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Flames use a three-goal second period to beat Sharks and clinch playoff spot
Calgary Flames goalie Brian Elliott, right, celebrates with Matt Bartkowski after their 5-2 victory over the San Jose Sharks and a ticket to the playoffs at the end of third period NHL action in Calgary, Alta., Friday, March 31, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Larry MacDougal
OHL Roundup: Lazarev makes 51 saves as 67's avoid elimination against Steelheads
Jays settle for draw in pre-season exhibition against Pirates
Pittsburgh Pirates' Adam Frazier, right, is tagged out at home by Toronto Blue Jays catcher Russell Martin during fifth inning preseason MLB baseball action, in Montreal on Friday, March 31, 2017.
GOP Rep. Chris Stewart booed at Salt Lake City town hall
DeRozan, Valanciunas come up big as Raptors keep rolling
Toronto Raptors guard DeMar DeRozan (10) tries to make his way through Indiana Pacers forward Rakeem Christmas (25) as Indiana Pacers forward Paul George (13) looks on during first half NBA basketball action, in Toronto on Friday, March 31, 2017.
Bombardier chairman requests pay reduction amid public outrage
Pierre Beaudoin, chief executive officer of Bombardier Inc., during a Bloomberg Television interview in 2013.
The Latest: Hawaii prison sex abuse suit not served yet
QMJHL Roundup: Fontaine scores winner in 3OT as Huskies rally past Mooseheads
White House wealth: Trump employees disclose their finances
Juneau resident catches avalanche, waterfalls on phone
U.S. blanks Canada in women’s world hockey opener
Jennifer Wakefield of Canada skates past Monique Lamoureux of the United States at the 2017 IIHF Womans World Championships.
Regina lawyer says case of woman who fell down chute botched, race was a factor
Toronto FC plays Sporting KC to goalless tie in home opener
Sporting Kansas City forward Gerso and Toronto FC midfielder Victor Vazquez battle for a ball during the first half in a game at BMO Field.
Blue Jays, Pirates settle for 1-1 tie in pre-season exhibition at Olympic Stadium
University of Toronto’s faculty, staff demand asbestos audit
‘The administration has lost the confidence of faculty, staff and students in their ability to appropriately manage this situation,’ said Professor Patricia Brubaker, right, seen speaking with Prof. Adria Giacca, centre right, fellow Dler Mahmood, centre left, and Prof. Paul Hamel, left, on Friday at the university.
Toronto FC settles for 0-0 tie with Sporting Kansas City in home opener
Trump offering a timely cautionary tale on trying to run government as a business
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Inspired U.S. women down Canada 2-0 to open world hockey championship
DeMar DeRozan with another 40-point performance, Raptors beat Pacers 111-100
Indiana Pacers forward Paul George (13)drives into Toronto Raptors centre Jonas Valanciunas (17) during second half NBA basketball action in Toronto on Friday, March 31, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Casey Bailey scores once, adds two assists as Senators double up IceCaps
B.C. Auditor-General calls for tougher guidelines on government advertising
B.C. Auditor-General Carol Bellringer said she called Advanced Education Minister Andrew Wilkinson, the minister responsible for the ad program, to her office for a meeting this week after viewing the government’s ad campaign highlighting the budget surplus.
India’s envoy to Canada, brain behind Slumdog Millionaire, tackles trade deals
India’s new high commissioner to Canada, Vikas Swarup, is both a well-known writer and distinguished diplomat.
SKorean supporters of arrested ex-president protest in Seoul
FILE - In this March 30, 2017 file photo, ousted South Korean President Park Geun-hye arrives at the Seoul Central District Court for hearing on a prosecutors' request for her arrest for corruption, in Seoul, South Korea. The arrest of South Korea's first female president marks a stunning fall for the scion of a powerful general who himself ruled the country during her teenage years and into her 20s. Park was jailed Friday, March 31, 2017, three weeks after the Constitutional Court stripped her of office over a corruption scandal. Prosecutors accuse her of colluding with a jailed confidante to amass an illicit fortune and allowing the friend to manipulate state affairs. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)
Data reveal more than 300 B.C. grizzlies killed by hunters yearly
A grizzly bear on the hunt for salmon in the Atnarko River which runs through the Bella Coola Valley near Tweedsmiur Park Lodge October 7, 2011.
Tony Danza's plea to NYC mayor: Save mom-and-pop stores
FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2014 file photo, Tony Danza attends the Metropolitan Opera 2014-15 season opening production of Mozart's "Marriage of Figaro" at Lincoln Center in New York. On Friday, March 31, 2017, Danza called in to the weekly radio show of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio to lament the high rents that are strangling neighborhood businesses like the cheese shop Danza co-owns. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
From hockey fights to Stanley Cups, league says goodbye to Joe Louis Arena
The city of Detroit has agreed to demolish Joe Louis Arena, the home of the Detroit Red Wings, and give the land to a creditor as part of a major settlement in the city's bankruptcy case.
UN urges new efforts to defeat Boko Haram and tackle hunger
Pollsters look to B.C. election for redemption after failing to predict the 2013 vote
B.C. Premier Christy Clark, left, and former NDP leader Adrian Dix react to the 2013 provincial election results – which were considerably different than what pollsters predicted. Ahead of the vote, polls showed the NDP headed for a landslide, but the party instead lost badly to Ms. Clark's incumbent Liberals.
Canadian astronomers debating over where to focus telescope investments
An artist's rendering illustrates how a laser on Thirty Meter Telescope will help the observatory take space-quality images.
Tiger Woods decides to sit out another Masters
In this April 13,1997, file photo, Tiger Woods, 1997 Masters champion, receives his Green Jacket from the previous year's winner Nick Faldo, left, at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga. It has been 20 years since Woods won the Masters for the first time by a record 12 shots. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta, File)
Proposed Muslim cemetery highlights tensions in Quebec community
Five of the six people killed at the Islamic centre in Quebec City were repatriated to their homelands for interment. The sixth was buried in the only Muslim-run cemetery in the province, in suburban Montreal.
The challenge of a world where technology enables obliviousness
Stephen Quinn is the host of On the Coast on CBC Radio One, 690 AM and 88.1 FM in Vancouver<
Tom Hanks takes light approach for ACLU online fundraiser
FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2015 file photo, actor Alec Baldwin attends a special screening of his film "Still Alice" in New York. Baldwin and Sterling K. Brown are giving a taste of what's to come in an online celebrity fundraiser for the American Civil Liberties Union. In a clip released ahead of the Friday, March 31, 2017, live-streamed event from New York City, "Stand for Rights: A Benefit for the ACLU," they and other stars touted the group’s achievements. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
Inside Vancouver’s Heritage Asian Eatery
The housemade udon dish at the Heritage Asian Eatery in Vancouver, British Columbia on March 30, 2017. (BEN NELMS for The Globe and Mail)
Cal Ripken's son signs minor league deal with Orioles
Son of Mexican mariachi singer arrested at border
Venezuela’s top prosecutor Luisa Ortega Diaz rebukes Supreme Court power grab
Luisa Ortega Diaz during a press conference in Caracas, on October 21, 2013.
Saskatchewan’s Brad Wall fights Alberta at his own peril
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McMichael Collection names British art historian as new director
Prior to being named the executive director of the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, historian Ian Dejardin was director of the Dulwich Picture Gallery.
Woman who drove 3 slain in Oklahoma home invasion speaks out
FILE - This file photo provided by the Wagoner County Sheriff's Office shows Elizabeth Marie Rodriguez, of Oolagah, Okla. Rodriguez, who is charged with driving three teenagers to a home in the Tulsa, Okla., suburb of Broken Arrow on Monday, March 27, 2017, where they were fatally shot during a break-in says she feels guilty, but not responsible for their deaths. (Wagoner County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)
Pet therapy takes off at Canadian airports
Barb Olmstead handler for therapy dog Kane, an 8-year-old Doberman Pinscher meets with traveller Jemima Maluta at the Edmonton International Airport in Edmonton Alberta, March 30, 2017. Kane helps to calm travellers' nerves. Jason Franson/The Globe and Mail.
Fine dining meets casual counter service at Heritage Asian Eatery
Chef Felix Zhou presents the chicken rice bowl at the Heritage Asian Eatery
Colorado woman's remains found under grave of WWII veteran
John Sandoval is escorted out of the courtroom after pleading guilty to second-degree murder at the Weld County Courthouse in Greeley, Colo., Friday, March 31, 2017. He led Greeley police to the remains of his wife Tina Tournai-Sandoval, last week in exchange for a lessor sentence. (Joshua Polson /The Greeley Tribune via AP)
The Conservatives’ unease about the ‘whole gay thing’
Tabatha Southey
Winnipeg man accused of killing teen to go directly trial on murder charge
Going to the ballpark alone: Seeking solitude in a social sport
Author Stacey May Fowles was present at Yankee Stadium to see the New York Yankees trounce David Price and the Boston Red Sox 8-2 in May 2016.
Nanaimo city council investigation prompts appointment of special prosecutor
Fire official: 4 lucky to be alive after boat capsized
In this Thursday, March 30, 2017, photo courtesy of the Redondo Beach Fire Department, rescuers treat two men whose boat capsized and crashed into the Redondo Beach Pier, in Redondo Beach, Calif. The men and two others received minor injuries, and rescuers say they're lucky to be alive. (Courtesy of Rob Rappaport/Redondo Beach Fire Department via AP)
Economic growth in Canada’s North still low, federal agency says
Sheds line the shore of Great Bear Lake in Deline, Northwest Territories. The federal agency given the task of stimulating development in the North says economic activity has been declining in the three territories and remains far below the agency’s benchmark for growth.
Here’s how the Blue Jays roster breaks down
Toronto Blue Jays begin their regular season on Monday.
The Latest: Family speaks after remains of girl found
FILE - In this Sunday, April 22, 2012 file photo, people place their candles at the bottom of a large poster of missing six-year-old Isabel Celis during a candlelight vigil near a police command post in Tucson, Ariz., Tucson police Chief Chris Magnus says remains found in a remote area in Pima County about a month ago are those of six-year-old Isabel Celis, who went missing from her family home nearly five years ago. Magnus said Friday, March 31, 2017, that an independent lab identified the remains as those of Celis. He said an investigation is ongoing but would not say whether there were any new suspects. (AP Photo/Benjie Sanders/Arizona Daily Star)
Alberta should reverse the political path of an off-highway vehicle ban in parks
Ian Urquhart
The Latest: Mayor 'disturbed' by newly disclosed emails
FILE - In this Monday, March 27, 2017 file photo, firefighters battle an early morning apartment fire in Oakland, Calif. Oakland officials say that a burning candle started a deadly building fire that killed four people. The announcement Thursday, March 30, 2017, rules out arson as the cause of a Monday blaze that also displaced dozens of residents in a building for recovering addicts and people who had been homeless. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)
The Latest: Police to saturate neighbourhood where 7 killed
Las Vegas oddsmakers favour Chicago Cubs to repeat in 2017
Perfect pick: North Carolina seventh-grader nails Final Four
Innovation abounds at Calgary’s Foreign Concept
On paper, Foreign Concept is set up for success. Owner Duncan Ly is one of the city’s most celebrated chefs of the past decade and his Pan-Asian eatery also boasts his talented protégé, Jinhee Lee, as executive chef.
Sentry, former CEO reach settlement with OSC
Former Expos star Raines gets long ovation from Big O to honour Hall nomination
Former Montreal Expo and Hall of Famer Tim Raines throws the ceremonial first pitch before MLB baseball preseason action between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Toronto Blue Jays, in Montreal on Friday, March 31, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
Augie Merasty: a memoirist who revealed residential school abuse
Augie Merasty’s The Education of Augie Merasty helped Canadians come to better understand one of the most traumatic and shameful episodes in the country’s history.
UN chief urges Ukraine and separatists to honour cease-fire
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The Globe’s stars and dogs for the week
Nezet-Seguin to open as Met tenure with Netrebko in 'Aida'
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Researchers discover active fault line under Greater Victoria
Hunter from South Carolina fined $12K for illegally killing grizzly bear in Manitoba
Maxed-out taxpayers limit fiscal choices in Canada
Finance Minister Bill Morneau has been anxious to quash speculation about the capital gains tax once and for all.
Guatemala ex-dictator Rios Montt to stand 2nd genocide trial
Prosecutors file lesser charge in baby's fatal beating
King daughter says her mother's papers should be published
FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2004, file photo, Coretta Scott King, widow of slain civil-rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., speaks during an interview at the King Center for Nonviolent Social Change in Atlanta. Bernice King, daughter of Coretta Scott King said March 31, 2017, that she wants her family to publish the speeches, letters and commentary of the widow of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. “I know that her voice and her life can serve as a true inspiration to so many women,” Bernice King said. (AP Photo/John Bazmore, File)
Tim Hortons bosses apologize, vow changes amid revolt
Exteriors of theTim Hortons coffee shop at the corner of Scott St. and Wellington St. East, is photographed on Mar 3 2017.
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Puerto Rico seeks private investment to counteract austerity
The Latest: Congressman says he's the 1 to lead Russia probe
Here's why investors reacted so differently to two similar oil sands deals
The market reaction was swift and negative to Cenovus, who bought assets from its oil sands partner, ConocoPhillips Co.
Paraguay Senate majority approves presidential re-election
Officials: Mumia Abu-Jamal to receive hepatitis C drug
FILE – In this July 12, 1995, file photo, Mumia Abu-Jamal, a former Black Panther and radio reporter convicted of the 1981 murder of white Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner, leaves after a hearing at City Hall in Philadelphia. Abu-Jamal, diagnosed with hepatitis C, will begin receiving an antiviral medication in April 2017 that can cost $50,000 to $60,000 per patient, the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections told a federal judge on Friday, March 31, 2017. Abu-Jamal spent 29 years on death row before his sentence was reduced to life without parole in 2011. (AP Photo/Chris Gardner, File)
CPPIB head warns protectionism poses threat to investment returns
Mark Machin, the head of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, is expressing concerns about a growing wave of protectionism that is threatening investment returns.
Brad Gushue leads Canadian team at world men's curling championship
Newfoundland and Labrador skip Brad Gushue directs the sweep as they play Team Canada in draw 16 action at the Tim Hortons Brier curling championship at Mile One Centre in St. John's on Thursday, March 9, 2017. A most unusual season has turned out to be one of the more successful campaigns of Brad Gushue's career.The recently crowned Tim Hortons Brier champion is hoping to ride the momentum into the Ford world men's curling championship starting Saturday at Northlands Coliseum. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
Postmedia losing a third executive who received hefty retention bonus
Postmedia, owner of the National Post, paid retention bonuses to senior executives involved in the company’s debt restructuring.
Toronto Poet Laureate Anne Michaels celebrates the city’s literary diversity
The position of Poet Laureate, which in Toronto is currently held by Anne Michaels, is like a blank page. The laureate has three years to fill it.
10 women file suit claiming abuse at Hawaii women's prison
White House not trying to push Syria's Assad out of power: Spicer
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer conducts the daily press briefing at the White House March 31, 2017 in Washington, DC.
Feds: Giuliani seeks 'critical' role in Turkish man's case
Dynamic, fashionable Peruvian cuisine makes long-awaited invasion of Toronto
Causas (Peruvian potatoes covered with aji amarillo sauce) are a popular Peruvian dish.
Canadian aluminum caught between China’s rise, U.S. protectionism
Alf Barrios of Rio Tinto says that Canada’s aluminum industry provides a safe, secure source of the metal for U.S. auto makers and other manufacturers.
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Alberta man surrenders over 100 dogs to SPCA after they were seized from home
Seized dogs are seen in this undated handout photo. A man who had 101 dogs seized from his house in southern Alberta has voluntarily surrendered the animals to the Alberta SPCA. Roland Lines of the Alberta SPCA says they went to the home in the Varsity Village area of Lethbridge on March 24, where they found 101 dogs running around inside. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, City of Lethbridge *MANDATORY CREDIT*
Restaurant workers get hours cut after minimum wage hikes
Blink Restaurant and Bar is situated on historic Stephen Avenue in the heart of downtown Calgary.
Nova Scotia increases judicial diversity with four appointments
Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil announced the appointments Friday of Rickcola Brinton, Amy Sakalauskas, Samuel Moreau and Rosalind Michie.
Court won't revive suit over Confederate-themed state flag
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Sale of ex-Trump Taj Mahal casino to Hard Rock is finalized
Bullish on Kirby Corp.
Kirby's price action produced the first three moves of a bullish technical pattern known as a “W” formation (dashed lines).
Surprisingly strong economic data puts Bank of Canada on the spot
Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz, at a news conference.
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