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Sanctions-savaged Russia teeters on brink of historic default
FILE PHOTO: A picture illustration shows rolled Russian rouble banknotes on a table in Warsaw, Poland, January 22, 2016. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel//File Photo
UCP candidate Brian Jean wins northern Alberta by-election in landslide
Former Alberta Wildrose leader Brian Jean announces a deal with the Progressive Conservatives to merge the parties in Edmonton on May 18, 2017. Jean is the perceived front-runner in the Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche byelection and has his sights set on ousting Premier Jason Kenney as United Conservative leader. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
Chelsea scraps bid to close FA Cup game to all fans
FILE PHOTO: Football - Chelsea v Crystal Palace - Barclays Premier League - Stamford Bridge - 3/5/15 Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich in the stands. Action Images via Reuters / John Sibley
Connor scores for fifth straight game to lead Jets 7-3 over Golden Knights
Mar 15, 2022; Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN; Winnipeg Jets goalie Connor Hellebuyck (37) stops Vegas Golden Knights forward William Karlsson (71) during the third period at Canada Life Centre. Mandatory Credit: Terrence Lee-USA TODAY Sports
Had China known of Russia’s plans to invade Ukraine, ‘we would have tried our best to prevent it,’ ambassador to U.S. says
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, China February 4, 2022. Sputnik/Aleksey Druzhinin/Kremlin via REUTERS
General manager Ross Atkins says Toronto Blue Jays looking to add to infield
General Manager Ross Atkins arrives to a press conference in Toronto, Friday, Dec. 27, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Cole Burston
Red-hot Coyotes end East Coast road trip with 6-3 win over Canadiens
Mar 15, 2022; Montreal, Quebec, CAN; Arizona Coyotes goalie Karel Vejmelka (70) makes a save against Montreal Canadiens forward Joel Armia (40) during the second period at the Bell Centre. Mandatory Credit: Eric Bolte-USA TODAY Sports
Kallgren shines bright in Leafs-Stars showdown
Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Erik Kallgren (50) makes a pad save on Dallas Stars centre Radek Faksa (12) during first period NHL action in Toronto on Tuesday March 15, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
Ovechkin scores 767th goal, passes Jagr for 3rd on NHL list
Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin heads to the bench on a line switch against the New York Islanders during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Tuesday, March 15, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Ottawa promises national insurance for homes in high-risk flood areas
Properties on Hatzic Lake are surrounded by high water after floodwaters began to recede, near Mission, B.C., on Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021. B.C. flood victims will be eligible next month for personalized support through the Canadian Red Cross to help navigate the recovery process and available funding programs. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Rugby Canada names Kevin Rouet women’s head coach ahead of Rugby World Cup
Kevin Rouet, elevated from assistant coach to head coach of the Canadian women’s 15s rugby team, is shown at a camp in a March, 2022 handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Rugby Canada **MANDATORY CREDIT**
Yusei Kikuchi formally introduced as a member of the Toronto Blue Jays
Pitching coach Pete Walker, left, catcher Casey Janssen, centre, and pitcher Yusei Kikuchi chat after a bullpen session at a team workout at the Toronto Blue Jays Player Development Complex on, Tuesday, March 15, 2022, in Dunedin, Fla. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mark Taylor
Rolling Raptors face Clippers, aim for second straight L.A. win
Mar 14, 2022; Los Angeles, California, USA; Toronto Raptors forward Pascal Siakam (43) moves the ball against Los Angeles Lakers guard Wayne Ellington (2) during the second half at Crypto.com Arena. Mandatory Credit: Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports
U.S. lawmakers to prod reluctant Biden administration to facilitate plane transfers to Ukraine
Su-27 fighter jets fly above a military base in the Zhytomyr region, Ukraine, on Dec. 6, 2018. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has made a “desperate” plea to the United States to help Kyiv get more warplanes to fight Russia's invasion. (Mikhail Palinchak, Presidential Press Service via AP)
March Madness guide: What to look for in the NCAA Tournament
Mar 12, 2022; Kansas City, MO, USA; Kansas Jayhawks place their logo on the March Madness tournament ticket after the game against the Texas Tech Red Raiders at T-Mobile Center. Mandatory Credit: William Purnell-USA TODAY Sports
Canada’s Leylah Fernandez ousted by Badosa of Spain at Indian Wells
Leylah Fernandez, of Canada, returns a shot to Paula Badosa, of Spain, at the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament Tuesday, March 15, 2022, in Indian Wells, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
CF Montreal looking to regain form in crucial Champions League decider
New York City FC forward Talles Magno, right, controls the ball under pressure of CF Montreal midfielder Ismael Koné (28) during the second half of an MLS soccer match at Yankee Stadium, Saturday, March 12, 2022, in New York. NYCFC won 4-1 (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)
Interim Conservative head Candice Bergen sought quick move into Stornoway, sources say
Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole holds a press conference to introduce his Deputy Leader Candice Bergen, left, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Answering Zelensky’s call to create a no-fly zone over Ukraine would be an unthinkable mistake
Campbell Clark
Court holds Brandon police responsible for damages under ‘revenge-porn’ legislation
A woman uses her computer keyboard to type while surfing the internet in North Vancouver, B.C., Dec. 19, 2012. The organization that oversees junior hockey on P.E.I. had admitted to mishandling its reaction to a racist act at a hockey game last month. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Montreal tech stalwart Matrox sells unit for $875-million three years after bitter ownership battle ends
MONTREAL, Que. (15/03/2022) – Lorne Trottier, the founder of Matrox, poses for a portrait in their office on March 15, 2022, in Dorval, QC. The tech company that has just sold its biggest division for US$875m. it’s a colourful story – he bought out co-founder of the 45-year old company in 2019 after a court-ordered process, the pair hadn’t gotten along for years. It was at one point one of Canada’s hottest tech companies, a big player in graphics cards in the dot-com boom, sales then fell from Us$700m to under US$100m. (Andrej Ivanov/The Globe and Mail)
Five-season drought: Man United knocked out of CL by Atletico
Manchester United's Juan Mata, left, gestures as he talks with referee Slavko Vincic during the Champions League round of 16, second leg soccer match between Manchester United and Atletico Madrid at Old Trafford, Manchester, England, Tuesday, March 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Dave Thompson)
Globalive offers $3.75-billion to buy Freedom Mobile
A man scoots past a Freedom mobile store owned by Shaw Communications in Calgary, Alberta, February 2, 2021. Todd Korol/The Globe and Mail
U.S. lawmakers rip Emmert, demand more progress on NCAA equity
FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2020, file photo, NCAA President Mark Emmert testifies during a Senate Commerce subcommittee hearing on intercollegiate athlete compensation on Capitol Hill in Washington. Three congressional lawmakers sent a six-page letter to NCAA president Mark Emmert on Monday, March 14, 2022, saying the organization has made “inadequate progress” in addressing the inequities of treatment between male and female athletes in NCAA tournaments. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
Nooksack River, source of B.C. and Washington flooding fears, to get new plan
Workers with the U.S. Geological Survey take measurements of the Nooksack River from a bridge near the Cedarville gauge near Everson, Washington using an acoustic doppler current profiler on December 1, 2021. The device that looks like a miniature boat, uses beams to detect the river bottom, particles in the water, as well as the speed and direction those particles move. The scans provide a detailed profile of the river bottom. Image from 4K drone video footage by Nathan VanderKlippe / The Globe and Mail
White House says Biden will travel to Europe for Ukraine talks
President Joe Biden listens as first lady Jill Biden speaks during an event to celebrate Equal Pay Day and Women's History Month in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, March 15, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says he’s supporting ‘friend or family’ in wake of truck registered in his name being impounded
Premier Scott Moe speaks to The Canadian Press during a year-end interview at the Legislative Building in Regina on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021. The Saskatchewan premier says he's in contact with the federal government to make sure Canada's sanctions on a Russian oligarch will not affect workers at a steel mill in Regina. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Michael Bell
Struggling Nevada precious metals company lands cash infusion from AMC and mining financier Eric Sprott
An AMC theatre is pictured in Times Square in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., June 2, 2021. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
How TikTok and Instagram’s algorithms inform — and distort — our understanding of the Ukraine war
A woman uses a mobile phone while standing amidst the debris of a school building destroyed by shelling, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, in Zhytomyr, Ukraine March 4, 2022. REUTERS/Viacheslav Ratynskyi
Laughs and oddball humour featuring women front and centre
John Doyle
10 Canadian dividend payers with low geopolitical risk
For Number Cruncher column in Globe Investor/ROB only.
Doris McFarlane rued getting old, and vowed: ‘If I was 80, I’d get that hospital built!’
Doris McFarlane; lives lived;
LNG Canada terminal in British Columbia enters peak construction phase
A module more than 10-storeys tall arrives aboard a vessel at Kitimat, B.C., on March 10, 2022. The module is for installation at LNG Canada’s export terminal in Kitimat. Source: LNG Canada
Evening Update: Ukraine must accept it will never join NATO, President Volodymyr Zelensky says
Canadian Members of Parliament and invited guests applaud as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is shown on a giant video screen before addressing the Canadian parliament, Tuesday, March 15, 2022 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Pfizer-BioNTech reportedly to seek U.S. authorization for second COVID booster shot
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s address to Canada’s Parliament
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are seen on a video screen as the images are merged from one to another during an address in the Canadian parliament, Tuesday, March 15, 2022 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Honda plans $1.38-billion plant upgrade in Ontario
Robotic equipment moves the shell of a Honda vehicle along assembly line at Honda manufacturing plant in Alliston, Ontario March 30, 2015. REUTERS/Fred Thornhill/Files
Gig workers and self-employed need two years of consistent income to get a good mortgage rate
A food delivery worker rides an electric bike in downtown Vancouver, on Tuesday, January 12, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Going nuclear: How Finland is building energy independence from Russia
(FILES) This file photo taken on October 19, 2016 shows the Olkiluoto nuclear power plant in Eurajoki, Finland. - Finland's long-delayed Olkiluoto-3 nuclear reactor went online for the first time on Saturday, March 12, 2022, the plant's operator said. The European Pressurised Reactor (EPR) reactor, built by the French-led Areva-Siemens consortium on Finland's southwest coast, was started up in December 2021 for testing, 12 years behind schedule. (Photo by Martti Kainulainen / Lehtikuva / AFP) / Finland OUT (Photo by MARTTI KAINULAINEN/Lehtikuva/AFP via Getty Images)
Move over Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand. Goblin: Macbeth this way comes
Kelly Nestruck
Manitoba could ban some activities on legislature grounds, boost security
Kelvin Goertzen speaks to the media at the Legislative Building in Winnipeg on Wednesday September 1, 2021. The Manitoba government is looking at tightening security at the legislature. The Justice Minister says the bill strikes a balance between the right to protest and the right of people to be secure. THE CANADIAN PRESS/David Lipnowski
Are the variable-rate mortgage fanatics right?
Rob Carrick
The highway that disappeared: How the B.C. flood changed lives forever along Highway 8
GIF of highway 8, running from Spences Bridge to Merrit, B.C.
BC Housing accepts all four recommendations made in audit of response to COVID-19 pandemic
Michael Pickup, shown here when he was Nova Scotia's auditor general, appears before the public accounts committee at the legislature in Halifax on Nov. 29, 2017. Pickup, who is now British Columbia's auditor general, says the government's framework to manage fraud in the public service is well underway, but it's not fully developed. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
Billionaire Roman Abramovich flies into Moscow as yachts are seized and caviar banned in hit to Russia’s rich
FILE PHOTO: Sanctioned Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich stands in a VIP lounge before a jet linked to him took off for Istanbul from Ben Gurion international airport in Lod near Tel Aviv, Israel, March 14, 2022. REUTERS/Stringer
The pandemic is a blur, but the pictures on my phone tell a different story
Four men charged with conspiracy to commit murder at Alberta border blockade make court appearances
U.S. Senate approves bill that would make Daylight Savings Time permanent in 2023
Scott Gow adjusts a tower clock on test at the Electric Time Company in Medfield, Massachusetts March 6, 2009. Daylight saving time begins in the United States at 2 a.m. March 8. REUTERS/Brian Snyder (UNITED STATES)
Volunteer who travelled to Ukraine from Vancouver co-ordinating with charities to help gather supplies
Oleh Hlyniailiuk, as shown in this undated handout, is one year too young to join the military and has no previous combat experience but that hasn't stopped him from helping out with the war effort in Ukraine.The 26-year-old said he is co-ordinating with charities in Canada, Austria and Poland from Kolomyia, a city in western Ukraine. The supplies include everything from food to flashlights, boots to batteries including over-the-counter medicines and tactical gear. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Oleh Hlyniailiuk *MANDATORY CREDIT*
The spectre of Donald Trump hangs over the federal Conservative leadership race
Gary Mason
How NATO is helping Ukraine fend off an onslaught of Russian cyberattacks
A view of Ukraine's national flag waves above the capital with the Motherland Monument on the right, in Kyiv Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022. Some airlines have halted or diverted flights to Ukraine amid heightened fears that an invasion by Russia is imminent despite intensive weekend talks between the Kremlin and the West. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Injured Canadian says there was no warning ahead of Russian missile attack on Ukrainian base
A picture taken on March 7, 2022, shows former Canadian infantry soldier Hunter Francis in the lobby of the Sheraton Hotel in Warsaw, Poland. - "It wasn't really a decision. Just something that you had to do. It's the right thing to do," said the 24-year-old former Canadian infantry soldier Hunter, who lives in the Eel Ground First Nation reserve in New Brunswick. When he saw that Russian troops were shelling residential areas there, he flew over to join the battle. (Photo by Anna-Maria Jakubek / AFP) (Photo by ANNA-MARIA JAKUBEK/AFP via Getty Images)
Politics Briefing: Ukraine’s Zelensky appeals to Canadian MPs for support
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky virtually addresses the Canadian Parliament in the House of Commons, on March 15, 2022, in Ottawa. (Photo by Justin Tang / POOL / AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN TANG/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Ontario to table legislation making wage increase for personal support workers permanent, Ford says
Martima, a personal support worker with West Neighbourhood House's Parkdale Assisted Living Program, cleans a client's apartment at May Robinson apartments, in Toronto on April 17, 2020. The Ontario government intends to soon make permanent an hourly wage increase for personal support workers that was brought in during the pandemic. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
LME imposes price limits for the first time after nickel crisis
Traders work on the floor of the London Metal Exchange in London, Britain, September 27, 2018.
Ford says neither he nor Ontario PC caucus members will endorse anyone in federal Tory leadership race
Ontario Premier Doug Ford makes an announcement in Brampton, Ont., on Tuesday, March 15, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Highlights of Zelensky's speech to Canadian Parliament as Russian invasion continues
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Bob Saget’s head injuries possibly caused by fall on carpeted floor: report
FILE - Bob Saget arrives at a screening of "MacGruber" on Dec. 8, 2021, in Los Angeles. Saget's family has released a statement on the cause of his death last month in Florida, citing authorities saying the actor-comedian died from an accidental blow to the head. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
Amazon wins EU approval for $8.5-billion MGM deal
FILE PHOTO: The MGM logo is seen on the office building of MGM Studios in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., May 26, 2021. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
Former Proud Boys chairman ordered detained pending trial in U.S. Capitol riot case
FILE PHOTO: Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio speaks to the media following his release from the D.C. Central Detention Facility where he had been held since September 2021, in Washington, U.S., January 14, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
In photos: The art of selling a $2.9-million condo with bespoke details
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Unit 4601, 33 Charles St. E., Toronto. Listed for sale at $2,895,000.
Olympic champion Maggie Mac Neil named Swimming Canada’s female swimmer of the year
Canada's Maggie Mac Neil swims to a bronze medal in the women's 4 x 100m medley relay final during the Tokyo Summer Olympic Games, in Tokyo, Sunday, August 1, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Volvo Cars teams up with Starbucks for pilot EV charging network
Picture taken on March 17, 2020 shows the Volvo Group Trucks Operations Plant in Tuve, Gothenburg, Sweden. - Swedish truck maker Volvo said On February 28, 2022 it had halted production at its Russian factory and stopped sales in Russia as a result of sanctions and a deteriorating security situation. (Photo by Bjorn LARSSON ROSVALL / various sources / AFP) / Sweden OUT (Photo by BJORN LARSSON ROSVALL/TT News Agency/AFP via Getty Images)
Biden signs budget bill with Ukraine aid, but measure omits COVID-19 spending
President Joe Biden signs the Consolidated Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2022 in the Indian Treaty Room in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House Campus in Washington, Tuesday, March 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Mercedes takes on Tesla with new U.S. battery plant, electric SUV
A camouflaged prototype of the new Mercedes-Benz EQS Electric SUV is displayed at the automaker's new battery pack plant in Bibb County, Alabama, U.S. March 15, 2022. REUTERS/Joseph White
Zelensky urges Canada to do more for Ukraine in historic address to Parliament
Canadian Members of Parliament and invited guests applaud as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is shown on a giant video screen before addressing the Canadian parliament, Tuesday, March 15, 2022 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Vancouver to restore $5.7-million withheld from 2021 police budget, but tax hike looms
A Vancouver Police Department patch is seen on an officer's uniform in Vancouver on January 9, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Montreal police chief Sylvain Caron announces retirement, will step down in April
Montreal Police chief Sylvain Caron responds to a question during a news conference in Montreal on Wednesday, July 8, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
Ford says he will wear his mask for ‘first few days’ in legislature after COVID-19 mandates lift
Ontario Premier Doug Ford removes his mask to take a question from a journalist as he attends a press briefing in Toronto, Friday, Oct. 22, 2021. The premier responded Friday to several school boards asking to extend mask mandates by telling them to stick to the province's end date because "they aren't medical experts."THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Court of Arbitration for Sport upholds UEFA ban on Russian soccer teams
UEFA logo is displayed in front of the Russian flag in this illustration taken, February 28, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
The buildings that pushed Toronto forward, one decade at a time
Dave LeBlanc
The Christchurch massacre may have had a Canadian connection – but there’s a reason you may not know about it
Doug Saunders
Hot Docs to feature films on competitive pigeon racing, political protest
This year's Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival will mark a return to in-person screenings in Toronto after pivoting entirely online the previous two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Among the first slate of Special Presentations there are three world premieres, including Toronto filmmaker Barry Avrich's "The Talented Mr. Rosenberg" about Toronto con man Albert Rosenberg. Avrich is shown in this September 9, 2019 file photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Canadian dollar rebounds from six-day low as Wall Street rallies
A loonie is pictured in Toronto on Jan. 23, 2015.
Irish data regulator fines Meta €17-million for data breach
FILE -- The Facebook campus in Menlo Park, Calif., on Dec. 5, 2019. Meta, FacebookÕs parent company, told workers on March 11, 2022 that it will reduce or eliminate some of its famous perks as it prepares for a return to the office. (Jason Henry/The New York Times)
Canadian house prices soar to a new record in February, CREA says
A sign outside a home indicates that it has sold for over the asking price, in Ottawa, on Monday, March 1, 2021. The parliamentary budget officer says the dream of homeownership has become even less affordable despite rock-bottom interest rates through the pandemic. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Higher prices help manufacturing sales edge up in January: Statscan
Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales rose 0.6 per cent to $64.8 billion in January, as higher prices helped boost sales in the petroleum and coal sector to a record high and lift wood product sales higher. An oil drilling rig operates surrounded by canola and hay fields near Cremona, Alta., Monday, July 12, 2021.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Wimbledon hopes for Medvedev could hinge on political assurance: U.K. minister
FILE PHOTO: Tennis - ATP 500 - Abierto Mexicano - The Fairmont Acapulco Princess, Acapulco, Mexico - February 25, 2022 Russia's Daniil Medvedev in action during his semifinal match against Spain's Rafael Nadal REUTERS/Henry Romero
Tim Hortons to open first location in India later this year
Tim Hortons says it its taking its coffee, doughnuts and Timbits to India. The coffee chain says it will open its first location in the country later this year as part of an agreement with a joint venture owned by Apparel Group and Gateway Partners. A coffee and doughnut from Tim Hortons is seen at a Coquitlam, B.C., location on April 26, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Nunavut declines to release detailed tuberculosis statistics despite calls for more transparency
Nunavut's territorial flag flies on a flag pole in Ottawa, Tuesday, June 30, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Walmart creating global tech hub in Toronto, part of $3.5-billion investment
FILE PHOTO: A Walmart sign is seen inside its department store where the Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine is available as Walmart and other major U.S. pharmacies take part in the Federal Retail Pharmacy Program, to increase vaccinations in the U.S. in West Haven, Connecticut, U.S., February 17, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo
Kyiv apartment building struck by Russian shelling
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Annual pace of Canadian housing starts rises in February, up 8 per cent from January
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the annual pace of housing starts in February rose eight per cent compared with January. New homes are built in a housing construction development in the west-end of Ottawa on Thursday, May 6, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Biodiversity concerns represent the next frontier in climate disclosure, new framework says
$550,000 offer takes renovated St. Catharines duplex
Done Deal, 226 Pelham Rd., St. Catharines, Ont.
Non-traditional jobs – like custom bike-building – attract more women to the skilled trades
Russian prosecutors seek longer, stricter jail term for Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny
FILE PHOTO: Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny attends a court hearing in Moscow, Russia February 20, 2021. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo
Indian court upholds state ban on wearing a hijab in classrooms
Women wearing Hijab walk in front of the Karnataka High Court in Bangalore on March 15, 2022, after the court upheld a local ban on the hijab in classrooms, weeks after the edict stoked violent protests and renewed fears of discrimination against the country's Muslim minority. (Photo by Manjunath Kiran / AFP) (Photo by MANJUNATH KIRAN/AFP via Getty Images)
COVID-19 cases in China climb, raising threat of trade disruption
Staff members wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) stand at the entrance to a residental area which is restricted due to a recent outbreak of the Covid-19 coronavirus in Harbin in China's northeastern Heilongjiang province on March 15, 2022. (Photo by AFP) / China OUT (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images)
Student unions, festival organizers say people should still be cautious as COVID-19 curbs lift ahead of St. Patrick’s Day
A colourful float makes its way down Ste. Catherine St. during the annual St. Patrick's Day parade in Montreal, Sunday, March 22, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
New coal mine projects expand global methane emissions by a fifth: report
FILE PHOTO: A coal-fired heating complex is seen behind the ground covered by snow in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, China November 15, 2019. Picture taken November 15, 2019. REUTERS/Muyu Xu/File Photo
Voters head to the polls in northern Alberta by-election to choose new legislature member
A voter arrives to cast a ballot at a rural poling station in Cremona, Alta., Tuesday, April 16, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Citi strategist identifies unjustly oversold U.S. stocks
Aluminum billets move along the production line at an Alcoa plant in South Carolina.
Manitoba lifts mask mandate, all remaining COVID-19 public health orders
Manitoba Health Minister Audrey Gordon is sworn in at the Legislative Building in Winnipeg onTuesday, Jan. 18, 2022. Manitoba is lifting all remaining public health orders that were put in place to try to slow the spread of COVID-19. THE CANADIAN PRESS/David Lipnowski
Energy imports push up German trade with Russia before Ukraine invasion
The entrance to the building housing offices of Russian oil company Rosneft is seen in Berlin, on March 15, 2022. - The German subsidiary of Russian energy giant Rosneft has been hit by a cyberattack, the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) said on March 14, 2022, with hacker group Anonymous claiming responsibility. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP) (Photo by ODD ANDERSEN/AFP via Getty Images)
Wall Street-backed MEMX to launch options exchange
A man walks along Wall Street in New York Sept. 18, 2008.
Vancouver mayoral race becoming even more crowded
A seagull takes flight off a statue of Captain George Vancouver outside Vancouver City Hall, on Saturday, January 9, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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