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Lowry scores 23 points as Raptors down Mavericks 116-93
Kyle Lowry of the Toronto Raptors is defended by Jalen Brunson of the Dallas Mavericks on Jan. 18, 2021 in Tampa, Fla.
Maple Leafs take advantage of depleted Jets squad in dominating win
Jan 18, 2021; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Toronto Maple Leafs center John Tavares (91) celebrates his goal with Toronto Maple Leafs left wing Jimmy Vesey (26) during the second period against the Winnipeg Jets at Scotiabank Arena. Mandatory Credit: Nick Turchiaro-USA TODAY Sports
Erin O’Toole moves to oust Derek Sloan from caucus over white supremacist donation
Conservative MP Derek Sloan arrives at West Block Thursday December 3, 2020 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
‘We’re much more significant together:’ Think Research buys MDBriefCase Group for $28.5-million
Sachin Aggarwal, CEO, Think Research. For Decision Makers series.
Indigenous Reporters Program helping shape new group of storytellers in Northern Ontario
On December 18, 2020, Kristina Nodin, 12, sits on her bed at home in Thunder Bay, Ontario, where she created a podcast called Nshiime Voices as part of the Journalism for Human Rights Junior Reporter program. Nodin sits under a Kiashhke Zaaging Anishnaabek, or Gull Bay First Nation Flag, where her family is from and with the microphone she used to create the podcast. David Jackson / The Globe and Mail
Alberta scraps coal-mining leases in face of public outcry
This handout image shows Grassy Mountain, Alberta looking south west. A proposed coal mine that would create hundreds of jobs but shear off a mountaintop in one of Alberta's most sensitive environments is to go to a public hearing this week. Riversdale Resources, proponent of the Grassy Mountain steel-making coal project near the town of Blairmore in the province's southwest, says the mine would create two decades of solid employment and improve a site scarred by previous development. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Riversdale Resources **
Aubameyang ends drought in Arsenal’s 3-0 win over Newcastle
Arsenal's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang celebrates scoring their first goal on Jan. 18, 2021.
Biden to propose eight-year citizenship path for immigrants
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden leaves The Queen theater following meetings on Jan. 18, 2021 in Wilmington, Delaware. Biden will be sworn in as the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday.
By blocking Keystone XL, Joe Biden is scoring an easy political win – at Canada’s expense
GASCOYNE, ND - OCTOBER 14: Miles of unused pipe, prepared for the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, sit in a lot on October 14, 2014 outside Gascoyne, North Dakota. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
Provinces ration COVID-19 vaccines ahead of Pfizer delivery slowdown
A health-care worker prepares a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccine clinic in Toronto on Thursday, January 7, 2021. The professional group for emergency doctors in Canada wants more transparency about COVID-19 vaccine distribution. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Uganda places opposition leader under house arrest as U.S., Canadian criticism rises
Police officers position at the gate of the headquarters of National Unity Platform (NUP) in Kampala, Uganda, on January 18, 2021. (Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA / AFP) (Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images)
Alberta completes COVID-19 vaccination of all long-term care residents, staff
A nurse prepares to give the first COVID-19 vaccine to be distributed in Edmonton on Dec. 15, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
Ontario to add more ICU beds as hospitals struggle with surge in coronavirus patients
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is given a tour of a digital Intensive Care Unit room at Cortellucci Vaughan Hospital by Altaf Stationwala, President and CEO of Mackenzie Health in Vaughan, Ontario on Monday, January 18, 2021. The new hospital is being opened to take patients from other hospitals that are strained by COVID-19. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
Manitoba businesses weather crisis on hopes of reopening soon
Alfonso Maury at La Pampa, a take-out empanada restaurant in Winnipeg, on January 13, 2021. SHANNON VANRAES / THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Contra Guys: Why this bank is our first stock pick of 2021
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Santander bank is seen at a branch in Mexico City, Mexico April 12, 2019.REUTERS/Edgard Garrido
Trump lifting COVID-19 travel restrictions on Europe, U.K., Brazil, sources say
(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 12, 2021 US President Donald Trump speaks following a section of the border wall in Alamo, Texas. - President Donald Trump will leave the White House this week with the lowest approval rating of his presidency, with just 34 percent of Americans supporting the job he has done, a Gallup poll showed on January 18, 2021. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)
Can the environmentally conscious buy pipeline shares?
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These 20 Canadian stocks show strong price momentum
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The question looming over Newfoundland and Labrador’s winter pandemic election: Will anyone vote?
Newfoundland and Labrador Progressive Conservatives Leader Ches Crosbie and Kristina Ennis, PC candidate for the St. John’s West district, speak to locals in the Cowan heights neighbourhood of St. John’s, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sarah Smellie
Funny, not funny: One great sitcom and a bunch of losers
John Doyle
Canadian dollar hits one-week low as threat to Keystone XL rattles investors
A loonie is pictured in Toronto on Jan. 23, 2015.
Evening Update: Biden needs to show Canada respect on Keystone, Kenney says; Transport Canada clears Boeing 737 Max for return to service
An Air Canada Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft arriving from Toronto prepares to land at Vancouver International Airport, in Richmond, B.C., Tuesday, March 12, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Vancity credit union names Christine Bergeron as president, CEO
VANCOUVER, CANADA - JUNE 5, 2012 - The Skytrain travels underneath Vancity Credit Union headquarters in Vancouver June 5, 2012. A city property report stated that commercial property is worth more when it's closer to transit. Jeff Vinnick-The Globe and Mail
As Joe Biden becomes president, will the United States’ Indo-Pacific policy flip again?
Brahma Chellaney, the author of "Asian Juggernaut: The Rise of China, India and Japan."
Standing up for human rights in Belarus is moral duty, not political interference
Natalia Smalyuk is a Belarusian Canadian, media advisor to the Belarusian Canadian Alliance and award-winning communications strategis Handout
Families say everything possible should be done to recover bodies from sunken boat in Nova Scotia
An RCAF Cormorant helicopter flies over the Bay of Fundy in Hillsburn, N.S. in an area where empty life-rafts from a scallop fishing vessel where reported on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020.  THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
Canada must enhance its talent-luring advantage
A red light on Bay Street in Canada's financial district is shown in Toronto on Wednesday, March 18, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
An epic failure of online brokers could drive away their most valued clients: well-off retirees
Over the shoulder view of and stock broker trading online while accepting orders by phone. Multiple computer screens ful of charts and data analyses in background.
Every drop is like ‘liquid gold’: B.C. maximizing COVID-19 vaccine doses during first stage of rollout
The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 mRNA vaccine is shown at a vaccine clinic during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Tuesday, December 15, 2020. British Columbia's top doctor says every regional health authority has received doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
IIHF drops Belarus as co-host of 2021 world hockey championship, citing political unrest, COVID-19 worries
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko plays ice hockey during an amateur tournament in Minsk, Belarus November 28, 2020. Picture taken November 28, 2020. Andrei Stasevich/BelTA/Handout via REUTERS
Our 10 year old lives with depression but he’s made me a better mom because of it
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Messi could receive lengthy suspension for hitting opponent during Super Cup final
Soccer Football - Spanish Super Cup Final - FC Barcelona v Athletic Bilbao - Estadio La Cartuja de Sevilla, Seville, Spain - January 17, 2021 Barcelona's Lionel Messi walks off the pitch after being sent off REUTERS/Marcelo Del Pozo
New Brunswick reports 26 new COVID-19 cases as Edmundston region enters red pandemic-alert level
New Brunswick reported 26 new COVID-19 infections Monday as the Edmundston region entered the province’s highest pandemic-alert level.
France kills a Canadian takeover from Couche-Tard, digging a moat around a national corporate champion
Eric Reguly
Rescue society praises B.C. teen’s survival skills after he got lost snowmobiling
A 'snow shed' in the south Cariboo region.
Keystone XL is dead. But who can Jason Kenney blame now?
Dutch government wipes out debt for parents caught up in fraud scandal
Dutch State Secretary of Finance Alexandra van Huffelen speaks to the media in The Hague, The Netherlands, on Jan. 18, 2021.
Outlook darkens for Wall Street as Biden’s regulators take shape
Preparations continue for the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Joe Biden in front of the White House in Washington, U.S. January 18.
Couche-Tard executives outline a vision that extends beyond convenience stores
FILE PHOTO: The logo of a Couche-Tard convenience store is seen in Montreal, Quebec, Canada January 13, 2021. REUTERS/Christinne Muschi
Canadian women’s hockey team holds 35-player ‘bubble’ camp in Calgary
United States forward Brianna Decker (14) and Canada forward Marie-Philip Poulin battle for the puck during first period of 2018 Four Nations Cup gold medal game in Saskatoon, Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018. The Canadian women's hockey team has opened a 35-player camp in a Calgary "bubble." THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam Richards
How does Biden govern when 50 million Americans don’t believe he won?
Lawrence Martin
Nova Scotia crime figure Jimmy Melvin Jr. declared a dangerous offender
Jimmy Melvin Jr. is escorted from Nova Scotia provincial court, in Halifax, on July 20, 2015.
Ottawa, Alberta vow to press Biden on the Keystone XL pipeline
Pipes intended for construction of the Keystone XL pipeline are shown in Gascoyne, N.D. on Wednesday April 22, 2015.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Alex Panetta
Should coronavirus vaccination be mandatory for health workers?
André Picard
Tunisian police arrest about 1,000 people after several nights of protests
Protesters stand amidst fumes as they block a street during clashes with security forces on outskirts of Tunis, Tunisia, on Jan. 17, 2021.
Traffic chaos, smog as extreme cold hits large parts of Europe
A woman takes photographs on a snow-covered park in Istanbul, on Jan 18, 2021.
Was Phil Spector a murderer who produced records or record producer who murdered?
Brad Wheeler
Globe Climate: Keystone is just the beginning for the Biden team
In this April 13, 2020, photo provided by TC Energy, construction contractors for TC Energy are seen installing a section of the Keystone XL crude oil pipeline at the U.S.-Canada border north of Glasgow, Mont. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-TC Energy via AP
Toronto-area constable pleads not guilty to 14 charges related to corruption probe
A Toronto-area police officer accused in a drugs and corruption probe has pleaded not guilty to more than a dozen charges.
Politics Briefing: Biden signals move to block Keystone XL again
A general view of preparations prior a dress rehearsal for U.S. President-elect Joe Biden's Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, U.S., January 18, 2021. Patrick Semansky/Pool via REUTERS
Ultra long bonds are back in force as rock-bottom rates create sweet spot
B.C. to phase out enhanced driver’s licence and identification cards
The U.S. port of entry into Blaine, Wash., from Surrey, B.C., on March 18, 2020.
Maple Leafs lose goalie Aaron Dell to waivers; forward Robertson out around four weeks
Toronto Maple Leafs' Wayne Simmonds waits for a shot on goal in front of goaltender Aaron Dell during second period NHL scrimmage action in Toronto on Saturday, January 9, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
GM workers ratify agreement that will transform Ingersoll, Ont., plant to build electric vehicles
A worker driving a GMC Terrain leaves the General Motors CAMI car assembly plant where the GMC Terrain and Chevrolet Equinox are built, in Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada, January 27, 2017. REUTERS/Geoff Robins
IMF chief sees high degree of uncertainty in global outlook
Sweden's Minister of Finance Magdalena Andersson listens during a digital news conference with International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, in Stockholm, Sweden, January 18, 2021. Henrik Montgomery/TT News Agency/via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. SWEDEN OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SWEDEN. REFILE - CORRECTING YEAR
Ottawa Redblacks re-sign Fernandez, Saunders and Flanders
Hamilton Tiger-Cats wide receiver Jalen Saunders (13) makes a catch during first half CFL football game action against the Ottawa Redblacks in Hamilton, Ont. on Saturday, July 28, 2018. The Redblacks have signed free agent receiver Saunders to a one-year contract. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Peter Power
The Australian Open has become a tipping point of the double-talk pandemic
Cathal Kelly
To end racism against Indigenous peoples, we have to name it and speak up
Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond Handout
Families begin burying victims of Darfur violence as death toll rises to at least 129
The investment opportunities of the massive consumer spending binge ahead. Plus, portfolio tips for the start of the Biden era
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 18: Cricket Hardin helps place American flags on the National Mall as the U.S Capitol Building is prepared for the inaugural ceremonies for President-elect Joe Biden on January 18, 2021 in Washington, DC. The approximately 191,500 U.S. flags will cover part of the National Mall and will represent the American people who are unable to travel to Washington, DC for the inauguration. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
U.S. Capitol lockdown lifted as police say nearby fire contained
High level security officials make a survey of the East Front of the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, on Jan. 18, 2021.
In photos: US Capitol in lockdown as preparations underway for President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration
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A member of the military rushes past, as people are evacuated back inside after an "external security threat" prior to a dress rehearsal for U.S. President-elect Joe Biden's Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol.
Quebec high school students return to classroom after month-long layoff
High school students at Marymount Academy International, in Montreal, attend class on Nov. 17, 2020.
The highest yielding stocks on the TSX, plus risk data
The TSX ticker is photographed in Toronto, on Thursday, February 27, 2020.
Ontario must cut COVID-19 cases to 1,000 daily to lift lockdowns, top doctor says
A COVID-19 testing facility at Scarborough Health Network's Centenary hospital, in Toronto, on Nov. 28, 2020.
Transport Canada clears Boeing 737 Max for return to service
Grounded Air Canada Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft are pictured at YVR airport in Vancouver, British Columbia on March 13, 2019. (Ben Nelms/The Globe and Mail)
Canada to face new pressures to confront China as Biden advocates for a more united approach
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and then-U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden walk down the Hall of Honour on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa, on Dec. 9, 2016.
Are you ready for remote work 3.0?
Mature woman working from home during COVID-19 pandemic
Vatican drops extradition request for Italian woman wanted on embezzlement-related charges
An empty St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, on Jan. 17, 2021.
Toronto apartment vacancy rates spike to record high, monthly rent plunges
Apartments for rent on Jameson Ave. Vacancy rates rose across Canada this year, partly because of low interest rates that enticed renters into buying homes. The rate in Toronto shattered the 2-per-cent mark for the first time since 1992. November 26, 2002 Photo by Louie Palu/The Globe and Mail
Netflix’s The White Tiger is far more than just a bleaker Slumdog Millionaire
THE WHITE TIGER (2020). Rajkummar Rao as Ashok, Priyanka Chopra as Pinky Madam, Adarsh Gourav as Balram in White Tiger. Cr. Tejinder Singh Khamkha/NETFLIX © 2020
Biden picks Rohit Chopra, Gary Gensler for financial oversight roles
FILE -- Gary Gensler, former head of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab in Cambridge, Mass., April 20, 2018. Gensler, who pushed through dozens of rules in the wake of the 2010 Dodd Frank law, is among those selected for President-elect Joe Biden's financial regulatory transition teams. (Kayana Szymczak/The New York Times)
Gordon Pape: Here’s what investors should do ahead of Biden’s inauguration
Light shines on the U.S. Capitol dome as sunrise approaches before a rehearsal for President-elect Joe Biden's Presidential Inauguration in Washington, Monday, Jan. 18.
Japan urges South Korea to drop wartime compensation demands
Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi speaks at the opening session of the lower house of parliament, in Tokyo, on Jan. 18, 2021.
Law implementing presumed consent around organ donation takes effect in Nova Scotia
Dr. Stephen Beed, medical director of Nova Scotia's organ and tissue donation program, at the Halifax Infirmary, on Jan. 14, 2021.
Canada’s economy will hit a major roadblock in the first quarter before gaining momentum: poll
Building operations and materials in the commercial real estate sector account for about 30 per cent of carbon emissions.
Issues in sex-assault trials top busy winter docket for Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of Canada is seen in Ottawa, Thursday January 16, 2020 in Ottawa. The Supreme Court of Canada will examine the constitutionality of a law that prevented a judge from allowing an offender to avoid jail by imposing a conditional sentence for certain crimes. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Russian judge remands Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny in pre-trial detention for 30 days
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny speaks with journalists upon the arrival at Sheremetyevo airport, in Moscow, on Jan. 17, 2021.
CMHC reports annual pace of housing starts down in December
Real estate for sale signs are shown in Oakville, Ont., on Wednesday, Nov.18, 2020. The Canadian Real Estate Association says home sales in December hit an all-time record for the month to end what was also a record year. The association says sales in December were up 47.2 per cent compared with December 2019, the largest year-over-year increase in monthly sales in 11 years.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Richard Buchan
Albertans allowed to visit hair salons, tattoo parlours as some COVID-19 restrictions ease
close up of a hairdressers hands cutting wet hair in a hair salon.
Davis Cup Finals up to 11 days in 2021, could be in three cities
File #: 7574158 Tennis Abstract female tennis player setting up for a forehand. ©Michael Krinke Photography / iStockphoto (Royalty-Free) Keywords: Tennis, Women, Court, Female, Playing, US Open, Silhouette, Athlete, Shadow, Violence, Tennis Racket, Competition
Aid effort intensifies as thousands left homeless after deadly earthquake in Indonesia
Rescuers lead a sniffer dog during a search operation at the ruins of a collapsed building in Mamuju, West Sulawesi, Indonesia, on Jan. 18, 2021.
Samsung heir Jay Lee gets 30-month prison sentence in bribery case
Samsung Group heir Jay Y. Lee arrives at a court in Seoul, South Korea, January 18, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
Can Biden restore U.S. leadership in the world with a divided nation?
Campbell Clark
Kuwait’s emir reportedly accepts cabinet’s resignation after government-assembly standoff
Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad Al-Sabah attends the opening session of the 41st Gulf Cooperation Council summit, in al-Ula, Saudi Arabia, on Jan. 5, 2021.
Conte asks Italian lawmakers for their ‘clear backing’ to overcome political crisis
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte addresses the lower house of parliament, at Palazzo Montecitorio, in Rome, on Jan. 18, 2021.
Another strong year ahead for these industrial REITs: Scotia analyst
WHO chief says COVID-19 vaccine nationalism puts world on brink of ‘catastrophic moral failure’
FILE - In this Thursday, June 25, 2020 file photo, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), attends a press conference, at the (WHO) headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Ghebreyesus has on Friday, Jan. 8, 2021 appealed to makers of COVID-19 vaccines and the wealthy countries buying them to “stop making bilateral deals” that hurt a U.N.-backed initiative to make the vaccines more available. He called on countries that have more vaccines than they need to make some available to the COVAX Facility — the U.N.-backed project to get vaccines deployed widely. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP, File)
EU gender pay gap still significant, trade unions warn
FILE PHOTO: Employees work at the A3 and A4 production line of the German car manufacturer Audi, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Ingolstadt, Germany, June 3, 2020. REUTERS/Andreas Gebert
Upbeat entrepreneurs signal improved investment intentions for 2021: BDC survey
Businessman analysis stock chart in crisis covid-19 for investment in stockmarket and finance business planning selective stock for Stockmarket crash and Financial crisis
Monday’s analyst upgrades and downgrades
Heavy machinery is seen at First Quantum Minerals’ Frontier copper mine in Fungurume, southern Democratic Republic of Congo in this file photo.
Psycho Goreman is the Canadian splatter comedy of your dreams, or maybe nightmares
PYSCHO GOREMAN (2020). After unearthing a gem that controls an evil monster looking to destroy the Universe, a young girl and her brother use it to make him do their bidding.
U.S. deeply, cruelly wounded by four years of Trump’s racial politics
Debra Thompson is an associate professor of political science at McGill University.
Insurers see hefty payout from severe weather in 2020
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
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