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Bulls beat Raptors for 11th straight time, 105-94
Toronto Raptors' DeMarre Carroll (5) shoots over Chicago Bulls' Jerian Grant during the first half of an NBA basketball game Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Leafs’ switch-up pays off in victory over Islanders
Toronto Maple Leafs centre Auston Matthews (34) and goalie Frederik Andersen (31) congratulate each other after their win over the New York Islanders following NHL hockey action in Toronto on Tuesday, Feb.14, 2017.
QMJHL Roundup: Nathan Noel lifts Sea Dogs over Islanders 2-1
TransLink launches assessment into icing problems that delayed Canada Line
Unprecedented icing problems on two key bridges for the Canada Line system between Richmond and downtown Vancouver earlier this month have prompted the region’s transit authority to launch an assessment of what went wrong and how things can be improved.
Ontario safety minister urges oversight in sex-assault reviews
<strong />Marie-France Lalonde speaks to the media during a cabinet shuffle at Queen's Park in Toronto on Thursday, January 12, 2017.
Matthews scores twice in dominant 7-1 win, Leafs keep hold on playoff spot
Toronto Maple Leafs centre Auston Matthews (34) and goalie Frederik Andersen (31) congratulate each other after their win over the New York Islanders following NHL hockey action in Toronto on Tuesday, Feb.14, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
Alberta government holds lease for empty hangar after selling its planes
Robin Lehner shuts door on Senators, helps Sabres to 3-2 win with 39 saves
Buffalo Sabres centre Ryan O'Reilly (90) celebrates his goal against the Ottawa Senators, with teammates defenceman Zach Bogosian (47) right wing Justin Bailey (56) and right wing Kyle Okposo (21) during first period NHL hockey action in Ottawa Tuesday, February 14, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand
B.C. supports feasibility study of high-speed rail line from Portland to Vancouver
Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Todd Stone speaks to the Vancouver Board of Trade on March 17, 2015. Stone says the province supports Washington State’s decision to study the feasibility of a high-speed rail line from Portland to Vancouver.
Casey Bailey stars in overtime as Binghamton Senators top St. John's IceCaps 3-2
More than $1-million of tainted medical marijuana destroyed
More than a million dollars of medical marijuana has been destroyed so far amid the fallout from a tainted cannabis scare hitting the government-regulated sector, as patients’ fears grow that Health Canada has no way of knowing how big the problem actually is.
Mattis' reassurance tour in Europe could include US requests
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017. NATO defense ministers will begin a two-day ministerial beginning on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
Crosby gets point No. 999, Penguins top Canucks 4-0
Arrest made after bacon strips left at California mosque
Exelon rivals sue to block billions of dollars in subsidies
Parole board removes residency restriction for Air India perjurer
Inderjit Singh Reyat, the only man ever convicted in the Air India bombings of 1985, waits outside B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver on September 10, 2010. A man convicted of perjury for his testimony during the trial of two men accused in the 1985 Air India bombing has been allowed to leave a halfway house and live wherever he likes.A Parole Board of Canada decision posted online by the CBC shows the condition that required Inderjit Singh Reyat to live at the halfway house following his release from prison last year has been removed. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Court: Questioning of Bullock's accused stalker unlawful
FILE - This Oct. 26, 2015 file photo shows actress Sandra Bullock arrives at the premiere of "Our Brand is Crisis" in Los Angeles. A California appeals court ruled Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2016, that Los Angeles police detectives violated the rights of Joshua James Corbett, who was arrested in June 2014 inside Bullock's home, when they questioned him about guns he owned after he invoked his right to remain silent. The unanimous ruling by three appeals court judges also found that police did not have valid permission to search Corbett's home for several guns he owned; the search turned up illegal automatic weapons and became the basis for several weapons charges. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
US says cancelled flights declining, fewer bags getting lost
AP Interview: Pullman reveals 'His Dark Materials' follow-up
In this Jan. 11, 2017 photo provide by Penguin Random House, author Philip Pullman poses for a photograph outside of Worcester College, in Oxford, England. The irrepressible young heroine of Pullman's fantasy saga "His Dark Materials" returns in a new novel being published in Britain and the U.S. on Oct. 19, the first part of a trilogy called "The Book of Dust." (Michael Leckie/Penguin Random House via AP)
Argentina prosecutor seeks approval to investigate president
Israeli-Palestinian peace may not be two-state solution: White House
U.S. President Donald Trump will be meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday.
8 dead after knife attack in China's western Xinjiang region
Man initially held on $4 billion bond freed on reduced bond
Missing German couple found dead in Australian Outback
Highlights from B.C.’s Speech from the Throne
British Columbia's Lieutenant Governor Judith Guichon, right, and Premier Christy Clark look on from the steps of the Legislature Building before the start of the speech from the throne on Feb. 14, 2017 in Victoria, B.C.
How Donald Trump can sidestep Congress on NAFTA
A man is seen at work in the Bosch factory auto-parts production line in San Luis Potosi, Mexico.
Google argues against 'punitive' tax proposal for digital media
Canada-EU trade deal gets approval
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is scheduled to address the EU Parliament in Strasbourg, France, Thursday, one day after the vote.
Metrolinx rejects Bombardier’s claims of laxity in wake of court filing
Metrolinx fired back at Bombardier in the wake of a court filing targeting the transit agency, saying that the company built a prototype vehicle that wouldn’t even turn on.
Trudeau-Trump meeting may have appeased most Canadians – but not all
Campbell Clark
Guatemala buries 2 murdered children found in sacks
Thousands accompany the coffins containing the remains of two children, who were kidnaped and killed over the weekend when family could not raise the ransom money, in a funeral procession in Ajuix, Guatemala, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017. Authorities found the bodies of the two boys, aged 10 and 11, on Sunday, stabbed and thrown into sacks in the municipality of San Juan Sacatepéquez, northwest Guatemala. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
With NBA All-Star Game set to kick off, Charlotte wonders what could have been
Rachel Seibel walks past signage being put up in preparation for NBA All Star Game festivities this weekend, in New Orleans, on Feb. 14, 2017.
Man accused of aiding San Bernardino attack to plead guilty: report
A police officer picks up a weapon from the scene of the investigation around the area of the SUV vehicle where two suspects were shot by police following a mass shooting in San Bernardino, Calif., December 2015.
Trump charts new Mideast course; maybe no separate Palestine
FILE - In this Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017 file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem. As Netanyahu visits the White House, the Trump administration has suggested that peace between the Israelis and Palestinians may not come in the form of a two-state solution — a position that could represent a dramatic shift from 20 years of U.S. policy. Speaking to reporters ahead of President Donald Trump's meeting Wednesday with Netanyahu, a senior White House official said Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, that Trump is eager to begin facilitating a peace deal between the two sides and hoping to bring them together soon. (Gali Tibbon, Pool via AP, File)
What the Throne Speech didn’t tell you about British Columbia
Gary Mason
B.C. government will fund $60,000 Parkinson's drug treatment
‘Star-liever’: Blue Jays’ Biagini happy to play, regardless of role
Blue Jays reliever Joe Biagini looks out of the club house during the team’s spring training in Dunedin, Fla., on Tuesday. Biagini excelled as a reliever last season, and there’s talk that he could be converted to a starting pitcher this year.
The truth for Trudeau: We’ve been ripping off Africa for decades
Gerald Caplan
Alaskan musher wins 1,600 kilometre dog sled race between Yukon and Alaska
Mexico says device containing radioactivity stolen
President Chaos: Can Donald Trump recover from a rocky first month in office?
US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with teachers, school administrators and parents in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington on Feb. 14.
UBC votes for sustainable investment fund to be free of fossil fuel companies
People walk past large letters spelling out UBC at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, B.C., on November 22, 2015. The University of British Columbia will exclude fossil fuel companies from its low-carbon investment fund, a move being applauded by a campus group that has been pushing for divestment.The university has rejected calls to divest entirely from fossil fuels, but last year it established the $10-million Sustainable Future Fund to invest in companies with low carbon dioxide emissions. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Likelihood of U.S. border tax fades in face of mounting opposition
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (L) and Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) talk before a meeting on Capitol Hill February 13, 2017 in Washington, DC.
UN: Guinea-Bissau must start talks to end political crisis
The Latest: Woman has mixed emotions to plea in terror case
Paraguay's Central Bank to count 30 tons of Venezuelan bills
Judge Samuel Sivero, right, Prosecutor Julio Cesar Yegros, center, and a Police officer supervise the transport of bags with Venezuelan banknotes that police found Monday, Feb. 13, 2017, in Salto del Guaira, Paraguay. Yegros says the huge load of 50- and 100-bolivar bills was discovered in a home in Salto del Guaira, a city border with Brazil, about 370 kilometers northeast of the capital of Asuncion. (AP Photo/Rosendo Duarte)
Sri Lankan prime minister says refugees safe to come home
Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, left, and Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull speak at a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017. The two leaders discussed bilateral cooperation on combating people smuggling. (Mick Tsikas/AAP Image via AP)
Chan focusing on mental game ahead of his final Olympics
Patrick Chan is taking a ‘no-stone-left-unturned’ approach to his final Olympic appearance next year in Pyeongchang.
Gambia to return to Commonwealth, British foreign secretary says
A video grab made from The Block TV Gambia footage shows British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson (R) meeting with Gambian President Adama Barrow in Banjul on February 14, 2017.
Toronto Argonauts sign international quarterback Jeff Matthews
School bus driving kids home in Saskatoon catches fire; all get off bus safely
The Latest: 20,000+ tribal members warned of data breach
Run-off election for Jakarta governor may heighten tensions
In this Monday, Feb. 13, 2017 photo, election officials arrange ballot boxes at a government office in Jakarta, Indonesia. Residents of Indonesia's capital vote Wednesday in an election for governor that has become a high-stakes tussle between conservative and moderate forces in the world's most populous Muslim nation. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
Feds: At least 6 tornadoes cause damage southwest of Houston
Cheryl Bradshaw, right, and her son Jerard walk past a toppled tree that separated her bathroom from her home Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017 in Wharton, Texas. Tornadoes are suspected of damaging homes and injuring people Tuesday southwest of Houston as a strong storm system moved quickly across much of the state. (Steve Gonzales/Houston Chronicle via AP)
Might mandatory retirement come back with 70 as the new 65?
A return to mandatory retirement? It’s possible that age 70 could become the new 65, says Kenneth Thornicroft a lawyer, author and professor of law and employment relations at the University of Victoria’s Gustavson School of Business.
Dam evacuees relieved but frustrated as they head home
Evacuees listen to an announcement lifting the evacuation of the Oroville Dam communities Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, in Chico, Calif. Authorities lifted an evacuation order Tuesday for thousands of California residents who live below the nation's tallest dam after declaring that the risk of catastrophic collapse of a damaged spillway had been significantly reduced. ( AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Talent runs deep for Canadian women’s rugby sevens
Head coach John Tait talks to his team as Canada takes on Japan in women's sevens rugby action at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Aug. 6, 2016.
Detained Mexican in Seattle pushed into immigration debate
Trump pick for Medicare post Verma to face questions on Indiana contracts
Seema Verma (left) will face a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Thursday.
Hawaiian, Alaska and Delta top latest on-time rankings
Public Editor: Error in RCMP story shows lessons to be learned
Globe and Mail Public Editor Sylvia Stead.
2 live men found tied to bridge in Mexican border city
Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame to welcome Hrycak and MacCulloch
University of Quebec and Montreal head coach Olga Hrycak, centre, gives her players a pep talk during quarter-final action against the University Carleton Ravens at the Final 8 CIS men's basketball championships in Ottawa on March 19, 2010. Olga Hrycak and Todd MacCulloch were announced as the newest inductees to the Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame on Tuesday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand
Canadian author Richard B. Wright wrote Giller Prize-winning Clara Callan
Author Richard B. Wright, in Toronto’s Victoria Memorial Park in 2001, broke out as a major author over 30 years after his debut.
UN Staff Union: 32 personnel killed in line of duty in 2016
B.C. taps former cabinet minister as trade envoy on softwood lumber
A worker in a small boat moves logs on the Fraser River at the Delta Cedar Sawmill in Delta, B.C., on January 6, 2017. A former federal cabinet minister has been appointed the B.C. government's trade envoy to try and reach a new softwood lumber deal with the United States.The province says David Emerson will also work with the federal government to get a new agreement. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Business Highlights
Arkansas GOP lawmakers work on transgender 'bathroom bill'
Father charged in case of severely malnourished Utah boy
Missouri Republican cuts mic to silence NAACP official
Merck Alzheimer's drug fails in 1 study; another continues
For Trump, dismantling Dodd-Frank is far from a done deal
Advocates demand New York lawmakers outlaw child marriage
Polisario: Morocco must accept Western Sahara independence
Chris Jones, Marcel Desjardins highlight busy opening day of CFL free agency
Calgary Stampeders offensive lineman Derek Dennis poses backstage after being named Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman at the CFL Awards held in Toronto on November 24, 2016. Chris Jones and Marcel Desjardins highlighted an eventful opening day of CFL free agency. Jones, the Saskatchewan Roughriders head coach/GM, landed one of the most coveted free agents in Derek Dennis. The six-foot-three 340-pound Dennis was the CFL's top lineman last season after anchoring a Calgary Stampeders offensive line that allowed a league-low 20 sacks and paved the way for rushing leader Jerome Messam. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Peter Power
2 big insurance breakups on Valentine's Day
Danielle Moodie-Mills on protests and politics in the Trump era
Demonstrators gather on The Ellipse during the Women's March on Washington on Jan. 21, 2017 in Washington, D.C.
Ethiopian runner who protested in Rio reunites with family
Olympic silver medalist Feyisa Lilesa, of Ethiopia, carries his son Sora, 3, and pulls along his daughter Soko, 5, after picking up his family at Miami International Airport, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, in Miami. Lilesa arrived in the U.S. on a special skills visa, which allows him to train and compete until January. His wife, son, daughter and brother joined him in Miami Tuesday. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
Flynn was dangerous in many ways. So let’s enjoy a (brief) sigh of relief
Adam Radwanski
Buffett's firm invests heavily in Apple, airline stocks
Pick for Medicare post faces questions on Indiana contracts
FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2017 file photo, Seema Verma, left, then President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, gets on an elevator in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York. Verma, President Trump's pick to oversee Medicare and Medicaid consulted Vice President Mike Pence on health care issues while he was Indiana's governor, a post she maintained amid a web of business arrangements, including one that ethics experts say conflicted with her public duties. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci File)
Canadian 9/11-inspired musical 'Come From Away' arrives on Broadway
Ethics watchdog calls on WH to investigate Conway's comments
Dozens get marriage licenses on Valentine's Day in Vegas
Shipments to nation's only nuclear dump will resume in April
The Latest: MSU gymnastics coach retires amid scandal
Plea agreement reached for friend of San Bernardino gunman
FILE - This Dec. 21, 2015 courtroom file sketch shows Enrique Marquez Jr. in federal court in Riverside, Calif. Marquez, a longtime friend of Syed Rizwan Farook, the male shooter in the San Bernardino terrorist attack, has agreed to plead guilty to conspiring with Farook in 2011 and 2012 to provide material support to terrorists. Marquez, 25, of Riverside, Calif., entered into a plea agreement that was filed Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, in U.S. District Court, and is scheduled to formally plead Thursday, Feb. 16. (Bill Robles via AP, File)
American soccer club looks to hire tattoo artist
Are we on the verge of a stock market crash? It’s complicated
George Athanassakos
Calgary’s Source Energy to seek $250-million in IPO
Hydraulic fracturing sand is seen an operation near Bowden, Alta., Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012.
Globe editorial: Is the Trump administration dystopian or dysfunctional?
FILE PHOTO: U.S. National Security Advisor Michael Flynn boards Air Force One at West Palm Beach International airport in West Palm Beach, Florida U.S., February 12, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
Gordon Pape: Projecting the best investment returns over the next seven years
A new analytical tool published this month by the asset allocation team of Mackenzie Financial sheds insight on where to invest.
John Doyle: The White House drama is better than Game of Thrones
John Doyle
Here's a tempting play for dividend investors amid spiking bond yields
Dividend and income investors will likely see more volatile asset prices than they’re used to, but if they get the timing right, they could make strong, short-term returns
Lawsuit: Autistic student raped classmate while aide napped
Eight stocks with year-to-date price momentum greater than S&P 500, Dow indexes
Here is a look at eight stocks with year-to-date price momentum greater than the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones industrial average.
Canadian politicians and business leaders unite in face of trade threats
Alberta Premier Rachel Notley called top brass from the energy, agriculture, lumber and manufacturing sectors to meetings with relatively short lead times to help hone a strategy on trade with the United States.
The Canadians leave town, just before a tornado of turmoil hits Washington
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Donald Trump take part in a business roundtable discussion at the White House in Washington, D.C. on Monday, Feb. 13, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Asylum-seekers speak of dangerous voyage that led them to Canada
Mohammed, from Ghana, is photographed in an apartment he shares with five other men from Africa in Winnipeg, Tuesday, February 14, 2017.
Vancouver police identify third homicide victim of 2017
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