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Stress Test French transcript: Inflation is squeezing our finances. What can we do about it?
Introducing a new podcast from The Globe and Mail that delves into the topics impacting the wallets of Canadians between the ages of 20 and 40.
Divert police funds to community groups, coalition says in decriminalization platform
Donald MacPherson, executive director of the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition, poses for a photograph in Vancouver, on Friday, February 19, 2021. A group of organizations, including some that represent drug users and their families, are calling for money to be diverted from policy to community organizations that promote safe supply and address mental health concerns. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Stress Test transcript: Inflation is squeezing our finances. What can we do about it?
Introducing a new podcast from The Globe and Mail that delves into the topics impacting the wallets of Canadians between the ages of 20 and 40.
South Africa’s energy minister defends Shell’s planned seismic blasting on Wild Coast
Wild Coast residents demonstrate against Royal Dutch Shell's plans to start seismic surveys to explore petroleum systems off the country's popular Wild Coast at Mzamba Beach, Sigidi, South Africa, December 5, 2021. REUTERS/Rogan Ward
Indian farmers suspend year-long protest against new laws
A farmer waves an Indian flag as he stands on the bonnet of a vehicle at a major expressway in Ghazipur, outskirts of New Delhi, India, Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021. Thousands of Indian farmers suspended their year-long protest on Thursday after the government withdrew contentious farm laws and set up a committee to consider their other demands, including guaranteed prices for key crops and the withdrawal of criminal cases against the protesters. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
American Airlines to reduce international flights next summer due to Dreamliner delays: memo
FILE- This Dec. 19, 2017, file photo shows the American Airlines logo on top of the American Airlines Center in Dallas. Police used a stun gun multiple times on an unruly American Airlines passenger before removing him from a Miami to Chicago flight on Sunday, April 22, 2018. An American Airlines statement says crew members asked the man to get off the plane after he had a "disagreement" with another passenger on Sunday night. (AP Photo/Michael Ainsworth, File)
With Eric Zemmour setting the tone, the table is set for an ugly French presidential election campaign
Konrad Yakabuski
Joe Biden’s Summit for Democracy must recognize that feminism is key to the system’s survival
President Joe Biden talks about infrastructure during an event at the Kansas City Area Transit Authority Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Vaughan home’s footprint expanded to fit a growing family
Home of the Week, 301 Millwood Parkway, Vaughan, Ont.
Retail therapy: Montreal’s Partaje specializes in heirloom-quality housewares
Store profile on Partaje
U.S. moves to tighten Iran sanctions enforcement as nuclear talks stall
FILE PHOTO: The Iranian flag waves in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters in Vienna, Austria May 23, 2021. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger
U.S. weekly unemployment claims at lowest level since 1969 as labor market tightens
(FILES) In this file photo taken on May 28, 2021, a 'Help Wanted' sign is posted beside Coronavirus safety guidelines in front of a restaurant in Los Angeles, California. - The US added just 210,000 jobs last month, the government reported on Dcember 3, 2021,, less than half the increase analysts were expecting, raising questions about the health of the economic recovery. The unemployment rate nonetheless declined more than expected, falling four-tenths to 4.2 percent, the Labor Department reported. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP) (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)
Number of jailed journalists reached global high in 2021, at least 24 killed for their coverage: CPJ report
FILE - An employee of the country's largest TV network ABS-CBN, holds a slogan during a rally outside the House of Representatives in Manila, Philippines, Thursday, July 9, 2020. A gunman shot and killed a journalist Wednesday night Dec. 8, 2021, who was watching TV at a store in a central Philippine city, in a brazen attack in what has long been regarded as one of the world's most dangerous countries for journalists. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)
New Zealand plans for lifetime smoking ban for youth
A sign indicates that the University of Aukland campus is smoke-free in Auckland, New Zealand, Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021. New Zealand's government believes it has come up with a unique plan to end tobacco smoking, a lifetime ban for those aged 14 and under. (AP Photo/David Rowland)
Scotiabank reveals its top stock ideas for 2022
(center R), First Canadian Place (L) and Commerce Court (R) in the Bay Street financial district in Toronto, Canada on May 11, 2017. Also seen are the KPMG and Deloitte Towers if the Bay Adelaide Center. (Photo by Gary Hershorn/Globe and Mail)
Transat reports heavy net losses, but slows cash burn as bookings ramp up
Air Transat aircrafts are seen on the tarmac at Montreal-Trudeau International Airport in Montreal, on Wednesday, April 8, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
Chinese central banker says financial markets can handle real estate developer debt
FILE — Construction of Evergrande Mansions in Dongguan, China on Sept. 28, 2021. The developer is one of a growing number facing financial strain in China, challenging the narrative from Beijing that it can keep the country’s corporate debt crisis under control while avoiding the disorderly collapse of its property giants. (Gilles Sabrié/The New York Times)
Millions of California walnuts for holiday celebrations stuck at processing plant as supply chain crisis squeezes ports
Workers move crates of shelled walnuts at GoldRiver Orchards, a family-owned walnut producer in Escalon, Calif., on Nov. 16.
Beware of the passion principle
Harvey Schachter
The top 10 films of 2021, and how to watch them now
This image released by 20th Century Studios shows Ariana DeBose as Anita, foreground left, and David Alvarez as Bernardo in "West Side Story." (Niko Tavernise/20th Century Studios via AP)
The top 10 TV series of 2021 dazzle with quality, originality and heft
This handout image Courtesy of Netflix shows a scene of South Korea's "Squid Game" Season one. - A dystopian vision of a polarised society, Netflix smash hit "Squid Game" blends a tight plot, social allegory and uncompromising violence to create the latest South Korean cultural phenomenon to go global. It features South Korea's most marginalised, including the deeply in debt, a migrant worker and a North Korean defector, competing in traditional children's games for the chance to win 45.6 billion won ($38 million) in mysterious circumstances. And losing players are killed. (Photo by YOUNGKYU PARK / Netflix / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / NETFLIX / YOUNGKYU PARK " - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (Photo by YOUNGKYU PARK/Netflix/AFP via Getty Images)
The top 10 theatre events of 2021 show the stage still matters
SixBway2199r.jpg #2199r - (l-r) Samantha Pauly (Katherine Howard), Abby Mueller (Jane Seymour), Anna Uzele (Catherine Parr), Brittney Mack (Anna of Cleves), Andrea Macasaet (Anne Boleyn), & Adrianna Hicks (Catherine of Aragon) Six the Musical Broadway production of SIX, a new musical by Toby Marlow & Lucy Moss
The 10 most stunning and startling artworks at Canadian galleries in 2021
SMALL FILE. Caption as follows: Jeannette Ehlers. Black Bullets, 2012. Video with sound, HD Video: 4:33. Courtesy of Jeannette Ehlers. © Jeannette Ehlers For years end visual art 2021
The top 10 music moments of a tumultuous 2021
***YEAR IN REVIEW*** LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - MAY 23: In this image released on May 23, The Weeknd performs for the 2021 Billboard Music Awards, broadcast on May 23, 2021 at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Rich Fury/Getty Images for dcp)
Customers rethink grocery lists as prices soar
A Longo’s grocery store in Toronto on March 16, 2021. Sobeys parent company Empire bought a controlling stake in Longo’s and Grocery Gateway (Melissa Tait / The Globe and Mail)
Overnight snowstorm sweeps over Nova Scotia, brings rain and snow to Newfoundland
The Nova Scotia Power headquarters is seen in Halifax on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018. A line of thunderstorms knocked out electricity to more than 25-thousand Nova Scotia Power customer overnight. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
Ontario committee recommends portable benefits for gig workers who switch jobs
Ontario Labour Minister Monte McNaughton takes to the podium during a news conference in Toronto on Wednesday April 28, 2021. Ontario should develop a worker benefits plan that is not tied to employers, set up a job board for gig work, and force greater transparency in gig work contracts, a new report on the province's changing work landscape recommends.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
In eccentric horror film Agnes, the devil is in the details
AGNES (2021). Molly Quinn in AGNES. Rumors of demonic possession at a religious convent prompts a church investigation into the strange goings-on among its nuns. A disaffected priest and his neophyte are confronted with temptation, bloodshed and a crisis of faith. CREDIT: Stephan Sutor / Courtesy of Mongrel Media
Starbucks workers vote to unionize at store in Buffalo
FILE- Richard Bensinger, left, who is advising unionization efforts, along with baristas Casey Moore, right, Brian Murray, second from left, and Jaz Brisack, second from right, discuss their efforts to unionize three Buffalo-area stores, inside the movements headquarters on Oct. 28, 2021 in Buffalo, N.Y. The National Labor Relations Board is scheduled to count ballots Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021, from union elections held at three separate Starbucks stores in the Buffalo area. Around 111 Starbucks workers from the three stores were eligible to vote by mail starting last month.(AP Photo/Carolyn Thompson, File)
Kinross on defensive after $1.8-billion bid for Red Lake gold development company Great Bear Resources
DJI_0407 copy.jpg Red Lake Handout Great Bear Resources
EU targets Uber, Deliveroo model with gig workers’ rights plan
FILE PHOTO: A deliveryman for Uber Eats rides a bike in Paris during a lockdown imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in France, France, April, 1, 2020. French supermarket retailer Carrefour and Uber Eats would launch a new delivery service aimed at helping Parisians buy essential goods and food during the nationwide lockdown triggered by the coronavirus crisis. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo
AIDS research fundraiser and celebration of the performing arts brings celebrants out in Toronto and Ottawa
Clio After Party.jpg An AIDS research fundraiser and celebration of the performing arts brings celebrants out at the BSE
China dismisses decisions by Canada, U.K. to join diplomatic boycott of Beijing Olympics as a ‘farce’
BEIJING, CHINA - DECEMBER 07: A visitor walks by the logos for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics at Shougang, a former power plant which now also houses the headquarters of the Beijing Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games, on December 7, 2021 in Beijing, China. The games are set to open on February 4, 2022.(Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)
People who are immunocompromised or received an inactivated COVID-19 vaccine should get a booster: WHO
A clinician displays a tray of syringes filled with prepared doses of a Moderna Covid-19 booster vaccine at a temporary vaccination centre set up inside St John's Church in west London on December 4, 2021. - Britain, which has been among the hardest hit by Covid-19 with more than 145,000 deaths, is racing to offer third doses of coronavirus vaccines to all adults aged over 18 through its state-run National Health Service. (Photo by Daniel LEAL / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)
Morning Update: B.C. hits grim new milestone in overdose deaths
Supplies are seen on a table at an outdoor supervised consumption site in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, on Thursday, May 27, 2021. According to the B.C. Coroners Service, 498 people have died of a drug overdose after using toxic illicit drugs in the first three months of 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Italy’s antitrust watchdog fines Amazon record €1.13-billion for alleged abuse of market dominance
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Amazon is pictured inside the company's office in Bengaluru, India, April 20, 2018. REUTERS/Abhishek N. Chinnappa/File Photo
Thursday’s analyst upgrades and downgrades
A Dollarama store is seen in Montreal on June 11, 2013.
China, Russia and Donald Trump – three threats on the horizon for Canada
John Ibbitson
China Evergrande, Kaisa Group downgraded to ‘restricted default’ by Fitch after missed payment deadlines
(FILES) This file photo taken on September 17, 2021 shows a woman walking past a housing complex by Chinese property developer Evergrande in Guangzhou, China's southern Guangdong province. - Debt-crippled Chinese property giant Evergande has defaulted for the first time, Fitch Ratings agency said on December 9, 2021, as authorities scrambled to avoid contagion throughout the world's second biggest economy. (Photo by Noel Celis / AFP) (Photo by NOEL CELIS/AFP via Getty Images)
Oil settles lower as China developer downgrades add to fears of demand outlook
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 23: Oil pumpjacks stand in the Inglewood Oil Field on November 23, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. President Biden announced a plan to release oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in an effort to curb high gas prices. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Justin Trudeau shouldn’t lecture attendees at the Summit for Democracy. He should take notes
Andrew Coyne
Conservatives call for updated testing and quarantining advice from federal government’s expert panel
Newly sworn in Minister of Health Jean-Yves Duclos speaks during a press conference in Ottawa, Canada on October 26, 2021. (Photo by Lars Hagberg / AFP) (Photo by LARS HAGBERG/AFP via Getty Images)
If Justin Trudeau believes in Parliament, he has a funny way of showing it
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada December 8, 2021. REUTERS/Blair Gable
B.C.’s drug crisis killed more than 200 people in October as province grapples with deadliest year for overdoses
People hold a banner during a march to remember those who died during the overdose crisis and to call for a safe supply of illicit drugs on International Overdose Awareness Day, in Vancouver, on Tuesday, August 31, 2021. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is being urged to decriminalize the possession and use of illicit drugs as a way to combat the opioid crisis that has resulted in thousands of deaths in Canada.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Why you’re never too old to learn to ski, how to live it up in retirement and tax tips for executors of a will
Snow Valley Ski Club in Edmonton, Alberta on Thursday, December 2, 2021. Amber Bracken The Globe and Mail
How Guillermo del Toro turned Toronto into his very own Nightmare Alley
NIGHTMARE ALLEY (2021). Photo by Kerry Hayes. © 2021 20th Century Studios All Rights Reserved
What every Canadian investor needs to know today
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., December 8, 2021. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Thursday’s small-cap stocks to watch
Why global powers fear Russia is preparing to invade Ukraine
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Will Alberta squander a $61-billion cleantech opportunity?
Jeffrey Jones
The close: TSX falls for second day as investors grapple with Omicron uncertainty
A stock ticker showing the S&P/TSX Composite Index on June. 1.
COVID-19, Rogers feud highlight need for family business estate planning
Family businesses often have different needs than other businesses, including in the area of succession planning.
Dec. 9: ‘If it were not for Dominic Barton, where would Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor be today?’ Can Barton hold a candle to Canada’s great diplomats? Plus other letters to the editor
Dominic Barton, Ambassador of Canada to China, center, arrives at a detention center to meet Canadian Michael Spavor, in Dandong, China, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021. A Chinese court has sentenced Michael Spavor to 11 years on spying charges in case linked to Huawei. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
J.T. Miller scores, Vancouver Canucks edge Boston Bruins 2-1 in shootout
Vancouver Canucks centre Bo Horvat, left, celebrates his shootout goal against the Boston Bruins with teammates during NHL action in Vancouver, Wednesday, December 8, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Number of surgeries performed in Canada fell more than half a million during pandemic, report says
It may be harder for Ontario's health system to quickly respond to a future surge in critically ill COVID-19 patients, as non-virus care ramps up and workers contend with burnout, according to a new report. Registered nurse Claire Wilkinson tends to a 47-year-old woman who has COVID-19 and is intubated on a ventilator in the intensive care unit at the Humber River Hospital in Toronto on Tuesday, April 13, 2021.  THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Food prices in Canada forecast to rise at highest rate in more than a decade
People shop for milk at a grocery store in Toronto, on Wednesday, December 8, 2021. (Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail)
Your daily horoscope: December 9
Sagittarius.
Coyotes facing eviction from arena for unpaid bills
Nov 27, 2021; Glendale, Arizona, USA; Arizona Coyotes left wing Antoine Roussel (26) celebrates his goal against the Dallas Stars during the first period at Gila River Arena. Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports
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