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June 12

Hong Kong police arrests at least three on anniversary of 2019 protest
A demonstrator holds up a sign during a "Stand With Hong Kong" rally to mark the 2nd anniversary of democracy rallies against the Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill, in Pasadena, California, on June 12, 2021. (Photo by RINGO CHIU / AFP) (Photo by RINGO CHIU/AFP via Getty Images)
Biden reaffirms support for Tokyo Olympics to Japan’s Yoshihide Suga on sidelines of G7 summit
FILE PHOTO: Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and U.S. President Joe Biden hold a joint news conference in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 16, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
English Football Association implores fans not to boo players who ‘take a knee’
North Carolina museum manager defends plans for cancelled Juneteenth event
A plaque near the mural commemorating Juneteenth in Galveston, Texas, on May 5, 2021. On June 19, 1865, a Union general issued an order that led to the freeing of slaves in Texas and a new mural will now mark the spot where it happened.(Montinique Monroe/The New York Times)
Toshiba’s No. 2 shareholder calls for immediate resignation of board chair, three directors
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Toshiba is seen as a shareholder arrives at an extraordinary shareholders meeting in Chiba, Japan, March 30, 2017. REUTERS/Toru Hanai/File Photo
Taiwan’s Min Lee takes two-shot lead at Lake Merced
DALY CITY, CA - JUNE 12: Min Lee of Chinese Taipei hits a shot on the 2nd hole during the round three of the LPGA Mediheal Championship at Lake Merced Golf Club on June 12, 2021 in Daly City, California. (Photo by Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images)
Victims of Pulse nightclub massacre remembered five years later
Visitors pay tribute to the display outside the Pulse nightclub memorial Friday, June 11, 2021, in Orlando, Fla. Saturday will mark the fifth anniversary of the mass shooting at the site. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
Canada defeats Haiti in first leg of second-round World Cup qualifier
Blue Jays slug 5 homers in 7-2 victory over Red Sox
Toronto Blue Jays' Vladimir Guerrero Jr. runs on his two-run home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox, Saturday, June 12, 2021, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
Amid ‘diminishing demand’ for first COVID-19 doses, Alberta unveils three $1-million vaccine lotteries to spur uptake
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney updates media on measures taken to help with COVID-19 in Edmonton on Friday, March 20, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
Top military commanders go golfing with Gen. Jonathan Vance amid sexual misconduct probe
Gen. Jonathan Vance, then chief of the defence staff, speaks to reporters after a change of command ceremony in Ottawa on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Spain’s Jimenez has one-stroke lead over Fred Couples in Wisconsin
MADISON, WISCONSIN - JUNE 12: Miguel Angel Jimenez of Spain hits his tee shot on the fifth hole during the second round of the American Family Insurance Championship at University Ridge Golf Course on June 12, 2021 in Madison, Wisconsin. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images)
‘Ideal RCMP member’: Constable killed during traffic stop in rural Saskatchewan
The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police "E" Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on Friday, April 13, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
G7 leaders to pledge increase in climate-finance contributions
Shopkeepers look out as Red Brigade activists attend an Extinction Rebellion demonstration in Falmouth, during the G7 summit in Cornwall, Britain, June 12, 2021. REUTERS/Toby Melville
B.C. Liberals’ election post-mortem document says vote not ‘winnable’ at start
B.C. Liberal Leader Andrew Wilkinson leaves the stage after announcing he is stepping down as party leader, during a news conference in Burnaby, B.C., on Monday, October 26, 2020. The British Columbia Liberal Party says last fall's election defeat was marred by factors that included an unenthusiastic campaign platform, an uncomfortable leader and widespread perception within the party it was destined to lose. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Quebec, Ottawa name facilitator on residential schools file
FILE PHOTO: People visit a makeshift memorial on the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School, after the Tk'emlups te Secwepemc band council encouraged mourners to take part in a national day of prayer to honour the remains of 215 children that were found at the site in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada June 6, 2021. REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier/File Photo
Showers, bottled water available for Grand Lake, N.S., residents facing ongoing water order
A sign marks a closed beach on Grand Lake in Oakfield Provincial Park in Oakfield, N.S., Thursday, June 10, 2021. Nova Scotia residents near a lake with a suspected blue-green algae bloom are being offered bottled water and shower facilities amid ongoing warnings to avoid using water from Grand Lake north of Halifax. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
Austin, Texas, mass shooting leaves at least 14 injured; one out of two suspects still at large
Interim Austin Police Chief Joseph Chacon speaks at a news conference about the shooting, Saturday, June 12, 2021 in downtown Austin, Texas. Police were searching for two people suspected in a mass shooting on a crowded downtown Austin street early Saturday in which 14 people were wounded, including two critically. (Ana Ramirez/Austin American-Statesman via AP)
‘Intense’ Iran nuclear talks resume as Germany calls for rapid progress
A worker prepares a campaign banner of presidential candidate Ebrahim Raisi at a print shop in the Iranian capital Tehran on June 7, 2021. - Iranians are set to elect a successor to President Hassan Rouhani on June 18 amid widespread discontent over a deep economic and social crisis caused by the reimposition of crippling sanctions after the US pulled out of the 2015 nuclear deal. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP) (Photo by ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images)
G7 leaders commit to plan to tackle next global health crisis
Extinction Rebellion environmental activists and supporters protest in the streets of Falmouth, Cornwall during the G7 summit on June 12, 2021. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP) (Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)
G7 leaders agree to single out China for human rights abuses, export dumping, U.S. official says
FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators hold placards during a protest against Uyghur genocide, in London, Britain April 22, 2021. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls/File Photo
Federal government urged to review settlement decisions for residential school survivors
The Kamloops Indian Residential School in Kamloops, B.C., is shown in this 1930 handout photo. HO — Deschatelets-NDC Archives
Montrealer Felix Auger-Aliassime advances to Stuttgart Open final
Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada reacts after winning his semi final match against Sam Querrey of the United States at the ATP tennis tournament in Stuttgart, Germany, Saturday, June 12, 2021. (Marijan Murat/dpa via AP)
Romelu Lukaku sends message to Denmark’s Christian Eriksen as Belgium wins at Euro 2020
Medics stretcher Denmark's midfielder Christian Eriksen off the pitch after he collapsed during the UEFA EURO 2020 Group B football match between Denmark and Finland at the Parken Stadium in Copenhagen on June 12, 2021. (Photo by Jonathan NACKSTRAND / POOL / AFP) (Photo by JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
At funeral for Muslim family killed in vehicle attack, relative says community support has helped
Mourners pray as caskets draped in Canadian flags are lined up at a funeral for the four Muslim family members killed in a deadly vehicle attack, at the Islamic Centre of Southwest Ontario in London, Ont., on Saturday, June 12, 2021. Talat Afzaal, 74, her son Salman Afzaal, 46, his wife Madiha Salman, 44, and their 15-year-old daughter Yumna Salman all died last Sunday night while out for a walk after a man in a truck drove them down in what police have called a premeditated attack because they were Muslim. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette-Pool
Police in New Brunswick continue manhunt after suspect’s car found
Stephen Perley Jr. is shown in this undated RCMP handout photo. The RCMP in western New Brunswick is warning people in the Tobique-Perth area to lock their doors and stay inside after a man fired at police. RCMP say Mounties responded to a report Friday night of a man pointing and firing a gun in Medford. RCMP have identified the suspect as 25-year-old Stephen Perley, Jr. and say he was last seen driving a red, four-door Toyota Tacoma on a road in a wooded area. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, RCMP *MANDATORY CREDIT*
Unseeded Barbora Krejcikova wins first Grand Slam title at French Open
Ontario shortens wait time for second shot after AstraZeneca vaccine
A sign encouraging vaccination is seen at the doors of a pub as staff watch patrons arrive, in Ottawa on the first day of Ontario's first phase of re-opening amidst the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, on Friday, June 11, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
‘Turnkey ready’ house in Richmond Hill nets five offers
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Drug makers want another delay for new pricing regulations from Ottawa
Multivitamins are shown on the packaging line at the Pfizer plant in Montreal, Thursday, July 12, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
Western Canada: Keystone XL’s death leaves Alberta on the hook – and looking for another fight
FILE - In this Aug. 20, 2014, file photo, some of more than 350 miles of pipe awaiting shipment for the Keystone XL oil pipeline project is stored at Welspun Tubular, in Little Rock, Ark. The sponsor of the Keystone XL crude oil pipeline says it's pulling the plug on the contentious project, Wednesday, June 9, 2021, after Canadian officials failed to persuade the Biden administration to reverse its cancellation of the company's permit. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)
G7 to announce global infrastructure plan to challenge China’s Belt and Road Initiative
Extinction Rebellion environmental activists and supporters protest in the streets of Falmouth, Cornwall during the G7 summit on June 12, 2021. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP) (Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)
Can antibodies from human breast milk help in the COVID-19 fight?
Viraj Mane, co-Founder of Lactiga, a Toronto-based biotherapeutics company, is photographed with a sample of donated breast milk used to extract antibodies, in Toronto, on Mon., May 11, 2021. (Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail)
Saudi Arabia restricts hajj pilgrimage to 60,000 participants, no foreigners
FILE PHOTO: Muslim pilgrims wearing face masks and keeping social distance perform Tawaf around Kaaba during the annual Haj pilgrimage amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia July 31, 2020. Saudi Press Agency/Handout via REUTERS
Concerns grow over risk of rare heart condition from COVID-19 vaccine in young men
A man enters a COVID-19 vaccination clinic in Montreal, on Thursday, May 27, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
In Montreal’s urban parks, hunting is largely legal – but locals are pressing to change that
With COVID-19 vaccines unavailable for young children, vaccinated parents face conundrum
Sherrese Carby, a teacher involved with the Room of Your Own Book Club, poses for a photograph in Toronto Ont., on Friday, June 4, 2021. Tijana Martin/ The Globe and Mail
Inside ‘Project Camouflage,’ a Bay Street sting that went bust
A sign shows the entrance to the offices of the Catalyst Capital Group Inc. in Toronto, Ontario, Canada July 6, 2017. Picture taken July 6, 2017. To match Special Report CANADA-CATALYST/ REUTERS/Chris Helgren - RC17FF7CF020
Doug Ford wields a sledgehammer on a gnat
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The Timmins tag team: When opioids and official inaction were killing people, these doctors pushed for life-saving changes
What if we designed cities for the safety of people, instead of the convenience of cars?
Signs on the sidewalk outside the Victory Cafe on Bloor St. West in TorontoÕs Annex neighbourhood, are photographed on April 28 2020.
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Amid India’s COVID-19 crisis, advocates raise alarm over growing number of political prisoners behind bars
Undated photos of Hany Babu from his wife Jenny Rowena.
Fish are caught in the middle of the catch-and-release debate
Canada’s major fairs walking a financial tightrope as 2021 events cancelled
Children swing on a midway ride at the 140th annual Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto on August 19, 2018. The Canadian National Exhibition says the COVID-19 pandemic has put the future of the annual Toronto event in jeopardy. Organizers behind the 123-year-old summer fair says cancelling the CNE's in-person events this year to help stop the spread of COVID-19 has resulted in a $6-million loss already. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
Shaken by recent attacks, Canadian Muslim women stand up against hate even amid safety fears
Sara Abdul Latif, 18, in downtown Edmonton, Alberta on Thursday, June 10, 2021. Ms Abudl Latif says she feels like she sticks out on transit and in public spaces, where other Muslim's have been attacked, but she won't change herself-including her choice to wear hijab-because of other people's hate. Amber Bracken
As the battle over bitcoin heats up, all eyes are on El Salvador
Roberto Carlos Silva, owner of La Zontena store, poses at his business where he accepts Bitcoins at El Zonte Beach in Chiltiupan, El Salvador June 8, 2021. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas
Restoring my vintage 1978 Ferrari is a labour of love
Web version Lou's Garage advice column logo Driving section credit illustration by John Sopinski/The Globe and Mail
Let the Air Canada blunder teach companies that money isn’t the only way to show appreciation
Air Canada planes sit on the tarmac at Pearson International Airport during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Wednesday, April 28, 2021. Air Canada says it will recall more than 2,600 employees who were furloughed during the COVID-19 pandemic. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Seamus O’Regan aides door-knocked for Newfoundland Liberals during taxpayer-funded trip from Ottawa
Natural Resources Minister Seamus O'Regan responds to a question during Question Period in the House of Commons Tuesday February 4, 2020 in Ottawa.  THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
June 12: ‘[N]o institution should be above the law, including the Catholic Church.’ Readers respond to the Pope’s refusal to apologize, plus other letters to the editor
(FILES) In this file photo taken on May 16, 2021, Pope Francis celebrates a Holy Mass for the community of Rome's Myanmar faithful, at St. Peter's Basilica in The Vatican. - Canada's Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller said on June 3, 2021, it is "shameful" that the Pope has never formally apologized for abuses at the country's Catholic-run indigenous residential schools, which he termed "labour camps." Miller's comments followed the recent discovery of unmarked graves of 215 children in Kamloops at one of 139 boarding schools set up a century ago to forcibly assimilate Canada's indigenous peoples. (Photo by REMO CASILLI / POOL / AFP) (Photo by REMO CASILLI/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
China, U.S. diplomats clash over human rights, pandemic origin
FILE - In this Feb. 22, 2021, file photo, a woman wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus sits near a screen showing China and U.S. flags as she listens to a speech at the Lanting Forum at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs office in Beijing. Senior Chinese foreign policy adviser Yang Jiechi and Secretary of State Antony Blinken held a phone call Friday, June 11, 2021 that revealed wide divisions in a number of contentious areas including the curtailing of freedoms in Hong Kong and the mass detention of Muslims in the northwestern Xinjiang region. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)
Indigenous leaders ask Catholics to stay home, push for apology
VAN03:CANADA-NATIVES:VANCOUVER,30JULY97- Assembly of First Nations leadership candidate Phil Fontaine (R) shakes hands with Chief Felix Thomas at the 18th annual General Assembly July 30 in Vancouver. Fontaine is in a three-way tie with incumbent chief Ovide Mercred and Wendy Grant-John in a vote which takes place today. jv/Photo by Jeff Vinnick REUTERS
Loyd scores 20 points, WNBA-leading Storm beat Dream 86-75
Seattle Storm center Mercedes Russell (2) drives the ball against Atlanta Dream forward Elizabeth Williams, right, during the second half of a WNBA basketball game Friday, June 11, 2021, in College Park, Ga. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
Suns spoil Nikola Jokic’s MVP party, beat Nuggets 116-102
Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic, right, loses control of the ball as Phoenix Suns center Deandre Ayton defends during the second half of Game 3 of an NBA second-round playoff series Friday, June 11, 2021, in Denver. Phoenix won 116-102. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Kang takes one-stroke lead in LPGA Tour event at Lake Merced
DALY CITY, CA - JUNE 11: Danielle Kang of the United States hits a shot on the 7th hole during the second round of the LPGA Mediheal Championship at Lake Merced Golf Club on June 11, 2021 in Daly City, California. (Photo by Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images)
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