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February 19

Donald Trump’s Truth Social app set for release Monday in Apple App Store, executive says
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., November 4, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
Austria wins gold in alpine skiing mixed team; Team USA’s Mikaela Shiffrin misses out
2022 Beijing Olympics - Alpine Skiing - Mixed Team Parallel Big Final - National Alpine Skiing Centre, Yanqing district, Beijing, China- February 20, 2022. Johannes Ewald Strolz of Austria reacts after winning gold. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay
Team Cavs win Skills Challenge on long heaves
Feb 19, 2022; Cleveland, OH, USA; Team Cavs player Evan Mobley (4) celebrates after making the winning half-court shot during the Skills Challenge during the 2022 NBA All-Star Saturday Night at Rocket Mortgage Field House. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports
David Pastnak scores overtime winner as Boston Bruins top Ottawa Senators
Boston Bruins left wing Nick Foligno collides with Ottawa Senators goaltender Anton Forsberg under pressure from defenceman Victor Mete during second period NHL action, Saturday, February 19, 2022 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
St. Louis Blues spoil William Nylander’s two-goal night, beat Toronto Maple Leafs 6-3
St. Louis Blues' Pavel Buchnevich (centre) celebrates with teammates after scoring as Toronto Maple Leafs' Jake Muzzin skates past during first period NHL hockey action in Toronto, on Saturday, February 19, 2022.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Speed skater Isabelle Weidemann named Canada’s flag-bearer for Beijing Olympics closing ceremony
Silver medalist Isabelle Weidemann of Canada celebrates during the medal ceremony for the women's 5,000-meters speedskating at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 11, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Water receding in part of Brampton, Ont., after widespread flooding, city officials say
Twelve still missing after blaze engulfs Greece-Italy ferry
Smoke on the Italian-flagged Euroferry Olympia, which sailed from Greece to Italy early on Friday and caught fire, is seen from Himara, Albania, February 19, 2022. REUTERS/Florion Goga
U.S. federal officials confirm bird flu detected in New York
Federal government announces $20-million in funding for Ottawa businesses affected by convoy protests
Police officers on horses ride near Rideau Centre, as truckers and supporters continue to protest coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine mandates, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, February 18, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio
Connor McDavid puts up three points as Edmonton Oilers double up Winnipeg Jets 4-2
Edmonton Oilers' Kailer Yamamoto (56) celebrates his goal with teammates Tyson Barrie (22), Darnell Nurse (25), Zach Hyman (18) and Connor McDavid (97) during second period NHL action against the Winnipeg Jets, in Winnipeg, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
Vancouver police report downtown conflicts after capacity limits at bars, clubs lift
A Vancouver Police Department patch is seen on an officer's uniform after responding to an unknown incident in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver on January 9, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy calls on Vladimir Putin to meet as tensions rise
A woman looks out of the window of a balcony in Sievierodonetsk, in the Luhansk region, eastern Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 18, 2022. Spiking tensions in eastern Ukraine on Friday aggravated Western fears of a Russian invasion and a new war in Europe, with a humanitarian convoy hit by shelling and pro-Russian rebels evacuating civilians from the conflict zone. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
Title race is back on in EPL after Tottenham’s Harry Kane sinks Manchester City
Soccer Football - Premier League - Manchester City v Tottenham Hotspur - Etihad Stadium, Manchester, Britain - February 19, 2022 Tottenham Hotspur's Harry Kane scores their third goal Action Images via Reuters/Carl Recine
Britain to set out plans to scrap COVID-19 self-isolation laws
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, Pool)
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly plans Asia travel before tabling new China strategy
Canada's Foreign Minister Melanie Joly speaks during a media conference in Brussels, Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022. Canada's foreign affairs minister says she plans to travel to Asia and elsewhere before she releases the government's much-anticipated new policy on China. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Johanna Geron, Pool Photo via AP
Quebec reporting six COVID-19 deaths, 45-patient drop in hospitalizations
People line up to enter a COVID-19 vaccination clinic in Montreal, on Thursday, January 6, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
Withdrawal of Western observers from eastern Ukraine weakens monitoring mission, Ukrainian official says
Ukraine's Deputy PM Iryna Vereshchuk speaks to media about security violations in Stanytsia Luhanska Ukraine. 19 Feb 2022 Anton Skyba for The Globe and Mail
Ukraine receives Canada’s shipment of machine guns, surveillance gear
Ukrainian service members ride at a infantry fighting vehicle on the front line near the village of Zaitseve in the Donetsk region, Ukraine February 19, 2022. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
Tensions mount between Russia and the West, with more warnings that Ukraine is on the brink of war
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivers his speech during the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
Amid rising tensions in Ukraine, The Globe’s Mark MacKinnon reports near the Russian border
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Jean-Luc Brunel, modelling agent close to Epstein, found dead in French jail
FILE- Jeffrey Epstein appears in court in West Palm Beach, Fla., July 30, 2008. A modeling agent who was close to disgraced U.S. financier Jeffrey Epstein was found dead Saturday in his French jail cell, where he was being held in an investigation into the rape of minors and trafficking of minors for sexual exploitation, according to the Paris prosecutor's office. (Uma Sanghvi/Palm Beach Post via AP, File)
Beijing Olympics Today: Canadian speed skater Ivanie Blondin scores silver in dramatic mass start final
Team Canada long track speed skater Ivanie Blondin celebrates after winning the silver medal in the women’s mass start finals during the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing, China on Saturday, February 19, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, COC, Leah Hennel *MANDATORY CREDIT*
Jason Kenney’s government faces stark fiscal choice in next Thursday’s budget
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney gives a COVID-19 update in Calgary on Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. Kenney and Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe are joining more than a dozen U.S. states in calling for an end to mandated COVID-19 vaccines for cross-border truckers.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Teen sensation Juraj Slafkovsky leads Slovakia to Olympic bronze medal in men’s hockey
2022 Beijing Olympics - Ice Hockey - Men's Bronze Medal Game - Sweden v Slovakia - National Indoor Stadium, Beijing, China - February 19, 2022. Slovakia players celebrate after the match. REUTERS/David W Cerny
Police advance on main demonstration on Parliament Hill in Ottawa
OTTAWA, ONTARIO - FEBRUARY 19: Police face off with demonstrators participating in a protest organized by truck drivers opposing vaccine mandates on Wellington St. on February 19, 2022 in Ottawa, Ontario. The drivers have used vehicles to form a blockade that has blocked several streets near Parliament Hill. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has invoked the Emergencies Act in an attempt to try to put an end to the demonstration that has nearly paralyzed a portion of downtown Ottawa for three weeks. (Photo by Alex Kent/Getty Images)
Novak Djokovic’s vaccine stand stalls his own brilliant career and feeds myths
Marcus Gee
Buyers get inside tip on Forest Hill condo in gated community
Done Deal, 19 Lower Village Gate, No. 410, Toronto
Pairs skater Timothy LeDuc becomes United States’ first openly nonbinary Winter Olympian
2022 Beijing Olympics - Figure Skating - Pair Skating - Short Program - Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing, China - February 18, 2022. Ashley Cain-Gribble of the United States and Timothy Leduc of the United States react after their performance. REUTERS/Aleksandra Szmigiel
Canada’s Christine de Bruin finishes fifth in bobsled, Germany wins more gold
Christine De Bruin and Kristen Bujnowski, of Canada, start the women's bobsleigh heat 3 at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Canada’s Noah Bowman finishes fourth in men’s freeski halfpipe at Beijing Games
Canada's Noah Bowman competes in the freestyle men's ski halfpipe finals during the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, in Zhangjiakou, China, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Western Canada: Globe analysis shows B.C. floods likely the most-costly disaster in Canadian history
Highway 1 is pictured during a fly over the flood damage in Abbotsford, B.C., November 23, 2021. Another patch in British Columbia's damaged highway system has been completed as the province reopened Highway 1 through the Fraser Canyon on Monday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Canada’s unvaccinated not always who you think they are
MONTREAL, Que. (10/02/2022) - Nesrine A•t El Hadj gives Theresa Twenewaa her third dose on the VacciBus on Feb. 10, 2022, in Montreal, QC. Twenewaa came to get vaccinated after seeing the VacciBus on her way to the bank that morning. The VacciBus, a mobile vaccination clinic, was put together by multiple departments of the healthcare agency. They scrutinize specific data, down to the streets, to target locations where to go to offer the mobile vaccination service. (Andrej Ivanov/The Globe and Mail)
In photos: Police continue to clear convoy demonstrators in Ottawa on Saturday
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Police continue to clear downtown Ottawa of the convoy demonstration, facing off with protestors near Parliament Hill on Saturday.
Russia’s men’s hockey team looks to retain gold medal title while Finns seek golden first
2022 Beijing Olympics - Ice Hockey - Men's Play-offs Semifinals - Russian Olympic Committee v Sweden - National Indoor Stadium, Beijing, China - February 18, 2022. Ivan Fedotov of the Russian Olympic Committee and Sergey Andronov of the Russian Olympic Committee. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Canada’s Justin Kripps in third midway Olympic four-man event
Justin Kripps, Ryan Sommer, Cam Stones and Benjamin Coakwell, of Canada, start the 4-man heat 1 at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Alberta budget will try to corral competing demands for rebounding oil wealth
Kelly Cryderman
Truck blockades present a compelling argument for moving more goods by rail
Police officers hold a line as protesters support the truckers as the police enforce an injunction against their demonstration, which has blocked traffic across the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor, Ont., Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022. The City of Windsor is in court arguing to extend the injunction granted last week that prohibits blocking a busy international bridge.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Cost of rebuilding B.C. after flooding nears $9-billion
Collapsed sections of bridges destroyed by severe flooding and landslides on the Coquihalla Highway north of Hope, B.C., are seen in an aerial view from a Canadian Forces reconnaissance flight on Monday, November 22, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Ukrainian military officials flee to bomb shelter after government-held regions shelled
Service members of the Ukrainian armed forces are seen at combat positions near the line of separation from Russian-backed rebels, near the village of Bohdanivka in the Donetsk region, Ukraine February 19, 2022. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
Canadian Olympic gold medallist Kevin Light returns to Beijing, this time behind the camera
Team Canada snowboarder Brooke D’Hondt competes in the women’s halfpipe final during the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Zhangjiakou, China on Thursday, February 10, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO/COC, Kevin Light *MANDATORY CREDIT*
After two pandemic Olympics, Paris 2024 to be ‘light at the end of the tunnel’ says next Games chief
TOPSHOT - French aerial patrol 'Patrouille de France' fly over the fan village of The Trocadero set in front of The Eiffel Tower, in Paris on August 8, 2021 upon the transmission of the closing ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. (Photo by STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP) (Photo by STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN/AFP via Getty Images)
Canadian speed skater Ivanie Blondin captures silver in dramatic mass start finish
Ivanie Blondin of Canada competes during the women's speedskating mass start finals at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Can Mark afford to retire and move to warmer climates in B.C. or Ontario?
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Family raises $35,000 to bring Inuk elder home from Ottawa care facility
Family handout photo of Nunavut elder Raymond Ningeocheak being pushed by his son, Kupapik Ningeocheak. Mr. Ningeocheak is expecting to move home soon to his community of Coral Harbour from the Ottawa retirement home where he has been living for more than a year. His family had to raise $35,000 to pay for a chartered plane and buy their own medical equipment, including a hospital bed, because the Government of Nunavut refused to send Mr. Ningeocheak home, saying he wasn’t medically cleared to return to a community that doesn’t have an assisted-living facility or round-the-clock homecare. Courtesy of Sarah Netser
Speed skater Ivanie Blondin scores silver in mass start – and a huge redemption
2022 Beijing Olympics - Victory Ceremony - Speed Skating Women's Mass Start - Beijing Medals Plaza, Beijing, China - February 19, 2022. Silver medallist, Ivanie Blondin of Canada celebrates on the podium. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
U.S. figure skaters lose appeal to get Olympic silver medals before end of Beijing Games
Silver medalists Karen Chen and Nathan Chen pose for a photo after the team event in the figure skating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 7, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
As self-appointed censors ban books, let’s praise librarians, defenders of the written word
Two books of the graphic novel "Maus" by American cartoonist Art Spiegelman are pictured in this illustration, in Pasadena, California, U.S., January 27, 2022. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/Illustration
For some children, online learning had unexpected benefits
Kearie Daniel, executive director and co-founder of Parents of Black Children, poses for a portrait on the front porch of her home in East Gwillumbury on February 10th, 2022. Duane Cole/The Globe and Mail
Sweden wins curling gold, beating Britain 5-4 in Olympic history
2022 Beijing Olympics - Curling - Men's Gold Medal Game - Sweden v Britain - National Aquatics Center, Beijing, China - February 19, 2022. Skip Niklas Edin of Sweden, Vice Oskar Eriksson of Sweden, Rasmus Wranaa of Sweden and Christoffer Sundgren of Sweden react after winning the game. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
Beijing Winter Olympics: Canada’s Justin Kripps wins bronze in four-man bobsled race
2022 Beijing Olympics - Bobsleigh - 4-man Heat 4 - National Sliding Centre, Beijing, China - February 20, 2022. Justin Kripps of Canada, Ryan Sommer of Canada, Cam Stones of Canada and Benjamin Coakwell of Canada react after their run. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
Thanks to a bizarre niche sport, Norway is a gold medal factory
2022 Beijing Olympics - Biathlon - Men's 15km Mass Start - National Biathlon Centre, Zhangjiakou, China - February 18, 2022. Johannes Thingnes Boe of Norway celebrates after winning gold and Vetle Sjaastad Christiansen of Norway celebrates after winning bronze. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
Brookfield’s latest move to spin off its asset-management business could be worth betting on
FILE PHOTO: People walk to Brookfield Place off Bay Street on the day of the annual general meeting for Brookfield Asset Management shareholders in Toronto, May 7, 2014. REUTERS/Mark Blinch
Afghanistan’s ongoing refugee crisis exposed as authors dig deep
Matthieu Aikins_by Kiana Hayeri-2021.jpeg • Author: Matthieu Aikins The Naked don’t fear the water
The Black Loyalists are still teaching us, centuries later
AFUACOOPERPHOTODEC2021 (2).JPG. Handout Dr. Afua Cooper, Ph.D. Killam Research Chair:Black History and African Diaspora Studies
If restrictions and mandates are being lifted, thank the silent majority that got vaccinated
A Canadian flag is held up by a protester as police move the line up as they work to end a protest, which started in opposition to mandatory COVID-19 vaccine mandates and grew into a broader anti-government demonstration and occupation, in Ottawa, Friday, Feb. 18, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Timely and engaging Looking for Jane deals sensitively with harrowing topics
Heather Marshall author photo. Photo credit: Amanda Kopcic
Can financial planners adjust to parents giving kids their inheritance early to buy homes?
FILE PHOTO: A realtor's for sale sign stands outside a house that had been sold in Toronto, Ontario, Canada May 20, 2021. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File Photo
Crypto’s risk isn’t in investing, but in staying out
Bridget Casey
In photos: Blondin skates to silver to women's mass start and other Beijing Winter Olympic highlights
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Irene Schouten of Team Netherlands races for the finish line ahead of Ivanie Blondin of Team Canada and Francesca Lollobrigida of Team Italy during the women's mass start final at National Speed Skating Oval.
Nova Scotia gunman left a trail of financial red flags, but none were caught by regulator
A woman pays her respects at a roadblock in Portapique, N.S. on Wednesday, April 22, 2020. The inquiry investigating the mass killing in Nova Scotia that claimed 22 lives last year has filed almost 50 subpoenas to compel the release of information from several organization, including the RCMP. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
Feb. 19: ‘I don’t know what it means to fly the Canadian flag any more.’ Protests and the maple leaf, plus other letters to the editor
A Canadian flag is held up by a protester as police move the line up as they work to end a protest, which started in opposition to mandatory COVID-19 vaccine mandates and grew into a broader anti-government demonstration and occupation, in Ottawa, Friday, Feb. 18, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Cunningham, Mobley shine in Rising Stars games
Team Isiah's Precious Achiuwa, of the Toronto Raptors, shoots against Team Barry's Dyson Daniels, of the G League Ignite, and Evan Mobley, of the Cleveland Cavaliers, during the final of the NBA basketball Rising Stars event, Friday, Feb. 18, 2022, in Cleveland. Team Barry won the event. (AP Photo/Ron Schwane)
Five stories to watch on Sunday
Canadian Olympic hockey player Blayre Turnbull with her fiancé, Canadian bobsledder Ryan Sommer, together at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics on February 4, 2022 in a picture posted to Instagram by Ms. Turnbull.
Your daily horoscope: February 19
Aquarius.
Group involved in Ottawa protest asks court to halt federal use of Emergencies Act
Quebec Provincial Police hold a line as they work to bring a protest, which started in opposition to mandatory COVID-19 vaccine mandates and grew into a broader anti-government demonstration and occupation, to an end, in Ottawa, Friday, Feb. 18, 2022. A group involved in the anti-government protest against COVID-19 measures in Ottawa is asking a court to put the brakes on federal use of the Emergencies Act to clamp down on demonstrators. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Olympic alpine skiing mixed team event moved to Sunday because of strong wind
Gate flags bend in the wind after high winds caused a delay in the start of the mixed team parallel skiing event at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)
Watching the Games: Sunday
2022 Beijing Olympics - Bobsleigh - 4-man Heat 1 - National Sliding Centre, Beijing, China - February 19, 2022. Justin Kripps of Canada, Ryan Sommer of Canada, Cam Stones of Canada and Benjamin Coakwell of Canada in action. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
Hundreds of rodents found inside Family Dollar facility
FILE - The Family Dollar logo is centered above one of its variety stores in Canton, Miss., Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020. More than 1,000 rodents were found inside a Family Dollar distribution facility in Arkansas, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Friday, Feb. 18, 2022 as the chain issued a voluntary recall affecting items purchased from hundreds of stores in the South. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
U.S. securities agency denies claims it’s harassing Elon Musk
FILE -Tesla and SpaceX Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition in Washington, Monday, March 9, 2020. U.S. securities regulators responded to allegations that they are harassing Elon Musk, writing in a letter that they’re following a judge’s instructions in trying to speak with the Tesla CEO’s lawyers about his posts on Twitter. In a letter dated Friday, Feb. 18, 2022, Steven Buchholz of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s San Francisco Office, wrote that the judge handling a securities case against Musk encouraged both sides to confer before raising issues with the court.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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