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November 12

Evenings of wit and whimsy: Montreal, Vancouver galas raise funds for the arts
Steven Raj Bhaskaran and Hannah Rose Dalton, designers at Fecal Matter, Danielle Champagne and Thierry-Maxime Loriot.
Amazon opts for New York, Virginia for second headquarters, ruling out Toronto, reports say
Amazon has chosen Long Island City in New York and the Crystal City area of Arlington, Virginia, for its second headquarters, The Wall Street Journal said.
Henrik Lundqvist ties Jacques Plante on NHL goalie wins list as Rangers beat Canucks 2-1
Henrik Lundqvist makes one of his 25 saves on Monday against the Vancouver Canucks.
Asian shares sell off on Wall Street tech stock rout, oil price slide
Pelicans hand Toronto Raptors first loss at home, only second defeat of season
New Orleans Pelicans forward Anthony Davis and Toronto Raptors forward Pascal Siakam battle for the ball during second half NBA basketball action in Toronto on Nov. 12, 2018.
Oil falls after Trump puts pressure on OPEC not to cut supply
Brent crude slides below $70 per barrel while WTI is below $60 per barrel early Tuesday.
Neumeier’s National Ballet adaptation of Anna Karenina is overstuffed and underthought
Svetlana Lunkina in Anna Karenina.
Four deaths in 24-hour period raise alarm over drugs in Windsor, Ont.
In this Nov. 1, 2018, file photo, a frontline worker for the Overdose Prevention Society in Vancouver holds various supplies provided free of charge to drug users.
Trump’s acting A-G will consult ethics advisers on possible Russian probe recusals, officials now say
Acting U.S. Attorney General Matthew Whitaker. (File Photo).
U.S. Supreme Court’s partisan rhetoric should be ‘toned way down,’ Justice Kagan says
Supreme Court of Canada Justice Rosalie Abella, left, and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan participate in a public discussion at the University of Toronto on Nov., 12, 2018.
Ontario to target federal carbon tax, support pipeline construction, in fall fiscal update
In this September, 2018, file photo, Ontario Finance Minister Vic Fedeli speaks to media in Toronto.
Calgarians cast ballots in 2026 Olympics plebiscite
A cross-country skier at the Canmore Nordic Centre near Calgary, Alta. on Nov. 8, 2018.
Dwane Casey says he ‘wouldn’t be human’ if he hadn’t thought about his first game back in Toronto
After seven seasons building the Raptors into a playoff contender, Dwane Casey will return on Wednesday with his new team, the Detroit Pistons.
Ottawa’s You.i TV raises US$23-million in growth capital from big-league U.S. sports team owners
You.i TV CEO Jason Flick is seen in this file photo.
These media-savvy scientists brought elusive sharks into the spotlight. Some experts find their methods fishy
A white shark found in Canadian waters is shown off the coast of Nova Scotia in this recent handout photo.
Maxime Bernier goes to a dark place
John Ibbitson
Guests won’t forget your holiday party with these bar-inspired snacks
Sweet and spicy rosemary nuts.
Ontario health minister examining lack of oversight at private IV infusion clinics
The treatment rooms at Provis Infusion Clinic in Toronto, are photographed on Oct 24 2018.
Democrat confirmed as winner of Arizona Senate race after week-long vote count
Democrat Kyrsten Sinema has been confirmed the winner of the vacant Arizona Senate seat after a week-long count in the closely watched race.
Ambrosie plans to talk with board about potential changes after missed call
Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback Brandon Bridge is helped off the field after a big hit in the final seconds of second half CFL West Division semifinal action against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in Regina, Sask. on Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018.
Sparkle (literally) on the holiday party circuit with this jewellery
NHL eyes European expansion, the only question is when
David Shoalts
Amnesty International calls for special probe into coerced sterilization of Indigenous women in Canada
Ontario Senator Yvonne Boyer says she welcomes Amnesty’s call for an outsider to examine the practice of forced sterilization of Indigenous women, and to collect data on its prevalence.
Pullback in big tech stocks shakes investor confidence
This photo taken on Nov. 9, 2018 shows a worker preparing new Apple iPhones for the 'Singles Day' shopping festival at a Suning storage facility in Shenyang in China's northeastern Liaoning province.
Mining veteran Sean Roosen’s message for the industry: Shut up and drill
Sean Roosen poses for a photo in Toronto on Aug. 30, 2018.
GMP Capital CEO forecasts turnaround for oil sector
Harris Fricker is seen in an 2007 file photo.
Has Jonathan Franzen finally softened in his new essay collection The End of the End of the Earth?
Jonathan Franzen.
Conservative conspiracy theorist Jerome Corsi says he will be indicted for lying in Mueller’s Russia probe
Protesters call on President Donald Trump not to fire special counsel Robert Mueller. Jerome Corsi, an associate of longtime Trump confidant Roger Stone, says he expects to be charged in the coming days with making false statements to the Mueller probe.
Trudeau says Canada talking to Pakistan about Christian woman acquitted of blasphemy against Islam
‘There is a delicate domestic context that we respect which is why I don’t want to say any more about that, but I will remind people Canada is a welcoming country,’ Prime Minister Trudeau said Monday about the Asia Bibi blasphemy case in Pakistan.
Dream real estate companies enter venture finance with $40-million partnership
Nov. 13: Words that echo 100 years later. Plus other letters to the editor
Globe editorial: Will the Democrats send the USMCA into limbo just to spite Trump?
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi holds a news conference following the 2018 midterm elections, at the Capitol Building, in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 7, 2018.
Standout sweets: how drool-worthy cakes have become objets d’art
Stan Lee: The father of the American superhero and modern entertainment
Stan Lee, former president and chairman of Marvel Comics and co-creator of Spiderman, among many other fictional comic book characters, sits in his hotel room in Vancouver on Aug. 18, 2010.
Whatever happened to the full-service gas station?
Mount Pleasant Motors in Toronto.
Why Mawer Investment Management is mulling a sale – and other firms will too
For the banks, the recent buying spree makes sense.
Ford’s top staffer intervened to have former Brown aide axed from new job, sources say
Exteriors of the Ontario Power Generation offices, in Toronto.
Signing of historic treaty only marks start of real work for Lubicon Cree in Alberta, chief says
Lubicon Lake Chief Billy-Joe Laboucan, right, is happy with the deal, negotiated after years of failed talks, broken promises, standoffs, arrests and global condemnation that reach back more than a century.
B.C. Court of Appeal hearing starts this week on ruling that indefinite solitary confinement is unconstitutional
British Columbia's top court is set to hear the federal government's appeal of a ruling that said indefinite solitary confinement of prisoners in cells such as these is unconstitutional and causes permanent harm.
Peek inside Chanel’s high-end jewellery atelier, where diamonds are the size of strawberries
Coco Chanel (1883-1971).
How large speculators are fuelling oil’s record-breaking losing streak
Scott Barlow
Four women basketball players at Quebec college suspended after anti-Muslim video shared on social media
A video circulating on Twitter shows the young women in their team dressing room making derogatory comments about immigrants.
Netflix’s The Kominsky Method is wry, dry and recommended
John Doyle
In photos: California blazes spread as town of Paradise is searched for bodies
Gallery
An air tanker drops water on a fire along the Ronald Reagan (118) Freeway in Simi Valley, California.
As Canadian crude prices slide, Alberta should look at reviving pro-rationing
An oil pump jack in a field near Calgary, Alta, on July 21, 2014.
Evening Update: Ottawa sends mixed signals on trade with China; California wildfires’ death toll rises with hundreds still missing
A spiral staircase stands in the remains of a burned out home from the Camp Fire.
On sinkholes, call me an influencer – I already have my own
Andrew Clark
Florida judge warns Trump and Republicans to ‘ramp down the rhetoric’ on accuracy of historic recounts
Election workers place ballots into electronic counting machines in Florida.
Vancouver condo with unique design sells at a discount
Gold, silver and red: Spectacular shoes for all your holiday party needs
May sustains further resignations as hope for a Brexit deal fades
In this Oct. 24, 2018, file photo, British Prime Minister Theresa May listens during a meeting inside 10 Downing Street in London.
Bombardier defends CEO’s absence from special meeting following announcement of layoffs
Bombardier chief executive Alain Bellemare arrives at the company's annual meeting, in Montreal, on May 11, 2017.
Rising star Kaia Kater looks for the right fit
Musician Kaia Kater poses for a photograph in the Gladstone Hotel in Toronto on Sept. 26, 2018.
Djokovic cruises past Isner in ATP Finals opener
Novak Djokovic plays a return to John Isner in their ATP World Tour Finals match at the O2 Arena, in London, on Nov. 12, 2018.
At Canada’s first artisan perfume house, scents are mixed by hand
In small town in Quebec, Alexandra Bachand’s La Grange du Parfumeur is opening its doors to perfume lovers curious about the art of fragrance.
Canadian stocks with strong earnings growth, low debt
In this 2013 file photo, the Toronto Stock Exchange Broadcast Centre is shown in Toronto.
Turkey furious over French claims President Erdogan playing ‘political game’ over killing of Jamal Khashoggi
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, centre, and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, left, leave a commemoration ceremony on Sunday in Paris marking the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War.
‘A flagrant insult’: Kandinsky painting won’t be returned to Jewish heirs after 1940 sale during Nazi occupation
Bild mit Hausern (Painting with Houses) by Wassily Kandinsky, painted 1909.
Saudi-led coalition resumes air strikes on Yemen’s Hodeidah
A shipment of grain is unloaded at the Red Sea port of Hodeidah, Yemen, on Aug. 5, 2018.
Escape the cold this winter, or embrace it, with these five getaways
Sports chain Decathlon to replace Saks Off Fifth store at Montreal Eaton Centre
A shopper walks past a Saks Off Fifth store in Tsawwassen, B.C., on Jan. 12, 2017.
Three different ways to enjoy a vacation in the sun
A penthouse bedroom at the Quintessence Hotel in Anguilla.
Let’s not forget that our medicare system was also born of war
André Picard
Oil production cuts may be necessary to rebalance market, Saudi Arabia’s energy minister says
Khalid Al-Falih, Saudi Arabia's Energy and Oil Minister, talks during the opening ceremony of the Abu Dhabi International Exhibition & Conference, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Nov. 12, 2018.
Play about Marshall McLuhan to premiere after long and controversial history
Jason Sherman is photographed at the Tarragon Theatre, in Toronto, on March 27, 2018.
Following your gut: The Eating Instinct explores why food choices are so fraught
Virginia Sole-Smith.
Alibaba nets record $30.7-billion in sales on Singles’ Day, but event’s annual growth rate plunges
Alibaba CEO Daniel Zhang speaks in front of a screen showing total sales at over US$30.7-billion shortly after the end of the Singles Day shopping festival, at the 2018 Tmall 11:11 Global Shopping Festival gala, in Shanghai, on Nov. 12, 2018.
Solitary by another name is just as cruel
Kim Pate speaks to reporters in Toronto on Oct. 15, 2013. Pate writes that Bill C-83, the federal legislation that claims to eliminate solitary confinement is, in reality, simply linguistic trickery.
Financial markets can suffer from the blues, too
Lisa Kramer.
If a whale can hold its dead calf for days, why can’t human parents do the same?
Canada Wolverines set to open Rugby League World Cup qualifying bid against Jamaica
In this Dec. 17, 2016 photo in Brighouse, Eng., Emil Borggren is shown playing for the Toronto Wolfpacks in a trial match against Brighouse Rangers.
U.S. Catholic bishops delay voting on steps to address sex-abuse crisis at urging of Vatican
Galveston-Houston Cardinal Daniel DiNardo takes questions during a news conference at the annual U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops on Nov. 12, 2018 in Baltimore, Md.
Brooke Henderson won’t cut back on busy schedule as she chases top spot on LPGA Tour
Brooke Henderson plays a tee shot on the 2nd hole during the final round of the LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship, at Sky 72 Golf Club, in Incheon, South Korea, on Oct. 14, 2018.
The need to forge partnerships in order to compete outside Canada
HANDOUT - A Central Concrete truck in San Francisco.
Douglas Rain, Stratford actor who voiced HAL 9000 in 2001: A Space Odyssey, dies at 90
Actor Douglas Rain. Photo by Terry Manzo
Crown outlines its case in murder trial of Quebec woman accused of killing her two daughters
A handout photo from the Laval police department shows Adele Sorella.
Jimmy Butler trade to Philadelphia 76ers completed
Minnesota Timberwolves' Jimmy Butler dribbles the ball against the Cleveland Cavaliers during the fourth quarter of a game at the Target Center, in Minneapolis, Minn., on Oct. 19, 2018.
Stan Lee, creator of Spider-Man and other Marvel superheroes, dies at 95
Stan Lee, former president and chairman of Marvel Comics and co-creator of Spiderman and many other fictional comic book characters, sits in his hotel room in Vancouver, in an Aug. 18, 2010, file photo.
Bombardier, Alstom land $448-million contract to build Montreal subway trains
A new Montreal metro car is unveiled at Bombardier Transport, Monday, November 25, 2013 in La Pocatiere, Que.
Ina Garten wants to help you cook like a pro
Ina Garten.
U.S. utility stocks slump as California wildfires leave hundreds missing
Flames climb trees as the Camp Fire tears through Paradise, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 8.
Alcohol Advent calendars: The boozy way to count down to the holidays
Beppi Crosariol
Ron White’s revamped Toronto flagship caters to the well-heeled
Ron White at Toronto's Manulife Centre.
Both sides in Canada Post labour dispute still ‘far apart,’ rotating strikes to resume Tuesday, union says
A mail box is seen outside a Canada Post office in Halifax.
China’s unjustifiable camps are a human-rights disgrace
A protester from the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China displays a photo of Uyghur prisoners on Sept. 2, 2018.
Thyssenkrupp plans to install Daimler’s outgoing CFO as chairman: sources
Bodo Uebber, CFO of Daimler AG, attends the car maker's annual news conference in Stuttgart, Germany, on Feb. 2, 2017.
The downside of working remotely: It can make you sick
Dan Schawbel, author
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi loses another honour as Amnesty International strips Ambassador of Conscience title
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi speaks in Singapore on Nov. 12, 2018.
Regional theme parks extend the thrill
A Lego replica, made from more than 130,000 bricks, of the Legoland theme park under development in Goshen, N.Y.
Toronto-based platform TradeRev offers a transparent alternative for buying and selling used cars
Kevin Bavelaar's Auto Showplace used car lot in Norh York, October 10, 2014. (J.P. Moczulski for The Globe and Mail)
Even in winter, surf’s up in the Canadian Maritimes
White Point Beach Resort in Nova Scotia offers white surfing lessons.
Spare yourself work in the kitchen this holiday season by prepping party platters
Brunch Board.
Melanie Raabe, author of The Stranger Upstairs, on the books that have shaped her
Why aren’t we eating more goat meat?
Goat meat.
Baha Mar’s Rosewood brings a new taste of luxury to the Bahamas
One of the Rosewood’s two swimming pools meanders past daybed-equipped pergolas.
France to embed regulators at Facebook to monitor efforts to fight hate speech
Facebook's founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg meets with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace after the Tech for Good summit in Paris on May 23, 2018.
A stable Libya, a safer world: World leaders target hotbed of terrorism and rampant migration
A Carabinieri (Italian paramilitary) officer patrols the area next to Villa Igiea, the site of an international conference on Libya, in Palermo, Italy, on Nov. 12, 2018.
The demise of pipeline stocks is vastly exaggerated. Here’s why it’s now a perfect time to invest
Gordon Pape
The close: Dow falls over 600 points as Apple, Goldman Sachs send Wall Street tumbling
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Nov. 9.
Tyrants and rebels on the bookshelves
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