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January 7

VanVleet leads the way with 37 points as Raptors rally to down depleted Utah Jazz
Toronto Raptors guard Fred VanVleet (23) celebrates with teammates after recording his first ever triple-double during second half NBA basketball action against the Utah Jazz in Toronto on Friday, January 7, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
U.S. Women’s Open purse soars to $10-million on fabled courses
Yuka Saso, of the Philippines, celebrates her victory during the final round of the U.S. Women's Open golf tournament at The Olympic Club, Sunday, June 6, 2021, in San Francisco. Saso defeated Nasa Hataoka, of Japan, in a three-hole playoff. (AP Photo/Jed Jacobsohn)
Andrei Svechniknov scores twice as Carolina Hurricanes beat Calgary Flames 6-3
Calgary Flames goaltender Dan Vladar (80) reacts after giving up a goal to Carolina Hurricanes right wing Andrei Svechnikov during the second period of an NHL hockey Friday, Jan. 7, 2022, in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Chris Seward)
In filing to Australian court, Novak Djokovic argues vaccination exemption stems from recent COVID-19 infection
FILE PHOTO: Tennis - Davis Cup Quarter-Final - Serbia v Kazakhstan - Madrid Arena, Madrid, Spain - December 1, 2021 Serbia's Novak Djokovic in action during his singles match against Kazakhstan's Alexander Bublik REUTERS/Susana Vera
Former PM Malcolm Turnbull tests positive as Omicron cases rise in Australia
Former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull speaks during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain, November 4, 2021. REUTERS/Phil Noble
Chargers-Raiders contest completes 17-game NFL regular season
Jan 2, 2022; Inglewood, California, USA; A general overall view as Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert (10) throws the ball in the second half against the Denver Broncos at SoFi Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
Stephen Gogolev withdraws from Canadian skating trials after positive COVID-19 test
Stephen Gogolev from Canada competes in the men short program at the World Junior Figure Skating Championships in Zagreb, Croatia, Wednesday, March 6, 2019. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)
Despite a marathon trip and losing his skates, Messing leads at trials
Keegan Messing performs his routine during the senior men's short program at the National Skating Championships, Friday, January 7, 2022 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Ethiopia grants amnesty to prominent political detainees
FILE - Oromos protest against the government and call for the release of prominent opposition figure Jawar Mohammed and others, seen on placards, during the annual Irreecha festival in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Oct. 2, 2021. Ethiopia's government on Friday, Jan. 7, 2022 announced an amnesty for some of the country's most high-profile political detainees, including opposition figure Jawar Mohammed and senior Tigray party officials, as Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed spoke of reconciliation for Orthodox Christmas. Placard in Oromo reads: "Right. Arrested for Oromo truth". (AP Photo, File)
Man alleged to have explosives arrested near Jan. 6 rally, sheriff says
Police car with focus on siren lights. Beautiful siren lights activated in full mission activity. Policemen with patrol car in intervention operation at crime place. Emergency lights flashing on patrol car.
COVID-stricken police forces across Canada struggle with shortage of officers
Winnipeg Police Superintendent Danny Smyth speaks at a press conference in Winnipeg Wednesday, November 12, 2014. Winnipeg's police chief says a deadly weekend has left resources strained as investigators deal with three homicides and a shooting that left four people, including an infant, in hospital. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
Hong Kong leader orders probe of 13 officials who went to party hit by COVID-19
FILE PHOTO: Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam speaks at a news conference in Beijing, China December 22, 2021. REUTERS/Shubing Wang/File Photo
B.C. to end classroom alert for COVID-19 exposures, monitor school attendance instead
Wearing face masks to curb the spread of COVID-19, Karin Brodbeck drops her son Ricardo Brodbeck, 6, a Grade 1 student, off at Lynn Valley Elementary School in North Vancouver, B.C., Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021. Most provinces delayed in-person learning by at least a week after the holidays while Saskatchewan kept schools open despite calls from some to shut down. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
McGill University principal Suzanne Fortier to step down in August
Suzanne Fortier Credit: MCGILL UNIVERSITY.
Sunwing plane party passengers could face fines up to $100,000, jail time
A Sunwing Boeing 737-800 passenger plane prepares to land at Pearson International Airport in Toronto on Wednesday, August 2, 2017.  In the wake of a wild party on a Sunwing Airlines flight from Montreal to Cancun, Mexico, flight attendants are demanding stronger action from government and carriers to ensure health and safety on board amid the Omicron surge.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
Bearskin Lake First Nation officially asks for federal help as COVID-19 outbreak grows
Minister of Emergency Preparedness Bill Blair, rises during Question Period, Monday, December 13, 2021 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand
A glimpse into Quebec’s COVID-19 curfew on four dark nights in two lonely cities
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says COVID-19 vaccines will not be mandated
Premier Scott Moe speaks to The Canadian Press during a year-end interview at the Legislative Building in Regina on Dec. 14, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Michael Bell
Under a COVID-19 curfew in Montreal, a lonely doorman stands watch over an empty city
Anthony Gagne. doorman at the Fairmont Queen Elizabeth Hotel, looks out at the street from his post in Montreal, Quebec, January 5, 2022. (Christinne Muschi /The Globe and Mail)
Yukon aims for in-person classes, but Omicron variant may force switch to remote learning
The Yukon flag flies on a flag pole in Ottawa, Monday July 6, 2020. Yukon's acting Chief medical officer, Dr. Catherine Elliott, is introducing more public health measures to limit the spread of COVID-19. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Canada’s Mikael Kingsbury wins moguls gold at World Cup in Mont-Tremblant
Canada's Mikael Kingsbury takes part in course inspection before the men's qualifications at the freestyle ski world cup moguls in Mont Tremblant, Que., on Friday, Jan. 7, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Ottawa overhauling methane-reduction fund slammed by environment commissioner
Jonathan Wilkinson makes an announcement in Calgary, Alta., Tuesday, July 20, 2021. Canada's latest natural resources minister says in a country intent on helping to slow global warming without destroying the economy, his department can no longer be thought of mainly as the ministry for fossil fuels. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Canada’s health care system ‘stretched too thin,’ health minister says, as hospitals grapple with Omicron wave
Ambulance crew members deliver a patient at Mount Sinai Hospital as officials warned of a "tsunami" of new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the days and weeks ahead due to the Omicron variant in Toronto, Ontario, Canada January 3, 2022. REUTERS/Cole Burston. NO ARCHIVES. NO RESALES.
Biden to deliver first State of the Union address on March 1
U.S. President Joe Biden tours a neighborhood in Louisville, Colorado, U.S., January 7, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
US Women’s Open purse soars to $10 million on fabled courses
FILE PHOTO: Jun 6, 2021; San Francisco, California, USA; Yuka Saso hoists the US Open trophy after winning in a sudden death playoff over Nasa Hataoka following the final round of the U.S. Women's Open golf tournament at The Olympic Club. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports/File Photo
Bail hearing to continue next week for Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard
Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard is shown in this courtroom sketch in Toronto on Thursday Jan. 6, 2022. The bail hearing for Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard will continue next week. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Alexandra Newbould
Ottawa setting up scholarship program to honour victims of plane shot down by Iran
A rescue worker searches the scene where a Ukrainian plane crashed in Shahedshahr southwest of the capital Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. A Ukrainian airplane carrying 176 people crashed on Wednesday shortly after takeoff from Tehran's main airport, killing all on board. Ontario has renewed scholarships honouring the victims of the passenger jet that was downed in Iran two years ago. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Ebrahim Noroozi
The Novak Djokovic detention diaries
Cathal Kelly
Hawkish Federal Reserve gives value stocks a second wind
FILE PHOTO: The Federal Reserve building is seen in Washington June 19, 2012. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/File Photo/File Photo
The Globe’s stars and dogs for the week
For Stars and Dogs column in Globe Investor/ROB only.
Flooding hits western United States, winter storm in the east
Vehicles drive through water over a street near NE Kresky Ave. in Centralia, Wash., Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022. The latest storm to hit the Pacific Northwest brought flood warnings, the shutdown of a major mountain pass, school closures and icy roads Thursday. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Evening Update: Vaccine mandates and the best-laid plans to thwart COVID-19
A healthcare worker and volunteers watch as Ontario Premier Doug Ford visits a vaccine clinic for Purolator employees and their families at the company's plant in Toronto, Friday, Jan. 7, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Explaining the traps in last week’s investing quiz
For Investor Clinic column in Globe Investor/ROB only.
Have Margaret and Simon saved enough to meet their retirement spending goal?
DECEMBER 14, 2021 - Glenn Lowson /The Globe and Mail
Ontario announces new round of $10,000 grants for small businesses as new restrictions introduced
The view looking north on Yonge St. At Pleasant Blvd. is photographed on Mar 3 2021. The city of Toronto staff are going to recommend making the stretch between Bloor St. and Davisville Ave. part of Active TO this year. Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail
Bullish on Energy Fuels Inc.
Monica Rizk
Pitching in: Raising $1-million for Edmonton’s Stollery Children’s Hospital
Peter White (Executive Vice President, Dairy Queen Canada), left, Mike House (President and CEO of Stollery Children’s Hospital) Scott Fylyshtan, Marc Cardinal, Michelle Cardinal, Cassie Fylyshtan and Angela Bennet (Development Officer Stollery Children’s Hospital)
How Rumble, a Toronto-based YouTube alternative, became a refuge for the MAGA crowd (with a US$2-billion valuation)
Tamarack Valley Energy insiders ended the year on a buy note
Ted Dixon
Father of Quebec girl murdered by her stepmother gets four years in prison
The casket of a seven-year-old girl who was found in critical condition inside of a home and later died is carried from the church after funeral services in Granby, Que., Thursday, May 9, 2019. A Quebec superior court judge today sentenced the father of a Granby, Que. girl who was murdered by her stepmother in April 2019 to four years in prison for his role in the killing. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
Oil sands companies focusing on essential work only as Omicron variant sweeps country
This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, yellow, emerging from the surface of cells, blue/pink, cultured in the lab. Also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus causes COVID-19. The sample was isolated from a patient in the U.S. Alberta's oilsands are operating with critical staff only as the highly contagious Omicron variant sweeps the country. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, NIAID-RML
P.E.I. hockey player suspended after criticizing league’s response to racial slur incident
A woman uses her computer keyboard to type while surfing the internet in North Vancouver, B.C., Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012. A hockey player in Prince Edward Island who criticized officials on social media for their response to a slur aimed at his teammate has now been indefinitely suspended by the league. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
COVID-19 spectre hangs over Canada’s Olympic figure skating trials in Ottawa
Canada's Keegan Messing performs during the exhibition gala at the Skate Canada figure skating competition, in Vancouver, B.C., Sunday, Oct. 31, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Premier Jason Kenney renews promise Alberta will not mandate COVID-19 vaccinations
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney speaks after the United Conservative Party annual meeting in Calgary, Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021. Kenney says mandatory vaccinations for COVID-19 won’t be happening in Alberta despite the federal government conceding such intervention may be necessary down the road. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Larry MacDougal
Journalist for Montreal-based online radio station killed on the job in Haiti
Police patrol after recovering the bodies of slain journalists in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, Jan. 7, 2022. Two journalists were killed by gangs on Jan. 6, according to Godson Lebrun, President of AHML, the Haitian Online Media Association. A Montreal-based online radio station says one of its journalists was killed on the job in Haiti. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Odelyn Joseph
‘I’m dying to see them,’ the grief of a Toronto man who lost family in Iran crash
Habib Haghjoo sits below a photograph of his daughter Sahar Haghjoo and eight-year-old granddaughter Elsa Jadidi, at his Toronto home on Tuesday, January 4, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Stephanie Labbe to carry Canada colours alone at FIFA awards
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
Edmonton Oilers place forward Kailer Yamamoto in NHL’s COVID-19 protocol
Edmonton Oilers' Kailer Yamamoto controls the puck during the first period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
Politics Briefing: Canada’s Health Minister raises possibility of mandatory vaccination as means of resolving COVID-19 pandemic
Minister of Health Jean-Yves Duclos participates in a news conference on the COVID-19 pandemic and the omicron variant, in Ottawa, on Friday, Jan. 7, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
NHL postpones Saturday’s Canucks-Senators game over ongoing capacity restrictions
Merrill agrees to pay US$4.5-million settlement related to ski fraud
A gavel sits on a desk before the a meeting of the House Justice and Human Rights Committee in Ottawa, on February 13, 2019. A judge says a Canada-U.S. deal aimed at zeroing in on tax cheats north of the border does not violate the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Seized cash won’t be returned to Montreal woman accused of threatening Trump
This photo provided by the Hidalgo County (Texas) Sheriff's Office, showing the booking photo of Pascale Ferrier. Ferrier, the Montreal-area woman accused of mailing poison to then-United States president Donald Trump, will not have more than US$2,000 seized by American authorities returned to her. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-HO-Hidalgo County (Texas) Sheriff's Office
Bearskin Lake chief says community near ‘breaking point,’ needs urgent help from Ottawa
Minister of Infrastructure and Communities Dominic LeBlanc is seen via videoconference as Minister of Health Jean-Yves Duclos looks on during a news conference on the COVID-19 pandemic and the omicron variant, in Ottawa, on Friday, Jan. 7, 2022. LeBlanc says the government will do whatever it can to support Indigenous communities, such as Bearskin lake, facing COVID-19 crises. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Groping case against former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo dismissed by judge
Exterior of the Albany County City Court is shown, where former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo will appear virtually for a court session before Judge Holly Trexler, as she considers a prosecutor's request to dismiss a fondling case against him Friday, Jan. 7, 2022, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink,Pool)
Tributes pour in for groundbreaking actor Sidney Poitier
(FILE PHOTO) Sidney Poitier, black acting pioneer and Oscar winner dies aged 94. WASHINGTON - AUGUST 12: U.S. President Barack Obama (R) presents the Medal of Freedom to Academy Award-winning actor Sidney Poitier during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House August 12, 2009 in Washington, DC. Obama presented the medal, the highest civilian honor in the United States, to 16 recipients during the ceremony. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Galápagos Islands’ Wolf Volcano erupts, spewing lava and ash
This photo released by the the National Galapagos Park communications office shows, from above, lava from the eruption of Wolf Volcano on Isabela Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, Friday, Jan. 7, 2022. (Wilson Cabrera/National Galapagos Park communications office via AP)
German teacher convicted, sentenced to life for ‘cannibalism fantasy’ killing
A gavel sits on a desk before the a meeting of the House Justice and Human Rights Committee in Ottawa, on February 13, 2019. A judge says a Canada-U.S. deal aimed at zeroing in on tax cheats north of the border does not violate the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Pressure mounting for Canadian grocers to reinstate ‘hero pay’ for employees amid rising COVID-19 cases
A Plexiglas barrier is pictured at a grocery store in North Vancouver, B.C., Sunday, March 22, 2020. The head of Canada's largest private-sector union says the refusal by the country's grocers to reinstate "hero pay" for employees amid an exponential rise in COVID-19 cases is "about greed, period." THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
All Victoria police may be put on front-line duties as city faces COVID-19 surge
Victoria Police headquarters is shown on Wednesday June 10, 2020. A Victoria police officer is recovering from a leg injury after a traffic stop early Wednesday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
Parents pull children out of Ontario daycares because of COVID-19 testing changes
Children's backpacks and shoes are seen at a daycare, in Langley, B.C., on Tuesday May 29, 2018.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Ontario creating new intellectual property agency in effort to bring ideas to market, boost economy
Jim Balsillie, Council of Canadian Innovators, arrives to appear as a witness at a Commons privacy and ethics committee in Ottawa on May 10, 2018. A Canadian high-tech pioneer says a "toxic" social media business model is a threat to democracy. Jim Balsillie, the retired chief executive of Research In Motion, which invented the Blackberry smart phone, offers that grim warning in testimony today before the international grand committee on big data, privacy and democracy. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Getting Canadian athletes to Beijing is the first Olympic competition, COC chief executive says
FILE PHOTO: Workers in PPE stand next to the Olympic rings inside the closed loop area near the National Stadium, or the Bird's Nest, where the opening and closing ceremonies of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics will be held, in Beijing, China December 30, 2021. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo
Surging U.S. benchmark Treasury yields in reach of 2% on hawkish Fed, inflation fears
Pedestrians walk past the New York Stock Exchange in New York's Financial District, on March 23, 2021
Stampeders agree to restructured contract with quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell
Calgary Stampeders quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell throws a pass against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers during the first half of their CFL football game in Calgary, Saturday, Nov. 20, 2021.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Todd Korol
The Weeknd gets existential on the dancefloor with new album Dawn FM
January 7, 2022 -- The Weeknd has officially dropped his latest album, Dawn FM (XO/Republic Records). Credit: Brian Ziff
Death toll mounting from air strikes and aid blockade in northern Ethiopia
-- STANDALONE PHOTO FOR USE AS DESIRED WITH YEAREND REVIEWS -- Tigrayan rebel forces in Mekelle, Ethiopia, survey the wreckage of a downed Ethiopian Air Force plane on June 23, 2021, as the countryÕs civil war rages on. (Finbarr O'Reilly/The New York Times)
Situation in Ontario hospitals expected to worsen as doctors isolate and COVID-19 admissions rise
The emergency room entrance is shown at the Northumberland Hills Hospital in Cobourg, Ontario on Tuesday Sept. 21, 2021. The pressure on Ontario's hospitals is expected to worsen in the coming weeks as more staff are forced off the job due to COVID-19 and admissions due to the virus climb, the head of the province's hospital association said, calling it a dire situation. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Doug Ives
Maple Leafs place forwards Mitch Marner, Pierre Engvall in NHL’s COVID-19 protocol
Nov 8, 2021; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Toronto Maple Leafs forward Mitch Marner (16) follows through on a shot against Los Angeles Kings in the second period at Scotiabank Arena. Mandatory Credit: Dan Hamilton-USA TODAY Sports
The search for the ‘authentic’ in travel is a search without end
Portrait of a young woman standing out of a car looking at a map for directions. Caucasian standing out of car looking at map, Mount Cook
Montreal records second busiest December homes market ever
A sold sign is shown on the west island of Montreal, Saturday, November 4, 2017. The Montreal real estate market continues to tighten as home sales rose amid a drop in listings last month. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
New Brunswick expanding COVID-19 boosters on Monday to residents 18 and older
People leave a mass vaccination and testing clinic at the Moncton Coliseum, in Moncton, N.B., on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
Are we done self-improving yet?
What’s going to save us all? Our imaginations
Chris Jones is the author of The Eye Test: A Case for Human Creativity in the Age of Analytics.
Quebec reports 27 more COVID-19 deaths and rise of 180 hospitalizations
The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is prepared at the Palais des Congres, as efforts continue to help slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Montreal, Quebec, Canada March 15, 2021. REUTERS/Andrej Ivanov
The highest-yielding stocks on the TSX, plus risk data
The TSX ticker is photographed in Toronto, on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020.
For $1,000, Stars frontman Torquil Campbell will turn your life into a pop song
Torquil Campbell 2017 Portrait
10 TSX stocks that may benefit from the ‘January Effect’ this year. Plus, how should this senior invest the $500,000 she sold her home for?
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Major winter storm to deliver strong winds, heavy snowfall to much of Atlantic Canada
Area residents dig out their car in Halifax after an overnight snowfall. Schools were closed, transportation impacted and many government and businesses delayed opening as a major winter storm hit the region on Dec. 9, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
Blue Bombers sign all-star defensive ends Willie Jefferson, Jackson Jeffcoat to contract extensions
Defensive lineman Willie Jefferson (5) poses for a camera during Winnipeg Blue Bombers walkthrough at Tim Hortons Field, part of the CFL's Grey Cup week in Hamilton, Ont., on December 11, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nick Iwanyshyn
Ontario introduces grant for small businesses forced to close due to COVID-19 restrictions
After a provincial order to shut all non-essential businesses in Ontario, a normally bustling Queen Street West is lined with closed stores and empty of shoppers in Toronto Wednesday afternoon. March 25, 2020 (Melissa Tait / The Globe and Mail)
Sidney Poitier, first Black actor to win best actor Oscar, dies at 94
FILE - Sidney Poitier signs autographs before the opening of the 14th International Film Festival at the West Berlin congress hall on June 26, 1964 in Berlin. Poitier, the groundbreaking actor and enduring inspiration who transformed how Black people were portrayed on screen, became the first Black actor to win an Academy Award for best lead performance and the first to be a top box-office draw, died Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022 in the Bahamas. He was 94. (AP Photo/Edwin Reichert, File)
European Central Bank’s Philip Lane says inflation will fall this year
FILE PHOTO: European Central Bank Chief Economist Philip Lane speaks during a Reuters Newsmaker event in New York, U.S., September 27, 2019. REUTERS/Gary He
OHL postpones two games, reschedules another due to COVID-19 protocols
Amy Potomak’s power-play goal early in the third period was the winner as Canada downed Russia 4-2 on Sunday in the preliminary round of the under-18 women’s world hockey championship.
Dream of a new home is torn apart in Cambie corridor neighbourhood
The house on Ash Street, Vancouver, before demolition. The home was tentatively sold with thee new owner planning to move the house onto a new site. But the City of Vancouver refused to issue a permit to the house movers Nickel Bros. because trolley lines were in the way. The developer reluctantly tore it down. Nickel Bros. say that in 65 years in business, they've never been rejected for a permit.
Three Georgia men sentenced to life in prison for killing Ahmaud Arbery
A woman holds a sign outside the Glynn County Courthouse after the jury reached a guilty verdict in the trial of William "Roddie" Bryan, Travis McMichael and Gregory McMichael, charged with the February 2020 death of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery, in Brunswick, Georgia, U.S., November 24, 2021. REUTERS/Marco Bello TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
Canadian dollar pares weekly decline after upbeat jobs data
A loonie is pictured in Toronto on Jan. 23, 2015.
Apple boss Tim Cook earned over 1,400 times the average worker at the tech giant in 2021
FILE PHOTO: Apple CEO Tim Cook attends the premiere for season two of the television series "Ted Lasso" at Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood, California, U.S. July 15, 2021. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
Amplify: Planning is how I cope, but COVID-19 has forced me to live more in the moment
A health care worker at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario, works at a drive-through Covid-19 testing centre on January 5, 2022. (Photo by Geoff Robins / AFP) (Photo by GEOFF ROBINS/AFP via Getty Images)
To get out of a meal-planning funk, Anna Pippus has a food theme for each day of the week
walnut spaghetti The Vegan Family Cookbook
Denying health care to the unvaccinated is one step too far
Robyn Urback
Vancouver penthouse sets building record despite price trim
Done Deal, 1132 Haro St., No. 703, Vancouver
Indonesian officials aim to wrap up discussions this weekend on whether to lift ban on coal exports
Workers walk near a tugboat carrying coal barges at a port in Palembang, South Sumatra province, Indonesia, on Jan. 4.
Friday’s small-cap stocks to watch
U.S. court rejects laundromat owners’ bid to block sale of Texas oil refinery to Mexico’s Pemex
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Mexican state oil company Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) is pictured at a gas station in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico February 27, 2020. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez//File Photo
At CES, tech alliances firm up in the self-driving car wars
An autonomous drive Nissan Leaf drives during a media preview of autonomous Renault-Nissan Alliance vehicles in Sunnyvale, California January 7, 2016. REUTERS/Noah Berger/Files
Five years after finishing my MBA, was it worth it?
MBA students working on a project
Lessons from the COVID not-so-sick bed
Elizabeth Renzetti
The dance of the ‘do-we-haftas’ – no matter how artfully we try to avoid it, the reality of COVID is inescapable
Andrew Coyne
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