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May 23

Drake, The Weeknd win big at Billboard Music Awards
Drake performs onstage in Toronto on Oct. 8, 2016, left, and The Weeknd performs during the halftime show of the NFL Super Bowl 55 football game on Feb. 7, 2021, in Tampa, Fla. Drake, the most decorated winner in the history of the Billboard Music Awards, will be named artist of the decade and The Weeknd, who has 16 nominations, will perform on Sunday's show. (AP Photo)
Jets pull off dramatic, impossible OT win over stunned Oilers
Roy MacGregor
Japan opens mass vaccination sites for elderly ahead of Olympics
People wait to be processed after arriving to receive the Moderna coronavirus vaccine at the newly-opened mass vaccination center in Osaka, western Japan, Monday, May 24, 2021. Japan mobilized military doctors and nurses to give shots to elderly people in Tokyo and Osaka on Monday as the government desperately tries to accelerate its vaccination rollout and curb coronavirus infections just two months before hosting the Olympics. (Kyodo News via AP)
Sun hold off rally, beat Aces 72-65
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - MAY 23: Dearica Hamby #5 of the Las Vegas Aces is guarded by DeWanna Bonner #24 of the Connecticut Sun during their game at Michelob ULTRA Arena on May 23, 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Sun defeated the Aces 72-65. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
Avalanche complete sweep of Blues with 5-2 win
May 23, 2021; St. Louis, Missouri, USA; Colorado Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon (29) reacts after a goal scored by right wing Mikko Rantanen (96) (not pictured) against the St. Louis Blues in the third period in game four of the first round of the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Enterprise Center. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Le-USA TODAY Sports
Samoa in crisis as prime minister-elect locked out of parliament
Samoa's Deputy Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa arrives at Faleolo Airport in Apia, Samoa, on Sept. 8, 2017. Samoa was plunged into a constitutional crisis Monday, May 24, 2021 when the woman who won an election last month was locked out of Parliament and the previous leader claimed he remained in charge. Prime Minister-elect Fiame Naomi Mata’afa and her supporters showed up at parliament to form a new government, but were not allowed inside. (Lukas Coch/AAP Image)
Bergeron, Pastrnak and Bruins finish off Capitals in 5 games
WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 23: Patrice Bergeron #37 of the Boston Bruins celebrates a third period goal with Brad Marchand #63 against the Washington Capitals during Game Five of the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Capital One Arena on May 23, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images)
Booker, Ayton lead Suns past Lakers for first playoff win in 11 years
May 23, 2021; Phoenix, Arizona, USA; Los Angeles Lakers guard Dennis Schroder (17) controls the ball against Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker (1) during game one in the first round of the 2021 NBA Playoffs at Phoenix Suns Arena. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports
Overwhelmed Manitoba calls for help amid third wave of COVID-19
Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg on May 21, 2021. SHANNON VANRAES / THE GLOBE AND MAIL SHANNON VANRAES / THE GLOBE AND MAIL
B.C. logging blockade comes to a head as RCMP start arresting protesters
Protesters’ cars sit parked in a gravel pit near the Fairy Creek blockades headquarters outside Port Renfrew, B.C. on Sunday, May 23, 2021. Activists say more than 100 people are occupying the area. On May 17 RCMP began enforcing an injunction against a series of old-growth logging blockades nearby.
British researchers train dogs to detect COVID-19 with ‘incredible speed and accuracy’
Handout distributed by Medical Detection Dogs
Chase Elliott wins rain-shortened NASCAR Cup debut in Austin
Hsu’s late eagle creates big swing in first LPGA win
Wei-Ling Hsu, left, of Taiwan, holds the winner's trophy with her mother, Wei-chia Lu, as she celebrates afterwinning the LPGA Tour's Pure Silk Championship golf tournament in Williamsburg, Va., Sunday, May 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Denis Shapovalov pulls out of French Open with shoulder injury
Canada's Denis Shapovalov returns the ball to Spain's Rafael Nadal, during their 3rd round match at the Italian Open tennis tournament, in Rome, Thursday, May 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
How to bring a Brutalist public building back to life
Alex Bozikovic
Canadian international Jonathan David fires Lille to Ligue 1 title
Lille's Jonathan David runs for the ball during the French League One soccer match between Angers and Lille at the Raymond Kopa Stadium in Angers, France, Sunday May 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)
Scott Dixon knocks two budding young stars from Indy 500 pole
May 23, 2021; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Chip Ganassi Racing driver Scott Dixon (9) holds his pole position flag for the 2021 Indianapolis 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Mandatory Credit: Marc Lebryk-USA TODAY Sports
Trevor Moore scores twice as U.S. dumps Canada 5-1 at world hockey championship
Blue Jays lose fifth straight as Rays complete comeback win
Tampa Bay Rays' Brett Phillips, right, scores on a walk to Manuel Margot in front of Toronto Blue Jays catcher Danny Jansen during the ninth inning of a baseball game Sunday, May 23, 2021, in Dunedin, Fla. (AP Photo/Mike Carlson)
Phil Mickelson makes history with PGA Championship win
Phil Mickelson holds the Wanamaker Trophy after winning the final round at the PGA Championship golf tournament on the Ocean Course, Sunday, May 23, 2021, in Kiawah Island, S.C. (AP Photo/Matt York)
Belarus diversion of Ryanair plane stuns global aviation leaders
The Ryanair plane with registration number SP-RSM, carrying opposition figure Raman Pratasevich which was traveling from Athens to Vilnius and was diverted to Minsk after a bomb threat, lands at the International Airport outside Vilnius, Lithuania, Sunday, May 23, 2021. The presidential press service said President Alexander Lukashenko personally ordered that a MiG-29 fighter jet accompany the Ryanair plane carrying opposition figure Raman Pratasevich and traveling from Athens, Greece, to Vilnius, Lithuania to the airport in the capital Minsk. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
George Floyd’s family holds rally, march before anniversary of brother’s death
Attorney Ben Crump (C) speaks, flanked by Rev. Al Sharpton (R), the founder and President of National Action Network and George Floyd's sister Bridgett Floyd, during a remembrance for George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on May 23, 2021. - Supporters and relatives of African American George Floyd began gathering on May 23 ahead of the first anniversary of his death under a white policeman's knee, a killing that prompted a reckoning on racial injustice in the United States. (Photo by Kerem YUCEL / AFP) (Photo by KEREM YUCEL/AFP via Getty Images)
Alberta teachers overwhelmingly pass non-confidence motion on education minister
Alberta premier Jason Kenney shakes hands with Adriana LaGrange, Minister of Education after being is sworn into office in Edmonton on Tuesday, April 30, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
Athleisure, grooming products help Harry Rosen weather the pandemic in style
Ian Rosen is shown in Harry Rosen's Toronto's flagship store in a Sept. 8, 2020 handout photo. Ian Rosen, the company's executive vice-president of digital and strategy and grandson of the retailer’s eponymous founder, says the pandemic has accelerated the luxury retailer's expansion into casual wear and the new category of grooming and personal care products. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Kyle Wilson MANDATORY CREDIT
‘Ottawa effect’ could unlock benefits of global co-operation on AI
Semi-conductor chips are assembled and organized on a workbench before a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the opening of a Nanotronics manufacturing center at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Wednesday, April 28, 2021, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. The company will use the renovated 150-year old former shipbuilding space as its headquarters while growing its technology business, specializing in automation, artificial intelligence, and imaging. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Wealth shifts to next generation as parents help kids with down payments
Al Marani poses for a photograph near his Yorkville condo in Toronto Ont., on Saturday, May 22, 2021. Tijana Martin/ The Globe and Mail
Discuss: Was 1971 the most important year in pop music and politics?
John Doyle
‘Doesn’t get more colonial than Victoria Day’: How an Indigenous firm wants to make holidays more inclusive
Animikii CEO Jeff Ward successfully led a campaign to establish a stat holiday for reconciliation, his new effort is geared towards getting companies to "decolonize" their stat holidays by letting employees choose which holidays they want to work or have off. He's photographed in Victoria, B.C., on May 19, 2021. Chad Hipolito/The Globe and Mail
Egypt court says it cannot rule on Suez Canal’s claim over ship that blocked canal
FILE - In this March 30, 2021 file photo, the Ever Given, a Panama-flagged cargo ship, is anchored in Egypt's Great Bitter Lake. An Egyptian appeals court on Sunday, May 23, 2021, said it lacks jurisdiction to look into the Suez Canal Authority’s demands to uphold financial claims that led to the the seizure of the massive Ever Given that blocked the waterway in March. The authority and the ship's owners are in dispute as to whose fault it was that the ship ran aground and how much compensation should be paid. (AP Photo/Mohamed El-shahed, File)
Equity, diversity and inclusion strategies that actually work
Lara Zink (left) is the president and CEO of Women in Capital Markets and Katie Squires-Thompson (right) is the chief strategy officer of Women in Capital Markets. More information about the organization is available at wcm.ca.
Bitcoin down almost 50 per cent from year’s high amid pressure from Musk, China
FILE PHOTO: A representation of virtual currency Bitcoin is seen in front of a stock graph in this illustration taken May 19, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Liverpool, Chelsea clinch last two spots for Champion League qualifiers
Liverpool's Rhys Williams, right, controls the ball past Crystal Palace's Wilfried Zaha during the English Premier League soccer match between Liverpool and Crystal Palace at Anfield stadium in Liverpool, England, Sunday, May 23, 2021. (Phil Noble/Pool via AP)
Deloitte partner Jolain Foster on leadership, reconciliation and what it means to be Gitxsan
Illustration to go with Jolain Foster indigenous leaders interview series. Illustration by Chief Lady Bird. ***PLEASE DO A V2 MANUAL COLOUR CORRECTION FOR PRINT.***
Coal industry scientists say community involvement is key to making mines safe
A conveyor belt transports coal at the Westmoreland Coal Company's Sheerness Mine near Hanna, Alta., Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2016. Coal mines can be environmentally safe and can become useful, enjoyable landscapes when the seam runs out, say scientists working with industry. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Canada’s Gushue and Einarson lose bronze-medal game at world mixed doubles curling championship
Team Einarson/Gushue third Brad Gushue, right, and skip Kerri Einarson discuss strategy while they play Team Sahaidak/Lott during the Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship final in Calgary, Alta., Thursday, March 25, 2021.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Fifty? This birthday feels like it’s happening to someone else
Volcano in eastern Congo leaves death and smoking wreckage, but spares major city
People gather on a stream of cold lava rock following the overnight eruption of Mount Nyiragongo in Goma, Congo, Sunday, May 23, 2021. The volcano unleashed lava that destroyed homes on the outskirts of Goma but the city of nearly 2 million people was mostly spared after the nighttime eruption. Residents of the Buhene area said many homes had caught fire as lava oozed into their neighborhood. (AP Photo/Clarice Butsapu)
Amateur fossil hunter discovers 84-million-year-old fossilized turtle on Vancouver Island
Researchers dust off a fossilized turtle shell found in the rock along the shore of the Puntledge River, in Courtenay, B.C., in an undated handout photo. Experts at the Royal B.C. Museum believe the prehistoric, 84-million-year-old specimen may be one of tow known species of ancient sea turtle previously found in the area. Or, it could be a new species all together. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Royal B.C. Museum, Derek Larson, *MANDATORY CREDIT*
Halifax police charge man with second-degree murder following stabbing
A Halifax Regional Police emblem is seen on a police officer in Halifax on July 2, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
Police watchdog investigating death of Toronto man allegedly shot by officer during wellness check
A logo in shown at the Toronto Police Services headquarters in Toronto, on Friday, August 9, 2019. An independent review of the Toronto police force's handling of missing-persons investigations is set to be released today. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
Verstappen dominates in Monaco GP win, takes F1 title lead from Hamilton
Winner Red Bull's Dutch driver Max Verstappen celebrates during the podium ceremony after the Monaco Formula 1 Grand Prix at the Monaco street circuit in Monaco, on May 23, 2021. (Photo by Sebastien Nogier / various sources / AFP) (Photo by SEBASTIEN NOGIER/AFP via Getty Images)
Canada’s Cam Levins dips under Tokyo Olympic marathon standard with a week to spare
Canadian Cam Levins reacts as he crosses the finish line of the Toronto Scotiabank Waterfront Marathon in Toronto on Sunday, Oct. 21, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
Indian Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar arrested over death of fellow wrestler
Olympic wrestler Sushil Kumar sits inside a vehicle after he was arrested by police over alleged involvement in the murder of a fellow wrestler in New Delhi on May 23, 2021. (Photo by Dinesh Joshi / AFP) (Photo by DINESH JOSHI/AFP via Getty Images)
Ron Kanerva was driven by his passions: adventure, engines and speed
Ronald Wayne Kanerva, lives lived
Ontario wineries take financial hit as COVID-19 pandemic stretches into second summer
Caroline Granger, founder/winemaker of The Grange of Prince Edward Vineyards and Estate Winery poses for a portrait in her field of Victoria block chardonnay at her vineyard in Hillier, Ont., on Friday, May. 21, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Lars Hagberg
COVID-19 news today: Provinces shift vaccination focus to teens and younger adults
Military health-care personnel are on site at a mobile health unit at Sunnybrook Hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Friday, April 30, 2021. The Department of National Defence says Canadian military personnel are coming forward in droves to be vaccinated, with more than 85 per cent of all troops have received at least one dose. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Leafs can be dominant, as long as they keep their focus on the ice
Cathal Kelly
Suburban Hamilton home sells $185,100 over listing price
Done Deal, 159 Glancaster Rd., Hamilton
France’s foreign minister confirms kidnapping of French journalist in Mali
U.K. officials say Pfizer, AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines effective against variant first associated with India
Members of the public queue to receive a Covid-19 vaccine at a temporary vaccination centre at the Science Museum in central London on May 18, 2021. 2021. - England remains on track for the easing of its coronavirus lockdown but is taking no chances after a doubling of cases of an Indian variant, the government has said. (Photo by DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP via Getty Images)
Heads up: It’s spot prawn season in B.C.
Spot Prawn Festival 2017 - cr Meighan Makarchuk (110)A.JPG 2017 spot prawn festival
IOC vice-president gets backlash saying Tokyo Olympics are on, regardless of coronavirus state of emergency
TOKYO, JAPAN - MAY 23: Protesters hold placards as they take part in a demonstration against the forthcoming Tokyo Olympic Games on May 23, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. IOC vice president John Coates told Tokyo 2020 Olympics organisers in a virtual news conference on Friday that the Games would open in just over two months even if Tokyo and other parts of Japan were under a state of emergency because of rising COVID-19 cases. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)
At least 14 dead after Italian cable car plunges into woods, authorities say
A photo taken and handout on may 23, 2021 by The Italian State Police (Polizia di Stato) shows police officers and rescuers by a cable car that crashed to the ground in the resort town of Stresa on the shores of Lake Maggiore in the Piedmont region. - Eight people died and another two were seriously injured Sunday after a cable car crashed to the ground in northern Italy, emergency services said. (Photo by Handout / Polizia di Stato / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / POLIZIA DI STATO / HANDOUT " - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (Photo by HANDOUT/Polizia di Stato/AFP via Getty Images)
India’s capital New Delhi to ease COVID-19 restrictions as cases drop
A security guard sits in front of closed shops along the roadside during a lockdown amid the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic in New Delhi on May 23, 2021. (Photo by Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP) (Photo by SAJJAD HUSSAIN/AFP via Getty Images)
Israeli police escort Jews to flashpoint holy site in Jerusalem
A picture taken on May 21, 2021, shows Jerusalem's Western Wall (R), the holiest site where Jews can pray, and the Dome of the Rock (C) mosque inside Islam's third holiest shrine, the Al-Aqsa mosque compound. (Photo by GIL COHEN-MAGEN / AFP) (Photo by GIL COHEN-MAGEN/AFP via Getty Images)
The best vaccine news this spring may turn out to involve the fight against malaria, not COVID-19
Marcus Gee
Will COVID-19 spell the end of cubicle farms and worker bees?
Radhika Panjwani is a former journalist turned blogger in Toronto
Distracted driving is more than just texting - it’s the hands-free features, too
File #: 3893356 inside a luxury car - businessman driving Credit: iStockphoto (Royalty-Free) Keywords: Car, Driving, Inside Of, Indoors, Traffic, Men, Business, Wheel, Steering Wheel, Businessman, Human Hand, Travel, Behind
May 23: ‘Enough is enough. We should take Toronto back.’ Rail Deck Park and how to plan a city, plus other letters to the editor
The proposal to build over a vast sunken zone to create “Rail Deck Park” was the boldest move in Toronto urbanism this year.
Dynamo stay hot at home with win over Whitecaps
May 22, 2021; Houston, Texas, USA; Houston Dynamo FC midfielder Joe Corona (14) kicks the ball away from Vancouver Whitecaps FC midfielder Caio Alexandre (8) during the second half at BBVA Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports
Your lookahead horoscope: May 23
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