the show’s star Tambor pressed his body against hers in a sexually aggressive manner during filming and made inappropriate and unwanted sexual statements. Tambor denies the allegations saying he has “never been a predator - ever.” (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)
Appleton has two goals, two assists as Moose beat Rocket for third straight win
Zimbabwe’s plight: Nothing will improve when Mugabe is gone
Gerald Caplan
France wrestles with the line between seduction, harassment
Loblaw the latest to experience the ‘Amazon effect’
Sylvain Charlebois is the new Dean of the faculty of management at Dalhousie University.
Canada’s lumber challenge is a NAFTA bargaining chip
Barrie McKenna
15 dead, 10 hurt in a stampede for food aid in Morocco
FILE - A Thursday Oct. 19, 2017 file photo of Moroccan women filling up containers with water from a hose, in Zagora, southeastern Morocco. Experts blame poor choices in agriculture, growing populations and climate change for the water shortages in towns like Zagora, which has seen repeated protests for access to clean water in recent weeks. Moroccan state TV channel 2M reports that at least 15 people have died and 5 others have been injured in a stampede Sunday Nov. 19, 2017 as food aid was being distributed in the village of Sidi Boulalam, in the southern province of Essaouira. (AP Photo/Issam Oukhouya, File)
DeRozan scores 33 points as Raptors win fourth straight, beating Wizards 100-91
Washington Wizards forward Kelly Oubre Jr. (12) drives towards the basket past Toronto Raptors forward Pascal Siakam (43) during second half NBA basketball action in Toronto on Sunday, November 19, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
We can’t rely on IT forever: Why accounting must not be immune to innovation
In recent decades, accounting has become one of the worst laggards of innovation.
As Canadians consume ‘harmful’ levels of sodium, officials urge chefs to limit salt but face resistance
The Latest: Trump tweets about death of Border Patrol agent
Keystone XL faces final regulatory hurdle with Nebraska ruling
The Keystone Steele City pumping station, to which the planned Keystone XL pipeline would connect, is seen in Steele City, Neb., in this file photo.
Ex-student to face judge in body fluids contamination case
Ottawa Humane society says dog shot in head will undergo surgery on Wednesday
Ontario Humane society veterinarian Shelley Hutchings holds Sadie Mae, a beagle that was found last week with a gunshot wound to the head.THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Ottawa Humane Society MANDATORY CREDIT
Ice Alaska scraps 2018 World Ice Art Championships
Ex-Mexican president Fox to PM Trudeau: Don't be 'Judas' and betray us on NAFTA
Former Mexican president Vicente Fox listens during a press conference to announce a declaration by former Latin American presidents and the Democratic Initiative of Spain and the Americas (IDEA), in Mexico City, Friday, June 16, 2017. Fox has a warning for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau: Don't abandon our country in NAFTA talks like some modern-day ''Judas.'' THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Rebecca Blackwell
Tennis great Pancho Segura dies at 96; coached Jimmy Connors
Tribute room at Michigan airport honours President Ford
Globe editorial: Australia welcomes gay marriage, but much of the world lags behind
Crowds supporting the Same Sex Marriage Survey party down Oxford St in the heart of Sydney's gay precinct on November 15, 2017 in Sydney, Australia. Australians have voted for marriage laws to be changed to allow same-sex marriage, with the Yes vote claiming 61.6% to to 38.4% for No vote.
Globe editorial: Will the Olympics do the right thing, and punish Russian doping?
World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) president Craig Reedie (C) speaks as WADA director general Olivier Niggli (R) looks on, during a press conference after the WADA's foundation board meeting in Seoul last week.
Review: Hadestown warms up in Edmonton but isn’t ready for Broadway yet
Hadestown is a a gut-wrenching story of grief, faith and an artist standing up to a tyrant but just falling short.
JPMorgan making big profits by flipping cargo vessels
A freighter traverses the Port of Corpus Christi, Tex., in 2013. U.S. buyers leaped into the ship market this year, purchasing 51.
TransCanada sends more crews to Keystone pipeline spill
An aerial view shows the darkened ground of an oil spill along the Keystone pipeline in an agricultural area near Amherst, South Dakota on Nov. 18, 2017.
Greek socialist leader elected to head centre-left alliance
Reaction from the country music world on Mel Tillis' death
FILE - This April 23, 1975, file photo shows Mel Tillis, country music singer and songwriter in Nashville, Tenn. Tillis, the longtime country star who wrote hits for Kenny Rogers, Ricky Skaggs and many others, and overcame a stutter to sing on dozens of his own singles, has died. A spokesman for Tillis, Don Murry Grubbs, said Tillis died early Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017, at Munroe Regional Medical Center in Ocala, Fla. He was 85. (AP Photo/File)
Dimitrov wins ATP Finals, Grand Slam his next target
Argonauts win CFL East final, to face Stampeders in Grey Cup
Toronto Argonauts quarterback Ricky Ray (15) hoists the trophy with teammates after beating the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the CFL Eastern final, Sunday, November 19, 2017 in Toronto.
Fajardo's late TD run earns Argos wild East final win over Riders
Toronto Argonauts wide receiver DeVier Posey (85) celebrates his touchdown during first half CFL East Division final football action against the Saskatchewan Roughriders at BMO Field in Toronto, Sunday, Nov.19, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
Swiss Alps hotels now thinking beyond the ski hill
The Chedi Andermatt is one of the new magisterial breed of hotel in the Swiss Alps.
The forest I planted helped me deal with the grief of losing my father
Australian publisher drops book on Chinese influence; author warns Canada is also at risk
China's President Xi Jinping waves after attending the inauguration ceremony of Chinese sponsored Vietnam-China Cultural Friendship Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam on Nov. 12, 2017.
Apology to Canadians persecuted for being gay coming Nov. 28: Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addresses delegates during the 2017 United Nations Peacekeeping Defence Ministerial conference in Vancouver, B.C., on Wednesday November 15, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Turkeys thriving, causing ruckus in San Francisco suburbs
AP source: Border patrol agent may have fallen
Police: Child accidentally shoots 3-year-old in Minnesota
Trudeau mulling China trip in December, free trade talks possible
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at the Women Deliver kickoff event in Vancouver, B.C., on Thursday November 16, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Greece floods death toll rises to 20 with discovery of body
We must take global warming personally
Franklyn Griffiths
Miss summer’s fresh produce? Fall and winter fruits and vegetables deliver, too
Many fall and winter fruits and vegetables deliver a similar a nutrient and antioxidant kick to their summer cousins. And some serve up a hefty dose of beneficial compounds that summer produce can’t match.
Country star and songwriter Mel Tillis dead at 85
In this July 6, 2013 photo, Mel Tillis performs at the Oklahoma Twister Relief Concert at the Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Okla.
Canada women score historic win over Papua New Guinea at Rugby League World Cup
Israeli police question Netanyahu over corruption accusations
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017.
Grassy Narrows seeks treatment centre so residents don't die away from reserve
Carolyn Bennett (left), minister of Crown-Indigenous relations and northern affairs looks on as Indigenous Services Minister Jane Philpott speaks to media after a Liberal cabinet shuffle at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on Monday, Aug. 28, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Police: 9-year-old girl used to smuggle drugs into prison
Wizards' Wall to miss game at Toronto with sore left knee
Changing of the guard in Toronto FC goal happened without a ripple
Toronto FC's Jozy Altidore, left, and d Sebastian Giovinco keep warm during practice ahead of the MLS championship final match against the Seattle Sounders in Toronto on Thursday, December 8, 2016. Toronto FC's mission in Columbus this week is simple. Come home with something from the first leg of the Eastern Conference final. They will have to do it Tuesday in Game 1 of home-and-away series without suspended strikers Altidore and Giovinco.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
A look at Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's long rule
First responders grieve Abbotsford, B.C. police officer killed on duty
An officer salutes the funeral procession carrying the body of Abbotsford Constable John Davidson to a memorial in Abbotsford, B.C., on Sunday. Constable Davidson was killed in the line of duty on Nov. 6, 2017.
Thousands celebrate in Rio's gay pride parade on Copacabana
People dance under the LGBT flag during the Gay Pride Parade at Copacabana beach, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Mauro Pimentel)
Abbotsford, B.C., officer didn't like guns, but didn't hesitate when call came
A police officer and a woman wait for a memorial to begin for Abbotsford Police Const. John Davidson, who was killed in the line of duty on Nov. 6, in Abbotsford, B.C., on Sunday November 19, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
NFL extends deal to play in Mexico from 2019-21
Fans pose wearing Pittsburgh Steelers uniforms during NFL football's Fan Fest in Mexico City's main square, the Zocalo, Saturday, Nov. 18, 2017. Thousands of football fans descended on the city's historic main plaza Saturday, one day before the New England Patriots face the Oakland Raiders in a football game at Aztec Stadium. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
In Photos: Celebration after Zimbabwe's ruling party sacks Mugabe
Zimbabweans watch a televised address to the nation by President Robert Mugabe at a bar in downtown Harare, Nov. 19th.
'I thank you and good night,' Zimbabwe's Mugabe says, ending without announcing resignation
Newspapers are held down by rocks to stop them blowing away at a news stand in Harare, Zimbabwe Monday, Nov. 20, 2017. Longtime President Robert Mugabe ignored a midday deadline set by the ruling party to step down or face impeachment proceedings, while Zimbabweans stunned by his lack of resignation during a national address vowed more protests to make him leave. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
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