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Returning the BC Liberals to glory will be a very tall order for Kevin Falcon
Kevin Falcon addresses the crowd after being elected leader of the British Columbia Liberal party in Vancouver on Saturday, February 5, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Five stories to watch on Friday
Canada players celebrate after defeating the United States in women's ice hockey action at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games, in Beijing, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
UN labor agency cites concerns about China’s Xinjiang region
A worker packages spools of cotton yarn at a textile manufacturing plant, as seen during a government organized trip for foreign journalists, in Aksu in western China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Tuesday, April 20, 2021. China on Friday, Dec. 17, 2021 said it would "take all necessary measures" to safeguard its institutions and enterprises after the U.S. Senate passed a new law barring imports from the Xinjiang region unless businesses can prove they were produced without forced labor. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
How investors can find the right kind of value stock
Traders work, as a screen shows Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell's news conference after the U.S. Federal Reserve interest rates announcement, on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in October of 2019.
World’s damaged supply chains brace for painful recovery
FILE - Shipping containers are stacked high at the Port of Long Beach in Long Beach, Calif., on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022. Southern California's Port of Long Beach is still dealing with a backlog of waiting cargo vessels, and its top official has renewed a call for transforming the supply chain into a 24-hour, seven-days-a-week operation. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong,File)
Rob Carrick: Three insider tips on choosing a digital broker for retirees
Well-seasoned: U.S. aerials skier Winter Vinecki to fly at Beijing Olympics
FILE - Winter Vinecki competes in the World Cup women's freestyle aerials skiing event, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021, in Deer Valley, Utah. American freestyle skier Winter Vinecki ran a marathon on all seven continents -- before she turned 15. Now, she's trying to make more history: Become only the second female from American to take home Olympic gold in aerials. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
Former Ontario privacy czar denounces lack of transparency over PHAC’s phone-data haul
Then-Ontario Privacy Commissioner Ann Cavoukian speaks during a press conference in Toronto on Monday, March 3, 2008. Cavoukian told MPs Thursday that she was troubled "by the complete lack of transparency" by the Public Health Agency over its plans to collect millions of people's mobile phone data. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Colin Perkel
Australia thwarts Chinese plot to fund election candidates: media
A photograph taken in Melbourne on May 7, 2019, shows placards outside a polling station for Labor Party candidate Jennifer Yang and Liberal Party candidate Gladys Liu who are standing in the May 18 election for the outer Melbourne electorate of Chisholm where one in five households speak either Mandarin or Cantonese. - The marginal seat has been thrown into the national spotlight as it promises to create history by electing the first-ever female Chinese-Australian lower house parliamentarian. (Photo by William WEST / AFP) / TO GO WITH: Australia-Vote-2019 -China, FOCUS by Daniel DE CARTERET, Esther CHANWILLIAM WEST/AFP/Getty Images
Goalie Ivan Fedotov stars again as Russian Olympic Committee shuts out Denmark in men’s hockey
Denmark's Mikkel Boedker (89) closes in on Russian Olympic Committee goalkeeper Ivan Fedotov (28) during a preliminary round men's hockey game at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 11, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Innovative furniture designers harness discarded fabrics for a sustainable future for home goods
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Canada’s realpolitik ignores the plight of Muslims in India
For the sake of our children, we must take a few risks
Kindergarten teacher Karen Drolet, left, works with a student at Raices Dual Language Academy, a public school in Central Falls, R.I., Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022. As some of the last statewide mask mandates in the U.S. near an end, decisions about whether students and teachers should continue to wear masks in school are shifting to local leaders, who are caught in the middle of one of the most combustible issues of the pandemic. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Joe Rogan, Spotify and the dangers imposed by private threats to free speech
FILE - Joe Rogan is seen during a weigh-in before UFC 211 on Friday, May 12, 2017, in Dallas before UFC 211. Spotify’s popular U.S. podcaster has apologized after a video compilation surfaced that showed him using racial slurs in clips of episodes over a 12-year span. In a video posted on his Instagram account on Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022, Rogan who hosts a podcast called “The Joe Rogan Experience,” said his use of the slurs was the “most regretful and shameful thing that I’ve ever had to talk about publicly.” ( AP Photo/Gregory Payan, File)
Biden orders US$3.5-billion in frozen Afghan assets to be unfrozen for humanitarian aid
FILE PHOTO: A displaced Afghan woman holds her child as she waits with other women to receive aid supply outside an UNCHR distribution center on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan October 28, 2021. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra/File Photo
Cineplex cuts quarterly loss as new movie viewing habits gain traction
A Cineplex Odeon Cinemas is shown in Oshawa on Friday Jan. 21.
Mercedes-Benz tops profit forecast, sees supply chain headwinds in 2022
FILE PHOTO: A logo of Mercedes-Benz is seen outside a Mercedes-Benz car dealer, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Brussels, Belgium May 28, 2020. REUTERS/Yves Herman
Norway’s Marte Olsbu Roeiseland shoots her way to Olympic gold in women’s biathlon sprint
2022 Beijing Olympics - Biathlon - Women's 7.5km Sprint - National Biathlon Centre, Zhangjiakou, China - February 11, 2022. Gold medallist Marte Olsbu Roeiseland of Norway celebrates on the podium. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
Russian parliament mulls delaying vote on recognizing eastern Ukraine
FILE PHOTO: Russian State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin is seen before President Vladimir Putin's annual state of the nation address to the Federal Assembly in Moscow, Russia March 1, 2018. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo
What every Canadian investor needs to know today
FILE PHOTO: Traders work, as a screen shows Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell's news conference after the U.S. Federal Reserve interest rates announcement, on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., October 30, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
Snowboard forefather Jake Burton Carpenter gone, but not forgotten at Beijing Olympics
FILE - Jake Burton Carpenter, the creator of Burton Snowboards, center, speaks during a bill signing in Stowe, Vt., on March 8, 2012. Carpenter died in 2019, and his absence is being felt at the Beijing Games, which marks the first without him since the sport he created and brought to the masses came to the Olympics. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, FIle)
French convoys head towards Paris, police checkpoints set up
Armoured vehicles from the French Gendarmerie are in place along a street in front of the Petit Palais near the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris as French anti-COVID restrictions car drivers and their "Convoi de la liberte" (The Freedom Convoy), a vehicular convoy protest underway to Paris to protest coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine and restrictions in France, February 11, 2022. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
Enbridge to settle on new Mainline tolling plan by summer, CEO says
An above ground section of Enbridge's Line 5 at the Mackinaw City, Mich., pump station is photographed in October 2016.
U.S. says Russia is massing more troops near Ukraine, invasion could come at any time
FILE - In this photo provided by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022, a Russian military vehicles moves during a military exercising at a training ground in Rostov region, Russia. With Russia carrying out a massive military buildup near Ukraine and the West roundly rejecting Moscow’s security demands, a window for diplomacy in the crisis appears to be closing. But even as Moscow continues to bolster its forces and holds sweeping war games, President Vladimir Putin is keeping the window open for more negotiations in a calculated game of brinkmanship intended to persuade Washington and its allies to accept Russia's demands. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, File)
Friday’s analyst upgrades and downgrades
The logo of Shopify hangs behind the Canadian flag after the company's IPO at the New York Stock Exchange May 21, 2015.
Cirque du Soleil walking an ethical tightrope in Saudi Arabia
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Michael Schur’s new book tackles so-called cancel culture, and offers guidance on how to navigate it
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Shortage of blood-test materials leaves hospitals scrambling to treat patients
Auto parts maker Magna sees initial hit from border bridge blockade
The Magna International Inc., sign is shown at the company's annual general meeting in Toronto on Friday, May 10, 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Canadian Olympic men’s hockey coach Claude Julien details accident that punctured lung
Team Canada head coach Claude Julien takes notes before the team’s game against Germany, Thursday, February 10, 2022 at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. Julien will be back behind the bench for the next game after arriving late in Beijing due to an injury.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
Morning Update: Ontario prepares fines, possible seizure of trucks to end Ambassador Bridge blockade
A general view shows truckers and their supporters blocking access to the Ambassador Bridge, which connects Detroit and Windsor, in protest against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine mandates, in Windsor, Ontario, Canada February 10, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio
Canadian oil companies export record amount of crude out of U.S. Gulf Coast at end of 2021
FILE - A man wears a face mark as he fishes near docked oil drilling platforms, on May 8, 2020, in Port Aransas, Texas. A federal court has rejected a proposed lease auction for offshore oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, saying the Biden administration failed to conduct a proper environmental review. The decision on Jan. 27, 2022, by U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras sends the proposed lease sale back to the Interior Department to decide next steps. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
Goldman Sachs sells Toronto fintech Financeit to Kuwait sovereign wealth fund for $350-million-plus
low res, use small - Financeit founder Michael Garrity says his company offers efficient payment options that everyone can use.
Oil prices gain 2% after IEA says markets were tight
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 28: Oil pumpjacks operate in the Inglewood Oil Field on January 28, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. The Los Angeles City Council voted to ban new oil and gas drilling as well as evaluating how to decommission existing wells in the city following years of complaints from residents. Thousands of Angelenos reside in close proximity to the more than 5,200 gas and oil wells in the city and many have complained about negative health consequences. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Enough is enough. The blockades must be brought to an end
A truck convoy protesting COVID-19 vaccine mandates and other restrictions blocks the highway at the busy U.S. border crossing near Coutts, Alta., on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022. A woman says her family members couldn’t say goodbye to their dying mother because of the demonstators. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
OPP decision coming soon on whether to investigate Thunder Bay police force
Thunder Bay Police blocked the entrances to the Thunder Bay Bombardier plant while emergency crews and the bomb squad dealt with a bomb threat Friday Dec. 9, 2011. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Thunder Bay Chronicle Herald - Sandi Krasowski
Many employers are still reluctant to adopt a four-day workweek
FILE PHOTO: The Goldman Sachs company logo is on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., July 13, 2021. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
Premier Doug Ford has astutely shifted blame to Ottawa in the runup to Ontario’s June election
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Canadian speed skater Fish finishes 6th, Bloemen fades badly to take 8th in 10,000
Canada’s Graeme Fish competes in the men’s 10,000 metre speedskating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing on Friday, February 11, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
Goldman ups Fed hike forecast to 7 rate increases in 2022 after CPI data
The U.S. Federal Reserve Board building on Constitution Avenue is pictured in Washington on March 19, 2019.
Beijing Winter Olympics: Canada’s Eliot Grondin and Meryeta O’Dine score bronze in mixed snowboard cross
Canada's Meryeta O'Dine and Eliot Grondin celebrate their bronze medal in mixed team snowboard cross at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics in Zhangjiakou, China on Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
In photos: Jennifer Jones suffers first career loss at Olympics and other Beijing Winter Olympic highlights
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Canada's Jennifer Jones (C) curls the stone during the women's round robin session against Japan at the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Doping hearing to decide Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva’s Olympic fate
2022 Beijing Olympics - Figure Skating - Training - Training Rink Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing, China - February 11, 2022. Kamila Valieva of the Russian Olympic Committee during training REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina
Putting central banks to the test: World market themes for the week ahead
Workers maintain the huge Euro logo in front of the headquarters of the European Central Bank (ECB) in Frankfurt, Dec. 6, 2011.
Credit Suisse downgrades global equities on key macro concerns
The logo of Swiss bank Credit Suisse is seen at a branch office in Zurich, Switzerland, November 3, 2021.
The close: Wall Street stocks slammed on fears of Ukraine conflict, but oil and gold surge shelters TSX
In this photo provided by the New York Stock Exchange, specialist Douglas Johnson works at his post on the trading floor, Thursday, Feb 10.
Meet the 21-year-old who silenced the Ottawa truckers’ horns
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Drivers find apps offered by carmakers increasingly difficult to use, study shows
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Pandemic fuels Canada’s fastest-growing job category
Children's vaccination tents set up at the Embassy Grand Convention Centre in Brampton, Ontario on November 26, 2021. Baljit SIngh/The Globe and Mail
National synchronized swimming program overhauls its safety policies amid allegations of abuse from Olympians
Former Olympic synchronized swimmer Erin Willson, shown at the University of Toronto where studies abuse in sport. Willson is one of several Olympians who say allegations of abuse were never properly investigated by the national program.
Friday’s small-cap stocks to watch
Cannabis seedlings are shown at an Aurora Cannabis grow facility in Montreal, Friday, Nov. 24, 2017.
SEC seeks to bolster disclosure rules for private equity and hedge funds
FILE PHOTO: Signage is seen at the headquarters of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 12, 2021. Picture taken May 12, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo/File Photo
Relentless Niskanen takes gold for Finland in men’s 15km classic cross-country skiing
Iivo Niskanen, of Finland, competes during the men's 15km classic cross-country skiing competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 11, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Canada’s Jennifer Jones and Brad Gushue both suffer first losses at Beijing Olympics
Canada’s Skip Jennifer Jones throws a rock during preliminary round curling action against Japan Friday, February 11, 2022 at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
Feb. 11: ‘Their freedoms are not worth any more than mine.’ No end in sight for protests? Plus other letters to the editor
Trucks, now parked perpendicular to Wellington Street, are seen in front of the Chateau Laurier as a protest against COVID-19 restrictions that has been marked by gridlock and the sound of truck horns reaches its 14th day, in Ottawa, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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Five stories to watch on Saturday
Team Germany goaltender Mathias Niederberger (35) stops Team Canada Owen Power (22) during second period men’s ice hockey action Thursday, February 10, 2022 at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
Watching the Games: Saturday
Team Canada defender Maxim Noreau (56) celebrates with teammates Eric Staal (12) and Eric O'Dell (19) after scoring the fourth goal during second period men’s ice hockey action against Germany Thursday, February 10, 2022 at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
Lieutenant says officers should have tried to stop George Floyd killing
FILE - In this image taken from video, witness Lt. Richard Zimmerman, of the Minneapolis Police Department, testifies on April 2, 2021, in the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin in Minneapolis, Minn. Three former Minneapolis police officers on trial for violating George Floyd's civil rights should have intervened to stop fellow Officer Derek Chauvin when he had his knee on the Black man's neck, Zimmerman, the head of the Minneapolis Police Department's homicide unit, testified Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022.   (Court TV via AP, Pool File)
Quad ministers convene to address Indo-Pacific ‘coercion’, climate, COVID-19
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi meet at Melbourne Commonwealth Parliament Office, in Melbourne, Australia February 11, 2022. Darrian Traynor/Pool via REUTERS
Packers QB Aaron Rodgers earns 4th MVP award, 2nd in a row
Aaron Rodgers of the Green Bay Packers receives the AP Most Valuable Player of the Year Award at the NFL Honors show Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
LPGA major winner Hannah Green tied for the lead at Vic Open
NAPLES, FLORIDA - NOVEMBER 19: Hannah Green of Australia prepares to play her shot on the third hole during the second round of the CME Group Tour Championship at Tiburon Golf Club on November 19, 2021 in Naples, Florida. (Photo by Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty Images)
Theegala crashes golf’s biggest party in last group
Sahith Theegala lines up a putt on the second hole during the Phoenix Open golf tournament Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022, in Scottsdale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Darryl Webb)
Hanifin leads Flames in 5-2 win over Maple Leafs
Feb 10, 2022; Calgary, Alberta, CAN; Calgary Flames goaltender Jacob Markstrom (25) guards his net as defenseman Rasmus Andersson (4) blocks a shot by Toronto Maple Leafs during the second period at Scotiabank Saddledome. Mandatory Credit: Sergei Belski-USA TODAY Sports
DeSmith, Penguins shutout Senators, Crosby still seeks 500 goals
Feb 10, 2022; Ottawa, Ontario, CAN; Ottawa Senators goalie Matt Murray (30) makes a save in front of Pittsburgh Penguins center Sidney Crosby (87) in the third period at the Canadian Tire Centre. Mandatory Credit: Marc DesRosiers-USA TODAY Sports
Chasing the aurora borealis
The northern lights dance over Yellowknife City, in the Northwest Territories, which offers some of the most enviable conditions in the world to observe them. PHOTO MARIE-SOLEIL DESAUTELS
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Dining options closed in hotel complex at Beijing Olympics due to COVID concerns
FILE PHOTO: A person dines at a table with partition boards at a foodcourt following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Hong Kong, China February 10, 2022. REUTERS/Lam Yik/File Photo
Marie-Michele Gagnon top Canadian in women’s super-G at Beijing Olympics
Marie-Michele Gagnon, of Canada makes a turn during the women's super-G at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 11, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Mexican journalist killed in latest violent attack on media
Police officers guard the perimeter of a scene where Heber Lopez, an independent journalist who ran NoticiasWeb, was shot and killed at his recording studio, in Salina Cruz, in Oaxaca state, Mexico February 10, 2022. REUTERS/Stringer NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES
SpaceX’s Elon Musk says first orbital Starship flight may take place in March
FILE PHOTO: SpaceX launches its first super heavy-lift Starship SN8 rocket during a test from their facility in Boca Chica,Texas, U.S. December 9, 2020. REUTERS/Gene Blevins/File Photo
EXPLAINER: Olympics show complexity of sustainability claims
ZHANGJIAKOU, CHINA - JANUARY 02: Workers stand next to a snow machine making artificial snow outside one of the athletes villages for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics before the area closed to visitors, on January 2, 2022 in Chongli county, Zhangjiakou, Hebei province, northern China. The area, which will host ski and snowboard events during the Winter Olympics and Paralympics was closed off to all tourists and visitors as of January 4, 2022 and will be part of the bubble due to the global coronavirus pandemic for athletes, journalists and officials taking part in the games. The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics are set to open February 4th. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)
Beijing Games organizer reports 11 new COVID-19 cases on Feb 10
People queue outside the post office in a Winter Olympics media centre, with some in the closed loop sending boxes of merchandise featuring the official mascot Bing Dwen Dwen in the post, following a surge in demand for souvenirs featuring the panda mascot, in Zhangjiakou, China, February 9, 2022. REUTERS/Emily Roe
Trent scores 42 as Raptors push streak to eight with win over Rockets
Feb 10, 2022; Houston, Texas, USA; Toronto Raptors guard Gary Trent Jr. (33) drives with the ball as Houston Rockets guard Garrison Mathews (25) defends during the third quarter at Toyota Center. Mandatory Credit: Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports
Tony Boselli leads class of eight Pro Football Hall of Famers
FILE - Cleveland Browns Isaac Booth, second from right, tries to hold back Jacksonville Jaguars rookie offensive tackle Tony Boselli (71) during an NFL football game, Sunday, Oct. 22, 1995 in Jacksonville, Fla. Tony Boselli is a finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame's class of 2022.(Rick Wilson/The Florida Times-Union via AP, File)
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