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Barrick eyes hostile bid as Newmont set to become No. 1 gold producer
This undated file photo shows Barrick Goldstrike Mines' Betze-Post open pit near Carlin, Nev. A Barrick acquisition of Newmont would finally see the two mining giants join forces in Nevada.
Gallagher snags first career hat trick as Canadiens best Flyers 5-1
Montreal Canadiens forward Brendan Gallagher celebrates with teammates after scoring against the Philadelphia Flyers at Bell Centre on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019.
Leafs can’t solve Holtby in loss to Capitals
David Shoalts
‘It’s made me a stronger person’: Gryphons’ sprinter recalls journey from Zimbabwe to Guelph
Canadian sprinter Kudakwashe Murasiranwa is photographed at the Gryphon Fieldhouse at the University of Guelph on Feb. 20 2019.
Schneider makes 30 saves as Devils shrug off short-handed Sens squad
New Jersey Devils goaltender Cory Schneider falls to the ice while reaching to defend against Ottawa Senators left winger Brady Tkachuk in Newark, N.J., on Feb. 21, 2019.
Toronto Community Housing CEO fired over ‘tainted’ $1.3-million consultant’s contract
49 and 51 Bradstone Square, Toronto Community Housing building is pictured on on Friday February 23, 2018. Photo: Chris Young/The Globe and Mail.
Lawyers coaching B.C. doctors to avoid injury caps under new auto insurance rules
Canada downs Chile in FIBA World Cup qualifier
Canada's Phil Scrubb drives the ball down court as Chile's Sebastian Silva defends during FIBA World Cup basketball action in St. John's on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019.
DeRozan’s homecoming a reminder of just how weird and personal he made the trade
Cathal Kelly
Israel’s first lunar lander begins skyward journey aboard SpaceX rocket
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off with Israel's Lunar Lander and an Indonesian communications satellite at space launch complex 40, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. An Israeli spacecraft blasted off to the moon in an attempt to make the country’s first lunar landing, following a launch Thursday night by SpaceX. (AP Photo/Terry Renna)
B.C. authority on substance use recommends retail heroin sales
Dean Wilson, a BCCSU peer engagement lead, in Vancouver, B.C. on Feb. 21, 2019.
Condition of Syrian refugee father injured in fatal Halifax house fire improves
Ebraheim Barho, 39, is shown with his wife Kawthar and seven children upon arrival in Canada on Sept. 29, 2017, at the Halifax airport.
Canada’s Mark Arendz wins silver in biathlon individual at world championships
Canada's Mark Arendz crosses the finish line during the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Paralympic Games on March 18, 2018.
B.C. Legislature committee approves probe into officials’ alleged misconduct
British Columbia House Speaker Darryl Plecas pauses prior to Lieutenant-Governor Janet Austin delivering the Speech from the Throne in the B.C. Legislature in Victoria, B.C., on Feb. 12, 2019.
Toronto police charge man in two homicides seven months apart
Parliamentary Budget Officer says the government saved tens of billions by abandoning old Pensions Act for disabled veterans
Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux pose for a portrait November 14, 2018 - Globe and Mail Robert Fife. DAVE CHAN / THE GLOBE AND MAIL
CFL awards 2020 Grey Cup game to Regina, 2021 contest to Hamilton
CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie addresses the media a news conference at Grey Cup week in Edmonton, on Nov. 23, 2018.
Former Canadian envoy to Venezuela recounts human cost of crisis
Venezuelans leaving their country through the Simon Bolivar international bridge in San Antonio del Tachira, Venezuela, on the border with Colombia, on Feb. 21, 2019.
Instead of helping, Michael Wernick may have hindered the Trudeau government in SNC-Lavalin affair
John Ibbitson
Ottawa won’t speed up Huawei debate, despite Mike Pompeo’s threat
Transport Minister Marc Garneau during a news conference at the airport in Ottawa, on Dec. 17, 2018.
Canada co-ordinates with U.S., Mexico to prevent swine fever’s arrival
FILE PHOTO: Pigs are seen in a piggery at a village near Warsaw April 10, 2014. Poland has asked the European Union to intervene in a spat over Russia banning imports of Polish pork and says that the case could be taken up by the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Russia suspended imports in February, citing concerns that cases of African swine fever among wild boars in Poland could spread to farmed pigs. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/File Photo
Province won’t commit to public inquiry into Bruce McArthur case until after judge’s review
Globe editorial: Was it undue pressure? The government’s SNC-Lavalin answers raise new questions
Clerk of the Privy Council Michael Wernick waits to appear before the Justice Committee meeting in Ottawa, Ont, on Thursday Feb. 21, 2019.
Canada’s top public servant worries ‘somebody is going to be shot’ during fall election campaign
Privy Council Clerk Michael Wernick waits to testify before the House of Commons justice committee in Ottawa on Feb. 21, 2019.
Jim Prentice’s widow among relatives suing private jet operator for fatal crash
Karen Prentice, the widow of Jim Prentice, speaks at the unveiling of the official portrait of the former Alberta premier in Edmonton, Alta., on Feb. 4, 2019.
Canadian ambassador to U.S. expects Trump will lift steel, aluminum tariffs in ‘next few weeks’
Canada's Ambassador to the Unitied States David MacNaughton attends a business luncheon in Montreal, Wednesday, November 16, 2016. MacNaughton says he's hearing complaints from some Americans about the pain caused by Ottawa's retaliation against the Trump administration's steel and aluminum tariffs. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
Former Edmonton CFL executive to run for United Conservatives in Alberta vote
Then CEO and president of the Eskimos Len Rhodes speaks to reporters in Edmonton in November, 2012.
Vancouver-area mayors seek assurances that SNC-Lavalin won’t be guaranteed to get UBC-line work
A SkyTrain travels through east Vancouver, on Oct. 22, 2018.
Huawei promises to keep intellectual property in Canada as it makes PR push amid security review
Huawei’s global chairman Liang Hua, centre, sits with Huawei Canada president Eric Li, second left, and R&D Huawei Canada president Christian Chua, far right, during a media roundtable event in Toronto, on Feb. 21, 2019.
U.S. to leave ‘a small peacekeeping group’ of 200 in Syria after withdrawal
American troops stare out over a berm near Manbij, Syria, on Feb. 7, 2018.
Ontario lobbyists fear loss of access unless they sell Ford fundraiser tickets
Ontario Premier Doug Ford speaks at the Economic Club of Canada in Toronto on Monday, January 21, 2019. Major health-care reform, policing changes and an inaugural budget with a deeper look into the government's austerity agenda are on tap at the Ontario legislature as politicians return Tuesday from a winter break. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Waterfront Toronto executives deny Liberal involvement in selecting Sidewalk Labs for smart-city proposal
Meg Davis is the Chief Development Officer for Waterfront Toronto.
Streetwise newsletter: Brookfield Financial loses two top partners; the latest on Quadriga’s missing money
A sign on Bay St. noting the area is the Financial District, is photographed on July 10 2017. (Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail)
Kenyan court set to rule on whether to scrap anti-LGBTQ laws
Members of the public fill the courtroom as the High Court in Nairobi begins hearing arguments in a case challenging parts of the penal code seen as targeting the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities.
Hudson’s Bay Company to close all Home Outfitters stores and some Saks Off 5th locations
Entrance to Home Outfitter in Victoria, B.C., on March 5, 2004.
In the English town that pottery built, workers fear Brexit will shatter a way of life
Sharon Yates, who comes from a long line of British ceramic workers in the town of Stoke, stands in front of kilns from a factory that has now been turned into a museum.
When kids dread recess, we have a problem
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Brookfield Financial loses two top partners in New York and London
Brookfield Place in Lower Manhattan at the World Financial Center in New York, Nov. 30, 2015.
Brooke Henderson three shots back after opening round of LPGA Thailand
Brooke Henderson fired a 6-under 66 in the opening round of Honda LPGA Thailand on Thursday.
Changes in 2018 that may affect your tax filings
Tim Cestnick
New Loblaw pricing strategy restricts quarterly sales but improves profit margins
A man leaves a Loblaws store in Toronto on May 3, 2018.
Nike hit with social media storm after star U.S. college basketball player injured when shoe split during game
Duke Blue Devils forward Zion Williamson grimaces after his left Nike shoe split in the middle of a key U.S. college basketball game.
Small-cap stars on the rise: The little-known TSX Venture stocks with eye-popping returns
The TSX Venture Exchange released its annual Venture 50, showing the fastest-growing stocks in the Canadian small-cap ranks, on Feb. 21, 2019.
Gerrard Alexander L’Orange was an irreverent prankster but serious about design
Gerrard Alexander L’Orange.
Dividend investors: There’s a freight boom coming down the track
A CN locomotive makes it's way through the CN Taschereau yard in Montreal, Que., on Nov., 28, 2009.
Montreal duo cataloguing and preserving Quebec’s kitsch heritage
The Orange Julep in Montreal is a good example of kitsch architecture.
Canadian survivor shares story of abuse with church officials ahead of Vatican summit
Members of Ending Clergy Abuse (ECA), a global organization of prominent survivors and activists hold a cross during a demonstration by the Castel Sant'Angelo in Rome on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019.
Lexpert: Cryptocurrency may be today’s darling, but regulators are struggling to keep up with their evolution
Quebec says former SNC-Lavalin vice-president Sami Bebawi owes $11-million in back taxes
Former SNC-Lavalin vice-president Sami Bebawi leaves a courtroom in Montreal on Feb. 15.
Jurors deliberate case of Montreal man charged with killing ailing wife
Michel Cadotte, accused of second-degree murder in the 2017 death of his ailing wife in what has been described as a mercy killing, heads to the courtroom to hear final arguments Feb. 19, 2019 in Montreal.
Province mulls vaccination registry in wake of measles outbreak
A health worker prepares a syringe with a vaccine against measles in Rio de Janeiro on Aug. 6, 2018.
Finding the middle ground in the new Cold War
President Donald Trump arrives on Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on Feb. 8, 2019.
Why investors need to pay attention to Friday’s Canadian retail sales report
Scott Barlow
Canopy, Couche-Tard team up to sell recreational cannabis in Ontario
A marijuana growth room at the new visitors' centre at Canopy Growths Tweed facility in Smiths Falls, Ont., on Aug. 23, 2018.
Alberta to overhaul photo radar program to focus on safety, not money
Félix Auger-Aliassime of Montreal reaches first Tour 500 quarter-finals at Rio Open
Félix Auger-Aliassime at the Rio Open tennis tournament.
GrowLife expands to Canada with cannabis cloning cubes
Walmart and Whole Foods end ‘ugly produce’ tests, suggesting trend may have limits
A carrot for sale at Imperfect Produce in Severn, Md., on Nov. 13, 2018. The company delivers fruit and vegetables that have been rejected by grocery stores for not fitting cosmetic standards.
Green Book, and the reality of black musicians touring the U.S. south
Peter Farrelly’s Green Book is up for five awards at Sunday’s Oscars, including best picture, best actor (Viggo Mortensen, left) and best supporting actor (Mahershala Ali, right).
Pinterest confidentially files for IPO: report
FILE PHOTO: A portrait of the Pinterest logo in Ventura, California December 21, 2013.
Evening Update: Justice minister, Clerk of the Privy Council speak with justice committee
Privy Council Clerk Michael Wernick waits to testify before the House of Commons justice committee in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada February 21, 2019. REUTERS/Chris Wattie
Zebra stripes may serve to ward off flies, British and U.S. scientists suggest
Scientists from the University of Bristol in England and the University of California, Davis, drape a striped coat over a horse to test a hypothesis about the evolution of zebra stripes.
Trudeau chief of staff Katie Telford targeted in ex-Israel envoy’s lawsuit
Katie Telford, 2015 National Campaign Co-Chair speaks at the 2016 Liberal Biennial Convention in Winnipeg on Friday, May 27, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
Roma is a great film – but an Oscars win would be a loss for the movies
Konrad Yakabuski
Cat Lake First Nation to receive more than $10-million from Ottawa to fund housing
Indigenous Services Minister Seamus O'Regan addresses the media following a swearing in ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on Jan. 14, 2019.
Why wealth is what you don’t actually see, an 8% yield that’s safe, and is SNC-Lavalin a buy right now?
Last week, Ontario said it would join five other provinces in a co-ordinated effort to loosen the rules for companies looking to raise money through online crowdfunding platforms and open up equity crowdfunding to all investors.
List: Ontario’s prospective retailers
Oland trial witness’s testimony cannot pinpoint timing of multimillionaire’s death
Dennis Oland heads to the Law Courts in Saint John on Jan. 29, 2019 as his trial in the bludgeoning death of his millionaire father, Richard Oland, continues.
Around the industry for Feb. 22
Discovering I had Marfan syndrome made me rethink my life
Illustration by Rachel Wada.
Review: Germany’s Oscar contender Never Look Away does not warrant the advice of its title
Tom Schilling as Kurt Barnert and Paula Beer as Ellie Seeband in Never Look Away.
Short sales on the TSX: What bearish investors are betting against
Financial numbers flow on the digital ticker tape at the TMX Group in Toronto's financial district on May 9, 2014.
Venezuela’s Maduro closes border with Brazil in bid to block humanitarian aid
Accompanied by military high command, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro conducts a special broadcast at Tiuana Fort in Caracas on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019.
Manitoba children’s advocate urges province to end long solitary confinement for youth
Manitoba Advocate For Children & Youth Daphne Penrose addresses a news conference in Winnipeg on Oct.19, 2018. Ms. Penrose is calling for an immediate end to the use of solitary confinement longer than 24 hours of kids in custody in youth jails, following a joint investigation with the provincial Ombudsman.
GM CEO Mary Barra refuses to testify before Commons committee on Oshawa plant closure, future plans
General Motors Chairman and CEO Mary Barra. (File Photo).
AGLC signs on four new LPs; licence freeze remains in effect
Kyle Bell of Numo Cannabis helps a customer decide on his purchase of legal marijuana in Edmonton, Alta., on Wednesday October 17, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
CP Rail CEO Keith Creel criticizes Rachel Notley for mandatory oil production cuts in Alberta
CP Rail president and CEO Keith Creel. (File Photo).
Globally important fossilized footprints found in PEI matched with prehistoric predator
Newmont Mining beats profit expectations on increased gold production, lower costs
Senior refinery technician Vincente Sandoval puts a gold 'button' into a furnace to be further refined to form gold dore bars at Newmont Mining's Carlin gold mine operation near Elko, Nev.., on May 21, 2014.
Philadelphia sues seven big banks, including RBC, alleging bond collusion that costs U.S. municipalities billions
The Royal Bank of Canada and six other big banks are accused of colluding to collect hundreds of millions of dollars in fees they did not earn.
Trudeau’s troubles don’t erase the problems with Scheer
Denise Balkissoon
Top bureaucrat says Trudeau, staff pressed Wilson-Raybould on SNC-Lavalin settlement
Privy Council Clerk Michael Wernick waits to testify before the House of Commons justice committee in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada February 21, 2019. REUTERS/Chris Wattie
Alberta government appoints six new judges to provincial court
The sign at the Calgary Courts Centre in Calgary is shown on Jan. 5, 2018.
New justice minister says it would have been appropriate for PMO to discuss SNC-Lavalin with Wilson-Raybould
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivers remarks to Liberal supporters in Halifax on Feb. 20, 2019.
Federal NDP loses another incumbent as Quebec MP Boutin-Sweet won’t seek re-election
NDP MP Marjolaine Boutin-Sweet rises in the House of Commons in Ottawa on June 3, 2016. The federal NDP is losing another incumbent, as Quebec MP Marjolaine Boutin-Sweet says she will not be seeking re-election later this year. The decision represents the latest blow to the third-place party, which has already seen a slew of MPs leave or announce their decision not to run for another term in October. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Review: How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World reminds us (for the third time) who the real monsters are
Night Fury dragon Toothless and Hiccup (Jay Baruchel) in DreamWorks Animation’s "How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World," directed by Dean DeBlois.
Canadian men’s rugby team looks to rebound against Chile after two losses in ARC play
Rugby Canada men's national team Head Coach Kingsley Jones watches as a video is played after he was introduced as the new coach of the team, in Vancouver, B.C., on Tuesday October 24, 2017. After away losses to Uruguay and Brazil, 21st-ranked Canada hopes to get back on track Friday when it hosts No. 29 Chile in the Americas Rugby Championship. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Developer Stephen Diamond leading contender to chair Waterfront Toronto amid leadership shakeup
This undated photo provided by Sidewalk Toronto shows the eastern waterfront of Toronto.
Cenovus pressing ahead with aggressive plans to move crude by rail, fearing full pipelines
The move by Cenovus is in contrast to peers that have hit the brakes but the Alberta oil producer is betting that pipeline bottlenecks are likely to return.
Port Phillip Quartier Pinot Noir 2016, Australia
Domaine Naturaliste Floris Chardonnay 2015, Australia
Bank of Canada’s path back to neutral interest rates ‘highly uncertain,’ Poloz says
Stephen Poloz, Governor of the Bank of Canada, holds a press conference at the Bank of Canada in Ottawa on January 9, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Piano dei Diani 2015, Italy
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