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John Tavares, Mitch Marner lead Maple Leafs to 6-2 win over Flyers
Toronto Maple Leafs' John Tavares celebrates after scoring a goal during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Philadelphia Flyers, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Derik Hamilton)
Jon Rahm wins a stunner at Kapalua after Collin Morikawa wipeout
Jon Rahm, of Spain, kisses the champions trophy after the final round of the Tournament of Champions golf event, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023, at Kapalua Plantation Course in Kapalua, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Matt York)
Buffalo Bills earn uplifting win for hospitalized teammate Damar Hamlin
Players gather for a prayer after an NFL football game between the Buffalo Bills and the New England Patriots, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023, in Orchard Park. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus)
Pascal Siakam scores 27 and Raptors beat Blazers for their first win in four games
Toronto Raptors forward Scottie Barnes (4) drives for the basket as Portland Trail Blazers centre Jusuf Nurkic (27) defends during second half NBA basketball action in Toronto on Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
Families of Flight 752 victims vow to hold Iran accountable as they mark third anniversary of attack
People attend a vigil marking the three year anniversary of the downing of flight PS752, in Toronto on Sunday, January 8, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
Canada’s Valerie Grenier wins first World Cup race
The winner Canada's Valerie Grenier celebrates with the team after an alpine ski, women's World Cup giant slalom race, in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)
Taiwan condemns China for latest combat drills near island
FILE - In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, fighter jets of the Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) conduct a joint combat training exercises around the Taiwan Island on Aug. 7, 2022. China blasted an annual U.S. defense spending bill for hyping up the “China threat" while Taiwan welcomed the legislation, saying it demonstrated U.S. support for the self-governing island that China says must come under its rule. “China deplores and firmly opposes this U.S. move,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement posted online Saturday, Dec. 24. (Gong Yulong/Xinhua via AP, File)
Mazatlan mayor reassures Canadians and other visitors after cartel violence
Firefighters extinguish the fire of a vehicle set on fire by members of a drug gang as a barricade, following the detention by Mexican authorities of drug gang leader Ovidio Guzman in Culiacan, a son of incarcerated kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, in Mazatlan, Mexico, January 5, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES
Kyle Connor has hat trick as Winnipeg wins fifth straight
Winnipeg Jets' Kyle Connor (81) celebrates his third goal against the Vancouver Canucks during third period NHL action in Winnipeg on Sunday January 8, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Greenslade
B.C. paramedics, dispatchers reach tentative collective agreement with province
A paramedic is seen outside ambulances parked at the entrance to the emergency department at Richmond General Hospital, in Richmond, B.C., Sunday, Nov. 27, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
OPP warn of ‘potentially fatal’ opioid strain in central Ontario after four deaths
An Ontario Provincial Police logo is shown during a news conference in Barrie, Ont., on April 3, 2019. The Ontario Provincial Police are warning the public after the deaths of four people recently in central Ontario from suspected opioid overdoses. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Canadian investment in Mexico has grown in recent years
U.S. President Joe Biden, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador meet for the North American Leaders' Summit (NALS) at the White House in Washington, U.S. November 18, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
To no one’s surprise, UBC botches Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond’s departure
Gary Mason
Buffalo Bills eliminate New England Patriots from playoffs
Buffalo Bills running back Nyheim Hines (20) celebrates after running in a touchdown on a punt return during the second half of an NFL football game against the New England Patriots, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023, in Orchard Park. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus)
What could the Kevin McCarthy era in the U.S. House of Representatives look like? Disarray, and maybe disaster
David Shribman
Prince Harry says Royal Family got into bed with tabloid press ‘devil’
A person at home in Edinburgh watches Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, being interviewed by ITV's Tom Bradby, during "Harry: The Interview," two days before his controversial autobiography "Spare" is published, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023. (Jane Barlow/PA via AP)
From jelly desserts to tastes from TikTok, these are the food and drink trends for 2023
Jelly desserts one of the new food trends for the year by Jelly Lab in Calgary, Alberta January 5, 2022. Todd Korol/The Globe and Mail
Naomi Osaka is skipping the Australian Open. Is she cashing in her golden ticket?
Cathal Kelly
Israel’s Ben-Gvir tells police to remove Palestinian flags from public space
FILE - Itamar Ben-Gvir, the minister of national security in Benjamin Netanyahu's new government, attends a weekly cabinet meeting on Jan. 3, 2023, in Jerusalem. Israeli police broke up a meeting by Palestinian parents in east Jerusalem about their children's education, claiming it was unlawfully funded by the Palestinian Authority. Police said they prevented the meeting from taking place Sunday, Jan. 8, and that they were operating under an order by Ben-Gvir to shut it down. (Atef Safadi/Pool Photo via AP, File)
Kevin McCarthy’s next big task: Win GOP support for House rules
Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., reacts after winning the 15th vote in the House chamber as the House enters the fifth day trying to elect a speaker and convene the 118th Congress in Washington, early Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Business leaders urge Three Amigos to move past trade disputes, embrace ‘Team North America’ approach
FILE -- A Tesla Model 3 on the assembly line at the company's factory in Fremont, Calif., June 14, 2018. The automaker said the long-awaited $35,000 version of its Model 3 sedan, its lowest-priced offering, would be available only in stores or by phone, just weeks after emphasizing a shift to online sales. (Christie Hemm Klok/The New York Times)
Is bigger really better? Driving the gigantic Land Rover Defender 130
2023 Land Rover Defender 130 is 1.97 metres high, which makes parking in some garages a challenge.
Italy’s Chiesi Farmaceutici to buy Amryt Pharma in a $1.48-billion deal
Shot of a blank board on the counter of a pharmacy with a pharmacist working in the background
For financial stability, we need more insurance on customers’ bank deposits
1969 ABM Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce - CIBC 24 hour cash dispenser
Japan PM visit could highlight LNG needs, as Tokyo pushes away from Russia and China
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during his New Year's press conference in Ise, central Japan Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023. The Japanese Prime Minister will visit Ottawa next Wednesday, the first Canadian visit by an Asian head of government since Ottawa launched its Indo-Pacific strategy last November. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Kyodo News via AP
Prince Harry’s new memoir Spare draws anger and protests in Afghanistan
FILE - In this Dec. 12, 2012 file photo Britain's Prince Harry or just plain Captain Wales as he is known in the British Army, wears his monocle gun sight as he sits in the front seat of his cockpit at the British controlled flight-line in Camp Bastion southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/ John Stillwell, File)
The horrible, awful decision to let our Mom go was left up to me
How cities, scientists and nurseries are partnering to help seedlings grow into urban forests
The impact area of a proposed GO train layover facility in the Don River Valley Park in Toronto, is photographed, from across the Don Valley Parkway, on Fri., May 7, 2021. Environmental advocates believe that the construction infrastructure of the layover facility will negatively impact the sensitive wetlands in the Valley, notwithstanding Metrolinx's claims. (Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail)
Ex-Pentagon intelligence analyst who spied for Cuba freed
An undated handout image from a U.S. Department of Defense report dating back to 2005 shows Ana Belen Montes receiving a national intelligence certificate of distinction from George Tenet, who served as Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) for the United States Central Intelligence Agency. U.S. Department of Defense/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY
Drone shot down over Iraq’s Ain al-Asad air base
FILE - This Dec. 29, 2019, aerial file photo taken from a helicopter shows Ain al-Asad air base in the western Anbar desert, Iraq. At least 10 rockets targeted a military base in western Iraq that hosts U.S.-led coalition troops on Wednesday, March 3, 2021, the coalition and the Iraqi military said. It was not immediately known if there were any casualties. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser, File)
Pro-Bolsonaro rioters storm Brazil’s Congress, Supreme Court, presidential palace
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)
Canada’s biggest college chess club still going strong after 127 years
Golden Globes are back on TV, but are reform efforts enough?
Golden Globe Awards on display during the unveiling of the nominations for the 80th Golden Globe awards, in Berverly Hills, California, on December 12, 2022. (Photo by Michael Tran / AFP) (Photo by MICHAEL TRAN/AFP via Getty Images)
B.C. paramedics, government announce tentative deal after talks with veteran mediator
A paramedic is seen outside ambulances parked at the entrance to the emergency department at Richmond General Hospital, in Richmond, B.C., on November 27, 2022. Ambulance paramedics and dispatchers in British Columbia have reached a tentative contract with the provincial government after mediated negotiations. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Gunmen kidnap 32 people from southern Nigeria train station
FILE PHOTO: Abuja-Kaduna train resumes services after an attack on its passengers in Abuja, Nigeria December 5, 2022. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde/File Photo
U.S. House Republican probed over Jan. 6 attack may now investigate FBI
FILE - Violent insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump try to break through a police barrier on Jan. 6, 2021, at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
Alabama woman who joined IS hopes to return to U.S. from Syria camp
In this image taken from video Hoda Muthana talks during an interview in Roj detention camp in Syria where she is being held by U.S.-allied Kurdish forces, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022. Muthana, who ran away from home in Alabama at the age of 20, joined the Islamic State group and had a child with one of its fighters says she still hopes to return to the United States, serve prison time if necessary, and advocate against the extremists. (AP Photo/The News Movement)
South Africa’s Eskom says police investigating alleged poisoning of CEO
FILE PHOTO: Andre de Ruyter, Group Chief Executive of state-owned power utility Eskom speaks during a media briefing in Johannesburg, South Africa, January 31, 2020. REUTERS/Sumaya Hisham//File Photo
First Quantum could suspend jobs in Panama due to government order over labour dispute
The open pit copper mine Cobre Panama, run by Panamanian Mining company Minera Panama, a subsidiary of Canada's First Quantum Minerals Ltd., stands in Donoso, Panama, Dec. 6, 2022. First Quantum Minerals Ltd. says it is back in discussions with the government of Panama over a benefits sharing agreement as it looks to avoid a shutdown of its Cobre Panama mine. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Abraham Teran
Aid convoy enters Syrian rebel area ahead of key UN vote
Trucks carrying aid packages from the World Food Program (WFP) drive through the town of Saraqib in the northwestern Idlib province on January 8, 2023. (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP) (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR/AFP via Getty Images)
Smelling, touching take center stage in metaverse at CES 2023
An attendee tries the Valeo eXtended Reality Experience during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada, on January 6, 2023. - Using a virtual reality headset, a person in a car can completely immerse themselves in a universe of their choosing and enjoy an intuitive and interactive experience while the car battery is charging. Passengers can interact with the virtual world thanks to various Valeo sensors throughout the cabin. Sensors located on the vehicle exterior combine elements of the real world with the virtual one. These advances in connectivity and VR will enable users to make the most of their time while their vehicle battery is charging, by working, catching up with with friends and family, or just relaxing. (Photo by Robyn BECK / AFP) (Photo by ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)
Homebuyers hope ‘patience pays off’ as prices drop, recession predictions loom
A new home is displayed for sale in a new housing development in Ottawa on Tuesday, July 14, 2020. Prospective buyers have lamented the torrid pace Canada's real estate market has moved at in recent years, but many feel 2023 may be the year their luck changes. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Bahamas tries to turn page after FTX
FILE - Sam Bankman-Fried, center left, founder of the failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, is escorted out of Magistrate Court after a hearing in Nassau, Bahamas, Monday, Dec. 19, 2022. FTX was supposed to be the crown jewel of the Bahamian government's push to be the global destination for all things crypto, after years of having an economy overly reliant on tourism and banking. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)
Person kills 4, then himself, in North Carolina home, say police
FILE - Sahalee Way is closed off, except for residents, on Oct. 14, 2022, following a shooting on Oct. 13, in Raleigh, N.C. The city of Raleigh released body cam footage on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022 that was recorded by police officers shortly before they apprehended a suspect in a fatal October shooting in Raleigh. (AP Photo/Chris Seward, File)
Group of 184 Rohingya refugees reach Indonesia
A man stands near a boat used by Rohingya refugees to arrive in Lamnga beach, Aceh province on January 8, 2023. - A wooden boat carrying nearly 200 Rohingya refugees, a majority of them women and children, landed on Indonesia's western coast on January 8, police said. (Photo by Chaideer MAHYUDDIN / AFP) (Photo by CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN/AFP via Getty Images)
Ukrainians honor dead fighter at outdoor funeral in capital
People kneel as the Ukrainian servicemen carry the coffin of their comrade Oleh Yurchenko killed in a battlefield with Russian forces in the Donetsk region during a commemoration ceremony in Independence Square in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Mikaela Shiffrin matches Lindsey Vonn’s World Cup record with 82nd win
Alpine Skiing - FIS Alpine Ski World Cup - Women's Giant Slalom - Kranjska Gora, Slovenia - January 8, 2023 Mikaela Shiffrin of the U.S. celebrates winning the women's giant slalom and matches Lindsey Vonn's record of 82 race wins REUTERS/Stringer
Lucas Braathen beats Atle Lie McGrath to win World Cup slalom
ADELBODEN, SWITZERLAND - JANUARY 8: Lucas Braathen of Team Norway takes 1st place during the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Men's Slalom on January 8, 2023 in Adelboden, Switzerland. (Photo by Alain Grosclaude/Agence Zoom/Getty Images)
Apartment building collapse in Egypt kills six
(FILES) This file picture taken on August 24, 2022 from the landmark Cairo Tower shows a night-time view of the "Nile City" towers and other highrise buildings along the Nile river waterfront in the Bulaq district of of Egypt's capital Cairo. - Limited bank withdrawals, rationed bags of rice and advertised health benefits of chicken feet all spell crisis in Egypt, where a worsening economy chokes households. Though official figures list inflation at 18.7 percent, Egyptians report more of a pinch. (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP) (Photo by KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images)
Economy, energy row and drugs loom at North American summit
FILE- President Joe Biden looks to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during a meeting of G7 and NATO leaders in Bali, Indonesia, Nov. 16, 2022. Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Biden and Trudeau, will gather in Mexico City on Monday, Jan. 9, 2023, and Tuesday, Jan. 10, for a North American leaders summit. (Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool, File)
Russia claims deadly missile strike on Ukrainian barracks, Kyiv denies anyone killed
Nina Gonchar, 93, and her son Mykola Gonchar, 58, sit inside their house which was mostly destroyed by Russian forces in the recently retaken village of Bogorodychne, Ukraine, Saturday, Jan. 7, 2022. Gonchar's son Vasyliy and his wife Liubov were killed by Russian shelling on July 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Strong quake hits Vanuatu, triggering tsunami warning
A wave breaks over large rocks placed to protect the coast near the exclusive Cyprus Shores neighborhood in San Clemente, California, after beach sand has totally disappeared over recent years, on October 12, 2022. - In this southern California city, the ocean is inexorably gaining ground. In front of the railway dike where the "Pacific Surfliner" passes, this train renowned for its exceptional panorama, the beach that stretched over a hundred meters a few years ago has evaporated. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP) (Photo by ROBYN BECK/ AFP/AFP via Getty Images)
Bus crash in Senegal leaves at least 40 dead, dozens injured
A general view of the scene of a bus accident in Kaffrine, central Senegal, on January 8, 2023 where at least 38 people have died and scores were injured when two buses collided. - In response to the "grave" accident, President Macky Sall announced three days of national mourning beginning on Januar 9, 2023. (Photo by Cheikh Dieng / AFP) (Photo by CHEIKH DIENG/AFP via Getty Images)
Over 2,000 join LGBTQ march in New Delhi after three-year break due to COVID-19
Members of the LGBTQ community and their supporters carry a rainbow flag as they march demanding equal marriage rights in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Jan.8 2023. The government is yet to legalize same-sex marriages in the country even though the Supreme Court in 2018 struck down a colonial-era law that made gay sex punishable by up to 10 years in prison. (AP Photo)
Israel revokes Palestinian FM’s travel permit over UN move
Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad Malki speaks during a press conference at the International Criminal Court on Tuesday May 22, 2018. The Palestinian foreign minister asked the International Criminal Court on Tuesday to open an “immediate investigation” into alleged Israeli “crimes” committed against the Palestinian people. (AP Photo/Mike Corder)
Swedish PM says cannot meet all Turkey’s demands for NATO membership support
FILE PHOTO: NATO, Swedish and Finnish flags are seen in this illustration taken May 12, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Ottawa pressed RCMP Heritage Centre for more outreach in expansion plan
The interior of the RCMP Heritage Centre in Regina. The building, designed by renowned Canadian architect Arthur Erickson, is in need of repairs. MARK TAYLOR/GLOBE AND MAIL
‘Three Amigos’ gather this week in Mexico City for trilateral summit
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau walks with United States President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to a meeting at the North American Leaders' Summit, on Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021 in Washington, D.C. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
19 dead in China crash as holiday travel rush gets underway
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, A nurse attends to a wounded person at a hospital following a traffic accident in Nanchang County in east China's Jiangxi Province, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023. A traffic accident in southern China killed more than a dozen people and injured more people early Sunday as the annual Lunar New Year holiday travel rush got underway, authorities said. (Wan Xiang/Xinhua via AP)
Biden inspects U.S.-Mexico border in face of GOP criticism
FILE - Migrants gather at a crossing into El Paso, Texas, as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Dec. 20, 2022. The Biden administration on Thursday, Jan. 5, said it would immediately begin turning away Cubans, Haitians and Nicaraguans who cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally, a major expansion of an existing effort to stop Venezuelans attempting to enter the U.S. (AP Photo/Christian Chavez, File)
Why are migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in record numbers?
FILE PHOTO: Migrants queue near the border fence, after crossing the Rio Bravo river, to request asylum in El Paso, Texas, U.S., as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico January 5, 2023. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez/File Photo
Germany police detain Iranian suspected of chemical attack plot
The end of greedflation, Canadian stocks to watch and a 2023 condo boom: Must-read business and investing stories
Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. says it is suspending its operations in Russia, effectively immediately. A man passes by a Couche Tard convenience store in Montreal, Friday, October 5, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes.
Public now can see Benedict’s tomb at St. Peter’s Basilica
The tombstone of former Pope Benedict XVI is seen in The Holy Grotto of the Vatican, January 8, 2023. Vatican Media/­Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.
Climate activists dig in to defend German village from coal mine expansion
Two climate protection activists sit on a monopod on the edge of the village, ahead of the expected clearance of the lignite village of Luetzerath, Erkelenz, Germany, Saturday, Jan.7, 2023. (David Young/dpa via AP)
Germany’s energy regulator says winter gas supply is safe, focus is on next season
FILE PHOTO: The 'Hoegh Esperanza' Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU) is anchored during the opening of the LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) terminal in Wilhelmshaven, Germany, December 17, 2022. Michael Sohn/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Employers, Ottawa must change approach to temporary workers, experts warn
Woman paying by credit card and entering pin code on reader holded by smiling barista in cafeteria. Customer using credit card for payment. Mature cashier wearing apron accepting payment over nfc technology.
‘If the Therme waterpark is as successful as Great Wolf Lodge … it would be a remarkable change for Ontario Place.’ Plans for Toronto’s waterfront, plus other letters to the editor for Jan. 8
People use a walking path near Ontario Place's Cinesphere, in Toronto, on Thursday, September 29, 2022. (Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail)
Your lookahead horoscope: January 8
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Jacksonville Jaguars stun Tennessee Titans in final minutes to clinch AFC South
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA - JANUARY 07: Foyesade Oluokun #23 of the Jacksonville Jaguars and DaVon Hamilton #52 of the Jacksonville Jaguars tackle Derrick Henry #22 of the Tennessee Titans during the fourth quarter at TIAA Bank Field on January 07, 2023 in Jacksonville, Florida. (Photo by Mike Carlson/Getty Images)
Many Western Australia communities isolated in ‘record-breaking’ floods
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