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Will Smith slaps Chris Rock on stage at Oscars over Jada Pinkett Smith joke, apologizes upon winning best actor award
presenter Chris Rock, left, reacts after being hit on stage by Will Smith while presenting the award for best documentary feature at the Oscars on Sunday, March 27, 2022, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Zimbabwe’s opposition wins majority of by-election seats in key political test
A supporter of the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change glues a poster during an electoral rally on February 27, 2022 at Mbizo shopping centre in Kwekwe. - At least 17 Zimbabwean opposition activists were hospitalized on Sunday, and another killed, during violence that broke out on the sidelines of a rally in Kwekwe (center), we learned from the Coalition of Citizens for change (CCC). Thousands of activists had gathered to listen to a speech by Nelson Chamisa, party leader and main opponent of President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his ZANU-PF party, in power since independence (Photo by Zinyange Auntony / AFP) (Photo by ZINYANGE AUNTONY/AFP via Getty Images)
Mayor of Chernobyl workers’ town says Russian forces have cleared out
Demonstrators hold Ukrainian flags during a protest against Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Slavutych, Kyiv Oblast, March 26, 2022 in this still image taken from social media video obtained by REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.
Spokesperson for U.S. President Joe Biden tests positive for COVID-19 after trip
White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre holds a press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 14, 2022. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Oscars 2022 red carpet: Zendaya, Jessica Chastain, Andrew Garfield arrive for the Academy Awards
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American actress Jessica Chastain attends the 94th Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on March 27, 2022.
Oscars 2022: Will Smith slaps Chris Rock, Dune’s near-sweep and other outrageous moments from 94th Academy Awards
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Alberta moves ahead with human trafficking panel’s recommendation for special office
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney provides details on sustainable helicopter air ambulance funding in Calgary, Alta., Friday, March 25, 2022.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Canadians rally behind Team Canada after men’s soccer team qualifies for World Cup
Soccer Football - World Cup - CONCACAF Qualifiers - Canada v Jamaica - BMO Field, Toronto, Canada - March 27, 2022 Fans celebrate after Canada qualifies to the World Cup 2022 REUTERS/Carlos Osorio
Students launch petition against University of Montreal professor over comments supporting Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
People walk past office and condo towers in downtown Montreal, Quebec, April 8, 2021. (Christinne Muschi /The Globe and Mail)
Canada’s trip to Qatar for 2022 World Cup was never in doubt
Members of the Voyageurs, the unofficial fan club of Canada Soccer, celebrate after Canada qualified for the FIFA World Cup for the first time since 1986. The men’s national team won 4-0 over Jamaica at BMO Field in Toronto. March 27, 2022 (Melissa Tait / The Globe and Mail)
Indigenous delegation arrives in Rome for historic meetings with Pope Francis
Indigenous Peoples and the Church- Rome delegation - 2022- portrait of Fred Kelly spiritual advisor for assembly of first nations delegation elden in Midewin, a secret law + medicine society of the Anishinaabe with his wife Kathryn Brawnlee
Ontario reaches $10.2-billion child-care deal with Ottawa, sources say
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, talks with Ontario Premier Doug Ford after taking part in a ground breaking event at a mining site in Gogama, Ont., Friday, Sept. 11, 2020. Ontario is on the verge of signing are agreement with the federal government that will see average fees for child care cut in half by the end of the year. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Canadian men’s soccer team has captured the public’s imagination
Canadian men’s national soccer team sings the national anthem with the help of a full capacity crowd at BMO Field in Toronto. The FIFA World Cup CONCACAF qualifier match against Jamaica. March 27, 2022 (Melissa Tait / The Globe and Mail)
Montreal production designer, Halifax short documentary director win early Oscars
Runners move head past Oscars statues already in place for the 2022 Academy Awards along Hollywood Blvd., during the 2022 Los Angeles Marathon, in Los Angeles, Sunday, March 20, 2022. It's a big night for Canadian Oscar nominees competing in categories including production design, documentary film and makeup and hairstyling. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-The Orange County Register, David Crane
Canadian energy-services companies wrestle with Russian operations
An oil well is seen in this file photo.
With its World Cup qualification, Canadian men’s team has turned soccer into a national sport
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Biden says he is not calling for regime change in Russia
President Joe Biden arrives on Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, early Sunday, March 27, 2022, in Washington, after a four-day trip to Europe. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Ukraine accuses Russia of ‘militarizing’ exclusion zone around Chernobyl power station
FILE PHOTO: A general view shows the New Safe Confinement (NSC) structure over the old sarcophagus covering the damaged fourth reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, in Chernobyl, Ukraine, April 5, 2017. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich/File Photo
CODA wins best picture at Oscars 2022 rocked by Will Smith’s slap of Chris Rock
The cast and crew of "CODA" accept the award for best picture at the Oscars on Sunday, March 27, 2022, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
China urged to release ‘wrongfully’ jailed Canadian on 16th anniversary of his arrest
July 20/2006 -- Kamila Telendibaeva leads a protest for the release of her husband Huseyin Celil in front of the Chinese Consulate in Toronto, Ont. July 20/2006. July 20/2006 Photo by Kevin Van Paassen/The Globe and Mail
Blue Jays’ Alek Manoah not shrinking from the big stage
Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Alek Manoah throws during the third inning of a spring training baseball game against the New York Yankees, Saturday, March 26, 2022, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Germany eyes buying missile defence system to defend against Russia, Chancellor Olaf Scholz says
FILE - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz comments on the Russian attack on Ukraine during a press conference at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Feb.22, 2022. The western German state of Saarland is holding a state election Sunday, March 27, 2022 that offers the country's first test at the ballot box since Chancellor Olaf Scholz's national government took office in December.(Michael Kappeler/dpa via AP)
Former federal cabinet minister Claudette Bradshaw remembered for activism
The Honourable Claudette Bradshaw, Minister of Labour and Federal Co-ordinator on Homelessness, announced that Toronto will receive more than $53 million to address homelessness under the Supporting Communities Partnership Initiative. The announcement took place today in Toronto at the Metropolitan United Church. (CANADA NEWS WIRE PHOTO/Human Resources Development Canada)
U.S. boosts fines for automakers not meeting fuel economy rules in Tesla win
FILE PHOTO: A logo of the electric vehicle maker Tesla is seen near a shopping complex in Beijing, China January 5, 2021. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
Calgary’s Circle Cardiovascular sells to Thoma Bravo for $213-million, taking IPO ‘off the table’ for years: CEO
Greg Orgrodnick, CEO of Circle Cardiovascular Imaging, which could be the first prominent software company from Calgary in a very long time to go public, some time in the coming months. they’ve raised a small private sum which I’ll be writing about in the context of an impending larger raise, either in the form of private capital or an IPO, sometime early in 2021. Chances are 50-50 of an IPO according to Mr. Orgrodnick,. The company has basically built a better mousetrap for medical imaging software that major hospital equipment makers like GE and Siemens are swapping into their machines for better outcomes. Courtesy of Circle Cardiovascular Imaging
Government services building in Nunavut destroyed by fire
Nunavut's territorial flag flies on a flag pole in Ottawa, Tuesday, June 30, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Arab gunmen kill two in Israel and are shot dead, Israeli officials say
Israeli medical personnel work at the scene of an attack in which people were killed by gunmen on a main street in Hadera, Israel, March 27, 2022. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun
Urban planner Pascal Harvey says his perspective on land use and development is ‘completely informed by my Innu identity’
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Uncertain path for oil markets in coming days
A pumpjack works at a well head on an oil and gas installation near Cremona, Alta., Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Russia and Azerbaijan trade barbs over Nagorno-Karabakh
FILE PHOTO: An ethnic Armenian soldier looks through binoculars as he stands at fighting positions near the village of Taghavard in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh, January 11, 2021. Picture taken January 11, 2021. REUTERS/Artem Mikryukov/File Photo
Red Cross asks Canada not to mix Ukraine aid promises with military support, sanctions
A damaged building and car after recent shelling, in the center of Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, March 27, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Efrem Lukatsky
I have beaten cancer but please stop telling me I’m ‘fine’
Canadians want forest protections but are concerned about jobs, survey finds
The clouds move among the old-growth forest in the Fairy Creek logging area near Port Renfrew, B.C. Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021. A new national survey suggests Canadians of all political stripes and from all regions support greater protection for the country's forests but are concerned about its effect on the economy. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Ukraine prepared to discuss neutrality status, Zelensky tells Russian journalists
BYSHIV, UKRAINE - MARCH 27: A man walks through the rubbles as a result of a rocket strike in the area earlier on March 27, 2022 in Byshiv, Ukraine. Ukraine's military says it has made territorial gains in the wider Kyiv region, after Russia's advance on the capital had largely stalled in recent weeks. But intermittent shelling and missile strikes persist. (Photo by Anastasia Vlasova/Getty Images)
COVID-19 exposure notification for Nova Scotia politicians rankles online critics
A limited number of visitors, as COVID-19 restrictions are eased, attend the spring session of the Nova Scotia legislature at Province House in Halifax on Thursday, March 24, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
Ukrainian students in Canada grapple with financial, social impacts of raging war
Ukrainian student Darya Ivantsova poses for a photograph at Canoe Landing Park in Toronto, Friday, March 25, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tijana Martin
Safe-supply pilot project findings promising, but advocates say more action is needed
A person receives a tested supply of cocaine after gathering to remember those who died from a suspected illicit drug overdose, in Vancouver, on Wednesday, February 9, 2022. Advocates say while the early findings on safe supply programs are promising, those programs are still not meeting the needs of a large share of Canadians who are at risk of drug poisoning. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Construction begins on Ontario Line subway in Toronto
A woman wearing a mask, amid rising global numbers of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, exits a subway train in Toronto, Ontario, Canada March 17, 2020. REUTERS/Chris Helgren
Canada’s grocers remove Russian products from store shelves
A Sobeys grocery store is seen in Halifax on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
Quebec’s public health director urges prudence amid rising COVID-19 cases
The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is prepared at the Palais des Congres, as efforts continue to help slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Montreal, Quebec, Canada March 15, 2021. REUTERS/Andrej Ivanov
Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum’s The Lost City debuts with $31-million on first weekend
This image released by Paramount Pictures shows Daniel Radcliff, foreground, Channing Tatum, seated left, and Sandra Bullock in a scene from "The Lost City." (Kimberley French/Paramount Pictures via AP)
Biniam Girmay becomes first Eritrean to win World Tour race
Eritrean Biniam Girmay Hailu (L) of Intermarche Wanty-Gobert Materiaux celebrates his victory as he crosses the finish line of the men's Gent-Wevelgem - In Flanders Fields cycling race in Wevelgem, on March 27, 2022. (Photo by KURT DESPLENTER / various sources / AFP) / Belgium OUT (Photo by KURT DESPLENTER/Belga/AFP via Getty Images)
No American policy of regime change in Russia, say U.S. diplomats
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Manitoba children’s advocate gets input from young people
Jonathan Skrypnyk, back left to right, Rose Fontaine, Cheryl Alexander, Alexandra Guemili, front left to right, Cherice Liebrecht, Feven Denber, Isabelle Young, Zachary Ricketts, and Michelle Kowalchuk pose for a photo in the podcast studio. The Youth Ambassador Advisory Squad works with the office of the Manitoba advocate for children and youths and is seen gathered for an in person meeting in Winnipeg on Tuesday, March 15, 2022. The group helps guide the work the office does when it comes to advocating for better resources and services for youth in the province. THE CANADIAN PRESS/David Lipnowski
Ontario is reporting 533 people in hospital with COVID-19
Doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine are prepared at a one-day pop-up vaccination clinic at the Muslim Neighbour Nexus Mosque, in Mississauga, Ont., on April 29, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
Shanghai to lock down in two stages for testing as COVID-19 cases spike
FILE PHOTO: Medical staff in personal protective equipment (PPE) walk in front of barriers of an area under lockdown, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Shanghai, China March 25, 2022. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo
Climate change fight should shift to look at forest policy, scientist says
A couple are dwarfed by old growth tress as they walk in Avatar Grove near Port Renfrew, B.C.,Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021. An environmental organization is offering cautious support for an announcement that the largest private landowner in British Columbia will defer 400 square kilometres of old-growth stands from logging for the next 25 years. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Alberta looks to become a Canadian cryptocurrency hub
Dr. Ryan Chernesky, right, CFO, and Sebastian Elawny, CLO, at Modern Mining Ltd., are pictured with some of the company's bitcoin mining equipment in Calgary, Alta., Friday, March 18, 2022.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Myanmar leader vows to ‘annihilate’ opponents of army rule
Myanmar military's tanks are driven during a parade to commemorate Myanmar's 77th Armed Forces Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Sunday, March 27, 2022. The occasion commemorates resistance against Japanese occupiers during World War II, and is a show of strength as the military battles armed resistance to its takeover last year that ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)
Why some foreign fighters - including Canadians - quit plans to battle for Ukraine
Matthew Vandyke, the founder of U.S.-based Sons of Liberty International, has come to Ukraine to train the country's Territorial Defence Force which is largely made up of civilians. Lviv, Ukraine. 26 Mar 2022 Anton Skyba for the Globe and Mail.
Experts disagree on violent threat posed by incels in Canada
Police are seen near a damaged van in Toronto after a van mounted a sidewalk crashing into a number of pedestrians on Monday, April 23, 2018. Some experts say violent online rhetoric among so-called involuntary celibates is a concern as pandemic rules lift, but others say the threat of violence is overstated among a group of men who need mental health support. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Aaron Vincent Elkaim
Zurich Insurance removes Z symbol after letter used to show support for Russia in Ukraine war
Service members of pro-Russian troops are seen atop of an armoured vehicle with the symbols "Z" painted on its sides in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict in Dokuchaievsk in the Donetsk region, Ukraine March 25, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
Richmond’s new Cask Whisky Vault is a destination worth seeking out
Crispy eggplant and jumbo prawn tempura, which is paired with the aged shima ahi crush dish, at Cask Whisky Bar in Richmond, B.C., on Friday, March 18, 2022. Darryl Dyck/The Globe and Mail
Prince William says he wants to serve after Caribbean criticism
FREEPORT, BAHAMAS - MARCH 26: Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge visit The Grand Bahama Children's Home on March 26, 2022 in Freeport, Bahamas. Since it was established in 1977 by the local community, the home has cared for over 900 children and provides a loving home environment to vulnerable children who are not able to live with their families. Currently it is home to around thirty children ranging from one to seventeen. (Photo by Ian Vogler - Pool/Getty Images)
Canada’s Kerri Einarson falls 9-6 to South Korea in women’s world curling semifinal
Team Canada skip Kerri Einarson throws a stone against Team South Korea at CN Centre during the Women's World Curling in Prince George, B.C., on Saturday, March 26, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/James Doyle
RCMP staffing shortfall needs scrutiny from N.S. mass shooting probe, lawyer says
Michael MacDonald, chair, flanked by fellow commissioners Leanne Fitch, left, and Kim Stanton, releases their decision regarding which additional witnesses will be called to testify at the Mass Casualty Commission inquiry into the April 2020 mass murders in rural Nova Scotia in Halifax on Wednesday, March 9, 2022. Blunt comments on RCMP staffing shortages made to Nova Scotia's mass shooting inquiry have drawn the attention of a lawyer for the victims' families. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
Mohawk community in Quebec voted in favour of exhumation of allegedly abusive priest
A priest arrives at a church for a mass at the St. Francis Xavier church on the Kahnawake First Nation, near Montreal, Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012. The First Nation of Kahnawake outside Montreal voted in favour of the exhumation of a priest's remains alleged to have committed sexual abuse. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes.
How to move a capital city: An exclusive look at Indonesia’s plan to replace sinking, polluted Jakarta
Aerial view from the fire lookout tower at Bukit Soedarsono, of the designated site of the new capital city of Indonesia on the land of IHM (ITCI Hutani Manunggal). Visit accompanied by Public Relations officer of IHM Turunen sector, Hasanuddin, Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021. Land owned by IHM – a private company that provides raw materials for paper – about 256,000 hectares (633,000 acres) will be used for the construction of the new capital city. The central government area will utilize 5,644 hectares (14,000 acres) of the land. The land is an industrial forest, mainly of eucalyptus and acacia trees. The new capital city of Indonesia in the regencies of Panajem Paser Utara and Kutai Kartanegara, East Kalimantan, is due to be built by 2024.
Liberal Party’s promise to explore three-day polling day took Elections Canada by surprise
Chief Electoral Officer Stephane Perrault signs the writs of the 43rd general election during a photo opportunity in Gatineau, Que., Friday, Sept. 20, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Johnny Gaudreau puts up career-high five points as Calgary Flames crush Edmonton Oilers
Mar 26, 2022; Calgary, Alberta, CAN; Calgary Flames center Elias Lindholm (28) celebrates his goal with left wing Johnny Gaudreau (13) during the third period against the Edmonton Oilers at Scotiabank Saddledome. Mandatory Credit: Sergei Belski-USA TODAY Sports
Hong Kong to halve COVID-19 flight-ban penalty to seven days
Health care workers in layers of protective equipment tend to patients outside of Caritas hospital in Hong Kong, March 2, 2022. Many Asian-Pacific countries are dismantling thickets of coronavirus pandemic rules at bewildering speeds, with one notable exception: mainland China, which is still rolling out lockdowns. (Billy H.C. Kwok/The New York Times)
Popularity of chess in India spills over into Canada
Second ‘black box’ found in China Eastern plane crash
FILE PHOTO: Rescue workers walk at the site where a China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 plane flying from Kunming to Guangzhou crashed, in Wuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China March 24, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins/File Photo
EU envoy in Tehran amid hopes to restore nuclear agreement
In this Friday, April 3, 2020 photo, a man crosses an empty street under portraits of the late Iranian revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, right, and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, left, in Tehran, Iran. Due to the virus and the COVID-19 illness it causes, life has changed dramatically on Tehran's main highways, in the narrow corridors of its historical Grand Bazaar and in the public spaces under portraits of its leaders. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
Russia-Ukraine updates: Here’s what happened on March 27
This handout photograph released by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on March 27, 2022, shows Ukrainian soldiers walking among destroyed Russian vehicles following a battle in the town of Trostyanets, Sumy region. (Photo by General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO /General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine " - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (Photo by STR/General Staff of the Armed Force/AFP via Getty Images)
Zelensky pleads for fighter jets and tanks to defend Ukraine from Russian invasion
People shelter underground following explosions in Lviv, western Ukraine, Saturday, March 26, 2022. With Russia continuing to strike and encircle urban populations, from Chernihiv and Kharkiv in the north to Mariupol in the south, Ukrainian authorities said Saturday that they cannot trust statements from the Russian military Friday suggesting that the Kremlin planned to concentrate its remaining strength on wresting the entirety of Ukraine's eastern Donbas region from Ukrainian control. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
With importance of employee resource groups on rise, more firms looking at ways to compensate leaders
Businesspeople Stand And Chat Before Meeting In Boardroom
My car takes regular gas. Is there a benefit to premium or is it just a waste of money?
People refuel their cars at an Esso gas station in Toronto Ontario Canada
March 27: ‘When all costs are fully disclosed, charging stations will likely be the least of concerns to prospective EV buyers.’ Go electric as gas prices soar? Plus other letters to the editor
Electric vehicles charge at a level two EV charging station at Langara College, in Vancouver, on Friday, March 5, 2021. Darryl Dyck/The Globe and Mail
Your lookahead horoscope: March 27
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