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Jimmy Butler breathes life into undermanned Heat as they cut Lakers' Finals lead to 2-1 with 115-104 win
Miami Heat's Jimmy Butler (22) shoot the ball against the Los Angeles Lakers during the second half in Game 3 of basketball's NBA Finals, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
Former Saskatchewan Party candidate says clicking ‘like’ on QAnon posts doesn’t equate support online
A person wears a QAnon sweatshirt during a pro-Trump rally on Oct. 3, 2020 in the borough of Staten Island in New York.
Missing and murdered Indigenous women remembered in ceremonies
People take part in a protest called ‘Justice for Joyce’ in Montreal, Saturday, October 3, 2020, where they demanded Justice for Joyce Echaquan and an end to all systemic racism. Echaquan died in a Joliette Hospital earlier in the week. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
White House sends mixed messages on Trump’s health
White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows pats U.S. Navy Commander Dr. Sean Conley, the White House physician, on the back following a media briefing about U.S. President Donald Trump's health after the president was hospitalized for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) treatment, at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, in Bethesda, Maryland, U.S., October 3, 2020. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno ?
Toronto’s medical officer says COVID-19 rates won’t slow without interventions
People use their smart phones during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Thursday, June 18, 2020. The Government of Canada along with provinces have announced a new downloadable contact tracing app for COVID-19, which is optional for people to use. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
With Annamie Paul, the Greens decide to compete for votes, and seats
Campbell Clark
With Trump in hospital, both presidential campaigns scramble to adjust strategies
U.S. President Donald Trump gives thumbs up to supporters as he rides by in the presidential motorcade in front of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, where he is being treated for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Bethesda, Maryland, U.S. October 4, 2020. REUTERS/Cheriss May TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
Bills remain undefeated, top Raiders in Las Vegas 30-23
Buffalo Bills defensive tackle Quinton Jefferson (90) celebrates after recovering a fumble by the Las Vegas Raiders during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020, in Las Vegas.
Green Party Leader Annamie Paul has lived a life unlike other politicians
New Green Party of Canada leader Annamie Paul on Parliament Hill in Ottawa October 4, 2020. Photograph by Blair Gable
Coronavirus Update: Doctors monitoring Donald Trump’s lungs, giving steroid to fight virus
U.S. President Donald Trump rides in front of the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, where he is being treated for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Bethesda, Maryland, U.S. October 4, 2020. REUTERS/Cheriss May
Breanna Stewart, Sue Bird help Storm rout Aces to go up 2-0 in WNBA Finals
Seattle Storm forward Breanna Stewart (30) saves a ball from going out of bounds by tipping it to guard Jewell Loyd (24) during the first half of Game 2 of basketball's WNBA Finals against the Las Vegas Aces, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020, in Bradenton, Fla.
Trump’s COVID-19 crisis creates an even greater crisis for the U.S.
David Shribman
Nagorno-Karabakh fighting escalates as cities are shelled
Fire burns in a residential area after shelling by Azerbaijan's artillery during a military conflict in self-proclaimed Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh, Stepanakert, Azerbaijan, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020. The clashes erupted on Sept. 27 and have killed dozens, marking the biggest escalation in the decades-old conflict over the region, which lies within Azerbaijan but is controlled by local ethnic Armenian forces backed by Armenia. (Aram Kirakosyan/PAN Photo via AP)
In Vancouver’s hot housing market, the ‘missing middle’ remains a muddle
Single family homes are seen against the skyline of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada September 30, 2020. REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier
Gunshots and tear gas fail to deter Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu
Tundu Lissu, the presidential candidate of Tanzania's main opposition Chadema party, speaks to the media at his home in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on September 9, 2020. - Tanzanians vote in general elections planned for October 28, 2020. (Photo by STRINGER / AFP) (Photo by STRINGER/AFP via Getty Images)
Quebec police watchdog investigating two incidents, including fatal shooting near Quebec City
A police cruiser is shown on a street in Montreal North, Sunday, October 4, 2020, where police shot a man brandishing a knife. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
Mali releases 180 Islamic extremists in likely prisoner exchange
WTO crisis exacerbated by pandemic politics
FILE PHOTO: A worker inspects lumber on a conveyor belt at West Fraser Pacific Inland Resources sawmill in Smithers, British Columbia, Canada February 4, 2020. REUTERS/Jesse Winter
Will corporate headquarters survive the pandemic?
Toronto, Ontario - September 28, 2020 -- Office Vacancy Rate -- Buildings are seen in the financial district in Toronto, Monday, September 28, 2020. (Mark Blinch/Globe and Mail)
Pension plans see solvency levels improve as stock markets boom
Information regarding the Canadian Pension Plan is displayed of the service Canada website in Ottawa on Tuesday, January 31, 2012. Canadians need to place a higher priority on saving for retirement, says a new report from the Bank of Montreal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Vancouver online furniture seller Cymax eyes potential IPO as sales projected to double
WEST KELOWNA, BRITISH COLUMBIA-MARCH 27, 2019: Markus Frind looks out to the water from his 13-acre waterfront property, formerly owned by the two Bennett premiers, where he will launch Frind Estates later this year. Above him on the hill stands Mission Hill Winery. PlentyOfFish founder Markus Frind is getting into the wine business in a big way. After selling his online dating website he is buying up properties throughout the Okanagan to grow grapes for his new venture, Frind Estates. One of those properties is a 300-acre parcel in east Kelowna. Lucas Oleniuk/The Globe and Mail
Football stands on the front line of America’s COVID-19 culture war
Cathal Kelly
Airbus executive says aviation outlook has deteriorated again due to COVID-19 spikes
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Airbus is pictured at the entrance of the Airbus facility in Bouguenais, near Nantes, France, July 2, 2020. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe/File Photo
Seven bodies found in northern Italy, France after violent storms
This aerial view provided Sunday Oct.4, 2020 by the Alpes Maritimes region fire brigade show a house keeping a fragile balance on a hill while a rive floods Saturday Oct.3. 2020 near La Vesubie, southern France. French authorities deployed about 1,000 firefighters, four military helicopters and troops to search for at least eight people who were missing after devastating floods hit a mountainous border region with Italy, where at least four people were killed. (SDIS 06 via AP)
New Caledonia rejects full independence from France again
Pro-independence supporters celebrate the results of the vote in Noumea, New Caledonia, Sunday, Oct.4, 2020. A majority of voters in New Caledonia, an archipelago in in the South Pacific, chose to remain part of France instead of backing independence Sunday, in a referendum that marked a milestone moment in a three-decade long decolonization effort. The overseas ministry said results show 53.3% of the voters who participated in the referendum have chosen to maintain ties with France, while 46.7% supported independence. (AP Photo/Mathurin Derel)
Well Health CEO sees Canada’s health clinic market as ripe for technological disruption
CEO of TIO Networks Hamed Shahbazi is pictured in their offices in Vancouver, British Columbia on December 21, 2015. (BEN NELMS for The Globe and Mail)
COVID-19 masks make meaningful, whimsical debuts at art galleries in Vancouver and Banff
Four-Point Ply, 2019 Audie Murray (Métis) Toilet paper and seed beads 4 x 4.5 x 4.5″ (10 x 11 x 11 cm) POR
How to apply for The Globe and Mail’s 2021 summer job program
Reporters working on the Globe and Mail's 15th floor newsroom are photographed on Jan 23 2017. (Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail)
U.K. COVID-19 daily cases jump to 22,961 after glitch causes backlog
Pedestrians, some wearing a face mask or covering due to the COVID-19 pandemic, walk in Liverpool, north west England on October 2, 2020, following the announcement of new local restrictions for certain areas in the northwest of the country, due to a resurgence of novel coronavirus cases. - The British government on Thursday extended lockdowns to Liverpool and several other towns in northern England, effectively putting more than a quarter of the country under tighter coronavirus restrictions. Health Secretary Matt Hancock said limits on social gatherings would be extended to the Liverpool City region, which has a population of about 1.5 million. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP) (Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)
Number of new stranded oil, gas wells in Alberta on pace to hit 12,000, regulator says
Olaf Wielens of Tervita looks at a buried pipe as the company cleans up an abandoned well site for the Alberta Orphan Well Association near High River, Alberta, August 12, 2020. Todd Korol/The Globe and Mail
Second Mi’kmaq fishery creating ‘a big excitement’ in small Cape Breton band
Fishermen from the Sipekne'katik band, part of the First Nations Mi'kmaw community who began harvesting lobster outside of the commercial season due to a 1999 Supreme Court of Canada ruling, tend to equipment in Saulnierville, Nova Scotia, Canada September 22, 2020. REUTERS/Ted Pritchard
Canada’s second-wave priority: Protect small business, RBC CEO says
President and CEO of RBC Dave McKay, poses for a portrait in front of retail spaces on Yonge Street in Toronto, on Monday, Sept., 28, 2020. (Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail)
U.S. oil refiners look to leapfrog Canadians in making renewable diesel
FILE PHOTO: General view of oil tanks and the Bayway Refinery of Phillips 66 in Linden, New Jersey, U.S., March 30, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Segar
Eight migrants dead, 12 missing off coast of Djibouti, IOM says
FILE - In this July 15, 2019 file photo, Ethiopian migrants line up to board a small boat in the uninhabited coast outside the town of Obock, Djibouti, determined to reach oil-rich Saudi Arabia. In a statement released Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020, New York-based Human Rights Watch accused Yemen’s Houthi rebels and rival Saudi border guards of killing several dozen Ethiopian migrants in an incident at the border in April 2020. Thousands of East Africans make the perilous journey from the Horn of Africa to Saudi Arabia through war-torn Yemen every year, hoping to escape poverty and instability in their home countries. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File)
Kids' runny noses and sore throats are now a nightmare for parents like me
Brianna Bell sits with her daughter, in the basement of her new home in Guelph, Ont., on Monday, Dec., 9, 2019. (Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail)
Quebec reports more than 1,000 new COVID-19 cases for third straight day
A police officer talks to a man in Mount Royal Park in Montreal, Sunday, October 4, 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues in Canada and around the world.
Boris Johnson doesn’t want a no-deal Brexit, but can live with it
FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves Downing Street in London, Britain September 23, 2020. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls/File Photo
Theresa Tam urges Thanksgiving caution amid recent rise in cases of COVID-19
Theresa Tam urges Thanksgiving caution amid recent rise in cases of COVID-19
New York City mayor seeks to lockdown coronavirus hotspots starting Wednesday
New York City mayor seeks to lockdown coronavirus hotspots starting Wednesday
Record-breaking California wildfires surpass 4 million acres
Flames from the Glass Fire burn a truck in a Calistoga, Calif., vineyard Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020.
Egypt outlet says reporter detained while covering unrest
Egypt outlet says reporter detained while covering unrest
‘The thing you do around here:’ Prairie fall suppers adjust to COVID-19 reality
‘The thing you do around here:’ Prairie fall suppers adjust to COVID-19 reality
With voting under attack in the U.S., Canada must recommit to democracy
Voters head to cast their ballot in Canada's federal election at the Fairbanks Interpretation Centre in Dartmouth, N.S., on October 21, 2019. What happens if Canada's minority Liberal government is defeated this fall and Elections Canada concludes it can't safely conduct an election because a second wave of the deadly coronavirus is sweeping the country? THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
Japanese fashion designer Kenzo Takada dies from COVID-19
(FILES) This file photo taken on June 2, 2016 shows Japanese fashion designer Kenzo Takada smiling after being awarded Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur (Knight of the Legion of Honour) by President of the French Constitutional Council, in Paris. - Japanese designer Kenzo Takada has died at the age of 81, from the novel coronavirus, Covid-19, his spokesperson announced in Paris on October 4, 2020. Takada was the founder of the French luxury fashion house Kenzo, founded in 1970 and owned by parent company LVMH. (Photo by Geoffroy Van der Hasselt / AFP) (Photo by GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT/AFP via Getty Images)
Quebec police arrest suspect in Montreal double homicide
Quebec police arrest suspect in alleged double homicide in Montreal
High-yield gainers, a top dividend pick and dialing back the Cancon in your portfolio: What you need to know in investing this week
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Quebec coroner’s office to launch public inquest into Joyce Echaquan’s death
Quebec coroner’s office to launch public inquest into Joyce Echaquan’s death
Ontario reporting 566 additional COVID-19 cases, seven deaths
Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott holds a press conference regarding new restrictions at Queen's Park during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Friday, October 2, 2020.
12 weeks of Christmas – retailers speed up holiday plans in a daunting year
12 weeks of Christmas – retailers speed up holiday plans in a daunting year
‘I don’t want to go through this ever in my life again,’ LTC resident tells inquiry
A man looks out the window at the Camilla Care Community centre overlooking crosses marking the deaths of multiple people that occured during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mississauga, Ont., on Tuesday, May 26, 2020.
Winds of change blow on day of upsets at French Open
Poland's Iga Swiatek celebrates after winning against Romania's Simona Halep during their women's singles fourth round tennis match on Day 8 of The Roland Garros 2020 French Open tennis tournament in Paris on October 4, 2020.
New faces bring renewal, political opportunity after B.C.’s election
NDP Leader John Horgan gestures during a campaign stop at Stanley Park in Vancouver on Friday, October 2, 2020. A provincial election will be held in British Columbia on October 24.
Trump’s diagnosis fuels uncertainty for skittish U.S. stock market
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Trump walks to the Marine One helicopter wearing a protective face mask as he departs the White House to fly to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, where it was announced he will work for at least several days after testing positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, U.S., October 2, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
Canadian wheelchair racer Brent Lakatos wins London Marathon, Tristan Woodfine runs Tokyo standard
Canada's Tristan Woodfine during the elite men's race during the London marathon on October 4, 2020.
Lindsey Graham, challenger Jaime Harrison both tout bipartisanship in first South Carolina debate
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham speaks at a campaign event for U.S. House candidate Nancy Mace on Monday, Sept. 21, 2020, in North Charleston, S.C. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)
Pope Francis says free market, ‘trickle-down’ policies fail society
Pope Francis waves after delivering the Angelus prayer from his window on the day of the release of his new encyclical, titled "Fratelli Tutti" (Brothers All), at St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, October 4, 2020.
Cineworld considers temporary closure of all its U.S., U.K. and Irish theatres
People walk past a Cineworld in Leicester's Square, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in London, Britain, October 4, 2020.
‘Saturday Night Live’ recreates debate in 46th season opener
‘Saturday Night Live’ recreates debate in 46th season opener
Azerbaijan’s leader says no end to fighting until Armenia sets pullout timetable
Azerbaijan says Armenia attacks city of Ganja, threatens retaliation
Watch here: How to make a song and how to deconstruct it
John Doyle
Is it better to break a sweat at the gym or on the job?
Alex Hutchinson
Oct. 4: ‘Donald Trump’s carelessness … is something for which he should face consequences.’ Readers react to the U.S. President’s positive COVID-19 test, plus other letters to the editor
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump approaches reporters as he departs on campaign travel to Minnesota from the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, U.S., September 30, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
Your lookahead horoscope: October 4
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