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Legislature member Shannon Martin declares intention to seek Manitoba Tory leadership
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Flyers sign centre Sean Couturier to $62-million, eight-year extension
FILE - Philadelphia Flyers' Sean Couturier (14) plays against the Pittsburgh Penguins during an NHL hockey game in Pittsburgh, in this Saturday, March 6, 2021, file photo. The Flyers signed No. 1 center Sean Couturier to an eight-year contract extension worth $62 million. “As one of the premier two-way centers in the NHL, Sean has the rare talent to shut down opposing team’s top players while also contributing at a high offensive level," general manager Chuck Fletcher said in a news release. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)
U.S. Supreme Court allows evictions to resume during pandemic
FILE - In this Aug. 4, 2021, file photo, housing advocates protest on the eviction moratorium in New York. The Supreme Court is allowing evictions to resume across the United States, blocking the Biden administration from enforcing a temporary ban that was put in place because of the coronavirus pandemic. Roughly 3.5 million people in the United States said they faced eviction in the next two months, according to Census Bureau data from early August. (AP Photo/Brittainy Newman, File)
PWHPA to hold Dream Gap Tour international showcase tournament in Nova Scotia
Team Scotiabank forward Rhianna Kurio (10) is stopped by Team Bauer goalie Ann-Renee Desbiens (30) during the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association (PWHPA) Secret Dream Gap Tour at the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary in this Friday, May 28, 2021 handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, Dave Holland/PWHPA *MANDATORY CREDIT*
Canadian Marco Arop captures second consecutive Diamond League 800-metre title
Athletics - Diamond League - Lausanne - Lausanne, Switzerland - August 26, 2021 Canada's Marco Arop wins the men's 800m final REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
Tiger-Cats to start Dane Evans at quarterback against Alouettes
Hamilton Tiger-Cats quarterback Dane Evans (9) throws the ball during first half CFL East Final football action against the Edmonton Eskimos in Hamilton, Ont., on Sunday, Nov. 17, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
Beckham joins Browns’ team drills for first time at practice
Cleveland Browns wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. (13) talks with Jarvis Landry during an NFL football practice in Berea, Ohio, Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021. (AP Photo/David Dermer)
Alberta hospital admissions rise as COVID-19 cases spike amid fourth wave
EMS prepare their ambulances at the U of A Hospital in Edmonton Alberta, May 7, 2021. With the increased amount of COVID-19 cases in Alberta hospitals are getting over whelmed. Jason Franson/The Globe and Mail.
Biden vows to complete Afghanistan evacuation despite deadly Kabul bombing
President Joe Biden speaks about the bombings at the Kabul airport that killed at least 12 U.S. service members, from the East Room of the White House, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Titans’ outbreak now at nine; QB Ryan Tannehill on COVID list
FILE - Tennessee Titans quarterback Ryan Tannehill (17) throws a pass during NFL football training camp in Nashville, tenn., in this Wednesday, July 28, 2021, file photo. The league can’t mandate the vaccine but it made its stance clear through strict protocols for players who don’t get it. “I wouldn’t have got the vaccine without the protocols they are enforcing on us,” Tannehill said this week. (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski, File)
Legault lays out Quebec’s demands, criticizes ‘centralist’ Liberal and NDP campaigns
Quebec Premier Francois Legault gestures as he unveils his wish list to the leaders in the federal election, at his office in Quebec City, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021. Quebec Treasury Board president Sonia Lebel, left, looks on. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
Canada’s biggest long-term care operators to enforce mandatory COVID-19 vaccine policy
**one time use. must download again** Chartwell private residence sign outside their Lachine complex in Lachine, Que., Monday, September 28, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS IMAGES/Mario Beauregard
Davies, David, Hutchinson back in Canada’s fold for key World Cup qualifiers
Soccer Football - Bundesliga - Bayern Munich v FC Cologne - Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany - August 22, 2021 Bayern Munich's Alphonso Davies with Chris Richards during the warm up before the match REUTERS/Andreas Gebert DFL regulations prohibit any use of photographs as image sequences and/or quasi-video.
Tropical Storm Ida on track to hit Gulf Coast as hurricane
A resident of Gulfport, Miss., battles strong wind and rain as Tropical Storm Ida approaches.
Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole says flags on federal buildings, at half-mast since spring, should be raised
Flags hang at half mast at the Sk'elep School of Excellence near the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School after the remains of 215 children, some as young as three years old, were found at the site in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada June 6, 2021. Picture taken June 6, 2021. REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier
Jamie Lee Rattray scores twice for Canada in 5-1 win over U.S. at women’s world hockey championship
CALGARY, AB - AUGUST 26: Ann-Renee Desbiens #35 of Canada celebrates after defeating United States in the 2021 IIHF Women's World Championship Group A match played at WinSport Arena on August 26, 2021 in Calgary, Canada. (Photo by Derek Leung/Getty Images)
McIlroy, Rahm part of three-way tie for lead at BMW Championship
Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, tees off on the 13th hole during the first round of the BMW Championship golf tournament, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, at Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills, Md. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris says she urged Vietnam to free political dissidents
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks with National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE) director Dang Duc Anh during her visit to the NIHE where 270,000 doses of Pfizer vaccine arrived earlier in the morning, in Hanoi, Vietnam, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP)
B.C. reports two deaths, 724 new cases of COVID-19
A woman wears a protective face covering to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 as he walks past the emergency entrance of Vancouver General Hospital in Vancouver, B.C., Friday, April 9, 2021.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Canadian woman stuck in Afghanistan worries she will die as military ends operation
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - AUGUST 24: In this handout provided by U.S. Central Command Public Affairs, U.S. Air Force loadmasters and pilots assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, load passengers aboard a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III in support of the Afghanistan evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport (HKIA) on August 24, 2021 in Kabul, Afghanistan. The United States and allies urged Afghans to leave Kabul airport, citing the threat of terrorist attacks, as Western troops race to evacuate as many people as possible by August 31. (Photo by Master Sgt. Donald R. Allen/U.S. Air Forces Europe-Africa via Getty Images)
Liberals’ proposed cut to federal mortgage insurance rates won’t make housing more affordable, experts say
A realtor's sign stands outside a house for sale in Toronto, Ontario, Canada May 20, 2021. REUTERS/Chris Helgren ?
Contracting COVID-19 increases risk of rare blood clots more than getting vaccine, study shows
People queue to receive a dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech covid-19 vaccine at a mobile vaccination centre set up in a bus parked outside Premier League club Newcastle United's St James's Park football stadium in Newcastle, north east England on August 15, 2021. - The UK opens Covid-19 vaccination appointments to 16-19 year old, hoping that all in this age group are offered a dose of the vaccine by August 23. (Photo by Lindsey Parnaby / AFP) (Photo by LINDSEY PARNABY/AFP via Getty Images)
Alouettes expect to see the best of the Tiger-Cats in home opener
Montreal Alouettes quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. hands off the ball to William Stanback against the Calgary Stampeders during first half CFL football action in Calgary on August 20, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/David Chidley
Bills coach McDermott frustrated by team’s low vaccination rate
Buffalo Bills wide receiver Isaiah McKenzie (19) on the field against the Detroit Lions during an NFL preseason football game, Friday, Aug. 13, 2021, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Rick Osentoski)
George Springer making strides in recovery from knee injury, runs bases without issue
Toronto Blue Jays' George Springer, center, is escorted off the field after being injured while chasing a deep fly ball during the seventh inning of the team's baseball game against the Seattle Mariners on Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
White Sox blast three homers to beat Blue Jays and salvage series split
Chicago White Sox's Luis Robert hits a two run home run, scoring Tim Anderson in the third inning of an American League MLB baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays in Toronto on Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jon Blacker
Liberal housing pledge: What makes no sense, what makes good sense and what Canadians really need
FILE PHOTO: A real estate sign that reads "For Sale" and "Sold Above Asking" stands in front of housing in Vaughan, a suburb in Toronto, Canada, May 24, 2017. REUTERS/Mark Blinch
U.S. pledges more aid to earthquake victims in Haiti
Patients are kept outside the OFATMA hospital during a power outage after the August 14 earthquake, in Les Cayes, Haiti August 25, 2021. Picture taken August 25, 2021. REUTERS/Ralph Tedy Erol NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES
Time’s Up CEO Tina Tchen resigns in wake of Andrew Cuomo scandal
FILE - In this June 23, 2014, file photo, Tina Tchen, chief of staff to first lady Michelle Obama, speaks at the White House Summit on Working Families in Washington. Tchen, who went on to become the CEO of the sex harassment victims' advocacy group Time's Up, resigned from the position on Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, in the wake of revelations that leaders of the group advised former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on how to handle allegations made against him. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
Candyman falls into its own derivative critique of race and class
This image released by Universal Pictures shows Rodney L. Jones III in a scene from "Candyman," directed by Nia DaCosta. (Parrish Lewis/Universal Pictures and MGM Pictures via AP)
Man sentenced to life for killing woman with hammer in terrorism case
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
Vacation Friends on Disney+ starts strong but soon falls flat on its face
This image released by Hulu shows Meredith Hagner, from left, Yvonne Orji, Lil Rel Howery and John Cena in a scene from "Vacation Friends." (Jessica Miglio/20th Century Studios)
U.S. and Canadian stock markets lower as investors anticipate economic summit
Bay Street in Canada's financial district is shown in Toronto on Wednesday, March 18, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
We said we would help them. Now, Canada has abandoned the Afghans who helped us
Journalist Kiran Nazish is at Brandon University as this year's Stanley Knowles Distinguished Visiting Professor. (Submitted)
Reducing the financial stress of postsecondary education
Tim Cestnick
15 U.S. financial companies with bullish price momentum
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Plans start for permanent residential school memorial in Calgary
A temporary memorial for victims of Canada's residential schools is blessed by Indigenous elders in a pipe ceremony in Calgary on Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021. Plans are underway to create a permanent memorial for victims of Canada's residential schools to replace a fire-damaged one that includes hundreds of children's shoes on the steps of Calgary City Hall. The temporary memorial, which also has stuffed animals and a child's bicycle, was blessed by Indigenous elders in a pipe ceremony Thursday. The city and Calgary's Indigenous and Metis communities have committed to work toward building a permanent marker to remember the children who died in the schools. The site has been the target of recent vandalism. Ashes can be seen in one area where someone tried to burn a teddy bear and some shoes. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Bill Graveland
Gunmen in Nigeria release abducted Islamic students
A parent sits at the door to one of the classrooms where bandits abducted students at an Islamic day school in Tegina, Niger State, Nigeria August 10, 2021. Picture taken August 10, 2021. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde
RCMP investigating hack of spy watchdog network and theft of files
FILE PHOTO: A man takes part in a hacking contest during the Def Con hacker convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. on July 29, 2017. REUTERS/Steve Marcus
Evening Update: At least 72 dead in Kabul airport attack, including 12 U.S. troops; Ryerson University decides to change name
A person wounded in a bomb blast outside the Kabul airport in Afghanistan on Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, arrives at a hospital in Kabul. The Pentagon confirmed at least two blasts outside the Kabul airport and said there were a number of casualties, after Western governments warned of a security threat there. (Victor J. Blue/The New York Times)
BHP preparing to remove U.S. Gulf of Mexico workers, shut-in oil production
FILE PHOTO: BHP's logo is projected on a screen during a round-table meeting with journalists in Tokyo, Japan, June 5, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo
Canada bank stocks drop as markets digest Liberals’ proposed tax hike implications
File picture of Toronto's Bay Street banking district.
This election campaign is an attack on big business
Andrew Willis
Britain drops COVID-19 quarantine requirement for Canadian travellers as of Monday
A passenger stands next to a COVID-19 testing centre sign in the International arrivals area of Terminal 5 in London's Heathrow Airport, Britain, August 2, 2021. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls
Mi’kmaq group to create logo to mark authenticity of cultural products
Three female personal finance influencers to follow
Rob Carrick
Why aren’t we talking about Indigenous communities during Canada’s election campaign?
Tanya Talaga
Ontario health units want provincial COVID-19 vaccine certificate, exploring regional approach
Hundreds of people line up for the Peel Region Doses After Dark vaccination clinic in Mississauga, Ont. on May 15, 2021. The top doctor in a COVID-19 hot spot says he's looking into what could be done locally to create a vaccine certificate program if the Ontario government doesn't implement one. Peel Region's Dr. Lawrence Loh says he's reiterating a call for the province to bring in a vaccine certificate program, which could limit access to certain non-essential activities to those who are fully immunized. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
Northern Ontario First Nations leaders ask for help with mental health crisis in remote community
Chief Chris Moonias and his council, a member from Indigenous Service Canada, Nishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler, NDP MPP Sol Mamakwa and technicians from Nibi Services who are diagnosing the water arrive in Neskantaga First Nations. The 24 Members of Neskantaga First Nations who remained in the community after the chief and council evacuated the community due to an oily sheen discovered on the water plants reservoir tanks made signs all around town voicing their frustrations with living in Canada’s longest standing boil water advisory. The 24 strong, as they refer to themselves as, speak of loneliness and the enormous burden they are living to keep the community houses and animals safe from winters onset in the evacuated community on October 26, 2020. The remaining protectors have been bathing in buckets using sponges with boiled water from the lake or flown in jugs. David Jackson / The Globe and Mail
Remember making real phone calls, not today’s distracted chats?
Ryerson University decides to change name amid reckoning on Indigenous residential schools
FILE PHOTO: A man stands on the defaced statue of Egerton Ryerson, considered an architect of Canada's residential indigenous school system, as it lies on the pavement after being toppled following a protest at Ryerson University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada June 6, 2021. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File Photo
More Ontario universities strengthen campus COVID-19 vaccination policies
Students walk across campus at Western University in London, Ont., Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Geoff Robins
A quick – and newly cheap – way to get into bank stocks in advance of the dividend hikes to come
Bank skyscrapers are seen from Bay Street in Toronto's financial district, on Wednesday, June 16, 2010. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrien Veczan
Novak Djokovic to launch bid for calendar-year Grand Slam against qualifier at U.S. Open
FILE - Novak Djokovic, of Serbia, serves to Jan-Lennard Struff, of Germany, during the third round of the U.S. Open tennis championships in New York, in this Friday, Sept. 4, 2020, file photo. Djokovic will begin his bid to win the U.S. Open for a men’s-record 21st major tennis championship and to complete a calendar-year Grand Slam by facing a player who comes through qualifying. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)
Politics Briefing: As last Canadian planes leave Kabul, campaigning Trudeau forced to defend response to Afghanistan crisis
Afghan refugees who supported Canada’s mission in Afghanistan prepare to board buses after arriving in Canada, at Toronto Pearson International Airport August 24, 2021. Picture taken August 24, 2021. MCpl Genevieve Lapointe/Canadian Forces Combat Camera/Canadian Armed Forces Photo/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.
Champions League produces heavyweight matchups even without a Super League
The trophy is displayed during the soccer Champions League draw in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
Cape Breton University issues vaccine mandate, Nova Scotia reports one new COVID-19 case
The Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine is prepared at a vaccination clinic in Dartmouth, N.S., on Thursday, June 3, 2021. Health officials in Nova Scotia are reporting one new case of COVID-19 and one new recovery today. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
An angry public is forcing timid governments to get tough with COVID-19 vaccine resisters
Gary Mason
Video appears to show deadly explosions near Kabul airport
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French beekeeper invents trap to take on ‘murder hornets’
French beekeeper Denis Jaffre poses with his invention, a trap designed to catch Asian giant hornets, an invasive species also known as "murder hornets" that prey on bee colonies, in Pencran, France, August 18, 2021. Picture taken August 18, 2021. REUTERS/Manuel Ausloos
Rent-a-robot: Silicon Valley’s new answer to the labour shortage in smaller U.S. factories
A Rapid Robotics robot moves products inside a Westec Plastics Corp warehouse in Livermore, California, U.S. on August 19, 2021. Picture taken August 19, 2021. REUTERS/Nathan Frandino
Hurricanes sign forward Andrei Svechnikov to an eight-year extension
TAMPA, FLORIDA - JUNE 03: Andrei Svechnikov #37 of the Carolina Hurricanes looks to pass during Game Three of the Second Round of the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs against the Tampa Bay Lightning at Amalie Arena on June 03, 2021 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)
Number of active wildfires in B.C. falls below 250 as cooler temperatures in forecast
Wildland firefighter Ty Feldinger works on steep terrain to put out hot spots remaining from a controlled burn the BC Wildfire Service conducted to help contain the White Rock Lake wildfire on Okanagan Indian Band land, northwest of Vernon, B.C., Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Green Leader Annamie Paul points out online threats, calls for accountability
Green Party Leader Annamie Paul launches her election campaign at a press conference in the riding of Toronto Centre, on Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
Investors see no speed bump in U.S. Federal Reserve’s Jackson Hole event
FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2020 file photo, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell listens during a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Powell on Thursday, April 8, 2021 said the U.S. economy, boosted by quickening vaccinations and signs of rapid hiring, is headed toward a strong recovery, though he cautioned not all will immediately benefit. (Al Drago/The New York Times via AP, Pool)
Liberals promise to hike Guaranteed Income Supplement for low-income seniors if elected
Canada's Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a news conference at Patro Roc-Amadour community centre during his election campaign tour in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, August 26, 2021. REUTERS/Mathieu Belanger
No charges for owners of Montreal-area private care home where dozens died of COVID-19
Flowers and notes for loved ones are seen at a makeshift memorial in front of the CHSLD Herron seniors residence in Dorval, Que., Wednesday, April 22, 2020. Quebec's Crown prosecutor's office says the owners of the care home where dozens died during the first wave of COVID-19 will not face criminal charges. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
Fed’s hawkish wing urges U.S. central bank to begin paring bond purchases on eve of Powell’s speech
St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President James Bullard speaks at a public lecture in Singapore October 8, 2018. REUTERS/Edgar Su/Files
Nine dead after crane collapses in Kenya’s capital
Construction workers observe the wreckage after a crane collapsed at a construction project to build a 14-storey student hostel in Nairobi, Kenya Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021. Police in Kenya's capital say nine people are dead, including two Chinese engineers, after the crane collapsed at the site being supervised by a Chinese construction firm. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
Architect-directed renovation upscales Baby Point house
Done Deal, 74 Baby Point Rd., Toronto
Fire and Flower buying company behind PotGuide cannabis website for US$8.5-million in cash and shares
As Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government tables its long-awaited marijuana legislation, Canada’s doctors have a message about pot: Just because it will eventually be legal, doesn’t mean its safe.
Shots fired to break up crowd around Kabul airport, close to Italian military plane taking off
Hundreds of people, some holding documents, gather near an evacuation control checkpoint on the perimeter of the Hamid Karzai International Airport, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021. Western nations warned Thursday of a possible attack on Kabul's airport, where thousands have flocked as they try to flee Taliban-controlled Afghanistan in the waning days of a massive airlift. (AP Photo/Wali Sabawoon)
Hong Kong removes independent lawmaker from legislature
Lawmaker Chung-Tai Cheng pause during a press conference after being disqualified from the legislature in Hong Kong, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
Canadian goalkeeper Stephanie Labbé expected to sign two-year deal with Paris Saint-Germain
Canada's Stephanie Labbe makes a save against Sweden in the sixth round of the penalty shoot-out in the women's soccer final during the summer Tokyo Olympics in Yokohama, Japan on Friday, August 6, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
Back-to-school advice from kids, for kids
Retailers are banking on a robust back-to-school shopping season as students gear up to return to in-classroom learning - many for the first time in more than a year. Back to school supplies in a shop in Toronto, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
German publisher Axel Springer to acquire U.S. news website Politico
FILE PHOTO: The logo of German publisher Axel Springer is pictured in front of the company's headquarters in Berlin July 25, 2013. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/File Photo
U.S. auto retail sales expected to fall in August as supply constraints continue: report
Convertibles for sale at a Fiat dealership in Highlands Ranch, Colo., on Oct. 21, 2018.
Publisher of Forbes magazine to go public through $630-million SPAC merger
The logo of Forbes magazine is seen on a board at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2017 (SPIEF 2017) in St. Petersburg, Russia, June 1, 2017. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin/Files
I’m one of the service workers who left the restaurant industry during the pandemic. Serve yourself
Lori Fox
Victorian country home set amid a natural delight
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Herschel offers up its back to cool options
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North Korean parliament to meet in Sept. over strained economy
FILE - In this April 9, 2020, file photo, North Korean flags flutter in front of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly building in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea will convene its rubber-stamp parliament on Sept. 28, 2021 to discuss efforts to salvage an economy strained by pandemic border closures after decades of mismanagement and U.S.-led sanctions. (Kyodo News via AP, File)
Western Venezuela floods kill at least 20
People walk on the street covered in mud following flash flooding in Tovar, Merida State, Venezuela August 25, 2021. Courtesy of Comunicacion Continua/comunicacioncontinua.com/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES
U.S. corporations report record profits in second quarter
FILE PHOTO: A person works on a Polaris snowmobile assembly line at their manufacturing and assembly plant in Roseau, Minnesota, U.S. June 7, 2021. Picture taken June 7, 2021. REUTERS/Dan Koeck/File Photo/File Photo
Protesters descend on Minnesota Capitol to rally against Enbridge’s Line 3 oil pipeline
Niimi Makoons, founder of Protect the Sacred and who also identified as a water walker holy woman, dances during a drumming at a protest against Line 3 and other pipeline projects at the State Capitol in St. Paul, Minn., on Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021. Protesters descended upon the Minnesota State Capitol on Wednesday to rally against Enbridge Energy’s Line 3 oil pipeline as the project nears completion. (Renee Jones Schneider/Star Tribune via AP)
Afghanistan, pandemic cast a shadow over Liberal campaign efforts
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau makes a campaign stop in Surrey, B.C., on Wednesday, Aug 25, 2021. Trudeau is in Quebec City this morning, where he is promising a re-elected Liberal government will hike the guaranteed income supplement by $500 for individuals and $750 for senior couples. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
‘Shelter in place’: Canada ends Kabul rescue flights, texts those left behind to stay indoors
In this image provided by the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Air Force loadmasters and pilots assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, load people being evacuated from Afghanistan onto a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021. (Master Sgt. Donald R. Allen/U.S. Air Force via AP)
TDSB trustees vote in favour of measure mandating COVID-19 vaccines for staff, visitors
A teacher places the finishing touches on the welcome sign at Hunter's Glen Junior Public School which is part of the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) during the COVID-19 pandemic in Scarborough, Ont., on Monday, September 14, 2020. Many Canadians may be more than ready to put the COVID-19 pandemic behind them. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Canadian banks’ profits gain on reversal of pandemic loan-loss provisions, rise in retail banking revenue
The large TD sign on the exterior wall of a branch at King St. West and Bay St.in Toronto's Financial District, is photographed on Jan 4 2021.
Rio Tinto-led plan for major lithium mine in western Serbia stirs protests
A sign reading "access forbidden to unauthorised persons" is displayed in front of a house bought by the company Rio Tinto, which plans to build an underground mine for the exploitation of jadarite, in Gornje Nedeljice, Serbia, August 9, 2021. Picture taken August 9, 2021. REUTERS/Zorana Jevtic
Morgan Stanley sees 45% upside in this top non-FANG 2022 stock idea
FILE - This June 13, 2013 file photo shows the Activision Blizzard Booth during the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles. The president of Activision's Blizzard Entertainment is stepping down, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021, weeks after the company was hit with a discrimination and sexual harassment lawsuit in California as well as backlash from employees over the work environment. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
Thursday’s analyst upgrades and downgrades
FILE PHOTO: A Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) logo is seen on Bay Street in the heart of the financial district in Toronto, January 22, 2015. REUTERS/Mark Blinch/File Photo/File Photo
Opinion was sharply divided on interest-rate guidance at last ECB policy meeting, accounts show
FILE PHOTO: The headquarters of the European Central Bank (ECB) in Frankfurt, Germany, March 12, 2016. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach/File Photo
Tristen Chernove, Nicolas-Guy Turbide win pair of silver medals for Canada on Day 2 of Tokyo Paralympics
IZU, JAPAN - AUGUST 26: Tristen Chernove of Team Canada competes in the Track Cycling Men's C1 3000m Individual Pursuit Gold Medal race on day 2 of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games at Izu Velodrome on August 26, 2021 in Izu, Shizuoka, Japan. (Photo by Kiyoshi Ota/Getty Images)
Deutsche Bank’s asset manager DWS faces U.S. probe over sustainable investments, sources say
The new logo of Deutsche Bank's DWS Asset Management is pictured at their headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany, March 19, 2018. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski
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