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Lightning romp to 8-2 win over Islanders to open Eastern finals
Tampa Bay Lighting' Brayden Point (21) scores on New York Islanders goalie Thomas Greiss (1) during first period NHL Eastern Conference final playoff action in Edmonton on Monday, Sept. 7, 2020.
Jays top Yankees 12-7 after 10-run sixth inning
Toronto Blue Jays catcher Danny Jansen (9) celebrates his grand slam home run during the sixth inning with second baseman Travis Shaw (6) against the New York Yankees at Sahlen Field in Buffalo, N.Y. on Sept. 7, 2020.
Raptors pushed to the brink with 111-89 blowout loss to the Celtics
Raptors at the tipping point
India and China accuse each other of making military moves, firing warning shots along disputed border
An Indian Air Force's C-17 Globemaster transport plane flies over a mountain range in Leh, in the Ladakh region, on Sept. 8, 2020.
Debt swaps could free funds to tame climate, biodiversity and virus threats
Health Minister orders review of pandemic warning system, concerns raised by scientists
Minister of Health Patty Hajdu arrives to a press conference on Parliament Hill during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ottawa on Thursday, June 4, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Classes move outdoors to prevent COVID-19 spread
Grade 4 students sit on logs in a tent set up as an outdoor classroom to reduce the risk of COVID-19, at Pierre Elliott Trudeau Elementary School in Gatineau, Que., on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020. (Justin Tang for The Globe and Mail)
Senators forward Bobby Ryan named recipient of Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy
Ottawa Senators right wing Bobby Ryan (9) celebrates his goal against the Vancouver Canucks during first period NHL hockey action in Ottawa on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020.
From antiquity to Alexei Navalny, poison has a long history as a means to kill and threaten
Bolivian court denies former president Evo Morales’ bid to be senate candidate
Former Bolivian President Evo Morales gestures during an interview with Reuters, in Buenos Aires, Argentina March 2, 2020.
The history of poison is brutal, creative, and ever-present
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TDSB considers triple-grade classrooms in low-attendance areas
A physically distanced classroom with masks and hand sanitizer is seen at Kensington Community School on Sept. 1, 2020.
British judge begins Julian Assange’s extradition hearing
Editor-in-chief of WikiLeaks, Kristinn Hrafnssonon from Iceland, left, and father of Julian Assange, John Shipton, speak to the media in London, Monday, Sept. 7, 2020. Lawyers for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and the U.S. government were squaring off in a London court on Monday at a high-stakes extradition case delayed by the coronavirus pandemic. American prosecutors have indicted the 49-year-old Australian on 18 espionage and computer misuse charges over the WikiLeaks publication of secret U.S. military documents a decade ago. The charges carry a maximum sentence of 175 years in prison. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
Better weather helps crews hold wildfire north of Banff National Park
An out-of-control wildfire north of Banff National Park is shown in a government handout photo.
We’re in a golden age of Canadian tennis – so enjoy it while it lasts
Cathal Kelly
Stressful Tour rest day as riders face COVID-19 tests
Stressful Tour rest day as riders face COVID-19 tests
Canucks can look forward to a bright future, despite painful Game 7 loss to Knights
Gary Mason
Coronavirus Update: Spain becomes first Western European country to surpass 500,000 cases
A group of young students wearing face mask protection to prevent the spread of the coronavirus attend their first class in Luis Amigo school, in Pamplona, northern Spain, Monday, Sept. 7, 2020. Students in five Spanish regions return to class on Monday for the first time since the pandemic paralyzed Spain six months ago. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)
Southern Africa’s hunger upsurge blamed on climate, COVID-19
IIn this Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020 file photo, women carry bags of maize during a food aid distribution excercise in Mudzi about 230 kilometres northeast of the capital Harare, Zimbabwe.
Leveraging the value of Canadian universities is key to our economic rebuild
A person walks past the University of Toronto campus during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Wednesday, June 10, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Dustin Johnson wins the Tour Championship to claim the FedEx Cup and its $15-million prize
Dustin Johnson of the United States celebrates with the FedEx Cup Trophy after winning in the final round of the TOUR Championship at East Lake Golf Club on Sept. 7, 2020 in Atlanta.
The oil sands have a future, and it includes polluter pays
FILE -- A tailings pond, a dam and dyke system used in oil sands processing, near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, Aug. 28, 2015. A developer has abandoned a nine-year effort to extend mining, sparing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a choice between energy interests and environmental concerns. (Ian Willms/The New York Times)
India overtakes Brazil in coronavirus infections, some rail services resume
Frontline COVID-19 coronavirus warriors such as health workers, patients ambulance drivers, crematorium workers, wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) suits hold Indian national flags as part of the Independence Day celebrations in Kolkata on August 15, 2020. - India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi issued a new warning to China over deadly border tensions on August 15, using his most important speech of the year to promise to build a stronger military. (Photo by Dibyangshu SARKAR / AFP) (Photo by DIBYANGSHU SARKAR/AFP via Getty Images)
Spain passes 500,000 coronavirus cases in Western European first
Spain passes 500,000 coronavirus cases in Western European first
Canadian tech financier John Ruffolo paralyzed in cycling crash
John Ruffolo, Chief Executive Officer of OMERS Ventures, at his office in downtown Toronto, November 20, 2012. Photo by: Fernando Morales/The Globe and Mail.
Tam urges caution as daily cases of COVID-19 rise 25 per cent in last week
Tam urges caution as daily cases of COVID-19 rise 25 per cent in last week
New Brunswick Tories, Liberals drop candidates after posts on LGBT community surface
New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs heads from a visit with Lt.-Gov Brenda Murphy at Government House in Fredericton on Monday, Aug. 17, 2020. The leader of New Brunswick's Progressive Conservatives says he's looking at whether one of his candidates has a place in the party after learning he had reposted a Facebook message containing transphobic language. Blaine Higgs was commenting today during an event in Saint John, N.B., today on the repost of a transphobic meme by Roland Michaud, the party's candidate in Victoria-La Vallee, that made mocked physical violence against trangendered women. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
Families of neurodiverse kids left scrambling before school starts: advocates
Families of neurodiverse kids left scrambling before school starts: advocates
Toronto considering ambitious homeless housing plan in wake of COVID-19 pandemic
Toronto considering ambitious homeless housing plan in wake of COVID-19 pandemic
‘It is urgent:’ Commissioner renews calls for Indigenous bodies to oversee police
‘It is urgent:’ Commissioner calls for Indigenous bodies to oversee police
Louis Audet doubles down: Cogeco is not for sale, executive chairman says
Andrew Willis
From Target to Twitter, U.S. companies urge workers to vote
From Target to Twitter, U.S. companies urge workers to vote
‘Mighty mice’ stay musclebound in space, boon for astronauts
‘Mighty mice’ stay musclebound in space, boon for astronauts
Syria seeks Russian investment as U.S. sanctions hammer economy
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, and Syria's Foreign Minister Walid Muallem attend a press conference in Damascus, Syria, September 7, 2020. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
FAA investigating manufacturing flaws in Boeing 787 jetliners
FAA investigating manufacturing flaws in Boeing 787 jetliners
TD CEO says clock is ticking to recapture lost spending
Bharat Masrani, Group President and Chief Executive Officer of TD Bank Group, is photographed outside the bank offices in downtown Toronto, on Sept 3 2020.
One woman dead, another injured after hiking accidents near Squamish: RCMP
The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police "E" Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on Friday April 13, 2018. The RCMP says it is working to address the findings of an independent review of how the force handled employee complaints about bullying by a senior director who now awaits trial on national-security charges. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
‘Gender reveal party’ sparked California wildfire
‘Gender reveal party’ sparked California wildfire
Five things for investors to watch in the coming week
FILE PHOTO: Governor of the Bank of Canada Tiff Macklem walks outside the Bank of Canada building in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada June 22, 2020. REUTERS/Blair Gable/File Photo
Lacking diversity can hurt a company’s credit ratings
Rita Trichur
Companies look to sublease office space in Toronto, Vancouver as big firms move to make home offices more permanent
FILE - In this Oct. 3, 2018, file photo, the Cisco logo appears on a screen at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York's Times Square. California regulators have sued Cisco Systems for discriminating against an engineer at the company's headquarters because he is a Dalit Indian. India’s caste system has long placed Dalits at the bottom of a social hierarchy. California's lawsuit says Cisco broke the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
As a teen, Jean St-Louis stood up for francophone rights. His work still echoes today
Jean St. Louis, lives lived
Trump raises idea of decoupling U.S. economy from China
WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 07: U.S. President Donald Trump takes questions after delivering remarks during a news conference at the North Portico at the White House on September 07, 2020 in Washington, DC. After media reports this past week that recounted Trump allegedly disparaging fallen soldiers, the president today attacked Democratic rival Joe Biden as inadequate to the job as polls continue show Biden leading nationwide, though with a gap that appears to be narrowing. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
With big tech on holiday, world shares inch higher
Businessman checking stock market data. He using a mobile phone. Analysis economy data on forex earn graph.
Tick tock goes the clock that’s watched over our family for 100 years
Pospisil, Auger-Aliassime ousted in fourth round of U.S. Open
Vasek Pospisil, of Canada, serves to Alex de Minaur, of Australia, during the quarterfinals of the US Open tennis championships, Monday, Sept. 7, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Alberta doctors want safer workplace after killing of physician in Red Deer clinic
Healthcare workers attend a vigil for Dr. Walter Reynolds, a 45-year-old father of two, who was killed at a walk-in clinic earlier this week, in Red Deer, Alta., Friday, Aug. 14, 2020.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Italy’s Treasury signs off on decree to sell Monte dei Paschi, sources say
The entrance of Monte Dei Paschi bank headquarters is pictured in Siena January 24, 2013. At the news conference on February 7, 2013, European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi can expect to be asked how much he knew about the derivatives scandal at Monte Paschi, and what he did about it when he headed Italy's central bank from 2006 to 2011. Picture taken January 24, 2013. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini (ITALY - Tags: BUSINESS)
Messi back to training after deciding to stay with Barcelona
Barcelona's Argentinian forward Lionel Messi waves as he leaves his home for the Joan Gamper Ciutat Esportiva in Sant Joan Despi near Barcelona to attend a training session on September 7, 2020. - Lionel Messi arrived at Barcelona's training ground today as he begins to reintegrate with the team following his failed attempt to leave the club this summer. (Photo by STRINGER / AFP) (Photo by STRINGER/AFP via Getty Images)
Nestlé on track to meet sustainable packaging goal
FILE PHOTO: Greenpeace activists demonstrate against plastic usage in front of Nestle headquarters in Vevey, Switzerland April 16, 2019. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
EU warns Serbia, Kosovo over Israel embassy move
A boy rides a bicycle by a graffiti in Belgrade, Serbia, Monday, Sept. 7, 2020. The European Union warned Serbia and Kosovo on Monday that they could undermine their EU membership hopes by moving their Israeli embassies to Jerusalem, as U.S. President Donald Trump's surprise announcement about the change left officials in Belgrade and Pristina scrambling to limit the political fallout. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
Russia’s Alexei Navalny out of a coma and responsive, German doctors say
FILE - In this Sunday, Sept. 29, 2019 file photo Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny speaks during a rally to support political prisoners in Moscow, Russia. The German hospital treating Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny says he has been taking out of an induced coma and is responsive. Berlin's Charite hospital said Monday that Navalny's condition has further improved, allowing doctors to end the medically induced coma and gradually ease him off mechanical ventilation. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, File)
Watkins leaves Toronto Wolfpack for Salford Red Devils
England's Kallum Watkins is tackled by Australia's Josh Dugan during their Rugby League World Cup game in Melbourne, Australia, Friday, Oct. 27, 2017. The Toronto Wolfpack are close to signing England international centre Watkins, needing only the approval of rugby league authorities to complete the deal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Andy Brownbill
French Open to allow spectators amid coronavirus resurgence
(FILES) This file photo taken on May 25, 2018, shows a view of the the Suzanne Lenglen court stands at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, ahead of 2018 French Open tennis tournament. - All the players at the French Open starting next month will be housed in two designated hotels without exception to reduce the risks from coronavirus, tournament organiser Guy Forget said on September 7, 2020. Forget also announced that 11,500 spectators a day will be admitted instead of the 20,000 they were originally hoping to accommodate during the September 27-October 11 tournament. (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP) (Photo by THOMAS SAMSON/AFP via Getty Images)
Three based-on-true-stories bring women roaring to the screen
Johanna Schneller
Canada needs to get its stalled immigration system back on track
Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Marco Mendicino, second from top right, leads participants as they raise their hands to swear the oath to become Canadian citizens during a virtual citizenship ceremony held over livestream due to the COVID-19 pandemic, on Canada Day, Wednesday, July 1, 2020, seen on a computer in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
‘Eskimo’ ice cream treat causes a stir in Denmark
A picture taken on June 15, 2020 shows a box of Eskimo icecreams at Hansens Floedeis dairy in Jaegerspris, Denmark. - A Danish glacier has renamed its ice, hitherto called "Eskimo" ("Eskimo") because the term reminds the Inuit and other Arctic peoples of "a history of humiliation and unjust treatment", a move hailed by a Greenland MP calling on the rest of the sector to emulate her. (Photo by Ida Marie Odgaard / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP) / Denmark OUT (Photo by IDA MARIE ODGAARD/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images)
Amazon fined by U.K. regulator over tardy documents release in Deliveroo probe
FILE PHOTO: A cyclist delivers food for Deliveroo in London, Britain, September 15, 2016. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo
Greece to boost military amid tension with neighbour Turkey
In this photo provided by the Greek Defense Ministry on Friday, Sept. 4, 2020, air force jets participate in a joined training drill with armed forces from Greece and the United Arab Emirates near the Greek island of Crete, southern Greece. Turkey's president on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020, has warned Greece to enter talks over disputed eastern Mediterranean territorial claims or face the consequences. Ankara is currently facing off against Greece and Cyprus over oil and gas exploration rights in the eastern Mediterranean. All sides have deployed naval and air forces to assert their competing claims in the region. (Greek Defense Ministry via AP)
Eight Saudi nationals sentenced to prison in journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s killing
(FILES) In this file photo taken on December 15, 2014, Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi attends a press conference in the Bahraini capital Manama. - A Saudi court overturned five death sentences over the 2018 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a killing which sparked an international outcry, and instead jailed eight defendants to between seven and 20 years, state media reported. (Photo by MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH / AFP) (Photo by MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH/AFP via Getty Images)
Labour Day bringing Joe Biden to Pennsylvania, Kamala Harris and Mike Pence to Wisconsin
FILE PHOTO: Joe Biden, Democratic U.S. presidential nominee, speaks in Wilmington, Delaware, on Sept. 4, 2020. /REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
Police allege two bars in Sherbrooke, Que., violated COVID-19 rules
Red and blue lights of police car in night time, crime scene. Night patrolling the city. Abstract blurry image.
No pandemic pause in IKEA’s U.S. shopping mall plans
Planned IKEA store in San Francisco is seen on an rendering released to Reuters on September 7, 2020 by IKEA. Ingka Group/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVE.
Fresh fire hits stricken New Diamond Supertanker off Sri Lanka
This Thursday, Sept.3, 2020 photo released by Sri Lankan Air Force shows smoke rising after a fire broke out on a Panama-registered oil tanker about 38 nautical miles (70 kilometers) east of Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka's government is sending scientists to determine whether a three-day fire on a giant oil tanker off its coast damaged the marine environment, an official said Monday. (Sri Lankan Air Force via AP)
Woman dies after being struck by Pearson airport train, police say
A UP Express Train approaches the station during a media opportunity and tour of the new UP Express rail link train and station at Terminal 1 of Toronto Pearson Airport in Toronto, Ontario on Wednesday, December 10, 2014.
Toronto man dies after being pulled from the water at Sauble Beach, Ont.
Southampton, Sauble Beach, Ontario; Sunday, July, 18, 2008: -- HOPE BAY -- Scenes from Sauble Beach and Southampton Ontario, where the next round of potential land claim disputes might erupt. The area is home to two Saugeen Bands, but also to many seasonal cottagers. -- (Tory Zimmerman/Globe and Mail)
Merkel doesn’t rule out sanctions on Russian gas pipeline, spokesman says
Gas pipes bound for the Russian pipe laying vessel Akademik Cherskiy (not in picture) that is moored in the port of Mukran near Sassnitz on the Baltic Sea island of Ruegen, north eastern Germany, are pictured on September 7, 2020, as the ship waits to continue pipe laying works for the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline. - German Chancellor Angela Merkel will not rule out consequences for the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project if Russia fails to thoroughly investigate the poisoning of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, her spokesman said. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP) (Photo by ODD ANDERSEN/AFP via Getty Images)
Nokia takes a hit as Samsung secures US$6.6-billion Verizon 5G deal
FILE PHOTO: Visitors gather outside the Nokia booth at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, February 26, 2019. REUTERS/Sergio Perez
Brexit back in crisis as U.K. threatens to undercut divorce pact
FILE PHOTO: European Union and British flags flutter in front of a chancellery ahead of a visit of British Prime Minister Theresa May in Berlin, Germany, April 9, 2019. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke/File Photo
University of Saskatchewan struggles to sell burdensome barns
UofS Seed Barn, relocated in 2013. (Credit: University of Saskatchewan)
Oil falls after Saudi Arabia cuts prices, China slows imports
FILE PHOTO: Oil tanks at a Saudi Aramco oil facility in Abqaiq, Saudi Arabia October 12, 2019. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
A tiny creature secures a big victory for conservation
quatsino cave amphipod
EU to blacklist 31 Belarus senior officials over election, diplomats say
Protesters with old Belarusian national flags march during an opposition supporters rally in Minsk, Belarus, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2020. Sunday's demonstration marked the beginning of the fifth week of daily protests calling for Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko's resignation in the wake of allegedly manipulated elections. (AP Photo)
How e-commerce exporters are handling a surge in sales amid the pandemic
From left to right, co-founders of Vessi waterproof sneakers Mikaella Go, Tony Yu and Andy Wang are photographed wearing their footwear in Vancouver, on Sept. 3, 2020.
Author of a new Levon Helm bio: ‘If he felt you screwed him, that was the end’
Levon Helm at Massey Hall in Toronto, June 29, 2010.
Pulses 101: Beans, lentils and split peas offer a wealth of health benefits
Leslie Beck
Winter is coming – and Canada needs to stop untraced community spread first
Irfan Dhalla, undated portrait. Handout
Zoom calls and productivity apps are great, but nothing can replace heading back to the office
Eileen Dooley
Donald Trump is actually a lovable guy, says a new tell-all book
Lawrence Martin
The 2021 Porsche Cayenne GTS Coupe is an SUV that handles like a sports car
2021 Porsche Cayenne GTS Coupe
The pandemic can spur long overdue change for Canada’s workers
Hassan Yussuff, newly elected president of the Canadian Labour Congress, is seen at the union’s convention Friday, May 9, 2014 in Montreal.
Sept. 7: ‘Thanks to China for the high praise!’ Readers react as China says Canada only country willing to detain Meng Wanzhou, plus other letters to the editor
Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of Huawei, leaves her home to go to B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver on May 27, 2020. The legal team for a Huawei executive facing extradition to the United States has lost its battle to have the contents of six confidential documents released to them. Meng Wanzhou's defence team argued in Federal Court that the redacted documents would support its position that Meng suffered an abuse of process during her arrest at Vancouver's airport in 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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