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Bahamas government warns tourists, residents to take shelter from Dorian
A family hustles to their car to get out of the rain and wind on the boardwalk in Vero Beach, Florida on August 31, 2019. - Hurricane Dorian roared Saturday towards the Bahamas as the island chain braced for a devastating direct hit, before the monster storm churns up the US coast from Florida towards the Carolinas. (Photo by Adam DelGiudice / AFP)ADAM DELGIUDICE/AFP/Getty Images
Ola Kamara scores twice, D.C. United beats Montreal Impact 3-0
D.C. United's Ola Kamara, right, breaks away from Montreal Impact's Rudy Camacho during second half MLS soccer action in Montreal, Saturday, August 31, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
Naomi Osaka knocks 15-year-old Coco Gauff out of the U.S. Open
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - AUGUST 31: Naomi Osaka of Japan reacts during her Women's Singles third round match against Cori Gauff of the United States on day six of the 2019 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on August 31, 2019 in Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Katharine Lotze/Getty Images)
Cavan Biggio’s two-run homer powers Toronto Blue Jays past Houston Astros 6-4
TORONTO, ONTARIO - AUGUST 31: Cavan Biggio #8 of the Toronto Blue Jays hits an RBI double against the Houston Astros in the sixth inning during their MLB game at the Rogers Centre on August 31, 2019 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Mark Blinch/Getty Images)
Hurricane Dorian menaces Georgia, Carolinas, while Florida may escape direct hit
A boy plays on the beach as a No Swimming flag flies, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019, in Lake Worth, Fla. Hurricane Dorian is bearing down on the northwestern Bahamas as a Category 4 storm. Forecasters say Dorian is then expected to go up the Southeast coastline. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Autumn is the perfect time to fall for Vermont
Stowe, Recreation, Health, Exercise, Walk, Hike, Fall, Foliage, Forest, Family, Nature Watching, Stephen Goodhue
The real free-speech crisis on Alberta’s campuses might not be what you think it is
Alberta premier Jason Kenney shakes hands with Demetrios Nicolaides, Minister of Advanced Education after being sworn into office, in Edmonton on April 30, 2019.
Canadian political parties rallying around telecom pricing issue as election nears
A man walks and texts on his smart phone in downtown Toronto on Monday, October 30, 2017. Consumer advocates say a rare consensus is forming among the major political parties ahead of the federal election that Canadians need protecting from gouging by the country's big telecom companies. It's being called phone-bill populism, and it could be a make-or-break issue for the parties as they head toward the Oct. 21 vote. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Andreescu defeats Wozniacki to advance to fourth round at U.S. Open, Shapovalov ousted by Monfils
Bianca Andreescu from Canada celebartes her win over Caroline Wozniacki from Denmark during their Round Three Women's Singles match at the 2019 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on August 31, 2019. - Andreescu advanced to the fourth round of the US Open by Wozniacki 6-4, 6-4. (Photo by Kena Betancur / AFP)KENA BETANCUR/AFP/Getty Images
Knife attack kills 1, injures 6 near Lyon, France; suspect detained
A police officer stands guard as people gather in Villeurbanne on the ouskirts of Lyon, south-eastern France on August 31, 2019, after a knife attack which has left one dead and six injured. - Two men, one armed with a knife and the other with a skewer, carried out the attack in Villeurbanne in southeastern France, the official said, without giving further details on the motive for the stabbing. (Photo by PHILIPPE DESMAZES / AFP)PHILIPPE DESMAZES/AFP/Getty Images
Iranian oil tanker no longer headed to Turkey, ship tracking data shows
(FILES) In this file photo taken on August 18, 2019 an Iranian flag flutters on board the Adrian Darya oil tanker, formerly known as Grace 1, off the coast of Gibraltar. - The United States on August 30, 2019, sanctioned an Iranian oil tanker previously held for weeks by Gibraltar and released despite Washington's efforts to keep it detained. The US Department of Treasury said the vessel, previously known as the Grace 1, is "blocked property" under an anti-terrorist order, and "anyone providing support to the Adrian Darya 1 risks being sanctioned." (Photo by Johnny BUGEJA / AFP)JOHNNY BUGEJA/AFP/Getty Images
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh nominated in B.C.'s Burnaby South
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh reacts to being nominated as the candidate in Burnaby South, in the upcoming federal election during a event in Burnaby South, B.C. Friday, August, 30, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Why the cocktail world is brewing up tea spirits
THE SPIRIT OF TEA EARL GREY BLACK TEA-INFUSED GIN - Credit The Spirit of Tea
Thousands protest Boris Johnson’s move to suspend parliament
Demonstrators hold up placards and wave EU flags in the sunshine at a protest against the move to suspend parliament in the final weeks before Brexit outside Downing Street in London on August 31, 2019. - Demonstrations, being dubbed "Stop The Coup" by organisers, were to be held across Britain on August 31 against Prime Minister Boris Johnson's move to suspend parliament in the final weeks before Brexit. The protests come ahead of an intense political week in which Johnson's opponents will seek to block the move in court and legislate against a no-deal departure from the European Union. (Photo by Niklas HALLE'N / AFP)NIKLAS HALLE'N/AFP/Getty Images
Western Canada: Soaring gas prices in B.C. remain unexplained
B.C.'s TransLink plan is driven by politics
A TransLink bus travels on West Broadway in Vancouver, B.C., on Wednesday March 22, 2017. The TransLink Mayors' Council will move into negotiations with the provincial government to secure matching funds after transit funding was announced in the federal budget. A Broadway extension of the Millennium Skytrain line is being planned. Darryl Dyck/The Globe and Mail
Sudan’s former president Bashir charged with corruption, illegal possession of foreign funds
Sudan's ex-president Omar al-Bashir appears in court in the capital Khartoum on August 31, 2019 to face charges of illegal acquisition and use of foreign funds. - Authorities "seized 6.9 million euros, $351,770 and 5.7 million Sudanese pounds at (Bashir's) home which he acquired and used illegally," said judge Al-Sadiq Abdelrahman. (Photo by Ebrahim HAMID / AFP)EBRAHIM HAMID/AFP/Getty Images
Hong Kong commercial centres paralyzed as protesters, police exchange petrol bombs and tear gas
A protester dressed as legendary biblical figure Moses with a mock tablet attends a pro-democracy protest in Wan Chai, Hong Kong, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019. Hundreds of people are rallying in an athletic park in central Hong Kong as a 13th-straight weekend of pro-democracy protests gets underway. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
If he saw how far the Marathon of Hope has come, Terry Fox would be smiling that smile
Darrell Fox, brother of Terry Fox, is photographed in Chilliwack, British Columbia, Wednesday, August 16, 2017. Him and other members of the family of Terry Fox are embracing their Metis heritage. Rafal Gerszak/The Globe and Mail
Modernized semi-detached Victorian picked from buyer’s top 30
Done Deal, 252 Lisgar St. , Toronto
The #MeToo moral panic gathers steam
Margaret Wente
Home of the Week: A colourful, two-year renovation for a Forest Hill home
Home of the Week, 29 Forest Hill Rd., Toronto
Bricks versus arts: An old funding debate is solved at the Stratford Festival, but re-emerges at the National Arts Centre
Kelly Nestruck
Aug. 31: How British is Brexit? Plus other letters to the editor
More than 10,000 people have died from drug overdoses in Canada in recent years. But my dad was more than a number
It’s time for Canada to embrace the legal regulation of drugs
It’s time for Canada to embrace the legal regulation of drugs
Are we suffering from an undermanagement epidemic?
Harvey Schachter
Should tire pressure on winter tires be set to same specs as door jamb?
Web version Lou's Garage advice column logo Driving section credit illustration by John Sopinski/The Globe and Mail
Iran minister shows undamaged satellite after failed launch
This image taken from the Twitter account of President Donald J. Trump, @realDonaldTrump, shows an undated photo of the aftermath of an explosion at Iran's Imam Khomeini Space Center in the country's Semnan province. The explosion Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019, left the smoldering remains of a rocket on a launch pad at the center, which was to conduct a U.S.-criticized satellite launch.
Taliban launch large-scale attack on Afghan city of Kunduz
FILE -- A militiaman in Nangarhar Province in eastern Afghanistan, where the Islamic State has been active, on Feb. 15, 2019. Even as the U.S. and the Taliban seem close to a deal on an American troop withdrawal, the Islamic State in Afghanistan is making clear that it stands to inherit the role of violent spoiler if any peace agreement is reached. (Jim Huylebroek/The New York Times)
Canada blasts Venezuela 11-0, stays undefeated at Softball qualifier
The Canadian women’s softball team beat Venezuela 11-0 in the first game of the Super Round at the Softball Americas Olympic Qualifier on Aug. 30, 2019.
Young Blue Jays star Guerrero Jr. tossed in loss to Astros
Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. argues a called third strike in the seventh inning with home plate umpire Mike Estabrook and is tossed from the game on August 30, 2019. The Astros won 7-4.
Your daily horoscope: August 31
Virgo.
RFK assassin in stable condition after prison stabbing
Sirhan Sirhan, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy’s assassin, is hospitalized in stable condition after being stabbed by a fellow inmate at a Southern California prison on Aug. 30, 2019.
A second chance: Canada, U.S. renegotiate a critical water treaty
A second chance: Canada, U.S. renegotiate a critical water treaty
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