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The Wednesday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Vancouver heritage landmark Electric House set for demolition
The Electric House at 1550 W. 29th Ave. in Vancouver’s Shaughnessy neighbourhood is a testament to the city’s history, built in 1922 to showcase the household potential of technology.
Edmonton’s modernist landmark Poole House gets a green update
Poole Residence, Westridge Park, Edmonton.
Canadian international striker Janine Beckie doing her bit for hurricane relief
Houston Dash's Carli Lloyd (10) celebrates with teammate Janine Beckie (16) after Lloyd scored against the Orlando Pride during an NWSL soccer match in Orlando, Fla., on June 24, 2017. Like many in Houston, Canadian international striker Janine Beckie is crossing her fingers for her adopted home as she watches the destruction of Hurricane Harvey from a distance. Safe with her Houston Dash teammates in the Dallas area, Beckie is doing her bit to help hurricane relief with a fundraising campaign. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Orlando Sentinel - Stephen M. Dowell
Ulta’s beauty is in the eye of the beholder as short sales rise
Many makeup-selling retailers have failed in recent years with the rise of Amazon and other rivals.
Doug Ford for mayor of Toronto? Please, no — Rob was enough
Marcus Gee
Trump says announcement on fate of ‘Dreamers’ coming soon
US President Donald Trump speaks after receiving an update from disaster relief organizations on Hurricane Harvey recovery efforts in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, on September 1, 2017.
North Vancouver home sells above asking in strong market
4666 Wickenden Rd., North Vancouver.
UBC exhibition showcases pathologist who merged neuroscience and visual splendour
Santiago Ramon y Cajal, seen above in 1876, applied his artistic skills to neuroscience, producing revolutionary hand-drawn illustrations of the brain that had both scientific and artistic merit.
Another take on H&R, and a look at Canadian REIT ETFs
John Heinzl
Canada preparing to deliver aid shipments for Texas hurricane victims
Ohio governor says he won't spare condemned killer of 2
This undated photo provided by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections shows Gary Otte. Ohio Gov. John Kasich on Friday, Sept. 1, 2017, said he won't spare a condemned killer who shot two people to death in back-to-back robberies over two days. Otte, 45, was sentenced to die for the Feb. 12, 1992, killing of Robert Wasikowski and the Feb. 13, 1992, killing of Sharon Kostura. Both slayings took place in an apartment building in Parma, in suburban Cleveland. (Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections via AP)
Woman seeks less prison for cancer fraud, gets more instead
This couple face 'significant risks' if they carry debt into retirement
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Grab a mattress: Businesses become storm shelters in Texas
FILE - In this Aug. 30, 2017 file photo, Cindy Arcement watches while her granddaughter Elizabeth Arcement plays in their living area while sheltering at Gallery Furniture in Richmond, Texas. With more than 17,000 people flooded out of their houses, big-hearted Texans, religious institutions and businesses have turned their places into unlikely shelters, offering soaked, frightened and disconsolate storm refugees , two-legged and four-legged alike, a safe and warm place to sleep. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Fatal arson case of Edmonton teenagers put over until the end of the month
US to auction drilling rights near national monument in Utah
California braces for severe heatwave through Labor day
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, left, comes to the aid of an unidentified man who collapsed in downtown Los Angeles Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017. The temperature in downtown Los Angeles shot past 90 degrees early in the day and a spectator collapsed just as Mayor Eric Garcetti was about to start a late-morning ceremony to mark the reopening of the city's historic Angels Flight funicular railroad. The man appeared to recover but was taken away by paramedics. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Miniseries adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s Alias Grace a 20-year dream for Sarah Polley
Sarah Polley’s Alias Grace is the culmination of her two-decade journey of trying to obtain the rights to film it having been gripped by the source material.
The Latest: San Francisco Russia consulate starts move-out
Black smoke rises from the roof of the Consulate-General of Russia Friday, Sept. 1, 2017, in San Francisco. The U.S. on Thursday ordered Russia to shut its San Francisco consulate and close offices in Washington and New York within 48 hours in response to Russia's decision last month to cut U.S. diplomatic staff in Russia. Firemen were called to the consul, but were turned away after being told there was no problem. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
Man in hospital in serious condition after Toronto shooting
Honda owners could get up to $500 in air bag settlement
This Sunday, June 25, 2017, photo shows TK Holdings Inc. in Auburn Hills, Mich. Honda and some of the people suing the company over faulty Takata air bag inflators have agreed to a $605 million settlement. It covers owners of 16.5 million Honda vehicles. Honda gets credit for $121 million it spent on rental cars for customers who had to wait for parts. That leaves $484 million to reimburse owners for expenses, attorney fees and administrative costs. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Posthumous donation creates opportunities for higher education
Ilan Levy was born in Israel and grew up in Iran and Ethiopia before moving to Toronto as a young adult and launching a career in information technology.
Iowa man acquitted in hot-car death of 6-month-old son
The Refugium: Canadian authors pay homage to some of the largest trees in the world
The TIFF movies we can’t wait to see, from a tiny Matt Damon to two tennis tales
Emma Stone and Steve Carrell star in Battle of the Sexes.
2 officers shot in St. Louis; both expected to recover
Coal mining company fined $109,000 after collapsing wall buries bulldozer
Denis Shapovalov advances to fourth round at U.S. Open
Denis Shapovalov of Canada reacts after defeating Kyle Edmund during their third round match, September 1, 2017 in New York.
Workers clear out of Russian consulate in San Francisco
Black smoke rises from the roof of the Consulate-General of Russia Friday, Sept. 1, 2017, in San Francisco. The U.S. on Thursday ordered Russia to shut its San Francisco consulate and close offices in Washington and New York within 48 hours in response to Russia's decision last month to cut U.S. diplomatic staff in Russia. Firemen were called to the consul, but were turned away after being told there was no problem. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
Grain higher, livestock higher
Grain higher, livestock higher
Ottawa taking precautions in case of another surge of asylum seekers
Canadian Forces members put finishing touches on the interim lodging site in Cornwall, Ont., on Aug. 23, 2017.
Harvey's economic aftermath
In this aerial photo, homes sit in floodwaters caused Tropical Storm Harvey in Port Arthur, Texas, Friday, Sept. 1, 2017. Port Arthur's major roads were swamped by rising waters brought by Harvey(AP Photo/LM Otero)
Why higher rates will be painful for Canadian investors, a REIT to buy now, and loonie bullishness
The Canadian flag flies outside the Bank of Canada building in Ottawa on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013.
Canada's Shapovalov advances at U.S. Open after Britain's Edmund retires
Denis Shapovalov, of Canada, returns a shot from Kyle Edmund, of Great Britain, during the third round of the U.S. Open tennis tournament, Friday, Sept. 1, 2017, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Scott Moe joins race to replace Brad Wall as Saskatchewan premier
Five people are in the race to succeed Brad Wall as premier.
Two Conservative MPs banned from Azerbaijan for visiting occupied territories
Tony Clement fields questions in the foyer outside the House of Commons in Ottawa, Monday, May 11, 2015. Conservative public safety critic Clement is asking for an apology from the CBC after he hung up the phone during a live radio interview about refugees.
Timeline of pledge's harrowing night at Penn State frat
Covering water damage - flood insurance around the world
Trucks drive through flooded streets from Tropical Storm Harvey in Orange, Texas, Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Newfoundland hiker watches as pet attacked, killed by bigger dog in Gros Morne
Manitoba offers money, but no details, to help town hurt by rail closure
How Canada has been secretly giving asylum to gay people in Chechnya fleeing persecution
For three months, the federal government has been secretly spiriting gay Chechen men from Russia to Canada, under a clandestine program unique in the world. Hamzat, a man in his mid-twenties, is a recent arrival to Canada. (Hamzat is not his real name. The Globe and Mail is protecting his identity because he fears repercussions for friends and family in Chechnya, and because he is concerned that some Chechen-Canadians might wish him ill.)
U. of Florida: White nationalists are not permanently barred
Space superwoman returning to Earth with records galore
FILE - In this Tuesday, June 14, 2005 file photo, Dr. Peggy Whitson, left, and Lt. Col. Michael Fincke, both NASA astronauts, listen to testimony from Dr. John Phillips live from the International Space Station, during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington - the first time a witness has testified live from space. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
This year's top TIFF parties, and where to find them
The Deepwater Horizon premiere screening party at the Addison Residence during last year’s TIFF. This year, festival events include a party hosted by Hugo Boss for director Craig Gillespie’s I, Tonya and Audi Canada’s postscreening gathering for Scott Cooper’s Hostiles.
11-month-old girl dies left in hot car dies; father arrested
Bestsellers: Paperback Fiction, Sept. 2, 2017
British Columbia ditches tuition fees for former kids in care aged 19 to 26
The Latest: Retiring utility CEO to receive $1M in 1st year
A better NAFTA for workers: Union leaders make their case in Mexico
A large crowd takes part in a labour rally during NAFTA talks in Mexico City on Friday, September 1, 2017. The labour movement is laying out its ideas for a new North American Free Trade Agreement that would benefit workers. A number of union leaders staged a rally today in Mexico City as officials from the three countries arrived for a fresh round of negotiations. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Alexander Panetta
Boeing 747 SuperTanker fights California fire for 1st time
Nova Scotia appoints prominent Syrian refugee to business agency's board
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau poses for a photo with members of the Hadhad family, including Tareq Hadhad, left, in an undated handout photo. Less than two years after he arrived as a refugee, a Syrian chocolatier has been named to the board of Nova Scotia's economic development agency. Tareq Hadhad is among the most high-profile of Syrian refugees in Canada - his family's Peace by Chocolate in Antigonish, N.S., was touted by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the United Nations.THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - Peace by Chocolate, *MANDATORY CREDIT*
US: Another health attack on diplomats in Cuba last month
In this photo taken Aug. 14, 2015, a U.S. flag flies at the U.S. embassy in Havana, Cuba. American diplomats who served in Cuba have been diagnosed with mild traumatic brain injury following mysterious, unexplained attacks on their health, the union that represents U.S. diplomats said Friday, in the most detailed account to date of the growing list of symptoms. (AP Photo/Desmond Boylan)
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111-year-old Golden Gate hotel reopens after expansion
Police not to blame when man in custody severed fingers: SIU
The Latest: Brush fire forces Burbank residents from homes
Riverside City Fire fighter Robert Herrick watches the Marlborough fire from a residents home on Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017 in Riverside. (Stan Lim/The Press-Enterprise via AP)
AP Exclusive: Fewer Americans buy insurance in coastal areas
11th Circuit rules revives lethal injection lawsuit
Coach Octavio Zambrano says Canada has more in the tank and wants to show it
Canada's head coach Octavio Zambrano gives instructions during first half of a friendly match against Curacao, in Montreal on June 13, 2017. After time in the soccer doldrums, Canada turned heads with its confident, even adventurous play at this summer's Gold Cup. But new coach Octavio Zambrano says the Canadian men have more in the tank as they prepare for Saturday's BMO Field rematch with Jamaica, the team that eliminated them at the CONCACAF championship. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
GOP ability to dismantle health law expires at month's end
In this July 9, 2017 photo, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during a "Care Not Cuts" rally in support of the Affordable Care Act in Covington, Ky. The Senate Parliamentarian has determined that rules governing the effort to dismantle the Obama health care law will expire when the fiscal year ends Sept. 30, according to independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
The Latest: 2 bodies retrieved from California river gorge
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Huge B.C. wildfires could smoulder until next spring: official
The Philpot Road wildfire is seen along a hillside just outside of Kelowna, B.C., on Aug. 2017.
Uneasiness in St. Louis as verdict nears in officer's trial
FILE - This file photo provided by the St. Louis Police Department shows former St. Louis police officer Jason Stockley, who is charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the December 2011 shooting death of Anthony Lamar Smith. As a judge weighs evidence in the murder case against Stockley, there is growing uneasiness St. Louis could see the sort of unrest that followed the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson three years ago. Stockley's trial ended Aug. 9, 2017. (St. Louis Police Department via AP, File)
Gasoline prices head higher while motorists panic
A sign shows pumps out of gas, Friday, Sept. 1, 2017, in El Campo, Texas. Gasoline prices in the U.S. have risen to new high amid continuing fears of shortages in Texas and other states after Hurricane Harvey's strike. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Second shelter opens in Winnipeg soccer arena for forest fire evacuees
Federal authorities: Travel ban deal impacts fewer than 20
The top 10 songs and albums on the iTunes Store
Boy, 15, recovering in hospital after being shot in Saskatoon neighbourhood
Federal panel opposes tech company sale to Chinese investors
AP source: Mueller team has draft letter on Comey firing
In this June 21, 2017 photo, Special Counsel Robert Mueller departs Capitol Hill following a closed door meeting in Washington. Mueller's team of investigators is in possession of a letter drafted by President Donald Trump and an aide, but never sent, that lays out a rationale for firing FBI Director James Comey, according to a person familiar with the investigation. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Initial public offerings scheduled to debut next week
Man accused of kidnapping student denied request for release
Ontario relaxes rules on supports for people with disabilities
2nd round of NAFTA talks opens in Mexico City
FILE - In this April 21, 2008 file photo, national flags representing the United States, Canada, and Mexico fly in the breeze in New Orleans where leaders of the North American Free Trade Agreement met. Mexico, the United States and Canada have begun a second round of talks Friday, Sept. 1, 2017, on re-negotiating the NAFTA, in Mexico City. The first round of talks took place in Washington in mid-August. (AP Photo/Judi Bottoni, File)
Panel axes bid to yank Confederate's bust from state capitol
Official say huge wildfires in B.C. could smoulder until next spring
The Philpot Road wildfire is seen along a hillside just outside of Kelowna, B.C., on August 28, 2017. A municipal leader in British Columbia's central Interior says he wouldn't be surprised if wildfires that have chewed through more than 10,600 square kilometres of woodland won't be fully out until 2018. Chairman Al Richmond of the Cariboo Regional District said hot spots from many of the largest fires likely won't be doused until the spring, mirroring the Fort McMurray wildfire that Alberta officials said was finally declared extinguished on Aug. 2. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Taxpayer deal saves Cape Breton rail line for at least one more year
Shift into fall with a pair of tall boots
Committee calls for New Brunswick to set minimum age for marijuana at 19
Growing flowers of cannabis intended for the medical marijuana market are shown at OrganiGram in Moncton, N.B., on April 14, 2016.
Royal Canadian Navy welcomes new commander of its East Coast fleet
Rear Admiral Craig Baines is congratulated by Vice-Admiral Ron Lloyd, left, commander of the Royal Canadian Navy and Rear Admiral John Newton, right, at a Change of Command Ceremony for Maritime Forces Atlantic and Joint Task Force Atlantic in Halifax on Friday, Sept. 1, 2017. Baines, the new head of the East Coast Navy, is replacing Newton who heads to Veterans Affairs Canada as a liaison officer. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
Globe editorial: Why you agree with Margaret Atwood, and why you shouldn’t
A row of homes on Brunswick Ave. in Toronto's Annex neighbourhood are pictured on June 2 2016. (Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail)
Harvey help: How you can put your money to good use
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US rig count increases by 3 this week to 943
Magnitude 5.0 earthquake hits Greek island of Rhodes
Sentencing hearing delayed again: Prosecutor in La Loche shooting named a judge
Crown Prosecutor Lloyd Stang speaks to media after day one of the sentencing trial for a teen who killed four people, in Meadow Lake, Sask., on May 16, 2017. A lawyer acting for the prosecution in the case of a deadly northern Saskatchewan shooting has been named a provincial court judge. Lloyd Stang's call to the bench further delayed a sentencing hearing that was to resume Friday for a teenager who shot and killed four people in La Loche and injured seven others. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
19 salmonella cases linked to food booth at Edmonton Folk Music Festival
Correction: New Mexico-Library Shooting story
Two very different stories about Amazon’s future: Barry Ritholtz
Amazon boxes are seen stacked for delivery in Manhattan, New York, U.S. on Jan. 29, 2016
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The ECB has no easy path out of quantitative easing
Eric Reguly
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Consultant gets prison in San Diego election funding scandal
Canadian Women's Hockey League to pay players starting this season
Recalls this week: infant rompers, dish and bottle soap
N.B. committee calls for government-run marijuana stores, legal age of 19
Calgary condo’s $2.4-million sale shows luxury demand
1188 3 St., SE, No. 3903, Calgary
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