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Kim Jong Un visits Russian war memorial after summit with Putin
Honor guards prepare for a wreath laying ceremony with participation of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, that was delayed in Vladivostok, Russia, on April 26, 2019.
Asia shares subdued, dollar pins hopes on U.S. GDP
FILE PHOTO - People are reflected in a stock quotation board showing share price of Nissan Motor Co outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan November 20, 2018. REUTERS/Toru Hanai
Charlie Coyle scores late equalizer, then wins it in overtime as Bruins skate past Blue Jackets 3-2
Charlie Coyle (right) and Danton Heinen celebrate after Coyle scored in overtime to lead the Boston Bruins past the Columbus Blue Jackets 3-2 in Game 1 of the second-round series.
Public Safety Canada investing almost $2-million in organizations studying incel community
A woman stops to pay her respect at a makeshift memorial to one of the victims being remembered on April 23, 2019, ahead of a vigil held at in Toronto's Mel Lastman Square, to commemorate the victims of last year's van attack in Toronto by self-described incel, Alek Minassian.
Boston Celtics Hall of Famer John Havlicek dies at 79
Boston Celtics' John Havlicek dribbles ball around New York Knicks' Bill Bradley during a game on April 13, 1972. Havlicek died on April 25, 2019 at age 79.
City of Toronto staff to explore cost of climate change, legal options for compensation from greenhouse gas emitters
Exteriors of Toronto's City Hall in Toronto, Ontario on May 31, 2018. Photo by Deborah Baic / The Globe and Mail
Toronto police report shows decrease in reported hate crimes, minority groups most commonly victimized
Toronto Police car.
B.C. Premier John Horgan says province is seeking ways to relieve gas prices
B.C. Premier John Horgan says government is seeking ways to provide gas-price relief
Cardinals select Heisman Trophy winning quarterback Kyler Murray with top pick in NFL draft
Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray waves after the Arizona Cardinals selected Murray first overall at the NFL draft on April 25, 2019.
Canada’s investment in prison system isn’t bringing results, watchdog reports
A guard walks along a catwalk at Kingston Penitentiary in Kingston, Ont., on April 19, 2012.
Andrew Scheer’s secret meeting with oil executives ‘concerning’, says Minister for Democratic Institutions
Andrew Scheer’s secret meeting with oil executives is ‘concerning’, says Minister for Democratic Institutions
Long game pays off for Blue Jays as Vladimir Guerrero gears up for major league debut
Long game pays off for Blue Jays as Vladimir Guerrero gears up for major league debut
McDavid, Kane, Kucherov up for Ted Lindsay award
Edmonton Oilers' Connor McDavid is among the finalists for the Ted Lindsay award for a third straight season.
How drug decriminalization could help stem an epidemic of drug overdoses
Police speak to a man and woman on East Hastings in Vancouver's downtown eastside, on Feb 7, 2019.
Lawyers’ union says Premier Ford’s numbers on Legal Aid Ontario are misleading
Attorney-General Caroline Mulroney, seen here scrumming with journalists in March, 2019, cited the statistic in an April 12 letter to Legal Aid’s chief executive about the cuts.
Scheer leaves himself open to claims he’s in cahoots with Big Oil
Campbell Clark
Deal to compensate abused students fails to provide emotional or legal help, say Indigenous groups
Indigenous groups and lawyers say deal to compensate abused students fails to provide emotional or legal help
Suncor CEO urges Alberta to find way out of NDP-imposed oil production curtailments
Suncor's outgoing CEO Steve Williams is urging Alberta's new UCP government to find a way out of mandatory oil production curtailments.
Vancouver Warriors finish in bottom spot, but future looks bright for revamped franchise
Vancouver Warriors finish in bottom spot, but future looks bright for revamped franchise
Calgary police say missing woman, toddler likely murdered
A man has been arrested after Jasmine Lovett and her 22-month-old daughter, Aliyah Sanderson, went missing last week.
Marc Gasol’s battle with Joel Embiid could be the x-factor in 76ers series
Marc Gasol’s battle with Joel Embiid could be the x-factor in 76ers series
Favourite Room: How to pair furniture with an art collection
Anouchka Freybe is photographed in the living room of her Toronto home on Monday, March 18, 2019. (Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail)
Latest Mafia-related shooting exposes epicentre of organized crime in the GTA
Latest Mafia-related shooting exposes epicentre of organized crime in the GTA
Eastern Canada braces for the worst as Ottawa declares a state of emergency due to flooding
Eastern Canada braces for the worst as Ottawa declares a state of emergency due to flooding
African leaders head to China to seek funds, despite U.S. warnings of ‘predatory’ loans
Despite repeated U.S. attacks on China’s lending practices, a procession of African leaders, including Egypt President Abdel Fattah El-Sis, left, flew into Beijing this week to ask for more loans.
David Rosenberg: Don’t let the stock market fool you - a recession is almost here
David Rosenberg, chief economist and strategist at Gluskin Sheff & Associates, says central banks took too long to change course when they eased off their monetary tightening bias.
Five questions facing the Toronto Maple Leafs heading into the off-season
Five questions facing the Toronto Maple Leafs heading into the off-season
Newmont beats expectations, but mum on Goldcorp results
On Thursday, Newmont Goldcorp issued its results for the first quarter ended March 31, before the Goldcorp acquisition had closed.
Las Vegas Knights owner claims NHL executive apologized for Game 7 penalty
Las Vegas Knights owner Bill Foley claims NHL executive apologized for Game 7 penalty
Upsets abound in thrilling first round of NHL playoffs
Upsets abound in thrilling first round of NHL playoffs
Hot Docs 2019: Ai Weiwei takes a step back to observe the rest of humanity’s flow
Kate Taylor
Divers Meaghan Benfeito and Caeli McKay finding their chemistry after a bumpy start
Canada's Meaghan Benfeito, left, and Caeli McKay compete during the women's 10-metre open synchro finals event at the FINA Diving Grand Prix in Calgary, Alta., Saturday, April 6, 2019. After a bumpy start in 2017, Canadian divers Meaghan Benfeito and Caeli McKay seem to have finally made their mark in the 10-metre tower synchronized event. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Streetwise newsletter: Securities watchdog recommends new enforcement rules to resolve cases more quickly
A Bay Street sign, the main street in the financial district is seen in Toronto in this file photo.
IIROC recommends two new programs for disciplining ‘minor violations’
IIROC recommends new enforcement rules to resolve some cases more quickly
Trump says Xi will visit White House soon, as U.S. and China seek end to trade war
(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 8, 2017, China's President Xi Jinping (L) and US President Donald Trump attend a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. - The White House on April 4, 2019, stoked anticipation Trump could announce a summit with Xi to finalize a trade agreement resolving their nine month-trade war. (Photo by NICOLAS ASFOURI / AFP)NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images
Saskatchewan minister wants to discuss child welfare without input from Indigenous groups
Saskatchewan’s Minister of Social Services Paul Merriman says it’s concerning they were unable to speak directly with federal Minister of Indigenous Services Seamus O’Regan, pictured, without representatives from national Indigenous organizations in the room.
A primer on keeping your tax records
Tim Cestnick
Everyone loves music streaming – except Beyoncé, and every other musician
Denise Balkissoon
An old variety store on the Danforth gives up its ghosts
Dave LeBlanc
These 11 TSX financial stocks still shine for value hunters
It’s time to fix Canada’s national tax-filing gap for the vulnerable
Consider climate-change impact on infrastructure suffering repeated flooding: experts
Roadsides are seen in floodwater on a portion of highway closed along the Saint John River in Jemseg, N.B. on Wednesday, April 24, 2019.
Aecon cuts loss in half as revenue jumps
Deals such as the $1.45-billion agreement for China Communications Co. Ltd. to buy Aecon Group Inc. – employees of which can be seen working on the John Hart Generating Station project in Campbell River, B.C. – are still the benchmark for Chinese investment abroad: Using state ownership and enormous resources to snap up companies around the world.
Air Canada changes flight schedules, takes steps to replace Boeing 737 Max capacity through July
Transport Canada followed most major aviation regulators and grounded all Canadian-operated 737 Max single-aisle planes, seen above grounded at YVR airport in Vancouver, on March 13, three days after the Ethiopian Airlines crash that killed all 157 passengers and crew on-board.
Canada’s big-city millennial exodus is ‘greatly exaggerated,’ RBC report says
Construction crane and condominium towers on Cumberland St. in Toronto's Yorkville neighbourhood, are photographed Mar 26 2019.
Amber Alert cancelled after five-year-old Mississauga, Ont., boy found safe with his mother
Peel Regional Police car.
Toronto greets an erratic spring market
Carolyn Ireland
Nazem Kadri pleads he really didn’t mean to ruin the Maple Leafs’ playoff chances
David Shoalts
About 1 per cent of deaths in Canada medically assisted: Health Canada
Despite all the attention hospital overcrowding and hallway medicine received during a difficult flu season this winter – jam-packed emergency rooms have become a daily reality for doctors, nurses and patients at many urban and suburban hospitals in Ontario.
City of Ottawa declares state of emergency due to ongoing threat of flooding
Two men look out towards the Ottawa River on a residential street surrounded by floodwaters in the town of Rigaud, Que., on Monday, April 22, 2019.
As Spain heads to the polls, exiled politician Carles Puigdemont continues to plot Catalan independence from afar
Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont continues to fight for independence while in exile
Evening Update: Facebook blasted by Canadian privacy watchdogs; Bombardier slashes profit, revenue outlook
FILE PHOTO: Silhouettes of mobile users are seen next to a screen projection of Facebook logo in this picture illustration taken March 28, 2018. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Testing experts call for limits on cannabis batch sizes
FILE - In this April 24, 2018, file photo, a hemp plant is pollinated at the Unique Botanicals facility in Springfield, Ore. A company has filed a lawsuit against the Idaho State Police and Ada County after authorities seized nearly 7,000 pounds of cannabis from a truck headed to Colorado. The Idaho Statesman reported Friday, Feb. 1, 2019, that authorities say the product seized was marijuana but Big Sky Scientific LLC says it is industrial hemp. Hemp is a non-psychoactive cousin of marijuana and is protected under the recently passed 2018 Farm Bill. The Idaho State Police has sent a sample of the product to a lab for testing. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, File)
Ford beats profit expectations, reinforcing positive 2019 outlook
Quebec warns of possible dam failure on Rouge River, calls for immediate evacuations
A man and woman hold hands while walking through a flooded residential area in Gatineau, Que., on April 24, 2019.
Intel slashes 2019 outlook amid fears of industry-wide slowdown
Intel reported quarterly earnings on Thursday afternoon.
Starbucks boosts full-year forecast as China delivery service and new drinks draw customers
Starbucks reported quarterly earnings on Thursday afternoon.
With its neutral nominal rate estimate, the Bank of Canada enters uncharted territory
From a data perspective, three primary factors affect the neutral rate: trend, or longer-term, productivity growth; demographics; and global factors affecting interest rates.
Amazon boosts spending to turn Prime into one-day delivery program
FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2019 file photo, people stand in the lobby for Amazon offices in New York. Amazon.com Inc. reports earns on Thursday, April 25. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
Mississauga students learn electives being cut as Ontario moves to increase class sizes
CORRECTS YEARS TO 2019 -- Ontario PC Education Minister Lisa Thompson makes a statement at the Ontario Science Centre in Toronto on Friday, March 15, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Here’s what you need to know about flooding in Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick
Volunteers form a human chain to load sandbags into a vehicle at the community centre in Ottawa's Constance Bay as flooding continues to affect the region, on Saturday, April 27, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Films opening this week: The unstoppable Avengers: Endgame, plus Toronto’s Hot Docs festival begins
Marvel Studios' AVENGERS: ENDGAME. Robert Downey Jr. (Tony Stark / Iron Man). Photo: ©Marvel Studios 2019
The controversy over how the Liberals vet judges is much ado about sausage
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has started the process to seek a replacement for retiring Supreme Court Justice Clément Gascon, seen here in Ottawa on Oct. 6, 2014.
Pioneering journalist Margaret Jean Armstrong Brydon Brien advocated for social change
Margaret Jean Armstrong Brydon Brien, a reporter in the women's department, in December, 1955.
Just because I’m a priest, does that mean I shouldn’t swear?
I have a wealth of images, expressions and words suitable for all occasions when colourful language is called for. Not all my parishioners are okay with that, Daniel Benson writes
North Korea presented U.S. with $2-million bill to cover care of Otto Warmbier: report
In this Feb. 29, 2016, file photo, American student Otto Warmbier speaks in Pyongyang, North Korea.
Sobeys opens first FreshCo in Western Canada in push to grow discount business
Sobeys opened its first FreshCo discount store in Western Canada on Thursday.
Report from Newfoundland and Labrador’s child and youth advocate details abuse suffered by several siblings
Knight Therapeutics needs more independent directors, proxy advisory firm ISS says amid activist battle
Knight Therapeutics needs more independent directors, proxy advisory firm ISS says amid activist battle. Jonathan Ross Goodman, president and CEO of Knight Therapeutics.
Joe Biden launches 2020 U.S. presidential campaign, but his candidacy faces tough questions
Former U.S. vice-president Joe Biden is the front-runner in a crowded Democratic field after announcing his long-awaited 2020 presidential campaign.
Suburban living: The 25-per-cent-off sale in the housing market that comes with a catch
Rob Carrick
China expands its Belt and Road initiative – and global influence – amid dwindling Western opposition
This photo taken on April 17, 2019 shows the China-funded Lotus Tower in central Colombo. - Real estate projects around the city have been linked to China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a sweeping trillion-dollar infrastructure programme across Asia, Africa and Europe that is viewed with deep suspicion by countries like India and the United States and has divided opinion within the EU. (Photo by LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI / AFP) / TO GO WITH China-diplomacy-trade-Malaysia-Sri Lanka-Philippines,FOCUS by Poornima WEERASEKARALAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI/AFP/Getty Images
Bad cooking habits that are costing you money
Rob Carrick
U.S.-led coalition underestimated civilian deaths in Raqqa, monitoring groups say
In this April 5, 2018, file photo, destroyed buildings line a street in Raqqa, Syria.
Canadian actress and model Stefanie Sherk dies at age 37
In Oct. 24, 2016, file photo, Canadian actress Stefanie Sherk is seen at the Morelia Film Festival, in Morelia, Mexico.
Paula Vogel’s Indecent takes a fresh look at a century-old theatrical uproar
Writer Sholem Asch's 1906 Yiddish play God of Vengeance tells of a Jewish couple named Yekel and Sarah, who try to keep their daughter Rifkele chaste while Yekel runs a brothel downstairs.
Former Nazi death-squad member loses latest appeal of government’s decision to strip Canadian citizenship
DO NOT USE UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES UNLESS FIRST OBTAINING PERMISSION FROM The Waterloo Regional Record -- Helmut Oberlander (right) and his wife Margret (left) and daughter Irene Rooney (centre behind) leave the courthouse in Kitchener, Ontario on Tue., Nov. 4, 2003. Oberlander, 79, was found by a Federal Court of Canada judge in 2000 to have obtained his citizenship fraudulently by failing to disclose his service with a notorious Nazi killing unit when he came to Canada from Germany in the early 1950s. (CP PHOTO/Waterloo Regional Record-Peter Lee)
In bail reprise, ousted Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn leaves Tokyo jail, agrees to limit contact with wife
Former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn (C) is escorted as he walks out of the Tokyo Detention House following his release on bail in Tokyo on April 25, 2019. - Ghosn left his Tokyo detention centre after winning bail on April 25 to prepare his defence against multiple charges of financial misconduct. (Photo by Behrouz MEHRI / AFP) / ALTERNATIVE CROPBEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP/Getty Images
Lucara unearths second-largest uncut diamond ever discovered
A 1,758 carat diamond recovered from from Lucara Diamond Corp.'s Karowe Diamond Mine in Botswana is pictured in this undated handout photo obtained by Reuters April 25, 2019. Eduardo Hernandez M./Lucara Diamond/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVE.
U.K. regulator blocks Sainsbury’s $9.4-billion takeover of Walmart’s ASDA
(FILES) In this file photo taken on April 30, 2018 Logos of supermarket chains Asda (top) and Sainsbury's are pictured outside adjacent branches of their stores in Stockport, northern England. - A mega-merger of Britain's top supermarkets Asda and Sainsbury's collapsed on April 25, 2019 after regulators blocked the deal on the grounds it would spark higher prices and damage competition. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) watchdog, revealing its damning verdict in a final report, prompted Walmart-owned Asda and London-listed Sainsbury's to scrap the proposed deal. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP)OLI SCARFF/AFP/Getty Images
Brent oil slips from $75 as investors doubt rally will endure
A view shows a well head and a drilling rig in the Yarakta Oil Field, owned by Irkutsk Oil Company (INK), in Irkutsk Region, Russia March 11, 2019. Picture taken March 11, 2019. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko
Péladeau buying Montreal taxi firm Taxelco, including insolvent electric taxi company
Quebecor CEO Pierre Karl Peladeau speaks during public hearings at the CRTC in Gatineau, Que., on April 17, 2019. The head of Quebecor Inc. says he is personally acquiring the assets of Taxelco, which owns two large Montreal-area taxi companies and insolvent electric transportation firm Teo Taxi. Pierre Karl Peladeau says the deal results from the acceptance of the final purchase offer put forward by Placements Saint-Jerome, a division of Groupe Peladeau. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Sacramento Kings, NBA investigating sexual-assault allegations against Luke Walton
Luke Walton.
Teaching managers how to navigate cannabis in the workplace
Hershey shares hit record high as profit beats estimates
A Hershey's chocolate bar is shown in this photo illustration in Encinitas, California on Jan. 29, 2015.
Huge crowds gather outside Sudan’s Defence Ministry to demand civilian rule
Sudanese protesters gather for a 'million-strong' march outside the army headquarters, in Khartoum.
UPS shares sink as severe weather hurts first-quarter profit
FILE- In this Dec. 19, 2018, file photo a UPS driver prepares to deliver packages. United Parcel Service Inc. reports earns on Thursday, April 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
Mavis Staines: the accident that led to changing young dancers’ lives
08/11/99 Mavis Staines, artistic director of Canada's National Ballet School works with level 3 boys on their adage skills (line and balance). Ms. Staines is one of the main organizers of a big conference in Toronto called 'Not Just Any Body'. Photo by Patti Gower
TSX Composite earnings scorecard: How first-quarter results have fared
Despite a down year a sign board displays the TSX's upbeat close on the final day of the year, in Toronto's financial district on Monday, Dec. 31, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
Macron offers tax cuts as part of moves to quell yellow vest unrest in France
French President Emmanuel Macron speaks during a news conference at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, France, on April 25, 2019.
AI researcher, Russian history specialist among winners of $100,000 Killam Prize
Yoshua Bengio, a computer scientist who studies artificial intelligence at Universite de Montreal, is shown in this undated handout image.
Trump administration takes step toward listing giraffes as threatened species
The Trump administration took a first step Thursday toward extending protections for giraffes under the Endangered Species Act, following legal pressure from environmental groups.
Canada Post unveils stamp honouring the Vancouver Asahi baseball team
Canada Post unveils stamp honouring the Vancouver Asahi baseball team
Favourite Room: Anouchka Freybe
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Reflect coffee table by Bensen, $1,995 at Inform Interiors (www.informinteriors.com).
Toronto Wolfpack loan Ryan Brierley to Leigh Centurions
The Toronto Wolfpack's Ryan Brierley and other squad members gets hugs and give autographs to fans following their match against the London Broncos at Lamport Stadium as the trans-Atlantic squad plots a course to promotion to rugby's superleague, in Toronto, on June 9, 2018.
As mortgage qualification gets tougher, self-employed buyers turn to private lenders
It’s not just record-high U.S. stocks feeling the Fed effect
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell appears on a television screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during his Washington news conference, Wednesday, June 13, 2018.
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