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December 29

IIHF cancels World Juniors as COVID-19 cases rise
Rogers Place arena sits empty after the cancellation of the IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship in Edmonton on Wednesday, December 29, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
Provinces weigh shorter isolation for those infected with COVID-19
A person is taken into a hospital by a paramedic in Montreal, Wednesday, December 29, 2021, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues in Canada. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
B.C. latest province to delay school reopening amid rise in COVID-19 cases
The north shore mountains are seen covered in snow as an Arctic air cold weather front hit Canada's western provinces in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada December 27, 2021. REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier
Saudi king says kingdom concerned about Iran’s ‘lack of co-operation’ on its nuclear program
Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz addresses the kingdom's advisory Shura Council from his royal palace in Neom, Saudi Arabia, December 29, 2021, Saudi Press Agency/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY
Kyle Seager retires after 11 seasons with Mariners
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 03: Kyle Seager #15 of the Seattle Mariners waves to fans after his team's loss to the Los Angeles Angels 7-3 to end their season at T-Mobile Park on October 03, 2021 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images)
Alberta weighs the future of coal mining
A section of the eastern slopes south west of Longview, Alta., on June 16, 2021. Alberta's energy minister says she has received two reports that will determine the future of coal mining in the province's Rocky Mountain foothills and eastern slopes. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Plenty of Canadian content on display in February UFC cards
Jul 27, 2019; Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Hakeem Dawodu (red gloves) defeats Yoshinori Horie (blue gloves) during UFC 240 at Rogers Place. Mandatory Credit: Sergei Belski-USA TODAY Sports
Settlement between Jeffrey Epstein and Virginia Giuffre, Prince Andrew’s accuser, to be made public
FILE PHOTO: Lawyer David Boies arrives with his client Virginia Giuffre for hearing in the criminal case against Jeffrey Epstein, at Federal Court in New York, U.S., August 27, 2019. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo
Manchester City extends Premier League lead to eight points as Chelsea stumbles
BRENTFORD, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 29: Phil Foden celebrates with a goal by Aymeric Laporte of Manchester City (not pictured) which is later disallowed by VAR for an offside during the Premier League match between Brentford and Manchester City at Brentford Community Stadium on December 29, 2021 in Brentford, England. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images)
COVID-19 postpones Westminster Kennel Club’s annual dog show
FILE - Wasabi, a Pekingese, rests on the winner's podium with its trophy and ribbons after winning Best in Show at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show, Sunday, June 13, 2021, in Tarrytown, N.Y. The Westminster Kennel Club's annual dog show has become the latest event to be postponed or canceled in New York as the number of coronavirus cases surges. The club's board of governors announced Wednesday, Dec 29, 2021, it was postponing its 2022 event, scheduled for late January, to later in the year. A new date wasn't given. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)
Canucks forwards Boeser, Di Giuseppe added to NHL’s COVID-19 protocol
Dec 8, 2021; Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN; Vancouver Canucks forward Brock Boeser (6) defends Boston Bruins forward Trent Frederic (11) in the first period at Rogers Arena. Mandatory Credit: Bob Frid-USA TODAY Sports
Are Canadians using more apps to help with their finances?
**NO FURTHER USAGE. OLD LOGO. CONSULT PHOTODESK.**A Wealthsimple Trade app icon is shown on a smartphone on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020.  THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jesse Johnston
Canadian depositary receipts are a hit. Are more coming?
The NEO Exchange stock ticker is photographed on Mar 12 2020.
U.S. has shortened COVID-19 isolation period. Should Canada follow suit?
A COVID-19 vaccine is administered at a mass vaccination clinic run by Switch Health in Mississauga, Ont., Friday, Dec. 24, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
OHL reinstates Montreal Canadiens first-round pick Logan Mailloux
David Rosenberg: Here’s what investors should expect in 2022
FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a protective face mask walks by 14 Wall Street in the financial district of New York, U.S., November 19, 2020. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo
Hiring workers with diverse abilities can ease labour shortage, advocates say
Shawna Taylor poses for a photograph while working at the Arco Hotel, a government owned single-room occupancy (SRO) hotel, in Vancouver, on Thursday, December 9, 2021. Darryl Dyck/The Globe and Mail
COVID-19 live updates: B.C. delays school restart for most students until Jan. 10
Canada's Carson Lambos (4) checks Austria's Marco Kasper (19) during third period IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship action in Edmonton on Tuesday, December 28, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
U.S. affirms new interpretation for high-level nuclear waste
FILE - In this May 11, 2015, file photo, nuclear waste is stored in underground containers at the Idaho National Laboratory near Idaho Falls, Idaho. The Biden administration has affirmed a Trump administration interpretation of high-level radioactive waste that is based on the waste's radioactivity rather than how it was produced. The U.S. Department of Energy announcement last week means some radioactive waste from nuclear weapons production stored for decades in Idaho, Washington and South Carolina could be reclassified and moved for permanent storage elsewhere. (AP Photo/Keith Ridler, File)
Joe Biden, Vladimir Putin to speak on Thursday amid Ukraine tensions
(COMBO) This combination of file pictures created on December 06, 2021 shows US President Joe Biden during a signing ceremony at the White House in Washington, DC on November 18, 2021; and Russian President Vladimir Putin in a congress of the United Russia party in Moscow, on December 4, 2021. - Biden will offer Putin a "diplomatic path" out of tensions around Ukraine but remains "gravely" concerned by Russian troop movements, a senior US administration official said on December 29, 2021. In a phone call with Putin scheduled for December 30, Biden will say "we are prepared for diplomacy and for a diplomatic path forward," the official told reporters. "But we are also prepared to respond if Russia advances with a further invasion of Ukraine," Biden will tell Putin, the official said, adding that "we continue to be gravely concerned" by Russian forces near the Ukrainian border. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN and Mikhail Metzel / various sources / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN,MIKHAIL METZEL/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images)
Business, labour groups divided over preferred COVID-19 isolation policies
Kieran Moore, Ontario's Chief Medical Officer of Health attends a media briefing at the Ontario Legislature in Toronto, Friday, Dec. 17, 2021. A news conference scheduled by Ontario's top doctor to share new rules on COVID-19 testing and case management has been postponed as officials review isolation guidelines in light of changes made in the United States. HE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Manitoba reports 947 new COVID-19 cases, a pandemic high
Dr. Brent Roussin, Manitoba's chief public health officer, speaks during the province's COVID-19 update at the Manitoba legislature in Winnipeg on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. Manitoba is implementing new restrictions on gatherings to help curb the spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19.THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
The future of work will look much different than the present
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MPs questions delay in suicide hotline as COVID-19 crisis calls continue
Nearly 40 per cent of Canadians went to their workplace sick during the COVID-19 pandemic, poll suggests
FILE PHOTO: A man walks with a face mask on the one-year anniversary of the World Health Organization declaring coronavirus disease (COVID-19) a pandemic in Toronto, Ontario, Canada March 11, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio/File Photo
Integrity Agency to be responsible for anti-doping programme from 2022
Tennis - Mubadala World Tennis Championship - International Tennis Centre, Zayed Sports City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - December 18, 2021 General view of the stadium with Canada's Denis Shapovalov in action during his 3rd place play-off match against Spain's Rafael Nadal REUTERS/Christopher Pike
Say my name, and say it right!
‘Slow-motion insurrection:’ How Republicans seize election power
FILE - Republican Rep. Mark Finchem speaks May 2, 2018, at the Capitol in Phoenix. In the year since the Jan. 6 riot, Donald Trump-aligned Republicans have worked to clear the path for next time. In battleground states and beyond, Republicans are systematically taking hold of the once overlooked machinery of elections, weakening or replacing the checks in place to prevent partisan meddling with results. (AP Photo/Bob Christie, File)
Russia, Belarus to hold joint war games early next year
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, listens to Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko during their meeting at Konstantin Palace in Strelna, outside St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
Yukon reports 27 new COVID-19 cases, but government says active infections unchanged
A nurse prepares a shot of the COVID-19 vaccine at the Yukon Convention Centre in Whitehorse on Wednesday, March 3, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mike Thomas
Elon Musk’s SpaceX raises over $337-million in equity financing
SpaceX headquarters is shown in Hawthorne, California, U.S. September 19, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Blake
Unions slam Quebec for allowing COVID-positive health care staff to work
Quebec Premier Francois Legault responds to a question during a news conference in Montreal, on Thursday, December 16, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
Why are CPP premiums getting a bigger bump than planned in 2022?
Information regarding the Canadian Pension Plan is displayed of the service Canada website in Ottawa on Tuesday, January 31, 2012.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Newfoundland and Labrador schools switch to online learning as COVID-19 cases surge
Chicago Sky’s Candace Parker voted AP Female Athlete of Year for second time
U.S. judge refuses to allow litigation to move ahead against Purdue’s Sackler family; negotiations ordered
FILE - This Tuesday, May 8, 2007, file photo shows the logo for pharmaceutical giant Purdue Pharma at its offices in Stamford, Conn. A federal judge on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021, has rejected OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma’s bankruptcy settlement of thousands of lawsuits over the opioid epidemic because of a provision that would protect members of the Sackler family from facing litigation of their own. (AP Photo/Douglas Healey, File)
Attention, nervous investors. Five-year GIC rates are starting to pop
Close up of unrecognizable woman using calculator while going through bills and home finances.
U.S. labour board impounds ballots in union-removal vote at Exxon refinery
FILE PHOTO: Signage is seen at an Exxon gas station in Brooklyn, New York City, U.S., November 23, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
NHL cutting COVID-19 isolation time to five days; change doesn’t apply to Canada
Fire on board Canadian warship could have been avoided: Navy commander
The Halifax-class frigate HMCS Fredericton returns to Halifax on Tuesday, July 28, 2020 after completing a six-month deployment in the Mediterranean Sea. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
Environment Canada warns of snowfall headed for Metro Vancouver and B.C. Interior, as cold snap continues
Snow covers the ground as a person bundled up for the cold weather is silhouetted while walking past palm trees on the waterfront in New Westminster, B.C., on Tuesday, December 28, 2021. Weather warnings covered most of British Columbia as bitter arctic winds send temperatures plunging, and now snow could add new challenges to the bone-chilling conditions. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
How democracy was dismantled in Hong Kong in 2021
FILE - University students clean the "Pillar of Shame" statue, a memorial for those killed in the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown, at the University of Hong Kong, June 4, 2019. For Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement, 2021 has been a year in which the city’s authorities and the central government in Beijing stamped out nearly everything it had stood for. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)
Nunavut extends lockdown as COVID-19 infections surge in the territory
Polish prosecutors decline to investigate phone hacking allegation
FILE - A logo is shown on a branch office of the Israeli NSO Group company near the southern Israeli town of Sapir on Aug. 24, 2021. A spokeswoman for Oregon State Treasurer Tobias Read said Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021 that Read is looking for clarity in the murky situation surrounding a 2017 investment by the state in a private equity fund called Novalpina Capital, which later acquired a majority share of NSO Group, an Israeli company that produces smartphone spyware and has been blacklisted by the U.S. government. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, File)
NHL players vent frustration over league’s decision barring them from participating in Beijing Olympics
School closings during the COVID-19 pandemic are having a detrimental effect on students and families, research shows
An empty classroom is pictured at Eric Hamber Secondary School in Vancouver, Monday, March 23, 2020. The majority of respondents in a newly released Canada-wide survey say they are concerned about the spread of COVID-19 in schools and want children and staff to wear masks.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Ghislaine Maxwell guilty in Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case
In this courtroom sketch, Ghislaine Maxwell, center, sits in the courtroom during a discussion about a note from the jury, during her sex trafficking trial, Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Williams)
Quebec allows some health-care workers back to work seven days after testing positive for COVID-19
People wait in line at a COVID-19 testing and vaccination site, in Montreal, on Dec. 29.
Ontario opposition leaders call for clarity on back-to-school amid Omicron spread
Doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine are prepared at a one-day pop-up vaccination clinic at the Muslim Neighbour Nexus Mosque, in Mississauga, Ont., on April 29, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
Fans planning to attend World Cup in Qatar may face accommodation troubles as most hotels sold out
A view of hotels and other buildings at the West Bay area in Doha, Qatar, Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021. Many hotels in Qatar are already fully booked for the soccer World Cup which will be held in November and December 2022. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)
Putin declares Nord Stream 2 pipeline ready for gas exports
FILE PHOTO: The logo of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project is seen on a pipe at the Chelyabinsk pipe rolling plant in Chelyabinsk, Russia, February 26, 2020. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo
Quebec’s International Garden Festival confronts climate change
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Montreal teenager stable in hospital after shooting
The Montreal police logo is seen on a police car in Montreal on July 8, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
A Canadian sporting legend, Lionel ‘Big Train’ Conacher could do it all
(CPT 22-SEPT. 12)--HALL OF FAMER--Former Montreal Maroon defenseman Lionel Conacher was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto, Ontario Monday. Many had assumed Conacher, a 12-year defenceman who died in 1954, was already in the Hall of Fame - but that was his younger brother Charlie, inducted in 1961. (CP PHOTO) 1994 (HO)cms
Despite the sense of déjà vu, Omicron may well be the storm before the calm
A nurse administers a COVID-19 vaccine at a mass vaccination clinic in Mississauga, Ont., Friday, Dec. 24, 2021. Some provinces released updates regarding COVID-19 hospitalizations on Monday, which highlighted an increase in case numbers driven by the fast-spreading Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Olympic decathlon champion Damian Warner wins Lionel Conacher Award as CP’s male athlete of the year
Canada's Damian Warner holds up his gold medal during the medal ceremony for men's decathlon at the Tokyo Olympics in Tokyo, Japan on Friday, Aug.6, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Jury to resume deliberations at Elizabeth Holmes’s fraud trial after closed-door meeting
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 17: Theranos founder and former CEO Elizabeth Holmes leaves the Robert F. Peckham Federal Building on December 17, 2021 in San Jose, California. Lawyers made their closing arguments in the Elizabeth Holmes fraud trial and the jury will begin deliberations. Holmes is facing charges of conspiracy and wire fraud for allegedly engaging in a multimillion-dollar scheme to defraud investors with the Theranos blood testing lab services. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Thirty-one bodies retrieved from collapsed gold mine: Sudan officials
This image made available by the Sudanese Ministeral Resources Company on the ESN platform on December 28, 2021, shows Sudanese mourners gathering for the funeral of miners in Fuja, in the West Kordofan province following the collapse of a rudimentary gold mine. - At least 31 miners were killed and eight missing in Sudan on December 28, when a rudimentary gold mine collapsed, a government official said. The disaster occurred near Nuhud, a town about 500 kilometres (310 miles) west of Khartoum, according to the head of the state-run Mineral Resources Company in West Kordofan. (Photo by SUDANESE MINERAL RESOURCES COMPANY /ESN / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT SUDANESE MINERAL RESOURCES COMPANY/ESN - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (Photo by -/SUDANESE MINERAL RESOURCES COMPA/AFP via Getty Images)
TransAlta completes its planned transition from coal to natural gas power in Canada
The TransAlta logo is seen at their headquarters in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, April 17, 2019. REUTERS/Chris Wattie
U.S. goods trade deficit hits a record in November as imports surge
FILE PHOTO: Trucks arrive to pick up containers at the Port of Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California, U.S. November 22, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
Nine Serbs indicted for killing around 100 Muslims during Bosnian war
(FILES) This 20 September 1995 file photo shows Serbian militia chief Zeljko "Arkan" Raznatovic observing his units in Sanski Most, some 30km west of Banja Luka, Bosnia-Hercegovina. Arkan has been indicted by the UN as a war criminal, the head of the International Warcrimes Tribunal in The Hague, Louise Arbour, announced 31 March 1999. Arkan is head of a 1,000-member private army called the Tigers, notorious for atrocities that were carried out in Vukovar, Croatia, and at Bijeljna, Bosnia, at the start of the breakup of the former Yugoslavia. AFP PHOTO FILES
Embiid scores 36 points as 76ers beat undermanned Raptors 114-109
Philadelphia 76ers' Joel Embiid (right) drives past Toronto Raptors' D.J. Wilson (centre) and Malachi Flynn during second half NBA basketball action in Toronto on Tuesday, December 28, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Greek divers discover Second World War Italian submarine wreck
The wreckage of the Italian submarine Jantina that was sunk during World War II by the British submarine HMS Torbay, lays south of the island of Mykonos, in the Aegean Sea, Greece, November 3, 2021. Picture taken November 3, 2021. Kostas Thoctarides/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.
Broadway’s Music Man cancels performances as Hugh Jackman tests positive for COVID-19
FILE - Hugh Jackman speaks at the Global Citizen Festival on Sept. 28, 2019, in New York. Jackman turns 53 on Oct. 12. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)
Moscow court shuts down Russia’s Memorial Human Rights Centre
Lawyer of the human rights center 'Memorial' Ilya Novikov (C) speaks to the media after Moscow City Court ordered the closure of a branch of the Memorial group, in Moscow on December 29, 2021. - Moscow court heard case against Memorial's Human Rights Centre, after Russia's Supreme Court outlawed Memorial International on December 28, 2021. (Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / AFP) (Photo by ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP via Getty Images)
Major U.S. retailers may pay the price for ‘extended’ holiday return policies
FILE PHOTO: People carrying shopping bags walk inside the King of Prussia shopping mall, as shoppers show up early for the Black Friday sales, in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, U.S. November 26, 2021. REUTERS/Rachel Wisniewski/File Photo
Wednesday’s Insider Report: Multiple C-suite executives cash out millions from this stock trading just below its record high
Bay Street in Canada's financial district is shown in Toronto on Wednesday, March 18, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Apple places Foxconn factory in India on probation after worker dorms found to not meet required standards
FILE PHOTO: Private security guards stand at the entrance of a closed plant of Foxconn India, which makes iPhones for Apple Inc, near Chennai, India, December 22, 2021. REUTERS/Sudarshan Varadhan
Yann Martel, Murray Sinclair among 135 new Order of Canada recipients
Rideau Hall appointed 135 people to the Order of Canada, a list that represents the diversity of the country, in geography, identity and background. From top left clockwise is Yann Martel, Murray Sinclair, Bruny Surin and Judy Cameron. Credit is The Globe and Mail, The Canadian Press, and Air Canada.
Smart home devices helping scientist get inside deadly B.C. heat wave
Emily Beers and Craig Patterson cool off in a pool set up in front of Patterson?s home during the scorching weather of a heatwave in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada June 27, 2021. REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier
Canada’s Huawei decision will be a moment of reckoning for the country
(FILES) In this file photo taken on June 29, 2021, the Huawei logo is pictured at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) fair in Barcelona, Spain. - Brazil will tender its 5G network on November 3, a technology with which it hopes to modernise its productive sector and attract investments of up to 50 billion reais (about USD 9 billion). (Photo by Josep LAGO / AFP) (Photo by JOSEP LAGO/AFP via Getty Images)
WHO chief worried about ‘tsunami’ of Omicron, Delta cases
FILE - DeMarcus Hicks, a recent graduate of nursing school who is working as a contractor with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, gives a person a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine booster shot, Dec. 20, 2021, on the first day of a COVID-19 vaccination clinic in Federal Way, Wash. U.S. health officials' decision to shorten the recommended COVID-19 isolation and quarantine period from 10 days to five is drawing criticism from some medical experts and could create confusion among many Americans. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
Tesla CEO Elon Musk exercises all of his stock options expiring next year
FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2020, file photo, SpaceX owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk arrives on the red carpet for the Axel Springer media award in Berlin. China is calling on the United States to protect a Chinese space station and its three-member crew after Beijing complained that satellites launched by Elon Musk’s SpaceX nearly struck the station. A foreign ministry spokesman accused Washington on Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2021, of ignoring its treaty obligations to protect the safety of the Tiangong station’s three-member crew following the July 1 and Oct. 21 incidents. (Hannibal Hanschke/Pool Photo via AP, File)
German financial regulator fines Deutsche Bank for controls related to Euribor interest rate
FILE - In this July 8, 2019 file photo, a Deutsche Bank sign and logo are seen on the outside of their building in London. Deutsche Bank saw its net profit increase 6%, to 329 million euros ($381 million), in the third quarter despite a sharp increase in restructuring costs. The bottom line at Germany's largest bank benefited from fewer loans going bad as the economy rebounds from the coronavirus pandemic and credit support from governments and the European Central Bank. The bank said Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021 that its years long effort to streamline its business was on track and that 90% of the costs of its transformation were already accounted for. (AP Photo/Natasha Livingstone, file)
Violence erupts at Gaza border after Palestinian President makes rare visit to Israel
FILE - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas adjusts his glasses as he listens during a joint statement with Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Tuesday, May 25, 2021, in West Bank city of Ramallah. Abbas met with Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz at Gantz's private residence in a Tel Aviv suburb late Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2021. The two discussed security coordination between Israel and Abbas' Palestinian Authority, which administers pockets of the occupied West Bank. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool, File)
International COVID-19 news today: Cities in Bolivia cancel New Year’s Eve events
A vaccinator administers a Moderna booster vaccine to a man at the Antwerp Expo vaccine center in Antwerp, Belgium on Monday, Dec. 27, 2021. In Belgium, many flocked to their local vaccine center to receive their booster shots and stay ahead of the surging omicron infections. Others faced their first real test of the latest COVID-19 measures on Monday, with shopping reduced to a maximum of two along with closures of movie theaters and concert halls. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
Premium Brands focuses on local management, refrains from integration with acquisitions
Starbucks breakfast sandwich supplier Premium Brands Holdings Corp. is a member of our INK Canadian Insider Index.
Morgan Stanley to boost stake in its brokerage joint venture in China to 94%
FILE - In this Oct. 18, 2011, file photo, the Morgan Stanley logo is displayed on its Times Square building, in New York. Morgan Stanley reports their quarterly earnings, Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
Oil prices steady as U.S. crude inventories fall
FILE - In this Jan. 16, 2015, file photo, pumpjacks operate in Bakersfield, Calif. California regulators are citing climate change for the first time as they deny new permits for hydraulic fracturing, a process used to extract oil and gas from the ground. In denying 50 fracking permits this year, the state's oil and gas supervisor said he was using his discretion to protect public health, safety and environmental quality and to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
Canadians are bolting into real estate jobs, but are there enough sales for everyone?
Realtor Natalie Finkle poses for a photograph in Vancouver, on Monday, December 27, 2021. Darryl Dyck/The Globe and Mail
Transparency is a pillar of democratic governance. Canada is continually falling short
A woman walks past the the Office of the Prime Minister and Privy Council building in the parliamentary precinct in downtown Ottawa, Tuesday, June, 30, 2020. The flag is one of a few decorations on display as Canada Day celebrations on Parliament Hill are cancelled this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Canadian firms set a record in 2021 for failed say-on-pay votes
A new report says compensation of the top 100 Canadian CEOs is higher than ever.
Hong Kong’s Stand News shuts down after journalists, board members arrested for sedition
Editor of Stand News Patrick Lam, center, is arrested by police officers in Hong Kong, Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021. Hong Kong police say they have arrested several current and former staff members of the online media company for conspiracy to publish a seditious publication. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
The close: Dow, S&P 500 at record highs as Omicron worries ease
A sign board displays the TSX as workers walk past the Richmond Adelaide Centre in the financial district in Toronto on Wednesday, September 29, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Evan Buhler
From a used-car price crash to Tesla video games, predictions and resolutions for 2022
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Rachel Summers seldom backed down from her opinions. Her friends loved her for it anyway
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Bay Street feasted on $400-million in IPO fees this year. Most deals were duds for investors
Farmers Edge Inc. gathers data from thousands of farms across Canada, the United States and overseas, and includes everything from soil and weather conditions to the performance of farm equipment and evidence of pests and rot. Dave Stobbe/The Globe and Mail
From quitting jobs to a 30-slide deck, the five most read Globe Careers stories of 2021
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BMW’s Digital Key is evidence we’ll soon be able to control many car features with just our voice
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Dec. 29: ‘Why not come up with public health guidelines that are national or even international?’ Readers react to pandemic policies, plus other letters to the editor
A health-care worker pushes a patient across a footbridge into a hospital, amid the global COVID-19 pandemic, in Montreal, Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
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