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December 25

Chargers face Colts on rebound after historically poor games
Indianapolis Colts interim head coach Jeff Saturday speaks during a news conference after an NFL football game against the Minnesota Vikings, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022, in Minneapolis. The Vikings won 39-36 in overtime. (AP Photo/Andy Clayton-King)
Premier League leaders Arsenal face West Ham as EPL resumes
Soccer Football - Friendly - Arsenal v Juventus - Emirates Stadium, London, Britain - December 17, 2022 Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta Action Images via Reuters/John Sibley
NFL playoff picture tightens up after Week 16
Dallas Cowboys' T.Y. Hilton makes a long ctch in front of Philadelphia Eagles' Reed Blankenship during the second half of an NFL football game Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Blue Jays’ newest addition Daulton Varsho excited for opportunity
Arizona Diamondbacks center fielder Daulton Varsho (12) catches a fly out hit by San Francisco Giants' Joey Bart during the fourth inning of a baseball game in San Francisco, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. The former Arizona Diamondback was sent to Toronto in exchange for outfielder Lourdes Gurriel Jr. and catcher Gabriel Moreno on Friday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Jeff Chiu
Jayson Tatum has 41, Celtics push back on Giannis, Bucks 139-118
Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum drives to the basket ahead of Milwaukee Bucks guard Joe Ingles (7) during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, Dec. 25, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)
China sends 71 warplanes, seven ships toward Taiwan in 24 hours
FILE - In this undated file photo released by the Taiwan Ministry of Defense, a Chinese PLA J-16 fighter jet flies in an undisclosed location. China’s military sent 71 planes, including J16 fighter jets, and seven ships toward Taiwan in a 24-hour display of force directed at the island, Taiwan’s defense ministry said Monday, Dec. 26, 2022, after China expressed anger at Taiwan-related provisions in a U.S. annual defense spending bill passed on Saturday.(Taiwan Ministry of Defense via AP, File)
Baker Mayfield, Cam Akers lead Rams’ blowout of Russell Wilson’s Broncos
Los Angeles Rams running back Cam Akers scores past Denver Broncos cornerback Damarri Mathis during the second half of an NFL football game between the Los Angeles Rams and the Denver Broncos on Sunday, Dec. 25, 2022, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio J. Sanchez)
Russia reportedly ready to resume gas supplies to Europe via Yamal-Europe pipeline
FILE PHOTO: The gas compressor station, a part of Polish section of the Yamal pipeline that links Russia with western Europe which is owned by a joint venture of Gazprom and PGNiG but it is operated by Poland's state-owned gas transmission company Gaz-System, is seen in Gabinek near Wloclawek, Poland May 23, 2022.REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/File Photo
Four dead, dozens injured after bus rollover in B.C. as stormy weather wreaks havoc across Canada
People try and push a car out of a snowbank on the side of highway 40, west of Montreal, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Peter McCabe
Tua Tagovailoa throws three picks, Packers defeat Dolphins
MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA - DECEMBER 25: Rasul Douglas #29 of the Green Bay Packers celebrates with Rudy Ford #20 after breaking up a pass intended for Tyreek Hill #10 of the Miami Dolphins (not pictured) during the first quarter of the game at Hard Rock Stadium on December 25, 2022 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images)
Kevin Payne, who led D.C. United to glory and was Toronto FC’s first president, dies at 69
FILE - Kevin Payne, Toronto FC's new president and general manager, poses for a photo in Toronto, Nov. 28, 2012. Payne, who was an executive with two Major League Soccer teams and was elected to the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 2021, died Sunday, Dec. 25, 2022. He was 69. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Chris Young, File)
Shots fired near NATO patrol in Kosovo’s volatile north, NATO says
US soldiers serving in NATO-led peacekeeping force KFOR, place a barbed wire at a checkpoint on the road near the northern Kosovo border crossing of Jarinje, along the Kosovo-Serbia border, Kosovo, Sunday, Dec. 18, 2022. Tensions between Serbia and Kosovo flared anew during the past week after Serbs erected barricades on the main roads in the north of the province to protest the arrest of a former Kosovo Serb police officer. (AP Photo/Marjan Vucetic)
Kathy Whitworth, winningest golfer in history, dies at 83
FILE - Kathy Whitworth of San Antonio, blast out of sand trap on 18th green and then sinks a 6-foot putt to go into the lead of the Women Titleholders Golf Tournament at Augusta, Ga., Nov. 25, 1966. Former LPGA Tour player Whitworth, whose 88 victories are the most by any golfer on a single professional tour, died on Saturday, Dec. 25, 2022, night, her longtime partner said. She was 83. (AP Photo/Horace Cort, File)
‘Hundreds’ of Canadians stranded for days in Mexico after Sunwing cancellations
Travellers wait in line at a Sunwing Airlines check-in desk at Trudeau Airport in Montreal, Wednesday, April 20, 2022. Hundreds of Canadians are stranded in Cancún, Mexico and don't know how they'll get home after their Sunwing flights were cancelled last week. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
Six passengers killed when bus plunges into river in Spain
TOPSHOT - The wreck of a bus lies in the Lerez river after it plunged while crossing a bridge, killing four people, in Cerdedo-Cotobade, northwestern Spain, on December 25, 2022. - The accident occurred on December 24 night near Vigo and the border with Portugal. The regional La Voz de Galicia newspaper said the bus was carrying people visiting their loved ones jailed in Monterroso in central Galicia. Rescue operations had to be suspended overnight due to bad weather but resumed in the morning. (Photo by Brais Lorenzo / AFP) (Photo by BRAIS LORENZO/AFP via Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***
Businesses deserve privacy, too: The case against public registers for company ownership
Loons are slowly disappearing. Researchers want Canadians to help them find out why
FILE — A Common Loon chick hitches a ride on its mother's back while her mate looks for food on Maranacook Lake, in Winthrop, Maine, Tuesday, July 20, 2021. Tracy Hart, the loon count manager for Audubon, said Monday, Nov. 29, 2021, the state's population of loons appears to be continuing to grow, but they also noticed a steep drop in the number of loon chicks. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)
Alberta RCMP say male shot during confrontation with officers at gas station
Tom Brady is the perfect example of why athletes shouldn’t talk about themselves too much
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Avatar: The Way of Water sequel sails to second week atop the box office
This image released by 20th Century Studios shows Britain Dalton, as Lo'ak, in a scene from "Avatar: The Way of Water." (20th Century Studios via AP)
A new year, a new lease on life for Saverina Scozzari
HAMILTON, ON - DECEMBER 14 - Saverina Scozzari, who is about to undergo a kidney transplant, is an athlete marketer and public relations specialist with several prominent NHL players as clients. Saverina is 25 and was born with her kidneys underdeveloped and has known all of her life that, at some point, she will need at least one, if not more, kidney transplants. Due to surgeries being scuttled because of COVID, she has had three scheduled and then cancelled at the last minute. With her dad as her living donor, she will finally have it done on January 5, 2023. Carlos Osorio for The Globe and Mail
ESG’s greenwashing pains are overdue – and leading to a better picture for risk management
The cost of electricity from renewable sources like windmills can be half that of gas or coal generation.
Canada urges Taliban to reverse decision on banning women from NGO work
Minister of International Development Harjit Sajjan speaks during a news conference, Tuesday, October 26, 2021 in Ottawa. A Senate committee is urging the Trudeau government to amend laws that are blocking humanitarians from responding to growing desperation in Afghanistan, but the Liberals say the fix might take a year from when MPs first called for it. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
The price of pasta is surging, but discounts could be next
People shop at Fiesta Farms independent grocery in Toronto, on Thursday, Jan., 20, 2022. (Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail)
A business leader at home in a ‘trapper’s cabin and a corporate boardroom’
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No, immigration is not some magic pill for saving the economy
New Canadians, including Zahra Aminmoghaddam, centre, from Iran, take the oath of citizenship during a special Canada Day ceremony in West Vancouver, B.C., on Saturday, July 1, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Sometimes, Christmas can be a reminder of so many losses
Austria avalanche leaves up to 10 missing, reports say
In this Handout photo made available by Lech Zuers Tourismus shows members of the emergency services working near the scene of an avalanche at Bregenz, Austria on December 25, 2022 - A "dozen" winter sports enthusiasts were buried on December 25, 2022 in an avalanche in Austria, in the Vorarlberg region, police said. (Photo by various sources / AFP) / Austria OUT (Photo by -/APA/AFP via Getty Images)
Boil water order issued in Mississippi capital as waterlines burst amid freezing temperatures
FILE - Clouds are reflected off the City of Jackson's O.B. Curtis Water Treatment Facility's sedimentation basins in Ridgeland, Miss., Sept. 2, 2022. Officials in Jackson said the city's water system, which partially collapsed in late August, was experiencing “fluctuating” pressure on Saturday, Dec. 24, amid frigid temperatures. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
Stuck at the U.S. border, migrants find a little Christmas cheer
Fernando Fernie Quiroz, director of the AZ-CA Humanitarian Coalition, folds up a blanket left behind along the US-Mexico fence near Somerton, Arizona, on December 25, 2022. - Quiroz visits locations along the border every morning to provide humanitarian aid to asylum-seekers and clean up trash left behind. The United States is seeing a rapidly rising number of asylum-seekers turning themselves in at the US-Mexico border in anticipation of the lifting of Title 42, a pandemic-era policy used to bar migrants from entering the US. The Supreme Court will reach a decision on Title 42 after Christmas. (Photo by Rebecca NOBLE / AFP) (Photo by REBECCA NOBLE/AFP via Getty Images)
SIU investigating death of man who fell from Toronto balcony after police negotiation on Christmas morning
A Toronto Police Superintendent shoulder patch is seen during a press conference in Toronto, Friday, Aug. 5, 2022. Ontario's police watchdog says it is investigating the death of a man who fell from a Toronto apartment balcony on Christmas morning after police tried negotiating with him. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
Migrants dropped near VP Harris home on frigid Christmas Eve
FILE - A view of the security around the Vice President's residence at the Naval Observatory in Washington, Jan. 17, 2021, with extra security. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
Small earthquake hits Quebec’s Charlevoix region early Sunday morning
People hike to a lookout point in the Hautes Gorges de la Riviere Malbaie National Park, a provincial park in the Charlevoix region of Quebec, on Sunday, June 10, 2018. Earthquake Canada confirmed that a 3.1 magnitude earthquake was felt in Quebec’s Charlevoix region this morning. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Bloomberg has no interest in acquiring Dow Jones or Washington Post, spokesman says
FILE PHOTO: Former mayor of New York Michael Bloomberg speaks with participants prior to a meeting with Earthshot prize winners and finalists at the Glasgow Science Center during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain, November 2, 2021. Alastair Grant/Pool via REUTERS
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards arrest seven people linked to U.K. over protests
FILE - In this photo taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran, Iranians protests the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini after she was detained by the morality police last month, in Tehran, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. Multiple Iraqi officials have told The Associated Press that Baghdad-mediated talks between Iran and Saudi Arabia have come to a halt. They say this is largely because of Tehran's claims that Saudi Arabia has played a role in alleged foreign incitement of mass anti-government protests that erupted in September in Iran. (AP Photo/Middle East Images, File)
Putin says Russia ready to negotiate over Ukraine, Kyiv voices doubts
FILE PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with leadership of military-industrial complex enterprises in Tula, Russia December 23, 2022. Sputnik/Russian Presidential Press Office/Kremlin via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY./File Photo
Netanyahu rebukes far-right ally for anti-LGBTQ comments
FILE - Israel's Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu arrives during the swearing-in ceremony for Israeli lawmakers at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. Netanyahu issued a rare rebuke of his new coalition allies on Sunday, Dec. 25, for saying they would advance laws allowing discrimination against LGBTQ people, pledging there would be no harm to their rights by his new government. (Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP, File)
South Africa counts damage, death after tanker truck explosion
A burned out vehicle marks the spot where a gas tanker exploded under a bridge in Boksburg, east of Johannesburg, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022. A truck carrying liquified petroleum gas has exploded in the South African town of Boksburg, killing at least 8 people and injuring more than 50 others on Saturday. (AP Photo/Hein Kaiser)
Paris shooting suspect expressed ‘hatred of foreigners,’ says prosecutor
Fire brigade medics evacuating on a stretcher a wounded demonstrator during a protest against the recent shooting at the Kurdish culture center in Paris, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022. Kurdish activists, left-wing politicians and anti-racism groups are holding a protest Saturday in Paris after three people were killed at a Kurdish cultural center in an attack aimed at foreigners. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)
China’s COVID-19 surge raises odds of new coronavirus mutant emerging
FILE - Masked commuters walk through a walkway in between two subway stations as they head to work during the morning rush hour in Beijing, Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022. China continues to adapt to an easing of strict virus containment regulations. About three years ago, the original version of the coronavirus spread from China to the rest of the world and was eventually replaced by the delta variant, then omicron and its descendants, which continue plaguing the world today. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)
Alpha brand plant-based breakfast sandwiches, burritos recalled over undeclared milk
Canadian Food Inspection Agency in Ottawa on Wednesday, June 26, 2019. York Region public health says an investigation is ongoing after a dozen diners were sickened following meals at a restaurant in Markham, Ont., this weekend. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Frigid monster storm across U.S. claims at least 34 lives
A person walks on the street as a winter storm rolls through Western New York Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022, in Amherst N.Y. A battering winter storm has knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of homes homes and businesses across the United States on Saturday. It left millions more to worry about the prospect of further outages and crippled police and fire departments. (AP Photo/Jeffrey T. Barnes)
Rohingya Muslim refugees land on Indonesia beach after weeks at sea
Indonesian military personnel inspect a wooden boat used to carry Rohingya refugees after it landed on Indra Patra beach in Ladong village, Aceh province, Indonesia, Sunday, Dec. 25, 2022. Dozens of hungry and weak Rohingya Muslims were found on a beach in Indonesia's northernmost province of Aceh on Sunday after weeks at sea, officials said. (AP Photo/Rahmat Mirza)
Soldier, militant dead in Pakistan after clash near border
Policemen collect evidence at the suicide blast site in Islamabad on December 23, 2022. - A suicide bomber killed at least one police officer on December 23 when he detonated a device after his car was stopped in the Pakistan capital, officials said, the first such attack in the city for years. Islamabad has largely been spared the low-level attacks carried out in the country's megacities of Lahore and Karachi, and also along the border areas near Afghanistan. (Photo by Farooq NAEEM / AFP) (Photo by FAROOQ NAEEM/AFP via Getty Images)
King Charles pays tribute to mother, Queen Elizabeth II, in first Christmas message as monarch
Britain's King Charles III delivers his message during the recording of his first Christmas broadcast in the Quire of St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022. King Charles III evoked memories of his late mother, Queen Elizabeth II, as he broadcast his first Christmas message as monarch on Sunday, Dec. 25, 2022, in a speech that also paid tribute to the “selfless dedication” of Britain’s public service workers, many of whom are in a fight with the government over pay. (Victoria Jones/Pool Photo via AP)
China’s foreign minister signals deeper ties with Russia
FILE - In this photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi pose for a photo prior to their talks on the sideline of the 12th East Asia Summit foreign ministers' meeting in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Aug. 5, 2022. Wang defended his country's position on the war in Ukraine on Sunday, Dec. 25, and signaled that China would deepen ties with Russia in the coming year while striving to bring US China ties back on the right course. (Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service via AP, File)
China’s Zhejiang has one million daily COVID-19 cases, expected to double
People line up at a mobile fever clinic that was transformed from a nucleic acid testing booth for coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at a park in Jinhua, Zhejiang province, China December 22, 2022. China Daily via REUTERS
Dolphins delight with return to B.C. waters, but some see ‘invasive species’
Pacific white sided dolphins swim the waters of Queen Charlotte Strait, along the northeast coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia in this August 2018 handout image. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-University of British Columbia-Andrew Trites**MANDATORY CREDIT **
Wintry, stormy conditions persist into Christmas Day in parts of Canada
A car drove into a ditch during a winter storm near Wainfleet Ontario, Canada December 24, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio
Passenger laptop fire forces plane evacuation at JFK Airport
FILE - Travelers make their way near a JetBlue sign ahead of the Fourth of July holiday weekend at John F. Kennedy International Airport on June 28, 2022. in New York. Emergency responders evacuated a JetBlue flight at JFK International Airport in New York City as a result of a laptop emitting smoke on a plane Saturday evening, Dec. 24, officials said. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File)
Christmas Eve shooting at UK pub leaves one dead, three wounded
Police officers stand on duty at the Lighthouse Inn in Wallasey Village, near Liverpool, England, Sunday, Dec. 25, 2022. A Christmas Eve shooting at a pub in northwest England killed a young woman and wounded three men, police said Sunday. The Merseyside Police force said it was investigating the 11:50 p.m. Saturday shooting at the Lighthouse pub in the town of Wallasey as a murder case. Police have not detained any suspects. (Peter Byrne/PA via AP)
Three NGOs suspend work in Afghanistan after Taliban bar women
FILE - Afghan women chant slogans during a protest against the ban on university education for women, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Dec. 22, 2022. The U.S. has condemned the Taliban for ordering non-governmental groups in Afghanistan to stop employing women, saying the ban will disrupt vital and life-saving assistance to millions. It is the latest blow to female rights and freedoms since the Taliban seized power last year and follows sweeping restrictions on education, employment, clothing and travel.(AP Photo, File)
Pope Francis laments ‘Icy winds of war’ in Christmas message with call to end fighting in Ukraine
Pope Francis waves as he delivers his traditional Christmas Day Urbi et Orbi message to the city and the world from the main balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, December 25, 2022. REUTERS/Yara Nardi
Refunds for cancelled flights, Bank of Canada’s inflation error and mystery QuadrigaCX bitcoins transferred: Must-read business and investing stories
Travellers use their phones as they line up at the Ottawa International Airport, as airlines cancel or delay flights during a major storm in Ottawa, on Friday, Dec. 23, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang passenger
Nepal’s ex-guerrilla chief set to become new prime minister
FILE- Leader of communist party Nepal, Pushpa Kamal Dahal greets the gathering after announcing his resignation as prime minister, in line with an agreement made with his coalition partner party, in Kathmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, May 24, 2017. The leader of former communist rebels has become Nepal's new prime minister with the support from his ex-opponent and other smaller political parties. The announcement was made by the office of President Bidhya Devi Bhandari on Sunday after the Maoist communist party leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal met her to stake his claim for the prime minister following last month's elections. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha, file)
Some Ukrainians move up Christmas to part ways with Russia
A priest of Orthodox Church of Ukraine speaks with Ukrainian servicemen after the Christmas service, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Church of St. John Theologian in Kharkiv, Ukraine December 25, 2022. REUTERS/Vyacheslav Madiyevskyy
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