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Ottawa announces ‘unprecedented action’ to protect Fraser River chinook salmon
A 24-pound chinook salmon sits on the dock in Vancouver, B.C., on Saturday August 18, 2012.
‘I have not resigned’: U.S. Attorney who oversaw prosecution of Trump allies disputes his replacement
FILE - In this April 23, 2019, file photo, Geoffrey Berman, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, speaks during a news conference in New York.
Michigan Gov. Whitmer demands answers from Enbridge on Line 5 pipeline’s environmental risk after it was damaged
FILE - In this June 8, 2017, file photo, fresh nuts, bolts and fittings are ready to be added to the east leg of the Enbridge Line 5 pipeline near St. Ignace, Mich.
North Korea prepares anti-South leaflets as tensions rise
Flags of North Korea, rear, and South Korea, front, flutter in the wind respectively at border area near Taesungdong freedom village, South Korea, Friday, June 19, 2020.
Canadian Armed Forces members at risk of COVID-19 while on duty to get extra pay
The armband of a military care giver is seen during a ceremony marking the last day of military presence at the CHSLD Nazaire-Piche in Montreal, on Wednesday, June 17, 2020.
COVID-19 cases on the rise among athletes as leagues prepare to restart
Toronto Maple Leafs forward Auston Matthews (34) skates during the second period of the team's NHL hockey game against the Buffalo Sabres, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020, in Buffalo, N.Y. Matthews is holding out hope his road to 50 goals hasn't hit a dead end. In the meantime, he's doing his best to stay in shape by rollerblading and working out in Arizona, binge-watching love-based reality shows during his down time, and hoping his Toronto Maple Leafs get an opportunity to flip the narrative of disappointing first-round playoff exits.THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Jeffrey T. Barnes
Private equity’s big moment: With trillions of dollars on hand, firms are ready to feast on pandemic spoils
Streetwise newsletter: Best reads of the week
MONTREAL, Que. (19/06/2020) – Lloyd Segal, CEO of biotech Montreal biotech firm Repare Therapeutics, and Clarissa Desjardins, former CEO of Clementia Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Segal's wife, sit for a portrait in his Westmount home in Montreal, Que. on June 19, 2020. Repare started trading on the Nasdaq stock exchange as its initial public offering increased. As its valuation increases, Repare may join the ranks of Clementia to be valued at US$1-billion. Clementia attained that goal and was sold to foreign buyers last year. (Andrej Ivanov/The Globe and Mail)
Kenney refuses to make masks mandatory, opts for ‘very strong recommendation’
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney speaks during a press conference in Edmonton on February 24, 2020. Alberta's Opposition NDP says having the province quit the Canada Pension Plan is a massive money-losing proposition and that Kenney is pursuing it out of spite against his nemesis, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
Healing walks across New Brunswick follow private funeral for Rodney Levi
People walk to honour Rodney Levi in Red Bank, N.B., on June 19, 2020.
Canadians are big players on far-right social media, British think tank study finds
Far-right and ultra-nationalist groups, including the Northern Guard, Proud Boys, and individuals wearing Soldiers of Odin patches, were among those gathered to protest the government's lawsuit settlement with Canadian torture victim Omar Khadr, at Nathan Philips Square in Toronto on Saturday, October 21, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
Trudeau says rule requiring House of Commons be informed of MP arrests was not followed in case of Marwan Tabbara
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, alongside Liberal MPs (from left) Marwan Tabbara and Bardish Chagger meet with Region of Waterloo mayors and delivers brief opening remarks in Kitchener, Ont., on Wednesday, April 17, 2019. Trudeau called it 'disappointing' that Tabbara didn't inform the Liberal party of his arrest.
Mark Wiseman named AIMCo board chair
Mark Wiseman, Global Head of Active Equities and Chairman of BlackRock Alternative Investors at BlackRock LLC, speaks during the Reuters Global Investment Outlook Summit in New York, U.S., November 16, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Segar/Files
Allegations of racist games in B.C. emergency rooms investigated
British Columbia Health Minister Adrian Dix responds to questions during a news conference regarding the novel coronavirus COVID-19, in Vancouver, on Saturday, March 14, 2020. Dix says an investigation has been launched into allegations of "abhorrent practices" by some emergency room staff who are accused of playing a game to guess the blood-alcohol levels of patients.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Before Canada bets big on hydrogen, or other clean technologies, it’s gut check time
Adam Radwanski
Coronavirus Update: Ontario school boards asked by Premier Ford to prepare three return-to-school scenarios
Tomken Road Middle School in Mississauga, Ont., is shown on Tuesday, March 31, 2020. A document from a Toronto hospital that provides guidance for reopening Ontario schools in September garnerned criticism from some epidemiologists, while other experts say it offers a useful starting point in the conversation. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Via Rail to require passengers to wear face masks as of Tuesday
People make their way through Union Station in Toronto as the departure display for Via Rail show all trains have been cancelled on February 13, 2020.
‘Do more ... do better,' UN refugee chief tells Canada in wake of Security Council loss
In this Tuesday, June 16, 2020, photo, Italian Filippo Grandi, U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, speaks to the media about the UNHCR's annual Global Trends Report on Forced Displacement, during a press conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. Grandi says he’s “very worried” about the impact of the new coronavirus in Latin America, where millions of Venezuelans have fled upheaval at home and could face hardship among lockdowns and other restrictive measures to fight the pandemic. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)
Ontario asks school boards to prepare for three scenarios in back-to-school plan
Tomken Road Middle School in Mississauga, Ont., is shown on Tuesday, March 31, 2020. A document from a Toronto hospital that provides guidance for reopening Ontario schools in September garnerned criticism from some epidemiologists, while other experts say it offers a useful starting point in the conversation. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Ottawa should treat access to information as an essential service during pandemic, commissioner says
President of the Treasury Board Jean-Yves Duclos listens to a speaker during a news conference Tuesday June 16, 2020 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
U.S. hospitals in hard-hit regions step up use of steroid on sickest COVID-19 patients
A member of staff at a pharmacy holds a packet of anti-inflammatory drug dexamethasone, in London, Thursday, June 18, 2020. Some U.S. hospitals have started using the steroid on severely ill coronavirus patients rather than wait for confirmation of a U.K. study.
Brazil’s coronavirus cases exceed one million, with nearly 50,000 deaths
A man, wearing a protective face mask as a measure to curb the spread COVID-19, walks past a mural depicting a tug-of-war between health workers and Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro aided by a cartoon-styled coronavirus character, with a message that reads in Portuguese: "Which side are you on?," in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Friday, June 19, 2020.
Retail rush: Online brokers see surge of Canadian investors riding the market wave
A security guard walks by a stock ticker on the front door of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, June 16, 2020. Stocks are rising sharply in early trading on Wall Street after retail sales in the U.S. soared by a record 17.7% from April to May, double what economists were expecting and a welcome sign that spending is partially rebounding after the devastating coronavirus shutdowns. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
Insiders bet on Interfor
Ted Dixon
Novelist Edward O. Phillips penned a series featuring gay sleuth Geoffry Chadwick
Novelist Edward O. Phillips, left, with his partner, Kenneth Woodman, at a party in 2008. Credit: PBL Photography
The Globe’s stars and dogs for the week
Juneteenth in Tulsa: freedom still a distant, delayed dream for Black America
A woman wearing a face mask sits on a metal fence as people march during events to mark Juneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery in Texas, two years after the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves elsewhere in the United States, amid nationwide protests against racial inequality, at the Brooklyn Bridge, in New York City, New York, U.S., June 19, 2020. REUTERS/Brendan Mcdermid
Evening Update: China charges Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor with espionage, Bolton’s memoir calls out Canada, and Juneteenth is celebrated across North America
(FILES) In this file photo taken on May 8, 2019, Turnisa Matsedik-Qira, of the Vancouver Uyghur Association, demonstrates against China's treatment of Uighurs while holding a photo of detained Canadians Michael Spavor (L) and Michael Kovrig outside a court appearance for Huawei Chief Financial Officer, Meng Wanzhou at the British Columbia Supreme Court in Vancouver. - China has begun the prosecution of two Canadian nationals detained since December 2018 on spying charges, officials said on June 19, 2020, in a move likely to increase tensions between Beijing and Ottawa. (Photo by Jason Redmond / AFP) (Photo by JASON REDMOND/AFP via Getty Images)
Whatever shape the MLB season eventually takes, baseball has already lost
Cathal Kelly
Investment industry sees slow recovery as assets remain below pre-COVID levels
B.C. rent help continues but border screenings, ban on some evictions to end
Premier John Horgan and Minister Mike Farnsworth provide an update on government measures in regards to the COVID-19 pandemic during a press conference in the press gallery at Legislature in Victoria, B.C., on Thursday March 26, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
Idled Northern Pulp mill seeking protection from creditors
The Northern Pulp mill in Abercrombie Point, N.S., is viewed from Pictou, N.S., December 13, 2019. The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed a leave to appeal by the province of Nova Scotia over whether it must consult with a Mi'kmaw community on how public money is provided to the Northern Pulp mill's effluent treatment plant.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
Canadians are not as free as we’d like to believe we are
Right-leaning U.S. Supreme Court defies Trump, gives lift to the left
Lawrence Martin
Reconciliation means reckoning with the past. I’m now coming to terms with the harm my great aunt caused Indigenous people
Marcus Gee
The case of the $500,000 RESP: How should we withdraw the money?
Ranch Energy’s failure more than doubles the number of orphan oil wells in B.C.
A de-commissioned pumpjack is shown at a well head on an oil and gas installation near Cremona, Alta., on Oct. 29, 2016.
Canada’s flooding crisis is spilling over our shores. Only urgent action can dam the breach
Dee Manning rests on a snow shovel in front of her parents house as residents begin cleaning up in Calgary, Alta., Sunday, June 14, 2020, after a major hail storm damaged homes and flooded streets on Saturday.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Quebec businessman arrested for attempted murder linked to attack on lawyer
’Dr. 6ix’ tells regulator he now realizes he acted against patient’s interest
How much money should Dale and Daphne be saving for a comfortable retirement?
(Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail)
Victim of multi-vehicle crash in Brampton, Ont., identified as teacher
Karolina Ciasullo was killed along with her three daughters, aged six, four and one, in a multi-vehicle crash in Brampton, Ont., on Thursday, June 18, 2020. Facebook
Bullish on Electronic Arts Inc.
Monica Rizk
Ontario correctional officer alleges two colleagues attacked him after comments on George Floyd
FILE PHOTO: A child walks by newly painted George Floyd graffiti at the Cal Anderson Park Reflecting Pool as protesters against racial inequality occupy space at the CHOP area near the Seattle Police Department's East Precinct in Seattle, Washington, U.S. June 18, 2020. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson/File Photo
Trump ‘didn’t really like’ Trudeau, ordered TV attacks from staffers, alleges upcoming Bolton book
U.S. President Donald Trump talks with Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during a North Atlantic Treaty Organization Plenary Session at the NATO summit in Watford, Britain, December 4, 2019. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Tampa Bay Lightning close facilities after five employees test positive for COVID-19
Mar 12, 2020; Tampa, Florida, USA; A general view of Amalie Arena as today’s NHL game between the Philadelphia Flyers at Tampa Bay Lightning has been canceled do to the COVID-19 virus. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports
Contra Guys: Why we’re expecting a four-bagger from this little-known energy stock
FILE - In this April 17, 2020, file photo, an oil rig stands against the setting sun in Midland, Texas. Texas regulators are relaxing rules about where companies can store oil underground, raising concern among environmentalists about potential groundwater contamination and other dangers. (Odessa American/Eli Hartman, File)
‘Shut it down now': First Nations leader, MPP alarmed after another death at Thunder Bay jail
Kevin Mamakwa, 27, seen here, died at the Thunder Bay District Jail in early June.
Police break up new protests in Belarus as Lukashenko warns of foreign plot
Belarus' riot police officers watch opposition supporters during a gathering to support candidates seeking to challenge President Alexander Lukashenko in August's polls in Minsk on June 19, 2020. (Photo by Sergei GAPON / AFP) (Photo by SERGEI GAPON/AFP via Getty Images)
Nick Watney becomes first PGA player to test positive for COVID-19 since restart
Nick Watney plays a shot from the second tee during the third round of the Honda Classic at PGA National Resort and Spa Champion course on Feb. 29, 2020 in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
While the world shut down, Germany’s Olaf Scholz has seized the moment
Doug Saunders
Annuities cure stock market anxiety, but you better hustle if you want one
calculator with the word annuity
Next up? A youth unemployment crisis that should not be inevitable
Eric Reguly
Legal challenge halts Canadian, U.S. and U.K. release of book critical of Chinese Communist Party
A defamation lawsuit by businessman Stephen Perry, seen here, left, meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Oct. 16, 2018, has put the book's publication on hold.
Cineplex to stick with masks-optional policy as U.S. theatres reconsider
Cineplex Odeon Theater at Yonge and Eglinton in Toronto on Monday December 16, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Aaron Vincent Elkaim
Andre De Grasse will get a taste of empty-stadium sprinting next month in Florida
Andre de Grasse of Canada reacts after taking the silver medal in the men's 200 meter final at the World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019. The Canadian Olympic and Paralympic track and field trials for next year's Tokyo Games will remain in Montreal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP Photo-Nariman El-Mofty
Pitching in: Spin Master turns toys into PPE for health care workers
On the left: Janice Noble, Finance Officer, De dwa da dehs nye On right: Jo-Ann Mattina, Chief Operating Officer Staff at the Aboriginal Health Center in Hamilton, de dwa da dehs nye, receive PPE and toy donation from Spin Master in partnership with aid agency Save the Children. Credit Save the Children/Cleopatra's Canvas Photography
Oaktree’s Marks says odds not in investors’ favor in stock rally
A man wears a protective mask as he walks on Wall Street on March 13.
Trudeau doesn’t say whether ‘zero tolerance’ policy on sexual harassment is still in place
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is seen during a news conference in Chelsea, Que., on June 19, 2020.
Playlist: Eight new Canadian tracks for summer streaming
Brad Wheeler
The dog (or werewolf?) that helped me heal from my daughter’s death
100 Days of Solitude: 18 experiences of isolation during the pandemic
Charlottetown statue of Canada’s first PM doused in red paint
Workers remove red paint from a Sir John A. Macdonald statue in Charlottetown on June 19, 2020.
Alphonso Davies named Bundesliga rookie of the year
Bayern Munich's Alphonso Davies celebrates scoring Munich's fourth goal during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Bayern Munich and Eintracht Frankfurt in Munich, Germany, Saturday, May 23, 2020. Canadian international Alphonso Davies keeps raising the bar. On Tuesday, the 19-year-old Bayern Munich fullback had a roller-coaster ride with more ups than downs. Davies set a Bundesliga speed record, was sent off and then celebrated Bayern's eighth consecutive league title in a 1-0 win at Werder Bremen. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Andreas Gebert, POOL
Canadian crude-by-rail exports dropped by half in April as fuel demand plunged
Rail cars wait for pickup in Winnipeg, Sunday, March 23, 2014. January 2020 crude-by-rail numbers have reached a historic high of 403,767 barrels per day, the first time Canadian crude oil exports by rail have surpassed the 400,000 mark. This represents a 16 per cent increase over December 2019 rail export numbers. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
Ottawa approves NHL cohort quarantine plan, removing an obstacle for hub cities
A pedestrian walks outside Rogers Place, home of the Edmonton Oilers, in Edmonton, Alta., on Thursday March 12, 2020. The NHL has suspended the 2019-20 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The federal government has made a move to try to help one of three Canadian markets become a hub city for the National Hockey League's resumption of play. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
Former NFL-CFL player Vaughn Martin looking to help during COVID-19 pandemic
Montreal Alouettes Vaughn Martin tackles Toronto Argonauts Logan Kilgore during first quarter CFL action in Montreal on Friday, June 17, 2016. Martin wants to do his part during the COVID-19 pandemic. The former NFL-CFL defensive lineman has joined the board of BeMotion Inc., a company that's producing the DUO400 Intelligent Human Thermal Scanner, which tracks temperature variances within an accuracy of 0.3 C. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Peter McCabe
Nunavut court approves class-action against governments over abuse of Inuit children by former teacher
Canadian Corey Conners just one off lead at RBC Heritage
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA - JUNE 19: Corey Conners of Canada putts on the eighth green during the second round of the RBC Heritage on June 19, 2020 at Harbour Town Golf Links in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
The kid and I: Adapting to a tween-adjacent life as a childless adult
R.M. Vaughan's author photo handout
Politics Briefing: China charges Canadians with espionage
FILE PHOTO: People hold signs calling for China to release Canadian detainees Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig during an extradition hearing for Huawei Technologies Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou at the B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, March 6, 2019. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson/File Photo
Former Iranian judge wanted on corruption charges dies after fall from hotel window in Romania
Police cars are parked outside the Duke Hotel, in Bucharest, Romania, on June 19, 2020.
16 books that’ll make every kind of dad happy this Father’s Day
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Repare soars to largest ever IPO of a Canadian biotech firm in Nasdaq debut
MONTREAL, Que. (19/06/2020) â€" Lloyd Segal, CEO of biotech Montreal biotech firm Repare Therapeutics, and Clarissa Desjardins, former CEO of Clementia Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Segal's wife, sit for a portrait in his Westmount home in Montreal, Que. on June 19, 2020. Repare started trading on the Nasdaq stock exchange as its initial public offering increased. As its valuation increases, Repare may join the ranks of Clementia to be valued at US$1-billion. Clementia attained that goal and was sold to foreign buyers last year. (Andrej Ivanov/The Globe and Mail)
Protester dies after being hit by truck outside slaughterhouse in Burlington, Ont.
Animal rights activist Anita Krajnc gives water to a pig. She says she will continue her activism with the group she founded, Toronto Pig Save, and plans to give water to pigs near the same slaughterhouse on Thursday.
Work stoppage in support of Juneteenth shuts down West Coast ports
The Fairview Container Terminal, part of the Prince Rupert port system, is seen March 8, 2013. The Prince Rupert Port Authority, CN Rail and the federal and BC governments announced the start of a $90 million utility corridor construction project to expand the port on Ridley Island. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Robin Rowland
SNC-Lavalin to pay $1.9-million for rigging bids on Quebec municipal contracts
The offices of SNC Lavalin are seen in Montreal on Monday, March 26, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
Amplify: In spite of distance, my immigrant family learned to connect from far away
Marieke Walsh's family pictured at a reunion in 1992.
No-stopping zone in place on B.C. section of Trans-Canada Highway to protect bears – including a rare white grizzly
A rare white grizzly is shown in Banff National Park in this undated handout photo.
Nike, Twitter, Lyft among 460 U.S. companies committed to observing Juneteenth as awareness grows
People march to the Georgia State Capitol during a Juneteenth event organized by the One Race Movement, in Atlanta, Ga., on June 19, 2020.
One of three officers involved in fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor to be fired
Kevin Peterson, founder and executive director of the New Democracy Coalition, displays a placard showing Breonna Taylor as he addresses a rally in Boston, on June 9, 2020.
Healthcare to get growth bump in COVID-19 influenced Russell remake
In this May 26, 2020, file photo, a man wearing a protective face mask passes the New York Stock Exchange.
Coroner’s inquest called into Regina suicide after hospital visits
Samwel Uko is shown in a family handout photo.
How Americans marked Juneteenth: From a 2.5-mile pilgrimage to a surfers' rally
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Kason Devaughn, 7, participates in a Juneteenth parade on June 19, 2021, in Austin, Texas.
Scenes from Juneteenth rallies across the US and Canada to demand racial justice
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First Nations Mahlikah Awe:ri along with thousands of people demonstrates during a Black Lives Matter protest in Toronto.
Quebec eases restrictions on residents in long-term care homes hit hard by COVID-19 pandemic
A worker looks out the window at the Vigi Mount Royal seniors' residence, in Montreal, on May 1, 2020.
Small business seek changes to COVID-19 relief programs in letter to Morneau
Minister of Finance Bill Morneau listens to a question during a news conference Friday May 1, 2020 in Ottawa. The Canadian Federation of Independent Business is calling on Morneau to make a handful of changes to relief programs rolled out by the federal government.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Premier Blaine Higgs makes upbeat economic prediction as N.B. eases more COVID-19 restrictions
New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs speaks with the media in Fredericton, on Feb. 17, 2020.
Health experts urge caution as business leaders seek loosening of travel rules
People leave the airport after arriving at Pearson International Airport in Toronto on March 16, 2020.
The pandemic has brought back porch life to this Toronto house
Trinity-Bellwoods residence of Rick Galezowski, Great Lake Studio.
Bolton book excerpts complicate White House demand to halt publication, judge says
National Security Adviser John Bolton looks on as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington, on May 17, 2018.
Toronto FC’s Justin Morrow heads up newly formed Black Players Coalition of MLS
FILE - In this Nov. 13, 2019, file photo, Toronto FC soccer player Justin Morrow speaks to the media during an end of season availability in Toronto. A group of African American Major League Soccer players have formed a coalition to address systematic racism in their communities and bring about change within the league. The coalition is the result of an Instagram group formed after the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police, which spawned a wave of nationwide protests against racism and policy brutality. Started by Toronto FC defender Justin Morrow, the group grew to some 70 MLS players, who decided to act and the Black Players Coalition of MLS was born. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP, File)
Despite the turmoil, America’s not at a breaking point
Clifford Orwin is a Professor of political science and senior fellow of Massey College, University of Toronto
COVID-era CBC TV is a shambles
John Doyle
J.K. Rowling backlash shows how progressives are turning on their own kind
In this Nov. 13, 2018, file photo, author J.K. Rowling poses for photographers upon her arrival at the premiere of the film Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, in London.
Three bands pull out of virtual Canada Day celebration in Surrey over city’s inaction on addressing racism
Three musical groups slated to headline a virtual Canada Day celebration in Surrey, B.C., have pulled out of the event to protest what they say is that city’s lack of commitment to dismantle systemic racism.
Human rights activist Malala completes degree at Oxford
Activist Malala Yousafzai celebrates with her family after completing her degree from Oxford University, in this picture obtained from social media.
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