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The Latest: Omaha mayor election a symbol for Democrats
The Latest: Trump, top Russia envoy to meet at White House
Lightning sparks blaze that destroys shop in Manitoba Hutterite colony
Hong Kong shoebox, coffin homes a challenge for new leader
In this Thursday, March 28, 2017 photo, Wong Tat-ming, 63, sits in his "coffin home" where is crammed with all his meager possessions, including a sleeping bag, small color TV and electric fan. He and another elderly resident complain to a visiting social worker about bedbugs and cockroaches. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
China's Xi says willing to work with SKorea to improve ties
Some names Trump might consider in picking a new FBI chief
FILE - In this April 26, 2013, file photo, Raymond Kelly speaks to the media opposite 51 Park Place in New York. With James Comey ousted as FBI director, President Donald Trump will have an opportunity to select a replacement for a new 10-year term. (AP Photo/Louis Lanzano)
Key moments that led up to FBI Director Comey's firing
FILE - In this Dec. 9, 2015 file photo, FBI Director James Comey prepares to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington. President Donald Trump abruptly fired Comey May 9, 2017, dramatically ousting the nation's top law enforcement official in the midst of an FBI investigation into whether Trump's campaign had ties to Russia's election meddling. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
Officers tells inquest that psychiatric centre needs video cameras
Before the axe, Comey was pushing Trump-Russia probe harder
News media representatives wait outside the Directors Guild of America building, where FBI director James Comey was scheduled to speak to an early-evening FBI diversity recruitment gathering in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles on Tuesday, May 9, 2017. FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said he would not be at the event, as President Donald Trump abruptly fired Comey earlier in the day. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
DeVos compares school choice to switching phone carriers
QMJHL: Booth perfect as Sea Dogs top Armada 2-0; Saint John leads final 3-0
Author of memo about Comey is overseeing Russia-2016 probe
Reinforcements fall short in Jays’ shutout loss to Cleveland
Blue Jays third baseman Darwin Barney tags out Cleveland centre fielder Lonnie Chisenhall (8) is tagged out by (18) during second inning American League MLB baseball action in Toronto on Tuesday, May 9, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
Senators book spot in Eastern final with win over Rangers
Erik Karlsson and his Ottawa Senators teammates celebrate a goal against the New York Rangers in Madison Square Garden in New York on Tuesday, May 9, 2017.
Karlsson leads Senators past Rangers 4-2; Ottawa advances to conference final
New York Rangers' Rick Nash (61) fights for control of the puck with Ottawa Senators' Erik Karlsson (65) during the second period of Game 6 of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup second-round playoff series Tuesday, May 9, 2017, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Indians starter Carrasco dominant as Cleveland shuts out Blue Jays 6-0
Cleveland Indians catcher Yan Gomes (7) is congratulated by Indians right fielder Abraham Almonte (35) after hitting a three-run home run against the Toronto Blue Jays during eighth inning American League MLB baseball action in Toronto on Tuesday, May 9, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
Late rally lifts Marlies over Crunch 5-3; Syracuse leads series 2-1
Saskatoon kennel owner pleads guilty in death of 14 dogs in over-heated room
Quebec neighbours band together to hold off flood damage
Patrice Pepin walks along a barrier of sandbags holding back the Ottawa river's waters at the home of his brother Christian Pepin and wife Marie-Pierre Chalifoux on Fournier street in the municipality of Saint-Andre-d'Argenteuil, 90 kilometres west of Montreal, on Tuesday, May 9, 2017.
New York Times sues non-profit Advantage BC over tax program
The New York Times Co. seeks financial statements for Advantage BC saying the group “has refused to disclose its financial statements, in violation of provisions of the Societies Act.”
Democrats once blamed Comey; now they're defending him
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer of N.Y., listens to a colleague in the Senate Democratic leadership while meeting with members of the media, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 9, 2017, following a policy luncheon. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Court told spurned killer hatched plot to attack teen girl and her new boyfriend
Rangers to face Sabres in 2018 Winter Classic at Citi Field
New York Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist defends the goal as Buffalo Sabres' William Carrier attempts to score during the first period of an NHL hockey game in New York, on Jan. 3, 2017.
Indianapolis Colts to retire Peyton Manning’s number during fall ceremony
In this Feb. 7, 2010, file photo, Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning passes against the New Orleans Saints during the first half of Super Bowl XLIV in Miami.
Tensions over time: A primer on the Canada-U.S. softwood lumber dispute
A worker walks past stacks of lumber at the Partap Forest Products mill in Maple Ridge, B.C.
Australia plans major spending plus surplus in 3 years
Australian Treasurer Scott Morrison talks to media as he arrives at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia Tuesday, May 9, 2017. Morrison says he will outline a budget for the next fiscal year that will be fair and rein in mounting debt. (AP Photos/Rod McGuirk)
Juventus beats Monaco to reach Champions League final
Juventus players celebrate at the end of the match against AS Moncao at Juventus Stadium in Turin, Italy, on May 9, 2017.
Tentative settlement reached over Milwaukee police shooting
Brazil prepares for courtroom ‘showdown’ between judge and former president
Five key moments in career of James Comey
The Latest: Texas House OKs rejecting non-Christian parents
Stars acquire rights to goaltender Ben Bishop from Kings
Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Ben Bishop clears the puck during the second period at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, on Jan. 16, 2017.
Rangers to face Sabres in 2018 Winter Classic at Citi Field
New York Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist (30) defends the goal as Buffalo Sabres' William Carrier (48) attempts to score during the first period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017, in New York. The Winter Classic is coming to Citi Field.The Rangers will take on the Buffalo Sabres at the home of the New York Mets on Jan. 1, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Frank Franklin II
‘I can see a future for myself’: Chelsea Manning releases first statement since clemency win
Chelsea Manning, who is scheduled to be released from prison next week, thanked former President Barack Obama, who granted her clemency in the final days of his presidency.
My startup has six co-founders. Here’s how it works
Therapia, an on-demand physiotherapy platform, has six co-founders
J. Pearce Bunting embraced technology at the Toronto Stock Exchange
Toronto businessman Pearce Bunting, pictured here in December, 1985, adapted quickly to seismic shifts in banking by modernizing the Toronto Stock Exchange, despite never planning a career in finance.
Alberta man contracts rare infection from faulty device used in open-heart surgery
Alberta Health Services (AHS) has confirmed a case of Mycobacterium chimaera infection, a distant cousin to tuberculosis, in an adult who had open-heart surgery about a year before symptoms appeared.
1 arrested after brawl aboard Southwest jet during deplaning
Indigenous artist Shelley Niro wins $50,000 Scotiabank Photography Award
A print from artist Shelley Niro, Cayuga Lake, 2014, is shown in this handout photo. Celebrated indigeneous artist Shelley Niro has won the $50,000 Scotiabank Photography Award. Niro was named recipient of the lucrative prize at a gala in Toronto on Tuesday night. Born in Niagara Falls, N.Y., and based in Brantford, Ont., Niro is a member of the Six Nations Reserve, Bay of Quinte Kanien'kehaka (Mohawk) Nation, Turtle Clan. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - Shelley Niro, Cayuga Lake, 2014 *MANDATORY CREDIT*
Trump’s decision to fire Comey is alarming, Snowden tells three Canadian universities
Edward Snowden speaks via video link during a news conference in New York City, on Sept. 14, 2016. Snowden says the decision by U.S. President Donald Trump to fire the director of the FBI is alarming.
Streetwise newsletter: Home Capital shareholders have a good day; RBC sets expansion targets
TORONTO ON -- NOVEMBER 9, 2015: Commuters gather at Bay and Wellington Streets, during evening rush hour, in Toronto, November 9th, 2015. (Ian Willms / Boreal Collective for the Globe and Mail)
Three veteran players retire from national women’s basketball team
Canada's Miranda Ayim (left) and Tamara Tatham (2nd left) embrace as fellow teammates Nirra Fields (2nd right) and Lizanne Murphy (right) celebrate a basket against Cuba during first half action of the 2015 FIBA Americas Women's Championship Final in Edmonton, Alta., on Aug. 16, 2015.
B.C. developed hepatitis C screening test personalizes treatment for patients
An estimated 300,000 Canadians are infected with hepatitis C, with baby boomers – the generation born between 1946 and 1964 – making up about 75 per cent of cases.
Snowden tells universities Trump's firing of FBI director is alarming
Edward Snowden appears on a live video feed broadcast from Moscow at an event sponsored by ACLU Hawaii in Honolulu on Feb. 14, 2015. Edward Snowden says the decision by U.S. President Donald Trump to fire the director of the FBI is alarming.Snowden, a former worker with the National Security Agency in the U.S. who is living in exile in Russia after revealing agency surveillance secrets, spoke via video to three universities in Manitoba and Alberta Tuesday night. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Marco Garcia
FBI chief known for judgment calls is done in by turmoil
South Carolina: 56 students escape school bus fire unhurt
Ottawa makes new attempt to remove sexism from the Indian Act
Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde speaks during a news conference regarding a ruling by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal in Ottawa, Canada, January 26, 2016. Mr. Bellegarde says any attempt to eliminate inequities in the Indian Act are doomed to failure because the Act itself is beyond fixing.
Trump to meet top Russian diplomat at the White House on Wednesday
This file photo taken on May 4, 2017 shows U.S. President Donald Trump speaking in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C.
Conservatives question government purchase of Trudeau replicas, musical tickets
MP Chris Warkentin holds a cardboard cutout of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as he stands during a point of order in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on May 9, 2017.
Infrastructure bank to get short review as Ottawa rushes to pass bill
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Bill Morneau, Minister of Finance, met with members of the banking and finance community during a morning meeting in Toronto on Nov. 14, 2016. Legislation to create a $35-billion Canada Infrastructure Bank is scheduled to receive just one day of dedicated committee scrutiny.
Texas votes to give immigration lockups child care licenses
FILE- In this July 31, 2014, file photo shows a sand-covered play area sits in the middle of the Karnes County Residential Center in Karnes City, Texas. The state Senate voted 20-11 on Tuesday, May 9, 2017, to approve a bill that would allow Texas to license two family lockdowns, despite a past state court ruling that such facilities do not meet minimum requirements to care for kids. The private prison company GEO Group, which operates an 830-bed family facility south of San Antonio, lobbied Texas politicians to introduce the licensing bill, which could help its Karnes Residential Center remain open. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
Harvard releases 1937 recording of young John F. Kennedy
Business Highlights
1 dead in house fire in northwest Alberta community; few details from RCMP
Pastor, 4 congregants get 30 years in exorcism death
Fund manager’s target: tech firms ripe for takeover
Nearly half of David Barr’s $160-million Canadian small-cap fund is in tech names.
HBO sets movie about 'Fantasy Island' star Herve Villechaize
FILE - In this April 10, 2016 file photo, actor Peter Dinklage attends the season six premiere of "Game Of Thrones" in Los Angeles. HBO says Dinklage of "Game of Thrones" will portray Herve Villechaize, the late actor who played Tattoo on TV's "Fantasy Island," in a movie. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
Unheralded Mark Letestu becomes a force for the Oilers
In 12 playoff games, Mark Letestu has 11 points for the Edmonton Oilers. That is second on the team to Leon Draisaitl – and two more than Connor McDavid.
What US-Russia crisis? Trump seeks closer ties in WH meeting
"We shall see," said Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, right, in answer to a question about if US Russia relations were improving, during a meeting with Montenegro's Prime Minister Dusko Markovic Monday, May 8, 2017, at the State Department in Washington. Tillerson will meet with his Russian counterpart about the Syria crisis amid a new Russia-led push to create safe zones to lower violence. The State Department and Russia's Foreign Ministry say that Tillerson and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will meet in Washington Wednesday, May 10, 2017. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
La Loche school shooting victim says she's discouraged by lack of help
Substitute teacher Charlene Klyne, a La Loche school shooting survivor, sits at her home in Saskatoon, Monday, December 5, 2016. Victims of a deadly school shooting in northern Saskatchewan say they're still not getting the help they need to heal more than 15 months after the tragedy. Charlene Klyne, a substitute teacher who was one of seven people wounded in the January 2016 shooting, says she and the others are worried how they'll pay bills or what their future will be. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam Richards
Kelly: Revered Ujiri’s time for judgment has come to pass
Cathal Kelly
Southwest reports few snags with switches to new system
Federal carbon tax plan to follow Alberta program, include individual rebates
Minister of Environment and Climate Change Catherine McKenna speaks during question period at Parliament Hill in Ottawa on March 24, 2016. The federal government’s plan to impose a carbon tax on provinces that don’t do it themselves is expected to mimic the Alberta carbon program, including rebate payments sent directly to low– and middle-income individuals.
Saga surrounding Don Meredith sets a precedent that now hangs over every senator
Campbell Clark
Steve McQueen to direct authorized Tupac Shakur documentary
In this combination photo, filmmaker Steve McQueen, left, appears at The London Critics Circle Awards, in London, on Feb. 2, 2014 and rapper Tupac Shakur attends a voter registration event in South Central Los Angeles on Aug. 15, 1996. McQueen is set to direct a documentary about Shakur. Shakur Estate trustee Tom Whalley and Amaru Entertainment said Tuesday, May 9, 2017, that the film is fully sanctioned by the late hip-hop artist’s estate. (Photo by Jonathan Short/Invision/AP, left, and Frank Wiese/AP, File)
The Latest: Trump assails Sen. Schumer for remarks on Comey
FILE- In this May 3, 2017, file photo, FBI Director James Comey listens on Capitol Hill in Washington. President Donald Trump has fired Comey. In a statement on Tuesday, May 9, Trump says Comey’s firing “will mark a new beginning” for the FBI. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
Delaware House votes to reinstate death penalty
Where the leaders are in the N.S. election
Review: In 'Alien: Covenant,' a return to gut-busting horror
Canada Post unveils stamp celebrating same-sex marriage rights in country
Federal Reserve expert Allan H. Meltzer has died
FIlE- In this Aug. 26, 2011, file photo, James Bullard, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, left, and Allan H. Meltzer, professor at Carnegie Mellon University, talk during a lunch break of the Economic Policy Symposium at Jackson Hole in Moran, Wyo. Meltzer, a distinguished economist and one of the country's leading experts on the Federal Reserve, has died on Monday, May 8, 2017. He was 89. Carnegie Mellon University announced is death Tuesday. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)
These stocks are set for big moves Wednesday
Tuesday’s postmarket earnings report included The Priceline Group Inc., which posted a big earnings beat, TripAdvisor Inc., which missed slightly, and Yelp Inc., which fell well short of top-line estimates and cut its full-year revenue guidance.
Indigenous pipeline opponents take fight to banks financing expansions
A protester demonstrates against the Keystone XL pipeline in a Seattle branch of Morgan Chase & Co. The protests forced several of the bank’s branches to shut down on Monday.
Globe editorial: At Bombardier, pension fund activism takes flight
Pierre Beaudoin, executive chairman of Bombardier Inc., speaks at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, in 2016.
Yukon passes legislation to make National Aboriginal Day a paid holiday
Trump vows to replace fired FBI Director James Comey with someone 'far better'
In this photo taken May 8, 2017, FBI Director James Comey speaks in Washington.
Trump axe falls on FBI's Comey in midst of Russia probe
FILE- In this May 3, 2017, file photo, FBI Director James Comey listens on Capitol Hill in Washington. President Donald Trump has fired Comey. In a statement on Tuesday, May 9, Trump says Comey’s firing “will mark a new beginning” for the FBI. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
Alberta government faces renewed questions on safety of kids in care
Energy state Republicans under pressure on methane rule
FILE - Int his April 1, 2017, file photo, Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, speaks before Vice President Mike Pence in Reynoldsburg, Ohio. Republicans from energy-producing states are under pressure as the Senate considers whether to overturn an Obama-era regulation that would restrict harmful methane emissions escaping from oil and gas wells on public land. Portman said May 8, he will support the repeal effort after weeks of public silence, saying he got assurances from Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke that he will take steps to reduce methane waste. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
The Latest: Diocese denies bishop coerced deacon candidate
Attorney Jeff Anderson points to a photo of Bishop Michael Hoeppner of Crookston, Minn., during a news conference Tuesday, May 9, 2017 in St. Paul, Minn., where he announced a lawsuit against the bishop and diocese of concealing a report of abuse and threatening retaliation against Ron Vasek if he went public. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
Six Canadian companies that could capitalize on weak loonie
RBC eyes bigger cut of U.S. banking market
A Royal Bank of Canada logo is seen on Bay Street in the heart of the financial district in Toronto, January 22, 2015. Royal Bank of Canada seeks to capture as much as 4.5 per cent of the $40-billion (U.S.) pool of U.S. investment-banking fees within three years.
EU criticizes US for $640 million cut to UN agencies
Why the volatility index’s rock-bottom levels signal real peril for investors
A street sign for Wall Street is seen outside the New York Stock Exchange.
Globe editorial: Ottawa should stop delaying and start fixing Bill C-51
People protest on Parliament Hill during a day of action against Bill C-51 in 2015.
The Latest: Senate confirms Gottlieb as FDA commissioner
FILE - In this April 5, 2017 file photo, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner-designate Dr. Scott Gottlieb testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee. The Senate is on track to confirm Gottlieb as the head of the Food and Drug Administration. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Cross-border investigation leads to arrests in alleged identity theft ring: police
Four Toronto men lived a lavish lifestyle, spending money as fast as it came in on items such as expensive cologne and shoes, as part of an alleged identity theft ring that bilked banks out of $10-million, according to police.
John Doyle: Norm Macdonald's Netflix special is strange and fabulously funny
John Doyle
Water. Rising. Again. Plus other letters to the editor
Sandbags protect the basement of a house west of Montreal on Tuesday, May 9, 2017.
Manitoba politician promises to repay big cellphone bill racked up in Mexico
Three stocks with fat – and growing – dividends
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The oil patch has one reason to toast another price slide
A pumpjack works at a well head on an oil and gas installation near Cremona, Alta.
The Latest: FBI corrects Comey testimony on Clinton aide
In this photo taken May 8, 2017, FBI Director James Comey speaks in Washington. A person familiar with the investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server says Huma Abedin did not forward "hundreds and thousands" of emails to her husband's laptop, as FBI Director James Comey testified to Congress. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
No more business as usual at Bombardier
Konrad Yakabuski
Most actively traded companies on the TSX
The Tuesday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
A portrait of Senator Don Meredith is displayed on the wall alongside fellow senators on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, May 9, 2017. Disgraced Sen. Don Meredith is resigning from the Senate rather than wait to see if his colleagues expel him for engaging in a sexual relationship with a teenage girl. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Canada plans to end 68-year snub of UN workers’ rights convention
Labour Minister Patricia Hajdu was to announce Canada’s intention to join the convention at an event Tuesday in Toronto.
Federal carbon tax plan to follow Alberta plan, include individual rebates
Apple share up 33 per cent in 2017
Average wildfire forecast for much of country: Natural Resources Canada
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