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More and more countries are welcoming Canadian travellers. So is it time to book a holiday?
Tourists and beach chairs are seen at the Baltic Sea beach in Sellin on the island of Ruegen, northeastern Germany, on August 12, 2021, amid the novel coronavirus / COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Christof STACHE / AFP) (Photo by CHRISTOF STACHE/AFP via Getty Images)
Canadian dollar heads for weekly decline as economy shrinks in July
A loonie is pictured in Toronto on Jan. 23, 2015.
The highest-yielding stocks on the TSX, plus risk data
A stock ticker showing the S&P/TSX Composite Index on June 1.
Britain should consider dismantling ‘ring-fencing’ rules to safeguard competitiveness, lobby group says
FILE PHOTO: Skyscrapers in The City of London financial district are seen in London, Britain, September 14, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo
Worker group cites sexism, safety risks at Bezos aerospace company
FILE - In this July 20, 2021 file photo, Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon and space tourism company Blue Origin, participates in post launch briefing from its spaceport near Van Horn, Texas. A group of more than 20 current and former employees are accusing Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin of being a toxic work environment and not following proper safety protocols. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
India’s Serum Institute to boost COVID-19 vaccine exports gradually
FILE PHOTO: Vials of AstraZeneca's Covishield coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine, are seen before they are packaged inside a lab at Serum Institute of India, Pune, India, November 30, 2020. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/File Photo
Visiting the abandoned Canadian embassy in Kabul
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Middle East migrants become border pawns in Belarus regime’s ‘hybrid war’ on Europe
Boshra al-Moallem, second left, sits in a room with her two sisters and brother-in-law at a refugee center in Bialystok, Poland, on Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021. After enduring a decade of war in Syria, Boshra al-Moallem and her two sisters seized their chance to flee, but the journey proved terrifying and nearly deadly. Al-Moallem, originally from Homs but who displaced to Damascus by the war, is one of thousands of people who have traveled to Belarus in recent weeks and then found herself helped to cross the border with the help of Belarusian guards, something the EU considers a form of “hybrid war” waged against the bloc with the use of human lives. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Some Afghan evacuees leave U.S. military bases before resettlement
U.S. Military Police walk past Afghan refugees at the Village at Fort McCoy U.S. Army base, in Wisconsin, U.S., September 30, 2021. Barbara Davidson/Pool via REUTERS
Waste management company GFL Environmental adds two U.S. firms, sells off some non-core assets
GFL trucks at the Solid Waste Transfer Station in Toronto. August 18, 2020 (Melissa Tait / The Globe and Mail)
Instagram content from celebrities linked to negative feelings, Facebook researchers say
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 13: Justin Bieber and Hailey Bieber attend The 2021 Met Gala Celebrating In America: A Lexicon Of Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on September 13, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images)
Canadian economy contracted 0.1% in July, August rebound forecast
Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales rose 2.1 per cent to $59.2 billion in June, helped higher by production at auto assembly plants and higher sales of petroleum and coal products. A GM worker uses human assistance automation to weld vehicle doors at the General Motors assembly plant in Oshawa, Ont., on Friday, March 19, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
China appoints new Xinjiang governor amid abuse accusations
In this April 22, 2021, photo, Erkin Tuniyaz speaks during a press conference in Urumqi in northwestern China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Erkin Tuniyaz was appointed the acting chairman of the regional government of Northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region on Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021, replacing Shohrat Zakir. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Zoom’s stock drop likely led to collapse of Five9 deal, analysts say
FILE PHOTO: Small toy figures are seen in front of diplayed Zoom logo in this illustration taken March 19, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Western fossil fuel firms investing in Africa face risk of regulatory action, U.S. climate envoy says
State Department Special Envoy for Climate Change, Jonathan Pershing, holds a press conference at the Climate Conference, known as COP22, in Marrakech, Morocco, Monday, Nov. 14, 2016. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)
New Britain-Norway power link begins commercial operations as energy prices soar
FILE PHOTO: Workers lay a NordLink subsea interconnector power cable to connect Norway and Germany at the Vollesfjord fjord near Flekkefjord, Norway May 31, 2018. REUTERS/Lefteris Karagiannopoulos//File Photo
Montreal’s mayoral race is another epic duel between Valérie Plante and Denis Coderre
Konrad Yakabuski
A flower shortage is causing florists to scramble while prices skyrocket
Locally grown flowers from Euclid Farms, a small urban flower farm and floral shop, are photographed at the retail store in Toronto Ont., on Tuesday, September 28, 2021. Tijana Martin/ The Globe and Mail
‘Pay-what-you-feel’ grocery store aims to combat food insecurity as it opens in Vancouver
A person reaches for parsnips at the Rescued Food Market in Vancouver in this handout image. The Food Stash Foundation is opening the doors to the Rescued Food Market in Vancouver for the first time Friday. It will allow patrons to shop on a "pay what you feel" basis, which means people can choose whether or not to donate money to help keep the market running. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Food Stash Foundation *MANDATORY CREDIT *
Quebec’s proposed overhaul of its French-language charter under microscope at hearings
Quebec's provincial flag flies on a flagpole in Ottawa, Friday July 3, 2020. Quebec's legislature members have unanimously adopted a motion to pursue the creation of an emoji of the province's flag. Parti Québécois member Pascal Bérubé presented the non-binding motion today in the legislature. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Six Canadian stocks among RBC’s top 30 global investment ideas
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on September 30.
India’s coal crisis brews as power demand surges, record global prices bite
FILE PHOTO: Chimneys of a coal-fired power plant are pictured in New Delhi, India, July 20, 2017. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
Global manufacturing activity takes big hit from supply chain bottlenecks, rising costs
FILE PHOTO: Staff wear protective masks at the Volkswagen assembly line in Wolfsburg, Germany, April 27, 2020. Swen Pfoertner/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo/File Photo
Trans actor Bilal Baig breaks boundaries in CBC series Sort Of
Bilal Baig, the co-creator and star of CBC's new tv show Sort Of, poses for a photograph in Toronto Ont., on Thursday, September 30, 2021. Tijana Martin/ The Globe and Mail
Huawei appeals Sweden’s ban on company for selling 5G gear in the country
Huawei logo is seen during Munich Auto Show, IAA Mobility 2021 in Munich, Germany, September 8, 2021. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay
Peter Nygard agrees to U.S. extradition as Toronto police announce sex assault charges
Peter Nygard arrives at the 24th Night of 100 Stars Oscars Viewing Gala at The Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., on March 2, 2014. Dozens more women, including Canadians, have added their names to a class action lawsuit alleging rape and sexual assault by fashion mogul Nygard. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Invision - Annie I. Bang
Antiviral pill effective in reducing COVID-19 hospitalizations, deaths, drugmaker says
FILE- This May 1, 2018, file photo shows Merck corporate headquarters in Kenilworth, N.J. Merck is buying Acceleron Pharma in a deal worth about $11.5 billion. Merck said Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021, that it will pay $180 per share in cash for each Acceleron share. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
Saskatchewan’s proof-of-vaccination policy now in effect as COVID-19 cases rise
An employee of Purolator, wearing a mask, makes a delivery while people sit on an outdoor patio in Saskatoon, Sask., Friday, June 25, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam Richards
Kevin Vuong is ready to serve his most important constituent: himself
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Rents rebound as office workers and students return
Ben Myers, president of Bullpen Research & Consulting, pictured along Kingston Road in Toronto, September 15, 2021. Myers does analysis of Rentals.ca's data each month producing their National Rent Report and Toronto GTA Rent Report. (Nick Iwanyshyn/The Globe and Mail)
The fatal flaw in the Alberta sovereignty fantasy: people want to live in a law-based state
Andrew Coyne
Montreal virtual reality studio puts audiences into orbit with Space Explorers: The ISS Experience
GMT255_21_59_For ESA_Thomas Pesquet_Thomas Camera EVA. image of Akihiko Hoshide, an astronaut with the Japanese space agency JAXA, during a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on September 12. The spacewalk was capture in virtual reality by Felix and Paul studios for an upcoming episode of their multiplatform series Space Explorers: The ISS Experience Photocredit: NASA
Euro-zone inflation jumps to 13-year high, with worse expected
FILE PHOTO: A man shops groceries at an open-air market as the government is due to announce stricter coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions, in Rome, Italy, March 12, 2021. REUTERS/Yara Nardi
Friday’s analyst upgrades and downgrades
The exterior of a TD branch in the financial district of Toronto, is photographed on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021.
Oil settles near three-year high ahead of OPEC+ meeting
FILE - In this April 24, 2015, file photo, pumpjacks work in a field near Lovington, N.M. An Indigenous leader from New Mexico and former U.S. Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt called on the federal government Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021, to overhaul its oil and gas leasing program to ensure protection of cultural resources, saying for far too long tribal knowledge and expertise has been ignored to the detriment of the landscapes such as those surrounding Bears Ears National Monument and Chaco Culture National Historical Park. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
Morning Update: ‘We will fight to be heard’: How thousands spent the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
A child stands by a wall of "Every Child Matters," artwork during the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Ottawa on Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Is private school the right financial decision for your family?
Parents need to take into consideration all the costs before they decide to send their child to private school.
Financial assistance paves the way for private school attendance
Private schools encourage families to contact the school directly regarding their financial assistance programs.
Closing gaps in math learning
September 14, 2021 - Victoria, Canada - Students work with teachers and specialists in math classes at St. Margaret's School in Victoria, British Columbia. (Credit Image: James MacDonald)
When it comes to lifting pandemic public health measures, handle with care
People line up outside an immunization clinic to get their Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in Edmonton, Tuesday, April 20, 2021. Albertans needing proof they're vaccinated against COVID-19 were able to download cards from the province's website on Sunday, but almost right away people said they were easily able to edit them. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
Three years after legalizing cannabis, Ottawa’s tax structure is killing the buzz for small producers
Staff work in a marijuana grow room that can be viewed by at the new visitors centre at Canopy Growth facility in Smiths Falls, Ontario on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018. Soon after cannabis products started flying off shelves following legalization, Canopy Growth Corp. had an $26.9 million problem. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Here’s your guide to private schools in 2021
Pandemic pushes more classes outside
Country Day School teacher Andrew Bartle reads to students in their outdoor classroom. Outdoor education is an integral part of the private school’s curriculum, particularly during the pandemic.
Schools boost mental health supports as in-class learning returns
Crescent School in Toronto has a mentorship program so students have an adult they can turn to if they need help.
New private school programs born out of pandemic challenges
Grade 1/2 students participate in an outdoor math lesson lead by their teacher Laureen Dennis Monday morning, September 13, 2021 at Royal Oak Community School in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. (Tara Walton/The Globe and Mail)
Families continue to jump to private school amid the pandemic
Lucas Wide walks with his five-year-old daughter London. Her parents were impressed with how Bedford Academy in Nova Scotia handled the pandemic and she began Grade 1 there this year.
Experts say trust your instincts when it comes to choosing a school for your child
Experts say the best way to choose a school is to visit with your child to experience what it has to offer and judge the feeling you get.
Choosing between day school and boarding
Students hang out in their dormitory room at Ashbury College in Ottawa. Many students transition to boarding in the later grades in preparation for university.
Mental health literacy key to helping students stay well
Increase in demand for child and youth mental health services in Canada in recent years might suggest that today’s students are struggling more than previous generations, but it could also suggest they feel more empowered to address mental health needs
U.K. urged to keep calm and carry on amid fuel shortage
A shopper faces partly empty shelves in a supermarket in London, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021. Retailers, manufacturers and food suppliers have reported disruptions due to a shortage of truck drivers. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
Friday’s Insider Report: Billionaire businessman Eric Sprott tops up his position in this sinking stock
What every Canadian investor needs to know today
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 30: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on September 30, 2021 in New York City. In afternoon trading the Dow was down over 250 points as investors continue to worry about inflation, wages and supply chain issues. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
‘Perfect storm’ lifts U.S. dollar over unsettled markets
A man displays U.S. dollar notes after withdrawing cash from a bank in Harare, Zimbabwe, July 9, 2019.
U.S. jobs, an OPEC oil gathering and other world market themes for the week ahead
A 3D-printed oil pump jack is seen in front of displayed OPEC logo in this illustration picture, April 14, 2020.
Why nursing homes in Quebec crumbled under COVID-19′s first wave
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The Genesis GV60 looks to create its own identity beyond just its unique look
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Seven tips to prepare you for a successful career pivot
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Interac acquires Canadian rights for digital verification company SecureKey
Toronto, Nov. 11/09 - A customer walks past an Interac sign on the Petro Plus Variety Store on Queen Street East in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Interac hires investment bankers to determine its value as it awaits Competition Bureau ruling on whether it will be allowed to turn a profit to compete with MasterCard and Visa as it ponders transforming from an association to a company Photo By Deborah Baic The Globe and Mail
The close: Wall Street kicks off October with broad rally, boosted by economic cheer
A trader works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Sept. 24.
Adapting to new ways of thinking about personal wealth is an existential necessity for advisors
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Peter Bentley built Canfor into a global industry giant
Peter Bentley, chairman of Canfor Corporation at press conference prior to the company's annual general meeting in Vancouver, Tuesday. April 30, 2002.(CP PHOTO/Chuck Stoody)
Oct. 1: ‘Erin O’Toole’s strategy to accommodate everyone backfired … it should be back to two conservative parties.’ The wrong way to pick a party leader? Plus other letters to the editor
A woman arrives at a COVID-19 vaccination clinic in Montreal, on Tuesday, June 1, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
The Globe and Mail Bestsellers for the week of Oct. 2, 2021
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Shorter outings have made 200-inning pitchers an MLB rarity
Sep 28, 2021; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Walker Buehler (21) throws against the San Diego Padres during the third inning at Dodger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter quietly marks 97th birthday
FILE - In this Saturday, Oct. 4, 2014, file photo, former President Jimmy Carter, left, and former first lady Rosalynn Carter look at a birthday cake during Jimmy Carter's 90th birthday celebration held at Georgia Southwestern University, in Americus, Ga. Carter, the oldest former U.S. chief executive ever, will quietly mark his 97th birthday at home in southwest Georgia on Friday, Oct. 1, 2021, an aide said. (AP Photo/Branden Camp, File)
Fourth year since Las Vegas massacre stirs emotions, ceremonies
FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2019, file photo, people pray at a makeshift memorial for shooting victims in Las Vegas, on the anniversary of the mass shooting two years earlier. People who died, will be remembered Friday, Oct. 1, 2021, during the fourth anniversary of the Las Vegas massacre that became the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
White House asks judge to halt strict Texas abortion law
FILE- In this Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021, file photo, women protest against Texas' restrictive abortion law at the Capitol in Austin, Texas. A federal judge on Friday, Oct. 1, 2021, will consider whether Texas can leave in place the most restrictive abortion law in the U.S., which since September has banned most abortions and sent women racing to get care beyond the borders of the nation's second-largest state. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)
Hong Kong police halt four-person National Day protest amid opposition clampdown
Police officers take part in a flag raising ceremony to mark China's National Day in Hong Kong on October 1, 2021, which commemorates the 72nd anniversary of the establishment of the People's Republic of China. (Photo by Peter PARKS / AFP) (Photo by PETER PARKS/AFP via Getty Images)
Your daily horoscope: October 1
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