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When the need is so great, choosing which charities to give to can be overwhelming. Here’s how best to direct your giving
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What drives donors to give their time or money to charities?
Charity -- Ashleigh, Elias, and Mark (the dad) for Donors photos for the Charity special this weekend
China detains Bloomberg news staffer on alleged national security concerns
FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2020, file photo, paramilitary police wear face masks as they stand guard at Tiananmen Gate adjacent to Tiananmen Square in Beijing. U.S. financial news service Bloomberg said Friday, Dec. 11, 2020, that Chinese authorities have detained one of its Beijing-based news assistants on what they said was suspicion of endangering national security. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
Inter Pipeline announces $1-billion spending plan for 2021
Inter Pipeline's Heartland Petrochemical Complex is shown under construction in Fort Saskatchewan, Alta., on Thursday, January 10, 2019. The Heartland Petrochemical Complex is a $3.5-billion private-sector investment spurred by the province's royalty credit program. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
Brexit brinkmanship; Fed watching and China bashing: World market themes for the week ahead
Incoming Tesla vechiles are parked in front of shipping containers at the container terminal of Southampton Docks in Southampton on the south coast of England on December 11.
Electric commercial vehicle maker to go public in SPAC deal with US$1.4-billion valuation
An Electric Last Mile Solutions UD-1 electric commercial van is seen in Auburn Hills, Michigan, U.S., in this undated photo.
One million Indian doctors go on strike to protest surgeries by traditional practitioners
A health worker in personal protective equipment (PPE) checks the temperature of passengers amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at a railway station in Mumbai, India, December 11, 2020. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas
Vancouver paid more than $7.5-million for decrepit hotels owned by Sahota family
The Balmoral Hotel SRO is seen in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, B.C., on Wednesday June 21, 2017. Tenants were recently ordered to vacate the Balmoral, one of many single room occupancy hotels owned by the Sahota family, due to structural and building code issues. Darryl Dyck/The Globe and Mail
North York home listed low sells quickly
Done Deal, 285 Hollywood Ave, Toronto
Seasoned shoppers catch a break upsizing within Leaside
Done Deal, 480 Sutherland Dr., Toronto
Updated four-bedroom Calgary home sells under asking
Done Deal, 59 Millside Way SW., Calgary
Argentina’s lower house approves landmark bill to legalize abortion
Demonstrators celebrate with green headscarves - the symbol of pro-abortion activists - outside the Argentine Congress in Buenos Aires on December 11, 2020, after legislators passed a bill to legalize abortion. (Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP) (Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)
Businesses consider how best to encourage employees to get COVID-19 vaccine
Face mask hanging on computer screen in an empty office
Scotia strategist sees 24% upside for Canadian bank stocks
Bank buildings are photographed in Toronto's financial district on Wednesday, June 27, 2018.
AMC gets $100-million investment from Mudrick Capital as it tries to stave off potential bankruptcy
ROSEMONT, ILLINOIS - DECEMBER 04: An AMC Theatres logo hangs above one of the company's movie theaters shuttered by the coronavirus COVID-19 on December 04, 2020 in Rosemont, Illinois. In what could be another blow to the theater industry, Warner Bros. Pictures on Thursday announced that all of its 2021 films will stream on HBO Max during the same time the films will be playing in theaters. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Taylor Swift’s Evermore is the surprise album we should have seen coming
Brad Wheeler
Lululemon hikes holiday sales forecast as demand booms
FILE PHOTO: Clothes are displayed in a Lululemon Athletica retail store in New York, U.S., March 30, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
Mastercard faces $23.6-billion class action in U.K. after landmark court ruling
FILE PHOTO: A Mastercard logo is seen on a credit card in this picture illustration August 30, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas White/File Photo
No-deal Brexit more likely than agreement, British PM and EU’s chief executive say
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen gives a press conference at the end of an EU summit at the European Council building in Brussels, on December 11, 2020. (Photo by JOHANNA GERON / POOL / AFP) (Photo by JOHANNA GERON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Four of the best book debuts of 2020
PLEASE DO NOT USE AS FEATURED IMAGE ON BOOKS STORIES, HAS BEEN GREATLY OVERUSED // Open paper book on wooden table, retro style education and literature background
Students’ grades are dropping with shift to remote education as coronavirus pandemic takes toll
An empty teacher's desk is seen at the front of a empty classroom at McGee Secondary school in Vancouver on September 5, 2014. Alberta is planning to reopen schools in the province this fall even as cases of COVID-19 in the province continue to grow. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Sanofi and GSK’s COVID-19 vaccine suffers setback, delayed to late 2021
FILE PHOTO: A researcher works in an industrial development laboratory at the vaccine unit of French drugmaker Sanofi's Pasteur plant in Marcy-l'Etoile, near Lyon, France June 16, 2020. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo
Friday’s analyst upgrades and downgrades
This June 5, 2017, file photo shows the Lululemon Athletica logo outside a store in Dedham, Mass.
Oil pulls back as New York implements more coronavirus curbs
FILE PHOTO: A TORC Oil & Gas pump jack is seen near Granum, Alberta, Canada May 6, 2020. REUTERS/Todd Korol
The accounting adjustment underpinning Ottawa’s falling debt costs
Storm clouds pass by the Peace tower and Parliament hill Tuesday August 18, 2020 in Ottawa. he federal government ran a deficit of just over $120.3 billion during the first three months of its 2020-2021 fiscal year as the treasury pumped out aid to cushion the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Morning Update: Ottawa searching for tech to handle coronavirus vaccine distribution
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau joins President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs Dominic LeBlanc, as they make their way to hold a press conference in Ottawa on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
What every Canadian investor needs to know today
In this photo provided by the New York Stock Exchange, traders Robert Charmak, left, and John Panin work on the floor of the NYSE during the DoorDash IPO, Wednesday Dec. 9, 2020. U.S. stocks are wobbling between small gains and losses while hovering around their recent record highs as coronavirus vaccines move closer to distribution and Washington ramps up stimulus talks. (Courtney Crow/New York Stock Exchange via AP)
Ottawa seeking technology to manage COVID-19 vaccine distribution and tracking
FILE PHOTO: A nurse holds a vial of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at University Hospital, on the first day of the largest immunization program in the British history, in Coventry, Britain December 8, 2020. Jacob King/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Friday’s Insider Report: Director invests nearly $1.7-million in this stock yielding 4%
Europe’s leaders agree to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 55 per cent by 2030
French President Emmanuel Macron gestures after an all night negotiating session at an EU summit in Brussels, Friday, Dec. 11, 2020. European Union leaders have reached a hard-fought deal to cut the bloc's greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55 percent by the end of the decade compared with 1990 levels, avoiding a hugely embarrassing deadlock ahead of a U.N. climate meeting this weekend. (Olivier Hoslet, Pool via AP)
Trudeau’s spat with India’s Modi is the right fight for the wrong reasons
Doug Saunders
Canada’s envoy to China draws attention of U.S. Senate intelligence committee chair Marco Rubio
WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 12: Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) walks through the Senate subway following a vote in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol on November 12, 2020 in Washington, DC. As President Trump continues to refuse to concede the Presidential Election to President-elect Joe Biden more Congressmen and women call for Biden to begin to receive classified national intelligence briefings from the Tump administration. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)
Our cautious start to assisted suicide is now an accelerating drive toward death-on-demand
Andrew Coyne
Why you might have to fork out more for auto insurance, even if youʼre driving less
Traffic Accident and insurance concept, Insurance agent working on report form with car accident claim process.
Our preview of the Ford Bronco Sport found a fun day-to-day crossover disguised as an off-roader
2021 Bronco Sport
Daniel Erdman: ‘I knew from a super young age that having my own company is what I wanted to do’
Daniel Erdman - Golf Towels
The close: Stimulus uncertainty hems in Wall Street as TSX dips slightly
The TSX ticker is photographed in Toronto, on Thursday, February 27, 2020.
Focus on strategic philanthropy increasing amid COVID-19 crisis
Writing out a donation check to a charitable organization
Dec. 11: ‘All too easy to criticize Justin Trudeau.’ Readers debate Canada-China relations, plus other letters to the editor
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau leaves a press conference in Ottawa on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
The Globe and Mail Bestsellers for the week of Dec. 12, 2020
Books on the shelves
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris jointly named Time magazine’s ‘Person of the Year’
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris holds hands with President-elect Joe Biden and her husband Doug Emhoff as they celebrate Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020, in Wilmington, Del.
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai charged under national security law: local media
Jimmy Lai of Next Digital, which publishes the Apple Daily newspaper, is escorted by Correctional Services officers to prison, in Hong Kong, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020.
Your daily horoscope: December 11
Sagittarius.
Cam Akers runs wild, Cam Newton benched as Rams rout Patriots 24-3
Los Angeles Rams defensive end Aaron Donald (99) and teammate linebacker Obo Okoronkwo (45) pressures New England Patriot quarterback Cam Newton (1) in the first half of an NFL football game in Inglewood, Calif., Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020.
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