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Elizabeth DeShong is in a revival of Rossini's 'Semiramide'
This image released by the MetropolitanOpera shows American mezzo-soprano Elizabeth DeShong as the Assyrian warrior Arsace in Rossini's "Semiramide," which is enjoying a rare revival at the Metropolitan Opera and will be broadcast Live in HD to movie theaters worldwide this Saturday. (Ken Howard/MetropolitanOpera via AP)
Albania to vet police to clean ranks of crime and corruption
Japanese volcano erupts, grounding dozens of flights
A column of volcanic smoke rises from the crater on the Shinmoedake volcano after its eruption in Kirishima, southern Japan, on March 6, 2018.
Trial to begin in case of journalist killed in submarine
Toronto police allege four men involved in ‘sophisticated’ mortgage fraud
Airbus wants to make C Series profitable by lowering supplier prices
Canadian Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard, center, visits Airbus in Toulouse, southwestern France, Tuesday March 6, 2018. Airbus intends to pressure suppliers for Bombardier's C Series jets to lower their prices in an effort to make its new partnership with the Quebec aircraft manufacturer profitable. (AP Photo/Fred Scheiber)
Trump economic aide Cohn departs after trade disagreement
President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, March 5, 2018, in Washington. Trump is denying his White House is chaotic but says more staff will leave as he seeks “perfection.” Trump tweets Tuesday: “People will always come & go, and I want strong dialogue before making a final decision. I still have some people that I want to change (always seeking perfection). There is no Chaos, only great Energy!” (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Soros rejects claims by Slovak PM he interferes in Slovakia
Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico issues a statement on the current political situation in Bratislava Monday, March 5, 2018. A political storm in Slovakia deepened Monday, with Prime Minister Robert Fico accusing the country's president of destabilizing the country in the wake of the slayings of an investigative journalist and his fiancee.( Dano Veselský/TASR via AP)
Romania court nixes law allowing officials to own business
How an average anxious investor can absorb volatile markets
People are stressed with the stock market.
Decades-old accidental DC deaths reclassified as homicides
France wants a stop to sexist stereotypes in advertising
Canopy Growth among bidders for Spain’s Alcaliber: source
Workers produce medical marijuana at Canopy Growth’s Tweed facility in Smiths Falls, Ont., Feb. 12, 2018.
Plane and train maker Bombardier raising $638.4 million in share offering
In this Monday, Oct. 19, 2015, file photo, a worker walks in front of a sign at Boeing's 737 delivery center at Boeing Field in Seattle. Bombardier Inc. is raising $638.4 million in an offering of shares as the company continues to turnaround plan. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Ted S. Warren
The Latest: North Carolina city releases documents beating
Greek court rejects Turkish extradition request
FILE- In this Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017 file photo Turks escorted by anti-terror police arrive at a court in Athens. A Greek court has rejected Tuesday , March 6, 2018, a Turkish extradition request for the second of nine Turkish citizens alleged to be left-wing militants who were arrested in Athens late last year, days before a visit to Greece by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Turkey has sought the extradition of Naci Ozpolat, 48, a Turkish citizen of Kurdish origin, on charges of assisting a terrorist organization.(AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis, File)
Canada will meet climate targets despite emissions gap: McKenna
Environment Minister Catherine McKenna listens to a question during a press conference on the government's environmental and regulatory reviews, in the National Press Theatre in Ottawa on Feb. 8, 2018.
Safe return of Rohingya ‘impossible’ amid violence, forced starvations: UN
In this Jan. 24, 2018, file photo, Muslim Rohingya refugees carry their belongings after arriving at Balukhali refugee camp in Bangladesh.
Dennis Oland's case put over until next week for pretrial conferences
Dennis Oland arrives at Court of Queen’s Bench in Saint John on Jan. 3, 2017.
Scientists hope to save northern white rhino from extinction
Keeper Zachariah Mutai attends to Fatu, one of only two female northern white rhinos left in the world, in the pen where she is kept for observation, at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Laikipia county in Kenya Friday, March 2, 2018.
Extreme weather, forest loss behind sharp drop in monarch butterfly sightings
In this July 22, 2004, file photo, a monarch butterfly relaxes on a flower in the butterfly pavilion at the Elkton Community Education Center in Elkton, Ore.
Greece seeks EU, NATO help over soldiers arrested in Turkey
Sotiria Theocharidi, Greece's Consul in Edirne, left, arrives at the courthouse in Edirne, Turkey, Monday, March 5, 2018. Lawyers have formally appealed for the release of two arrested Greek soldiers from custody. The two were arrested last week for allegedly entering a Turkish military zone and on suspicion of attempted espionage. Greece said the two soldiers - a lieutenant and a sergeant - accidentally strayed into Turkey during a patrol of the Greek-Turkish border due to bad weather.(AP Photo/Ergin Yildiz)
UAE now requires licenses for 'social media influencers'
Man forces son to run to school in the rain for bullying
Greater Montreal home sales rise 5 per cent from a year ago
A sold sign is shown on the west island of Montreal, Nov. 4, 2017.
Before the Bell: Wall Street, Bay Street futures higher on Trump trade opposition
UN probe: Russia behind deadly airstrike on Syrian market
Brazilian Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, Chairperson of the Commission of Inquiry on Syria, speaks during a press conference, about th report of the Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic covering the period from July 2017 to end January 2018, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday, March 6, 2018. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)
Spy swap: A look at the 4 Russians freed in 2010 exchange
Police officer secures the area as a police tent covers the the spot in Salisbury, England, Tuesday, March 6, 2018, where former Russian spy double agent Sergei Skripal and his companion were found critically ill Sunday following exposure to an "unknown substance". 66-year old Skripal, and unidentified woman companion are being treated in hospital, after they were found unconscious on the park bench.(AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
Catalan parliament to vote on regional leader next week
Bicycle-riding suicide bomber kills 3 in northeast Nigeria
Northern Ireland party rejects EU plans on Ireland border
Leader of the Democratic Unionist Party Arlene Foster, left, speaks with European Union chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier prior to a meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels on Tuesday, March 6, 2018. (Yves Herman, Pool Photo via AP)
Brendan Leipsic stars in overtime as Canucks down Islanders
Vancouver Canucks forward Brendan Leipsic (9) celebrates his goal against New York Islanders goaltender Jaroslav Halak (41) during overtime at Rogers Arena, Vancouver, March 5, 2018.
Scoring touch returns for Klefbom, Lucic in Oilers’ OT win against Coyotes
Edmonton Oilers defensemen Oscar Klefbom (77) scores the overtime winning goal against Arizona Coyotes goaltender Darcy Kuemper (35) at Rogers Place, Edmonton, March 5, 2018.
Greater Montreal home sales up 5% from February 2017, as active listing drop
Cranes are shown next to a sign advertising property 'on sale now' on the side of a new housing development in Griffintown, Montreal, Saturday, November 4, 2017. The Greater Montreal Real Estate Board says home sales in the region grew five per cent year-over-year in February, as the number of active listings dropped 17 per cent.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
CEO for a day: Learning lessons in leadership from Purolator’s John Ferguson
Vanessa Lin spent the day shadowing Purolator CEO John Ferguson on Feb. 23, 2018.
Report: Building in Poland collapsed after man killed wife
A city guard, left, and a rescuer walk with a little dog saved from the rubble of an apartment bloc that has collapsed killing several people in the western city of Poznan, Poland, Monday, March 5, 2018. Firefighters and rescuers with dogs have been searching in sub-freezing temperatures through the debris of the building in the western city of Poznan after it collapsed early Sunday. (AP Photo/Str)
Karlsson scores in overtime to lift Senators over Stars
Dallas Stars center Jason Spezza (90) and Ottawa Senators defenseman Erik Karlsson (65) chase the puck during the third period at the American Airlines Center, March 5, 2018.
US greets talk of NK nuke concessions with hope, skepticism
South Korean delegation head, National Security Director Chung Eui-yong, right, speaks to the media at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, March 6, 2018. The delegation led by Chung returned to the South Tuesday after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held an "openhearted talk" with the envoys. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Japanese volcano erupts, dozens of flights grounded
A column of volcanic smoke rises from the crater on the Shinmoedake volcano after its eruption in Kirishima, southern Japan, Tuesday, March 6, 2018. The volcano erupted violently several times Tuesday, shooting up ash and smoke up to 2,300 meters (7,500 feet) in its biggest explosion since 2011, the Meteorological Agency said.
Morning update: Trump waves threat of steel tariffs over NAFTA talks; Sixties Scoop deal in jeopardy
Donald Trump plans steep tariffs on foreign imports of steel and aluminum.
Loblaw adds cricket powder to its PC line
A Loblaws store is seen in Montreal on March 9, 2015.
North Korea open to denuclearization, ready for talks with U.S., South says
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is seen at Pyongyang Pharmaceutical Factory in Pyongyang in this undated photo.
Target's remake is accelerating, at a cost
FILE- This May 3, 2017, file photo shows the Target logo on a store in Upper Saint Clair, Pa. Target Corp. reports financial results on Tuesday, March 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
The Latest: Shooting victim plans to sue county, school
Nude model, photographer plead guilty to disorderly conduct
Contaminated food in South Africa kills 180 in last year
Oland has pre-trial conference ahead of second murder trial in death of father
Dennis Oland arrives at Court of Queen's Bench in Saint John, N.B. on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017. The case against Dennis Oland returns to a New Brunswick courtroom today for pre-trial conferences ahead of his retrial for the murder of his father. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
Bugs in the grocery aisle; Loblaw adds cricket powder to its PC line
Roasted crickets are shown at the Entomo Farms cricket processing facility in Norwood Ont., Monday, April 4, 2016. Loblaw Companies Ltd. is adding cricket powder to its lineup of President's Choice products. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Thornhill
Brother objects as man who killed grandparents, mother in 2015 gains more freedom
Codey Reginald Hennigar is taken from court in Dartmouth, N.S. on Friday, Jan. 9, 2015. A mentally ill Nova Scotia man who killed his mother and two grandparents will go before a review committee today to see if he will be allowed more freedom. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
WWII aircraft carrier found in Coral Sea by Allen expedition
FILE - In this 1942 file photo, crew abandons the USS Lexington after the decks of the aircraft carrier sunk in the Battle of the Coral Sea during World War II. A piece of prized World War II U.S. naval history, the wreckage of the aircraft carrier USS Lexington, which was sunk by the Japanese in a crucial sea battle, was discovered by an expedition funded by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen on Sunday, March 4, 2018. (U.S. Navy via AP)
Dutch intel agency: Volume, complexity of cyberattacks rises
Toronto police allege four men involved in 'sophisticated' mortgage fraud
Toronto-area home prices, sales volume in February down from 2017 record highs
Condominiums are seen under construction in front of the skyline in Toronto, Ont., on Tuesday October 31, 2017. Canada's largest real estate board says home sales in the Greater Toronto Area fell nearly 35 per cent year-over-year in February, as selling prices dropped more than 12 per cent. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mark Blinch
EgyptAir passenger on Muscat-Cairo flight assaults crew
Rudeness is the new norm on Canada’s busy urban routes
Traffic piles up on the Gardiner Expressway as commuters head home during the evening rush hour in Toronto, Ont. March 14, 2011.
Toronto home prices climb on heels of tougher mortgage rules
In this file photo, a realtor's 'sold' sign stands outside this home in Toronto.
March 6: ‘Absolutely unacceptable’ as a strategy. Plus other letters to the editor
Justin Trudeau
Leaders and HR need to step up their game to prevent sexual harassment
Janet Candido.
Report rebukes Portugal for poor progress against corruption
10 Things to Know for Today
Tuesday’s TSX breakouts: Marijuana stocks are rebounding ahead of provincial announcements
A cannabis plant is shown in southwest Quebec on Oct. 8, 201
The Latest: Aston Martin combines luxury and electric power
The Volkswagen I.D. Buzz is presented during the press day at the 88th Geneva International Motor Show in Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday, March 6, 2018. The Motor Show will open its gates to the public from March 8 to 18 presenting more than 180 exhibitors and more than 110 world and European premieres. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP)
Lego struggles to boost sales after 13 years of growth
UN official: Myanmar violence precludes return of Rohingya
FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2018, file photo, Muslim Rohingya refugee who were staying in no-man's land at Bandarban between Myanmar and Bangladesh border carry their belongings to new locations after arriving at Balukhali refugee camp 50 kilometers (32 miles) from Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. U.N. Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Andrew Gilmour said in a statement Tuesday, March 6, 2018, that it is “impossible” to send Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh safely back to Myanmar because it appears that widespread and systematic violence against them inside Myanmar, amounting to ethnic cleaning, is continuing. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)
Tuesday’s Insider Report: BMO CFO is selling
The Bank of Montreal headquarters in Toronto.
Sri Lanka blocks social media as anti-Muslim rioting flares
Sri Lankan army soldiers look on from an armed personnel carrier in Digana, a suburb of Kandy, Sri Lanka, March 6, 2018. Buddhist mobs swept through the town on Monday, burning at least 11 Muslim-owned shops and homes. Sri Lanka's president declared a state of emergency Tuesday amid fears that anti-Muslim attacks in the central hill town could spread. (AP Photo/Pradeep Pathiran)
Tuesday's small-cap stocks to watch
Singapore company cancels blue diamond initial coin offering
In this Sunday, March 4, 2018, photo, Karan Tilani, director of the World of Diamonds Group, uses a loupe to examine the 2.08-carat Jane Seymour blue diamond ring which his company designed and owns. The Singapore-based company called off a $2 million initial coin offering backed by the 2.08-carat blue diamond that gave investors a chance at a raffle for a luxury dinner. The event's organizer, V Diamonds, said Tuesday, March 6, 2018 that it would process thousands of refunds for investors who bought tokens for an ownership stake in the ring. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
What's fresh at McDonald's? The beef in some burgers
Museum denies Picasso painting was stolen by the Nazis
Tow truck drivers toil at the intersection of human nature, Mother Nature and danger
Operating a tow truck is considered one of the most dangerous jobs in North America, but a new Ontario law aims to reduce the risk.
National pharmacare is possible – but it won’t come easy
André Picard
Number of Ontario professors over 65 rises, under 45 falls, study finds
Students fill a lecture hall at York University. Seventy-one is the new 65 for a growing number of professors at Ontario’s universities who are staying in the classroom past the traditional retirement age, according to a new report.
Blame Canada! New lyrics (and sober analysis) for America’s assault on its beady-eyed friends
Greek railway workers, taxi drivers stage strikes
Two street vendors carry their goods as they walk across a rail crossing during a strike of Greece's railway, in Athens, Tuesday, March 6, 2018. All Greek train routes have been suspended for the day as railway workers stage a 24-hour strike to protest the privatization of the rolling stock maintenance company and demand the hiring of more stuff. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
EU lawmaker says any counter-tariffs should 'really hurt' US
NATO chief plans military academies for Iraqi forces
The Latest: UK politicians could skip World Cup in Russia
Polish official denies US sanctioning over Holocaust law
FILE _ in this file photo dated Thursday, March 1, 2018, Deputy Foreign Minister of Poland Bartosz Cichocki, speaks during a meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem. Cichocki denied reports Tuesday March 6, 2018, that the U.S. is punishing Poland over a controversial new Holocaust law, which imposes prison sentences for falsely and intentionally attributing the crimes of Nazi Germany to Poland. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, FILE)
In the news today, March 6
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau walks with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017. Trudeau has told Trump that his threatened tariffs on steel and aluminum imports will not make a new NAFTA deal happen sooner. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
The Latest: UN chief encouraged by Koreas' agreement to meet
Sudan's envoy returns to Cairo in a sign of improved ties
Scientists hope to save northern white rhino from extinction
FILE - In this Friday, July 28, 2017 file photo, wildlife ranger Zachariah Mutai takes care of Sudan, the world's last male northern white rhino, at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Laikipia county in Kenya. The health of 45-year-old Sudan is deteriorating and his minders said Thursday, March 1, 2018 that his "future is not looking bright." (AP Photo/Joe Mwihia, File)
The Latest: UN chief urges Syria parties to begin cease-fire
This photo released by the Syrian Red Crescent shows civilians gathering near a convoy of vehicles of the Syrian Red Crescent in Douma, eastern Ghouta, a suburb of Damascus, Syria, Monday, March. 5, 2018. Desperate for food and medicine, Syrian civilians in the war-ravaged eastern suburbs of Damascus hoped for relief Monday as a 46-truck aid convoy began entering the rebel stronghold, the first such shipment in months. (Syrian Red Crescent via AP)
Ontario to bring in 'pay transparency' bill aimed at closing gender wage gap
Canada will meet climate targets despite emissions gap: Environment minister
Minister of Environment and Climate Change Catherine McKenna listens to a question during a press conference on the government's environmental and regulatory reviews related to major projects, in the National Press Theatre in Ottawa on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Extreme weather, forest loss behind sharp drop in monarch butterfly spottings
In this July 22, 2004, file photo, a monarch butterfly relaxes on a flower in the butterfly pavilion at the Elkton Community Education Center in Elkton, Ore. Scientists on Monday said the number of Monarch Butterflies which will start their annual, 5000-kilometre migration north to end up in Canadian gardens and wild flower patches this summer is down sharply thanks to extreme weather last fall. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Michelle Alaimo/The News-Review via AP, File
Ontario to introduce ‘pay transparency’ legislation
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne speaks during a town hall meeting in Ottawa, on Jan. 18, 2018.
China cites support for ending presidential term limits
Chinese President Xi Jinping is shown on a news broadcast of the opening session of the National People's Congress in a restaurant in Shanghai, China, Monday, March 5, 2018. (AP Photo)
Russian plane crash in Syria kills 39 servicemen
China asks for hold on UN ban of North Korea traders
FILE - This Feb. 16, 2018, file photo released by Japan's Ministry of Defense, shows what it says is North Korean-flagged tanker Yu Jong 2, bottom, and Min Ning De You 078 lying alongside in the East China Sea performing a ship-to-ship transfer. China's government said Tuesday, March 6, 2018, it asked for a temporary hold on a U.S. request for United Nations sanctions against ships accused of violating trade restrictions on North Korea while it studies what entities are involved. (Ministry of Defense via AP, File)
France wants to set 15 as minimum age for sexual consent
Australia and East Timor sign maritime border treaty
This undated map provided by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade shows Australia's maritime arrangements with East Timor. Australia and East Timor will sign a treaty that draws the first-ver maritime border between the neighbors, resolving years of bitter wrangling with a deal that carves up billions of dollars of oil and gas riches that lie beneath the Timor Sea. Australia and its impoverished half-island neighbor will ink the agreement at the United Nations in New York on Tuesday, March 5, 2018, putting to rest a dispute that has dominated and soured relations since 2002 when East Timor emerged as a fledgling sovereign nation independent of Indonesia.(Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade via AP)
Biologists turn to citizens, DNA to count urban Alaska moose
In this Friday, Feb. 23, 2018, photo, graduate student Nicole DeLuca removes the cap of a dart fired into the side of a moose to obtain a DNA sample in Anchorage, Alaska. Flight rules over the city prevent the Alaska Department of Fish and Game from conducting traditional aerial surveys of moose so the department is experimenting with new methods, including the tracking of moose year to year by identifying them with DNA. (AP Photo/Dan Joling)
Kobe Steel chief steps down over massive fake data scandal
Police: Florida man pointed 2 guns during road rage incident
Child marriages decline, led by big fall in South Asia
In this April 17, 2017 photo, an underaged bride, right, stands with family members during her marriage at a Hindu temple near Rajgarh, Madhya Pradesh state, India.. A significant fall in child marriages in South Asia has reduced the rate of marriage for girls globally, the U.N. children's agency said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Prakash Hatvalne)
Property rights questions dominate RCMP town hall in Biggar, Sask.
RCMP Staff Sergeant Greg Abbott speaks to community members during an RCMP town hall in Biggar, Sask. on Monday, March 5, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam Richards
China's chief economic planner says growth target can be met
Women take an elevator at a newly opened up-scale shopping mall in Beijing, Tuesday, March 6, 2018. China's top economic official set a robust growth target Monday and promised more market opening and cuts in a bloated steel industry that has inflamed trade tensions with Washington and Europe. The growth target of "around 6.5 percent" announced by Premier Li Keqiang to China's ceremonial legislature, little-changed from last year, would be among the world's strongest if achieved. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Washington becomes 1st state to approve net-neutrality rules
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee speaks after signing a bill Monday, March 5, 2018, in Olympia, Wash., that makes Washington the first state to set up its own net-neutrality requirements in response to the Federal Communications Commission's recent repeal of Obama-era rules. The FCC voted in December to gut U.S. rules that meant to prevent broadband companies such as Comcast, AT&T and Verizon from exercising more control over what people watch and see on the internet. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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