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Patriots win record-tying sixth Super Bowl in most boring NFL championship game in history
David Shoalts
'I would hate to see you fail’: Human-rights case targets systemic discrimination within OPP
Ontario Provincial Police civilian employees and leaders of the OPP Civilian Association of Managers and Specialists Amanda Weaver, left, and Lee-Anne McFarlane pose for a photo following a hearing at the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario in relation to a gender-based discrimination complaint in Toronto on Dec. 10, 2018.
Alberta opioid overdose fatalities hit record levels last year, data show
New figures show that fentanyl death rates in 2018 continued to rise in Alberta, but at a slower rate.
Vancouver Green Party councillors embrace SkyTrain expansion
A SkyTrain travels past the downtown skyline in Vancouver, in October, 2018.
Beluga whales use ‘acoustic name tags’ to identify themselves within pods, research says
Beluga whales are social and intelligent animals that form lifelong relationships, and having vocal signatures 'is absolutely crucial' for belugas, which live in pods.
Canada says it opposes military intervention in Venezuela as Lima Group meets
Venezuelan opposition leader and self-proclaimed interim president Juan Guaido waves to supporters during a rally against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government in Caracas, Venezuela, on Feb. 2, 2019.
Scotiabank’s MD deal meets resistance from doctors
Oakville, Feb 1, 2019 - (MD FINANCIAL) Paul Healey and his wife Jane Healey both medical doctors, started an online forum for personal finance for physicians called Physician Financial Independence. Lately the Healeyâ??s website which focuses on simplifying personal finance and investments for doctors has been dealing with the fall-out after the firm MD Financial Management an arm of the Canadian Medical Association, (the Canadian doctors go-to wealth manager), was sold to Bank of Nova Scotia for $2.6-billion, last May. â??MD is no longer viewed as an advocate for physicians,â?? Paul explains. Glenn Lowson photo/The Globe and Mail
Rickie Fowler overcomes strange triple bogey to win Phoenix Open
Rickie Fowler poses with the trophy after winning the Waste Management Phoenix Open on Sunday.
Surrey police arrest suspect in SkyTrain shooting
Daon Gordon Glasgow is seen in this undated RCMP handout photo.
Asian stocks hover near four-month highs, U.S. dollar gains against yen on upbeat jobs data
MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was basically unchanged, capped below the four-month peak scaled on Friday.
In a Brantford Tim Hortons, the toll of the opioid crisis is in full view
The exterior of the Tim Hortons coffee shop located at Dalhousie and Queen St. in downtown Brantford, Ont., seen in January, 2019.
Super Bowl ads put strong women front and centre
Serena Williams appeared as spokeswoman for Bumble, which bills itself as a feminist dating app where women make the first move.
China’s services sector moderates in January but still solid: survey
A food vendor waits for customers in Beijing in 2013. China’s sprawling services sector maintained a solid pace of expansion in January even though growth moderated slightly, a private survey showed on Sunday, offering continued support for the world’s second-largest economy as manufacturing cools.
China unveils tax cuts for graduates, low-income workers in stimulus drive
Chinese Finance Minister Liu Kun attends an interview with Reuters at the Ministry of Finance in Beijing in 2018. China will introduce tax breaks for small businesses run by recent graduates and low-income workers, according to a joint ministry announcement, as the country looks to boost spending and offset an economic slowdown.
As California plans cannabis tax cut, Canada says it will maintain its levies
FILE - In this Dec. 27, 2018 file photo a grower at Loving Kindness Farms attends to a crop of young marijuana plants in Gardena, Calif. A group of Democratic state lawmakers are proposing major tax cuts for the marijuana industry to jump-start's California's sluggish legal marketplace. The bill Assemblyman Rob Bonta of Oakland and others introduced Monday, Jan. 28, 2019 would for the next three years eliminate the state's $148 per pound cultivation tax and reduce the state's 15 percent excise tax on retail sales to 11 percent. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)
After diplomatic stand-off, fewer Saudi Arabian students left Canada than initially feared
A year ago at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, there were 156 Saudi Arabian students. Today, there are just four.
Conservatives are revamping media strategy for next election
Federal Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer, speaks at the Nova Scotia PC Party leadership convention in Halifax on Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018. At a rally in Ottawa that same month, Mr. Scheer accused media pundits and academics of being onside with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. He said Conservatives “don’t always get the same kind of coverage in the mainstream media that he has.”
Medical growers look to warmer climates as investors eye efficiencies
Cannabis plants are photographed during the grand opening event for the CannTrust Niagara Greenhouse Facility in Fenwick, Ont., on Tuesday, June 26, 2018. Cannabis cultivators in Pelham, Ont, are getting pushback from local residents due to complaints about odour and light pollution. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Tijana Martin
Liberal and Conservative worldview so close that election isn’t worth hacking
John Ibbitson
B.C. budget will test NDP-Green alliance
Buoyed by the results of the Nanaimo by-election, B.C. Premier John Horgan, seen here on Jan. 30, 2019, says his minority NDP government has a renewed mandate to focus on services for people: Health care, education, child care and housing.
Scott McDonald wins Ontario men’s curling title and Brier place while Rachel Homan wins women’s side
Rachel Homan, centre, won the Ontario women's curling championship and will play in the 2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts
Liberal MP Adam Vaughan apologizes for suggesting to ‘whack’ Premier Ford
Mr. Vaughan, seen above in the House of Commons, was referring to comments Mr. Ford made last week when he suggested full-day kindergarten might not continue after the next school year.
Brooke Henderson pulls out of Australian golf tournament due to illness
Brooke Henderson. (File Photo).
Globe editorial: Let’s make 2019 the year Canada finally gets pharmacare (5)
About 10 per cent of Canadians are believed to lack drug insurance. Another 10 per cent are believed to have inadequate insurance.
Marcus Rashford celebrates 100th EPL game with smashing goal to lift Man U over Leicester 1-0
Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford celebrates after scoring the only goal of the EPL match on Sunday against Leicester City.
HMV receives last-minute offer from Canada’s Sunrise Records: report
A picture shows the signage on the front of an HMV store in central London in December, 2018.
Toronto-area retail chain will test reusable packaging system this year
Goods ranging from Haagen-Dazs ice cream to shampoo, toothbrushes and laundry detergent packaged in specially designed reusable containers will be ordered online from the retailer’s e-commerce site and delivered along with other store purchases. In-store purchases are expected to follow about six months later.
Kawhi Leonard scores 18 points to lift Toronto Raptors over L.A. Clippers 121-103
Toronto Raptors forward Kawhi Leonard drives around L.A. Clippers guard Avery Bradley on Sunday.
French Europe affairs minister says EU competition rules are ‘absurd’
In this file photo taken in October, 2018, German engineering giant Siemens' sign is seen at a company building in Munich Perlach, southern Germany.
Montreal Canadiens hand Edmonton Oilers fifth straight loss after Jonathan Drouin scores overtime winner
Montreal Canadiens forward Jonathan Drouin scored the winning goal against the Edmonton Oilers in overtime on Sunday.
Toronto Wolfpack open rugby league season with win, but York City Knights make it difficult
Toronto Wolfpack hooker Andy Ackers is tackled by several York City Knights during the rugby league match on Sunday.
Derek Ryan, Elias Lindhom, Noah Hanifin lift Calgary Flames to 4-3 victory in their first game back in Carolina
Calgary Flames centre Mikael Backlund tries to deflect a shot past Carolina Hurricanes goaltender Petr Mrazek during Sunday's game in Raleigh.
Grammy-nominated rapper 21 Savage in U.S. immigration custody for deportation hearing
21 Savage performs in 2018.
Venezuela crisis will be a true test of Canada’s leadership in the hemisphere
Venezuela's Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza, middle, talks with the representative of embassy of Panama, member of the Lima Group, Emilio Pascua, second from right, during a meeting to present a protest letter, at the Foreign Ministry in Caracas on Jan. 9, 2019. In taking a leadership role in the Lima Group’s support for a peaceful transition from Nicolas Maduro’s regime in Venezuela to democracy, Canada has seized an opportunity to showcase the validity and importance of a foreign policy based on the promotion of democracy, human-rights accountability and multilateral solutions.
Why Canada isn’t profiting from the U.S.-China trade feud
Barrie McKenna
Shambhala spiritual director urged to ‘take responsibility for the harm he has caused’ following report on misconduct allegations
A photo of Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, the leader of Shambhala International, sits on a throne reserved for him inside the group’s New York centre, on July 9, 2018.
EM’s moment: Last year’s headwinds could be this year’s tailwinds
Regina Chi is vice-president and portfolio manager at AGF Investments Inc.
BCE, Telus cling to Huawei hopes as analysts tally costs of 5G ban
BCE Inc. and Telus Corp. are holding out hope that they will be allowed to use equipment from Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. for their new 5G wireless networks. Bay Street says they should think again.
An increasingly cashless world is forcing banks to improve the penalty box ambiance of their branches
Rob Carrick
U.K. pushing for greater access to Canada’s dairy market in wake of Brexit
Workers package some of the artisinal cheeses at the production facility of Fromagerie Fritz Kaiser in Noyan, Que., in October, 2018.
U.S. boy finds gun under mattress, ‘unintentionally’ shoots pregnant mother in the face: authorities
Pentagon to send 3,750 additional U.S. forces to border with Mexico
In this Nov. 16, 2018, file photo, members of the U.S. military install multiple tiers of concertina wire along the banks of the Rio Grande, near the Juarez-Lincoln Bridge, at the U.S.-Mexico border, in Laredo, Tex.
GM calls Unifor’s Super Bowl commercial misleading, inaccurate
In this file photo taken on Jan. 11, 2005, the corporate logo for the General Motors Corporation is pictured during the North American International Auto Show, in Detroit, Mich.
The Monroe Doctrine may be dead in Latin America, but its ghost still haunts the White House
Michael Shifter.
These are the top three income stocks that bucked the downtrend
The year just ended was a bad one for the market and income stocks did not escape the downturn. Although almost all retained their regular dividends/distributions, many saw their market prices slip. Rising rates were a major contributor to this, negatively affecting interest-sensitive stocks.
After working in venture capital, I vowed to build my company without outside investors
Raising venture capital can act as a double-edged sword for startups. It’s an incredibly powerful tool when used in the right circumstances, but can become entirely counterproductive when sought purely for its conveniences.
All it took for the world to forget Jamal Khashoggi’s murder were Saudi Arabia’s petro-dollars
In this file handout photo provided by the Saudi Royal Palace, Lebanon's Christian Maronite patriarch Beshara Rahi (right) shakes hand with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh in November, 2017.
Man with family mob ties was being watched before his death in Hamilton, investigators say
Conservatives agree to remove attack ad that spoofed ‘Heritage Minute’ format
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer responds to a question during a news conference in Montreal, on Jan. 21, 2019.
Buyers spot value in upsizing from Toronto condo to Vaughan freehold
Done Deal,20 George Kirby St., Vaughan, Ont.
Family holds out hope of finding Quebec teen who disappeared 10 years ago
David Fortin is seen in an undated handout photo.
Israeli PM Netanyahu takes aim at media in new webcast
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a weekly cabinet meeting, in Jerusalem, on Feb. 3, 2019.
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam ignores calls to resign over racist yearbook photo
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam prepares to address a news conference at the Capitol, in Richmond, Va., on Jan. 31, 2019.
Former premier Brian Gallant writes report on language tensions in New Brunswick
New Brunswick Liberal Leader Brian Gallant answers questions from the media at Government House, in Fredericton, on Nov. 2, 2018.
Anti-corruption crusader Nayib Bukele takes strong early lead in El Salvador presidential election
Citizens cast their votes at a polling station in San Salvador, during the Salvadorean presidential election, on Feb. 3, 2019.
Nissan scraps plans to build new X-Trail SUV in Britain
A Nissan logo is seen at a car dealership in Sunderland, Britain, on June 29, 2016.
With range anxiety ebbing, will electric-vehicle sales survive the loss of incentives?
2019 Niro EV.
Esther De Wolde: ‘We sell screen doors. We’re not curing cancer. So we need to have fun’
Esther de Wolde, CEO and one of the founders of Phantom Screens, in the production area of the company's headquarters in Abbotsford, B.C., on Jan. 22, 2019.
Release of Mueller report is ‘totally up to’ the attorney-general, Trump says
In this file photo taken on June 21, 2017, special counsel Robert Mueller leaves following a meeting with members of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, at the Capitol, in Washington.
Original art, unseen in over a century, uncovered in Ontario legislature
A photograph is shown of an original piece of artwork inside the legislative chamber at Queen's Park, in Toronto, on Feb. 1, 2019.
Experts welcome Manitoba court for people with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
People enter the Law Courts in Winnipeg, on Feb. 5, 2018.
Trump says he wouldn’t steer son Barron toward playing ‘dangerous’ football
U.S. President Donald Trump and son Barron board Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, in Maryland, on Feb. 1, 2019.
Senior U.S., South Korean officials meet ahead of second Trump-Kim summit
U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun is surrounded by media upon his arrival to Incheon International Airport, in Incheon, South Korea, on Feb. 3, 2019.
How to play Canadian Tire, keep your eyes on highway 407 and ETFs worth buying now: What you need to know in investing this week
Toronto, Ontario - Monday October, 29 -- Canadian Tire -- People walk in front of a Canadian Tire retail store, in Toronto, Monday October 29, 2018. (Mark Blinch/Globe and Mail)
More than a ‘protest camp’: Unist’ot’en camp residents on life on the land
Jessica Wilson-Morris and her husband Johnny Morris embrace at the Unist'ot'en camp, near Houston, B.C., on Jan. 17, 2019.
Pope Francis calls for Yemen relief as he embarks on historic trip to Arabian Peninsula
Pope Francis waves as he boards a plane at Fiumicino airport, on Feb. 3, 2019.
Lack of big-money shoppers leads to price drop for downtown Toronto penthouse
Done Deal, 388 Richmond St., W. Ph 6, Toronto
U.S. military intervention in Venezuela is ‘an option’, Trump says
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the Cabinet Room of the White House, in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 1, 2019.
Roussel, Virtanen lead Canucks to 5-1 win over Avalanche
Vancouver Canucks right wing Jake Virtanen scores a goal on Colorado Avalanche goaltender Semyon Varlamov, at the Pepsi Center, in Denver, on Feb. 2, 2019.
One person dead after house explosion in Caledon, Ont.: provincial police
Provincial police say one person has died following a house explosion in Caledon, Ont.
Trump wants U.S. military presence in Iraq to keep close eye on Iran
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with American manufacturers in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 31, 2019.
Refugees hoping to become citizens face high bar to achieve language benchmarks
A man waves a flag during a Canada Day parade in Montreal, on July 1, 2018.
Venezuela’s Juan Guaido calls on more military members to defect from Maduro’s administration
Venezuelan opposition leader and self-proclaimed interim president Juan Guaido gestures during a rally against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government, in Caracas, Venezuela, on Feb. 2, 2019.
RCMP divers find remains from decades-old crash in Saskatchewan
RCMP members enter Peter Pond Lake in Saskatchewan through a hole cut in the ice in this undated image provided by the RCMP.
Can researchers bring a brain-stimulation remedy for depression out of clinics and into the home?
Julie Marriott undergoes repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) treatment at Toronto's Krembil Research Institute. She commutes from the Hamilton area to treat her depression, which she has had for around 30 years. The bulky equipment and prohibitive cost of the procedure make it out of reach for many Canadians.
Britain’s Theresa May says she will seek ‘pragmatic solution’ to Brexit deal
British Prime Minister Theresa May arrives for a Sunday church service in Maidenhead, England, on Feb. 3, 2019.
Tony Hoagland: The best poet you’ve never heard of
Tony Hoagland.
Shopping for furniture can be good for a relationship – really
istock
Your lookahead horoscope: February 3
Baseball player Marge Maxwell’s story inspired the film A League of Their Own
Marge Maxwell, here age 85, sits next to her likeness from 1944 at her home in Ladner, B.C., in November, 2007.
Rickie Fowler holds four-shot lead at Phoenix Open; Canada’s David Hearn 26th
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA - FEBRUARY 02: Rickie Fowler plays a shot from a bunker on the 18th hole during the third round of the Waste Management Phoenix Open at TPC Scottsdale on February 02, 2019 in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Streaking Winnipeg Jets blast past Anaheim Ducks in 9-3 victory
Feb 2, 2019; Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN; Winnipeg Jets right wing Blake Wheeler (26) shoots on Anaheim Ducks goaltender John Gibson (36) in the first period at Bell MTS Place. Mandatory Credit: James Carey Lauder-USA TODAY Sports
Jonathan Bernier perfect as Detroit Red Wings blank Ottawa Senators 2-0
Feb 2, 2019; Ottawa, Ontario, CAN; Ottawa Senators goalie Craig Anderson (41) stares down Detroit Red Wings left wing Justin Abdelkader (8) following a save in the third period at the Canadian Tire Centre.
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