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January 13

Scheifele scores twice as Jets race by Penguins 4-1
Pittsburgh Penguins' Bryan Rust, right, and Winnipeg Jets' Brenden Dillon collide during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Pittsburgh, Friday, Jan. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Peru’s chief prosecutor launches probes into protest deaths
With a sign that reads in Spanish "Not one more death" demonstrators march against Peruvian President Dina Boluarte in Lima, Peru, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023. Protesters are seeking immediate elections, Boluarte's resignation, the release of ousted President Pedro Castillo and justice for up to 48 protesters killed in clashes with police. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
Kirk leads Sony as Spieth goes from leading to a missed cut
January 13, 2023; Honolulu, Hawaii, USA; Chris Kirk hits his tee shot on the ninth hole during the second round of the Sony Open in Hawaii golf tournament at Waialae Country Club. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports
Probes into Biden, Trump’s handling of documents prompt questions about what consequences may await them
US President Joe Biden waits for the arrival of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 13, 2023. (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY / AFP) (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)
Human skeleton found on UC Berkeley campus
Elks renew ‘The Manny Show,’ re-sign veteran receiver Emmanuel Arceneaux
Veteran wide receiver Emmanuel Arceneaux has re-signed with the Edmonton Elks on a one-year contract. Arceneaux (84) runs past Saskatchewan Roughriders defensive back Jeremy Clark (37) during second half CFL action in Edmonton, Alta., on Saturday August 13, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Amber Bracken
Canadian man aims for Guinness world record for most marathons run in a year
Mississauga, Ont., native Ben Pobjoy is shown in this handout selfie image. Pobjoy has set out on a journey to break the Guinness world record for most marathons ran by a male in a year (239), held by American Larry Macon. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Ben Pobjoy **MANDATORY CREDIT**
CF Montreal signs Canadian-born midfielder Ilias Iliadis to two-year deal
CF Montreal Vice-President and Chief Sporting Officer, Olivier Renard, right, looks on as Hernan Losada smiles as he speaks during a news conference announcing him as new head coach of CF Montreal soccer club in Montreal, Thursday, December 22, 2022. The Major League Soccer club announced Wednesday that former D.C. United head coach Hernan Losada will take over from Wilfried Nancy on the sidelines for the 2023 season. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
Emergency room deaths in Nova Scotia rose 10% to 558 in 2022, data show
Chief of the central zone’s network of emergency departments Dr. Kirk Magee said Thursday that emergency medicine is in a state of “crisis” amid a shortage of nurses, physicians and hospital beds coupled with a rise in patients and patients with more complex needs. Paramedics are seen at the Dartmouth General Hospital in Dartmouth, N.S. on July 4, 2013.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
Canadian defender Yao among fresh faces looking to crack Whitecaps’ roster
Canadian defender Karifa Yao is one of the new players looking to make an impression with the Vancouver Whitecaps this season. The club picked up the 22-year-old Montreal native in the MLS re-entry draft in November. Yao looks on during the opening day of the MLS soccer team's training camp, in Vancouver, on Monday, January 9, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Matheson says support growing for proposed Canadian women’s soccer league
Canada's Diana Matheson jogs during a FIFA Women's World Cup soccer practice session in Vancouver on June 24, 2015. Veteran Diana Matheson returns to the national team after a one-year injury absence for the Tournoi de France, an elite women's soccer tournament. Coach Kenneth Heiner-Moller announced his squad Tuesday for the tournament that will see eighth-ranked Canada take on the third-ranked Netherlands, No. 4 France and No. 9 Brazil next month in Calais. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Ottawa unveils $360-million strategy for quantum tech boom
A view of part of the development laboratory of Toronto-based tech company Xanadu Quantum Technologies Inc., Monday, May 30, 2022. (Galit Rodan/The Globe and Mail)
Bills turn focus to Dolphins, with Hamlin recovering at home
Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen (17) talks with wide receiver Gabe Davis (13) during an NFL football practice in Orchard Park, N.Y., Friday, Jan. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus)
49ers seeking three-game sweep against Seahawks in wild-card game
SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 08: Head coach Kyle Shanahan of the San Francisco 49ers looks on during the game against the Arizona Cardinals at Levi's Stadium on January 08, 2023 in Santa Clara, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)
Poilievre gives speech to group facing criticism for residential school, discrimination comments
Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre speaks during a media availability on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Friday, Dec. 30, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Ontario to boost surgeries at private clinics, asserts change won’t affect public health care system
A nurse tends to a patient in the Intensive Care Unit at the Bluewater Health Hospital in Sarnia, Ont., on Tuesday, January 25, 2022. Personal support workers in Ontario hospitals were promised last spring that a wage increase introduced during the pandemic would remain permanently on their paycheques. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Brazil’s Supreme Court approves probe of Bolsonaro for Jan. 8 riot
Protesters, supporters of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro, storm the the National Congress building in Brasilia, Brazil, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Eagles sign former Stampeder tackle Julian Good-Jones
The Philadelphia Eagles signed former Calgary Stampeder tackle Julian Good-Jones on Friday. Good-Jones had a workout with the Eagles in November. Toronto Argonauts defensive back Maurice Carnell, centre, is tackled by Good-Jones and Jalen Philpot during first half CFL football action in Calgary, on Oct. 1, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
‘A lot of lying going on’ about premier’s role in COVID-19 prosecutions, Alberta NDP says
Opposition Leader Rachel Notley says Premier Danielle Smith has entangled herself in a web of lies and needs to come clean with Albertans over what she has been saying to prosecutors pursuing COVID-19 health violations. Notley speaks in Edmonton on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
Deposed Trump hurled insults at writer E. Jean Carroll, who said he raped her
FILE - President Donald Trump walks to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on Jan. 12, 2021, in Washington. Questioned for a lawsuit, former President Donald Trump hurled insults and threatened to sue the columnist who accused him of raping her in a department store in the 1990s, according to excerpts of his testimony unsealed by a court on Friday, Jan. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File )
The danger of downtown decline
Marcus Gee
Fiona Bombardier, whose famous mom is Josée Chouinard, carving her own career
Fiona Bombardier from Ontario performs during the senior women’s short program at the National Skating Championships in Oshawa, Ont., on Friday January 13, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Ukraine braces for fresh Russian mobilization in spring amid battle over Bakhmut, Soledar
Ukrainian Border Guards are seen at their positions near the border with Belarus, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine in Volyn region, Ukraine January 13, 2023. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
‘Unusual’ influenza outbreak on decline in B.C., COVID-19 stable despite new variant
Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry talks during an update in the press theatre at the legislature in Victoria, B.C., on Thursday, March 10, 2022. Henry says the influenza outbreak that resulted in the deaths of six young people in British Columbia last month is on the decline, but the flu season is far from over.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
The Maple Leafs face formidable foe in the Bruins
TORONTO, ONTARIO - NOVEMBER 12: Auston Matthews #34 of the Toronto Maple Leafs scores he game winning goal at 2:32 of overtime against the Calgary Flames at the Scotiabank Arena on November 12, 2021 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Leafs defeated the Flames 2-1 in overtime. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
The Globe’s stars and dogs for the week
For Stars and Dogs column in Globe Investor/ROB only.
U.S. Justice Department official cleared to oversee Google probes, source says
FILE PHOTO: The logo for Google LLC is seen at the Google Store Chelsea in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., November 17, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
Hydrostor signs offtake agreement for energy storage project in California
Off-peak or surplus energy is used to run a compressor and create hot air. The heat is siphoned off and the air stored in a cavern. Then the air is forced to the surface with water, recombined with the stored heat, and used to run a turbine, generating electricity
Evening Update: Pro-Russian slogans grow louder in former East Germany as Ukrainian refugees fear a far-right resurgence
1.9.2023 Dresden, Germany. Protesters march in Monday demonstrations across East Germany every week to express opposition to economic sanctions against Russia. A recent march in Dresden was led by people carrying a banner that called for “Peace with Russia”.
Hamilton estimates second leak dumped 59 million litres of sewage in Lake Ontario
The City of Hamilton is estimating that approximately 59 million litres of waste has been dumped into Lake Ontario for more than two decades as the result of a sewage leak discovered this week. The steel mills on the harbour are shown in Hamilton, Ont., on October 23, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Copenhagen’s Noma shuttered because, in this new economy, fine dining is dying
FILE-- Rene Redzepi, center, chef of Noma who practices a earthly style of cooking known as "new Nordic," works in the kitchen at the restaurant in Copenhagen, June 21, 2010. Noma will become a full-time food laboratory, developing new dishes and products for its e-commerce operation, Noma Projects, and the dining rooms will be open only for periodic pop-ups. (Erik Refner/The New York Times)
Worker dies after St. Catharines industrial fire
Niagara police say the lone worker hospitalized in a fire at a hazardous waste facility in St. Catharines, Ont., has died. Police block off a bridge on the Welland Canal following the early morning explosion and fire in St. Catharines, Ont., on Thursday, January 12, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Alex Lupul
Do William and Lenore have enough saved to travel and renovate their home in retirement?
Husband is reflected in glasses. Facelift (Photo by Tannis Toohey for the Globe and Mail)
Single mom started charity that feeds more than 250 families by asking local farmers for extra produce
GM-Food Charity- January 9, 2023- Leah Dyck, 33,poses for a portrait in Goldsmith's Farm Market & Bakery in Thornbury, Ontario. Dyck runs Fresh Food Weekly, a registered food charity, which is part of the VanDyck Foundation. Dyck buys food for low income families, getting fresh food for free or at cost and supplies 70 families with fresh food twice a month with food from suppliers like Goldsmith's. This month families in Barrie and Innisfil will be getting fresh oranges, applies, bananas and avocados from the Dyck with her food charity. (Photo by Tannis Toohey for the Globe and Mail)
Retirement didn’t mean travel or new hobbies, because ‘our life at home is so rich’
Professor Mark L. Winston poses for a portrait at his home in Vancouver, B.C., on January 09, 2023. Dr. Winston specializes in bee science. Jimmy Jeong/The Globe and Mail.
An investing strategy that wins cleanly over the long term by outperforming in bad years like 2022
The Bay Street Financial District is shown next to the CN Tower in Toronto on Friday, Aug. 5, 2022. Canada's most prominent banks and insurers say they are sticking with the virtual or hybrid annual general meetings they adopted during the COVID-19 pandemic for another year. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Frankie Muniz, best known as ‘Malcolm,’ starts NASCAR career
Frankie Muniz, an actor, musician and writer, walks on the red carpet at the River Centre in St. Paul, Minn., Sunday, July 17, 2016. Muniz, best known for his leading role in “Malcolm in the Middle," is planning to compete full time as a race car driver. He will drive the No. 30 Ford for Rette Jones Racing in the ARCA Menards Series (Isaac Hale/Star Tribune via AP)
Holidays didn’t lead to feared bump in U.S. flu cases, CDC says
FILE - People shop during Black Friday in New York on Friday, Nov. 25, 2022. Doctors tend to worry that holiday gatherings can spark new surges in infectious diseases like the flu. But new government data suggests that didn't happen this year. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday, Jan. 13, 2023 reported that flu has continued to wane this month.(AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File)
U.S. FDA, CDC see early signal of possible Pfizer bivalent COVID shot link to stroke
**EMBARGO: No electronic distribution, Web posting or street sales before 3:01 a.m. ET Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022. No exceptions for any reasons. EMBARGO set by source.** FILE — A vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 bivalent booster at a pop-up vaccination event for seniors in Chicago, Sept. 13, 2022 . 95 percent of Americans over 65 got their initial Covid vaccinations. But that immunity is waning and this time, the government is offering far less support to help bring their immunizations up to date. (Jamie Kelter Davis/The New York Times)
Respite care staff to return to Calgary facility after helping at children’s hospital
A Calgary facility that offers respite and end-of-life care to children is set to reopen after a surge in patients at the nearby pediatric hospital saw its staff redeployed for more than a month. The South Health Campus adult acute care hospital in Calgary is seen on Wednesday, April 1, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Politics Briefing: Federal government accuses key public-sector union of bargaining in bad faith, files complaint
Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) president Chris Aylward pose for a portrait in front of Terrasses de la Chaudière office complex May 1, 2020 in Gatineau, Quebec. DAVE CHAN / THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Union calling on Ontario to hire support staff to address school violence
A union representing education workers in Ontario is calling on the government to hire more support staff to help students and address a recent rise in violence in and around schools. Laura Walton, the president of CUPE's Ontario School Board Council of Unions says trained and available mental health workers and teacher assistants should be available on site in every school to support to students who are struggling. Walton speaks to the media in Toronto on November 16, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Pause sought in wind farm ocean prep after 7th dead whale
The body of a humpack whale lies on a beach in Brigantine N.J., after it washed ashore on Friday, Jan. 13, 2023. It was the seventh dead whale to wash ashore in New Jersey and New York in little over a month, prompting calls for a temporary halt in offshore wind farm preparation on the ocean floor from lawmakers and environmental groups who suspect the work might have something to do with the deaths. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
U.S. investors hunt for gains in foreign stocks
Citibank, HSBC and Barclays buildings are lit up at dusk in the Canary Wharf financial district of London, Britain, November 19, 2018.
Saskatchewan singer rubbed shoulders with showbiz giants
Singer Pat Steel, undated. Courtesy of the Family
Court hears appeal of Alberta man found guilty of murder, extortion
Court of Appeal at the Edmonton Law Courts building, in Edmonton on June 28, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
We can’t let online harassment push women out of public spaces
Marsha Lederman
The sporting life of the McIntosh sisters
Brooke McIntosh and Benjamin Mimar of Ontario perform during the senior pairs short program at the Canadian Figure Skating Championships in Oshawa, Ont., on Friday, January 13, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Quebec woman alleging sexual misconduct by prominent cardinal reveals identity
Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet attends a Mass inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, on March 12, 2013. A woman alleging sexual assault by a prominent Quebec cardinal has revealed her identity and says the protocol for denouncing sexual assault at the archdiocese of Quebec must be changed. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Andrew Medichini
Canadian Pacific Railway and Unifor reach tentative deal for 1,200 workers
Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. and Unifor have reached a tentative collective agreement for 1,200 workers who are responsible for maintaining rail cars and locomotives. A Canadian Pacific Railway employee walks along the side of a locomotive in a marshalling yard in Calgary, Wednesday, May 16, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Turkish prosecutors launch probe of Erdogan effigy incident in Sweden
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, right, speaks at a joint press conference with Italian counterpart Antonio Tajani in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, Jan. 13, 2023. Cavusoglu described a protest by Kurdish militants in Stockholm where an effigy of Turkey's president was hung from a lamppost as a racist act and a hate crime. Earlier on Friday, Cavusoglu said the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, and affiliated Kurdish groups in Syria were "laying mines on the path of Sweden's NATO membership." (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)
Invasive spongy moths target of B.C. spray program on Vancouver Island this spring
The B.C. government is planning to launch an insecticide spraying program this spring that targets invasive spongy moths, formerly known as gypsy moths. Tree leaves eaten by the moth's caterpillars are seen on Montreal's Mount Royal on Wednesday, July 7, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
Federal committee set to launch new review of Rogers’s takeover of Shaw
Rogers and Shaw applications are pictured on a cellphone in Ottawa on Monday, May 9, 2022. The Competition Bureau is asking the Federal Court of Appeal to set aside a decision by the Competition Tribunal dismissing its case against Rogers Communications Inc.'s $26-billion takeover of Shaw Communications Inc. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Opposition Manitoba NDP says delay in budget preparations sign of ongoing government ‘chaos’
The Manitoba government is weeks behind its traditional time frame for consultations on the spring budget, and the Opposition New Democrats say it is a sign of dysfunction that also includes staff and cabinet changes. Cameron Friesen, Minister of Finance, at the Manitoba Legislative Building in Winnipeg, Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/David Lipnowski
Lisa Marie Presley will be buried at Graceland next to son
A fan places a bouquet of flowers on the stone wall outside Graceland on Friday, Jan. 13, 2023, in Memphis, Tenn. Lisa Marie Presley will be buried at Graceland, her father Elvis' mansion that on Friday was a gathering place for fans who were distraught over the singer-songwriter's death a day earlier. (AP Photo/Adrian Sainz)
Judge lets writer’s rape claim proceed against Donald Trump
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump rape accuser E. Jean Carroll departs from her hearing at federal court during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., October 21, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo
No injuries reported after explosion in gas pipeline in central Lithuania
The energy crisis that wasn’t: How Europe escaped the worst of Russia’s natural gas war
Eric Reguly
How fuel giant Parkland is adapting to a low-carbon world
Bob Espey, President and Chief Executive Office of Parkland, is photographed in the company’s On the Run store in Mississauga, Ont. on Nov 29, 2022. Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail.
Penalties for public servants who won’t go back to office to be handled individually
President of the Treasury Board Mona Fortier speaks in the foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022. Fortier says that if federal public servants refuse to return-to-office by the end of March management will be left to assess each situation on a case by case basis.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Documentary by Quebec filmmakers exposes horror of cyber violence against women
Image from the documentary film ”Backlash: Mysogyny in the Digital Age" is seen in this handout photo provided Jan. 12, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-La Ruelle Films **MANDATORY CREDIT**
Algoma University professor charged in alleged assaults of students
An Algoma University professor is facing multiple charges in the alleged assaults of five students. Police say the 56-year-old man was arrested Friday and charged with two counts of sexual assault with a weapon and five counts of assault. A Philadelphia police car with flashing lights is shown in Philadelphia, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022.THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Matt Rourke
Biden set to deliver annual State of Union address on Feb. 7
FILE PHOTO: US President Joe Biden delivers his State of the Union Address before lawmakers in the US Capitol in Washington, DC, U.S., March 1, 2022. Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Russian tribunal found ‘no fault’ in figure skater Kamila Valieva’s doping case
(FILES) In this file photo taken on February 15, 2022 Russia's Kamila Valieva competes in the women's single skating short program of the figure skating event during the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing. - Russian figure skating prodigy Kamila Valieva has not been sanctioned by the Russian anti-doping agency, which found she bore "no fault or negligence" for a positive drugs test before the Beijing Olympics, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said on January 13, 2023. Montreal-based WADA said it was "concerned" by this conclusion of the Russian disciplinary tribunal and specified that it would not hesitate to exercise its right of appeal before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). (Photo by Manan VATSYAYANA / AFP) (Photo by MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP via Getty Images)
Amplify: Raising girls in a hostile world
Teenaged girls use their mobile phones as families and youth aged 12 and older line up for their COVID-19 vaccine at Gordon A. Brown Middle School in Toronto Wednesday May 19, 2021. With the next pandemic school year set to begin in six weeks, Ontario has no complete data indicating how many education workers are vaccinated against COVID-19. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
David Rosenberg: No, the 60/40 portfolio isn’t dead - but here’s an even better idea
Various type of financial and investment products in a shopping cart i.e. REITs, ETFs, bonds, stocks. Sustainable portfolio management, long term wealth management with risk diversification concept.
Yellen warns of U.S. default risk by early June, urges debt limit hike
FILE - Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks with reporters during a visit to the Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation incubator at the Center for Innovative Technology campus in Herndon, Va., Oct. 21, 2022.  Yellen has notified Congress that the U.S. is projected to reach its debt limit on Thursday and will then resort to “extraordinary measures” to avoid default. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)
Scheduling of sentencing date for teen in Calgary police officer death delayed a month
Sgt. Andrew Harnett, 37, of the Calgary Police Service is shown in this undated handout image provided by the police service. There has been a delay in setting a sentencing date for the young man found guilty of manslaughter in the hit-and-run death of the Calgary officer. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Calgary Police Service *MANDATORY CREDIT*
Novak Djokovic’s revenge the juiciest story as Australian Open begins Sunday
Cathal Kelly
National classical and opera calendar includes an opera about Apple, poetry by Atwood and a rare visit by the Chicago Symphony
AUSTIN, TX - FEBRUARY 1, 2022 - Austin Opera presents the Texas Premiere of Mason Bates and Mark Campbell’s The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs at The Long Center. production shots of Calgary Opera's The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs
Apple CEO Tim Cook to take more than 40% pay cut
FILE - Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks in front of the new Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company facility under construction in Phoenix, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022. Cook will take a more than 40% pay cut this year from a year earlier as the company adjusts how it calculates his compensation. Apple Inc. said in a regulatory filing that Cook’s target total compensation is $49 million for 2023. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
Ottawa, Kitchener hospitals saw record numbers of patients admitted this week
Two hospitals in Ontario are reporting record numbers of patients in their hospitals and emergency departments this week. Queensway Carleton Hospital in Ottawa's west end and Grand River Hospital in Kitchener are both reporting record highs in their emergency departments or hospitals overall. Ambulances are parked outside the Emergency Department at the Ottawa Hospital Civic Campus in Ottawa on Monday, May 16, 2022.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Translator fired after FEMA sends gibberish translations for Alaskan typhoon relief
FILE - In this image provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, a search and rescue and damage assessment in Deering, Alaska, shows the damage caused by Typhoon Merbok, Sept. 18, 2022. After the remnants of a rare typhoon caused extensive damage along Alaska's western coast last fall, the U.S. government stepped in to help residents, largely Alaska Natives, recovery financially. (Petty Officer 3rd Class Ian Gray/U.S. Coast Guard via AP, File)
Big bank economists see mild recession likely ahead despite surprising resilience
Bank towers are shown from Bay Street in Toronto's financial district, on Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Big bank economists say the surprisingly resilient economy is likely headed for a mild slowdown in the year, ahead but that recent events show how difficult it is to predict the future. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrien Veczan
German village clearance continues, Greta Thunberg visits site
Climate activists Greta Thunberg, front third right, and Luisa Neubauer, second left, visit the village Luetzerath near Erkelenz, Germany, Friday, Jan. 13, 2023. The energy company RWE wants to excavate the coal lying under Luetzerath - for this purpose, the hamlet on the territory of the city of Erkelenz at the opencast lignite mine Garzweiler II is to be demolished. (Federico Gambarini/dpa via AP)
Nevada lithium mine gets US$700-million conditional loan from Department of Energy
An electric vehicle is charged in Ottawa on Wednesday, July 13, 2022. Parkland Corp. says it is doubling the size of its previously announced electric vehicle charging network in western Canada.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
How investors can benefit from the hacker threat. Plus, Algonquin Power’s latest actions met with skepticism by analysts
A woman uses a computer keyboard in North Vancouver on December, 19, 2012. A wave of cybercrime has recently hit hospitals, businesses and organizations, including Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children in mid-December and the Toronto Transit Commission in late October, with the most recent impacting LCBO's website and mobile app beginning Tuesday evening.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Robbie Bachman, co-founder and drummer of Bachman-Turner Overdrive, dies at 69
Randy Bachman (right) holds the Juno as Robbie Bachman videotapes a closeup of the trophy after being inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame at the Juno Awards in Winnipeg, Sunday, March 30, 2014. Robbie Bachman, co-founder and drummer of Bachman-Turner Overdrive, has died at 69, representatives for his brother Randy confirm. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
Some administrators knew Virginia boy had gun before teacher shot, school superintendent says
Residents of Newport News hold a candlelight vigil in honor of Richneck Elementary School first-grade teacher Abby Zwerner at the School Administration Building in Newport News, Va., Monday, Jan. 9, 2023. Zwerner was shot and wounded by a 6-year-old student while teaching class on Friday, Jan.6. (AP Photo/John C. Clark)
Nighttime Israeli arrests haunt Palestinian children, families
Yousef Mesheh, 15, holds a portrait of his brother, Wael in the bedroom where they were sleeping when Israeli forces stormed into their home at 3.a.m., in the Balata Refugee Camp in the northern West Bank, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. They were both arrested, but Wael is still imprisoned. A report to be released next Monday by Israeli human rights organization HaMoked found that the Israeli military arrested and interrogated hundreds of Palestinian teenagers in 2022 in the occupied West Bank, without ever issuing a summons or notifying their families.(AP Photo/ Maya Alleruzzo)
Ontario to expand surgeries performed in private facilities, sources say
Ontario Premier Doug Ford speaks during a press conference at a Shoppers Drug Mart pharmacy in Etobicoke, Ont., on Wednesday, January 11, 2023. Ford says he's willing to accept some strings from the federal government if they give the province more health-care funding. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Tijana Martin
Poland and Lithuania want lower Russian oil cap, nuclear curbs in new EU sanctions
FILE PHOTO: European Union flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, September 28, 2022. REUTERS/Yves Herman/
Three employees remain missing after explosion at Quebec propane business near Montreal
Saint-Roch-de-L’Achigan Mayor Sebastien Marcil, left, and other officials prepare for a press conference after an explosion at a propane company, Thursday, January 12, 2023 in Saint Roch-de-L’Achigan, Que. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
Bed Bath & Beyond reportedly in talks with Sycamore Partners for sale of assets
FILE PHOTO: Signage is seen at a Bed Bath & Beyond store in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., June 29, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
Some administrators at Virginia school knew boy had gun before teacher shot, superintendent says
Police respond to a shooting at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Va., on Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. Police say a 6-year-old student shot and wounded a teacher at the school during an altercation inside a first-grade classroomwld. (Billy Schuerman/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)
Lufthansa seen as ready to bid for ITA Airways stake, sources say
FILE PHOTO: A new state-owned Italian carrier Italia Trasporto Aereo plane with the new blue livery is seen at Fiumicino airport, in Rome, Italy, March 1, 2022. REUTERS/Remo Casilli/File Photo
U.S. strongly committed to Japan’s defence, Biden tells Kishida, hails military boost
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 13: U.S. President Joe Biden (R) and Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio meet in the Oval Office at the White House on January 13, 2023 in Washington, DC. Fumio is meeting with Biden to reaffirm the U.S.-Japan strategic relationship in the Indo-Pacific as military tensions rise in the region. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Market watchers have little faith anti-flipping tax, foreign buyers ban will improve housing affordability in Canada
Kerry Gold
Rain, unseasonable warmth, unstable snowpack, raise flood, avalanche concerns in B.C.
A pedestrian uses an umbrella to shield themselves from the heavy rain as they walk along the shore of the harbour in Vancouver Tuesday, January 11, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Redblacks running back Brendan Gillanders retires after eight seasons
Ottawa Redblacks running back Brendan Gillanders (25) is tackled by Saskatchewan Roughriders linebacker Darnell Sankey (53) during first half of CFL football action in Regina, Friday, July 8, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu
Five die as Myanmar air strikes hit churches, relief groups say
Homes lay flattened by suspected military air strikes in the district of Mutraw, also known as Papun, in eastern Myanmar's Karen State, Friday, Jan. 13, 2023. Air strikes this week by Myanmar's military on villages inhabited largely by the Karen ethnic minority killed a number of civilians, and destroyed two churches, two relief organizations said Friday. (Karen Human Rights Group via AP)
U.S. near-term consumer inflation expectations lowest in nearly two years
Shoppers carry shopping bags down Fifth Avenue, Monday, Dec. 19, 2022, in New York. After a two-year hiatus, holiday procrastinators are back this year, during a holiday season when retailers need them even more. Shoppers have been pulling back on buying and waiting for the best deals as inflation weighs on their shopping habits. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
SickKids hospital to begin ramping surgeries back up as respiratory surge abates
Toronto SickKids Hospital in Toronto is shown on Thursday April 5, 2018. Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children says it is aware of a statement from a ransomware group issued online that offers a decryptor to restore systems impacted by a mid-December cybersecurity incident. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Doug Ives
Alexandria Loutitt makes Canadian women’s ski jumping history by winning World Cup gold in Japan
ZHANGJIAKOU, CHINA - FEBRUARY 05: Alexandria Loutitt of Team Canada jumps during Women's Normal Hill Individual 1st Round at National Ski Jumping Centre on February 05, 2022 in Zhangjiakou, China. (Photo by Lars Baron/Getty Images)
Germany in talks with Iraq over possible gas imports, chancellor says
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz gestures at a news conference with the Iraqi prime minister at the Federal Chancellery in Berlin, Germany January 13, 2023. REUTERS/Michele Tantussi
Canadian dollar strengthens for fourth week on rising risk appetite
A loonie is pictured in Toronto on Jan. 23, 2015.
Manchester City defender Benjamin Mendy found not guilty of sexual offenses
FILE PHOTO: Manchester City's Benjamin Mendy arrives at Chester Crown Court for his trial following allegations of rape and sexual assault, Chester, Britain, December 22, 2022 REUTERS/Phil Noble/File Photo
CIBC exec Laura Dottori-Attanasio, once seen as potential CEO, exiting the bank
The new CIBC logo displayed the the lobby of its headquarters in Toronto on Monday, Oct. 25, 2021. CIBC says Laura Dottori-Attanasio, senior executive vice-president and group head for Canadian personal and business banking, is retiring. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Evan Buhler
Canadian home prices in fourth quarter down year-over-year, first decline since end of 2008: report
A for sale sign is pictured outside a home in Vancouver in a June, 28, 2016, file photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward, File
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