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U.S. cyber agency says SolarWinds hackers are ‘impacting’ state, local governments
FILE PHOTO: The SolarWinds logo is seen outside its headquarters in Austin, Texas on Dec. 18, 2020.
Raptors lose first opener in eight years to begin unorthodox season
Toronto Raptors forward OG Anunoby (3) attempts to block New Orleans Pelicans forward Zion Williamson (1) during the first quarter of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020 in Tampa, Fla. (Martha Asencio Rhine/Tampa Bay Times via AP)
New data favour administering COVID-19 vaccines as fast as possible, not reserving doses
Lailamie Viloria, 48, a personal support worker at Fudger House Long Term Care home in Toronto receives a COVID-19 vaccine at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto. Viloria has been working at Fudger since May and said the vaccine was just like a flu shot. Tuesday was the first day of Unity Health’s vaccine program, with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. December 22, 2020 (Melissa Tait / The Globe and Mail)
As B.C. bends COVID-19 curve, Bonnie Henry urges public to follow rules over holidays
B.C. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry answers questions from the media in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada December 15, 2020. REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier
Seasonal workers from Trinidad and Tobago brace for long winter
HOLLAND MARSH, DEC 21, 2020 - LEFT IN THE COLD - Trinidadian seasonal workers, from, left to right, Brendon Thompson, Rudy Ramroop and Ricardo Sookhoo stand on the frozen soil of Holland Marsh where they’ll be spending Christmas and what looks to be the entire winter after their home country of Trinidad and Tobago refused to repatriating their 383 seasonal farm workers due to their fear over Covid-19 transmission. Glenn Lowson photo/The Globe and Mail
Legal or illegal, the harvest of B.C.’s old-growth trees is primed for change
Torrance Coste with the Wilderness Committee counts the rings of what remains of an 800 year-old Red Cedar lies in the parking area at Carmanah-Walbran Provincial Park on Vancouver island June 21, 2012. (John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail
Adventure cats make the most of their lives - all nine of them
Story on "adventure cats" by Carrie Tait. Photos of Gary (the cat) with owner James Eastham. Gary: https://www.instagram.com/greatgramsofgary/?hl=en
Trump pardons Paul Manafort, Roger Stone and Charles Kushner
In this file photo Roger Stone leaves Federal Court after a sentencing hearing February 20, 2020, in Washington.
The death of Karima Mehrab Baloch deserves the respect of a serious investigation
Journalist Kiran Nazish is at Brandon University as this year's Stanley Knowles Distinguished Visiting Professor. (Submitted)
Lightning’s Nikita Kucherov to miss regular season with hip injury
FILE - In this Sept. 28, 2020, file photo, Tampa Bay Lightning's Nikita Kucherov (86) hoists the Stanley Cup after defeating the Dallas Stars in the NHL Stanley Cup hockey finals in Edmonton.
This Christmas, the gift of disclosure might be the most meaningful one you can give
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TransAlta shifts $439-million in power assets to TransAlta Renewables subsidiary
A woman walks towards the entrance of the TransAlta headquarters building in Calgary, on Tuesday, April 29, 2014.
What Canada needs to do to build a world-class biotech sector
A scientist operates AbCellera's automated high-throughput screening platform.
Our remarkable Aunt Irene lived to 103. Still, she died too soon
David Shribman
Here we come a-wassailing: Warren Clements’ annual Christmas carol spoof is back
Visitors walk the streets in the Petit Champlain district of old historic Quebec City, Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
Court freezes Tree of Knowledge’s assets for selling faulty masks to Quebec hospitals
The CHUL, part of the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU), is pictured in Quebec City, December 23, 2020. Mathieu Belanger for The Globe and Mail
Couples do Christmas online, in person if ‘lucky’ during Canada-U.S. border closure
Kaelynn Ball of Surrey, B.C., and Dave Hogsten of Baltimore, Md.,as shown here in a handout image, are among cross-border couples who'll be spending Christmas Day online due to the closure of the Canada-U.S. border. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Kaelynn Ball *MANDATORY CREDIT*
BHP restarts operations at Samarco five years after tragic Brazil dam disaster
FILE PHOTO: A view of the Samarco mine in Mariana, Brazil, April 12, 2016. REUTERS/Washington Alves
Cormark Securities agrees to pay SEC penalty for mislabelling hedge-fund sales
FILE PHOTO: A woman walks through the lobby of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission headquarters in Washington, June 24, 2011. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
Evening Update: Canada approves Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine
Michelle Chester, director of employee health services at Northwell Health, holds a bottle containing the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at Northwell Health's Long Island Jewish Valley Stream hospital in Valley Stream, N.Y., on Monday, Dec. 21, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Eduardo Munoz/Pool via AP
CanArctic Inuit Networks plans to build $107-million fibre-optic cable from Newfoundland to Nunavut
FILE PHOTO: Cables of optical fibre of Telecom Italia are seen in a telephone exchange in Rome, December 20, 2013. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi/File Photo
How did the One-Minute Portfolio do in 2020?
The One-Minute Portfolio consists of two exchange-traded funds: the iShares S&P/TSX 60 Index Fund and the iShares Canadian Bond Index Fund.
Great Canadian Gaming gets shareholder nod for US$1.96-billion buyout deal
A dealer slides chips across the blackjack table on Friday, March 16, 2012, in Bangor, Maine. Great Canadian Gaming Corp. says some of its casinos will reopen Sept. 28. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Robert F. Bukaty
To ensure better representation, Canada should follow Nasdaq’s board diversity proposals – including quotas
U.S. suspects Iranians created website threatening U.S. election officials
(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 3, 2020, Evegnii Nessirio of Seattle, a Russian citizen who was scheduled for his citizenship interview, stands outside following a two-week closure of a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) building and US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) field office because of an employee who may be infected with the novel coronavirus in Tukwila, Washington. - The US Department of Homeland Security reportedly became the third federal department to be targeted by hackers, US media reported on December 14, 2020 a day after Washington revealed a major cyberattack which may have been coordinated by a foreign government. (Photo by Jason Redmond / AFP) (Photo by JASON REDMOND/AFP via Getty Images)
Time to lock in? The outlook for mortgages in 2021
Robert McLister
UCP suffers first major defeat with changes to Alberta’s parks policy
Environment and Parks Minister Jason Nixon is seen during a news conference to announce $43 million in repairs and improvements to provincial parks at a news conference in Calgary on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Todd Korol
Family of Pakistan dissident Karima Mehrab urge thorough investigation into her death
Internationally prominent Pakistani activist Karima Mehrab is seen in Toronto in a recent handout photo. City police say her apparent drowning death is not suspicious. Relatives, however, say they worry she met foul play. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Lateef Johar, *MANDATORY CREDIT*
The federal climate plan provides the clarity that Canada’s economy needs
British lockdown to expand as cases of another COVID-19 variant surface in England
People walk at Oxford Street, amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in London, Britain December 23, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKay
Senator and residential school survivor pushes Red Chamber to confront institutional racism
Senate pages staff the doors to the Red Chamber on Parliament Hill in Ottawa.
Federal judge blocks Trump administration rule aimed at curbing drug prices
President Donald Trump speaks during an event in the briefing room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Nov. 20, 2020, on prescription drug prices. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Prof. Deborah Zamble wouldn’t use a cellphone but loved connecting over meals and in the lab
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Newfoundland’s Hibernia offshore oil project awarded $38 million in federal aid
Newfoundland and Labrador's provincial flag flies on a flagpole in Ottawa, Monday July 6, 2020. The Hibernia oil project off the coast of Newfoundland is getting $38 million to boost job numbers and restart drilling. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
24 Treats of Christmas: Here’s what you baked
No more Christmas rush! The stay-home order is a blessing for me this year
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Visa’s card usage suspension on Pornhub will continue, pending investigations
A Visa logo on a credit card is shown in New Orleans on August 11, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Jenny Kane
Masks given to Quebec daycares since May are faulty, Minister of Families says
Quebec Family Minister Mathieu Lacombe speaks at a news conference on the COVID-19 pandemic on April 27, 2020, at the legislature in Quebec City. For several months, Quebec daycares have been using masks that don't meet standards. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
Investors prefer Canadian banks put record excess capital into M&A over share buybacks
The Canadian flag blows in the wind in the heart of the financial district in Toronto on June 27, 2018.
Avalanche Canada issues warning for most eastern B.C. mountain ranges
Smoke from a wildfire hangs over the mountains in Squamish, B.C., Wednesday, April 15, 2020. Avalanche Canada has issued a special public avalanche warning for mountain ranges stretching the length of eastern British Columbia and further east into Alberta's Kananaskis Country. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Amy Smart
Ontario’s sport minister says NHL talks ongoing with league set to announce schedule
A woman runs across the road in front of Scotiabank Arena in Toronto on Thursdsay July 2, 2020. Toronto and Edmonton are on the verge of being picked as hub cities for the NHL's resumption of play, according to multiple reports. THECANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
Full Stream Ahead: Amazon’s sumptuous Sylvie’s Love, Crave’s poppy Valley Girl and the too-crazy-to-be-true Wild Mountain Thyme
Barry Hertz
Michelle Latimer’s ancestry claims undermined the important work of Indigenous creatives
Celeste Pedri-Spade
Quebec and Ontario labour activists urge for more transparency around COVID-19 outbreaks in workplaces
Pedestrians walk along Ste. Catherine Street during the COVID -19 pandemic in Montreal, Monday, Dec. 21, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
More than 100 people killed in latest ethnic massacre in Ethiopia
Refugees who fled the conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region ride a bus going to the Village 8 temporary shelter, near the Sudan-Ethiopia border, in Hamdayet, eastern Sudan, on Dec. 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
Wood-product price surge expected to persist, raising renovation costs in 2021
A worker uses a small boat to move logs on the Fraser River at Delta Cedar Products mill in Delta, B.C., on Monday, August 24, 2020. Darryl Dyck/The Globe and Mail
Michelle Latimer to return DOC Vanguard Award amid ancestry controversy
Filmmaker Michelle Latimer is photographed in Toronto on Wednesday, August 19, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
U.S. preparing sanctions targeting Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline
(FILES) This file photo taken on September 7, 2020 show gas pipes bound for the Russian pipe laying vessel Akademik Cherskiy (not in picture) that is moored in the port of Mukran near Sassnitz on the Baltic Sea island of Ruegen, north eastern Germany, as the ship waits to continue pipe laying works for the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline. - Construction work resumed Friday, December 11, 2020 on the disputed Nord Stream 2 pipeline which is to bring Russian gas to Germany, the project's managers said, despite protests from the United States. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP) (Photo by ODD ANDERSEN/AFP via Getty Images)
Navy commander Art McDonald named new chief of defence staff
Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy Vice-Admiral Art McDonald is seen during an interview with The Canadian Press in Ottawa, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Merck signs $356-million U.S. supply deal for experimental COVID-19 treatment
FILE PHOTO: The Merck logo is seen at a gate to the Merck & Co campus in Linden, New Jersey, U.S., July 12, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Trump veto threat raises the possibility of year-end government shutdown
FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2020, file photo President Donald Trump speaks at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Boeing 737 MAX crash victim families urge U.S. to rescind approval
FILE PHOTO: A Boeing 737 MAX 7 aircraft lands during an evaluation flight at Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington, U.S. September 30, 2020. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson/File Photo
The three biggest investing trends of the 2020s. Plus, portfolio opportunities for the new year
The Wall Street sign at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Dec. 9.
Supply squeeze won’t ease on global stocks and bonds in 2021
A currency trader watches computer monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 23.
Ontario Hockey League delays 2020-21 season again due to COVID-19
The Ontario Hockey League has delayed the February start of its 2020-21 season. Players' sticks are shown during the Ice Hockey World Championships Group A match between Russia and Denmark, in Moscow, Russia, on Thursday, May 12, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Ivan Sekretarev
How to make New Year’s Eve at home feel festive
Christopher Waters
John Ghazvinian rigorously chronicles the relationship between Iran and the U.S. in his new book
Iranian students climb over the wall of the US embassy in Tehran 04 November 1979. Twenty years later, 04 November 1999, the former embassy building now turns out officers of the Islamic Republic's Revolutionary Guards. / AFP / IRNA / STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP via Getty Images)
Pfizer to supply additional 100 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to U.S.
A Walgreens Pharmacist prepares a Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at Crown Heights Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation, a nursing home facility in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., December 22, 2020. REUTERS/Yuki Iwamura
Western Canada: Alberta family awaits access to $2.8-million drug Zolgensma for toddler’s rare condition
story about a family in Edmonton whose child has a rare disease called SMA. There is new treatment for it, but the drug (Zolgensma) costs $2.9-million and it's not approved or covered in Canada yet. Reign Johnston is the child pictured.
Canada’s economy shows resilience, but new lockdowns threaten growth
A chef cooks Chinese food on a rainy fall day as the restaurant is open for curb-side pickup during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Monday, November 30, 2020. Toronto and Peel region continue to be in lockdown. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Ontario to receive 53,000 Moderna COVID-19 vaccine doses by end of December
Melissa Vitug, a resident assistant at Houses of Providence Long Term Care Home in Scarborough, receives the first COVID-19 vaccine from nurse Megan Buchholz at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto. Tuesday was the first day of Unity Health’s vaccine program, with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. December 22, 2020 (Melissa Tait / The Globe and Mail)
Police investigating string of arsons across two towns northeast of Montreal
A Surete du Quebec police car is seen in Montreal on Wednesday, July 22, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
A world juniors like no other set to begin this weekend in Edmonton
Switzerland and Austria take to the ice before first period IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship pre-competition action in Edmonton on Tuesday, December 22, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine gets Health Canada approval
Michelle Chester, director of employee health services at Northwell Health, holds a bottle containing the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at Northwell Health's Long Island Jewish Valley Stream hospital in Valley Stream, N.Y., on Monday, Dec. 21, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Eduardo Munoz/Pool via AP
Supreme Court declines to hear bid for injunction in flight refund case
A flight from Mexico City arrives at Vancouver International Airport, in Richmond, B.C., on Friday, March 20, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine has been approved by Health Canada. Here’s what you need to know
A member of the Mississippi National Guard holds a vial of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine prior to being loaded into a syringe for injection into the arm of a Mississippi Air or Army National Guard service members who serves as a first responder, Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020, in Flowood, Miss. One hundred doses of the vaccine were administered to both Mississippi Air and Army National Guard service members who assist with the administering of the COVID-19 test at Mississippi Department of Health drive through community testing sites across the state. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Corporate activists return ‘full steam,’ eye 2021, after pandemic muted activity
A street sign is displayed at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Monday, Nov. 23.
Canadian dollar rises as Canada’s economy grows more than expected
A loonie is pictured in Toronto on Jan. 23, 2015.
EU and U.K. in ‘final stages’ of post-Brexit trade talks, with hopes for a deal rising
FILE PHOTO: A British Union Jack flag flutters outside the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium January 30, 2020. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir
Market movers: Stocks that saw action on Wednesday - and why
Employees at Magna Closures Dortec Industries in Markham Feb 19, 2013.
Nissan needs suppliers’ help, two decades after squeezing them to cut costs
FILE PHOTO: Nissan Motor Corp. displays its new Ariya all-battery SUV during a press preview at Nissan Pavilion in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, Japan July 14, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato
Binge-watching guide 2020 edition: More than 30 series and specials to catch up on
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Vancouver wanted all five Sahota-owned hotels before expropriating two in Downtown Eastside, according to lawsuit
The Balmoral and Regent hotels are pictured in the Downtown Eastside in Vancouver, B.C., Wednesday, November 6, 2019. The City of Vancouver says it has reached a settlement with the owners of the Balmoral and Regent hotels to expropriate the derelict properties on the Downtown Eastside. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Large fire breaks out at Bosnian migrant camp
Smoke rises from a fire at migrant camp Lipa, Wednesday, Dec 23, 2020, near Bihac in western Bosnia. A huge fire has broken out at a migrant camp in northwestern Bosnia which has been in the focus of rights groups because of poor conditions in the tent facility.  Thick black smoke could be seen rising Wednesday from parts of the Lipa camp near the Croatian border which currently houses some 1,200 migrants.  The cause of the fire was not immediately known as migrants were seen running away in panic. There were no reports of injuries. (AP Photo/Hasan Arnautovic)
U.S. grants $169-million in military aid to Baltic nations for 2021
An Estonian Defence League member fires during the annual military exercise SIIL (Hedgehog) 2018 together with NATO's Enhanced Forward Presence battle group troops near Valga, Estonia May 11, 2018. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins
U.S. weekly unemployment claims fall but remain elevated
FILE PHOTO: People line up outside a Kentucky Career Center hoping to find assistance with their unemployment claim in Frankfort, Kentucky, U.S. June 18, 2020. REUTERS/Bryan Woolston/File Photo
South Korea rushes warplanes as Chinese, Russian aircraft enter air defence zone
In this April 20, 2017, photo, a South Korean Air Forces' KF-16 fighter takes off at an air base in Gunsan, South Korea. South Korean air force jets fired 360 rounds of warning shots after a Russian military plane briefly violated South Korea's airspace twice on Tuesday, July 23, 2019, Seoul officials said, in the first such incident between the countries. (Kim Jun-beom/Newsis via AP)
Urgent plea for doctors goes out at Toronto-area nursing home hit by COVID-19
People wearing personal protective equipment are seen in the Tendercare Living Centre, a Scarborough long-term care home on December 23, 2020. Carlos Osorio for The Globe and Mail
Turkish court convicts journalist Can Dundar on terror charges
(FILES) In this file photo taken on October 06, 2020 Turkish journalist and former chief editor of the Turkish daily newspaper Cumhuriyet Can Dundar attends a meeting with German and Turkish intellectuals to comment on peace in the Mediterranean region and solidarity with democrats in Turkey, in Berlin, Germany. - A Turkish court on December 23, 2020 sentenced the exiled former editor-in-chief of the opposition Cumhuriyet daily to more than 27 years in jail on charges of aiding a terror group and espionage. The court found Can Dundar -- who fled to Germany in 2016 -- guilty in connection with a story about an alleged Turkish arms shipment to Syrian rebels fighting President Bashar al-Assad. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP) (Photo by ODD ANDERSEN/AFP via Getty Images)
Supreme Court agrees to weigh in on ‘extreme intoxication’ defence
The Supreme Court of Canada is seen at sunset in Ottawa, Tuesday Sept. 1, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Massacre of 21 villagers leads to rare trial for soldiers in Cameroon
A Cameroonian soldier holds a position on Feb. 16, 2015 near the village of Mabass.
The top 3, and bottom 3, software stocks to buy for 2021
In this file photo taken on Dec. 9, a Salvation Army volunteer dances in front of the New York Stock Exchange.
Magna to form joint venture with LG Electronics to build electric car components
The Magna International Inc., sign is shown at the company's annual general meeting to begin in Toronto on Friday, May 10, 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Britain’s supply of some fruits and vegetables at risk until Dover port backlog clears
Police cars pass by lorries queueing on M20 motorway to enter port Dover, as EU countries impose a travel ban from the UK following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, near Ashford, Britain, December 23, 2020. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls
Canadian animator Trevor Jimenez follows Oscars run with work on Pixar’s Soul
Canadian animator, Trevor Jimenez, photographed at his home in Berkeley, California on Tuesday, February 13, 2019. Jimenez's film, "Weekends," is nominated for the Oscars 2019 Best Animated Short Film award.
Wednesday’s analyst upgrades and downgrades
Finished lumber is seen at West Fraser Pacific Inland Resources sawmill in Smithers, B.C., on Feb. 4.
White House pandemic response co-ordinator Deborah Birx plans to retire
(FILES) In this file photo taken on April 28, 2020 Response coordinator for White House Coronavirus Task Force Deborah Birx speaks as US President Donald Trump meets with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC. - White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx said in an interview on December 22, 2020 with outlet Newsy that she will retire after the transition to the Biden administration, US media reported. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai, charged under new national-security law, granted bail
FILE - In this Dec. 12, 2020, file photo, Jimmy Lai, center, who founded the Apple Daily tabloid, is escorted by Correctional Services officers to get on a prison van before appearing in a court, in Hong Kong. Hong Kong media tycoon Lai was granted bail on Wednesday, Dec. 23, nearly three weeks after he was remanded in custody over fraud and national security-related charges. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)
Elon Musk says he approached Apple about acquiring Tesla when Model 3 production was struggling
FILE - In this Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020, file photo, SpaceX owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk arrives on the red carpet for the Axel Springer media award, in Berlin. In a tweet Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020, Musk said he once considered selling the electric car maker to Apple, but the iPhone maker’s CEO Tim Cook blew off the meeting. (Hannibal Hanschke/Pool Photo via AP, File)
Letterkenny co-creator Jacob Tierney has cracked the code of television
Johanna Schneller
Pandemic Christmas by the barrel: Care packages help residents in island countries with fragile health care systems
Sylvanus Thompson, stands for a portrait outside the Jamaican Canadian Association in North York on December 19, 2020. Sylvanus recently helped send barrels of COVID-19 supplies with the Association to assist communities in Jamaica. /Aaron Vincent Elkaim for the Globe and Mail
Ottawa is not Toronto – so is it necessary to lock them down too?
John Ibbitson
Amazon to face re-energized U.S. union drive in 2021
(FILES) In this file photo a woman works at a packing station at the 855,000-square-foot Amazon fulfillment center in Staten Island, one of the five boroughs of New York City, on February 5, 2019. - Amazon workers at an Alabama warehouse have been given a green light by a federal agency on a unionization vote which could deliver a first for organized labor with the e-commerce and technology giant in the United States. The National Labor Relations Board said on December 17, 2020 it found "sufficient showing" to allow for a vote among workers at the Amazon distribution center in Bessemer, Alabama. (Photo by Johannes EISELE / AFP) (Photo by JOHANNES EISELE/AFP via Getty Images)
Russian parliament passes bill that would allow Moscow to block U.S. social-media companies
FILE PHOTO: Facebook, Google and Twitter logos are seen in this combination photo from Reuters files. REUTERS/File Photo
Lufthansa reaches deal with pilots’ union on cost-cutting plans
(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 29, 2016 Lufthansa airplane's are parked at the airfield of the Franz-Josef-Strauss airport in Munich, southern Germany, during a strike of pilots of the German airline Lufthansa. - German cabin crew union UFO called on June 20, 2019 for a strike against airline giant Lufthansa in July, threatening travel chaos during the busy summer holiday season over a wage dispute. Employees of Lufthansa's subsidiaries Eurowings and Germanwings are expected to vote next week on whether to take action. (Photo by CHRISTOF STACHE / AFP)CHRISTOF STACHE/AFP/Getty Images
Daimler reportedly preparing to list trucks division in 2021
The Mercedes-Benz star is displayed on the front of a Mercedes-Benz G-model at the annual press conference of German auto giant Daimler AG in Stuttgart, southwestern Germany, on February 1, 2018. German luxury carmaker Daimler on February 1, 2018 announced record profits for 2017 on the back of strong SUV and truck sales. Daimler said net profits soared by 24 percent last year to 10.9 billion euros ($13.5 billion), while revenues were up seven percent to 164 billion euros. / AFP PHOTO / THOMAS KIENZLE (Photo credit should read THOMAS KIENZLE/AFP/Getty Images)
Oil gains 2 per cent after draws in U.S. product inventories
FILE PHOTO: Dust blows around a crude oil pump jack and flare burning excess gas at a drill pad in the Permian Basin in Loving County, Texas, U.S. November 25, 2019. Picture taken November 25, 2019. REUTERS/Angus Mordant/File photo
Morning Update: Ontario shutdown won’t stop COVID-19 spread in workplaces, health experts say
Employees work at the Amazon fulfillment centre in Brampton, Ont. on Monday, November 26, 2018. The centre expects to process 2.5 million packages during the period between Black Friday and Cyber Monday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
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