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Sebastian Aho, James Reimer help Hurricanes beat Rangers 4-1 for sweep
Carolina Hurricanes centre Sebastian Aho (20) scores on New York Rangers goaltender Igor Shesterkin (31) during third period NHL Eastern Conference Stanley Cup playoff action in Toronto on Tuesday, August 4, 2020.
Austin Riley’s three-run homer helps Atlanta beat Blue Jays 10-1
Matt Shoemaker of the Toronto Blue Jays reacts after giving up a three-run home run in the fifth inning to Atlanta's Austin Riley at Truist Park in Atlanta on Aug. 4, 2020.
Juuse Saros sharp, Predators even series with 4-2 win over Coyotes
Arizona Coyotes' Clayton Keller (9) is stopped by Nashville Predators' goalie Juuse Saros (74) during first period NHL qualifying round game action in Edmonton, on Tuesday August 4, 2020.
At least 100 dead, thousands injured after massive explosion in Beirut
A man is evacuated at the site of an explosion in Beirut, Lebanon on Aug. 4, 2020.
Flames take 2-1 series lead with 6-2 win over Jets
Calgary Flames forward Elias Lindholm scores a goal on Winnipeg Jets goalie Connor Hellebuyck as the Jets' Nathan Beaulieu defends in the first period of Game Three of the Western Conference Qualification Round at Rogers Place in Edmonton on Aug. 4, 2020.
Muzzin injury mars Toronto win as Leafs level series with Blue Jackets
Muzzin injury mars Toronto win as Leafs level series with Blue Jackets
Ex-Google engineer Anthony Levandowski sent to prison for stealing robocar secrets
In this Sept. 24, 2019, file photo, former Google engineer Anthony Levandowski speaks to the media, as his attorney Miles Ehrlich stands behind him outside of a federal courthouse in San Francisco.
Alberta requires staff and students to wear masks in schools
high school hallway with lockers
Former Montreal businessman confirmed dead as Lebanese Canadians receive news of Beirut blast
Relatives in Canada hear of devastation and injuries after Beirut blast
Baseball teams try to adapt, find safe options on road trips
Baseball teams try to adapt, find safe options on road trips
Saskatchewan plans for ‘normal’ return to school, masks not mandatory
The Saskatchewan Legislative Building at Wascana Centre in Regina on May 30, 2020.
Small businesses serving local residents cope better in pandemic, study says
Fay Jensen poses for a photograph at Armadillo Clothing, a small business she and her husband own, in Vancouver, on Tuesday, August 4, 2020. Darryl Dyck/The Globe and Mail
TDSB exploring ways to keep elementary classes smaller amid growing anxiety among parents
The Toronto District School Board head office at 5050 Yonge St., is photographed on Feb. 6, 2018.
Leafs can do the league a solid by eliminating boring Blue Jackets
Cathal Kelly
Inside a Uyghur’s ‘quarantine’ room: Video shows shackles, filthy conditions and propaganda
Inside a Uyghur’s ‘quarantine’ room: Video shows shackles, filthy conditions and propaganda
U.S. pursues nearly $13-billion of penalties in Purdue Pharma opioid probes
A Feb. 19, 2013, file photo shows OxyContin pills arranged for a photo at a pharmacy in Montpelier, Vt.
CFL would use federal government loan to cover player salaries, hub expenses, source says
New CFL balls are photographed at the Winnipeg Blue Bombers stadium in Winnipeg, on May 24, 2018.
American conservatives ramped up COVID-19. Canadian conservatives helped flatten it
Ontario Premier Doug Ford puts on a mask at the opening of a new Daily Bread Food Bank in Toronto on May 25, 2020.
Toronto-area Liberal MP Michael Levitt announces resignation to ‘put family first’
Liberal MP Michael Levitt is shown at Centennial College Downsview Aerospace Campus in Toronto on Nov. 21, 2016.
Streetwise newsletter: Life insurance sales spike during pandemic among younger buyers
The Sun Life Financial logo is seen at their corporate headquarters of One York Street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, February 11, 2019. REUTERS/Chris Helgren
Pandemic boosts premium for private-equity firm’s sale of vet clinic chain to Berkshire Partners
COBOURG, ONT -- ACUPUNCTURE FOR DOGS -- Nov.21.97 Tumbly, a miniature long-haired Dachshund is all beady eyes as acupuncture needles are inserted by Dr. Patricia Stapley Chase at the Pine Ridge Vet Clinic in Cobourg, Ontario. photo by Fred Lum
Coronavirus Update: Majority of Canadians say they’d support another lockdown if COVID-19 resurges, poll finds
People wear face masks as they walk through a tunnel in a metro station in Montreal, Sunday, August 2, 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues in Canada and around the world. The Quebec government has made the wearing of masks and face coverings mandatory in all public spaces as of July 18 and will increase the number of people allowed to gather indoors and outdoors to 250 people as of August 3.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
Major Calfrac shareholder launches rival restructuring deal
Major Calfrac shareholder and lender makes competing restructuring offer to bolster oilfield service company
U.S.-based investor proposes $700-million rescue plan for TMAC, urges Ottawa to reject sale to China
An expanse of tundra on the outskirts of Iqaluit, the capital of Nunavut, Canada, June 27, 2015. In spite of the costly travel across immense distances and frigid conditions that means games are mostly played indoors on artificial pitch, soccer has helped provide a sense of community and a distraction from social problems prevalent in the Arctic. (Ian Willms/The New York Times)
WE Charity affair shows perils of corporate virtue-signalling
Konrad Yakabuski
Neil Young sues Trump campaign, deriding use of famous tunes
Neil Young sues Trump campaign, deriding use of famous tunes
Ex-UAW chief says GM bribery claims are ‘utterly baseless’
Ex-UAW chief says GM bribery claims are ‘utterly baseless’
Kodak’s lucrative deal with U.S. government and subsequent stock surge prompt questions from SEC: report
A worker cleans a Kodak booth at the Las Vegas Convention Center in preparation for the 2019 CES in Las Vegas on Jan. 6, 2019.
Video shows inside a Uyghur’s detention room in China
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‘The Executioners’: Los Angeles deputy says police colleagues are part of violent gang
‘The Executioners’: Los Angeles deputy says police colleagues are part of violent gang
Canada’s July auto sales rise 6.3 per cent over June
Unsold 2018 Elantra sedans sit at a Hyundai dealership in Littleton, Colo. on June 24, 2018.
Gold prices surge to over US$2,000 an ounce for first time in history
Gold bars and coins are stacked in the safe deposit boxes room of the Pro Aurum gold house in Munich, Germany, on Aug. 14, 2019.
How to fix a big hole in your financial plan by end of day
Rob Carrick
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan buying stake in New Zealand medical laboratory testing company
Six years on: Yazidi survivors see ‘only empty promises’ in aftermath of massacre
Iraqi Yazidis attend a candle-lit vigil in the Sharya area, some 15 kilometres from the northern city of Dohuk in the autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan region, on Aug. 3, 2020.
Playwright and poet Daniel David Moses blasted Indigenous stereotypes off Canadian stages
Playwright Daniel David Mose, seen here at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts theatre in Toronto on Sept. 24, 2019.
Canada is good at sharing, but not growing, the economic pie
In this file photo, the Canadian flag flies over the Lake Louise ski lodge in the Canadian Rockies, on Nov. 29, 2017 in Lake Louise, Alta.
Skepticism, fear help fuel coronavirus on Mexico City’s outskirts
Skepticism, fear help fuel virus on Mexico City’s outskirts
Trump signs $3-billion-a-year plan to boost conservation, parks
Trump signs $3B-a-year plan to boost conservation, parks
Six U.S. tech stocks trading below fair value
For Number Cruncher column in Globe Investor/ROB only.
Virgin Atlantic Airways files for bankruptcy protection in U.S.
Virgin Atlantic aircraft sit parked at Heathrow airport in London on May 5, 2020.
Big Tech is a big failure at policing the public square
Andrew Coyne
Toronto teacher charged with sexual assault; cops believe more victims possible
Exteriors of the Royal Crown Academic School, located at 3080 Bayview Ave., is photographed on Jan 09 2018. (Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail)
Coronavirus sends Disney to rare quarterly loss
FILE PHOTO: A visitor dressed as a Disney character takes a selfie while wearing a protective face mask at Shanghai Disney Resort as the Shanghai Disneyland theme park in Shanghai, China May 11, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo
Virus prompts spike in online sales of life insurance among young buyers
FILE PHOTO: The Sun Life Financial logo is seen at their corporate headquarters of One York Street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, February 11, 2019. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File Photo
Evening Update: Massive explosion kills, injures in Beirut
EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / A picture shows the scene of an explosion at the port in the Lebanese capital Beirut on August 4, 2020. - Two huge explosion rocked the Lebanese capital Beirut, wounding dozens of people, shaking buildings and sending huge plumes of smoke billowing into the sky. Lebanese media carried images of people trapped under rubble, some bloodied, after the massive explosions, the cause of which was not immediately known. (Photo by STR / AFP) (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images)
Philippines back under lockdown as virus cases continue to surge
Philippines back under lockdown as virus cases continue to surge
U.S. equities won’t revisit March lows, corporate defaults next trigger: El-Erian
People pass by The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on August 3.
Husband of DA charged with pulling gun on protesters in LA
Husband of DA charged with pulling gun on protesters in LA
It’s time to unify the disability movement
A man wearing a protective face mask wheels his wheelchair past a spray painted wall saying "Wash your hands and don't touch your face" in downtown Vancouver, Wednesday, March 18, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Trudeau says he was ‘not in a position of conflict of interest.’ In fact, he was.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appears as a witness via videoconference during a House of Commons finance committee in the Wellington Building on Thursday, July 30, 2020. The committee is looking into Government Spending, WE Charity and the Canada Student Service Grant. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Man dies after being found in Annette Lake at Jasper National Park in Alberta
Man dies after being found in Annette Lake at Jasper National Park in Alberta
Cape Breton’s Highland Arts Theatre returns to the stage with a plan to eliminate ticket prices
Kelly Nestruck
U.S. nears 5 million coronavirus cases as public gatherings, events linked to rise in infections
Vehicles wait in line at a COVID-19 testing centre outside Nissan Stadium, in Nashville, Tenn., on Aug. 3, 2020.
Bianca Andreescu on initial entry list for U.S. Open
Bianca Andreescu, of Canada, holds up the championship trophy after defeating Serena Williams, of the United States, in the women's singles final of the U.S. Open tennis championships Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019, in New York. Canadian tennis star Bianca Andreescu says she supports the United States Tennis Association's decision to hold this year's U.S. Open this summer despite concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Charles Krupa
Living large at the Fort Garry (but did Grampa’s ghost pick up our hotel bill?)
Looking for value stocks? Here are five strong options for income investors
Buildings are seen in the financial district in Toronto, January 28, 2013.
Two former staff of Don Meredith say Senate compensation process is re-victimizing them
Don Meredith is seen in Toronto, in a March 16, 2017, file photo.
Rafael Nadal won’t defend his U.S. Open title due to coronavirus concerns
Rafael Nadal reacts after scoring a point against Daniil Medvedev during the men's singles final of the U.S. Open in New York on Sept. 8, 2019.
Insured damage cost of spring flooding in Fort McMurray rises to $522-million
An aerial view of flooding in downtown Fort McMurray is seen on April 28, 2020.
Politics Briefing: Migrant farm workers raise concerns about ban on leaving premises
FILE PHOTO: Temporary foreign workers harvest mushrooms at the Highline Mushrooms farm, Canada's largest mushroom grower, in Leamington, Ontario, Canada, April 14, 2016. REUTERS/Mark Blinch/File Photo
Two security breaches affect health information of 211 people in Nova Scotia
COVID Alert app one of many tools in fight against coronavirus, Dr. Tam says
The COVID Alert app is seen on an iPhone in Ottawa, on July 31, 2020.
First-year Argos head coach Ryan Dinwiddie dealing with COVID-19 pandemic uncertainty
Toronto Argonauts new head coach Ryan Dinwiddie speaks to the media during a press conference in Toronto on Dec. 13, 2019.
Suicide-prevention activist says officials tried to remove camp from Saskatchewan legislature
The Saskatchewan Legislative Building at Wascana Centre in Regina on Saturday, May 30, 2020. Saskatchewan says it wants in on the federal money Ottawa is sending to eastern tourism industries hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mark Taylor
Greenlight’s Einhorn bets on Teck, rising inflation with new positions
David Einhorn, President of Greenlight Capital, Inc., presents during the 2018 Sohn Investment Conference in New York City, U.S., April 23, 2018.
In photos: Massive explosion shakes Lebanon’s capital
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Scene of an explosion at the port in the Lebanese capital Beirut.
SOS in the sand: Three men rescued from tiny Micronesia archipelago after nearly three days
An Australian Army ARH-90 Tiger Helicopter lands on Pikelot Island in the Federated States of Micronesia where three missing men were found safe and healthy on Aug. 2, 2020.
Canadian ace Mike Soroka’s seasons ends with torn Achilles
Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Mike Soroka (40) waits for assistance from the training staff after being injured in the third inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets Monday, Aug. 3, 2020, in Atlanta. Soroaka was helped to the dugout and replaced. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
Nova Scotia police watchdog investigating after officer-involved shooting in New Glasgow
Nova Scotia’s police watchdog is probing the shooting of a 25-year-old man in New Glasgow by a municipal police officer.
Husky targets 25% emissions cut by 2025
The Husky Energy upgrader facility in Lloydminster, Sask.
Wildfire prompts evacuation alert for 43 properties northwest of Princeton, B.C.
Globe Climate: Alberta is having a moment with Europe in addressing climate risks
FILE PHOTO: The expansion of the Canadian government-owned Trans Mountain oil pipeline advanced to a new construction stage, in Acheson, Alberta, Canada December 3, 2019. REUTERS/Candace Elliott/File Photo
N.S. government sells Liscombe Lodge resort to private operator for $450,000
Nova Scotia Minister of Energy Geoff MacLellan watches video on the undersea exploration for oil during an announcement at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography in Halifax on Wednesday, June 20, 2018. Nova Scotia's government has sold Liscombe Lodge resort to a private operator, officially ending its role in the resort business. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Michael Tutton
Kanye West withdraws petition to appear as presidential candidate on New Jersey’s ballot: e-mails
Kanye West makes his first presidential campaign appearance, in North Charleston, S.C., on July 19, 2020.
Hotels group Accor to cut 1,000 jobs after coronavirus loss
The logo of French hotel operator AccorHotels is seen on top of the building company's headquarters in Issy-les-Moulineaux near Paris, France, May 27, 2020. REUTERS/Charles Platiau
Iker Casillas, winner of three Champions League titles and one World Cup, retires from soccer
Real Madrid's goalkeeper Iker Casillas celebrates after winning the Spanish Copa del Rey final in Valencia on April 16, 2014.
Playlist: Eight new Canadian songs for the dog days of summer
Brad Wheeler
Zimbabwe’s President vows to flush out critics amid ongoing clampdown
Zimbabwean police ask for travel documents at a road block in Mbare township following a ban on anti-government protests, on July 31, 2020.
Madrid Open cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
NFL agrees with players on Thursday opt-out deadline, sources say
A football sits on a Baltimore Ravens practice field during training camp in Owings Mills, Md., on July 28, 2017.
Road trips are this summer’s ideal vacation – though they take more planning than ever before
U.S. gold futures pass $2,000 mark to record high
Gold bars are seen at the Austrian Gold and Silver Separating Plant 'Oegussa' in Vienna, Austria, March 18, 2016.
Apple says it has no interest in buying TikTok
FILE PHOTO: A person holds a smartphone with the TikTok logo displayed in this picture illustration taken Nov. 7, 2019. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
U.S. embassy in Moscow says it has no information on whereabouts of ex-Marine convicted of espionage
Former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan is seen in a courtroom in Moscow, on June 15, 2020.
Germany’s BaFin audits Wirecard accounts from 2017 to 2019
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Wirecard AG, an independent provider of outsourcing and white label solutions for electronic payment transactions, is pictured at its headquarters in Aschheim, near Munich, Germany, July 1, 2020. REUTERS/Andreas Gebert/File Photo
Verdicts postponed in trial of suspects charged in killings of Slovak journalist, his fiancée
In this Feb. 28, 2018, file photo, tributes are seen during a silent protest in memory of murdered journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancée Martina Kusnirova, in Bratislava, Slovakia.
Porter again delays restart date, aims to resume flights in October
A Porter aircraft is seen at Toronto’s Billy Bishop Airport, on March 18 2020.
Star of hockey documentary Red Penguins lost a girl but gained a goiter in Russia
The director of the documentary Red Penguins, Gabe Polsky, poses for AFP during the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival Day 2, on September 6, 2019, in Toronto, Ontario. (Photo by VALERIE MACON / AFP) (Photo credit should read VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images)
How one B.C. venue is bringing back concerts amid COVID-19 pandemic
Canadian-Cuban musician Alex Cuba is seen in Toronto, on Oct. 2, 2012.
Motor vehicles power U.S. factory orders in June
FILE PHOTO: Automobiles are shown for sale at a car dealership in Carlsbad, California, U.S. May 2, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
Canadian dollar strengthens as commodity investors bet on U.S. stimulus
A loonie is pictured in Toronto on Jan. 23, 2015.
Toronto Arrows re-sign four players and add big Argentine international winger
The Toronto Arrows line up ahead of their Major League Rugby game against the New Orleans Gold at York Alumni Stadium in Toronto on Sunday, April 7, 2019. The Arrows have signed Argentine international prop Gaston Cortes and four others. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Neil Davidson
Spirit AeroSystems posts bigger-than-expected loss as coronavirus hits aero parts demand
FILE PHOTO: The headquarters of Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc, is seen in Wichita, Kansas, U.S. December 17, 2019. REUTERS/Nick Oxford
At least 14 people dead as heavy rain triggers floods, landslides in South Korea
Rescue services help people cross a flooded field in a village near Cheonan, South Korea, on Aug. 3, 2020.
Windsor-Essex to remain in Stage 2 of reopening as Ontario monitors local COVID-19 transmission
Migrant farm workers line up outside the Nature Fresh Farm Recreation Centre, in Leamington, Ont., to get tested for COVID-19, on June 11, 2020.
Suspected Russian hackers stole contents of former British trade minister’s personal e-mail account: sources
Liam Fox is seen outside Downing Street in London, Britain, on Jan. 30, 2020.
Gold’s mega rally faces $2,000 hurdle, but for how long?
Gold bars are stacked in the safe deposit boxes room of the Pro Aurum gold house in Munich, Germany, August 14, 2019.
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