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December 26

Canada loses opener at Spengler Cup
Canada's David Desharnais fights for the puck against Sparta's goalkeeper Josef Korenar during the game between the Czech Republic's Sparta Praha and Team Canada, at the 94th Spengler Cup ice hockey tournament in Davos, Switzerland, Monday, Dec. 26, 2022. (Melanie Duchene/Keystone via AP)
No immediate surge of Chinese tourists expected after re-opening
Travellers walk with their luggage at Beijing Capital International Airport, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Beijing, China December 27, 2022. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
AFC-leading Bills adapt, overcome myriad challenges
Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen (17) and tackle Spencer Brown (79) exhale before a successful two-point attempt in the second half of an NFL football game against the Chicago Bears in Chicago, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Vancouver issues flood warning over high tide, winds; thousands remain in dark after storms hammer Canadians
Severe weather caused an accident that forced the closure of the Ile aux Tourtes bridge leading to Montreal from Ontario, west of Montreal, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Peter McCabe
U.S. to let MLB stars play for Cuba in World Baseball Classic
FILE - Chicago White Sox's Jose Abreu hits an RBI-double during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Minnesota Twins, on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022, in Minneapolis. Abreu and the World Series champion Astros agreed to a three-year contract Monday, Nov. 28 adding another powerful bat to Houston's lineup. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr, File)
Travellers frustrated by more Via Rail cancellations after derailment, winter storm
A woman beneath a Via Rail schedule board at central station in Montreal Monday, December 26, 2022. A Christmas Eve train derailment is also continuing to wreak havoc on holiday travel plans in Ontario and Quebec. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
Roberto Clemente remains Latino legend 50 years after death
FILE - Roberto Clemente of the Pittsburgh Pirates is seen in Tampa, Fla., March 3, 1963. Fifty years after his death, Clemente, the skillful outfielder, remains one of the most revered figures in Puerto Rico and Latin America. His graceful flare and powerful arm were unrivaled in his era, but his humanitarian efforts are perhaps his greatest legacy. Half a century after he played, many of today’s Latino baseball players credit him for paving the way. (AP Photo/Preston Stroup, File)
Czechs stun Canada 5-2 at world juniors
Czechia's Jaroslav Chmelar, left, scores a goal passed Canada's goaltender Benjamin Gaudreau during second period IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship hockey action in Halifax, Monday, Dec. 26, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
Weather disruptions linger for U.S. flights, led by Southwest Airlines
Travelers wait at a Southwest Airlines baggage counter to retrieve their bags after canceled flights at Los Angeles International Airport, Monday, Dec. 26, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Eugene Garcia)
Manhattan man charged in two random knife slashing murders
FILE -- New York Mayor Eric Adams in his office at City Hall in New York, Jan. 31, 2022. Former Mayor David Dinkins was at times criticized for being a "tuxedo mayor" who favored social events, a criticism akin to similar accusations against current Mayor Eric Adams. (An Rong Xu/The New York Times)
Ottawa accused of shelving pledge to ban transport of live horses to Japan for meat products
Horses in crates on the tarmac at Calgary International Airport, from the Canadian Horse Defence Coalition. Horses are headed to Japan for possible slaughter.
Taiwan to extend compulsory military service to one year, citing rising China threat
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen makes a speech at a rank promotion ceremony of military members in Taipei, Taiwan, December 26, 2022. REUTERS/Ann Wang
Arsenal fights back to extend league lead to seven points
Arsenal's Norwegian midfielder Martin Odegaard celebrates at the end of the English Premier League football match between Arsenal and West Ham United at the Emirates Stadium in London on December 26, 2022. - Arsenal won 3 - 1 against West Ham United. (Photo by Glyn KIRK / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. / (Photo by GLYN KIRK/AFP via Getty Images)
Belarus sentences in absentia former Olympian Herasimenia to 12 years in prison
Swimming – 17th FINA World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50m Backstroke medal ceremony – Budapest, Hungary – July 27, 2017 – Aliaksandra Herasimenia of Belarus (bronze) poses with the medal. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo
Emergency crews searching for fisherman overboard off Cape Sable Island, N.S.
An RCAF Cormorant helicopter flies over the Bay of Fundy in Hillsburn, N.S., in an area where empty life-rafts from a scallop fishing vessel were reported, on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. A search is underway for a fisherman who went overboard this morning off Cape Sable Island in Nova Scotia. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
Ukraine foreign minister aims for February peace summit
Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba talks during an interview with The Associated Press in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Dec. 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Banks competing for new immigrants as a key source of business growth
Andrea Ferreira Da Silva, a Personal Banking Associate, works with a client at the BMO branch on Front St. East, on April 16 2020.
Led by Henderson, Hughes and Svensson, Canadian golf hit new highs in 2022
Mackenzie Hughes hits out of a bunker on the 10th green during the second round of the Houston Open golf tournament Friday, Nov. 11, 2022, in Houston. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke)
Interior Health says remaining patients from deadly B.C. bus crash expected to live
An ambulance makes its way to the site of a bus rollover on highway 97C in the region of Merritt, B.C., in a still image taken from a Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022, handout video. Four people died and dozens of others were injured when the bus they were travelling on rolled over on an icy highway in the British Columbia Interior on Christmas Eve, provincial RCMP said Sunday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-CTV News Vancouver, *MANDATORY CREDIT*
Exhibition series in Canada gives Ukrainian team chance to focus on hockey
Ukraine’s Men’s University National Hockey Team during the 2022 hockey season which started in the capital of Ukraine in October, and takes place in 3 cities of Ukraine - Kyiv, Kalush, and Kremenchuk. Handout, courtesy of Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine.
Raptors’ Siakam named Eastern Conference player of the week
Toronto Raptors forward Pascal Siakam (43) is defended by Cleveland Cavaliers guard Caris LeVert during the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, Dec. 23, 2022, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Ron Schwane)
Areas to be removed from Ontario’s Greenbelt include prime farmland, wetlands and floodplains
May 23, 2007. Jane Glassco walks on the pier on a kettle lake on some of the 300 acres of her woodland and farmland that she is donating to preserve the Ontario Greenbelt, near Schomberg, May 23, 2007. (J.P. Moczulski/The Globe and Mail)
Most Canadians want Ottawa to set up foreign-influence registry
Pro-China counter-protesters cast shadows on a Chinese flag as they shout at Hong Kong anti-extradition bill protesters holding a rally, in Vancouver, on Saturday August 17, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Deep freeze breaks pipes, creates water crisis across South
The fountain is frozen as temperatures hovered in the mid 20's at Jacob Schoen & Son Funeral Home in New Orleans, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022. Millions of Americans are facing blinding blizzards, freezing rain, flooding and life-threatening cold through Christmas as a winter storm of unprecedented scope smashes its frigid way through most of the country.(David Grunfeld/The Advocate via AP)
Rams, Bucs, Packers earn wins on same day in upside-down NFC
Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady (12) throws against the Arizona Cardinals during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Dec. 25, 2022, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)
Larry Tanenbaum turns in an old-fashioned private equity deal in New Brunswick forests
TORONTO, ON - JUNE 17: Larry Tanenbaum, Chairman of MLSE, owners of the Toronto Raptors waves to the crowd during the Toronto Raptors Victory Parade on June 17, 2019 in Toronto, Canada. The Toronto Raptors beat the Golden State Warriors 4-2 to win the 2019 NBA Finals. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images)
Denver Broncos fire rookie head coach Nathaniel Hackett
Dec 18, 2022; Denver, Colorado, USA; Denver Broncos head coach Nathaniel Hackett in the third quarter against the Arizona Cardinals at Empower Field at Mile High. Mandatory Credit: Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports
This utterly boring ETF is the investment product of the year
Rob Carrick
Kim claims North Korean successes, wants to overcome challenges
FILE PHOTO: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends the 11th Meeting of the Political Bureau of the 8th Central Committee in this undated photo released on December 1, 2022. KCNA via REUTERS
How Nunavut women are suffering due to lack of birthing services, local care for mothers
Children playing outside the Levi Angmak ElementarySchool in Arviat, Nunavut, are photographed on Oct 24, 2022. Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail.
Canadian companies issued a lot of special dividends in 2022. Is that a good thing?
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The real reason why there are two marijuana stores on every block
An employee helps a customer at the Fire and Flower store as the first legal cannabis stores open in the province of Ontario, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, April 1, 2019. REUTERS/Chris Wattie
What I learned from my three biggest mistakes as an investment manager
Unrecognisable woman using smartphone buy cryptocurrency at a coffee shop, blockchain investment, decentralize and Stock market concept.
Scoring dynamo helped Canada win 1961 world hockey championship
Jackie McLeod #14 of the New York Rangers autographs a hockey stick for fans during the 1950-51 National Hockey League (NHL) season in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Photo credit: Imperial Oil-Turofsky/Hockey Hall of Fame)
Passenger advocate urges stranded Sunwing passengers in Mexico to take legal action
Passengers are seen in a handout photo as they await transport at the airport in Cancun, Mexico, in the early hours of Dec. 25, 2022, after their delayed flight home to Canada was cancelled once again. Passengers say they've been shuffled from hotel to hotel after sleeping on floors at the airport and in lobbies, and that there's no end in sight to their ordeal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Hina Itsaso, *MANDATORY CREDIT*
Grandpa taught me everything there is to know about cheating at cards
Elon Musk says around 100 Starlinks now active in Iran
FILE PHOTO: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off, carrying 53 Starlink internet satellites, from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. May 18, 2022. REUTERS/Joe Skipper/File Photo
Peru arrests six generals amid graft investigation of ex-President Castillo
Military members patrol the streets after the national emergency declaration made by Peru's new Government in Arequipa, Peru, on December 14, 2022. - Former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo, accused of "rebellion" and "conspiracy", will continue to be detained at a police base after an appeals court declared his request for freedom unfounded on Tuesday while protests that have left seven dead and 200 injured continue. (Photo by Diego Ramos / AFP) (Photo by DIEGO RAMOS/AFP via Getty Images)
U.S. air passengers stranded by winter storm
DETROIT, MI - DECEMBER 23: Holiday travelers crowd the Detroit Wayne County Metro Airport on Christmas Eve following Winter Storm Elliot December 24, 2022 in Detroit, Michigan. Winter Storm Elliot swept over much of the midwest on Friday and Saturday, dropping temperatures to single digits and windchills up to -35 degrees Fahrenheit and severely impacting travel throughout the US. (Photo by Matthew Hatcher/Getty Images)
First Quantum CEO in Panama for talks with government, source says
A general view of Minera Panama owned by Canada's First Quantum Minerals in Donoso, Panama December 6, 2022. REUTERS/Aris Martinez NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES
UN official, Taliban minister meet on Afghan women NGO ban
The acting head of the U.N. Mission in Afghanistan, Ramiz Alakbarov, meets with the Taliban government’s economy minister, Qari Din Mohammed Hanif, in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Monday, Dec. 26, 2022, following a decision by authorities to bar women from working at national and international NGOs in the country. (Abdul Rahman Habib/Economy Ministry spokesman via AP)
Kurds hold march of mourning after Paris shooting kills three
Members of the Kurdish community attend a march organised by the Kurdish Democratic Council in France (CDK-F) in tribute to the victims of Friday's deadly attack, in Paris, France, December 26, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
Ten killed after Burkina Faso bus hits landmine on Christmas Day
Soccer legends Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi mimic another great rivalry on the chessboard
Messi Ronaldo Vuitton campaign
Israeli businesses decry calls to revise anti-discrimination law
FILE PHOTO: Israeli designate Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the swearing-in ceremony for the new Israeli parliament the 25th Knesset in Jerusalem, November 15, 2022. Abir Sultan/Pool via REUTERS REFILE - CORRECTING INFORMATION/File Photo
Texas Governor Abbott endangered lives with Christmas Eve migrant drop, White House says
Migrants, mostly from Venezuela, stand covered with blankets during a night of low temperatures in downtown El Paso, Texas, U.S., December 23, 2022. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez
More Rohingya refugees reach Indonesia after weeks at sea
Rohingya refugees receive medical treatment after they arrived at the Meunasah Ujong Pie village, in Pidie, Aceh province, Indonesia, December 26, 2022. REUTERS/Hidayatullah Tahjuddin NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky seeks India PM Modi’s help with ‘peace formula’
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi via phone line, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine December 26, 2022. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.
Authorities identify Mall of America shooting victim
An officer stands inside Nordstrom at Mall of America after a shooting, Friday, Dec. 23, 2022, in Bloomington, Minn. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
I have winter tires, an AWD SUV and have been to skid school – how bad could it be?
The view out of Mark Richardson's windshield on Dundonald Rd. near Brighton, Ont. on the evening of Dec. 23.
Review of RBC’s $13.5-billion takeover of HSBC Canada shows limits to system, critics say
An HSBC sign is pictured in Ottawa on Wednesday Sept. 7, 2022. In the year ahead Canada's competition watchdogs will assess RBC's proposed $13.5-billion takeover of HSBC Bank Canada, but critics say their leash is too short while efforts in the U.S. point to potential ways of doing it better.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Bell faces human-rights complaint over alleged inaccessibility for blind customers
The Bell Canada logo is seen Tuesday, June 21, 2016 in Montreal. Bell Communications Inc. is facing a human rights complaint over allegations that it's failing to provide full service to its blind customers. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
Forty-three of 170 police services respond to The Globe’s survey about handling of sexual-assault cases
South Korea’s military apologizes for failing to shoot down North drones that crossed border
FILE - Flags of North Korea, rear, and South Korea, front, flutter in the wind as pictured from the border area between two Koreas in Paju, South Korea, on Aug. 9, 2021. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said North Korea fired a ballistic missile toward its eastern waters Friday, Dec. 23, 2022. (Im Byung-shik/Yonhap via AP, File)
Taiwan reports China’s largest incursion yet to air defence zone
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)
Toyota’s November global vehicle production rises 1.5% to record 833,104
FILE PHOTO: Toyota Motor Corporation's bZ Compact SUV is pictured after a briefing on the company's strategies on battery EVs in Tokyo, Japan, December 14, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
U.S. retail sales grows 7.6% in holiday season: Mastercard data
FILE PHOTO: Mastercard Inc. credit cards are displayed in this picture illustration taken December 8, 2017. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/Illustration/File Photo
Ex-Tokyo Olympics official Takahashi reportedly granted bail in bribery case
FILE - Haruyuki Takahashi, executive board member of the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games arrives at Tokyo 2020 Executive Board Meeting in Tokyo on March 30, 2020. The former advertising executive at the center of a widening scandal over Tokyo Olympics sponsorships was arrested for the fourth time Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022, on suspicion of receiving bribes from a Japanese advertising company. (Issei Kato/Pool Photo via AP, File)
Iran reroutes plane carrying soccer star’s wife, blames U.K. over unrest
FILE PHOTO: People light a fire during a protest over the death of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died after being arrested by the Islamic republic's "morality police", in Tehran, Iran September 21, 2022. WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS
Western New York death toll rises to 28 from cold, storm chaos
Snow plows clear the roads following a winter storm that hit the Buffalo region in Lancaster, New York, U.S., December 25, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Collision between train, vehicles in Brechin, Ont., leaves one man dead
An Ontario Provincial Police logo is shown during a press conference in Barrie, Ont., on April 3, 2019. Provincial police remain on the scene today in an Ontario town where hundreds of modified cars descended this weekend for stunt driving, racing and other alleged dangerous driving behaviours. OPP Sgt. Jason Folz says the "car takeover" in Wasaga Beach, Ont. began Friday and continued early Sunday.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Seventh body discovered after bus plunged into Spanish river
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 ***
Beijing, Shanghai residents back to work as China limps towards living with COVID-19
Commuters ride a subway train during the morning rush hour amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Beijing, China December 26, 2022. REUTERS/Josh Arslan
Drone hits bomber base inside Russia as Putin’s forces bombard Ukrainian cities
A satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows bomber aircraft at Engels Air Base in Saratov, Russia, on Sunday, Dec. 4, 2022. Ukraine executed its most brazen attack into Russian territory in the nine-month-old war on Monday, targeting two military bases hundreds of miles inside the country using unmanned drones, according to the Russian defense ministry and a senior Ukrainian official. (Satellite image ©2022 Maxar Technologies via The New York Times) – NO SALES, EDITORIAL USE ONLY, MAXAR WATERMARK MUST NOT BE CROPPED OUT –
How Canada’s foreign-student boom is creating a host of problems
Deepali Verma, a student from India says that International students are upset over the treatment that current and upcoming foreign-enrolled students are receiving at Cape Breton University. Dartmouth, Nova Scotia on Sunday, Dec 18. The Globe and Mail / Carolina Andrade
Deep job cuts in Silicon Valley could bring tech workers back to Canada
Trevor Lai, a former Meta employee laid off by the company in November, stands for a portrait at his apartment in downtown Seattle, WA., Thursday, Dec. 22, 2022. Lai's priority is to remain in the U.S. due to the higher pay, but he has a limited time to secure a new job. Lindsey Wasson/ The Globe and Mail
Top 10: The Globe’s favourite podcasts of 2022
Shot of a mature woman sitting on her sofa listening to music on a digital tablet
Fortuna’s Row is an undeniably stylish addition to Calgary’s restaurant scene
The scallop dish and the arroz con leche tart at the restaurant Fortuna’s Row in Calgary, Alberta December 5, 2022. Todd Korol/The Globe and Mail
Broker aims for the sweet scores of Kore-eda’s Shoplifters, but settles for easy-deal sentimentality
Song Kang-ho in Broker (2022). Courtesy of Elevation Pictures
How Halton police service tackled its high rate of sexual-assault cases dismissed as ‘unfounded’
Police dismissals of sexual-assault claims as ‘unfounded’ dropped by more than half since 2017
From inflation to new alcohol guidelines, 2022 was a big year for food and nutrition. Here’s what it means for the year ahead
Leslie Beck
More people, of all ages, rent their homes. They need better legal protection – and more respect
Condominiums and the CN Tower are shown along the Toronto skyline on Tuesday, April 25, 2017. The Toronto Regional Real Estate Board says the average cost for a one-bedroom condo soared by more than 20 per cent to $2,481 between the third quarter of this year and the same period last year. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
How home and auto insurers trounced the Big Six banks and became Canada’s hottest financial stocks
Intact Financial CEO Charles Brindamour said his industry is already seeing the impact of global warming in the increasing frequency of severe storms and changing weather patterns.
My new job will have me on the road a lot. What comfortable, small SUV do you recommend for less than $35,000?
2023 Mazda CX-30
Burnout isn’t just an individual problem of too much work. Here’s how managers can help
Closeup on medical mask and hand disinfectant and stressed woman in background in temporary home office during the coronavirus epidemic in the house in sunny day.
‘Entitled people with large audiences can amplify their grievances for attention and profit.’ Harry & Meghan reviewed, plus other letters to the editor for Dec. 26
FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex attend the 2022 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Ripple of Hope Award Gala in New York City, U.S., December 6, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
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