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Australia plans law forcing Google, Facebook to share ad revenue with domestic media firms
(FILES) This file picture taken on October 1, 2019 shows the logos of mobile apps Facebook and Google displayed on a tablet in Lille.
Young couples, new parents, retirees: The victims of Nova Scotia’s mass shooting
Victims of the Nova Scotia shooting Top row left to right: Jolene Oliver, Emily Tuck and Aaron (Friar) Tuck, Heather O'Brien, Tom Bagley and Lisa McCully. Middle row left to right: Sean McLeod and Alanna Jenkins, Gina Goulet and Kristen Beaton. Bottom row left to right: John Zahl and Elizabeth Joanne Thomas, RCMP Constable Heidi Stevenson, Jamie and Greg Blair and Corrie Ellison.
Nova Scotia mass shooter was a denturist with an obsession for policing
The Atlantic Denture Clinic is guarded by police in Dartmouth, N.S. on Monday, April 20, 2020. The business is owned by alleged killer Gabriel Wortman. Police say 17 people are dead, including RCMP Const. Heidi Stevenson, after a man went on a murder spree in several Nova Scotia communities. Wortman, 51, was shot and killed by police. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
Hundreds of Alberta infections linked to meat-processing plant
COVID-19 outbreak in High River linked to infections at local slaughterhouse
Timeline of Nova Scotia mass shooting
A single flag and bouquet of flowers is placed on a fence in front of the Nova Scotia RCMP Headquarters in Dartmouth, N.S. following the death of Constable Heidi Stevenson who was among at least 13 people killed in a rural Nova Scotia shooting spree on Sunday, April 19, 2020.
Canada urged not to endorse U.S. approach to space mining
Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs François-Philippe Champagne (L) and Deputy Minister of Defence Jody Thomas (R) listens as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau C) speaks during a news conference January 11, 2020 in Ottawa, Canada. - Iran said on January 11, it "unintentionally" shot down the Ukrainian passenger jet, killing all 176 people aboard, in an abrupt about-turn after initially denying Western claims it was struck by a missile on January 8. (Photo by Dave Chan / AFP) (Photo by DAVE CHAN/AFP via Getty Images)
Compromise on Parliament, and get the country through summer
Campbell Clark
Donald Trump wants to defund the WHO. The world should do the opposite
Donald Trump wants to defund the WHO. The world should do the opposite
Heiltsuk Nation fishery collapses as COVID-19 wipes out export market
Heiltsuk Nation fishery collapses as COVID-19 wipes out export market
Alberta plans to dramatically expand a COVID-19 testing system that already leads the country
Alberta plans to dramatically expand a COVID-19 testing system that already leads the country
BC Wildfire Service says fire near Squamish now considered contained
A person watches a wildfire burn in Squamish, B.C., Thursday, April 16, 2020.The BC Wildfire Service says crews are making good progress on a ground fire that's so far charred one square kilometre of bush and trees in the Upper Squamish Valley.
Coronavirus Update: Stage set for resumption of Parliament as Tories reject virtual Commons sittings
Hospitals mull restart of paused services
Robin McGee, who is in need of cataract surgery to avoid potentially going legally blind within months due to a rare side effect from her chemotherapy, is seen through the window at her kitchen table in Port Williams, N.S. on Friday, April 17, 2020. McGee was recently told her cancer has returned and expects to start chemotherapy in the coming weeks, but needs intervention on her cataracts before undergoing the cancer treatment. Her cataract surgery was scheduled for late March, but when the Nova Scotia Health Authority issued a directive to cancel all non-urgent and elective procedures, McGee was left without options. Darren Calabrese/The Globe and Mail
From the factory to the front lines: B.C.'s desperate quest for protective equipment during pandemic
Critical personal protective equipment for front line health care workers in B.C. is gathered in a Langley warehouse, where it will be verified by clinical teams before it can be distributed to hospitals. Credit: Provincial Health Services Authority​
Physiotherapist Laurie Wishart embraced her profession and the chaos of motherhood
Laurie Ruth Wishart, lives lived
12 things we noticed about the One World: Together at Home concert
UNSPECIFIED LOCATION - APRIL 18: In this screengrab, Sir Elton John performs during "One World: Together At Home" presented by Global Citizen on April, 18, 2020. The global broadcast and digital special was held to support frontline healthcare workers and the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund for the World Health Organization, powered by the UN Foundation. (Photo by Getty Images/Getty Images for Global Citizen )
Can Ovechkin break Gretzky’s scoring record? ‘The Great One’ is rooting for him
Can Ovechkin break Gretzky’s scoring record? ‘The Great One’ is rooting for him
Sports broadcasters have a dirty little secret about airing live games
Simon Houpt
Coronavirus relief deal for U.S. small businesses nears completion
Coronavirus relief deal for U.S. small businesses nears completion
Why Canada should adopt pay ratio disclosures
Rita Trichur
Upheaval in supply and demand for goods throws transportation networks into disarray
The GTA dnata cargo warehouse at Pearson Airport is operating at about 20% of its normal capacity, and the cargo freight company has had to lay off about 80% of its workforce. The COVID-19 pandemic has stopped passenger air traffic, which carries a large amount of cargo processed as this facility. One of two large warehouses would be completely empty, were it not for a recent cargo charter from China with PPE. April 17, 2020 (Melissa Tait / The Globe and Mail)
How the CRA rolled out emergency aid to millions of Canadians
The Canada Revenue Agency headquarters in Ottawa is shown on Friday, November 4, 2011. Canada Revenue Agency employees know a giant spotlight will be pointed at them come Monday. That's when they begin the monumental task of delivering on historic federal benefits meant to mitigate the disastrous economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
What is the right time - and the right price - to get your child their first cellphone?
A high school student waits to be picked up at the end of the school day at Oakwood Collegiate Institute in Toronto, Thursday March 12, 2020. Ontario will be closing all public schools for two weeks following March break. (Tyler Anderson/The Globe and Mail)
Doctors’ association says help from government is not enough to survive COVID-19
Doctor’s association says help from government is not enough to survive COVID-19
Civil Liberties group seeks amnesty for recreational tickets issued during COVID
Civil Liberties group seeks amnesty for recreational tickets issued during COVID
Telecoms respond to surge in demand with extraordinary measures amid pandemic
FILE PHOTO: A sign is pictured on top of the Rogers Communications Inc. building on the day of their annual general meeting for shareholders in Toronto, April 21, 2015./File Photo
As pandemic wreaks economic havoc, two Toronto startups see a spike in demand – and raise funding
Harsh Nayyar and Rishi Nayyar, co-founders of Pocket Health, are photographed in Toronto, on Fri., April 17, 2020. (Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail)
Vancouver police arrest 14 for school break-in during homeless-housing protest
Vancouver police arrest 14 people after elementary school break-in
Michael Jordan comes off flawed, bullish and fascinating in The Last Dance
Cathal Kelly
Trump and Turkish president Erdogan agree on ‘close co-operation’ in coronavirus crisis
Trump and Turkish president Erdogan agree on ‘close co-operation’ in coronavirus crisis
The evidence suggests there’s light coming at the end of Canada’s COVID-19 tunnel
A Medigas worker delivers new oxygen concentrators to the Seven Oaks long term care home in Scarborough, Ontario on Wednesday evening, where several residents have died due to COVID-19 and dozens more are infected. April 1, 2020 (Melissa Tait / The Globe and Mail) April 1, 2020 (Melissa Tait / The Globe and Mail)
Meticulous artist John Brown looked for ‘the shock of recognition'
Toronto artist John (Jack) Brown in 2009. Handout.
Ventilator from old car parts? Afghan girls pursue prototype
In this Wednesday, April 15, 2020, photo, Somaya Farooqi works with a team of five young girls is developing cheap ventilators from Toyota car spare parts to help the fight against the coronavirus pandemic in Herat, west of Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghanistan faces the pandemic nearly empty-handed. It has only 400 ventilators for a population of more than 30 million. So far, it has reported just over 700 coronavirus cases, including 23 deaths, but the actual number is suspected to be much higher since test kits are in short supply. (AP Photo/Hamed Safarazi)
More U.S. protests call for lifting coronavirus restrictions as governors push back
Governors implore Trump not to reopen as U.S. coronavirus deaths cross 40,000
Europe needs at least 500 billion euros from EU institutions for recovery: ESM
FILE PHOTO: European Stability Mechanism Managing Director Klaus Regling attends the eurozone finance ministers meeting in Brussels, Belgium November 07, 2019. REUTERS/Johanna Geron
BC Ferries ship sustained some damage after hitting berth, no one injured
The B.C. ferry Queen of Coquitlam leaves Horseshoe Bay on the 10:30 a.m. sailing to Nanaimo, Monday Dec. 8, 2003 despite a strike by 4,300 ferry workers. The strike, which follows a breakdown in negotiations last week, means ferry service will be cut to essential service levels previously set by the labour relations board. Many people avoided travel Monday on BC Ferries.(CP PHOTO/Chuck Stoody)
Consumer Brands Association CEO talks coronavirus impact, shopping habits
This undated photo provided by Consumer Brands Association shows Geoff Freeman, CEO of Consumer Brands Association. (Joe LeBlanc/Consumer Brands Association via AP)
Ottawa’s plan for oil and gas helps in this crisis – but a new energy future must be the bigger goal
Canada’s energy industry is garnering international interest.
Stock picks for uncertain times, Brookfield Infrastructure’s unit split and an upside for unloved shares: What you need to know in investing this week
For Sunday Roundup column in Globe Investor/ROB only.
Four healthy eating strategies to work on while staying at home
Leslie Beck
Zambian official says Glencore reverses plan to shutter copper mines
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Wynn Resorts CEO calls for Las Vegas Strip to conditionally reopen in mid- to late May
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - MARCH 15: An exterior view shows Wynn Las Vegas as the coronavirus continues to spread across the United States on March 15, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Wynn Resorts will shut down both Wynn Las Vegas and Encore Las Vegas on the Las Vegas Strip on Tuesday at 6 p.m. for at least 14 days to combat the spread of the virus. The World Health Organization declared the coronavirus (COVID-19) a global pandemic on March 11th. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
B.C. to start issuing $2,000 tickets for price gouging, other offences
Minister Mike Farnsworth provides an update with Premier John Horgan about government measures in regards to the COVID-19 pandemic during a press conference in the press gallery at Legislature in Victoria, B.C., on Thursday March 26, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
Babyface-Teddy Riley battle fizzles on Instagram Live
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - NOVEMBER 17: Babyface speaks onstage at the 2019 Soul Train Awards presented by BET at the Orleans Arena on November 17, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for BET)
As storms hit Gulf Coast, U.S. South braces for possible tornadoes, flooding
In this Monday, Feb. 10, 2020, photo, a student at the University of Alabama makes her way through the downpour in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Roads are flooding and rivers are rising across the Deep South after a day of heavy rains. The National Weather Service says minor to moderate flooding is expected from central Mississippi to north Georgia following downpours. (Gary Cosby Jr./The Tuscaloosa News via AP)
CERB is an unintended experiment in basic income
Part of a cheque for the $2,000 Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB), a taxable award from the Canadian government made every 4 weeks for up to 16 weeks to eligible workers who have lost their income due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19), is seen in Toronto, Ontario, Canada April 16, 2020. REUTERS/Chris Helgren
Ontario reports 568 new COVID-19 cases, 39 related deaths
A man wears a mask as he walks down the sidewalk in Peterborough, Ontario on Friday, April 17, 2020. Signs of Covid-19 are harder to spot in smaller communities with few wearing protection and no lineups for stores. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
Sex workers say they’re at risk, have been left out of Canada’s COVID-19 response
Valerie Scott, a prostitute living in Toronto's east end. For a piece John Morstad/Globe and Mail/Digital Image
North Korea denies that Kim sent Trump ‘a nice note’
FILE- In this June 30, 2019 file photo, President Donald Trump, left, meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the North Korean side of the border at the village of Panmunjom in Demilitarized Zone. North Korea on Sunday dismissed as “ungrounded” President Donald Trump’s comment that he recently received “a nice note” from the North's leader, Kim Jong Un. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
Trudeau addresses ‘senseless tragedy’ after gunman kills at least 18 in Nova Scotia shooting rampage
RCMP officers prepare to take a person into custody at a gas station in Enfield, N.S. on Sunday April 19, 2020. A suspect in an active shooter investigation is in custody in Nova Scotia, with police saying several people were harmed before a man wearing police clothing was arrested. Gabriel Wortman was arrested by the RCMP at the Irving Big Stop in Enfield, N.S., about 35 km from downtown Halifax. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tim Krochak
Britain far from easing coronavirus lockdown measures, senior minister says
Britain's Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Michael Gove speaks at a digital news conference on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in 10 Downing Street in London, Britain April 4, 2020. Pippa Fowles/10 Downing Street/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IMAGE CAN NOT BE USED FOR ADVERTISING OR COMMERCIAL USE. IMAGE CAN NOT BE ALTERED IN ANY FORM. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES
Coronavirus pandemic is causing pandemonium in global illicit drug trade
This April 17, 2020 image from a website shows an offer for a chemical known as "99918-43-1" made in China. According to C4ADS, a Washington research group, the price of the chemical, which can be used to make fentanyl, has risen since late February 2020. (AP Photo)
‘I just want to survive:’ Greenhouses struggling with economic reality of COVID-19
Golden Acre Home and Garden centre owner Nick Zannis at his facility in Calgary, Alta., Tuesday, April 14, 2020, amid a worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Officials in B.C. and Saskatchewan advise travellers returning from Alberta oil sands site to self-isolate
Officials in B.C. and Saskatchewan advise travellers returning from Alberta oil sands site to self-isolate
Police watchdog investigates death of man following police interaction in Toronto
Police watchdog investigates death of man following police interaction in Toronto
Neiman Marcus to file for bankruptcy as soon as this week, sources say
Shoppers enter and exit the Neiman Marcus at the King of Prussia Mall, United States' largest retail shopping space, in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, U.S., December 8, 2018. REUTERS/Mark Makela/File Photo
Books that will help the environmentalist in you grow
Reading outdoors is one of the pleasures of the Canadian summer.
Canadians are reporting more wildlife sightings during coronavirus isolation
A wild turkey walks through a residential neighborhood in Brookline, Mass. on Sept. 27, 2017. When Josianne Plante looked out her window on a recent morning, she was surprised to see a pair of large, bare-headed wild turkeys going for a stroll through her east-end Montreal neighbourhood. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Collin Binkley
Recovery from coronavirus must be just and equitable, Pope Francis says
Pope Francis leads Mass and the Regina Coeli prayer in Rome's Santo Spirito in Sassia church without public participation due to an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Rome, Italy, April 19, 2020. Vatican Media/­Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REFILE - CLARIFYING THE CAPTION
UN experts want to blacklist 14 ships over North Korea sanctions
A photo from the annual report to the U.N. Security Council by independent experts monitoring the implementation of U.N. sanctions on North Korea shows a North Korean-flagged vessel conducting a ship-to-ship transfer of coal near the Chinese port of Lianyungang with help from a floating crane in this August 20, 2019 photo provided to the U.N. experts by an unidentified U.N. member state. United Nations/Handout via REUTERS NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.
Arrests show Beijing sees Hong Kong crackdown as priority despite pandemic, activist says
Pro-democracy activist Avery Ng wears a mask as pro-democracy lawmakers gather outside Hong Kong's High Court for a judicial challange against a face mask ban on October 31, 2019. - Hong Kong democracy activists went to court on October 31 to challenge an emergency law outlawing protesters wearing masks as demonstrators vowed to use Halloween parties to defy the restrictions once more. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP) (Photo by PHILIP FONG/AFP via Getty Images)
Governments face more pressure to curb coronavirus economic damage
A woman wearing a face mask food shops in the French capital Paris on April 19, 2020, on the 34th day of a strict lockdown in France aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the novel coronavirus. (Photo by FRANCOIS GUILLOT / AFP) (Photo by FRANCOIS GUILLOT/AFP via Getty Images)
Stage set for Parliament to resume as Tories reject virtual Commons sittings
(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 19, 2020, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a news conference on COVID-19 situation in Canada from his residence in Ottawa, Canada. - The US-Canadian border will remain closed another month to fight the spread of the coronavirus, Trudeau announced on April 18, 2020. Both countries agreed on the continued closure, said Trudeau. "This is an important decision, and one that will keep people on both sides of the border safe," he said. (Photo by Dave Chan / AFP) (Photo by DAVE CHAN/AFP via Getty Images)
Which electric hybrid crossover wins? Testing the 2020 Toyota RAV4 against the 2020 Ford Escape
Completely redesigned new 2020 Escape best offers four new propulsion choices – including two all-new hybrids; standard hybrid targets best-in-class EPA-estimated range of more than 550 miles; plug-in hybrid targets a best-in-class EPA-estimated pure-electric range of 30+ miles
April 19: ‘When will Justin Trudeau explain how we will repay $100-billion-plus in debt?’ Readers debate the cost of COVID-19 relief, plus other letters to the editor
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addresses Canadians on the COVID-19 pandemic from Rideau Cottage in Ottawa on Friday, April 17, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Your lookahead horoscope: April 19
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