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May 24

Ducks hire long-time Kings exec Jeff Solomon as assistant GM
May 8, 2021; Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA; Anaheim Ducks center Rickard Rakell (67) passes the puck as Minnesota Wild left wing Kevin Fiala (22) defends him during the third period at Xcel Energy Center. Mandatory Credit: Harrison Barden-USA TODAY Sports
Japan expect no impact on Olympics from U.S. travel advisory
(FILES) In this file photo taken on May 18, 2021, security guards keep watch next to the Olympic Rings while people take part in a protest against the hosting of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, in front of the headquarters building of the Japanese Olympic Committee in Tokyo. - The United States warned its citizens on May 24, 2021 not to travel to Olympic host Japan, citing the growing risk of the Covid-19 pandemic in the Asian nation just two months before the Games begin. (Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP) (Photo by KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP via Getty Images)
Rookie Knight saves Panthers in win over Lightning
May 24, 2021; Sunrise, Florida, USA; Florida Panthers goaltender Spencer Knight (30) makes a save against the Tampa Bay Lightning during the third period in game five of the first round of the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs at BB&T Center. Mandatory Credit: Sam Navarro-USA TODAY Sports
Islanders stun Penguins in double OT, take 3-2 series lead
New York Islanders' Josh Bailey (12) celebrates his winning overtime goal in Game 5 of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup first-round playoff series against the Pittsburgh Penguins in Pittsburgh, Monday, May 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Ex-Chadian diplomats to Canada face U.S. bribery charges
(FILES) In this file photo taken on July 22, 2019 The US Department of Justice building is seen in Washington, DC. - Chad's former ambassador to the United States and his ex-deputy have been indicted for allegedly accepting a $2 million bribe from a Canadian start-up energy company, the Justice Department said Monday. Mahamoud Adam Bechir, the former ambassador, and Youssouf Hamid Takane, the former deputy chief of mission, were indicted by a federal grand jury, the department said in a statement. (Photo by Alastair Pike / AFP) (Photo by ALASTAIR PIKE/AFP via Getty Images)
Algoma Steel to go public in US$1.3-billion SPAC deal
A coils of steel is moved by a crane at the Direct Strip Production Complex at Essar Steel Algoma in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., on Wednesday, March 14, 2018. Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales climbed a record 20.7 per cent in June to $48.7 billion, led by the motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts industries. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Australia reinstates coronavirus curbs in Melbourne after fresh outbreak
People walk past a Covid-19 vaccination centre in Melbourne on May 24, 2021 as the city records four new locally acquired cases of Covid-19 in the community after 85 day free of the virus. (Photo by William WEST / AFP) (Photo by WILLIAM WEST/AFP via Getty Images)
India braces for second powerful cyclone in 10 days
A man walks holding an umbrella during a drizzle at the Puri beach on the Bay of Bengalcoast in Odisha, India, Monday, May 24, 2021. Cyclone Yaas was forecast to hit the eastern states of West Bengal and Odisha on Wednesday. (AP Photo)
Jack Campbell shuts down Canadiens in third period as Maple Leafs take series lead
Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Jack Campbell makes the final save of the game on Montreal Canadiens' Brendan Gallagher (11) during third period NHL Stanley Cup playoff hockey action in Montreal, Monday, May 24, 2021. The Maple Leafs downed the Habs 2-1. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
One year after George Floyd’s murder: Progress, problems and frustration with the pace of police reforms
Artist Dennis Owes, 31, from Ghana gives the last touch to his portrait of George Floyd during a rally on Sunday, May 23, 2021, in Brooklyn borough of New York. George Floyd, whose May 25, 2020 death in Minneapolis was captured on video, plead for air as he was pinned under the knee of former officer Derek Chauvin, who was convicted of murder and manslaughter in April 2021. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)
B.C.’s NDP government haunted by past campaign promise
Protesters work to construct road blocks along a logging road at the Fairy Creek blockades headquarters outside Port Renfrew, B.C. on Sunday, May 23, 2021. On May 17 RCMP began enforcing an injunction against a series of old-growth logging blockades in the area.
B.C. First Nation at odds with anti-logging protesters
Two women stand naked wrapped in blankets waiting to be arrested at the Waterfall blockade, one of several old-growth logging blockades in the Fairy Creek watershed area near Port Renfrew, B.C. on May 24 2021. RCMP began enforcing a court injunction against the old-growth logging blockades on May 17, 2021.
After long COVID wait, puck finally drops on elite women’s hockey
Team Bauer Jill Saulnier, right, shoots wide of Team Sonnet goalie Shea Tiley during third period PWHPA Dream Tour hockey action in Calgary, Alta., Monday, May 24, 2021.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Alabama Crimson Tide receiver John Metchie III named the winner of Jon Cornish Trophy
Alabama wide receiver John Metchie III (8) runs against Florida during the first half of the Southeastern Conference championship NCAA college football game, Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
Steven Diez and Carol Zhao post first-round wins in French Open qualifying matches
Aug 4, 2019; Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Steven Diez of Canada plays a shot against Bradley Klahn of the United States (not pictured) during the Rogers Cup tennis tournament at Stade IGA. Mandatory Credit: Eric Bolte-USA TODAY Sports
Canada loses to Germany, falls to 0-3 at world championship
Ice Hockey - IIHF World Ice Hockey Championship 2021 - Group B - Germany v Canada - Arena Riga, Riga, Latvia - May 24, 2021 Canada's Brandon Hagel in action with Germany's Lean Bergmann REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko
Bianca Andreescu breezes to victory in first match after seven-week absence
Leafs-Habs series heating up on the ice, but no fans leaves big void
The clock at the Bell Centre shows graphics before the postponement of an NHL hockey game between the Montreal Canadiens and the Edmonton Oilers, in Montreal on March 22, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
The Liberals are about to pass an UNDRIP bill, and they’d rather not say what it means
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attends a news conference, as efforts continue to help slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada May 18, 2021. REUTERS/Blair Gable
Joe Biden signs bill opening door for Alaska cruises to resume
US President Joe Biden arrives at a briefing on the upcoming Atlantic hurricane season at FEMA headquarters on May 24, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Nicholas Kamm / AFP) (Photo by NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images)
Alberta students prepare to return to the classroom amid concerns over COVID-19 safety
Kristen Dorland with her children Chase and Chloe at Elboya School near their home in Calgary, Alberta, May 20, 2020. Dorland pulled her son out of school two weeks before the current round school shut downs because of COVID fears. Todd Korol/The Globe and Mail
Quebec’s Bill 96 creates ‘opportunity’ for federal Liberals, senator says
French language supporters take part in a demonstration in Montreal, Friday, May 21, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
How to view the total lunar eclipse early Wednesday morning: West coast is the best spot in Canada
FILE - In this Monday, Jan. 21, 2019 file photo, the Earth's shadow falls across the full moon seen above Brighton, southeast England. The first total lunar eclipse in more than two years coincides with a supermoon this week for a cosmic show. This super “blood” moon will be visible Wednesday, May 26, 2021 across the Pacific _ offering the best viewing _ as well as the western half of North America, bottom of South America and eastern Asia. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)
Carson Block on Canadian stocks, broken markets and the stress of selling short
Carson Block, director of research and founding partner of Muddy Waters Research LLC, speaks during an interview in New York, October 16, 2014. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS)
Rays blast seven runs in 11th to beat Blue Jays
Military detain Mali’s president, Prime Minister and defence minister
(FILES) In this file photo taken on September 25, 2020 transition Mali President Bah Ndaw is seen during his inauguration ceremony at the CICB (Centre International de Conferences de Bamako) in Bamako. - Soldiers took Mali's interim president and prime minister to a military base outside of the capital Bamako on May 24, 2021, two officials in the unstable West African country said. An official at the prime ministers's office said President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane had both been taken to the Kati military camp near the capital. (Photo by MICHELE CATTANI / AFP) (Photo by MICHELE CATTANI/AFP via Getty Images)
Why more companies are turning to reverse vesting orders, especially in the cannabis sector
Cannabis plants grow inside of Thrive Cannabis' production facility in Simcoe, Ont. Tuesday, April 13, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tara Walton
What was behind a jet’s diversion to Belarus and a journalist’s arrest?
FILE - In this Nov. 1, 2020, file photo, armed police block demonstrators during an opposition rally to protest the official presidential election results in Minsk, Belarus. The diversion of a Ryanair flight to Lithuania by Belarus, leading to the arrest of Raman Pratasevich, an opposition journalist who was a passenger, has sparked international outrage and calls for tough sanctions against the former Soviet nation. Pratasevich ran a popular messaging app that helped organize the demonstrations. (AP Photo/File)
CBS announces The Late Show with Stephen Colbert is going back to live audiences
FILE - Stephen Colbert attends the CBS Network 2018 Upfront at The Plaza Hotel in New York on May 16, 2018. Colbert will return to doing live shows before a studio audience on June 14. CBS said Monday that audience members at the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York will be required to show proof of vaccination before being admitted, and face masks will be optional for them. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP, File)
Forget the bank of mom and dad — some young people have had to support their parents in the pandemic
Parween Mander stands outside her family home in Richmond, BC, on Thursday, May 13, 2021. Alia Youssef/The Globe and Mail.
Italian Canadians find justice in apology for internment during the Second World War
Joyce Pillarella is pictured at her home in Montreal on Friday, May 21, 2021. After decades of digging in archival material and talking with the families of Italian Canadians who were interned during the Second World War, Montreal historian Joyce Pillarella says Canada's long-awaited apology for the internment gives her family and other families the moral justice they have been waiting for. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
Gaza-based journalists in Hamas chat blocked from accessing WhatsApp
A 3D printed Whatsapp logo and a padlock are placed on a computer motherboard in this illustration picture taken May 4, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
AI has a compute problem. There’s a Canadian approach to solving it
Canada has become a leader in artificial intelligence.
The germ of innovation: The lessons from accelerated COVID-19 vaccine development
FILE — Scientists work with cell cultures at a Pfizer research and development facility in Chesterfield, Mo., March 30, 2021. As developing countries — joined by President Joe Biden — push to set aside patents on COVID vaccines, experts say it won’t work without sharing technological know-how. (Whitney Curtis/The New York Times)
Outgoing Calgary, Edmonton mayors reflect on wide-open races to replace them
Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi speaks after receiving an award from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during the Public Policy Testimonial Dinner in Toronto on Thursday, April 20, 2017. Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi say he won't be running in the municipal election in the fall. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
Comparing the F-150 and Silverado 1500: Long-running rivalry now extends to fuel efficiency for classic trucks
2021 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 4WD Crew Cab High Country Turbo-Diesel
Cryptocurrencies rebound, bitcoin still down 40 per cent from high
FILE PHOTO: Representations of the virtual currency Bitcoin stand on a motherboard in this picture illustration taken May 20, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Friendship soup is a recipe to warm the soul
WHO criticizes rich countries for vaccinating children against COVID-19 while health workers in poorer countries wait
A health worker prepares a Sinopharm coronavirus vaccine at a vaccination center, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Wednesday, March 10, 2021. Pakistan has started vaccinating people who are 60 years old or above amid a steady increase in cases and fatalities from the disease. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)
Phil Mickelson is the new guy again with historic PGA championship at 50
Cathal Kelly
Arab woman receives kidney from Jewish man killed in Israel riot
Randa Aweis, right, who received a kidney transplant from Yigal Yehoshua, a Jewish man who died May 17 after being pelted with rocks amid clashes between Arabs and Jews in Israel’s mixed city of Lod, walks with her daughter, Nevine at Hadassah Ein Karem Hospital in Jerusalem, Monday, May 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
Thousands of Palestinians left homeless after Israeli air strikes on Gaza
A crater full of water and sewage remains where the home of Ramez al-Masri was destroyed by an air-strike prior to a cease-fire reached after an 11-day war between Gaza's Hamas rulers and Israel, Sunday, May 23, 2021, in Beit Hanoun, the northern Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
American editor detained in Myanmar, news site says
Myanmar's junta chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, who ousted the elected government in a coup on February 1, presides an army parade on Armed Forces Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, March 27, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer
One killed, 13 hurt in shooting during illegal concert in South Carolina
Alberta rodeos brace for an uncertain season
Amber L'Heureux has a quiet moment with her horses after she made history in North Battleford, Sask., on May 31, 2019 by becoming the first female driver in the 60 year history of the Canadian Professional Chuckwagon Association's. Leah Hennel photo
Calgary buyer finds a deal on newly-built, luxury townhouse
Oil prices rise on potential hitch in Iran talks
FILE PHOTO: Pump jacks operate at sunset in Midland, Texas, U.S., February 11, 2019. REUTERS/Nick Oxford
India COVID-19 death toll passes 300,000, 3rd highest in world
Hospital staff take out a body from an ambulance at a mortuary in New Delhi on May 24, 2021, as India passes more than 300,000 deaths from coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Money SHARMA / AFP) (Photo by MONEY SHARMA/AFP via Getty Images)
Israeli soldier, civilian stabbed and wounded in Jerusalem
Israeli rescue workers remove a body from the scene of an attack in Jerusalem, Monday, May 24, 2021. An Israeli soldier and a civilian were stabbed Monday near a light rail station in east Jerusalem. The assailant was shot and killed by police, who described it as a terrorist attack. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Blinken lands in Israel to push peace talks after Gaza ceasefire
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken waves as he departs Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland on May 24, 2021. - The United States' Secretary of State Antony Blinken is departing for a Middle East trip aimed at consolidating the ceasefire that brought 11 days of deadly bombardment between Israel and Hamas to a halt. (Photo by Alex Brandon / POOL / AFP) (Photo by ALEX BRANDON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
COVID-19 news today: Quebec lifts emergency coronavirus measures
People walk by a COVID-19 information sign in a city park in Montreal, Sunday, April 5, 2020, as Coronavirus COVID-19 cases rise in Canada and around the world. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
Younger generations will pay for the $500 seniors bonus in last month’s budget
Campbell Clark
Brazen ‘hijacking’ of Ryanair flight shows West running out of tools to deal with Belarus
Belarusian blogger Roman Protasevich, detained when a Ryanair plane was forced to land in Minsk, is seen in a pre-trial detention facility, as he says, in Minsk, Belarus May 24, 2021 in this still image taken from video. Telegram@Zheltyeslivy/Reuters TV/via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.
Toronto’s Inside Out attempts a 2021 film festival like no other
Idella Johnson and Hannah Pepper appear in "Ma Belle, My Beauty", directed by Marion Hill.
Trump-era polarization has ruined the advantage incumbents once held
David Shribman
Australia’s success at fighting COVID has closed it off from the world
Andrew Newman.
Plenty of RVs: Online dating king Markus Frind puts matchmaking skills to work backing motorhome marketplace RVezy
Mike McNaught and Will Thompson (left), co-founders of RVezy, Airbnb of RVs, with one of the rentals in Ottawa, Wednesday, May 19, 2021. Ashley Fraser/Globe & Mail
Where’s the beef? To truly tackle climate change, Canada must get to a place where we don’t even ask
Jessica Scott-Reid
Ottawa’s demand-heavy stimulus plan poses problems for Canada’s economy
David Parkinson
The Bank of Canada says the housing market has gone bonkers – and it can’t do anything about it
The Bank of Canada building is seen in Ottawa, Wednesday, April 15, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
The logistics of moving Canada’s Olympic team to Tokyo during a pandemic
Canadian Olympic rower Carling Zeeman prepares to go out on the water at the Elk Lake training facility in Victoria, B.C., Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020. The rowing facility which is home to national team members has employed Covid-19 protocols such as one-way walking lanes to the dock and boathouse, hand washing stations and a mask policy as athletes prepare for the rescheduled 2021 Tokyo Summer Olympics. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Alberta orders major universities to suspend pursuit of new partnerships with China
(FILES) This file photo taken on June 4, 2019 shows the Chinese flag behind razor wire at a housing compound in Yangisar, south of Kashgar, in China's western Xinjiang region. - The US will seize all imports of tomato and cotton products from China's Xinjiang region due to the use of forced labor, the Customs and Border protection agency announced on January 13, 2021. (Photo by GREG BAKER / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT AFP PHOTO / BADUNG POLICE - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (Photo by GREG BAKER/AFP via Getty Images)
Don’t mask, don’t sell: As firms balance health safety rules against alienating customers, research shows most consumers support stricter policies
Need to Know, ROB mag June 2021
For many Indigenous people, memories of Oka are driving solidarity with Palestinians
A Mohawk Warrior sits in golf cart and uses binoculars to view approaching Canadian army armoured vehiches on highway 344 on the Kanesatake Reserve at Oka, Que., September 1, 1990. (CP Photo/Tom Hanson)
Unhealthy pandemic eating habits? Five tips to get back on track
Leslie Beck
Mysterious owner of Pornhub found living in London
The Pornhub website is shown on a computer screen in Toronto on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. More than 100 survivors of sexual exploitation along with hundreds of non-governmental organizations are urging Ottawa to pursue a "full criminal investigation" into Pornhub's parent company. THE CANADIAN PRESS
How a bond fund manager and an occupational therapist harnessed the power of Bay Street to fund research into a rare illness
Paul and Cheryl Marcogliese play with their two sons James, 3, and Daniel, 5, at their home in Pickering, Ontario on Monday March 2, 2020. Both James and Daniel have a rare and fatal disease called Niemann Pick.
These seven EVs give the most range for your money
FILE PHOTO: A 2019 Chevrolet Bolt plug-in electric vehicle is displayed at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., January 15, 2019. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo
Can I appeal the decision to reduce my maternity leave benefits because of a COVID-19 workshare?
Female hands of business woman professional student using laptop sit at home office desk typing on computer keyboard study work with pc software tech concept, online job and education, close up view
May 24: ‘Many people working from home are happy to continue doing so, permanently.’ Where do Canadians want to work? Plus other letters to the editor
Renee le Nobel works from her home in Vancouver, British Columbia on April 26, 2021. Jackie Dives / The Globe and Mail
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