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Hong Kong police use pepper spray to clear May Day protest
Riot police carry out a crowd dispersal operation as they charge in a shopping mall on May 1, 2020 in Hong Kong.
U.S. women’s soccer team’s claim of unequal pay tossed by federal judge
FILE - In this July 7, 2019, file photo United States' team celebrates with the trophy after winning the Women's World Cup final soccer match between U.S. and The Netherlands at the Stade de Lyon in Decines, outside Lyon, France.
Canadian doctors notice recent uptick in so-called COVID toes cases in children
Lesions on toes are shown in this undated handout photo.
Reitmans Canada warns business could fail if it can’t secure financing
A Reitmans sign is seen on a store front in Montreal on Tuesday, June 18, 2019. Reitmans Canada Ltd. says it is laying off 90 per cent of its Canadian retail store workers and 30 per cent of its Montreal head office employees after closing stores amid the spread of COVID-19. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
Enbridge dismisses concerns over contract changes to its Mainline crude pipeline
Enbridge and Suncor refineries glow in the night along Edmonton's refinery row, in Edmonton on Sunday, March 29, 2020. A recession is expected later this year as the economy is weighed down by the impact of COVID-19 and the plunge in oil prices. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
Peter MacKay issues libel notice over The Post Millennial article on polling
Peter MacKay addresses the crowd at a federal Conservative leadership forum during the annual general meeting of the Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative party in Halifax on Saturday, February 8, 2020. The 2020 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election will be held on June 27, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
Amazon, Target, Instacart workers stage U.S. protests on May Day
Workers protest against the failure from their employers to provide adequate protections in the workplace of the Amazon delivery hub on National May Day Walkout/Sickout by workers at Amazon, Whole Foods, Innstacart and Shipt amid the Covid-19 pandemic on May 1, 2020, in Hawthorne, California. - U.S. employees of Amazon, its supermarket subsidiary Whole Foods and supermarket delivery services were called to strike on May 1, taking advantage of May 1 to denounce employers accused of not sufficiently protecting them in the face of the pandemic.
Vancouver Coastal Health allows doctors to prescribe hydroxychloroquine on ‘compassionate’ basis
Vancouver Coastal Health Chief Medical Officer Dr. Patricia Daly (second from left) walks with people from the Lynn Valley Care Centre, some carrying medical masks. On Saturday, Vancouver Coastal Health confirmed an outbreak of COVID19 with two confirmed cases at the care facility in North Vancouver, B.C.
Canada’s immunity task force takes aim at pressing COVID-19 questions
Somerset Street West at Queen Elizabeth Drive is seen in Ottawa, as Queen Elizabeth Drive is closed to motor vehicle traffic to allow people to get outdoors while practicing physical distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic, on Saturday, April 25, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
The Globe wins eight National Newspaper Awards
Trudeau concedes PPE stockpile fell short, NDP charges a ‘breach of duty’
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau listens as a speaker lists Canadian mass shootings during an announcement in Ottawa, Friday May 1, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
White House blocks Fauci from testifying to Congress on coronavirus response
U.S. President Donald Trump looks at National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci as Fauci answers a question during the daily coronavirus task force briefing at the White House in Washington on, April 17, 2020.
Hate crimes against Vancouver’s East Asian population surge for second straight month
Vancouver police officers watch over tent city at Oppenheimer park in downtown Vancouver, Wednesday, August, 21, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Trudeau’s hurried assault-rifle ban is a weak half-measure
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is seen during an announcement on a ban on military style assault weapons during a news conference in Ottawa, Friday May 1, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Jeffrey Epstein frequented Harvard for years after sex crimes conviction, had own office, report finds
This March 28, 2017, file photo, provided by the New York State Sex Offender Registry shows Jeffrey Epstein.
Liberals’ assault-rifle ban leaves both sides in gun-control debate unhappy
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is seen during an announcement on a ban on military style assault weapons during a news conference in Ottawa, Friday May 1, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Survival of the unicorns: As the economy skidded, so did startups. Now they need new ideas, and fast
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Coronavirus Update: Canada is officially entering a recession
People train in the streets of Hillbrow, Johannesburg, on May 1, 2020. - South Africa began to gradually loosen its strict COVID-19 coronavirus lockdown on May 1, 2020, after five weeks of restrictions. Some outside activities such as cycling, walking and running are allowed, but for just three hours in the morning. (Photo by Michele Spatari / AFP) (Photo by MICHELE SPATARI/AFP via Getty Images)
Emergency FDA approval broadens use of Gilead’s COVID-19 drug remdesivir in U.S.
Vials of investigational coronavirus disease (COVID-19) treatment drug remdesivir are capped at a Gilead Sciences facility in La Verne, Calif. on March 18, 2020.
Tiff Macklem knows the Bank of Canada well. He’s already worked there for about 25 years
Bank of Canada governor designate Tiff Macklem leaves a news conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada May 1, 2020. Macklem will replace current Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz when his term ends in June. REUTERS/Blair Gable
It’s time to start thinking about how Toronto should ease the lockdown
Marcus Gee
Alberta launches Canada’s first COVID-19 mobile contact-tracing app
Two women wear masks as people practice physical distancing in Calgary, Alta., Thursday, April 9, 2020, amid a worldwide COVID-19 pandemic.
Paramount’s Mohamad Fakih on the future of restaurants after the pandemic
Paramount Fine Foods founder and CEO Mohamad Fakih is photographed at one of his restaurants in Mississauga, Ont. on Friday, May 1, 2020.
Nova Scotia air base chapel reopens as military mourns helicopter crash victims
A memorial pays respect to the victims of a military helicopter crash, at 12 Wing Shearwater in Dartmouth, N.S., home of 423 Maritime Helicopter Squadron, on Friday, May 1, 2020. A CH-148 Cyclone helicopter flying from the Halifax-class frigate HMCS Fredericton crashed off the coast of Greece while taking part in a NATO exercise as in the Mediterranean. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
Streetwise newsletter: Best reads of the week
A group of Yukon First Nation leaders are meeting with bankers today in Toronto to try and convince them not to invest in energy development on the range of a vital caribou herd. Bank towers are shown from Bay Street in Toronto's financial district, on Wednesday, June 16, 2010. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrien Veczan
Rolls-Royce considering cutting up to 15 per cent of its workforce: source
FILE PHOTO: A Rolls-Royce logo is seen at the company's aerospace engineering and development site in Bristol, Britain, December 17, 2015. REUTERS/Toby Melville
Hundreds of Quebec aerospace workers to be laid off at Airbus and Pratt & Whitney
Airbus employees work on a CRJ aircraft during a media tour of the A220 Program Final Assembly and Finishing Site at the Airbus Canada Limited Partnership Headquarters in Mirabel, Thursday, February, 20, 2020. Kayle Neis/The Globe and Mail
Kim Jong-un appears in public for first time in 20 days after global rumours about health
This picture taken on May 1, 2020 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on May 2, 2020 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (2nd L) visiting the completed Suchon phosphate fertilizer factory in South Pyongan Province, North Korea.
All eyes are on Quebec’s move to reopen schools as COVID-19 worries persist
All eyes are on Quebec’s move to reopen schools as worries persist
The challenges of physical distancing, 36 storeys up in skyscrapers
Low angle view of modern skyscrapers in downtown Toronto.
Constellation Brands exercises Canopy Growth warrants
Staff work in a marijuana grow room at Canopy Growths Tweed facility in Smiths Falls, Ont., on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018. Canopy Growth Corp. has named a veteran Constellation Brands executive as its new chief executive. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
The COVID-19 pandemic has hammered the underpinnings of Air Canada’s proposed takeover of rival Transat
The COVID-19 pandemic has hammered the underpinnings of Air Canada’s proposed takeover of rival Transat
Peladeau family feud to continue after brothers appeal ruling in sister’s favour
Special to the Globe and Mail--April 27th 2000--Montreal--Pierre-Karl Peladeau and brother Erik enter the Quebecor annual meeting of the company in Montreal Thursday.(Globe photo-Nicola Rajcic)
Four investing lessons from the coronavirus pandemic
Poloz’s successor will work in the pandemic’s shadow
Ian McGugan
Agnico Eagle CEO says COVID-19 may leave lasting impact on its business
Sean Boyd, President and Chief Executive Officer of Agnico-Eagle Mine Ltd. speaking at the AGM in Toronto. Photo By Deborah Baic 21/06/02
The Globe’s stars and dogs for the week
For Stars and Dogs column in Globe Investor/ROB only.
Are Randy and Ruth’s retirement dreams still a go?
Desperate measures prevented the worst of the pandemic. Don’t mistake that for victory
Chief Public Health Officer Theresa Tam arrives for a daily briefing Friday May 1, 2020 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Britain excludes Toronto Wolfpack from $28-million emergency loan to Rugby Football League
A Toronto Wolfpack rugby ball is shown in a handout photo.
Four face assault charges after being asked to respect physical distancing in Ottawa
Four face assault charges after being asked to respect physical distancing in Ottawa
Joe Biden ‘unequivocally’ denies Tara Reade’s sexual-assault allegations. Will that matter?
Lawrence Martin
Evening Update: Tiff Macklem named next governor of Bank of Canada
Bank of Canada governor designate Tiff Macklem leaves a news conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada May 1, 2020. Macklem will replace current Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz when his term ends in June. REUTERS/Blair Gable
COVID-19 outbreaks in 23 First Nations prompting concerns
COVID-19 outbreaks in 23 First Nations prompting concerns
Take 2: Makeshift drive-in movies get another chance in central Alberta hamlet
Take 2: Makeshift drive-in movies get another chance in central Alberta hamlet
April auto sales plummet into ‘uncharted territory’ with 75 per cent drop
Cars and trucks are parked in an auto dealer lot Wednesday, April 15, 2020, in Green Park, Mo. DesRosiers Automotive Consultants says auto sales went into "uncharted territory" in April with a 74.6 per cent plunge from a year earlier. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ AP, Jeff Roberson
Quebec police investigating cellphone tower fire as telecom industry worries about conspiracy vandalism
The Rogers Logo is photographed in Toronto office on Monday, September 30, 2019. Rogers Communications Inc. will report its financial results for the three months ended March 31 on Wednesday, a period that includes the first weeks of an economic shutdown that has brought the economy to a near-standstill and put hundreds of thousands of Canadians out of work. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Tijana Martin
Music has emerged as one of our most powerful weapons in the fight against COVID-19
Singer Martha Wainwright entertains people from the balcony of her apartment in Montreal on March 31, 2020.
Libraries and galleries rule the Governor General’s Medals in Architecture
Alex Bozikovic
It’s a ‘she-cession’. Governments must put women first during the recovery
Rita Trichur
Bullish on Northland Power Inc.
Monica Rizk
Check your schadenfreude, advisers. Robo-advisers are thriving in the bear market
Dave Nugent, chief investment officer at Wealthsimple, at the Canadian robo-adviser’s headquarters in Toronto.
Will the cubicle make a comeback?
Linda Nazareth
MCAN Mortgage insiders bought the sell-off
Ted Dixon
Governments would be wise to treat corporate bailouts with suspicion
Eric Reguly
Supreme Court judge Peter Cory ‘was legendary for his kindness’
OTTAWA: MARCH 1, 1999: Supreme Court of Canada Justice Peter Cory in his chamber in Ottawa. After 49 years as a lawyer and a judge, Mr. Justice Peter Cory said it was time to spend more time with his wife, three sons, and many grandchildren. He was called to the bar in 1950, appointed to the Supreme Court of Ontario in 1974 and to the Ontario Court of Appeals in 1981. Perhaps his biggest decision - Regina vs. Askov - led to 50,000 charges being stayed because of delays. Photo by Dave Chan / The Globe and Mail
Pitching in: Supporting restaurants and feeding health care workers, too
Emergency department staff at St. Joseph's Health Centre received a delivery of prepared meals from Santaguida Fine Foods on, April 28 2020. Santaguida Fine Foods is a Toronto catering company who are delivering meals to frontline healthcare workers in hospitals.
Why Canada could be left waiting on the sidelines after a COVID-19 vaccine is found
Gary Mason
Cycling is a tool for physical distancing – and a way to put our fragmented cities back together
Marc Eversley joins Bulls as GM from 76ers’ front office
The Chicago Bulls have hired former Philadelphia 76ers NBA basketball team executive Marc Eversley as general manager to replace the fired Gar Forman.
MLB and other sports leagues look to play no matter what – because there’s no bottom any more
Cathal Kelly
Bestsellers: Hardcover Non Fiction, May 2, 2020
Bestsellers: Hardcover Fiction, May 2, 2020
Bestsellers: Paperback Fiction, May 2, 2020
Bestsellers: Canadian Non Fiction, May 2, 2020
At the virtual Kentucky Derby, Secretariat and Ron Turcotte ride again, and win
Jockey Ron Turcotte rides Secretariat to win the Belmont Stakes and capture the triple crown in this June 9, 1973 photo in Elmont, N.Y. Smarty Jones, the Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner, will try to become horse racing's 12th Triple Crown champion when he races in the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, June 5, 2004. (AP Photo)
Bestsellers: Canadian Fiction, May 2, 2020
RCMP officers in Nova Scotia take part in ‘last patrol’ for slain constable Heidi Stevenson
RCMP officers in Nova Scotia take part in ‘last patrol’ for slain constable Heidi Stevenson
Bestsellers: Juvenile, May 2, 2020
World Rugby set to announce election results Saturday, ahead of original May 12 date
World Rugby chairman Bill Beaumont, left, and deputy chairman Agustin Pichot, on May 10, 2017. Beaumont, the outgoing president, is facing his former ally Agustin Pichot in the vote for the presidency of World Rugby.
Bestsellers: Self Improvement, May 2, 2020
Bestsellers: Romance/Erotica, May 2, 2020
Post-coronavirus world an opportunity for powers like Canada: Former U.S. ambassador
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Quebec announces plan for surge in COVID-19 testing as province is set to reopen
A man gets tested at a COVID-19 testing clinic Friday, May 1, 2020 in Montreal North. The area has been identified as one of the hardest hit with COVID-19 on the island. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
Trump says Whitmer should ‘give a little’ to restart Michigan economy after capitol is rocked by protests
Trump says Whitmer should ‘give a little’ to restart Michigan economy after capitol is rocked by protests
Russians know what the absence of stability can mean. COVID-19 is just the latest reminder
Two police officers patrol an almost empty Red Square, with St. Basil's Cathedral, center, and Spasskaya Tower in Moscow, Russia, Monday, April 20, 2020. Officials in Moscow and other regions have ordered most people except those working in essential sectors to stay home through April 30. Residents are only allowed to shop at nearby food stores and pharmacies, walk their dogs and remove trash. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
I’m lucky to have my mom at 102, but not as lucky as you think
Companies gear up for return to work with new policies to stop COVID-19 spread
A grocery store security guard takes peoples temperatures prior to allowing them into the store in downtown Vancouver on Wednesday, April 29, 2020. When employees at heavy-duty boot manufacturer Royer headed back to work last week, their day started by having their temperature checked as they filed in to the Quebec-based company's facilities while making sure they were at least six feet apart from each other. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Amplify: Rule #1 of parenting during a pandemic: Lower your expectations
In this issue of Amplify, The Globe’s Chandra Severin says she’s coping with the pandemic by opting out of the endless kid-friendly crafting projects and gourmet meal-making – and she’s saving her sanity in the process.
Reconsider ‘windfall’ for developers, Ontario municipalities urge
The Toronto skyline is photographed from the Hanlan's Point Ferry as it travels back to the city on Thursday, June 21, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tijana Martin
Catch up on the Globe’s Book Club with Kathy Reichs
The Globe and Mail Book Club is moving to a virtual space. We launch this new edition with international bestselling author Kathy Reichs and an ideal kind of book to curl up with during a pandemic. A Conspiracy of Bones, published this spring, is the 19th in Reichs’s blockbuster Temperance Brennan series.
Fund managers fish for dividend plays amid sharp cuts
The US flag is seen at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on April 30.
B.C. teachers agree to new contract with provincial government
Teachers in B.C. agree to new contract with provincial government
Hong Kong citizens abroad register to vote in elections
Hong Kong skyline is pictured from Victoria Peak in Hong Kong, China January 2, 2020. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar
Politics Briefing: Tiff Macklem named Bank of Canada governor
Bank of Canada Governor designate Tiff Macklem responds to a question during a news conference Friday May 1, 2020 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
The pandemic is hard enough. Don’t make it harder by shaming people who are trying their best
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau leaves after taking part in a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, April 30, 2020. Trudeau says six people were aboard the Canadian Forces helicopter that crashed off Greece during a training exercise. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Michael Moore’s Planet of the Humans finds an unexpected audience – Alberta’s oil industry
Kelly Cryderman
EPL steps up plans to restart in neutral stadiums in June
Gates stand locked outside the closed Manchester City Etihad Stadium, in Manchester, northern England, on April 9.
York 9 FC rewards coach Brennan with new deal that could run through 2022
Uncertainty looms, but the tulips still bloom
A man wearing a face mask walks past a bed of tulips in the center of the Ukrainian capital of Kiev on a warm sunny day on April 22, 2020, during an authorities-imposed lockdown as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP) (Photo by SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images)
Climate change is like COVID-19 – the longer we wait to acknowledge it, the harder it is to defeat
Former deputy Tiff Macklem takes Bank of Canada reins at crucial time
Bank of Canada governor designate Tiff Macklem attends a news conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada May 1, 2020. Macklem will replace current Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz when his term ends in June. REUTERS/Blair Gable
Canada’s literary festivals, their seasons in disarray, try a high-risk, high-reward pivot to online programming
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Canada’s public transit agencies prepping for new normal as cities, provinces start to reopen
A TTC bus drives along Don Mills Road, in Toronto, on April 6, 2020.
WHO chief says COVID-19 emergency declaration was made in ‘enough time’ for world to respond
Director General of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a news conference in Geneva, Switzerland, on Feb. 28, 2020.
Canadian Forces ends search for five lost crew members after helicopter crash near Greece
A Cyclone helicopter flies over the HMCS Fredericton as its crew leaves the Halifax Harbour for a six-month deployment to the Mediterranean Sea, on Jan. 20, 2020.
COVID-19 will accomplish what politics couldn’t do: Narrow the global gap between rich and poor
In a Las Vegas parking lot, homeless people prepare to sleep within painted squares to ensure social distancing. Officials turned part of the lot into a makeshift camp after a man staying at a local shelter tested positive for COVID-19.
U.S. hedge funds make money in April
Ken Griffin, Founder and CEO, Citadel, speaks during the Milken Institute's 22nd annual Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., April 30, 2019.
N.B.’s top doctor says quick decisions helped keep province’s COVID-19 case count low
A notice of reduced hours due to the COVID-19 pandemic is seen on a business in downtown Stephen, N.B., on March 21, 2020.
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