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Two B.C. inmates charged with murdering man while on the run from prison escape last year
James Lee Busch and Zachary Armitage have been charged with one count each of first degree murder, in relation to Martin Payne's death.
Goodell encourages NFL teams to sign Kaepernick
In this Nov. 16, 2019, file photo, free agent quarterback Colin Kaepernick arrives for a workout for NFL football scouts and media in Riverdale, Ga.
Report backs whistle-blower’s claims at care home
A cross in memory of a former resident rests against a tree near the Camilla Care Community, a long term care home in Mississauga, Ont., are photographed on April 13 2020. Fifty residents of the facility have died of the coronavirus.
Families, Indigenous chiefs press for answers in New Brunswick police shootings of Chantel Moore and Rodney Levi
Families, Indigenous chiefs press for answers in New Brunswick police shootings of Chantel Moore and Rodney Levi
UN chief takes Saudis off blacklist for harming Yemen’s children despite finding continued killing and maiming by coalition
In this file photo taken on September 3, 2019 in Taez, Yemen, Yemeni children listen to their teacher on the first day of the new academic year in a destroyed classroom.
No public risk from oil spill, says pipeline company, but critics say danger is clear
An emergency response worker is seen at the site of a crude oil spill at a Trans Mountain Pipeline pump station in Abbotsford, on Sunday, June 14, 2020. Trans Mountain estimates as much as 1,195 barrels of light crude spilled from the pipeline pumping station. While an investigation is ongoing, the Crown-owned company said in a statement the cause of the spill appears to be related to a fitting on a one-inch, or 2.5-centimetre, piece of pipe. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Damning report points finger at Montreal city, police for failure to address systemic racism
Damning report points finger at Montreal city, police for failure to address systemic racism
Doctors Without Borders to close maternity ward in Kabul after deadly attack
FILE PHOTO: Newborn children who lost their mothers during the yesterday's attack lie on a bed at a hospital, in Kabul, Afghanistan May 13, 2020. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani/File Photo
Alberta lifts state of public health emergency as COVID-19 cases continue to flatten
Alberta Health Minister Tyler Shandro provides details on a new initiative intended to distribute non-medical masks to Albertans to prevent the spread of COVID-19, in Calgary on Friday, May 29, 2020.
Let’s face it, Canada: Even drinking in moderation can be dangerous
Wine educator David Mayer pours glasses of 2017 Edizione Pennino Zinfandel for guests at the Inglenook winery Friday, June 12, 2020, in Rutherford, Calif. California wineries started uncorking their bottles and welcoming people back to their tasting rooms Friday as the state's $145 billion tourism industry gears up with hotels, zoos, museums and aquariums also allowed to reopen. The historic winery, which dates to 1879, reopened Friday to wine club members after being closed since mid March because of the coronavirus threat and will be open to the public on June 25. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
Bolsonaro says military will not remove elected president as constitutional battle with Brazil’s Supreme Court looms
People demonstrate with a sign reading Bolsonaro out. Impeachment now! against Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and racism, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on June 14, 2020, amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.
FBI to investigate hanging deaths of two Black men in California
(FILES) In this file photo taken on June 13, 2020 people protest in front of Palmdale Sheriffs Station to demand a full investigation into the death of Robert Fuller, a 24-year-old black man found hanging from a tree, in Palmdale, Calif.
Toronto, Peel and Windsor not among Ontario regions moving to Phase 2 of reopening on Friday
Bogart Banos paints the patio of his family run bar in downtown Toronto, Monday, June 15, 2020. Though Toronto, Peel, and Windsor have been left out of Phase 2 reopening for now, many businesses in the area are preparing for the day they can too reopen. (Cole Burston/The Globe and Mail)
North Korean army ‘fully ready’ for action over South Korean propaganda leaflets: state media
South Korean army soldiers patrol along the barbed-wire fence in Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, Monday, June 15, 2020.
Coronavirus Update: As most of Europe reopens to continental travel, how many will risk the trip?
People enjoy the beach of Palma de Mallorca, Spain, Monday, June 15, 2020. Borders opened up across Europe on Monday after three months of coronavirus closures that began chaotically in March. But many restrictions persist, it's unclear how keen Europeans will be to travel this summer and the continent is still closed to Americans, Asians and other international tourists. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu)
Toronto FC, Whitecaps resume full team training ahead of MLS is Back tournament
U.S. airlines threaten to ban passengers who refuse to wear masks
A Southwest Airlines Co. employee wears a protective mask while assisting a passenger at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on an unusually empty Memorial Day weekend during the COVID-19 pandemic in Los Angeles on May 23, 2020.
Streetwise newsletter: Laurentian Bank CEO François Desjardins to exit at end of June
Francois Desjardins, chief executive officer of Laurentian Bank of Canada, stands for a photograph his office in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on Friday, January 31, 2020. /Aaron Vincent Elkaim for The Globe and Mail
Chore charts: How to develop resilience in your children
Wendy Sheen, photographed with her two sons, Heathcliff (4) and Hudson (6), on May 30, 2020.
Grocery executives may be called to testify on pay cuts for workers
Grocery executives may be called to testify on pay cuts for workers
Chuba Hubbard demands change at OSU after picture of coach Mike Gundy wearing OAN shirt surfaces
Chuba Hubbard demands change at OSU after picture of coach Mike Gundy wearing OAN shirt surfaces
Trump says former adviser John Bolton faces charges if book released
National Security Adviser John Bolton looks on as President Donald Trump speaks to reporters during a meeting at the White House on Aug. 20, 2019.
Lexus aims for sharp driving dynamics with refreshed 2021 IS sedan
2021 Lexus IS
Manufacturing sector takes hit during pandemic, but Statscan sees bright future
Motor vehicle sales were all but wiped out in April – a Ford assembly plant in Oakville, Ont., seen here on March 19, 2020 – with the country’s auto assembly plants idled.
Toronto Mayor Tory open to police reforms, budget cuts, but calls a proposal to cut 2021 budget by 10% arbitrary
A Toronto police officer watches during an anti-racism march in Toronto on Saturday, June 6, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
New Orleans Saints safety Malcolm Jenkins joins CNN as social justice contributor
New Orleans Saints safety Malcolm Jenkins joins CNN as social justice contributor
Mexico hits pause on sending temporary foreign workers to Canada after COVID-19 deaths
A temporary foreign worker from Mexico plants strawberries on a farm in Mirabel, Que., Wednesday, May 6, 2020.
Raptors adviser Wayne Embry thinks sports ‘can be a model’ during a time of social upheaval
Wayne Embry raises his hand as he stands with fellow recipients of 14th annual National Civil Rights Museum Sports Legacy Award before the 17th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Game between the New Orleans Pelicans and the Memphis Grizzlies in Memphis, Tenn., on January 21, 2019. Wayne Embry has watched the racial unrest explode in the United States in the past few weeks, and said the footage is reminiscent of decades ago. The senior basketball advisor for the Toronto Raptors was with the Boston Celtics when Martin Luther King was assassinated during their NBA playoff series versus Philadelphia. They almost didn't play that night. Embry said while he understands why some players are against resuming the season next month, believing it will take away from the Black Lives Matter movement, he is a big believer in the power of sport, and thinks they should play. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Brandon Dill
This TSX tech stock has raised its dividend for 12 straight years and is near record highs thanks to video conferencing
Enghouse buys and manages software used for billing and logistics in sectors such as transportation, utilities and energy. It also handles customer service software, such interactive voice response systems, for financial services and health care customers.
Cineplex plans new direction after failed Cineworld deal
A shut down Cineplex theatre in Calgary, Alberta, June 15, 2020. Cineplex theatres across the country have been shut down due to the COVID-19 worldwide pandemic and the companies share price has dropped. Todd Korol/The Globe and Mail
Family hopes for spy exchange after Paul Whelan convicted of espionage by Russia
The Moscow City Court on Monday convicted Paul Whelan on charges of espionage and sentenced him to 16 years in maximum security prison colony.
Feminist forerunner Louise Murray was always quick to listen and slow to judge
Louise Georgia Murray.
Hydro-Québec pulling international investment plans, warns of profit hit from COVID-19
Shipping innovator Michael Bell found creative solutions for age-old problems
Shipping magnate Michael Bell, centre, with his daughters Pippa and Alexa, in the Eastern Canadian Arctic in 2015.
Hurrah: The rockin’ and razor-sharp Mohawk Girls comes to CBC
John Doyle
MLB reportedly tells union it must waive legal claims against management or 2020 season will not be played
In this Nov. 21, 2019, file photo, baseball commissioner Rob Manfred speaks to the media at the owners meeting in Arlington, Texas.
Evening Update: RCMP killings of Indigenous people intensify calls for police reform
People participate in a healing walk from the Madawaska Malaseet reserve to Edmundston's town square honour Chantel Moore in Edmundston, N.B. on Saturday, June 13, 2020. Chantel Moore was a 26-year-old Indigenous woman who was fatally shot by police in Edmundston on June 4. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Stephen MacGillivray
DavidsTea hasn’t paid rent in three months, may launch formal restructuring
DavidsTea is listing as "DTEA" at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York, Friday, June 5, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Mark Lennihan
It’s time to end white privilege and white supremacy in Corporate Canada
Senator Donald Oliver, who is the new chair of the Senate banking committee, poses for a photo outside of his office on Parliament Hill in Ottawa,Thursday Oct. 21,2004 Tobin Grimshaw/The Globe and Mail Digital Image/Oct.21,2004
Founder Prem Watsa buys US$149-million of Fairfax Financial stock
Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Prem Watsa speaks during the company's annual meeting in Toronto April 11, 2013. REUTERS/Aaron Harris (CANADA - Tags: BUSINESS)
Trump says U.S. will pull soldiers out of Germany
Trump says U.S. will pull soldiers out of Germany
Ottawa’s Kinaxis beefs up AI power with purchase of Toronto-based Rubikloud
Kinaxis CEO John Sicard in his office in Kanata, on Friday, Dec. 14, 2018. (Justin Tang for The Globe and Mail)
BRP awarded nearly $3-million in damages because of rival’s patent infringement
A truck loaded with ski doos drives past a shop selling BRP Inc., products in Valcourt, Quebec, May 30, 2019. (Christinne Muschi /The Globe and Mail)
Malta to investigate ex-police chief in Caruana affair
Malta to investigate ex-police chief in Caruana affair
WNBA plans to play 2020 season in Florida, starting in late July
WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert speaks at a news conference in Washington on Sept. 29, 2019.
Repare Therapeutics seeks to raise up to US$152-million in Nasdaq share offering
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RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki faces calls to resign over comments on systemic racism in force
RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki leaves Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, April 20, 2020, following a press conference regarding a mass shooting in Nova Scotia. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Six utilities and two telecom companies with dividends and downside protection
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Damage from Calgary hailstorm ‘extraordinary,’ says mayor Naheed Nenshi
Residents survey the damage before begining cleanup in Calgary, Alta., June 14, 2020, after a major hail storm damaged homes and flooded streets on Saturday. Golf-ball sized hail bashed chunks of vinyl siding off homes and smashed car windows in the area on Saturday.
In the Philippines, free speech is being smothered
Philippine journalist Maria Ressa (centre) speaks during a news conference after attending the court's verdict promulgation in Manila on June 15, 2020.
In the stay-at-home era, why have we so sorely neglected home care?
André Picard
Bombardier and BlackBerry shares fall after being dropped from TSX 60 index
FILE PHOTO: Bombardier's logo is seen on the building of the company's service centre at Biggin Hill, Britain March 5, 2018. Picture taken March 5, 2018. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls/File Photo
Academy postpones 2021 Oscars ceremony until April due to coronavirus
Academy postpones 2021 Oscars ceremony until April due to coronavirus
Dad’s binoculars give me a glimpse of life as he saw it
We need long-term solutions, not long-term encampment, for Rohingya refugees
FILE - In this April 15, 2020, file photo, a health worker from an aid organization walks wearing a hazmat suit at the Kutupalong Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Authorities in Bangladesh on Tuesday, June 2, confirmed the first death of a Rohingya refugee amid rising cases of new infections in the sprawling camps in the South Asian country where more than 1 million Rohingya Muslims have been sheltered after fleeing from neighboring Myanmar, according to a doctor and the United Nations. The 71-year-old refugee died Saturday at Ukhiya in Cox's Bazar, but samples collected from him proved positive on Monday, said Abu Toha M.R. Bhuiyan, chief health coordinator of the office of Refugee, Relief and Repatriation Commissioner. (AP Photo/Shafiqur Rahman, File)
Savings rates drying up as a shaken nation rethinks the stock market, risk and the value of safety
Rob Carrick
Lufthansa seeking cuts equivalent to 22,000 positions
FILE PHOTO: A Lufthansa plane takes off behind a grounded jet at the airport as the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Frankfurt, Germany, June 2, 2020. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
What you need to know about managing your finances during the pandemic
Johnson refuses to extend deadline for trade talks with EU, urges both sides to ‘put a tiger in the tank’
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson sits in the Cabinet Office room during a video conference call, on June 15, 2020.
Beijing points to spy agency report to bolster claim that Meng Wanzhou’s arrest was a 'political conspiracy’
FILE PHOTO: Huawei Technologies Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou leaves her home to attend a court hearing in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada May 27, 2020. REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier/File Photo
Golf Canada cancels national amateur championships for 2020 season
Close up of a golf ball on a white tee at sunset with defocused background. Credit: iStockPhoto Royalty-Free
Former Toronto FC defender Damien Perquis retires after 18-year career
Toronto FC defender Damien Perquis (24) heads the ball over New York Red Bulls midfielder Felipe Martins during the second half of an MLS soccer game in Harrison, N.J., on March 6, 2016. Former Toronto FC defender Damien Perquis announced his retirement Monday after an 18-year career. The 36-year-old French-born Polish international played 25 regular-season games for Toronto in 2015 and 12 in 2016 before terminating his contract by mutual agreement midway through the season. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Adam Hunger
CEBL looking at hosting tournament, no longer considering other return-to-play options
Edmonton Stingers and the Hamilton Honey Badgers during a Canadian Elite Basketball League game at the Expo Centre in Edmonton Alberta on Friday June 14, 2019.(John Lucas/The Globe and Mail)
Most of Europe reopens borders to continental travellers in bid to salvage crucial summer tourist season
Travellers wearing a protective face mask, walk past infomation signs indicating the sanitary measures and rules at Brussels Airport, in Zaventem, on June 15, 2020.
J.D. Irving to begin work in July on $35-million sawmill expansion in Doaktown, N.B.
J.D. Irving Ltd. signage is seen as hundreds of people attend a job fair in Sussex, N.B., on Thursday, January 28, 2016. J.D. Irving Ltd. says work will get underway next month on the $35-million modernization and expansion at its sawmill in Doaktown, N.B. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
Quebec to allow indoor public gatherings of up to 50 people beginning June 22
Horacio Arruda, Quebec director of National Public Health, responds to reporters during a news conference on the COVID-19 pandemic, at the legislature, in Quebec City, on June 11, 2020.
Globe Climate: Could a push for hydrogen be a pivot in the right direction?
BERLIN, GERMANY - JUNE 10: A hydrogen pumping station for hydrogen-powered cars stands on June 10, 2020 in Berlin, Germany. The German government is to announce a new national hydrogen strategy later today that includes the development of a five gigawatt electrolysis capacity to produce "green" hydrogen by 2030. Hydrogen, which lends itself as a means for storing energy produced by renewable energy sources, is to become an important part of Germany's overall renewable energy plan. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
‘When does it stop?’: Rayshard Brooks’s family demands change in the criminal justice system
Rayshard Brooks widow Tomika Miller holds one of her daughters as family lawyers speak during a news conference in Atlanta, Ga., on June 15, 2020.
Non-essential stores reopen as U.K. eases lockdown restrictions
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People practice social distancing on the first day of reopening for places of worship at Westminster Cathedral in London, UK.
Rural Nova Scotia municipality testing viability of four-day work week
Barry Carroll, the chief administrative officer for the Municipality of the District of Guysborough, is shown this handout image.
341 days in isolation: How these newlyweds survived the remote northern wilderness
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Canada needs a foreign policy for a new world – with or without a Security Council seat
Canadian flag and the UN flag is shown on the sleeve of a Canadian soldier's uniform before boarding a plane at CFB Trenton in Trenton, Ont., on July 5, 2018. Canada's contribution to peacekeeping has reached what is believed to be an all-time low, even as the Liberal government makes its final push to secure a coveted seat on the United Nations Security Council. UN figures show there were 35 Canadian military and police officers deployed on peacekeeping operations at the end of April. That represented the smallest number since at least 1956, according to Walter Dorn, a peacekeeping expert at the Canadian Forces College in Toronto. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Lars Hagberg
The five biggest reasons to be bullish have all stalled. Plus, portfolio tune-up advice and TSX indexes get a makeover
With people still staying, or working from home, a few pedestrians walking near the electronic sign board outside the Bank of Montreal at King St. West and Bay St. are photographed on April 12 2020.
U.S. Open will go ahead without fans amid COVID-19: reports
FILE - In this Sept. 2, 2017, file photo, Philipp Kohlschreiber, of Germany, serves to John Millman, of Australia, during the third round of the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York. A high-ranking official for the U.S. Open tells the Associated Press that if the Grand Slam tennis tournament is held in 2020, she expects it to be at its usual site in New York and in its usual dates starting in August. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger, File)
I screamed at my mother-in-law for not taking COVID-19 precautions around my son. Should I apologize?
David Eddie
Trudeau promises CERB extension as many Canadians will soon exhaust benefits
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a news conference outside Rideau Cottage, in Ottawa, on June 2, 2020.
Kinross Gold resolves Mauritania disputes and secures expansion
Kinross’ Tasiast pit gold mine in Mauritania.
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos willing to testify in congressional antitrust probe
Jeff Bezos speaks at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston on June 19, 2019.
Partner of N.S. gunman withdraws as executor
RCMP officers surround a gas station in Enfield, N.S., on April 19, 2020.
Senate Republicans to restrict police chokeholds in emerging bill
The dome of the U.S. Capitol is visible as a sign that reads 'Black Lives Matter' hangs on an overpass on North Capitol Street, in Washington, on June 2, 2020.
New York manufacturing activity unexpectedly stabilizes in June
FILE PHOTO: People walk wearing masks outside The Federal Reserve Bank of New York in New York City, U.S., March 18, 2020. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson//File Photo
The highest yielding stocks on the TSX, plus risk data
A Toronto Stock Exchange ticker is seen at The Exchange Tower in Toronto on Thursday, August 18 2011.
Private member’s bill addressing environmental racism in Canada to come to floor when Parliament returns
A Canadian flag flies near the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa, on Oct. 23, 2019.
Canadian dollar recovers from two-week low as Wall Street rallies
A loonie is pictured in Toronto on Jan. 23, 2015.
Canadian international Alphonso Davies voted Bayern player of the month for May
Canadian international Davies has been voted Bayern Munich's player of the month for May.
For shrinking stock markets, the coronavirus crisis looks like a turning point
In this in-camera double exposure, a scene at the New York Stock Exchange, March 9.
U.S. Supreme Court rules civil rights law protects LGBT workers from job discrimination
Joseph Fons holds a Pride Flag in front of the U.S. Supreme Court after it ruled that LGBTQ people can not be disciplined or fired based on their sexual orientation, on June 15, 2020, in Washington.
GE picks Embraer planemaking chief John Slattery to run aviation unit
FILE PHOTO: Embraer's commercial aviation chief John Slattery poses for picture during the launch of the E195-E2 commercial jet's first prototype in Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil, March 7, 2017. REUTERS/Roosevelt Cassio/File Photo
Five senior editors at Russian business newspaper resign, accuse boss of pro-Kremlin censorship
The logo of Russian business newspaper Vedomosti is seen in a June 1, 2017, file photo.
Recent Atlanta shooting provides new focal point for protests
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Protesters gather outside of the Wendy's restaurant where Rayshard Brooks was shot and killed by police in the parking lot, in Atlanta.
Sudan finds mass grave suspected to contain remains of conscripts killed in 1998
Members of a forensic team are seen at a cemetery where a mass grave was discovered, south of Khartoum, Sudan, on June 13, 2020.
Home sales jump 56.9% in May, but are still weakest since 1996
A for sale / sold sign posted on a real estate sign outside a home in the East end of Toronto near Woodbine and Danforth Avenue on January 23, 2020. (Photo by Deborah Baic)
Monday’s TSX breakouts: With equity markets retreating, a buying opportunity may open up for this stock
Air freight transporter Cargojet Inc.
Market movers: Stocks that saw action on Monday - and why
Pedestrians walk past the head offices of Laurentian Bank in Montreal, April 1, 2015.
Canada’s manufacturing sales posted record plunge in April
Statistics Canada building and signs are pictured in Ottawa on Wednesday, July 3, 2019. Statistics Canada says a key measure of household debt rose in the first quarter as the COVID-19 pandemic began to take hold of the economy. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Nissan adds more features and power to its top-selling Rogue with next-gen redesign
2021 Nissan Rogue
When the pandemic subsides, preserving the arts must be a top priority for governments
When the pandemic subsides, preserving the arts must be a top priority for governments
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