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December 11

‘Intriguing’ Adam Fantilli hoping to crack Canada’s world junior roster
Canada’s Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier win ice dance gold at Grand Prix Final
First place, Canada's Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier, pose during a victory ceremony after the Ice Dance Free Dance at the figure skating Grand Prix finals at the Palavela ice arena, in Turin, Italy, Saturday, Dec. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
On the rise again: How Canada is keeping its Cricket World Cup dream alive
Canadian batsmen Mihir Patel swings in an undated handout photo. A COVID outbreak has sidelined the Canadian team at the ICC Under-19 Men’s Cricket World Cup in the Caribbean. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Cricket Canada, *MANDATORY CREDIT*
U.S. says it is working on ‘next steps’ to secure release of Paul Whelan from Russia
FILE - Paul Whelan, a former U.S. marine who was arrested for alleged spying, listens to the verdict in a courtroom at the Moscow City Court in Moscow, Russia, June 15, 2020. The family of Paul Whelan, an American imprisoned in Russia for espionage, said Friday, Dec. 2, 2022 that he has resumed contact after unexpectedly becoming unreachable in November. Whelan, along with WNBA star Brittney Griner, is the focus of efforts by the United States to arrange a prisoner swap with Russia. (Sofia Sandurskaya, Moscow News Agency photo via AP, File)
Former justice who released report on Hockey Canada to detail its problems at hearings
Former justice of the Supreme Court of Canada Thomas Cromwell looks on before being invested as a Companion of the Order of Canada during a ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on Thursday, March 14, 2019. Cromwell recommended wholesale change at Hockey Canada a day before the embattled sports organization's president and CEO and board resigned on Tuesday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Israeli army kills teen girl in West Bank raid, Palestinian hospital says
Jalen Hurts, Eagles clinch playoffs with 48-22 win over Giants
Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts (1) runs for a touchdown against the New York Giants during the third quarter of an NFL football game, Sunday, Dec. 11, 2022, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston)
AFC-leading Bills overcome elements, beat Mike White, Jets 20-12
Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen enters the end zone for a touchdown as New York Jets defensive end Carl Lawson, top right, tries to defend during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Dec. 11, 2022, in Orchard Park, N.Y. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus)
Low-income renters in Canada can apply for a one-time payment of $500 on Monday. Here’s what you need to know
close-up of a rental sign in front an apartment building
Franz Wagner, Paolo Banchero lead Magic past Raptors for third win in row
Orlando Magic forward Franz Wagner (22) celebrates after scoring a 3-pointer as Toronto Raptors guard Gary Trent Jr. (33) reacts during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, Dec. 11, 2022, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
Protests over Peru’s political crisis continue around nation
Supporters of ousted President Pedro Castillo gather in front of Congress in Lima, Peru, Sunday, Dec. 11, 2022. Peru's Congress voted to remove Castillo from office Wednesday and replace him with the vice president, shortly after Castillo tried to dissolve the legislature ahead of a scheduled vote to remove him. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
BC Children’s Hospital doubling up patients to tackle surge in admissions for respiratory illnesses
Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry talks in the press theatre at the legislature in Victoria, B.C., on Thursday, March 10, 2022. The B.C. Centre for Disease Control says a deadly spike in acute respiratory illness is showing signs of stabilizing, after the flu-related deaths of at least six children and youth this season. Friday's update came a day after provincial health officer Henry said pediatric flu deaths would be included in its weekly updates. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
U.S. inflation will be much lower by end of 2023, Janet Yellen says
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen gives U.S. President Joe Biden an update on economic conditions in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building's South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington, U.S., July 28, 2022. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
William Nylander raising his game during Leafs’ current run of excellence
Toronto Maple Leafs' William Nylander is pictured during second period NHL hockey action against the Calgary Flames in Toronto, on Saturday, December 10, 2022.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Ukraine steps up diplomacy amid fighting, power outages
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attends an International Human Rights forum, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine December 9, 2022. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS
UFC is banking on Pimblett being good for business, no matter what happens
Cathal Kelly
Scotiabank targeted cash-back offer to switch to fixed-rate mortgage stokes internet maelstrom
The Bank of Nova Scotia building is shown in the financial district in Toronto on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Climate change affecting Christmas trees in B.C. and beyond, expert says
A parcel of land on the Sahtlam Tree Farm is seen, in the Cowichan Valley area of Duncan, B.C., on Saturday, July 31, 2021. The effects of climate change are taking a toll on Christmas tree farms in British Columbia and beyond, and one forestry expert says the sector that's already shrinking will need to adapt in the coming years. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
Texas church bus accident injures 16, including 13 kids
Promises, promises: Bank of Canada finally gets its communications right
Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem waits to appear before the House of Commons Finance Committee, Wednesday, November 23, 2022 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Government, pharmaceutical industry deadlocked in negotiations over generic drug prices
Bottles filled with generic drugs are packaged on an assembly line at Pharmascience manufacturing facility in Montreal, Quebec December 8, 2022. (Christinne Muschi /The Globe and Mail)
Alberta will pay for playing the role of constitutional problem child
David Parkinson
Calgary police investigate ‘fatal altercation’ between drivers
Police vehicles at Calgary Police Service headquarters in Calgary, Alta., on April 9, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Tech industry backs more federal scrutiny of intellectual property transfers in foreign deals
Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Francois-Philippe Champagne leaves after a media availability on legislation to modernize the Investment Canada Act, in West Block on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
The odds of your mutual fund consistently beating the market? Slim to none
Colleagues are stress talking about the results report and compared with the financial information on the laptop screen.
King Charles releases photo for first Christmas card as monarch
The 2022 Christmas card of Britain's King Charles and Queen Consort Camilla, taken during the Braemar Games September 3, 2022, is displayed in front of a Christmas tree in Clarence House in London, Britain released on December 11, 2022. Sam Hussein/Buckingham Palace/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. THIS PHOTOGRAPH SHOULD BE SOLELY USED FOR NEWS EDITORIAL PURPOSES ONLY. IT SHALL NOT BE APPROVED FOR SOUVENIRS, OR MEMORABILIA; OR ANYTHING COLOURABLY SIMILAR. NO CHARGE SHOULD BE MADE FOR THE SUPPLY, RELEASE OR PUBLICATION OF THE PHOTOGRAPH. THE PHOTOGRAPH MUST NOT BE DIGITALLY ENHANCED, MANIPULATED OR MODIFIED IN ANY MANNER OR FORM AND MUST INCLUDE ALL OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHEN PUBLISHED. THE PHOTOGRAPH SHALL NOT BE USED AFTER JANUARY 31, 2023 WITHOUT PRIOR PERMISSION FROM BUCKINGHAM PALACE.
Slaight Family Foundation donates $7.5-million to address food insecurity across Canada
Volunteers fill boxes with donated food at the Ottawa Food Bank warehouse in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada October 27, 2022. REUTERS/Julie Gordon
Eastern Canada to see ‘significant’ snow and heavy winds, Environment Canada says
A vehicle approaches the Burton Bridge in Fredericton, Wednesday, Apr.18, 2001 as a another snowstorm lashed the provincial capital. Meteorologists said parts of Atlantic Canada are experiencing one of the worst springs on record, with deep snow on the ground breeding cold, miserable weather and delaying everything from floods to bear-hunting season. (CP PHOTO/Fredericton Daily Gleaner/Diane Doiron)
Ukraine strike hits Wagner group headquarters in Luhansk region, official says
FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a camouflage uniform walks out of PMC Wagner Centre, which is a project implemented by the businessman and founder of the Wagner private military group Yevgeny Prigozhin, during the official opening of the office block in Saint Petersburg, Russia, November 4, 2022. REUTERS/Igor Russak
Paul Silas, three-time NBA champion and longtime coach, dies at 79
FILE - Charlotte Bobcats coach Paul Silas argues a call during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Chicago Bulls in Charlotte, N.C., April 18, 2012. Silas, a member of three NBA championship teams, has died, his family announced Sunday, Dec. 11, 2022. He was 79. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, file)
It took a while but I finally figured out how to reinvent Mom’s vintage mink
I finally got pregnant in Finland - a country that hasn’t commodified infertility
Made-in-Canada climate scorecard reveals unprecedented risks for marine life
**ONE TIME USE ONLY*** American lobster (Homarus americana) in eelgrass (Zostera marina). Nova Scotia, Canada.
Ontario government reaches tentative deal with Ontario Council of Educational Workers
FILE PHOTO: A teacher walks the divided hallways at Hunter's Glen Junior Public School, part of the Toronto District School Board (TDSB), in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada September 14, 2020.Nathan Denette/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Big cities have a major role to play in protecting biodiversity, experts say
Montreal mayor Valerie Plante delivers remarks during the opening ceremony of the COP15 UN conference on biodiversity in Montreal on Tuesday, December 6, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
NASA’s Artemis I moon mission returns to Earth, setting the stage for future flights with astronauts
NASA's Orion Capsule splashes down after a successful uncrewed Artemis I Moon Mission on December 11, 2022 seen from aboard the U.S.S. Portland in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja California, Mexico. A 26-day mission took the Orion spacecraft to the moon and back which completed a historic test flight that coincided with the 50th anniversary of the landing of Apollo 17 on the moon, the last time that NASA astronauts walked there. Mario Tama/Pool via REUTERS
TC Energy says it has not found cause of Keystone oil pipeline leak
Emergency crews work to clean up the largest U.S. crude oil spill in nearly a decade, following the leak at the Keystone pipeline operated by TC Energy in rural Washington County, Kansas, U.S., December 9, 2022. REUTERS/Drone Base
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever tops North American box office for fifth weekend in a row
This image released by Marvel Studios shows a scene from "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever." (Marvel Studios via AP)
Portugal’s Ronaldo says his dream of winning World Cup has ‘ended’
Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo reacts after missing an opportunity to score during the World Cup quarterfinal soccer match between Morocco and Portugal, at Al Thumama Stadium in Doha, Qatar, Saturday, Dec. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
USC’s Caleb Williams wins Heisman after leading Trojan turnaround
The Heisman trophy finalists, Georgia quarterback Stetson Bennett, TCU quarterback Max Duggan, Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud and Southern California quarterback Caleb Williams, from left, stand for a photo with the trophy before attending the award ceremony Saturday, Dec. 10, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)
Two Islamic State officials killed in U.S. raid in eastern Syria
US soldiers look towards a flare stack at a local oil field as they patrol the countryside of Rumaylan (Rmeilan) in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province near the border with Turkey, on December 4, 2022. (Photo by Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP) (Photo by DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP via Getty Images)
Buyer pays $185,000 for no frills penthouse near Red Mile
Done Deal, 1730 7 St., No. 401, Calgary, Alta.
Strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake shakes southern Mexico
Netsi holds her cat while standing on the street after an earthquake alert, in Mexico City, Mexico December 11, 2022. REUTERS/Claudia Daut
Canada’s aging work force at root of national labour shortage
An oilsands mine facility seen from the air near Fort McMurray, Alta., on September 19, 2011. Many communities across Canada, including Fort McMurray, are dealing with labour shortages that experts say are likely to get worse in the next few years due to this country's aging population. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Light heavyweight title remains vacant after draw in UFC 282
Dec 10, 2022; Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; Jan Blachowicz (red gloves) fights Magomed Ankalaev (blue gloves) during UFC 282 at T-Mobile Arena. Mandatory Credit: Stephen R. Sylvanie-USA TODAY Sports
China expanding hospitals, ICUs as COVID-19 cases surge
People wearing face masks amid the Covid-19 pandemic walk along a street in Beijing on December 11, 2022. (Photo by Noel CELIS / AFP) (Photo by NOEL CELIS/AFP via Getty Images)
Twenty-seven men believed to be Ethiopian migrants found dead along road in Zambia
Rishi Sunak faces new demands from fractious British Conservative party
New British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks at Downing Street in London, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022, after returning from Buckingham Palace where he was formally appointed to the post by Britain's King Charles III. This was the year war returned to Europe, and few facets of life were left untouched. Russia’s invasion of its neighbor Ukraine unleashed misery on millions of Ukrainians, shattered Europe’s sense of security, ripped up the geopolitical map and rocked the global economy. The shockwaves made life more expensive in homes across Europe, worsened a global migrant crisis and complicated the world’s response to climate change. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
Filip Gustavsson earns first career shutout as Minnesota Wild defeat Canucks 3-0
Get tough with Canada over cross-border mining contaminants, Indigenous groups tell U.S.
A coal mining operation in Sparwood, B.C., is shown on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016. Indigenous communities on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border are trying to build an alliance with Congress and the Biden administration in hopes of pressuring Ottawa into a bipartisan effort to confront toxic transborder mining runoff. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Tensions run high in north Kosovo as Serbs block roads
Local Serbs walk on the road by a barricade near the village of Rudare, north of Serb-dominated part of ethnically divided town of Mitrovica, Kosovo, Sunday, Dec. 11, 2022. Kosovo police and the local media on Sunday reported explosions, shooting and road blocks overnight in the north of the country, where the population is mostly ethnic Serb, despite the postponement of the Dec. 18 municipal election the Serbs were opposed to. No injuries have been reported. (AP Photo/Bojan Slavkovic)
Five dead after apartment explosion in British Channel islands
Specialist rescue teams at the scene of an explosion and fire at an apartment building, in St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands, Sunday, Dec. 11, 2022. An explosion and fire in an apartment building has killed at least three people and left several missing. The chief officer of the States of Jersey Police said “around a dozen” residents were missing on Saturday following the blast in the town of St Helier. (Aaron Chown/PA via AP)
Suspect in 1988 Lockerbie bombing taken into U.S. custody
FILE PHOTO: File photo: Scottish crash investigators at the site of the Lockerbie Pan Am flight 103 bombing in 1988.. Greg Bos/REUTERS
The good news on rising interest rates, Porter airlines expands, pension plans disappear: Must-read business and investing stories
Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem gestures at a press conference at the Bank of Canada in Ottawa, on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022. The Bank of Canada hiked its key policy rate half a percentage point to 4.25 – the highest it's been since January 2008 – on Wednesday as its bid to rein in stubbornly-high inflation rates and address slowing economic growth continues. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Ukraine port of Odesa not operating after Russian drone attack on energy facilities, minister says
A view shows apartment buildings without electricity during a power outage after critical civil infrastructure was hit by Russian drone attacks, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, in Odesa, Ukraine December 10, 2022. REUTERS/Serhii Smolientsev TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
In Montreal and Toronto, $2-million are raised to support local ambitions
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Ball December 2022
Do I have to pay an out-of-province photo-radar ticket?
A speed limit sign in Canada, sign states the maximum speed is 50 km/hr is that area.
Boomerang employees, LinkedIn influencers and a dwindling 9-5: Workplace trends to watch in 2023
Shot of young couple having a consultation with a financial advisor in the office. Group of business persons in business meeting. Three entrepreneurs on meeting in board room. Corporate business team on meeting in modern office. Male manager discussing new project with his colleagues. Company owner on a meeting with two of his employees in his office.
‘Is vaccine wastage the fault of governments … or do anti-vaccine Canadians bear some responsibility for not taking them?’ The Auditor-General reports, plus other letters to the editor for Dec. 11
Workers unload a shipment of the Moderna COVID‑19 vaccine at the FedEx hub at Pearson International Airport in Toronto on May 20, 2021. Canada's auditor general is expected to release two highly anticipated reports on the government's handling of the COVID-19 crisis in 2021, including access to vaccines and pandemic benefits. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
Your lookahead horoscope: December 11
Sagittarius.
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