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May 16

Hundreds demand justice for Ahmaud Arbery at Georgia rally
A group of protesters marching from the Glynn County Courthouse in downtown to a police station after a rally to protest the shooting of Ahmaud Arbery, Saturday, May 16, 2020, in Brunswick, Ga. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
Energy dispute deepens between Mexico and foreign allies, including Canada
FILE PHOTO: Mexico's Energy Minister Rocio Nahle gestures next to Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador during a news conference at the National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico, December 9, 2019. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido/File Photo
Democrats launch probe of Trump’s firing of State Dept. watchdog
FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2019, file photo State Department Inspector General Steve Linick leaves a meeting in a secure area at the Capitol in Washington. A senior department official said President Donald Trump removed Linick from his job as State Department’s inspector general on Friday, May 15, 2020, but gave no reason for his ouster. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Ontario high school teachers ratify collective agreement with province, union says
Protesters join a demonstration organized by the Teacher's Unions outside the Ontario Legislature, in Toronto, as four Teacher's Unions hold a province wide education strike, on Friday, February 21, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Trudeau mum on possible help for Air Canada following announcement of layoffs
MARANA, ARIZONA - MAY 16: Decommissioned and suspended Air Canada commercial aircrafts are seen stored in Pinal Airpark on May 16, 2020 in Marana, Arizona. Pinal Airpark is the largest commercial aircraft storage facility in the world, currently holding increased numbers of aircraft in response to the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
Coronavirus Update: What happens next? A glimpse at the postpandemic world that awaits
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Ontario long-term care association calls on province to commit to public inquiry
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, orange, emerging from the surface of cells, green, cultured in the lab. Also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus causes COVID-19. The sample was isolated from a patient in the U.S. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-NIAID-RML via AP
La Loche long-term care outbreak declared over after 28 days without new cases
This 2020 electron microscope made available by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention image shows the spherical coronavirus particles from the first U.S. case of COVID-19. A recent study sparked some worry last week when it revealed a mutation "of urgent concern" in the virus responsible for COVID-19. But experts say more research is needed to determine what that really means.The preliminary, non peer-reviewed study from the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico indicated that a COVID-19 strand containing a specific mutation — on the spike protein D614G — is emerging as the dominant form of the virus. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-C.S. Goldsmith, A. Tamin/ CDC via AP
Soccer reboot in Germany: No fans, lonely goal celebrations
An employee measures the temperature of a person entering the stadium before the 2nd Bundesliga soccer match between Karlsruher SC - SV Darmstadt 98, in the Wildpark Stadium, Karlsruhe, Germany, Saturday May 16, 2020. The German Bundesliga becomes the world's first major soccer league to resume after a two-month suspension because of the coronavirus pandemic. (Matthias Hangst/Pool via AP)
Rwanda genocide suspect Kabuga arrested in France
FILE PHOTO: Readers look at a newspaper June 12, 2002 in Nairobi carrying the photograph of Rwandan Felicien Kabuga wanted by the United States. The United States published a "wanted" photograph in Kenyan newspapers of the businessman accused of helping finance the 1994 killings in Rwanda REUTERS/George Mulala/File Photo
O’Toole accused of using Parliamentary resources on leadership campaign
Western Canada: Tourist towns in Alberta and B.C. brace for travellers flouting pandemic advice on May long weekend
Tofino has transitioned from a quiet fishing village to a tourist town that receives over one million visitors each year. Melissa Renwick/The Globe and Mail
Tensions rise over long weekend vacationers crossing border between B.C. and Alberta
The mayor of Tofino, Josie Osborne, says that vacation rentals and Airbnb is something that Tofino needs to "hold in balance." The small town has lost a lot of long term renters because they can't find stable housing, she says, on Thursday, June 13, 2019. Photograph by Melissa Renwick
After COVID-19, we’ll never take vacations, watch movies or root for sports teams in the same way
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Cities won’t be able to dodge the virus bill
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How the coronavirus could change work, industry and personal finance forever
Researchers say a little pessimism may not be a bad thing to weather COVID-19 crisis
Three people in masks sit on a bench in Toronto on Monday, April 20, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
How will COVID-19 change our lives, our country, our cities and our world?
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The future is masked
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Canada’s order for N95 masks drops by nearly 50 million due to supply issues
Kevin Pomplun wears an N95 mask with filter on May 14, 2020 at the LAC+USC Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, during a delivery of personal protective equipment (PPE) by the Greater Los Angeles Hospital Registry, a volunteer run online service connecting health care workers in LA County. - 10,000 face shields were delivered today to 9 hospitals in Los Angeles County, with the equipment donated by philanthropists and several California-based companies. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP) (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)
Don’t forget: Your car needs to be sanitized, too
Middle aged Turkish man disinfects his car's as a precaution for the pandemic corona virus
May 16: ‘I urge governments to make note of everything Stephen Harper says … and do the exact opposite..’ Readers react to criticisms of Canada’s COVID-19 response, plus other letters to the editor
SPANISH FLU -- ALBERTA -- Alberta Government Telephones operators in High River wore compulsory masks during the 1918 Spanish flu epidemic. From left to right: Gladys Stephenson, Cora Stephenson, Addie McDonald and Annie GrisdaleSome 4,000 Albertans died of the Spanish influenza between 1918 and 1920. Credit: Glenbow Archives
Why does the air conditioning in my Outback sometimes produce a whistling noise?
Web version Lou's Garage advice column logo Driving section credit illustration by John Sopinski/The Globe and Mail
Trump fires State Department watchdog who opened investigation into Mike Pompeo
Trump fires State Department watchdog who opened investigation into Mike Pompeo
Amazon resists calls for Jeff Bezos to testify before Congress
Amazon resists calls for Jeff Bezos to testify before Congress
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