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Andersen stops 47 shots, Nylander scores shootout winner as Leafs edge Flames
Frederik Andersen helps Maple Leafs steal a win from Flames
Calgary Flames forward Matthew Tkachuk controls the puck against Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Frederik Andersen and defenceman Jake Gardiner on Dec. 6, 2017.
Leonardo da Vinci painting sold for $450-million heading to new Louvre museum
An employee poses with Leonardo da Vinci's Salvator Mundi on display at Christie's auction rooms in London on Oct. 24, 2017.
Millions in Nepal vote for provincial, national assemblies
A Nepalese woman waits to cast her vote during the legislative elections in Thimi, Bhaktapur, Nepal, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017. Millions of people were voting in southern Nepal on Thursday in the final phase of mostly peaceful elections for members of the national and provincial assemblies. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
UN envoy meets North Korean foreign minister
Blue Jays RHP Aaron Sanchez to resume throwing this week
OHL Roundup: Greyhounds win 15th straight after getting past Sting
China hosts global forum featuring own take on human rights
S. Korea human rights body urges probe of abuse of vagrants
MacDonald scores winner in overtime to lift Devils over Rocket 2-1
QMJHL Roundup: Bramwell, Lynch lead Voltigeurs past Sea Dogs 4-3
The Latest: Hirohito memoir bought by Japanese doctor
Girl cries as video of her confession played at murder sentencing hearing
Brody Roybal has two goals, assist as U.S. hands Canada first loss at WSHC
$450 million Leonardo painting heading to new Louvre museum
Mexico's education secretary resigns to run campaign
Trudeau departs China without securing commitment start to free trade talks
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau takes part in an eye-dotting ceremony to awaken the lion as he is given a tour of the Chen Clan Academy in Guangzhou, China on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
B.C. crackdown on casino money laundering is just a first step: Attorney-General
An airplane flies over the River Rock Casino in Richmond, B.C. on Dec. 5, 2017.
Court upholds decision to block Taseko mine near Williams Lake
The offices of Taseko Mines Limited is pictured in Vancouver, B.C., in this file photo.
North Korea says U.S. remarks mean war is inevitable on Korean Peninsula
South Korea and U.S. fighter jets fly over the Korean Peninsula during the Vigilant air combat exercise (ACE) on Dec. 6, 2017.
The unknowns might be what make the Pyeongchang Games fun
Roy MacGregor
The Latest: Lawmakers pass retirement bills after changes
The Latest: Patagonia sues over Trump's monuments order
Former CFL star Warren Moon faces sexual-harassment lawsuit
Former football player Warren Moon arrives a Super Bowl party in Detroit in 2006.
Pulp non-fiction: Why a book about a Nova Scotia pulp mill has set off a firestorm
A mill in Pictou County, N.S., owned by Northern Pulp
Globe in Jerusalem: Palestinian leaders decry Trump’s decision
Palestinians react during a protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip December 6, 2017.
Site C decision could come as early as Friday as B.C. NDP cabinet meets
Whitman joins Sacramento MLS expansion bid
FILE - In this Nov. 2, 2015 file photo, Hewlett Packard Enterprise President and CEO Meg Whitman is interviewed on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Whitman joined the bid of Sacramento, Calif., for a Major League Soccer franchise on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017, as the four finalists made presentations to the league's expansion committee. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
N. Korea says war is inevitable as allies continue war games
In this photo provided by South Korea Defense Ministry, U.S. Air Force B-1B bomber, center, flies over the Korean Peninsula with South Korean fighter jets F-16, F-15K and U.S. fighter jets F-35A, F35B during their combined aerial exercise Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017. The United States flew a B-1B supersonic bomber over South Korea on Wednesday as part of a massive combined aerial exercise involving hundreds of warplanes, a clear warning after North Korea last week tested its biggest and most powerful missile yet. (South Korea Defense Ministry via AP)
Some Ontario municipalities push back against retail cannabis stores
Marijuana plants grow at LifeLine Labs in Cottage Grove, Minn., in a June 17, 2015, file photo.
US petroleum reserve lease sale in Alaska draws just 7 bids
German ski racer dies from injuries during NorAm race in Lake Louise, Alberta
A Lake Louise guest host directs skiers off the mountain after a power failure shut down all operations prior to the women's World Cup downhill race in Lake Louise, Alta., on Saturday, Dec. 2, 2017. A 17-year-old ski racer from a club in Germany has died in a Calgary hospital after he was seriously injured during a NorAm event at Lake Louise, Alta.RCMP says the racer lost control during his run on Tuesday afternoon and died from his injuries Wednesday in a Calgary hospital. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
10 Things to Know for Thursday
Wildfire survivors, Marolyn Romero-Sim, left, with Hugo Romero-Rodriguez, middle, and their 9-year-old daughter, Milagros, sit inside the evacuation center at the Ventura County Fairgrounds in Ventura, Calif. Their RV burned up with all their possessions in Ventura, Calif. Wind-driven fires have raced through California communities for the second time in two months, leaving hundreds of homes feared lost and uprooted tens of thousands of people. The most damaging fire is in Ventura County northwest of Los Angeles, where more than 100 square miles (259 sq. kilometers) and numerous homes have burned. (AP Photo/Amanda Lee Myers)
Saskatoon group faces backlash over scantily-clad dancers at fundraiser for children's charities
A service club in Saskatoon created controversy by holding a fundraising event for children’s charities that included women in G-strings dancing on raised walkways.
Parq Vancouver’s ambitious 1886 misses the mark
Despite the polished setting of the new 1886 restaurant at Parq Vancouver, shaky service and inconsistent food quality mar the experience.
Paris Review editor, facing harassment allegations, resigns
Toronto declines call to open armouries to shelter homeless
Toronto city council voted against opening the Canadian military’s armouries to the city’s homeless, such as Robert, photographed on Wednesday, Dec. 6, but endorsed a plan to boost the number of beds in shelters.
First Nations demand control over cannabis sales
Minister of Indigenous Services Jane Philpott and National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations Perry Bellegarde listen to a delegate's question at the Assembly of First Nations Special Chiefs Assembly in Ottawa on Dec. 6, 2017.
Former UVa, NFL player gets 40 years for investment fraud
Sexual harassment lawsuit filed against CFL Hall of Famer Warren Moon
Former Seattle Seahawks quarterback and NFL Hall of Famer Warren Moon watches warmups before an NFL football game between the Chicago Bears and Seahawks in Chicago, Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012. A California woman has filed a lawsuit alleging sexual harassment and battery against former Edmonton Eskimos star quarterback Warren Moon.The lawsuit, obtained by The Canadian Press, was filed Monday in Orange County, Calif. It names Moon and his company, Sports 1 Marketing, as defendants.THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Charles Rex Arbogast
Man sentenced in wrong-way crash that killed woman, hurt boy
Residents of Calgary apartment deemed unsafe face delays to get property
Government wants delay of transgender military enlistment
Source: Former Tennessee Gov. Bredesen running for Senate
Judge: State can sue detention centre over inmate pay
UN says Canadian funding for reproductive health agency critical after U.S. cuts
Villagers gather in an impromptu evacuation centre on Bali after a volcano erupted in late November. Natalia Kanem, executive director of the United Nations Population Fund, says Canadian funding for that agency allowed the agency to help women fleeing the eruption.
Official: Not much drug market change after Guzman arrest
Mississippi editorial roundup
Globe editorial: In Jerusalem, Trump made a capital mistake
President Donald Trump speaks in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017, in Washington. Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel's capital despite intense Arab, Muslim and European opposition to a move that would upend decades of U.S. policy and risk potentially violent protests. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Yugoslav war crimes court wins praise from many - not Russia
Former Texas police officer indicted in shooting of man
Arkansas cops: Argument prompts Hot Springs triple homicide
This photo provided by the Hot Springs Police Department shows Nicholas Lewondowski, of Hot Springs, Ark., who is being held Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017, on suspicion of three counts of capital murder after the bodies of three people were found in an area home. Police Cpl. Kirk Zaner says officers conducting a welfare check found the three bodies Tuesday afternoon. (Hot Springs Police Department via AP)
Man charged after woman faces religion-based threat on Vancouver train
Federal judge to shut down Pilot Flying J trial until Jan. 8
Former Texas nurse to be arraigned in deaths of 5 children
FILE - This file photo provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows Genene Jones. Jones, a former nurse who prosecutors believe could be responsible for the deaths of up to 60 Texas children, is set to be arraigned Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017, in San Antonio on murder charges in the deaths of five children in the early 1980s. The Bexar County district attorney's office announced the five indictments over the last year. (Texas Department of Criminal Justice. via AP, File)
Police say gangs linked to seizure of drugs, guns, explosives in Langley, B.C.
Streetwise newsletter: Kinder Morgan sells shares for Trans Mountain plan; Laurentian looks to calm markets over mortgage gaffe
Bank towers are photographed in Toronto’s Bay Street financial district on May 11, 2017.
Ten consistently profitable Canadian companies
Spirit AeroSystems announces $1B expansion, 1,000 new jobs
BoC takes a ‘cautious’ approach to rate increases
David Parkinson
79-foot Montana Christmas tree lit outside US Capitol
The 2017 Capitol Christmas Tree is lit on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017, in Washington. The Capitol Christmas Tree has been a tradition since 1964, and this year's tree was chosen from Kootenai National Forest in Montana. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Risk-tolerant investors should pounce now on Laurentian shares
The Laurentian Bank logo is pictured in Montreal, on June 21, 2016.
The Latest: Judges hear arguments in travel ban challenge
Alternate juror: Steinle shooting jury was right to acquit
San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon gestures during a media conference on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017, in San Francisco. Gascon is defending the handling of a murder trial that ended with the acquittal of a Mexican man whose arrest set off a fierce national debate on immigration. Gascon said Tuesday that he still believes Jose Ines Garcia Zarate should have been convicted of murder in the 2015 death of Kate Steinle. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
Appeals court denies another request to free Meek Mill
In this Nov. 6, 2017 photo, rapper Meek Mill arrives at the criminal justice center in Philadelphia. Common Pleas Judge Genece Brinkley on Friday, Dec. 1, 2017 denied a motion allow the 30-year-old rapper to be bailed out of a Pennsylvania correctional facility. Mill was sentenced last month to two to four years for violating probation on a roughly decade-old gun and drug case. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Mnuchin announces steps to avoid broaching debt limit
Saskatchewan legislation calls for unpaid leave for domestic violence victims
Saskatchewan Minister of Justice Don Morgan speaks to the media at the release of the Report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Wrongful Conviction of David Milgaard in Saskatoon, Sask., Friday, Sept. 26, 2008. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Geoff Howe
Gas station hopes blue lights in bathroom can deter drug use
Rep: Mayer recovering from emergency appendectomy
FILe - In this April 7, 2017 file photo, John Mayer performs in concert during his "The Search for Everything Tour" in Philadelphia. Mayer has been hospitalized for an emergency appendectomy. The Grammy-winning musician was admitted to the hospital on Tuesday, Dec. 5, according to a rep. The singer-guitarist was due to perform later that night at a concert with the Dead & Company, but that date has now been postponed. (Photo by Owen Sweeney/Invision/AP, File)
Utah GOP rallies for Romney after Bannon remark on his faith
CBC documentary Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas has heft and beauty
John Doyle
Idaho fighting order to destroy wilderness wolf, elk data
FILE - In this Jan. 14, 1995, file photo, a wolf leaps across a road into the wilds of Central Idaho. Idaho officials are challenging a federal court order to destroy information collected from tracking collars placed on elk and wolves obtained illegally by landing a helicopter in a central Idaho wilderness area. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017, requested a stay of the judgment in U.S. District Court in Idaho pending an appeal to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. (AP Photo/Douglas Pizac, File)
Emperor Hirohito memoir bought by Japanese doctor
In this Dec. 4, 2017 image from an Associated Press Television video, the post-World War II memoirs composed by Japanese Emperor Hirohito are displayed at Bonham's suction house in New York. On Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017, the two-volume, 173 page document, that offers the emperor's recollections of World War II has fetched $275,000 at an auction in New York. (AP Photo/Joseph B. Frederick, File)
Authorities identify remains of missing North Carolina child
FILE- In this Dec. 1, 2017, file photo, law enforcement search near the Southwest Creek Bridge on U.S. 17 for three-year-old Mariah Woods in Jacksonville, N.C., Authorities in North Carolina have announced on Wednesday, Dec. 6, that they positively identified the body of Mariah Woods, who was reported missing from her home 10 days ago. (Gray Whitley/Sun Journal via AP, File)
Developer sentenced to 3 years in $12M soccer stadium scam
CanniMed announces agreement to supply medical cannabis to PharmaChoice
A cannabis plant is shown in southwest Quebec on Oct. 8, 2013.
Flu cases showing up earlier than usual, could be harbinger of bad season: experts
A flu vaccine is injected in Montreal, Tuesday, December 5, 2017.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
7th-grader arrested after bringing loaded gun into school
3 hurt in chemical explosion at southeastern Arkansas plant
Judge turns down bid to move trial of Orlando shooter's wife
Imagining movies – and the world – without sexual predators
Denise Balkissoon
Gulf rig worker killed in apparent equipment accident
Fifth Baltimore officer pleads guilty in task force scandal
Business Highlights
Alberta’s GHG plan gets mixed reviews from oil and gas industry
Suncor's base plant with upgraders in the oil sands in Fort McMurray Alta., on June 13, 2017.
Powerful allies moulded Trump's view on Jerusalem
Expert can't say if writing on Winnipeg letter bombs from same source
House Roll Call: Impeachment
Hockey Canada announces selection camp roster for world junior championship
Canada's Jake Bean (2) Dylan Strome (19) and Noah Juulsen (3) celebrate a goal against Sweden during third period IIHF World Junior Championships semifinal hockey action Wednesday, January 4, 2017 in Montreal. Bean is expected to be named to the Team Canada selection camp roster for the upcoming tournament. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
Feds to address First Nations child welfare funding gap, but no dollar details
Minister of Indigenous Services Jane Philpott speaks at the Assembly of First Nations Special Chiefs Assembly in Ottawa on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Senators want probe of firm that defaulted on FEMA contract
After #MeToo: Canadian film, TV leaders call for independent body to investigate harassment complaints
Minister of Justice Jody Wilson-Raybould delivers the keynote speech at the #AfterMeToo town hall held at The Globe and Mail's Toronto office on Wednesday, Dec. 6.
Lesley Nicol to make a mean stage comeback in Annie
Actress Lesley Nicol is photographed at the Princess of Wales Theatre on Dec. 6, 2017.
Mother of slain football player breaks down in courtroom
Review: Quartet for the End of Time an antidote to a world of stifled hope
Quatuor pour la fin du temps album cover
Witness recalls escape from Oakland warehouse during fire
Defense attorney Tony Serra, representing Derick Almena, leaves a courtroom during a break in the preliminary hearing for the two men charged in the blaze at the Ghost Ship warehouse Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017, in Oakland, Calif. Prosecutors say the men knowingly created a firetrap and deceived the building's owner, police and fire officials about people living there. The two have pleaded not guilty and say they are being scapegoated.(AP Photo/Sudhin Thanawala)
Supreme Court asked to leave in place DACA document order
House Roll Call: Guns
Evening Update newsletter: Jerusalem, North Korea, Bank of Canada
A view of Jerusalem Old City seen from Mount of Olives, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017. U.S. officials say President Donald Trump will recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital Wednesday, Dec. 6, and instruct the State Department to begin the multi-year process of moving the American embassy from Tel Aviv to the holy city. His decision could have deep repercussions across the region. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
House calls for sanctions on Myanmar security forces
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