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Taiwan proposes 12.9 per cent rise in defence spending for 2023
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen speaks while inspecting reservists training at a military base in Taoyuan on March 12, 2022. (Photo by Sam Yeh / AFP) (Photo by SAM YEH/AFP via Getty Images)
Philippines reports three deaths from tropical storm Ma-On
In this handout photo provided by the Philippine Coast Guard, rescuers help residents move to safer grounds in Tuguegarao, Cagayan province, northern Philippines on Tuesday Aug. 23, 2022. A tropical storm lashed the northern Philippines with strong wind and rain Tuesday, injuring at least two people and prompting the president to close schools and government offices in the capital and outlying provinces. (Philippine Coast Guard via AP)
Springer has three hits, RBI double in 10th as Blue Jays top Red Sox
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - AUGUST 24: George Springer #4 of the Toronto Blue Jays celebrates after a RBI double during the tenth inning at Fenway Park on August 24, 2022 in Boston, Massachusetts. The Blue Jays defeat the Red Sox 3-2. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)
Taiwan opposition politician takes war games concerns to China
FILE PHOTO: A globe is seen in front of Chinese and Taiwanese flags in this illustration, August 6, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Twitter whistleblower to meet with Senate panel Sept. 13
This image provided by Peiter Zatko shows Zatko, Twitter’s former security chief. A whistleblower complaint from Zatko alleging the company misled regulators about its privacy and security protections, including its ability to detect and root out fake accounts, might play into the hands of Tesla CEO Elon Musk in an upcoming trial scheduled for Oct. 17 in Delaware. Musk's legal team has already issued a subpoena for Zatko. (Parker Thompson/Courtesy of Peiter Zatko via AP)
Canada’s Pospisil earns victory in first round qualifying match at U.S. Open
Canada's Vasek Pospisil serves to Tommy Paul of the United States during first round action at the National Bank Open tennis tournament in Montreal on August 9, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
Michelle O’Bonsawin on making history as first Indigenous Supreme Court nominee
Justice Michelle O'Bonsawin participates a special meeting of the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights, following her nomination to the Supreme Court of Canada, in Ottawa, on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Some of Canada’s competition at women’s world hockey championship
United States' Hilary Knight (21) skates during practice at the LECOM Harborcenter rink in Buffalo, N.Y., Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Joshua Bessex)
Vancouver not setting timeline for clearing out tent encampment, mayor says
A person's belongings are placed on the street to be moved to storage after his tent was cleared from the sidewalk at a sprawling homeless encampment on East Hastings Street in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, on Tuesday, August 9, 2022. Police say a charge of assault with a weapon has been laid against a woman after officers in Vancouver were allegedly attacked in the same area as a tent encampment was being removed from the city's Downtown Eastside. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Commissioner Brenda Lucki says there have been no RCMP reforms since N.S. mass shooting
RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki testifies at the Mass Casualty Commission inquiry into the mass murders in rural Nova Scotia on April 18/19, 2020, in Halifax on Wednesday, August 24, 2022. Gabriel Wortman, dressed as an RCMP officer and driving a replica police cruiser, murdered 22 people. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
Idaho can’t enforce abortion ban in medical emergencies
FILE — An empty room at a women’s health clinic in McAllen, Texas, April 29, 2022. Tennessee, Idaho and Texas are poised to enact so-called trigger laws on Thursday, Aug. 24, placing new restrictions on access to abortion for millions of women and in some cases adding punishments for doctors who perform the procedures. (Callaghan O'Hare/The New York Times)
Ontario’s Long-Term Care Minister backs fees for elderly patients who refuse to leave hospital
Ontario Minister for Long Term Care Paul Calandra, walks past healthcare workers after an announcement at Toronto’s Sunnybrook Hospital, Thursday, August 18, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Lake Ontario double-crossing ‘a big jump up,’ long-distance swimmer says
Open water swimmer Sean Nuttall in Lake Ontario.
New York’s highest court to hear Harvey Weinstein conviction appeal
FILE PHOTO: Harvey Weinstein arrives at New York Criminal Court for another day of jury deliberations in his sexual assault trial in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., February 24, 2020. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson//File Photo
Kobe Bryant widow awarded US$16-million in trial over crash site photos
FILE - Vanessa Bryant, left, and Kobe Bryant arrive at the Oscars in Los Angeles, March 4, 2018. Vanessa Bryant is taking her lawsuit against the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and Fire Department to a federal jury seeking compensation for photos deputies shared of the remains of NBA star Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven others killed in a helicopter crash in 2020. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
Britain to work with Albania to deport migrants who cross Channel
Migrants are escorted into Dover harbour, after being rescued while attempting to cross the English Channel, in Dover, Britain, August 24, 2022. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls
Lorie Kane to tee off 30th and final appearance in Canada’s women’s golf championship
Canada's Lorie Kane watches her approach shot on the 9th hole, during the CP Women's Open Pro-Am tournament, Wednesday, August 24, 2022 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
B.C. hospitality, tourism and liquor groups seek quick resolution to BCGEU job action
Members of the British Columbia General Employees' Union picket outside a B.C. Liquor Distribution Branch facility, in Delta, B.C., on Monday, Aug. 15, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Rogers redacts details around network outage in new reply to CRTC
A Rogers wireless store in Toronto is shown amid a countrywide outage of the telecommunication company's services, Friday, July 8, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
Rio Tinto sweetens buyout offer for miner Turquoise Hill Resources
FILE PHOTO: The Rio Tinto logo is displayed on a visitor's helmet at a borates mine in Boron, California, U.S., November 15, 2019. REUTERS/Patrick T. Fallon/File Photo
Canadian Rourke’s 2022 CFL season one for the league record book
B.C. Lions quarterback Nathan Rourke (12) waits to run onto the field for introductions before a CFL football game against the Edmonton Elks in Vancouver, on Saturday, June 11, 2022. Even if Nathan Rourke’s stellar ‘22 season be over, it will still be one for the CFL record book. The 24-year-old Victoria native suffered a foot injury in the B.C. Lions’ 28-10 road win over the Saskatchewan Roughriders last week. Rourke will undergo surgery and while he remains optimistic about a late-season return, his 2022 campaign remains very much in jeopardy. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Canadian Michael O’Connor to assume control of B.C. Lions offence
B.C. Lions quarterback Michael O'Connor, left, throws the ball as Calgary Stampeders' Darius Williams closes in during first half CFL pre-season football action in Calgary, Alta., Saturday, May 28, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
B.C. health minister pledges $118-million to support B.C. family doctors
B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix pauses while speaking during an announcement in Burnaby, B.C., on May 30, 2022. Dix says family doctors in British Columbia will be eligible for an average $25,000 each to help tide them over until a new compensation model is established. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Quebec blood agency says it doesn’t need private partnership for plasma collection
A blood donor clinic pictured at a shopping mall in Calgary, Alta., Friday, March 27, 2020. Canadian Blood Services says it is in talks with companies that pay donors for plasma as it faces a decrease in collections. In a statement, the blood-collection agency said Friday it is in "ongoing discussion with governments and the commercial plasma industry" on how to more than double domestic plasma collection to 50 per cent of supply. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Mario Batali settles two lawsuits alleging sexual assault
FILE - Celebrity chef Mario Batali, center, is seated at Boston Municipal Court during the first day of his pandemic-delayed trial, Monday, May 9, 2022, in Boston. Batali pleaded not guilty to a charge of indecent assault and battery in 2019, stemming from accusations that he forcibly kissed and groped a woman after taking a selfie with her at a Boston restaurant in 2017. Now, Batali has agreed to settle two Massachusetts lawsuits that accused the celebrity chef of sexual assault, attorneys for the women said on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, Pool, File)
Concern for B.C. sockeye salmon as Fraser River return estimates drop by millions
Spawning sockeye salmon are seen making their way up the Adams River in Roderick Haig-Brown Provincial Park near Chase, B.C. on Oct. 14, 2014. Optimism over an expected bumper season for wild British Columbia sockeye salmon has turned to distress, after a regulatory body's estimate of returns to the Fraser River dropped by nearly half this week. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Six months of war in Ukraine: five keys to understanding what has happened so far
Elderly women cook a food on fire in the courtyard of their house in Siversk, Donetsk region on August 20, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by ANATOLII STEPANOV / AFP) (Photo by ANATOLII STEPANOV/AFP via Getty Images)
Evening Update: Russian rocket strike kills at least 22 in Ukraine on Independence Day, Zelensky says
People stand next to a residential house destroyed by a Russian military strike, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Chaplyne, Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine August 24, 2022. REUTERS/Dmytro Smolienko
Why you likely won’t qualify for the ultralow mortgage rates advertised online
Robert McLister
Spike in accidental cannabis poisonings among kids sparks calls for more limits on edibles
Edible marijuana products are displayed for sale at a medical marijuana dispensary in Vancouver, B.C., on Friday May 1, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
German Chancellor Scholz’s visit failed to address the elephant in the room
Kelly Cryderman
U.S. Justice Department memo sheds light on decision to clear Donald Trump in Russia probe
FILE - Then-Attorney General William Barr speaks during a news conference, Dec. 21, 2020, at the Justice Department in Washington. Justice Department officials who evaluated then-President Donald Trump's actions during the Russia investigation concluded that nothing he did, including firing the FBI director, rose to the level of obstruction of justice and that there was no precedent for a prosecution.(Michael Reynolds/Pool via AP, File)
Canada has short window to get ahead of U.S. hydrogen efforts, backer warns
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau looks on as German Chancellor Olaf Scholz examines a hydrogen powered model car as they tour a trade show, Tuesday, August 23, 2022 in Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
WNBA players Natalie Achonwa, Bridget Carleton and Kia Nurse headline Canada’s women’s basketball roster for World Cup training
Natalie Achonwa dribbles a ball during Canada's senior women's national team practice in Toronto, Friday, July 8, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
Politics Briefing: First Indigenous Supreme Court nominee Michelle O’Bonsawin answers MP questions
Justice Michelle O'Bonsawin participates a special meeting of the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights, following her nomination to the Supreme Court of Canada, in Ottawa, on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
NATO chief’s first visit to Canadian Arctic signals thaw in Ottawa, experts suggest
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the NATO Summit in Madrid on June 29, 2022. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will host the first-ever visit of a NATO secretary general to Canada's Arctic this week. The visit by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg comes as the transatlantic military alliance has started to put more emphasis on protecting its northern flank. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
Family, friends of Dawn Walker say community is ready to support her return to Canada
Dawn Marie Walker poses in this undated handout photo. Dawn Marie Walker, 48, who has been in a U.S. jail since Aug. 5 is set to return to Canada on Wednesday. Special agents with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security are to drive Walker to the Canadian border and released to officials to answer to charges laid by the Saskatoon Police Service, which include public mischief and child abduction in contravention of a custody order. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - Kathy Walker
Rule of 20 says market bottom much lower. Plus, Canadian energy stocks that big-time investors are buying
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., August 22, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Ukrainians show their patriotism despite worries about Independence Day attacks by Russia
People make pictures on central steet of Kyiv during the Independence Day, Kyiv, Ukraine. 24 Aug 2022 Anton Skyb The Globe and Mail
Japan considering development of new nuclear reactors
FILE - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a press conference at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on Aug. 10, 2022. Kishida said Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022 he has instructed his government to consider developing safer, smaller nuclear reactors, signaling a renewed emphasis on nuclear energy years after many of the country's plants were shut down. (Rodrigo Reyes Marin/Pool Photo via AP, File)
Ontario’s old leaking gas wells pose a risk to nearby residents. What’s being done to avoid the next catastrophe?
The 52-acre property of Tom Edwards, in Ontario’s Norfolk County, has a sinkhole where a gas well once stood, emitting noxious gases and damaging trees in the area.
Interested in following Warren Buffett into the energy sector? Here’s a start
FILE - In this May 5, 2019, file photo Warren Buffett, Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, speaks during a game of bridge following the annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting in Omaha, Neb. Buffett is auctioning off a high-tech signed portrait of himself to raise money for one of his favorite charities, and the bidding has already topped $30,000. The eBay auction of this artwork probably won't rival the $19 million someone paid earlier this year for a private lunch with Buffett, but it’s still likely to attract big bidders before it wraps up on Buffett’s 92nd birthday on Aug. 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)
Why sunlight can turn your delicious rosé into something nasty
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Animated doc Eternal Spring selected as Canada’s contender for Oscar nomination
A still from animated documentary "Eternal Spring" is shown in this undated handout photo. "Eternal Spring," an animated documentary about religious persecution in China, will be Canada's contender for a nomination in the Best International Feature Film category at next year's Academy Awards. Telefilm Canada announced Wednesday that it would submit Jason Loftus's film for consideration in the category formerly called Best Foreign Language Film. The movie tells the story of the banned spiritual group Falun Gong, who were targeted by police raids after a faction of members hacked into a state TV signal in 2002 in an effort to correct the record about their practice. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - 2022 Lofty Sky Pictures
The next crisis in housing? People want someone to blame for the lack of affordability
Rob Carrick
Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawyers sue for over $878,000 in fees
Defense attorneys Laura Menninger and Jeffrey Pagliuca arrives at court during the sixth day of the Ghislaine Maxwell trial in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., December 6, 2021. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
Javier Bardem is the world’s most-middling manager in uneven drama The Good Boss
THE GOOD BOSS (2022). L to R: Javier Bardem and Almudena Amor in THE GOOD BOSS. Awaiting a visit by a committee that could give his company an award for excellence, the owner of an industrial scales manufacturing business tries to resolve any problems from his workers in enough time. Courtesy of Mongrel Media
German government concerned with coal, oil supplies, document says
FILE PHOTO: Steam rises from the cooling towers of the coal power plant of RWE, one of Europe's biggest electricity and gas companies in Niederaussem, Germany, March 3, 2016. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay//File Photo
Is Pierre Poilievre really a freedom fighter?
Lawrence Martin
Group files constitutional challenge of ArriveCan app in Federal Court
A person holds a smartphone set to the opening screen of the ArriveCan app in a photo illustration made in Toronto on June 29, 2022. The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms has filed an action today in Federal Court challenging mandatory use of the ArriveCan app. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Giordano Ciampini
Twitter staff exodus accelerates amid Elon Musk battle, whistle-blower complaint
FILE PHOTO: Twitter app logo is seen in this illustration taken, August 22, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Paul Newman’s daughters sue late actor’s charity foundation
FILE — Paul Newman donates a popcorn stand to the City of New York, Nov. 15, 1984, for his "Newman's Own Popcorn," with profits donated to charity. A new lawsuit filed Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022, has exposed a deep rift between two of Paul Newman's daughters and the late actor's charitable foundation, over how it gives away some of the millions of dollars it makes off the Newman's Own line of food and drink products. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
German government sees problems with coal, oil supplies: document
A picture taken from an inland vessel loaded with containers shows shipping on its way to Germany on the Rhine River near Lobith, on August 22, 2022. - Due to the low water levels in the Rhine, inland vessels can carry less cargo. In Millingen, the Netherlands, 22 August 2022. (Photo by Vincent Jannink / ANP / AFP) / Netherlands OUT (Photo by VINCENT JANNINK/ANP/AFP via Getty Images)
I struggled to identify my raison d’etre – until my mother died
For Haley McGee, Edinburgh Fringe is a baptism of fire
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Quebec’s CAQ dominating rivals in fundraising, Liberals in last place among major parties
Quebec Premier and Coalition Avenir Quebec leader Francois Legault speaks in Levis, Que., Wednesday, August 10, 2022. The CAQ party has raised more than $928,500 so far in 2022, nearly $300,000 more than its nearest rival, the Parti Québécois.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
Canada hopes for better result in Victoria as it welcomes Argentina in basketball World Cup qualifier
Canada's Trae Bell-Haynes (25) drives to the net between Dominican Republic's Gelvis Solano (4) and Rigoberto Mendoza (2) during second half FIBA international men's World Cup basketball qualifying action, in Hamilton, Ont., on July 1, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
Day parole extended for Michael White, convicted of killing pregnant wife in 2005
Luciana Infusino-Tomei has been left alone to care for her young daughter during the COVID-19 pandemic after her husband was sent to prison last year on a drug-related charge. Signage is seen at the Beaver Creek Medium Institution, in Gravenhurst, Ont., Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
Alberta UCP leadership candidate Leela Aheer’s Facebook accounts hacked
Leela Aheer makes a comment during the United Conservative Party of Alberta leadership candidate's debate in Medicine Hat, Alta., on July 27, 2022. An Alberta MLA and candidate for the leadership of the United Conservative Party says there's no doubt hacks on her social media accounts were targeted and she's promising not to back down. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Blue Jays to begin 2023 season on 10-day road trip before returning to renovated Rogers Centre
The roof opens at Rogers Centre following a storm that passed over the city, during fourth inning MLB interleague baseball action between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Cincinnati Reds in Saturday, May 21, 2022. The Toronto Blue Jays will begin next season on a lengthy road trip before returning home to a renovated Rogers Centre. The Blue Jays released their schedule for the 2023 season on Wednesday. Canada's lone Major League Baseball team will open the season March 30 at St. Louis to kick off a 10-game road trip that will include series against the Kansas City Royals and Los Angeles Angels. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
Five Manitobans admit to breaking COVID-19 gathering restrictions
A social-distancing sign is shown at Manitoba's new COVID-19 vaccination centre at the Winnipeg's Convention Centre on Friday, Jan. 1, 2021. Some of Manitoba's top doctors have written an open letter that pleads with the public to obey COVID-19 public health orders to prevent hospitals from being overwhelmed. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
Jill Biden has ‘rebound’ COVID-19 case, president tests negative
FILE - President Joe Biden looks at his grandson Beau Biden as first lady Jill Biden waves and walks to board Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Aug. 10, 2022. Jill Biden has tested negative for COVID-19 and will leave South Carolina, where she's been isolated since vacationing with President Joe Biden. Her office says the 71-year-old first lady will rejoin the president at their Delaware beach home later Sunday, Aug. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
Canada back on top of the women’s hockey world, but work continues to stay there
Team United States goalkeeper Alex Cavallini (33) makes a save as Team Canada forward Natalie Spooner (24) looks on during first period women's hockey gold medal game action at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing on February 17, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
Tim Page, celebrated conflict photographer who captured the horrors of Vietnam War, dies at 78
"Shooting War: Covering 50 Years of Conflict", a Globe and Mail sponsored symposium held June 21-22, 2019 at the Bell TIFF Lighthouse in Toronto. Tim Page, an iconic photographer of the Vietnam War and founder of the IndoChina Media Memorial Foundation to commemorate the work of the dead and the missing. Photo by Glenn Lowson / The Globe and Mail.
Bivalent COVID-19 vaccine ready in less than two weeks, Quebec health official says
People walk by a COVID-19 vaccination sign at a vaccination site in Montreal on Jan. 8, 2022. Quebec health officials say they are expecting to offer the new COVID-19 bivalent vaccine in less than two weeks. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
At least 903 people killed in Pakistan since mid-June as floods wreak havoc across country
A displaced family wades through a flooded area after heavy rainfall, in Jaffarabad, a district of Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022. Rains have triggered flash floods and wreaked havoc across much of Pakistan since mid-June, leaving 903 dead and about 50,000 people homeless, the country's disaster agency said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Zahid Hussain)
Six months into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, footage shows heartbreak, devastation
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U.S. SEC questions Twitter about how it counts number of fake accounts on platform
(FILES) In this file photo taken on April 26, 2022, the Twitter logo is seen outside their headquarters in downtown San Francisco, California. - Twitter misled users and federal regulators about glaring weaknesses in its ability to protect personal data, the platform's former security chief claimed in whistleblower testimony likely to impact the company's bitter legal battle over Elon Musk's takeover bid. In a complaint filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission and published in part August 23, 2022, by The Washington Post and CNN, Peiter Zatko also accused Twitter of significantly underestimating the number of automated bots on the platform -- a key element in Musk's argument for withdrawing his $44 billion buyout deal. (Photo by Amy Osborne / AFP) (Photo by AMY OSBORNE/AFP via Getty Images)
CRTC head Ian Scott did not breach Conflict of Interest Act, ethics watchdog says
CRTC Chair Ian Scott is seen before appearing at the House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry and Technology, Monday, July 25, 2022 in Ottawa.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Apple sends invites for Sept. 7 event, analysts expect new iPhones
FILE PHOTO: Logo of an Apple store is seen in Washington, U.S., January 27, 2022. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo
More than 1.3 million immigration applications in backlog amid humanitarian crises
Sean Fraser speaks at an event in Ottawa on Tuesday, June 7, 2022. The immigration minister says his department is going on a hiring blitz to bring 1,250 new employees on board to tackle massive backlogs in processing applications.THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle
Jerry Allison, drummer for Buddy Holly, dies at 82
FILE - Jerry J.I. Allison performs in Clear Lake, Iowa, on Jan. 30, 2009, to honor the 50-year anniversary of a crash that claimed the life of rock 'n' roll legends Buddy Holly, J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson and Ritchie Valens, in February 1959. Allison, who played and co-wrote songs with rock pioneer and childhood friend Buddy Holly and whose future wife inspired the classic “Peggy Sue,” has died. He was 82. (Teresa Prince/Globe-Gazette via AP, File)
ESPN+ reaches two-year deal with Premier Hockey Federation
The Saskatchewan Hockey Association has said that, starting in the 2018-19 season, girls under 17 who live outside Regina and Saskatoon won’t be allowed to play for teams in those cities.
National Bank updates its Dividend All-Stars portfolio
The electronic ticker display outside the Toronto Stock Exchange Tower in Toronto, is photographed after the market closed on Monday, Jan., 24, 2022. (Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail)
Prairie provinces leading on economic growth, a new report says
An oil drilling rig operates surrounded by canola and hay fields near Cremona, Alta., Monday, July 12, 2021.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Joe Biden announces big student loan forgiveness plan
President Joe Biden arrives to board Marine One at Gordons Pond State Park in Rehoboth Beach, Del., Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022, to travel back to the White House. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
OPP says child dead in apparent ‘tragic farming accident’ in Kawartha Lakes, Ont.
OPP officers look on as camper gets hauled away in Ottawa on Sunday, Feb. 20, 2022, after police worked to clear a trucker protest that was aimed at COVID-19 measures that grew into a broader anti-government protest. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
Jailed Russian politician Alexei Navalny says he is back in punishment cell
FILE PHOTO: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is seen on a screen via a video link from the IK-2 corrective penal colony in Pokrov during a court hearing to consider an appeal against his prison sentence in Moscow, Russia May 24, 2022. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina/File Photo
Heavy fighting erupts again in northern Ethiopia, ending a five-month ceasefire
In this file photo taken on June 20, 2021, ocal farmers walk next to a tank allegedly belonging to the Eritrean army that is abandoned along the road in Dansa, southwest of Mekelle in Tigray region, Ethiopia.
Manitoba train derailment in 2019 due to crew fatigue and inexperience, safety board says
Derailed rail cars near St-Lazare, Man. are shown in a handout photo from the Transportation Safety Board. Investigators have reduced their tally of how much oil spilled when a Canadian National freight train derailed last month on a western Manitoba ranch.THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Transportation Safety Board MANDATORY CREDIT
U.S. crude, fuel stockpiles fall amid hefty release from emergency reserves: EIA
FILE PHOTO: Sticker reads crude oil on the side of a storage tank in the Permian Basin in Mentone, Loving County, Texas, U.S. November 22, 2019. REUTERS/Angus Mordant
Toronto island ferries back at full capacity after vessel that crashed returns to service
People disembark a ferry at Wards Island on the Toronto Island, in Toronto, July 30, 2020. (Cole Burston/The Globe and Mail)
Trump ally Scott Perry sues to block U.S. from searching seized cellphone
FILE PHOTO: Representative Scott Perry (R-PA) speaks during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 10, 2021. Ting Shen/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
China warns of ‘forceful measures’ if Canada interferes in Taiwan
FILE PHOTO: Honour guard members take part in a flag-raising ceremony at Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei, Taiwan August 6, 2022. REUTERS/Jameson Wu/File Photo
Custom Hamilton home mixes textures after pandemic complicates the build
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The public service does not understand antisemitism
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Saskatchewan handing out cheques, scaling back taxes as rising oil, potash prices driving rise in revenue
Donna Harpauer speaks in Regina, Wednesday, March 23, 2022. The finance minister says the province is raking in more money largely due to natural resource prices. She says the province has enough money to balance the 2022-23 budget, which had a reported deficit of nearly $500-million in April. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam Richards
Western Canada: Parks Canada sets targets for climate change and traffic congestion
The Rocky Mountain national parks and the resort towns of Banff and Jasper are the only bright spot in Alberta’s otherwise ailing industry.
Top PGA Tour players to commit to 20-event big money schedule
PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan gestures during a press conference at East Lake Golf Club prior to the start of the Tour Championship golf tournament Wednesday Aug 24, 2022, in Atlanta, Ga. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Teen pilot sets age record for solo flight around world after five months
Seventeen year old Anglo-Belgian pilot, Mack Rutherford, speaks with the media after landing at the Buzet airfield in Pont-A-Celles, Belgium, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022. Rutherford landed in Belgium before flying on to Slovakia and Sofia, Bulgaria, for the final leg of his Guinness World Record attempt to be the youngest person to the fly around the world solo in a small plane. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
Star midfielder Djordje Mihailovic to leave CF Montreal at end of MLS season
CF Montreal's Djordje Mihailovic reacts after scoring against Mexico's Santos Laguna during the first half of the second leg of their 2022 CONCACAF Champions League soccer game in Montreal, Wednesday, February 23, 2022. After breaking the single-season franchise record with 16 assists last year, he has turned into more of a goal scorer. The 23-year-old American has three goals in five Major League Soccer appearances this season, all coming in his last two games.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
UK’s Johnson pledges more help for Ukraine in last visit to Kyiv as PM
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson (C) visits Kyiv's "Maidan" Independence Square, that has been turned into an open-air military museum with destroyed Russian military equipment on Ukraine's Independence Day on August 24, 2022, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine. - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was in Kyiv on Wednesday, hailing the "strong will of Ukrainians to resist" Russia's invasion, as the nation celebrates its Independence Day and marks the milestone of six months of war. (Photo by SERGEI CHUZAVKOV / AFP) (Photo by SERGEI CHUZAVKOV/AFP via Getty Images)
U.S. pending home sales fall less than expected in July as mortgage rates ease
FILE - A for sale sign is displayed outside a home in Mount Lebanon, Pa., on Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. House prices are soaring, and homeowners have a lot of value built up between what’s left on the mortgage and what their house is worth. Still, there are reasons to pause before cashing out that equity. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
GardaWorld completes its tenth acquisition of 2022 as it eyes growth
GardaWorld company headquarters is seen Wednesday, December 18, 2013 in Montreal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
McLaren and driver Daniel Ricciardo to split at end of F1 season after buyout
Formula One F1 - Hungarian Grand Prix - Hungaroring, Budapest, Hungary - July 29, 2022 McLaren's Daniel Ricciardo during practice REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo
Czech Republic mulls using EU presidency to call summit over energy prices
FILE PHOTO: Czech Minister of Industry and Trade Jozef Sikela gives a news conference during an extraordinary meeting of European Union energy ministers in Brussels, Belgium July 26, 2022. REUTERS/Johanna Geron
Canadian dollar dips ahead of influential central bank conference
A loonie is pictured in Toronto on Jan. 23, 2015.
Africa looks to UN talks for clean energy, financial growth
FILE PHOTO: Samburu pastoralist slaughter livestock in the de-stocking of emaciated animals in a program by the government and the Kenya Red Cross to buy livestock, slaughter and distribute the meat as relief food to the most affected families following a prolonged drought near Lengusaka in Wamba, Samburu county, Kenya July 27, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya/File Photo
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