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May 23

Taliban, Ghani declare three-day cease fire for Eid holiday
In this Wednesday, May 20, 2020 photo, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, right, and fellow leader under a recently signed power-sharing agreement, Abdullah Abdullah, center, hold a meeting with U.S. peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad aimed at resuscitating a U.S.-Taliban peace deal signed in February, at the Presidential Palace, in Kabul, Afghanistan. (The Presidential Palace via AP)
Toronto officials condemn ‘dangerous’ behaviour of people who packed Trinity Bellwoods Park
Toronto officials condemn ‘dangerous’ behaviour of people who packed Trinity Bellwoods Park
Protest calls for asylum seekers working on COVID-19 front lines to be given status
Wilner Cayo, centre, attends a demonstration outside Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's constituency office in Montreal, Saturday, May 23, 2020, where they called on the government to give residency status to migrant workers as the COVID-19 pandemic continues in Canada and around the world. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
COVID-19 distancing compels shifts at the beach on crowded U.S. Memorial Day weekend
In this image made with a telephoto lens, a lifeguard watches the water as people visit the beach on Memorial Day weekend during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Huntington Beach, California, U.S., May 23, 2020. REUTERS/Patrick T. Fallon
TV personality Joyce Davidson faced backlash after comment about the Queen in a more narrow-minded Canada
Joyce Davidson speaks about LUX soap during a commercial on the CBS television variety program, 'The George Gobel Show' on Oct. 11, 1959, in Hollywood.
Fire destroys warehouse on San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf
First responders battle a massive fire that erupted at a warehouse early Saturday, May 23, 2020 in San Francisco. Arriving crews were confronted with towering flames engulfing the warehouse. (KPIX-TV CBS-Viacom via AP)
Coronavirus Update: Too soon? A look at the risks of returning to prepandemic life
Park visitors soak up the sun in Toronto on Saturday, May 23, 2020. Warm weather and a reduction in COVID-19 restrictions has many looking to the outdoors for relief. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
Canada’s NHL teams offer varying refund options to season-ticket holders
FILE - In this Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020, file photo, fans pose below the NHL league logo at a display outside Falcon Stadium before an NHL Stadium Series outdoor hockey game between the Los Angeles Kings and Colorado Avalanche, at Air Force Academy, Colo. The NHL Players’ Association’s executive board is voting on a 24-team playoff proposal as the return-to-play format, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press, late Thursday, May 21, 2020. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
Iranian fuel tankers approach Venezuelan waters despite U.S. warning
A view of the vessel the Clavel, right, sailing on international waters crossing the Gibraltar stretch on Wednesday, May 20, 2020. Five Iranian tankers likely carrying at least $45.5 million worth of gasoline and similar products are now sailing to Venezuela, part of a wider deal between the two U.S.-sanctioned nations amid heightened tensions between Tehran and Washington. (AP Photo/Marcos Moreno)
Liberals table proposal for expanded Commons COVID-19 meetings, summer sittings
A House of Commons clerk prepares for the COVID-19 committee to meet in the House of Commons Chamber Wednesday April 29, 2020 in Ottawa. Intense behind-the-scenes negotiations are to continue today among federal political parties over how Parliament should function as the COVID-19 crisis drags on. The House of Commons, which has been largely adjourned since mid-March, is to resume normal operations on Monday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Ontario reports 27 new coronavirus deaths, Quebec an additional 75
Provincial health workers perform coronavirus disease (COVID-19) tests on residents of the remote First Nations community of Gull Bay, Ontario, Canada April 27, 2020. Picture taken April 27, 2020. REUTERS/David Jackson
NHLPA executive okays league plan to start with 24-team playoffs if season resumes
FILE - In this March 16, 2017, file photo, Phil Pritchard, left, picks up the Stanley Cup as Craig Campbell, right, holds the original Stanley Cup following an event commemorating the cup's 125th anniversary at Rideau Hall in Ottawa, Ontario. The NHL is on hold, the cup is locked up inside the Hockey Hall of Fame and longtime keeper Pritchard has shed his trademark white gloves to work from home like so many others during the coronavirus pandemic. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP, File)
Bike shops busier than ever, but owners worry about shortage of new bikes and parts
Pete Lilly of Sweet Pete's Bike Shop poses in front of his store in Toronto on Tuesday, May 19, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
Ontario’s flower producers hit hard by pandemic as the industry wilts
Len Vander Lugt, president and owner of Aldershot Greenhouses Ltd., is photographed amongst some of the Cho roses the company grows, on May 13, 2020.
Western Canada: Calgary to catch up with rest of Alberta’s current phase of relaunch Monday
Pedestrians walk along a the closed eastbound lanes of Memorial Drive in Calgary, Alta., Thursday, April 9, 2020, amid a worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. The city closed the lanes to allow for more physical distancing. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
COVID-19 is an opportunity to fight the folly of highway mania
Marcus Gee
Canadian cities prove reluctant to encourage cycling as alternative to crowded transit
Cyclists heading west riding in the dedicated bike lanes on Bloor St. West towards Spadina Ave., are photographed on Oct 3 2017. Toronto city council is set to debate whether the one year pilot project on Bloor St West between Avenue Road and Shaw St. should stay. (Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail)
Survivor of Karachi airliner crash says pilot warned of ‘troublesome’ landing
Army troops shift the coffin of crash victim Major Shaheryar Baloch who died along with his wife and two children during their funeral a day after a Pakistan International Airlines aircraft crashed in a residential area in Karachi on May 23, 2020. - One of the two people to survive a plane crash in Pakistan that killed 97 people has described jumping from the burning wreckage of the aircraft after it hurtled into a residential neighbourhood. (Photo by Rizwan TABASSUM / AFP) (Photo by RIZWAN TABASSUM/AFP via Getty Images)
New data show that immigrants and low-income earners are more susceptible to COVID-19
How COVID-19 is exposing Canada’s socioeconomic inequalities
The leeway factor: As coronavirus lockdowns lift, how far can we return to normal without triggering a second wave?
On the evening of May 21, 2020, Montrealers relax in Jeanne-Mance Park.
Jedis at the grocery store, tsunamis, aliens: Two artists are illustrating people’s COVID-era dreams
"Runaway" -- Canadian artists Hanna Jovin and Adrian Morphy have illustrated their COVID-19 dreams. “Well I had a very strange vivid dream. The dream was that my boyfriend and I were in a courthouse getting some paperwork done for his citizenship and passport so he can travel to visit our moms in Mexico and while we were in the courthouse a security officer rushed down to the judge waving a newspaper screaming “everyone go home, find shelter” and my bf and I immediately ran home and grabbed our dogs packed a few things and drove to the American border so we could pick up my dad as well who lives in the states so that we could drive to my moms farm house in Mexico but when we got to the border they wouldn’t let us cross it, it had been closed. So then we headed back to Toronto and the streets were empty and everything was quiet except for ambulances rushing to hospitals and and my dogs wouldn’t stop barking which made me stress more in my dreams and the I woke up. Since then I’ve been having weird dreams about trying to escape to Mexico and not being able and getting caught.”
How a Canadian country star became an anti-human trafficking advocate
Paul Brandt performs at the Canadian Country Music Awards in Calgary, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2019. Brandt will lead a human trafficking task force in Alberta. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Where fashion, travel and wellness industries go from here
Dr. Jason Wersland.
The United States is going back to space. But we have some things to figure out on Earth first
U.S. President Donald Trump holds a toy astronaut.
Why does the fuel pump quickly shut off when I try to fill up my Trailblazer?
Web version Lou's Garage advice column logo Driving section credit illustration by John Sopinski/The Globe and Mail
The oil and gas industry will need more than a bailout to survive
FILE PHOTO: A TORC Oil & Gas pump jack is seen near Granum, Alberta, Canada May 6, 2020. REUTERS/Todd Korol/File Photo
Canada’s new normal begins in our cities
A lone person walks the empty streets in Kensington Market in Toronto on April 15, 2020.
May 23: ‘We sent our children back to school.’ Readers debate: Should schools in Canada be open or closed? Plus other letters to the editor
A student has her hands sanitized in the schoolyard, as schools outside the greater Montreal region begin to reopen their doors, in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que., on May 11, 2020.
The pandemic is suburban – and it wants us back in our cars
Doug Saunders
Hong Kong’s pro-Beijing politicians claim controversial national security law good for business
Pro-democracy lawmaker Eddie Chu is removed by security during a scuffle with pro Beijing lawmakers at the House Committee's election of vice chairpersons, presided by pro-Beijing lawmaker Starry Lee Wai-King at the Legislative Council on May 22, 2020 in Hong Kong.
Crews battle wildfire near Chester Grant, N.S.
U.S. federal judge demands ICE better explain why it won’t release detained immigrant children, families
In this July 8, 2019, file photo, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer looks on during an operation in Escondido, Calif.
Your daily horoscope: May 23
Gemini.
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