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Thousands battle ‘catastrophic’ floods after Chad’s heaviest rains in 30 years
Flood victims set up makeshift shelters at a schoolyard where they take refuge after heavy rains, in Ndjamena, Chad September 2, 2022.REUTERS/Mahamat Ramadane
Australia’s central bank raises benchmark interest rate for fifth straight month to 2.35%
A woman walks past the Reserve Bank of Australia in Sydney, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022. Australia's central bank boosted its benchmark interest rate for a fifth consecutive month to a seven-year high of 2.35%. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
U.S. life sciences firm Illumina will have to divest Grail after EU blocks takeover
FILE PHOTO: A building on the campus at the world headquarters of Illumina is shown in San Diego, California, U.S., September 1, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
Tractors to the rescue as floods submerge India’s tech hub
People commute in tractors due to water-logged roads following torrential rains in Bengaluru, India September 6, 2022. ANI/REUTERS TV via REUTERS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. INDIA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN INDIA
Inside Tesla’s drive to keep Elon Musk’s battery promise
FILE PHOTO: Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends the Tesla Shanghai Gigafactory groundbreaking ceremony in Shanghai, China January 7, 2019. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo
Fire-behaviour specialists in B.C. provide critical information to battling blazes
Standing on the rim of a "bowl" at an elevation of 1900 meters, Fire Behavior Specialist Eric Kopetski observes how a fire set by crews burns as part of an effort to combat the Keremeos Creek Fire on Aug. 17, 2022.
Cheaper hearing aids could be on the horizon? Hear, hear!
André Picard
Shell and Exxon launch sale of major Dutch gas venture, sources say
Shell logo and stock graph are seen through a magnifier displayed in this illustration taken September 4, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Quebec election: CAQ Leader Francois Legault pitches more hydro dams
Coalition Avenir Quebec Leader Francois Legault speaks to business people, Tuesday, September 6, 2022 in Becancour, Que. Quebecers are going to the polls for a general election on Oct. 3. THE CANADIAN PRESS / Jacques Boissinot
Flood-hit Pakistan scrambles to avert overflow of its biggest lake
Women carry belongings salvaged from their flooded home after monsoon rains, in the Qambar Shahdadkot district of Sindh Province, of Pakistan, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022. More than 1,300 people have been killed and millions have lost their homes in flooding caused by unusually heavy monsoon rains in Pakistan this year that many experts have blamed on climate change. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)
Rob Carrick: One-stop shopping for investors who are bullish about stocks
Ukraine hints at ‘great news’ of new military success in east
A Russian all-terrain armoured vehicle is parked outside the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant during the visit of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) expert mission in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict outside Enerhodar in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, September 1, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
‘We’re ready for a normal school year’: School starts in Ontario without COVID-19 restrictions
Children wait in a physical distancing circle at Portage Trail Community School, which is part of the Toronto District School Board (TDSB), during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Is it time to reimagine the school portable?
Calgary’s historic Reader Rock Garden shows the gardening potential of Alberta’s Foothills region
People walk through Reader Rock Garden in Calgary on Friday, Sept. 2, 2022. William Roland Reader was the Superintendent for Calgary Parks from 1913 – 1942 who transformed a bare hillside into an internationally-acclaimed garden. At peak season, there are over 3800 plant species in the garden and currently there are 1,200 in the garden. (Photo by Sarah B Groot/The Globe and Mail)
Alberta’s Heritage Fund to get $3-billion boost, a long-needed cash injection for the neglected rainy-day reserve
Kelly Cryderman
Business leaders warn about rolling back progress on diversity in technology as the sector launches major layoffs
Lekan Olawoye, the CEO and Founder of the Black Professional In Tech Network, is photographed on July 29 2020. BPTN will be partnering with some of Canada’s largest companies, to help bridge the talent gap in he tech industry.
Russia in process of buying rockets and artillery shells from North Korea, U.S. says
State flags of Russia and North Korea fly in a street near a railway station during the visit of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un to Vladivostok, Russia April 25, 2019. REUTERS/Yuri Maltsev
Tuesday’s analyst upgrades and downgrades
A Couche Tard convenience store is shown in Montreal, Friday, Oct. 5, 2012.
Morning Update: One suspect in Saskatchewan stabbing found dead, second suspect at large, RCMP say
Annie Sanderson comforts her granddaughter, who was close with Gloria Lydia Burns, 62, who was killed on James Smith Cree Nation after a stabbing spree killed 10 people on the reserve and nearby town of Weldon, Saskatchewan, Canada. September 5, 2022. REUTERS/David Stobbe
Britain weighs huge support package as Europe battles energy crisis
FILE PHOTO: Liz Truss leaves the Conservative Party headquarters, after being announced as Britain's next Prime Minister, in London, Britain September 5, 2022. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls
Binance to convert users’ USD Coin, Pax Dollar into its own stablecoin
FILE PHOTO: A representation of cryptocurrency is seen in front of Binance logo in this illustration taken, March 4, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Oil prices sink as demand fears overtake OPEC-led rally
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 23: Oil pumpjacks stands in the Inglewood Oil Field on November 23, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. President Biden announced a plan to release oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in an effort to curb high gas prices. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Clement Virgo’s passion project Brother leads a Scarborough cinema revolution
Canadian film and television director Clement Virgo, at the downtown Toronto offices of Elevation Pictures, August 29, 2022.
How to stay connected with staff allowed to work anywhere in the world
Penny Farina, VP Human Resources for Ecobee inside their near empty offices in Toronto, Ontario on September 2, 2022. (Photo by Peter Power for The Globe and Mail)
Extreme work-life balance: The good and bad of being a digital nomad
Airline sector crisis: Thousands of pilots lost their jobs during the pandemic, and their ranks haven’t been replenished
Young boys look out at Air Canada and WestJet planes at Calgary International Airport in Calgary, Alta., Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Best places in Canada to fly, swoop and hover in a glider
Why aren’t your kids walking to school?
Yellow School bus with stop sigh in the street with red light open. Photo was taken in Canada.
Caisse, OMERS hit hard after renewables company Azure Power’s share price plummets
This picture taken on March 8, 2018, shows journalists and officials at the Azure solar power plant next to the closed Indraprastha power station site in New Delhi. The defunct Indraprastha power station in Delhi was closed in 2010 and a solar power plant was set up by Azure Power at the same site. / AFP PHOTO / MONEY SHARMA (Photo credit should read MONEY SHARMA/AFP via Getty Images)
As earthquake hit China’s Chengdu, residents in COVID lockdown feared reprisals for evacuating
A man walks past a damaged building after a 6.6-magnitude earthquake in Luding county, Ganzi Prefecture in China's southwestern Sichuan province on September 6, 2022. (Photo by CNS / AFP) / China OUT (Photo by -/CNS/AFP via Getty Images)
The close: TSX hits six-week low as bond yields spike and investors await rate hikes
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Aug. 29.
What every Canadian investor needs to know today
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 01: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on September 01, 2022 in New York City. Stocks rose in late afternoon trading on the first day of September as investors looked forward to the jobs report Friday. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
China-focused hedge funds lower exposure as risks mount
A view shows cranes in front of the skyline of the Central Business District (CBD) in Beijing, China, Oct. 18, 2021.
Bitcoin’s no longer the king of the swingers
Representations of cryptocurrency Bitcoin are seen in this illustration, Aug. 10.
Tuesday’s Insider Report: CEO invests over $1.3-million as this Big 6 bank stock nears oversold territory
The head office of the National Bank is seen Friday, April 21, 2017 in Montreal.
How China’s use of house arrest has boomed
FILE PHOTO: A paramilitary police officer stands guard on the Tiananmen Square, in front of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China March 8, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins/File Photo
Is it legal for a for-profit company to use volunteers?
A volunteer brings groceries to a senior at her home, one of the many acts of kindness being seen during the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, citizens around the globe are being asked to help people and communities in need for Giving Tuesday Now.
Study permit delays leave international students in limbo
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Frustration with charging risks slowing EV adoption, hooking Canada on fossil fuels for longer
Matt Bubbers
Erin O’Toole sees a role for himself in the party, but he’ll stay on the sidelines while Conservatives choose a new leader
Conservative MP Erin O'Toole is shown during an interview in his office in Ottawa on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. (Justin Tang for The Globe and Mail)
The benefits and drawbacks of individual and family RESPs
Close up of a 2 year old boy holding an egg that reads RESP. An RESP is a Registered Education Savings Plan and the egg symbolizes saving for a child's education in Canada. See also
Quant funds snap up shares in Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway
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)
‘I am pessimistic that sanctions will be successful in ending the war in Ukraine.’ Dealing with Vladimir Putin, plus other letters to the editor for Sept. 6
FILE PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with ornithologists and members of the Kamchatka falcon breeding centre in the region of Kamchatka, Russia, September 5, 2022. Sputnik/Gavriil Grigorov/Pool via REUTERS
Mexico abandons hope to rescue miners as authorities plan to recover bodies
FILE - Relatives of miners who are trapped in a collapsed and flooded coal mine wait for information outside the Pinebete mine in Sabinas in Mexico's Coahuila state, Aug. 4, 2022. Hopes are fading of rescuing the 10 men who have been trapped in the flooded coal mine for over three weeks. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Monroy, File)
Shinzo Abe’s Japanese state funeral to cost over US$12-million
FILE PHOTO: A picture of late former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was shot while campaigning for a parliamentary election, is seen at Headquarters of the Japanese Liberal Democratic Party in Tokyo, Japan July 12, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo
Uvalde school year starts amid fear and unfinished security
New fencing is constructed around Benson Elementary School, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas. Following the shootings at Robb Elementary, new fencing is being installed on all campuses. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
G7 company emissions falling short of global climate goal, study shows
(FILES) In this file photo taken on December 11, 2021 (L-R) G7 foreign ministers, Britain's Foreign Secretary Liz Truss (C) pose in a socially distanced manner for a group photograph ahead of bilateral talks at the G7 Foreign and Development Ministers meeting in Liverpool, northwest England. - The race to become Britain's next prime minister is in its final week, with Liz Truss poised to defeat rival Rishi Sunak but set to inherit daunting challenges in the top job. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / POOL / AFP) (Photo by PAUL ELLIS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Jannik Sinner survives Ilya Ivashka scare to secure place in US Open quarters
Jannik Sinner, of Italy, yells during his match against Ilya Ivashka, of Belarus, in the fourth round of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Monday, Sept. 5, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
At least three people dead as powerful typhoon hits South Korea
A wave caused by Typhoon Hinnamnor hits the waterfront in Busan, South Korea, September 6, 2022. Yonhap/via REUTERS
Parole documents reveal details of Saskatchewan suspect’s criminal past
RCMP Assistant Commissioner Rhonda Blackmore speaks during a press conference at RCMP "F" Division Headquarters in Regina on Sunday, Sept. 4, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Michael Bell
Second strike averted as German airline Lufthansa, pilots’ union reach wage deal
FILE PHOTO: Planes of German air carrier Lufthansa are photographed at the day of the airline's annual general meeting at the airport in Frankfurt, Germany, May 4, 2021. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach/File Photo
Nearly one million Canadians projected to have dementia by 2030, new report says
Stigma is one of the biggest barriers for people with dementia trying to live their lives with dignity in the face of a disease that over time relentlessly and progressively destroys the brain, says the Alzheimer Society of Canada.
Solid offer for Little Italy loft quickly accepted
Done Deal, 799 College St., No. 405, Toronto
Your daily horoscope: September 6
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