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Caledon’s small businesses fear decimation from lockdown
A member of the Ontario Provincial Police and a bylaw officer with the Town of Caledon, leave Nobletoyz after issuing a fine with the store owner, while people wait outside for their turn to shop, in Caledon Ont., on Saturday, November 28, 2020. Tijana Martin/ The Globe and Mail
For Albertans, Ottawa’s updated climate plan will be hard to accept
Kelly Cryderman
Second wave of COVID-19 causes further strain for Manitoba patients awaiting surgery
Two-year-old Hallie Thiessen with her mother, Cari-Lynn Thiessen and older sister Addison at their home in Steinbach, Manitoba on December 10, 2020. Hallie has been diagnosed with a rare form of Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disease and requires a feeding tube. SHANNON VANRAES / THE GLOBE AND MAIL
B.C. assures Surrey policing levels to be maintained as local force takes over from RCMP
Norm Lipinski, Surrey Police Service's first chief constable and the current Delta Deputy Police Chief, is photographed outside the Delta Police Department in Delta, British Columbia, Friday, November 27, 2020. Rafal Gerszak/The Globe and Mail
Student-loan relief program in disarray, resulting in late penalties and hefty payments
A general view of the Ryerson University campus in Toronto, is seen on Thursday, January 17, 2019. Canada's auditor general is examining how the government manages billions of dollars in the Canada Student Loans program, and whether it's helping students be smarter about their financial decisions, newly disclosed documents show. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Canada on track for 12,000 daily COVID-19 cases by January as first vaccines arrive Monday
Canada's Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam, and Major-General Dany Fortin, join other members of the vaccine distribution task force as the Canadian Armed Forces and the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) hold a rehearsal of concept drill for the coronavirus vaccine for rollout at the PHAC headquarters in Ottawa, Canada December 11, 2020. Sean Kilpatrick/Pool via REUTERS
Giving with the heart – and the head
Writing a donation check to a charitable organization
Shibuno leads U.S. Women’s Open by three strokes
HOUSTON, TEXAS - DECEMBER 11: Hinako Shibuno of Japan plays a shot on the 18th hole during the second round of the 75th U.S. Women's Open Championship at Champions Golf Club Jackrabbit Course on December 11, 2020 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
Churches in Windsor, Ont., move services online as COVID-19 spreads in city
This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, yellow, emerging from the surface of cells, blue/pink, cultured in the lab. The number of new COVID-19 cases in Atlantic Canada slowed to just single digits Wednesday amid news Health Canada has approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for use in this country. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-NIAID-RML, *MANDATORY CREDIT*
CSIS spies’ use of geolocation data may have broken law: watchdog report
A sign for the Canadian Security Intelligence Service building is shown in Ottawa on May 14, 2013. A newly released watchdog report says Canada's spy agency may have broken the law by using peoples' digital geolocation data without a warrant. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Ontario moves two more regions into lockdown in bid to contain COVID-19
Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, responds to a question, as Ontario Premier Doug Ford listens, during a press conference at Queen's Park in Toronto on Friday, December 11, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Tijana Martin
The Globe’s stars and dogs for the week
For Stars and Dogs column in Globe Investor/ROB only.
Can this couple afford to retire early and sustain their lifestyle?
Glenn Lowson /The Globe and Mail Facelift
Supreme Court rejects Texas lawsuit attacking Biden victory, dealing Trump crushing setback
FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Dec. 11, 2020.
Pioneer of West Coast Modernism helped shape Vancouver culture
Geoffrey Massey, portrait taken in Vancouver December 24, 2010. Photo credit: Alex Waterhouse-Hayward
DoorDash, Airbnb whip up a foolish frenzy on the stock market
A DoorDash delivery person is pictured on the day they hold their IPO in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., December 9, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
RCMP should inform public about rationale behind unusual chase this week, Nova Scotia premier says
Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil makes an announcement in Halifax, Friday, Friday, Dec 20, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ted Pritchard
Airlines ask regulator to extend suspension of passenger compensation rules
Toronto Pearson International Airport is photographed on Nov 9 2020.
California to join antitrust lawsuit against Google parent Alphabet
FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2019, file photo a woman walks below a Google sign on the campus in Mountain View, Calif. California is seeking to join the Justice Department in its antitrust lawsuit against Google parent Alphabet Inc., one of the state's largest businesses. State Attorney General Xavier Becerra filed the motion to join the case in federal court on Friday, Dec. 11, 2020.(AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
We have a coronavirus vaccine. But it will only work if Canadians agree to take it
FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: A woman holds a small bottle labeled with a "Coronavirus COVID-19 Vaccine" sticker and a medical syringe in front of displayed Pfizer logo in this illustration taken, October 30, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo/File Photo
Data Dive with Nik Nanos: How the pandemic could devastate the charitable sector
Izabela Jardim, Shawn Switzer, and Ivan Horyn are volunteers at Yonge Street Mission in Toronto, shown packaging bags of food for pickup by appointment.
Ahead of his exit, Glencore CEO delivers a potential share price salvation plan
Eric Reguly
Mobile COVID-19 testing sites in Toronto a success, city says
Toronto Paramedics prepare the Mobile COVID-19 TTC testing bus at a stop in Toronto on December 9, 2020. A small fleet of mobile COVID-19 testing centres is helping Toronto communities slow the spread of the virus. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
Transat AT caps unprecedented year by losing $238.1 million in Q4 as revenues plunge 96 per cent
The Air Transat planes are photographed at Pearson airport in Toronto, on Thursday, Sept., 10, 2020. (Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail)
Evening Update: Liberals pitch $15-billion in new spending, $170-per-tonne carbon tax by 2030
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau elbow-bumps federal ministers after a news conference at the Dominion Arboretum in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada December 11, 2020. REUTERS/Blair Gable
Why Brookfield is betting billions on the race to cut carbon
People walk to Brookfield Place off Bay Street on the day of the annual general meeting for Brookfield Asset Management shareholders in Toronto, May 7, 2014. REUTERS/Mark Blinch/Files
Feds asking court for third extension to deal with revamped assisted-dying regime
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada David Lametti responds to a question during Question Period in the House of Commons, in Ottawa, Monday, Dec. 7, 2020. For the third time, the federal government is asking a Quebec court for more time to revamp Canada's assisted-dying law. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
India harrowed by ‘black law’ agricultural reforms
NEW DELHI, INDIA - DECEMBER 11: Indian farmers listen to speaker as they sit in a protest against the new farm laws on December 11, 2020 at the Delhi-Haryana state border, India. Braving cold temperatures, thousands of farmers, mostly from the Indian states of Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, are camping for the past two weeks on the peripheries of India's national capital to protest three agricultural laws which they allege have been passed by the Narendara Modi-led government to benefit large corporates. Unions representing the farmers have rejected the governments draft proposal to amend the laws, while moving the country's apex court for their repeal and announcing an intensified stir which includes blocking of major highways leading to the capital New Delhi and a nationwide shutdown until their demands are met. (Photo by Yawar Nazir/Getty Images)
TFSAs, tax-loss selling and tallying DRIP purchases
For Investor Clinic column in Globe Investor/ROB only.
‘Mr. Covidhead’ stars in Alberta’s new ad campaign to show how quickly coronavirus can spread
A character being called "Mr. Covidhead" is shown in this screengrab taken from a Government of Alberta video as part of its campaign to remind Albertans how stealthy and fast COVID-19 can spread through any social gathering.
Nevada court upholds B.C. regulator’s effort to collect restitution owed by convicted fraudster
File Number: 4595118 closeup of open book, reading glasses and pencil Credit: Dimitar Gorgev / iStockphoto (Royalty-Free)
Bob McCown determined to move on from Rogers and put Toronto ‘on the map’
Bob McCown, formerly of the Fan590, is photographed in the office/studio of his Toronto, Ont. home on Nov 25 2020. McCown is currently involved in film production as well as producing a podcast.
Mark Shapiro hopes Blue Jays can play at home next season, but team eyeing contingencies
Toronto Blue Jays president Mark Shapiro is seen during a press conference announcing the signing of Hyun-Jin Ryu to the team, in Toronto, Friday, Dec. 27, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Cole Burston
With their carbon-price surprise, the Liberals finally show the courage of their climate-change convictions
Adam Radwanski
Canada border official says information was shared inappropriately with police in Meng case
Meng Wanzhou, second left, chief financial officer of Huawei, leaves B.C. Supreme Court during a break from a hearing, in Vancouver, on Friday, December 11, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
What Canadian hip-hop can teach us about being Canadian
Singer Drake performs on the main stage at Wireless festival in Finsbury Park, London on June 27, 2015. Toronto rap star Drake has found a new outlet during the COVID-19 pandemic: The "Toosie Slide."That's the name of a dance he introduces in his new song and music video of the same name. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Invision - Jonathan Short
Ship that sank 52 years ago off B.C.’s coast now polluting marine park
British Columbia's provincial flag flies on a flag pole in Ottawa, Friday July 3, 2020. The Tahltan Nation has issued a notice that the public should avoid its territory in northwest British Columbia until the there's a vaccine or community immunity for COVID-19. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Nova Scotia shuts down poultry plant hit by COVID-19; school break extended
Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil at a news conference in Halifax on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020. Nova Scotia's Liberal government is bringing in rent control amidst a series of evictions of low-income tenants and rising homelessness in Halifax. THE CANADIAN PRESS
Pitching in: Helping Canadian charities overcome pandemic difficulties
Pitching in - John Gallop outside his apartment building in Westmount, Quebec on December 2, 2020. photo by Stephanie Foden
Intertape Polymer Group directors are buying as stock jumps
Ted Dixon
Bullish on Cascades Inc.
Monica Rizk
These inspiring initiatives are helping vulnerable Canadians get through the pandemic
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Man convicted of sexual assault to get new trial as judge gives no reasons for verdict
The Ontario Court of Appeal is seen in Toronto on April 8, 2019. A law that bars a judge from imposing a conditional sentence for certain offences was struck down as unconstitutional on Friday in a decision likely to find its way to the country's top court. In a 2-1 ruling, the Ontario Court of Appeal found the provisions of the Criminal Code run afoul of the charter because of their impact on Indigenous offenders. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Colin Perkel
No cases of allergic reactions recorded during Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine trial, company executive says
A vial of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is seen ahead of being administered at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast, Northern Ireland December 8, 2020. Liam McBurney/Pool via REUTERS
Canada was ‘disgraceful’ accomplice of U.S. in Meng arrest, China ambassador says
Ambassador of China to Canada Cong Peiwu speaks as part of a panel at the Ottawa Conference on Security and Defence in Ottawa, on Wednesday, March 4, 2020. Cong says Canada acted as a "disgraceful" accomplice to the United States in arresting Chinese high-tech executive Meng Wanzhou on an American extradition warrant. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Former N.L. inmate alleges guard performed dental work on him while another filmed
A courtroom sign is shown at Newfoundland and Labrador Supreme Court in St.John's in a file photo. A civil suit filed with the court on Dec. 4 alleges a former correctional officer performed a dental procedure on a former inmate of a central Newfoundland jail. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sarah Smellie
A permanent all-Canadian NHL division makes the regular season matter again
Cathal Kelly
U.S. FDA authorizes Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use
FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2020, file photo, Dr. Stephen Hahn, commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, testifies during a Senate Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Hearing on the federal government response to COVID-19 on Capitol Hill. White House chief of staff Mark Meadows has pressed Hahn to grant an emergency use authorization for Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine by the end of the day on Dec. 11 .(Graeme Jennings/Pool via AP, File)
Freezers that until recently held choice P.E.I. tuna will now store coronavirus vaccine
Two freezers are shown on a truck at One Tuna in this handout image. A Prince Edward Island bluefin tuna company owner has loaned two of his laboratory-grade freezers to the province to store COVID-19 vaccines. One Tuna owner Jason Tompkins says he contacted chief public health officer Dr. Heather Morrison to offer up his equipment after the tuna season ended recently. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-One Tuna-Jason Tompkins *MANDATORY CREDIT*
Veteran long-snapper L.P. Ladouceur set to break NFL record for games played by Canadian
ARLINGTON, TEXAS - NOVEMBER 08: L.P. LaDouceur #91 of the Dallas Cowboys greets teammates prior to a game against the Pittsburgh Steelers at AT&T Stadium on November 08, 2020 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
Investors weigh blocked China companies as Sino-U.S. chill deepens
In this photo provided by the New York Stock Exchange, traders Edward McCarthy, left, and Robert Charmak work on the floor during the Delwinds Insurance Acquisition Corp. IPO, Friday Dec. 11.
Trump loses Wisconsin lawsuit in latest legal defeat
FILE - President Donald Trump, left, remains on stage as then-Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden, right, walks away Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020, at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn. President Trump's extraordinary effort to overturn Joe Biden's win in Wisconsin returns to the courtroom on Friday, Dec. 11, 2020 with hearings in federal and state lawsuits seeking to invalidate hundreds of thousands of ballots and give the GOP-controlled Legislature the power to name Trump the winner. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, file)
Between masks, gloves and disinfectant wipes, COVID-19 has us drowning in plastic
A disposed medical mask is seen stuffed in a garbage bin in Toronto, Monday, Oct. 19, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
Two dead in London, Ont., building collapse
Police car with focus on siren lights. Beautiful siren lights activated in full mission activity. Policemen with patrol car in intervention operation at crime place. Emergency lights flashing on patrol car.
A great, magically musical weekend on TV, with the Bee Gees and others
John Doyle
Moviegoing is a timeless cultural ritual. Losing theatres would be tragedy
Cathal Kelly
Accused in Toronto van attack knew his actions were morally wrong, psychiatrist testifies
A van with a damaged front-end is shown on a sidewalk after a van mounted a sidewalk crashing into a number of pedestrians in Toronto on April 23, 2018. A psychologist retained by the prosecution is set to continue testifying in Toronto's van attack trial. Dr. Percy Wright has said Alek Minassian had anger issues and knew right from wrong. Minassian has pleaded not guilty to 10 counts of first-degree murder and 16 of attempted murder. The defence argues the 28-year-old from Richmond Hill, Ont., should be held not criminally responsible for his actions on April 23, 2018, due to autism spectrum disorder. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
Canada’s 2021 world juniors roster unveiled
Quinton Byfield skates during an intersquad game at Hockey Canada's men's under-18 hockey camp in Calgary, Alta., Monday, July 29, 2019. Byfield is one of the players to watch at this year's under-20 tournament. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
NYYC drives conversation about future of America’s Cup
U.S. Senate Democrats speak out in defence of Canada’s plan to ban single-use plastics
Plastic straws are pictured in Vancouver on Monday, June 4, 2018. A prominent group of U.S. Senate Democrats is speaking out in defence of Canada’s plan to ban single-use plastics. THE CANADIAN PRESS Jonathan Hayward
What we know about Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine, Canada’s immunization plans, and more
How the Globe slipped under Xinjiang’s surveillance state to expose forced labour at Lop County industrial park
Traffic and people move through the entrance to the Lop County Hair Product Industrial Park on Dec. 5, 2020. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection ordered a halt to movement of goods into the U.S. from the Lop County Hair Product park, saying Òinformation reasonably indicates this site is manufacturing products with forced labour of the Uyghur people and other minority ethnic groups.Ó
John Horgan wanted to be Santa with B.C.’s pandemic relief benefit. Now, he looks more like Scrooge
Gary Mason
The books, music and art of 2020 that predicted a pandemic
Caption as follows: Ragnar Kjartansson (b. 1976, Reykjav’k, Iceland), Death Is Elsewhere, 2019,Seven-channel video with sound, 77 minutes. Purchased in honour of Kitty Scott for her contributions to the AGO by Shabin and Nadir Mohamed. Supported by the AGO
CPL’s York 9 FC rebrands as York United FC with new logo and colours
The York United Football Club jersey is shown in a handout photo. After two seasons in the Canadian Premier League, York 9 FC is rebranding.The club will be known as York United Football Club with a new crest and jersey to go with the name. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Canadian Premier League MANDATORY CREDIT
Travel restrictions at U.S. land borders with Canada, Mexico extended through Jan. 21
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CMP) officer, stands near security booth as vehicles approach in Detroit, Michigan, across the Ambassador Bridge from Windsor, Ontario Monday, June 1, 2009. The Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative was implemented today, requiring passports or appropriate higher level travel documents to enter the U.S. by land or sea. CBP officers were promising flexiblilty as the Initiative comes into effect. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Dave Chidley
A Canadian biotech giant is born: AbCellera stock triples in debut, company now worth US$15-billion
An AbCellera Biologics Inc. scientist operates AbCellera’s automated high-throughput screening platform at an AbCellera laboratory in this undated handout photo. As researchers race to develop a vaccine, the head of a Vancouver biotech company says another valuable shield against COVID-19 could work better and buy time in the interim. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, AbCellera Biologics Inc. *MANDATORY CREDIT*
Politics Briefing: Liberals unveil update to climate-change plan
Minister of Environment and Climate Change Jonathan Wilkinson, left, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hold a press conference at the Ornamental Gardens in Ottawa on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Canada’s climate plan: From higher carbon taxes, building retrofits, and a national hydrogen strategy to planting trees
Toronto Oct. 20/08 - Peter Goodman President of Treehouse Land Developmentposes outside a LEED home in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Goodman takes normal old houses and retrofits them to the highest Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Green Building Rating System, LEED standards for green buildings. Photo By Deborah Baic The Globe and Mail
Prince Edward Island to begin coronavirus vaccinations next week in Charlottetown
Prince Edward Island's provincial flag flies on a flag pole in Ottawa, Monday, July 6, 2020. Another essential worker has tested positive for COVID-19 on Prince Edward Island. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Liberals pitch $15-billion in new spending, hike carbon tax to pass 2030 emissions goals
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau responds to a question during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
UN expresses concern over Ethiopia returning Eritrean refugees to Tigray camps
HAMDAYET, SUDAN - DECEMBER 7: Refugees from the Tigray region of Ethiopia board buses to a Um Rakuba refugee camp after spending days to weeks at a UNHCR reception center located in the east Sudanese border village of Hamdayet on December 7, 2020 in Hamdayet, Sudan. Last week, the Ethiopian government declared victory in its nearly month long battle with the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), which sent 45,000 people fleeing to Sudan and displaced thousands more within the Tigray Region. In recent days, Ethiopian forces have prevented even more people from crossing the border into Sudan, while a TPLF spokesman said that fighting had continued outside of Mekelle, Tigray's regional capital. (Photo by Byron Smith/Getty Images)
Small cap to watch: This steelmaker’s shares have doubled since September and analysts are racing to hike price targets
Rolls of coiled coated steel are shown at Stelco in Hamilton, Ont. on June 29, 2018.
Game-changing research by health charities is slowing to a trickle
Heart giving charity love hands
The charities that help struggling Canadians are struggling, too
A volunteer sorts food items in the receiving area of the warehouse at the Ottawa Food Bank in Ottawa, on Thursday, April 23, 2020. With increased demand due to the COVID-19 pandemic, quantities in the warehouse are expected to only last one month. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Expanding sports betting without banning match-fixing is a recipe for trouble
Declan Hill Handout
News of the World casts Tom Hanks as the original paywall
(from left) Johanna Leonberger (Helena Zengel) and Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd (Tom Hanks) in News of the World, co-written and directed by Paul Greengrass.
Ottawa says all large provinces need stronger COVID-19 response ‘now’
A nurse guides people being tested for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outside a hospital in Toronto, Ontario, Canada December 10, 2020. REUTERS/Chris Helgren
Upstart activist firm takes on Exxon Mobil and promptly draws a crowd to its side
A view of the Exxon Mobil refinery in Baytown, Texas September 15, 2008.
Three widely held ETFs with surprisingly high fees. Plus, TSX short sellers in full retreat and a market indicator points to higher bond yields
Toronto, Ontario - November 5, 2020 -- TMX -- People walk by an electronic sign at Bay and King displaying information from the Toronto Stock Exchange in Toronto, Thursday, November 5, 2020. (Mark Blinch/Globe and Mail)
Household debt burden rises as borrowing picks up
Canadian dollar coins or loonies are pictured in North Vancouver, B.C. Wednesday, May 29, 2019. Statistics Canada says Canadian households owed an average of $1.71 for every dollar of disposable income in the third quarter. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Disney Plus to hike monthly price by $3, introduce new Star service
FILE - In this Nov. 13, 2019 file photo, a Disney logo forms part of a menu for the Disney Plus movie and entertainment streaming service on a computer screen in Walpole, Mass. Disney said Monday, Oct. 12, 2020 that it is reorganizing its business units to focus even more on streaming. The company said in August that its Disney Plus service has more than 60 million subscribers, and subscribers to its main combination of streaming services — Disney Plus, ESPN Plus and Hulu — top 100 million. It still plans to launch another international streaming service called Star. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
Police shoot and injure woman in Milwaukee suburb, leading to protests
A group of protesters respond to police following a shooting on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2020 in Wauwatosa, Wis. Authorities say an officer has shot and wounded a woman in the Milwaukee suburb following an altercation, drawing protesters in a city that has seen civil unrest this year over policing. (Evan Casey /Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP)
10 travel destinations we’re dreaming about for 2021 (when we can get there, that is)
Halifax airport asks creditors for relief as COVID-19 suppresses travel demand
An arrivals and departures information screen is seen at the Halifax Stanfield International Airport in Halifax on Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018. Environment Canada has issued winter storm warnings and watches for Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, P.E.I. and parts of Newfoundland and Labrador, saying the low-pressure system east of Cape Hatteras will bring fierce winds and heavy snow. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
Germany promises to probe audit regulator’s Wirecard trades
The headquarters of Wirecard AG, an independent provider of outsourcing and white label solutions for electronic payment transactions is seen in Aschheim near Munich, Germany, September 22, 2020. REUTERS/Michael Dalder/Files
RCMP say 21 arrests made since start of N.S. dispute over Indigenous lobster fishing
The RCMP logo is seen in Surrey, B.C., Friday, April 13, 2018. Nova Scotia RCMP say a taxi driver faces charges in connection with the theft of more than $20,000 through the use of a client's bank card. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
If governments really want to save bars and restaurants, they should throw an alcohol lifeline
Six new non-fiction books about espionage and the Cold War
FILE--American-born spies Morris, right, and Lona Cohen, known in the West as Helen and Peter Kroger, are seen in this October 24, 1969 file picture in a coach taking them to an aircraft enroute to Warsaw after being freed in a prisoner exchange negotiated between Britain and the Soviet Union. Morris Cohen, an American who spied for the Soviet Union and was instrumental in relaying atomic bomb secrets to the Kremlin in the 1940s, has died without publicly revealing his source. Cohen died of heart failure in a Moscow hospital on June 23 at age 84. Russian newspapers reported his death Tuesday, July 4, 1995. He took his most important secret with him: the name of the American scientist who helped pass vital information about the U.S. atomic bomb project at Los Alamos, N.M., in the mid-1940s. (AP Photo)
HBO’s John Wilson offers a how-to lesson on creating the most beautiful, profound show of the year
John Wilson HBO How To With John Wilson Season 1 John Wilson, star and creator of How to with John Wilson (HBO/Crave)
The week’s most oversold and overbought stocks on the TSX
A sign board displaying Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) stock information is seen in Toronto.
Wayne Gretzky sets another record as his rookie card sells for more than $1-million at auction
A Wayne Gretzky rookie card is shown in this image provided by Heritage Auctions. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Heritage Auctions * MANDATORY CREDIT*
Canadian dollar retreats from 2½-year high as investors turn cautious
A loonie is pictured in Toronto on Jan. 23, 2015.
Market movers: Stocks that saw action on Friday - and why
Heavy machinery is seen at a First Quantum mining operation.
Options investors swarm U.S. value stocks on hopes of economic reopening
In this Nov. 16, 2020 file photo a man wearing a mask passes the New York Stock Exchange in New York.
Anglo American maps out thermal-coal exit as it focuses on shift to green energy
FILE PHOTO: A worker walks past a board outside Anglo American offices in Johannesburg, August 21, 2015. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo
Protesting Indian farmers ask Supreme Court to quash three new agricultural reform laws
Farmers listen to a speaker, sitting in the middle of an expressway at the site of a protest against new farm laws at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh state border, India, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020. Indian farmers filed a petition with the Supreme Court on Friday seeking the quashing of three new laws on agricultural reform which they say will drive down crop prices, as they continued their two-week blockade of highways connecting to the Indian capital. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Investors swap China holdings from Wall Street to Hong Kong as delisting threat brews
In this Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020, photo, an investor monitors stock prices at a brokerage in Beijing. markets on Friday, Jan. 17 have followed Wall Street higher after China reported its economy grew by 6.1% in 2019 and Washington and Beijing signed an interim trade agreement. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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