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Strike notice given for Winnipeg airport, walkout could happen Monday
Federal grand jury indicts US soldier on terrorism charges
FILE - In this July 8, 2017 file image taken from FBI video and provided by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Hawaii on July 13, 2017, Army Sgt. 1st Class Ikaika Kang holds an Islamic State group flag after allegedly pledging allegiance to the terror group at a house in Honolulu. A federal grand jury in Hawaii has indicted Kang for attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State group. Kang was indicted Friday, July 21 after he was arrested by an FBI SWAT team on July 8. Kang was ordered held without bail. Because of the indictment, Kang will no longer have a preliminary hearing that was scheduled for Monday, July 24. (FBI/U.S Attorney's Office, District of Hawaii via AP, File)
Encarnacion takes the parrot for a walk as Indians rout Blue Jays
Cleveland Indians' Edwin Encarnacion hits an RBI-single off Toronto Blue Jays relief pitcher Jeff Beliveau during the seventh inning of a baseball game in Cleveland, on July 21, 2017.
Encarnacion homers, drives in 4 as Indians pound Jays 13-3
Cleveland Indians' Edwin Encarnacion hits an RBI-single off Toronto Blue Jays relief pitcher Jeff Beliveau during the seventh inning of a baseball game, Friday, July 21, 2017, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)
Spieth weathers strong wind gusts to take charge at British Open
Jordan Spieth watches his drive from the 6th tee during his second round of the Open Golf Championship at Royal Birkdale in north west England, on July 21, 2017.
The mad scientist at Nine Dishes and Cafe 1029 offers an eccentric atmosphere with a side of Szechuan specialties
Chef and owner Yue Shen prepares the Beijing style stir fry with flour balls and vegetables at Nine Dishes & Cafe 1029 in Richmond, B.C.
Calgary capable of hosting Olympics, but further study needed: committee report
A slice of Calgary’s underdeveloped inner city could morph into a neighbourhood for thousands of people should the city get the 2026 Olympic Winter Games, although a new tax might be necessary to fund the transformation, according to the committee investigating the feasibility of hosting the sporting spectacle.
USC to fire ex-medical school dean over drug allegations
FILE - In this Nov. 20, 2014 file photo, Dr. Carmen A. Puliafito, the dean of the University of Southern California medical school, arrives at the Changing Lives And Creating Cures Gala in Beverly Hills, Calif. USC President C.L. Max Nikias says officials will "examine and address" a newspaper report that the Puliafito, who recently resigned as dean of the medical school, abused drugs and associated with criminals. (Photo by Tonya Wise/Invision/AP, File)
Experts begin autopsy on another North Atlantic right whale
Another endangered North Atlantic right whale that was found lifeless in the Gulf of St. Lawrence is being towed to a New Brunswick island for a post-mortem examination, an animal rescue group said Thursday.
'Teen Wolf' cast makes special appearance for Make-A-Wish
Sydney Lang, 16, of Edmonton, Alberta, seated center, poses with cast members from "Teen Wolf" during a meet-and-greet arranged by the Make-A-Wish Foundation on day two of Comic-Con International on Friday, July 21, 2017, in San Diego. Pictured from front row left, Colton Haynes, Shelley Hennig, Charlie Carver, Tyler Posey and Khylin Rhambo, and from back row left are Cody Christian, Linden Ashby, Melissa Ponzio, and Dylan Sprayberry. (AP Photo/Sandy Cohen)
'Twin Peaks' cast discusses the mystery of David Lynch
Historian asks Australian court to reveal Queen's letters
Game of Thrones' Sophie Turner says Sansa is 'woke now'
Nunavut’s young badminton stars soar at North American Indigenous Games
Team Nunavut badminton player Davidee Kudluarok, 13, leaps high as he competes in under-16 males single badminton competition during the 2017 North American Indigenous Games in Toronto on Friday. Davidee won bronze in singles and later won silver in boys doubles with his cousin, Mike Kavik.
Trump's Obamacare repeal: A play in three acts
In March, U.S. President Donald Trump was working hard to show he was in the driver’s seat on the health-care file. Today, the President could be staring down a major legislative defeat.
Canmore’s Blake restaurant can’t live up to its lofty flagship ideals
Blake Flann’s new restaurant in Canmore, housed in what used to be an automotive garage, offers an around-the-world menu, from brûléed apple and brie to Bombay beef tartare, as well as a host of house-made, name-branded bottled ketchup.
The Latest: USC to fire ex-dean over drug allegations
Canada’s Dunkerley wins silver in 1,500-metre at world para athletics championships
Jason Dunkerley of Canada and his guide Nathaniel Jeremie Venne celebrate after finishing second in the Men’s 1500m T11 final during day eight of the IPC World ParaAthletics Championships 2017 at London Stadium, on July 21, 2017.
Vancouver’s latest affordable-housing strategy still misses the mark
Stephen Quinn is the host of On the Coast on CBC Radio One, 690 AM and 88.1 FM in Vancouver
Human rights activism is Miss World Canada Anastasia Lin’s crowning achievement
Anastasia Lin at the Miss World Canada 2015 pageant.
White House threatens Iran over detained Americans
Canadian Jason Dunkerley wins silver at world para athletics championships
The salaries of Alberta's university top dogs are wildly out of touch - and a disgrace to tax payers
Paige MacPherson is Alberta Director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.
Michael Phelps to race shark. But just how committed is the shark?
Cathal Kelly
The Latest: Poland's senators OK contentious court overhaul
Opposition supporters hold a huge Polish national flag during a protest in front of the Supreme Court against a law on court control, in Warsaw, Poland, Friday, July 21, 2017. Poland’s Senate was poised Friday to back legislation that would give politicians substantial influence over the country’s Supreme Court, a move that critics say would defy the principles of the European Union. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)
Kushner discloses additional $10M in assets
FILE - In this March 17, 2017, file photo Ivanka Trump, the daughter of President Donald Trump, and her husband Jared Kushner, senior adviser to President Donald Trump, attend a joint news conference with the president and German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Kushner has added more than 70 assets worth at least $10.6 million to his revised personal financial disclosure. According to the disclosure, the additional assets were “inadvertently omitted” from an earlier form. The revised form was certified by the Office of Government Ethics on July 20 and released on July 21. Ivanka Trump, also filed new federal disclosures. She reported assets of at least $66 million and earned at least $13.5 million in income last year from her various business ventures.(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
Husky Energy set to repair pipeline after Saskatchewan oil spill
Husky Energy says it has been granted permission to repair and replace a section of pipeline that leaked 225,000 litres of crude in the North Saskatchewan River last year.
Guelph’s post-Mercury blues: How an Ontario city is coping without its local newspaper
The Basilica of Lady Immaculate, a major landmark in Guelph, Ont., looms behind the former home of the Guelph Mercury, right, which stopped publishing in January, 2016.
Former spy officials criticize Trump's stance on Russia
FILE - In this Monday, May 8, 2017, file photo, former National Intelligence Director James Clapper testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Two former top intelligence officials are harshly criticizing President Donald Trump for not standing up to Russia for meddling in the presidential election. Clapper wonders aloud whether the president's real aim is to make "Russia Great Again." (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
Ginsburg: Justices felt Trump travel ban 'too restrictive'
FILE - In this June 1, 2017, file photo, Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg joins other justices of the U.S. Supreme Court for an official group portrait at the Supreme Court Building in Washington. Ginsburg says the Trump administration was "too restrictive" in deciding what family relationships qualify as close enough to avoid the ban on travel from six mostly Muslim counties. Ginsburg said at a Duke Law School event in Washington that the court decided in an order this week that close relationships include grandparents and other relatives whom the administration initially left off its list of family members who would not be covered by President Donald Trump’s 90-day travel ban. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Legal deal pulls money to teach tribal kids native language
This Thursday, July 20, 2017 photo, shows a plaque at the Steele Indian School Park in Phoenix, Arizona, where the former Phoenix Indian School for Native American Children used to sit. The plot of land was traded between the federal government and a private developer who was supposed to make yearslong payments to an education fund for native children. But the developer stopped making payments in 2012, and now the government has come to an agreement with the developer that allows it to skirt much of what it owes to the education fund. (AP Photo/Astrid Galvan)
Immigration officials working on case of Winnipeg Yazidi woman and injured son
It’s not Jagmeet Singh’s turban that’s the NDP’s problem in Quebec
Adam Radwanski
Alberta Conservative and Wildrose vote on merger proposal
Dan Davy, a supporter of the Alberta Wildrose party, in rural Alberta on July 20, 2017.
Scaramucci: NYC financier turned Trump communications chief
Incoming White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci points as he answers questions from members of the media during the press briefing in the Brady Press Briefing room of the White House in Washington, Friday, July 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Flags from Israel and Ghana pulled down and burned outside Saskatchewan church
Former McCain rival suggests he resign because of cancer
FILE - In this July 14, 2015, file photo, Arizona State Sen. Kelli Ward officially announces that she is running against Sen. John McCain for the U.S. Senate in Lake Havasu City, Ariz. Ward, who tried to oust McCain last year is suggesting that he resign because he's been diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer, Friday, July 21, 2017. (Tom Tingle/The Arizona Republic via AP, File)
Calgary Stampeders seek bounce-back win against rested Saskatchewan Roughriders
Calgary Stampeders' Charleston Hughes (39) stretches out to tackle Ottawa Redblacks' Mossis Madu Jr. in second half CFL action in Calgary, Thursday, June 29, 2017. Hughes, who led in sacks last year, returns to Calgary's lineup after sitting out a pair of games with a leg injury. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mike Ridewood
Calgary Stampeders seek bounce-back win against rested Saskatchewan Roughriders
Calgary police report spike in gun violence, blame disorganized criminal group
Scaramucci tells Trump 'yes,' then apologizes for past words
Jessica McDonald tweet
Court upholds prison sentence for Curacao's former leader
Red Wings agree to terms with Tatar on $21.2M, 4-year deal
The Amazon effect: How e-commerce is driving a real estate revolution
Packages are moved along this conveyer belt where they are weighed and then labeled for delivery at the Amazon fulfillment centre in Brampton, Ont. on July 21, 2017.
Spieth turns into a beauty on a nasty day at British Open
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week
UN official says Haiti peacekeeping a mission accomplished
FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2010 file photo, a woman speaks to U.N. peacekeepers during a food distribution at a refugee camp in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, following a powerful earthquake on Jan. 12. Top U.N. official for Haiti, Sandra Honore, said on Thursday, July 20, 2017 peacekeepers have accomplished their mission of stabilizing the Western hemisphere's poorest nation. Honore said Haiti today "is far different" than it was in 2004, when the U.N. deployed peacekeeping troops following a rebellion that left the country on the brink of collapse. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)
Metrolinx abandons court appeal but won't let Bombardier bid to operate GO trains
Texas deputy indicted for deadly confrontation fired
FILE - In this Tuesday, June 13, 2017 file photo, Harris County Sheriff's deputy Chauna Thompson and her husband, Terry Thompson, arrive at court in Houston. Chauna Thompson who was indicted along with her husband on murder charges in the death of a man they confronted outside a restaurant has been fired, authorities announced Friday, July 21, 2017. ( Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle via AP, File)
Out of step: Low inflation poses hurdle for Bank of Canada
Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz holds a new conference at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa on Wednesday, April 13, 2016.
As Conservative Party deputy leader, Lisa Raitt hopes women will 'see themselves' in her
Lisa Raitt poses for a photo on Parliament Hill on May 9, 2017.
It's final: Saskatchewan end-of-year numbers confirm $1.2B deficit
How a 73-year-old is hoping to link the GTA through water-based transportation
Water-borne commuting – with the notable exception of Toronto Island dwellers who take a ferry to the mainland – is more complicated than it seems. For now, it essentially doesn’t exist in Toronto.
California firefighters bring nearly dead dog back to life
BC Hydro leadership shake-up brings in new president, no word on CEO
Agriculture ministers reach five-year, $3-billion deal to boost farm sector
Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay answers a question during Question Period in the House of Commons in Ottawa, April 11, 2016. MacAulay said the Canadian Agricultural Partnership is intended to help the $100-billion sector come up with innovations to boost productivity, develop new trading partners and mitigate environmental issues.
Goodbye, Spicey. Was there a basic rule of PR you didn’t break?
Peter Donolo is vice-chairman of Hill+Knowlton Strategies Canada. He served as director of communications to Prime Minister Jean Chrétien.
Globe editorial: How much China has changed, and how much it hasn’t
A protester holds a defaced Chinese national flag with words "fascist kills Liu Xiaobo", as he mourns the death of Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo, outside China's Liaison Office in Hong Kong, China July 15, 2017. REUTERS/Bobby Yip
Metrolinx drops appeal of court decision over Bombardier contract
A Metrolinx LRV is shown being built in Thunder Bay in this recent handout photo.
General Electric and Chipotle fall while Capital One climbs
Status of Toronto FC’s Giovinco up in the air as Vanney returns to sidelines
Toronto FC's Sebastian Giovinco celebrates his goal against the Philadelphia Union during in Toronto, Wednesday, October 26, 2016.
4 Puerto Rico police officers indicted in corruption case
O.J. Simpson will get his freedom, but then what?
The Globe’s stars and dogs for the week
How major US stock market indexes fared on Friday
Toronto’s falling house prices signal a return to sanity
Marcus Gee
BC Hydro shuffles leadership as NDP government prepares review of Site C
Jessica McDonald, seen in a July, 2014 photo, has been replaced as CEO of BC Hydro, a role she had held for three years. Chris O’Riley has been named as her replacement.
George Drummond Birks led Montreal family jewellery firm for 40 years
George Drummond Birks is shown in this April 1974 photo.
Toronto neighbours consider the great indoor or outdoor cat debate
Matthew Carver, a painter, is used to the curiosity that comes with his cat, Eleven, walking on a leash. Conflict, in the past few years, has escalated between outdoor-cat owners and people who own indoor cats and love birds, who fear for the safety of the birds.
Beyonce wax figure touched up after fans say it's too white
FILE - In this June 26, 2016, file photo, Beyonce performs "Freedom" at the BET Awards in Los Angeles. A wax figure of Beyonce at Madame Tussauds in New York has been given a makeover after fans of the megastar said the figure was too white. Madame Tussauds said in a statement Friday, July 21, 2017, that the wax Beyonce was back on display after adjustments to "the styling and lighting of her figure." (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, File)
Hawaii prepares for 'unlikely' North Korea missile threat
Toby Clairmont, the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency's executive officer, shows new informational materials to a reporter in Honolulu on Friday, July 21, 2017. Hawaii announced a new public education campaign to prepare for the possibility of a ballistic missile strike from North Korea. (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher)
Prepare yourselves: The great rotation may finally be at hand
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday. There’s a sign markets may be on the cusp of a postcrisis shift out of bonds and into stocks
Posts give glimpse into mind of Canadian behind dark website
Alexandre Cazes is pictured in an undated Facebook photo.
How a child’s murder led to the rebirth of Toronto’s Yonge Street​
Yonge/Dundas Square in Toronto.
Wells Fargo ordered to reinstate whistleblower, pay $577,500
Flames sign first-round pick Juuso Valimaki to three-year entry-level deal
John Doyle: Trump replaces eyesore Sean Spicer with eye-candy Scaramucci
John Doyle
US seeks dismissal of charges in 'London Whale' case
Streetwise Newsletter: Last week’s best reads: Fairfax, public utilities, oil patch
Bank towers are shown from Bay Street in Toronto's financial district, on Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Canada's largest city is getting itself a new resident this year: the headquarters of the federal government's new infrastructure financing agency. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrien Veczan
I sold my house. Is this a good time to invest the cash?
Globe and Mail reporter John Heinzl.
In Trump’s America, not everyone is anti-NAFTA
A Kansas City Southern locomotive sits in a rail yard in Kansas City, Mo., on June 21, 2017.
Canada’s lax copyright reputation puts artists’ livelihoods at risk
Kate Taylor
Minneapolis shooting brings unwelcome attention to Somalis
This undated photo provided by Stephen Govel/www.stephengovel.com shows Justine Damond, of Sydney, Australia, who was fatally shot by police in Minneapolis on Saturday, July 15, 2017. Authorities say that officers were responding to a 911 call about a possible assault when the woman was shot. (Stephen Govel/www.stephengovel.com via AP)
Willis: Selling public utilities is controversial but necessary
Andrew Willis
Whitecaps add 'keeper Marinovic after trade with Impact for international spot
AP Source: Pau Gasol agrees to 3-year deal with Spurs
The Latest: Teens may face charge after watching man drown
Toronto’s Black Creek Pioneer Village aims for a grown-up audience
As part of Black Creek’s aim to appeal to a younger audience, new games offered include archery dodgeball, where players fire foam-tipped arrows at fellow participants.
How to survive rising rates: Rob Carrick's seven-point guide for bond investors
We’ve had scares like this before in the bond market and they’re melted away amid continued economic sluggishness. Everyday investors should mind these four lessons about living through bad times for bonds.
Carrick on bonds
National Weather Service cancels its union contract
One man is dead after shooting in industrial area of Chilliwack, B.C.
Regulators set their sights on realtors representing both buyer and seller
This 5.5-acre luxury property in Whistler, B.C., was listed at $19.9-million, but long-time real estate agent John Ryan found a buyer, and an offer, that suited the seller.
At 25 years old, this teacher is a study in disciplined saving
Most actively traded companies on the TSX
Developers aim for net-zero multifamily homes across Western Canada
Niche Developments is planning to break ground in September on their second development, Belgravia Square, a 70-unit apartment condo in Edmonton’s Belgravia neighbourhood. It will feature ‘solar panels in addition to the geothermal system, so we’ll be supplying power back to the grid to offset the building’s consumptions,’ CEO Peter Purewal says.
Wildrose and Tories in Alberta vote on merger into one united party
Alberta Wildrose leader Brian Jean and Alberta PC leader Jason Kenney shake hands after announcing a unity deal between the two in Edmonton on May 18, 2017. Albertans will find out today whether the province's two right-of-centre political parties will merge into one to try and defeat Premier Rachel Notley's NDP government. The Progressive Conservatives led by Jason Kenney and the Wildrose party led by Brian Jean will wrap up voting on a proposal to become the new United Conservative Party. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
A new way to get in on today's hottest investment - and why you shouldn't do it
Ian McGugan
Al Gore praises Trudeau on climate change - but says there's room for improvement
Al Gore poses for a photograph before talking about his new film "An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth the Power" in Toronto on Friday, July 21, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
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