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December 26

Venezuela’s president to visit Iran ‘very soon’
On this handout picture released by the Venezuelan Presidency, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro delivers a speech during the award ceremony of the National Science and Technology Awards, at the Teresa Carreno Theater in Caracas, on December 22, 2021. - Venezuela detected the first seven cases of the Omicron variant of the Coronavirus, President Nicolas Maduro announced on Wednesday. (Photo by ZURIMAR CAMPOS / Venezuelan Presidency / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE-MANDATORY CREDIT - AFP PHOTO / VENEZUELAN PRESIDENCY - NO MAFRKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (Photo by ZURIMAR CAMPOS/Venezuelan Presidency/AFP via Getty Images)
Owen Power’s hat trick leads Canada to 6-3 win over Czechs in world junior men’s hockey
Canada's Cole Perfetti (11), Mason McTavish (23) and Owen Power (25) celebrate a goal against the Czech Republic during second period IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship action in Edmonton on Sunday, December 26, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
Several people injured, two with life-threatening wounds, in downtown Toronto crash
A Toronto Police Services logo is shown in Toronto, on Friday, August 9, 2019. Police are searching for a second suspect after shots went off at a Toronto mall. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
Jonathan D. Spence, a MacArthur fellow who chronicled China’s history of extreme upheavals, dead at age 85
Australia records first Omicron death, authorities stick to reopening plan
FILE - A man has a swab taken at a drive-through COVID-19 testing clinic at Bondi Beach in Sydney, on Dec. 21, 2021.
China talks up ‘green’ Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics but prepares to fight smog
Hydrogen-powered fuel cell electric buses are seen at a parking lot outside a railway station during a government-organised media tour before the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics in Zhangjiakou, Hebei province, China December 22, 2021. Picture taken December 22, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins
COVID-19 cases in Canada top two million as hospitals brace for Omicron wave’s unknowns
A sign for a COVID-19 drive-thru testing site is shown in Montreal, Wednesday, December 22, 2021, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues in Canada and around the world. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
Damian Warner is 2021’s top sports story
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Josh Allen’s three TDs, Isaiah McKenzie’s big day push Bills past Patriots
Buffalo Bills tight end Dawson Knox (88) celebrates his touchdown with offensive tackle Daryl Williams (75) during the second half at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass. on Dec. 26, 2021.
Sarah Weddington, lawyer who argued Roe v. Wade, dies at 76
FILE - Sarah Weddington, who is battling breast cancer, stands in one of the classrooms where she teaches at the University of Texas, in Austin, Texas on Oct. 25, 2001. Weddington, who at 26 successfully argued the landmark abortion rights case Roe v. Wade before the U.S. Supreme Court, died Sunday, Dec. 26, 2021. She was 76. (AP Photo/Harry Cabluck, File)
Christmas weekend storm pounds California, forcing closure of mountain routes
An airliner takes an approach through storm clouds to Hollywood Burbank Airport, in Burbank, Calif., Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021. Parts of California are getting a White Christmas after all, with snowfall pounding mountains across the state. Other areas of California, however, saw a wet and rainy Christmas as storms continue to pound the state, causing flash flooding and evacuations in some areas over the holiday period. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
Fewer shoppers look for deals as COVID cases overshadow Boxing Day
People line up outside an electronics store on Boxing Day in Montreal, Sunday, Dec. 26, 2021.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
COVID-19 forces NHL to bring back taxi squads in effort to keep season going
An ice resurfacer prepares the rink before an NHL hockey game between the Los Angeles Kings and the Florida Panthers, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021, in Sunrise, Fla. The Panthers announced that eight players will not play due to the NHL's COVID-19 protocols. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
Ever-expanding list of banned words at Quebec’s National Assembly offers a portrait of a distinct province
Members of the National Assembly stand for a minute of silence in honour of victims of the COVID-19 pandemic, Friday, June 12, 2020, at the legislature in Quebec City. Staff, visitors and politicians will soon have to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination if they want to enter Quebec's legislature. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
‘Expect the unexpected,’ Orlando Magic coach says as NBA’s COVID-19 cases continue to rise
Orlando Magic head coach Jamahl Mosley directs his players against the Miami Heat during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Friday, Dec. 17, 2021, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
It’s not the time to stop giving amid charitable slump
A volunteer organizes boxes for food at the Daily Bread Food Bank's Spring Drive-Thru food drive at the food bank in Etobicoke, Ont., on April 3, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
N.S. reports more than 1,100 COVID-19 cases over the weekend
Volunteers assemble testing kits for COVID-19 in Halifax on Sunday, December 5, 2021 as a part of Nova Scotia’s push for mass self-testing led by Dr. Lisa Barrett, an infectious diseases doctor who helped pioneer volunteer-run rapid testing sites for COVID-19 Darren Calabrese/The Globe and Mail
Hockey Canada, Alberta put pandemic hockey know-how to the test again in Edmonton
Finland's Eemil Viro (6) checks Germany's Joshua Samanski (8) during second period IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship action in Edmonton, Sunday, Dec. 26, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
Somali President, PM trade accusations over delays to ongoing elections
FILE PHOTO: Somali legislators of the lower house of parliament raise their hands to vote to extend President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed's term for another two years to let the country prepare for direct elections, in Mogadishu, Somalia April 12, 2021. REUTERS/Feisal Omar/File Photo
Photos of aftermath of massacre in Myanmar cause outrage
In this photo provided by the Karenni Nationalities Defense Force (KNDF), smokes and flames billow from vehicles in Hpruso township, Kayah state, Myanmar, Friday, Dec. 24, 2021. Myanmar government troops rounded up villagers, some believed to be women and children, fatally shot more than 30 and set the bodies on fire, a witness and other reports said Saturday. (KNDF via AP)
Monstera deliciosa, Chinese fan palms, money tree: house plants nurture my mental health
Canada’s first new nuclear reactor in decades is an American design. Will it prompt a rethink of government support?
A visitor to the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station in Clarington, Ont. looks out onto the facility grounds during a tour on Feb 11 2016. (Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail)
Israeli hospital to give fourth COVID-19 vaccine shot in trial
An Israeli Magen David Adom medical nurse holds a vial of the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine against the coronavirus for children, in the Israeli town of Ramat Gan near Tel Aviv, on December 23, 2021. - Israelis over the age of 60 and medical teams will be eligible for a fouth Covid vaccination, following the recommendation of an expert panelas the Jewish state struggles to contain the spread of the Omicron variant, imposing travel and other restrictions while avoiding a domestic lockdown. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)
A timeline of Desmond Tutu’s lifelong quest for equality
FILE - South African Bishop Desmond Tutu waves during a speech against apartheid, to a crowd of demonstrators, on Jan. 8, 1986, outside the South African Embassy in Washington. South Africa’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist for racial justice and LGBT rights and the retired Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, has died at the age of 90, it was announced on Sunday, Dec. 26, 2021. An uncompromising foe of apartheid, South Africa’s brutal regime of oppression again the Black majority, Tutu worked tirelessly, but non-violently, for its downfall. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook, File)
Canada’s first chess prodigy and grandmaster still commands international respect
Two dams burst in northeastern Brazil after weeks of heavy rains
Handout picture released by the Bahia State Government on December 26, 2021 showing belongings of residents following floods caused by heavy rains, in Itamaraju, south of Bahia State, Brazil, on December 22, 2021. - More than 11,000 people have been displaced in the Brazilian state of Bahia due to flooding, with authorities scrambling to provide relief to residents without alternate housing. (Photo by Mateus PEREIRA / Bahia State Government / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / GOVERNO DO ESTADO DA BAHIA - MATEUR PEREIRA" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (Photo by MATEUS PEREIRA/Bahia State Government/AFP via Getty Images)
Omicron COVID-19 variant disrupts U.S. holiday travel but not shopping
FILE - A shopper shops at a retail store in Glenview, Ill., Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021. Holiday sales rose at the fastest pace in 17 years, even as shoppers grappled with higher prices, product shortages and a raging new COVID-19 variant in the last few weeks of the season, according to one spending measure. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)
British man arrested at Windsor Castle detained under Mental Health Act
People walk their dogs on the Long Walk at Windsor, England, on Christmas Day, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021. Britain's Queen Elizabeth II has stayed at Windsor Castle instead of spending Christmas at her Sandringham estate due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
Putin to mull options if West refuses guarantees on Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a cabinet meeting via video conference at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Friday, Dec. 24, 2021. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
Montreal Old Port Ferris Wheel employee dies at work under unclear circumstances
Empty cars on the Montreal Ferris wheel, which is closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, pass the Marche Bonsecours, in Montreal, Monday, Jan. 25, 2021. A 22-year-old employee, who got trapped on Christmas while working at the Montreal Old Port's Ferris Wheel, has died of their injuries. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ surpasses US$1-billion globally in second weekend
This image released by Sony Pictures shows Tom Holland in Columbia Pictures' "Spider-Man: No Way Home." (Sony Pictures via AP)
5.2-magnitude tremor strikes off Greek island of Crete
When the Santa Claus bandit struck Montreal in 1962, ‘Christmas was never the same’
Canada’s Olympic mixed doubles curling trials cancelled due to COVID-19
Canada's Kaitlyn Lawes and teammate John Morris play their stone during mixed doubles gold-medal curling action against Switzerland at the Olympic Winter Games in Gangneung, South Korea on Tuesday, February 13, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Fairfax buys back $1-billion of shares after CPPIB, OMERS investment
Shareholders attend the Fairfax Financial Holdings annual general meeting in Toronto on Wednesday, April 9, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Banks offer big climate commitments in 2021, but key details are yet to come
The TD Canada Trust Tower in Toronto, Ontario, Canada December 13, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio
Desmond Tutu, anti-apartheid leader and fighter for moral justice, dies at 90
FILE - South African Bishop Desmond Tutu waves during a speech against apartheid, to a crowd of demonstrators, on Jan. 8, 1986, outside the South African Embassy in Washington. South Africa’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist for racial justice and LGBT rights and the retired Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, has died at the age of 90, it was announced on Sunday, Dec. 26, 2021. An uncompromising foe of apartheid, South Africa’s brutal regime of oppression again the Black majority, Tutu worked tirelessly, but non-violently, for its downfall. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook, File)
New COVID-19 treatment pills should be taken as soon as possible after symptoms appear
This image provided by Pfizer in October 2021 shows the company's COVID-19 Paxlovid pills. Newly infected COVID-19 patients have two new treatment options that can be taken at home. But that convenience comes with a catch: The pills have to be taken as soon as possible once symptoms appear. (Pfizer via AP)
Bodies of 27 migrants wash ashore in Libya, Red Crescent says
Magnitude 5.8 earthquake strikes Japan’s Ryukyu Islands
Taliban-run government dissolves Afghan election commissions
Afghanistan's Taliban Higher Education Minister Abdul Baqi Haqqani (center L) speaks during a press conference in Kabul on December 26, 2021. (Photo by Mohd RASFAN / AFP) (Photo by MOHD RASFAN/AFP via Getty Images)
Flood disaster takes bite out of B.C. economy, sends infrastructure wake-up call
A transport truck hauling pipe travels on the Coquihalla Highway after it was reopened to commercial traffic as heavy equipment is used to rebuild the southbound lanes that were washed away by flooding last month at Othello, northeast of Hope, B.C., on Monday, December 20, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Why Canada gets less for more when it comes to building transit
Construction of the future LRT line is visible from the departures level of the Ottawa MacDonald-Cartier International Airport on Wednesday, June 16, 2021.The high cost of Canadian light rail compared to our European counterparts is often chalked up to weather concerns and construction costs. THE CANADIAN PRESS/David Kawai
Your lookahead horoscope: December 26
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U.K. to bar online racist-abuse offenders from football games, Home Secretary says
Soccer Football - Premier League - Brentford v Chelsea - Brentford Community Stadium, London, Britain - October 16, 2021 General view as the big screen displays a no room for racism message before the match REUTERS/Toby Melville EDITORIAL USE ONLY. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 75 images, no video emulation. No use in betting, games or single club /league/player publications. Please contact your account representative for further details.
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