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May 9

Canadian MMA star Georges St-Pierre headed to the UFC Hall of Fame
Georges St-Pierre, from Montreal celebrates after defeating Josh Koscheck, from Waynesburg, PA., with a unanimous decision to retain his welterweight title at UFC 124 on December 12, 2010 in Montreal. Canadian Georges St-Pierre, who ruled the UFC welterweight division before punctuating his stellar career by winning the middleweight title in his final outing, is headed to the UFC Hall of Fame. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
President Trump congratulates UFC for restarting sports
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA - MAY 09: UFC Octagon announcer Bruce Buffer introduces Carla Esparza of the United States and Michelle Waterson of the United States in their Women's strawweight fight during UFC 249 at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena on May 09, 2020 in Jacksonville, Florida. (Photo by Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty Images)
Fauci, two other members of White House virus task force in quarantine
FILE - In this Friday, April 17, 2020, file photo, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, walks from the podium after speaking about the new coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, in Washington. Three members of the White House coronavirus task force, including Fauci, have placed themselves in quarantine after contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19, another stark reminder that not even one of the nation’s most secure buildings is immune from the virus. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
Park pictures are back as Ottawa officials reverse yet another COVID-19 rule
A visitor pauses to take photos of tulips at the Canadian Tulip Festival at Commissioner's Park in Ottawa, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic on Saturday, May 9, 2020. The National Capital Commission initially posted signs indicating no stopping and no photography, intending to discourage people from gathering around the tulip beds. The decision was revised to allow people to take photos while maintaining physical distancing. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Reopenings bring new cases in South Korea, virus fears in Italy
People walk along the promenade of Ladispoli, a coastal town some 30 kilometers (18 miles) north of Rome, Saturday, May 9, 2020. Ladispoli is one of the few beaches close to the capital that allowed residents to practice activities such as fishing, swimming and walking, but not stationing or sunbathing on the beach, since the loosening of a nationwide lockdown measure to prevent the spread of COVID-19. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Former Rockford Peaches pitcher Mary Pratt dies
FILE - In this Aug. 3, 1999, file photo. former women's professional baseball players Mary Pratt, left, of Quincy, Mass., and Maddy English, right, of Everett, Mass., are joined by their friend Marie Cronin, center, at the opening of the New England Women's Sports Hall of Fame in Saugus, Mass. Pratt and English were members of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in the 1940s. Pratt, who played for the Rockford Peaches and Kenosha Comets in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, passed away peacefully at a nursing home, according to her nephew, Walter Pratt. She was 101.(AP Photo/Steven Tackeff, File)
Coronavirus Update: Trudeau says Canada won’t pay full price for masks that do not meet medical standards
A N95 face mask attached to a first aid kit is seen near the House of Commons, as efforts continue to help slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada April 29, 2020. REUTERS/Blair Gable
Nova Scotia reports another death and three new cases related to COVID-19
Alberta to reopen daycares with limited capacity, health screening
Alberta to reopen daycares with limited capacity, health screening
Ontario provincial parks set to reopen, government will support child-care providers
Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce waits to answer questions at the daily briefing at Queen's Park in Toronto on Wednesday April 29, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
Elon Musk threatens to exit California over virus restrictions
FILE - In this March 9, 2020, file photo, Tesla and SpaceX Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition in Washington. Musk is threatening to pull the company’s factory and headquarters out of California in an escalating spat with local officials over reopening an electric vehicle plant. On Twitter Saturday afternoon, May 9, 2020. Musk also threatened to sue over Health Department coronavirus restrictions that have stopped Tesla from restarting production at its factory in Fremont south of San Francisco. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
U.S. approves new coronavirus antigen test with fast results
FILE - In this April 16, 2020, file photo, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and Dr. Deborah Birx, White House coronavirus response coordinator, listen during a briefing about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. The Trump administration has shelved a set of detailed documents created by the nation’s top disease investigators meant to give step-by-step advice to local leaders deciding when and how to reopen mass transit, day care centers, restaurants, bars and other public places during the still-raging pandemic. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
Canada will not pay full price for eight million sub-standard masks: PM
A N95 face mask attached to a first aid kit is seen near the House of Commons, as efforts continue to help slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada April 29, 2020. REUTERS/Blair Gable
Western Canada: The risks may be small, but the last thing we need now are murder hornets
Dead Asian giant hornets, queens lined-up on top and the smaller workers below, all samples brought in from Japan for research, are displayed with a field notebook, Thursday, May 7, 2020, in Blaine, Wash. The new Asian hornets that have been found in Washington state may be deadly to honeybees, but bug experts say the Asian giant hornet is not a big threat to people. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, Pool)
Rock ’n’ roll pioneer Little Richard dead at 87
FILE PHOTO: Entertainer Little Richard performs at the Crossroad festival in Gijon, northern Spain, July 23, 2005. REUTERS/Alonso Gonzalez/File Photo
A mother’s dying wish fulfilled: To be at her daughter’s wedding
Dharshini Thirumal at her daughter Kirtana's wedding that happened at the end of March in 2020. Man pictured in is Navaratnam Thiruma Credit to Aniket Sananse
Two metres and a world apart: Life in lockdown for me and my disabled son
Pickering, ON - 05/06/2020 - Walker Brown spends time in the backyard of his group home with support staff worker Emily Larkin. Several activities at the group home are now cancelled due to COVID-19, including van rides and trips to the grocery store. Residents cannot fully comprehend why the changes to their normal schedules are occurring, and for some this is a cause of distress. Photo by Chlo‘ Ellingson for The Globe and Mail.
‘How long will a vaccine take?’: André Picard answered your questions during an Instagram Live
André Picard
How photobooks, and other photo products, became the new Polaroid
Album with photos of travel and vintage Photo book Photobook
Motherhood in the coronavirus pandemic
From the project Dramatic Domesticity (l-r: Senna, Cindy, Odessa, Sebastien)
Canadian job market has split in two in the coronavirus crisis
Minister of Infrastructure and Communities Catherine McKenna rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Friday, Jan. 31, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
After I lost my mother, I turned to friends. Now, during the COVID-19 pandemic, I am doing the same
What are friends and family for if not to provide a shoulder to lean on?
Does my 2014 Equinox really need a transmission flush at less than 50,000 kilometres?
Web version Lou's Garage advice column logo Driving section credit illustration by John Sopinski/The Globe and Mail
May 9: ‘I’ve been ducking under yellow caution tape.’ How readers are dealing with COVID-19 and too little public space, plus other letters to the editor
A Police officer tapes up the entrance to a parking lot in Mount Royal park Montreal, Sunday, April 5, 2020, as Coronavirus COVID-19 cases rise in Canada and around the world. The city of Montreal has closed parking lots in some city parks to help stop the spread of COVID-19. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
Australia’s biggest states hold off relaxing COVID-19 lockdowns
A delivery man cycles past a street art in Sydney, Australia on May 8, 2020.
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