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December 29

Blake Wheeler, Kyle Connor each score to help Jets double up Islanders
New York Islanders' Anders Lee (27) attempts to tip the shot by John Tavares (91) past Winnipeg Jets goalie Connor Hellebuyck (37) as Jets' Tyler Myers (57) and Joel Armia (40) defend during second period NHL action in Winnipeg on Friday, December 29, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
OHL Roundup: Kopacka scores SO winner, Greyhounds edge Storm to extend win streak
Senators snap four-game losing streak with victory over Blue Jackets
Columbus Blue Jackets goalie Sergei Bobrovsky makes a save on a shot by Ottawa Senators forward Matt Duchene on Dec. 29, 2017.
QMJHL Roundup: Boucher scores shootout winner as Sea Dogs beat Wildcats
Snow, ice making Illinois travel treacherous in places
Argentina 'dirty war' killer gets house arrest
A woman stands with a picture of former police officer Miguel Etchecolatz that reads in Spanish, "He is not a poor man, he is a genocide" during a protest in Mar del Plata, Argentina, Friday, Dec. 29, 2017. Etchecolatz was sentenced to life in prison for crimes against humanity during Argentina last dictatorship but a court in Argentina has granted him house arrest Wednesday, due to health problems. (AP Photo/Marina Devo)
Toronto police, Metrolinx looking into theft of 1,100 preloaded Presto cards
Senators hang on for win over Blue Jackets, snap losing skid at four
Ottawa Senators' Mark Stone (61) shoves the puck past the goal post as Columbus Blue Jackets goalie Sergei Bobrovsky (72) looks on during third period NHL hockey in Ottawa, Friday, December 29, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand
Raptors defeat Hawks to log 11th consecutive win at home
Toronto Raptors guard DeMar DeRozan drives to the basket against Atlanta Hawks guard Dennis Schroder on Dec. 29, 2017.
Molson Coors recalling collectible NHL beer glasses after injuries reported
DeRozan has 25 points, Raptors beat Hawks 111-98 for 11th straight win at ACC
Toronto Raptors guard Delon Wright (55) drives to the net past Atlanta Hawks guard Dennis Schroder (17) during second half NBA basketball action in Toronto on Friday, December 29, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
Police: Man kills 2, then himself at Houston auto shop
Houston Police Department officers investigate a double murder and suicide scene at 14300 South Post Oak Road on Friday, Dec. 29, 2017, in Houston. Police say a man walked into a Houston auto shop where he used to work and fatally shot two people before going outside and killing himself. The man, whose name wasn’t immediately released, entered Bemer Plus about 4 p.m. Friday. The shop specializes in used BMW sales and repairs. ( Yi-Chin Lee /Houston Chronicle via AP)
Linus Ullmark earns shutout as Americans hand Marlies third straight loss
Molson Coors recalling collectible NHL beer glasses; 8 injuries reported
Commemorative NHL beer glasses are shown in a handout photo. Molson Coors Canada is recalling approximately 215,000 limited edition NHL beer glasses after eight people were reported injured while washing the glasses. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Health Canada MANDATORY CREDIT
Alberta issues alert, natural gas outages in north during extreme cold snap
How the Russian diaspora brought real sauna culture to Toronto’s suburbs
Holden Mohring jumps into a cold pool as wife Laura Meadows watches at South-Western Bathhouse in Mississauga earlier this month.
Brazilians honour sea goddess in Rio de Janeiro.
A man prays as he holds necklaces, as symbols of protection, during a ceremony for Yemanja, goddess of the sea, that is part of traditional New Year's celebrations on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Dec. 29, 2017. As the year winds down, Brazilian worshippers of Yemanja celebrate the deity, offering flowers and launching large and small boats into the ocean in exchange for blessings in the coming year. The belief in the goddess comes from the African Yoruban religion brought to America by West African slaves.(AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Best photos by Globe and Mail photographer Fred Lum for 2017
Syrian-Canadian MP Omar Alghabra’s story is one shared by millions
Liberal MP and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs Omar Alghabra answers a question during question period in the House of Commons in 2016.
Deadly hepatitis A outbreak among San Diego homeless holds lessons for Canada
A boy plays as the sun sets over donated tents for homeless families lined up on a parking lot in the city-sanctioned encampment in San Diego in November, 2017. Scores of tents, mobile medical units, portable toilets and showers were brought in to meet the needs of hundreds of homeless people.
Condo unit owners can’t block building sale, B.C. Supreme Court rules
The B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver.
Ex-federal cabinet minister Julian Fantino takes aim at judge, cops, lawyers
Julian Fantino in the House of Commons on Dec. 3, 2014.
In Cambodia, independent media close as Chinese content moves in
Cambodian men read the English-laguage newspaper Cambodia Daily in front of its office in Phnom Penh on Sept. 4, 2017.
The Globe’s stars and dogs for 2017
The polar bear swim is a custom reserved for the brave, and sometimes the insane
Secret Sauce? Kim Jong Un applies science to kimchi-making
Transit accessibility for all remains a dream unfulfilled across Canada
Laurent Morissette, an activist for greater transit accessibly for people with disabilities like himself, uses the handicap access ramps at Place Bonaventure to head towards the Bonaventure Metro station in downtown Montreal.
Best images from around the world for 2017
A Rohingya refugee boy cries as he climbs on a truck distributing aid for a local NGO near the Balukali refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. More than half a million Rohingya refugees have flooded into Bangladesh to flee an offensive by Myanmar's military that the United Nations has called 'a textbook example of ethnic cleansing'.
The Latest: 2 dead, 1 hurt in shooting at California office
How the true Alberta folk tale of black cowboy John Ware is being brought to a wider audience
Historian Cheryl Foggo is shown in Millarville, Alta. in August 2017.
How one question in Census 2016 halved Canada’s Jewish population
A form for the 2016 Canadian census.
Partisan carbon-tax debate is a New Year’s tradition Alberta can do without
TREVOR TOMBE
Chart: StatCan Jewish Population in Canada
Quebec museum shows work of Jean-Paul Riopelle and Joan Mitchell together for the first time
The 25-year relationship of Joan Mitchell and Jean-Paul Riopelle, pictured in Chicago in 1959, is laid out at the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec in Montreal in an impressive gathering of 60 of their major works and pursues a dual chronology of the painters’ careers.
Fire that killed 24 horses in Connecticut ruled accidental
Inner peace and inner turmoil: Yoga instructor Michael Stone falls victim to the opioid crisis
A ‘big fog’ to descend on Canada-U.S. trade if Trump withdraws from NAFTA
John Ibbitson
Victim, gunman in California law firm shooting were partners
This photo provided by Basileus Zeno shows police at the scene of an active shooting in Long Beach, Calif. Friday, Dec. 29, 2017. Police say there are multiple victims at the scene but nothing about the number or their conditions. (Basileus Zeno via AP)
Feds cast doubt on New York-New Jersey tunnel funding plan
Coast Guard cites fishing boat for illegal foreign captain
History Repeats: Bellows, Tkachuk help U.S. to 4-3 shootout win over Canada
Canada's Carter Hart (31) fails to stop the game winning goal from the United States' Brady Tkachuk (7) to end shootout period IIHF World Junior Championship preliminary round outdoor game action at New Era Field in Orchard Park, N.Y., Friday, December 29, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mark Blinch
Aurora Cannabis buys 1.8 per cent stake in CanniMed Therapeutics
Cannabis seedlings are seen at the new Aurora Cannabis facilty on Friday, November 24, 2017 in Montreal.
For women in the dismal science, Janet Yellen is a beacon of inspiration
Janet Yellen earned widespread praise for her steady handling of the U.S. economy during the financial crisis. Yet, she is the first Fed chair in four decades not to be reappointed for a second term. She steps down in February.
1 dead, 7 injured in 2-vehicle crash in Caledon, Ont., paramedics say
Leonard George, 71, a former chief and tough negotiator with big ideas
Leonard George, former chief of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation
Women protest against decision to pardon Peru's Fujimori
How I learned to stop worrying and love (or at least accept) e-sports
A large room full of fans including Sascha Houpt and his mystified dad Simon watch as two teams, Immortals from Brazil, and Cloud9 from North America, play Counter Strike Global Offensive at the Northern Arena E-sports Championship Toronto LAN Finals on Sept. 4, 2016.
The Latest: Police: Texas boy killed after woman opens fire
Arizona schools superintendent decries ethnic studies ruling
Plane leaving Pasco, Washington, makes emergency return
In Alabama, support for U.S. softwood stand has deep roots
Logs are loaded onto a machine for bark removal at a sawmill in Quesnel, B.C., in 2015.
Aurora Cannabis purchases 450,000 shares, or 1.8%, of CanniMed Therapeutics
Cannabis seedlings are seen at the new Aurora Cannabis facility Friday, November 24, 2017 in Montreal.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
16 taken to hospitals after trolleys collide in Boston
B.C. police investigate third deadly ‘targeted’ shooting within days
Abbotsford police responded to a suspected shooting Thursday.
Child rep collects documents after sisters' deaths, no decision on investigation
Chloe Berry (left), 6, and Aubrey Berry, 4, were found dead in a home in Oak Bay, B.C., on Christmas Day. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO
The Globe’s year in data, visual and interactive stories
B.C. police investigate third deadly 'targeted' shooting within days
Raptors suspend Serge Ibaka one game for altercation with staff member
Toronto Raptors forward Serge Ibaka argues a call against him while facing the Denver Nuggets on Nov. 1, 2017.
Goldman Sachs and Hess slide while PepsiCo and TiVo rise
In 2017, sports reached the crest of a cultural hill
Cathal Kelly
Raptors suspend forward Ibaka for one game for altercation with staff member
How major US stock indexes fared on Friday
Business Highlights
Most actively traded companies on the TSX
Daly says NHL in no rush to discuss Winter Olympic plans
Bullish on Best Buy
Bullish on Best Buy
B.C. warns public that feeding wild moose, deer can be more harmful than hunger
Best Buy
Judge needs evidence to let illusionist undo porn plea
FILE - In this March 17, 2007 file photo, magician Jan Rouven presents the Floating Virgin during the dress rehearsal of a German TV show in Riesa, eastern Germany. The former Las Vegas Strip illusionist from Germany is trying to undo his federal court guilty plea to charges that he acquired thousands of pornographic videos and images, including some depicting sex acts involving kindergarten-age boys. (AP Photo/Eckehard Schulz, File)
Globe editorial: If you think Trump is bad now, just wait
President Donald Trump speaks to first responders at West Palm beach Fire rescue in West Palm Beach, Fla., on December 27.
Quavo jokes about tryout with Texans after Heinicke plays
FILE - In this Saturday, Sept. 23, 2017, file photo, Quavo performs with Travis Scott and DJ Khaled at the 2017 iHeartRadio Music Festival Day 2 held at T-Mobile Arena on in Las Vegas. Quavo of the Grammy-nominated rap group Migos had some fun on social media after it was pointed out that he once held a high school football record that Houston Texans backup quarterback Taylor Heinicke eventually outdid. (Photo by John Salangsang/Invision/AP, File)
The Friday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Skaters brave brave the extreme cold weather conditions on the Canada 150 skating rink on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Friday, December 29, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand
Trump administration aims to trim rules on offshore drilling
IAG to acquire much of bankrupt Air Berlin's Niki division
Oscar-winning film editor Thomas Stanford dies at 93
Insiders buying Orla Mining stock
Our roundup of Canadian small-caps in the news today.
Valeant strikes deal to reduce its portion of Allergan settlement to $96.25M
The Valeant Pharmaceuticals corporate flag and the Canadian flag fly outside the company's corporate headquarters Tuesday, May 2, 2017 in Laval.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
2017 U.S. winners and losers: Amazon, Boeing soared; GE plunged
Mattel's Barbie dolls on sale are pictured inside a shop of a life-size ‘Barbie Dreamhouse‘ during a media tour in Berlin.
Woman gets 22 years in Ohio prison for killing daughter
US eyes increased pumping from biggest federal water project
FILE- In this Oct. 2, 2009 file photo, in California's Westland Water District of the Central Valley, canals carry water to southern California. The Trump administration says it will look at ramping up water deliveries to farmers from California's massive and environmentally sensitive Central Valley Project. (AP Photo/Russel A. Daniels, File)
A look at some of the new recipients of the Order of Canada
In this May 22, 2017 photo, William Shatner poses for a portrait on Monday, May 22, 2017 in Los Angeles. Shatner was among those named as Gov. Gen. Julie Payette announced 125 new appointments to the Order of Canada Friday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP
Glitch that stole Christmas: Lottery makes everyone a winner
New census numbers show Montreal to be Canada's most trilingual city
Poland discussing bringing refugees in for medical treatment
Apotex founder Barry Sherman among latest Order of Canada inductees
Barry and Honey Sherman are shown in a handout photo from the United Jewish Appeal. The Canadian pharmaceutical giant whose sudden death earlier this month is shrouded in mystery is among the latest list of inductees into the Order of Canada.THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-United Jewish Appeal MANDATORY CREDIT
California's governor heads to Mexico for vacation
FILE - In this Oct. 20, 2017, file photo, California Gov. Jerry Brown speaks in Sacramento, Calif. Brown is heading to Mexico for a week of vacation before California's longest-serving governor enters his final year in office. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
Order of Canada list announced: A guide to who’s being honoured
Order of Canada medals from a ceremony at Rideau Hall.
Some lawsuits can proceed over cigarettes touted as natural
FILE - In this Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011 file photo, Reynolds American cigarette brand American Spirit are on display at a liquor store in Palo Alto, Calif. A U.S. judge in New Mexico has dismissed more than two dozen complaints against the maker of American Spirit cigarettes but is allowing others to move forward over a line of tobacco touted as natural. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)
Police arrest Toronto businessman charged with securities fraud by OSC
The Ontario Securities Commission offices in Toronto.
State: Timeline, rate hike overstated in federal ash cleanup
FILE - This Jan. 25, 2017 file photo shows Gallatin Fossil Plant in Gallatin, Tenn. State environmental regulators say it shouldn’t cost ratepayers more money or take as long as the nation’s largest public utility has estimated to complete a massive, court-ordered coal ash cleanup at the Tennessee power plant. State officials voiced skepticism over the Tennessee Valley Authority’s 24-year timeline and cost claims in federal court filings and state records. The utility has said it’s taking steps to comply with the court’s cleanup requirement, even as it appeals the order. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)
Joshua Weilerstein to replace Dutoit after allegations
FILE - In this June 19, 2003, file photo, conductor Charles Dutoit performs with NHK Symphony Orchestra in Tokyo, Japan. A Canadian orchestra is launching an investigation in the wake of sexual assault allegations against Dutoit. A spokesman for the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, where Dutoit served as music director for nearly 25 years, confirmed Sunday, Dec. 24, 2017, he is the subject of a complaint. (Kyodo News via AP)
Grain and livestock mixed
Toronto scales down public New Year's Eve festivities due to extreme cold
This couple wonder if early retirement makes sense with a high net worth
Friday's Games
Utah teacher fired after students see nudity in art
Federal consumer agency delays report on Canadian banks' sales practices
Court tosses conviction of man in 2011 policeman killing
Seacrest says he's sure Carey won't miss NYE gig rehearsal
FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017, file photo, Mariah Carey poses for photographers during her hand and footprint ceremony at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles. Carey is returning to “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest” after last year’s debacle. They released a joint statement Friday, Dec. 22,2017, acknowledging problems with last year’s show and saying they are thrilled to have “an incredible night of music and celebration” planned.(Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
Toronto businessman accused of defrauding Chinese citizens arrested, released
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