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Health care improvements boost Canada to fourth in world for immigration integration
A provincial spokeswoman says more than 1,000 asylum seekers have crossed on foot into Manitoba from the United States so far this year.
Vancouver to hike property taxes, Surrey aims to cut police spending as budgets get approval
Vancouver City Hall with LED lighting scheme.
Everything you need to know about the Ford government’s changes to conservation and planning
Ontario Premier Doug Ford Ontario walks to his press conference during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto, Friday, November 20, 2020. Ontario is moving the COVID-19 hot spots of Toronto and Peel Region into lockdown starting Monday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
B.C. to start coronavirus vaccine rollout next week as health officials plead for patience
Dr. Bonnie Henry gives her daily media briefing regarding Covid-19 for the province of British Columbia in Victoria, B.C, Monday, December 7, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Paolo Rossi, Italian World Cup hero, dies at 64
Italy's Paolo Rossi, left, celebrates, after scoring the second goal for his team during their World Cup match second round soccer match against Brazil, in Barcelona, Spain, on July 5, 1982. Italy, who beat Brazil 3-2 in a classic match, went on to win the tournament with Rossi scoring six goals.
No health transfer deal expected at First Ministers Meeting
Canadian premiers posed for a group photograph during a meeting of the Council of the Federation, which comprises all 13 provincial and territorial leaders, in Mississauga, Ont., on Dec. 2, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
SpaceX launches Starship on highest test flight, crash-lands
SpaceX's first super heavy-lift Starship SN8 rocket explodes during a return-landing attempt after it launched from their facility on a test flight in Boca Chica, Texas, on Dec. 9, 2020.
How an entire industry sped up the vaccine timeline
View of vials on a production line at the factory of British multinational pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) in Saint-Amand-les-Eaux, northern France, on December 3, 2020, where the adjuvant for Covid-19 vaccines will be manufactured. - Canada's Medicago and British pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) announced on December 3, 2020 the launch of phase 2 and 3 clinical trials on a Covid-19 vaccine, one of a series of candidates being developed worldwide. Final phase 3 trials of the plant-derived vaccine candidate will begin by year's end and will be tested on 30,000 volunteers in North America, Latin America and Europe, according to a joint statement. (Photo by FRANCOIS LO PRESTI / AFP) (Photo by FRANCOIS LO PRESTI/AFP via Getty Images)
Lametti questions Conservatives’ sincerity in wanting to protect vulnerable
Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of Canada David Lametti responds to a question during Question Period in the House of Commons on Dec. 8, 2020 in Ottawa.
Nova Scotia shooter had more victims in mind, according to documents
FILE - In this April 19, 2020, file photo, Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers surround a suspect at a gas station in Enfield, Nova Scotia. Canadian police say multiple people are dead plus the suspect after a shooting rampage across the province of Nova Scotia. (Tim Krochak/The Canadian Press via AP, File)
U.S. regulators sue Facebook for alleged antitrust violations
Ex-CHL players detail disturbing alleged abuse
Team Red and Team White logos are shown following the CHL Top Prospects Game in Hamilton, Ont. on January 16, 2020. The Canadian Hockey League has settled three class-action lawsuits filed by former and current junior players seeking backpay for minimum wage. The CHL -- an umbrella organization for the Western Hockey League, Ontario Hockey League and Quebec Major Junior Hockey League -- and the plaintiffs announced the settlements that amount to a total of $30 million on Friday. HE CANADIAN PRESS/Peter Power
Man charged with first-degree murder in fire that killed family in Northern Ontario First Nation
An Ontario Provincial Police logo is shown during a press conference in Barrie, Ont., on April 3, 2019. Provincial police remain on the scene today in an Ontario town where hundreds of modified cars descended this weekend for stunt driving, racing and other alleged dangerous driving behaviours. OPP Sgt. Jason Folz says the "car takeover" in Wasaga Beach, Ont. began Friday and continued early Sunday.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Alberta COVID-19 vaccinations to start next week with hospital, care staff
Alberta Minister of Health Tyler Shandro speaks during a press conference in Calgary on May 29, 2020. Alberta will start distributing the COVID-19 vaccine next week to front-line health workers and caregivers. Shandro says the first round of the vaccine will be administered in Alberta on Dec. 16.
Surging NFC East might offer solid playoff threat after all
New York Giants defensive end Leonard Williams, right, celebrates with linebacker Tae Crowder, top, after Williams sacked Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson (not shown) on Dec. 6, 2020, in Seattle.
Canadians have sights set on U.S. Women’s Open
BELLEAIR, FLORIDA - NOVEMBER 20: Brooke Henderson lines up a putt on the fourth hole during the second round of the Pelican Women's Championship at Pelican Golf Club on November 20, 2020 in Belleair, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)
Lidia Menapace, Italian Resistance member, dies at age 96
FILE - In this Nov. 8, 2004 file photo, Lidia Brisca Menapace listens on the presentation of her book "Nonviolenza the reasons of pacifism" written with historian Marco Revelli and Italian Communist Refoundation party secretary Fausto Bertinotti, presented in Rome's Campidoglio City Hall. Menapace, a Resistance member in World War II, who later battled on behalf of pacifism and women’s rights and was elected to the Italian Senate on a Communist party ticket, died on Monday, Dec. 8, 2020 at age 96, Senate officials said. (AP Photo/Corrado Giambalvo, file)
Amazon inks deals for Toronto office space after rival Shopify’s expansion
An Amazon sign in front of 120 Bremner Blvd. in downtown Toronto, on Dec. 9, 2020.
A fight without ‘light’: Nurses wrestle with burnout, Albertans’ apathy toward COVID guidelines
Matthew Douma, emergency nurse and adjunct professor of critical care medicine at the University of Alberta, is seen in Edmonton, AB. on Saturday, Nov. 28. He has spoken on the importance of self-care as a healthcare professional during the COVID-19 pandemic. Megan Albu / Globe and Mail
Champions League brings unity to Paris, relief in Madrid
Borussia Moenchengladbach goalkeeper Yann Sommer makes a save on Dec. 9, 2020.
Influential CBC radio executive Patricia Pleszczynska crossed the linguistic divide
Patricia Pleszczynska. Courtesy of the Family.
Shortened camp puts pressure on Canadian junior men’s hockey team
Team Canada celebrates after defeating Russia in the gold medal game at the World Junior Hockey Championships in Ostrava, Czech Republic on Jan. 5, 2020. The Canadian junior hockey team resumed its selection camp on Tuesday after completing a 14-day quarantine.
They’re going to work, so you can shop from home
Best Buy's warehouse in Brampton, Ont.
Opera Atelier, a company known for preservation, adapts well in the digital, COVID age of the arts
Soprano Meghan Lindsay and Tenor Colin Ainsworth in Opera Atelier's production of Armide (2015). Photo by Bruce Zinger. OPERA ATELIER ANNOUNCES NEW LIVESTREAM DATE FOR MUCH ANTICIPATED WORLD PREMIERE OF Ñ SOMETHING RICH & STRANGE Ñ
Hydro-Québec’s battery push is built on making the province a lithium player. Will it work?
A Hydro Quebec logo is seen on their head office building in Montreal, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015. Hydro-Quebec has launched a new energy storage business aimed at power producers, transmission providers and distributors, as well as commercial and industrial markets. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
Canadian firms sign global pledge to make plastic packaging more recyclable
Collected plastic bottles inside a garbage truck during a recyclable waste collection service on World Environment Day in Tokyo, Japan, on June 5, 2020.
Next year could be one of the best for earnings growth - and stocks are poised to benefit
A Wall St. sign is seen near the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in the financial district in New York, U.S., November 24, 2020. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
CPPIB launches European company to invest in renewable energy
ONE TIME USE ONLY WITH THIS STORY - RB-CD-CPPIB-EUROPE-1209 ** from writer** add “One of the principals at CPPIB’s new Renewable Power Capital business helped finance the project at his previous employer, General Electric.” Wind turbines operate above fir trees at the Markbygden ETT wind park project near Pitea, Sweden, on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019. Workers are installing turbines perched atop 130-meter tall towers at a rate of about two a week at the site in northern Sweden, where the temperature regularly dips below minus 10 Celsius (14 Fahrenheit) and the sun is hardly seen for months on end during winter. Photographer: Mikael Sjoberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Patriots want to emulate last meeting with Rams, a Super Bowl win
Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay, left, and New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick speak before Super Bowl 53 in Atlanta on Feb. 3, 2019. Less than two years ago, McVay became the youngest head coach to lead his team to the Super Bowl. The big game was played in his hometown, and the Los Angeles Rams' opponents were led by one of his coaching idols. Set up for the best day in an up-and-coming football coach's life, it turned into the absolute worst, thanks to Belichick and the Patriots. McVay and the many remaining Rams (8-4) get their first chance at a measure of atonement when they host Belichick’s Patriots (6-6) on Thursday night, Dec. 10, 2020.
COVID-19 takes toll on average NHL team value, according to Forbes
Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Joonas Korpisalo (70) stops Toronto Maple Leafs right wing Ilya Mikheyev (65) as Columbus Blue Jackets defenceman Ryan Murray (27) looks on during first period NHL Eastern Conference Stanley Cup playoff action in Toronto, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Chinese industrial park apparently using forced labour
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Laughter will save us: three comedies on streaming to soothe you
John Doyle
Manitoba lays out COVID-19 vaccination plan, looks at ways to encourage uptake
Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister speaks to media before the throne speech at the Manitoba legislature in Winnipeg on October 7, 2020. Pallister says 900 health-care workers will be the first in the province to receive a COVID-19 vaccine after doses start to arrive as early as next week. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
Twelve U.S. equity funds that have outshone their peers
How Canada approved a COVID-19 vaccine so quickly
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Permanent fishway to be built at Fraser River landslide, Fisheries and Oceans says
A salmon leaps out of a vessel being used to transport salmon up the Fraser River with a helicopter past a massive rock slide on the river near Big Bar, west of Clinton, B.C., on July 24, 2019. Fisheries and Oceans Canada says Ottawa has awarded a contract that would see a permanent fishway built to help fish migrate past the site of the Big Bar landslide along a remote stretch of British Columbia's Fraser River. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Pension fund that owns Revera pressured to divest long-term care home chain
The Revera Westside Long Term Care Home is pictured in Toronto on Monday, Dec. 7, 2020. A union that represents 140,000 pension plan members says that for-profit long-term care homes run by Revera Inc. should no longer be wholly owned by the Crown corporation managing public servants' pensions. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
NHL finalizing plans for new season, may feature all-Canadian division
TORONTO, ONTARIO - AUGUST 06: Pierre-Luc Dubois #18 of the Columbus Blue Jackets scores the game-winning goal past Frederik Andersen #31 of the Toronto Maple Leafs during the first overtime period to win Game Three of the Eastern Conference Qualification Round prior to the 2020 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Scotiabank Arena on August 06, 2020 in Toronto, Ontario. The Blue Jackets defeated the Maple Leafs 4-3. (Photo by Andre Ringuette/Freestyle Photo/Getty Images)
Few new COVID-19 cases reported Wednesday as Atlantic Canada awaits vaccine
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*
The NBA’s newfound ‘togetherness’ has allowed James Harden to go rogue
Cathal Kelly
Two years later, Trudeau is still hoping the U.S. will do the hard work for him on releasing Spavor, Kovrig
Konrad Yakabuski
Border official warned Canadian police not to use Meng Wanzhou’s phone passcodes, court hears
Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of Huawei, leaves her home to attend a hearing at B.C. Supreme Court, in Vancouver, B.C., Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Champions League players take a stand in fight against racism
Romanian referee Ovidiu Hategan (in yellow) talks to Istanbul Basaksehir's staff members past Istanbul Basaksehir's French forward Demba Ba (2ndR) after the game was suspended amid allegations of racism by one of the match officials during the UEFA Champions League group H football match between Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and Istanbul Basaksehir FK at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris, on December 8, 2020. - Paris Saint-Germain's decisive Champions League game with Istanbul Basaksehir was suspended today in the first half as the players walked off amid allegations of racism by one of the match officials. The row erupted after Basaksehir assistant coach Pierre Webo, the former Cameroon international, was shown a red card during a fierce row on the touchline with staff from the Turkish club appearing to accuse the Romanian fourth official of using a racist term. (Photo by FRANCK FIFE / AFP) (Photo by FRANCK FIFE/AFP via Getty Images)
Evening Update: Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine approved by Health Canada; Global Affairs objected to Canadian military decision to cancel training with Chinese army
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
Hunter Biden facing federal investigation over ‘tax affairs’
President-elect Joe Biden, right, embraces his son Hunter Biden, left, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)
Against the Grain’s daring interpretation of Handel’s Messiah might get a rise out of the hallelujah people
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Quebec tables bill to give families of missing Indigenous children access to records
Quebec Indigenous Affairs Minister Ian Lafreniere speaks at a news conference after he was sworn in on October 9, 2020 at the legislature in Quebec City. Quebec's Indigenous Affairs Minister is tabling a bill that would allow relatives of Indigenous children who disappeared or died after being admitted to health-care facilities to obtain information about their loved ones. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
U.S. issues challenge to Canada’s dairy quotas in first test of new trade agreement
Dairy cattle feed at Nicomekl Farms, in Surrey, B.C., on Oct. 20, 2020.
Quebec government lawyers tell court Bill 21 is not a violation of freedoms
Demonstrators stand outside the courthouse on the first day of the constitutional challenge to Bill 21, which bans public workers in positions of "authority" from wearing religious symbols, before the Quebec Superior Court in Montreal on Monday, Nov. 2, 2020. The Quebec government does not believe its secularism law violates any rights, a lawyer for the province told the court today. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
Tesla’s lavishly priced shares might soon lure it into the M&A game
Eric Reguly
Who should be named Person of the Year for the dreadful 2020?
Lawrence Martin
Global Affairs objected to Canadian military decision to cancel training with China’s People’s Liberation Army
Soldiers of China's People's Liberation Army march during the Victory Day Parade in Red Square in Moscow, Russia, on June 24, 2020.
Accused in Toronto van attack wanted to kill 100 people, but ‘satisfied’ with 10 deaths, court hears
A security guard stands outside the Superior Court of Justice in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on November 10, 2020, during the first day of the trial for accused van attacker Alek Minassian. - A Canadian man linked to the misogynist "incel" movement and accused of killing 10 people by ploughing a van into pedestrians in Toronto pleaded "not criminally responsible" due to mental illness at the start of his trial on November 10, 2020. Alek Minassian faces 10 charges of premeditated murder and 16 of attempted murder following the attack in April 2018 that left dead eight women and two men, aged 22 to 94 years old, and others badly injured in Canada's largest city. (Photo by Cole BURSTON / AFP) (Photo by COLE BURSTON/AFP via Getty Images)
I miss performing Nutcracker melodies for the National Ballet
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Gunman behind Nova Scotia mass shooting had targets in Halifax, documents suggest
A fire-destroyed property registered to Gabriel Wortman at 200 Portapique Beach Road is seen in Portapique, N.S. on Friday, May 8, 2020. Newly released documents suggest the gunman behind the April mass shooting in Nova Scotia had planned to "get" a pair of people in Halifax during his murderous rampage, but the Mounties were warned by his common-law spouse while he was on the loose north of the city. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine data in Europe hacked, companies say
A person wearing a protective face mask walks past the Pfizer Inc. headquarters on December 9, 2020 in New York City. - Secretary of Defense Chris Miller and his top generals will be vaccinated for Covid-19 by next week after the expected approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, Pentagon officials said on December 9, 2020. (Photo by Angela Weiss / AFP) (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)
No model for sale here, but India’s small investors flock to Tesla stock
Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk dances onstage during a delivery event for Tesla China-made Model 3 cars in Shanghai, China Jan. 7.
Minks test positive for COVID-19 on B.C. farm where workers sick
FILE PHOTO: A mink is seen at the farm of the representative of the Panhellenic association of fur animal breeders Konstantinos Chionos in the village of Mikrokastro, Greece, November 14, 2020. REUTERS/Alexandros Avramidis/File Photo
How to use office REITs as a real-time market indicator. Plus, the 2.3% TFSA savings account, and why value stocks are ‘extraordinarily cheap’
Kat Panchal sews a face mask at her apartment in Philadelphia on Friday, Dec. 4, 2020. Panchal, a furloughed flight attendant for American Airlines, taught herself to sew and began making masks and selling them on Etsy. (Mark Makela/The New York Times)
COVID-19 detected in Yellowknife wastewater, people asked to get tested
In this illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in January 2020 shows the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV). This virus was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China. A male in New Brunswick is facing an assault charge for allegedly coughing in someone's face. THE CANADIAN PRESS/CDC via AP, File
Trial continues for teen accused in sex assaults at St. Michael’s College School
Exteriors of St. Michael's College School, are photographed on Nov 20 2018.
YouTube to remove new videos that falsely claim fraud changed U.S. election outcome
(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 21, 2019 An exterior view of the YouTube Space in Los Angeles, California, November 21, 2019. - YouTube on December 9, 2020, banned new videos with bogus claims of election fraud, saying enough states have certified Joe Biden as the next US president to make it official. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP) (Photo by ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)
Politics Briefing: Health Canada approves first COVID-19 vaccine
Chief Public Health Officer Theresa Tam is seen during a news conference Tuesday December 8, 2020 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
U.S. job openings rise, but labour market slowing
A "Now Hiring" sign advertising jobs at a hand car wash is seen along a street, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Miami, Florida, U.S. May 8, 2020. REUTERS/Marco Bello/Files
Jason Kenney rejects criticism he waited on new COVID-19 rules, calls it ‘Alberta bashing’
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney answers questions at a news conference in Calgary, on Sept. 15, 2020.
France unveils draft law to fight Islamist radicalism
French President Emmanuel Macron, delivers his speech during a visit at Framatome nuclear reactor production site in Le Creusot, France, December 8, 2020. Laurent Cipriani/Pool via REUTERS
Canada and U.K. sign post-Brexit trade agreement, legislation to follow
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson are seen in a pre-recorded video during a news conference in Ottawa, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020. Canada and Britain say they've signed a deal to keep trade flowing smoothly after the U.K. leaves the European Union at the end of the year. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Quebec premier calls for police to issue more tickets for COVID-19 violations
Quebec Premier Francois Legault speaks during a news conference on the COVID-19 pandemic, at the legislature in Quebec City, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
A civil war is erupting over the soul of the CBC
Blue Jays extend affiliation invitations to four teams, including Vancouver Canadians
The Toronto Blue Jays' logo is displayed on the scoreboard during the middle of the eighth inning of the team's baseball game against the Washington Nationals, in Washington, Wednesday, July 29, 2020. Rogers Sportsnet is parting ways with veteran Blue Jays radio announcer Mike Wilner. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Nick Wass
2020 was the year we learned how to cook
Woman making dough from flour ,milk and eggs on wooden table
U.N. divided on timing to end U.N.-African Union peacekeeping in Darfur
(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 6, 2014 Sudanese displaced women collect humanitarian aid supplies provided by the UN's World Food Program, in the Kalma camp for internally displaced people (IDP) located east of Nyala city in Sudan's Darfur. - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on November 2, 2020 the United States would seek to end UN sanctions on Sudan over the conflict in Darfur as the new government makes peace. The promise is another sign that the United States is eager to reward Sudan after it agreed to recognize Israel -- a decision made at the urging of President Donald Trump's administration as it moved to delist Sudan as a state sponsor of terrorism. (Photo by Ashraf SHAZLY / AFP) (Photo by ASHRAF SHAZLY/AFP via Getty Images)
Over 41,000 children living in poverty in Nova Scotia, and numbers rising, says study
Pedestrians walk along the waterfront in Dartmouth, N.S. as the Halifax skyline is seen across the harbour on Wednesday evening, Feb. 28, 2018. Darren Calabrese/The Globe and Mail
Canopy Growth to close five facilities across Canada, lay off 220 workers
Staff work in a marijuana grow room that can be viewed by at the new visitors centre at Canopy Growth's Tweed facility in Smiths Falls, Ont., Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018. Canopy Growth Corp. says it is ceasing operating at five facilities across the country and laying off 220 workers. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Ten sparkling wines you’ll enjoy even if you’re not feeling festive
Christopher Waters
Ontario reports 1,890 new COVID-19 cases, 28 new deaths from coronavirus
Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott attends a COVID-19 vaccine distribution task force meeting at the Queen's Park, in Toronto, Friday, Dec. 4, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Hungary declares ‘victory’ in EU budget row on eve of summit
FILE PHOTO: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki deliver joint statements during their meeting in Budapest, Hungary, November 26, 2020. Zoltan Fischer/Hungarian Prime Minister's Press Office/Handout via REUTERS
Saskatchewan ready to start vaccinating health-care workers for COVID-19 next week
Premier Scott Moe speaks to media at the Legislative Building in Regina, Monday, Nov. 30, 2020. The Saskatchewan government says it's ready to begin immunizing critical health-care workers against COVID-19 starting next week. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Michael Bell
Health Canada approves Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine
A mock vial of the Pfizer vaccine for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is shown during a staff vaccine training session at UW Health in Madison, Wisconsin, U.S., December 8, 2020. Picture taken December 8, 2020. John Maniaci/UW health/Handout via REUTERS NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.
Starbucks names vice chair Mellody Hobson as head of its board
FILE PHOTO: Mellody Hobson, speaks during USC's Commencement Ceremony at University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California May 15, 2015. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo
Health Canada approves Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine. Here’s what you need to know about it
Care-home worker Pillay Jagambrun, 61, gets the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine at Croydon University Hospital in South London on Britain's first day of mass immunization. The drug now has interim approval for use in Canada as well.
Canadian dollar steadies as Bank of Canada skips chance to talk down the currency
A loonie is pictured in Toronto on Jan. 23, 2015.
U.S. crude stocks post surprise jump of 15 million barrels: EIA
FILE PHOTO: Crude oil storage tanks are seen in an aerial photograph at the Cushing oil hub in Cushing, Oklahoma, U.S. April 21, 2020. REUTERS/Drone Base/File Photo
Massey Hall facelift becomes part of major Toronto music complex under deal with Allied Properties
Music fans leave Massey Hall following a performance by Gordon Lightfoot, in Toronto, Sunday, July 1, 2018. Allied Properties says it's bringing a multi-year restoration of the historic Massey Hall into its larger Allied Music Centre portfolio, a complex of spaces with a second small venue. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Nova Scotia police investigate small, late-night explosions in Amherst
The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police "E" Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on Friday April 13, 2018. A lawyer representing eight news media outlets is challenging decisions made by a Nova Scotia provincial court judge regarding the redaction of RCMP search warrants used in the investigation of the mass shooting in April that claimed 22 lives. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Western Canada: Alberta imposes new restrictions to suppress COVID-19 surge, while B.C., Manitoba extend theirs
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and Quebec Premier Francois Legault leave a news conference in Ottawa on Friday, Sept. 18, 2020. Kenney says Alberta?s largest hospitals are at 91 per cent capacity due to COVID-19 cases and widespread cancellation of more non-urgent surgeries may be necessary. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Bank of Canada stands pat in year’s final rate decision, balancing COVID-19 risks with vaccine optimism
Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem speaks during a news conference in Ottawa, on Oct. 28, 2020.
Bank of England tells markets to get ready for end of Libor interest rates in a year’s time
Pedestrians walk past the Bank of England and The Royal Exchange in the City of London on December 9, 2020. - Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday said a post-Brexit trade deal was still possible, as he prepared to head to Brussels to meet European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen. (Photo by DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP via Getty Images)
Dutch prosecutors to investigate UBS chief Ralph Hamers over ING money laundering case
FILE PHOTO: Designated new CEO Ralph Hamers of Swiss bank UBS addresses a news conference in Zurich, Switzerland February 20, 2020. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo
Program that gives residency to ‘guardian angel’ asylum-seekers to open Dec. 14
A young new Canadian holds a flag as she takes part in a citizenship ceremony on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, April 17, 2019, to mark the 37th anniversary of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. A report by the Royal Bank says a slowdown of immigration to Canada due to the COVID-19 pandemic threatens to derail what it says has been a major source of economic growth at least temporarily. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Stress Test French transcript: Why are young Canadians leaving the cities they love?
Introducing a new podcast from The Globe and Mail that delves into the topics impacting the wallets of Canadians between the ages of 20 and 40.
Stress Test Transcript: Why are young Canadians leaving big cities?
Introducing a new podcast from The Globe and Mail that delves into the topics impacting the wallets of Canadians between the ages of 20 and 40.
York Region hospitals warn of ‘tipping point’ in COVID-19 admissions
People cross Steeles Avenue which separate Toronto, phase 1 and York Region which is entering phase 2 on Friday. More areas of Ontario will be allowed to reopen businesses and services on Friday, but not Toronto, Peel Region or Windsor because of a higher number of COVID-19 cases. Carlos Osorio for The Globe and Mail June 16, 2020.
Lowe’s announces new $15-billion buyback plan, shares rise
Customers walk toward the Lowe's store in Saugus, Mass. on Nov. 14, 2011. Lowe's Cos.Lowe's Companies Inc. says it has appointed head of its western region as president of its Canadian operations, which is shrinking with the closure of 34 underperforming stores across six provinces. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Michael Dwyer
Market movers: Stocks that saw action on Wednesday - and why
Oilfield pumpjacks, owned by Spry Energy since taken over by Whitecap Resources, pump crude oil on the huge Bakken oilfield near Arcola, Saskatchewan.
Trump vows to intervene in Texas election case before Supreme Court
WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 08: US President Donald Trump arrives to speak at the Operation Warp Speed Vaccine Summit. on December 08, 2020 in Washington, DC. The president signed an executive order stating the US would provide vaccines to Americans before aiding other nations. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
Protesters in Armenia besiege parliament, demand PM Nikol Pashinyan resigns
Armenian law enforcement officers block protesters, who attempt to block a street during an opposition rally to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan following the signing of a deal to end a military conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, in Yerevan, Armenia December 8, 2020. Hayk Baghdasaryan/Photolure via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY
Dutch court dismisses Greenpeace demand to block $4.12-billion state aid for KLM
FILE PHOTO: KLM airline airplanes are seen parked, as Schiphol Airport reduces its flights due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Amsterdam, Netherlands April 2, 2020. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw
B.C.’s money laundering commission hears from those who saw dirty money washing through casinos
A patron walks into the River Rock Casino in Richmond, British Columbia on January 28, 2015. (BEN NELMS for The Globe and Mail)
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