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Court document claims Meta knowingly designed its platforms to hook kids
FILE - Meta's logo can be seen on a sign at the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., Nov. 9, 2022. Russia has added the spokesman of U.S. tech giant Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, to a wanted list, according to an online database maintained by the country’s interior ministry. Russian state agency Tass and independent news outlet Mediazona first reported on Andy Stone’s inclusion on the list on Sunday. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez, File)
Patrick Mahomes throws two TDs as KC rallies from 14 down to beat Raiders
Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice (4) scores against the Las Vegas Raiders during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Nov. 26, 2023, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Jalen Hurts runs for winning TD in overtime, Eagles rally past Josh Allen, Bills
Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts scores the game winning touchdown against the Buffalo Bills during overtime in an NFL football game Sunday, Nov. 26, 2023, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
U.S., Britain, other countries ink agreement to make AI ‘secure by design’
FILE PHOTO: AI (Artificial Intelligence) letters are placed on computer motherboard in this illustration taken, June 23, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration//File Photo
New Zealand’s new government sworn in, parliament expected to open next week
Christopher Luxon, Leader of the National Party waves to supporters at his election party after winning the general election to become New Zealand’s next prime minister in Auckland, New Zealand, October 14, 2023. REUTERS/David Rowland/ File Photo
Six teenagers in court over beheading of French teacher
FILE PHOTO: A photograph taken on October 16, 2023 shows a commemorative plaque for slain teacher Samuel Paty (portrait) near the Bois d'Aulne school in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, outside Paris. BERTRAND GUAY/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Alberta to apply sovereignty act to try to thwart federal clean-electricity plan
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith responds to a question during a news conference after a meeting of western premiers, in Whistler, B.C., on Tuesday, June 27, 2023. CBC News is retracting a report from January alleging someone in Premier Danielle Smith’s office emailed prosecutors to question the handling of cases involving a COVID-19 protest at a U.S. bordering crossing. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Three people dead, two in critical condition after early-morning shooting in Winnipeg
Winnipeg Police secure a crime scene where multiple people were killed in the 100 block of Langside Street in Winnipeg on Sunday, Nov. 26, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/David Lipnowski
Boys’ hockey teams tend to get better ice times. A new project wants to clear the way for girls to have a chance
Amy Laski at an arena in Toronto on November 9, 2023.
Why pairing border security with aid for Ukraine makes a deal with Republicans so tough
FILE - Migrants who crossed into the U.S. from Mexico are met with concertina wire along the Rio Grande, Sept. 21, 2023, in Eagle Pass, Texas. As Congress returns this week, Senate Republicans have made it clear they won’t support additional war aid for Ukraine unless they can pair it with border security measures. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
Irregular meals, benches as beds: as hostages return to Israel, details of captivity begin to emerge
Released Israeli hostage Ohad Munder (9) sits inside an Israeli military helicopter, shortly after arrival in Israel on Friday, Nov. 24, 2023. A four-day cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war began in Gaza on Friday with an exchange of hostages and prisoners. (IDF via AP)
Derek Chauvin, convicted of George Floyd’s death, to survive prison attack
FILE — The Federal Correctional Institution in Tucson, Ariz., where Derek Chauvin was being held in a special protective unit for high-profile inmates, on Oct. 2, 2018. The stabbing on Friday, Nov. 24, 2023 of Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd in 2020, is the latest in a series of attacks against high-profile inmates in the troubled, short-staffed federal Bureau of Prisons. (Alyssa Schukar/The New York Times)
George Cohon, founder of McDonald’s Canada, has died
George Cohon, founder and senior chairman of McDonald's Canada, poses for a portrait in McDonald's Toronto headquarters on Tuesday, October 11, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
Canadian banks looking at weak profits as fiscal year wraps up
Office towers are photographed in Toronto's financial district on Wednesday, June 27, 2018. Avison Young says Toronto's downtown office vacancy rate was 12 per cent in the second quarter, up from 11.6 per cent in the first quarter. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Tijana Martin
Ottawa poised to announce new methane regulations, heading into COP28
A flare stack burns off excess gas at a processing facility near Crossfield, Alta., Tuesday, June 13, 2023. Most Albertans would support some kind of national cap on carbon emissions from the oil and gas sector, two new polls suggest. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Mask makes for rare hockey story that catches American imagination
Cathal Kelly
Quebec solidaire elects Emilise Lessard-Therrien as co-spokeswoman
Candidate Emilise Lessard-Therrien speaks during a debate at the Quebec Solidaire party convention in Gatineau, Que., on Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023. Quebec's second-largest opposition party has elected Lessard-Therrien as new co-spokesperson.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
Hamilton man charged after two killed in collision, police say
Hamilton police say two people were killed in a two-vehicle collision Saturday evening just after 11:30 p.m. A Hamilton Police Service logo is shown in a handout. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO
The government’s IT contracting pays middlemen to get around the system
Campbell Clark
NDP open to waiving end-of-year deadline for pharmacare legislation
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh speaks during the Fall Economic Statement on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
Three Palestinian men attending holiday gathering shot, injured near University of Vermont
Police say three people have been killed after a vehicle crashed into an irrigation canal in southern Alberta. A police car with flashing lights is shown in Philadelphia on Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Matt Rourke
Three different variants on a portfolio full of value
Norman Rothery
Elon Musk to meet Israeli president, Gaza hostage families on Monday
FILE PHOTO: People gather to protest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to California as he is scheduled to meet with entrepreneur Elon Musk, at union square in San Francisco, California, U.S. September 18, 2023. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
Ireland’s Paul Lynch wins 2023 Booker Prize for novel Prophet Song
Irish writter Paul Lynch and Booker Prize 2023 shortlisted author poses with his specially bound book copy "Prophet Song" on the red carpet upon arrival for the Booker Prize Award announcement ceremony, at the Old Billingsgate, in central London, on November 26, 2023. (Photo by Adrian DENNIS / AFP) (Photo by ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images)
Special interlocutor ‘waiting’ for MP bill criminalizing residential school denialism
Kimberly Murray speaks after being appointed as Independent Special Interlocutor for Missing Children and Unmarked Graves and Burial Sites associated with Indian Residential Schools, at a news conference in Ottawa, on Wednesday, June 8, 2022. Murray says "urgent consideration" should be given to legal mechanisms as a way for Canada to combat residential school denialism.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Russia says it downed dozens of Ukrainian drones headed for Moscow, following a mass strike on Kyiv
A Ukrainian serviceman stands atop a damaged kindergarten following a Russian drone attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023. Russia launched its most intense drone attack on Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion on Saturday morning, military officials said. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
On Bill C-18, Canada has a clear choice: flourish like Australia or flounder like Spain
FILE PHOTO: A 3D printed logo of Facebook parent Meta Platforms is seen in front of displayed Google logo in this illustration taken on November 2, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
As cottage prices tumble, is now the time for buyers to pounce?
Toronto, - May 19, 2017 --Muskoka Real Estate -- A cottage stands on a in Muskoka, Friday May 19, 2017. (Mark Blinch/Globe and Mail)
Why government mandates on electric cars will not work
Electric vehicles charge at a level two EV charging station at Langara College, in Vancouver, on Friday, March 5, 2021. Darryl Dyck/The Globe and Mail
As stock market recovers, Globe readers’ stock picks are picking up momentum
Office towers are photographed in Toronto's financial district on Wednesday, June 27, 2018. Avison Young says Toronto's downtown office vacancy rate was 12 per cent in the second quarter, up from 11.6 per cent in the first quarter. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Tijana Martin
March against anti-Semitism draws 50,000 in London
Protesters wave Israeli flags and hold placards in front of Elizabeth Tower, commonly known as Big Ben, at the Houses of Parliament, in central London on November 26, 2023 during a demonstration to protest against antisemitism. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)
Toronto gym receptionist earning $32,000, with consumer debt and ‘meagre’ savings, feels anxious about the future
Four teens among five dead in Huntsville, Ont., collision Saturday night
A North Bay woman allegedly made a fake claim for a $70-million dollar Lotto Max lottery prize and was arrested by the Ontario Provincial Police. An OPP logo is shown during a press conference in Barrie, Ont., Wednesday, April 3, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Biden says 4-year-old Abigail Edan was released by Hamas. He hopes more U.S. hostages will be freed
President Joe Biden speaks to reporters in Nantucket, Mass., Sunday, Nov. 26, 2023, about hostages freed by Hamas in a third set of releases under a four-day cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
One of world’s largest icebergs drifting beyond Antarctic waters after it was grounded for 3 decades
This images provided by Maxar Technologies shows the A23a iceberg moving through the sea sea near the Antarctica, on Wednesday Nov. 15, 2023. One of the world’s largest icebergs, known as A23a, appears to be moving beyond Antarctic waters after being grounded for more than three decades, according to the British Antarctic Survey. (Satellite image ©2023 Maxar Technologies via AP)
My wife’s dementia has changed my life - sometimes for the better
Australia to introduce bill giving central bank experts more sway
Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers speaks to the media during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. Australia’s government reported Friday that it had a budget surplus of 22.1 billion Australian dollars ($14.2 billion) in the last fiscal year, the first time the nation’s books have been balanced in 15 years. (Lukas Coch/AAP Image via AP)
German budget crisis opens debt brake debate
FILE PHOTO: Chancellor Olaf Scholz is watched by Finance Minister Christian Lindner and Economy and Climate Minister Robert Habeck during a hearing at Germany’s lower house of parliament Bundestag following the ruling of Germany's Constitutional court that the government's re-location of 60 billion euros ($65 billion USD) of unused debt from the pandemic era to climate fund was illegal, in Berlin, Germany, November 15, 2023. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse/File photo
Turned down for a loan, business owners look to family and even crowdsourcing to get money to grow
Jen Rose, a ceramic artist, reaches into a kiln at her company, Bee Cups, in Dallas, Friday, Nov. 17, 2023. Small businesses say loans are harder to get than ever, as banks tighten lending standards and interest rates increase. Rose had a hard time finding a loan to expand her successful business. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
First Quantum plans to start arbitration against Panama, trade ministry says
Demonstrators take part in a protest against the government contract with Canadian mining company First Quantum -and its subsidiary Minera Panama- in Panama City, Panama on November 24, 2023. Panama's Supreme Court is analyzing claims of "unconstitutionality" against the contract with a Canadian mining company, a situation that has been going on in the country for more than a month, with protests and road blockades. (Photo by Roberto CISNEROS / Roberto CISNEROS / AFP) (Photo by ROBERTO CISNEROS/Roberto CISNEROS/AFP via Getty Images)
Canada to host South Korea in 2024 Davis Cup qualifier
Canada's Gabriel Diallo celebrates his victory against Sweden's Elias Ymer during their Davis Cup group stage tennis match at the Unipol Arena, Bologna, Italy, Thursday, Sept. 14. 2023. Canada will host South Korea in a to-be-determined location in the 2024 Davis Cup tennis qualifiers from Feb. 2-4.THE CANADIAN PRESS-Massimo Paolone/LaPresse via AP
‘Hunger Games’ feasts, ‘Napoleon’ conquers but ‘Wish’ doesn’t come true at Thanksgiving box office
Soccer players Ann-Katrin Berger, Jessica Carter, Bethany England and Stephanie Williams attend the world premiere of the movie "Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes", in BFI IMAX, London, Britain, November 9, 2023. REUTERS/Maja Smiejkowska
Sierra Leone president says calm restored, most leaders of barracks attack detained
A Soldier with the Sierra Leonean military police greets and man along an empty road in Freetown on November 26, 2023. A military armoury in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown came under attack on Sunday, the government said, as it imposed an immediate national curfew. (Photo by Saidu BAH / AFP) (Photo by SAIDU BAH/AFP via Getty Images)
Israeli-linked chemical tanker seized in Gulf of Aden, says U.S. official, vessel company
In an undated photo released by Zodiac Maritime, the tanker Central Park is seen. Attackers seized the tanker linked to Israel off the coast of Aden, Yemen, on Sunday, Nov. 26, 2023, authorities said. While no group immediately claimed responsibility, it comes as at least two other maritime attacks in recent days have been linked to the Israel-Hamas war. (Zodiac Maritime via AP)
Newfoundland Christmas parade cancelled over ‘firearms situation’ in St. John’s
A Royal Newfoundland Constabulary police car is shown in St. John's in a June 2020 photo. Newfoundland and Labrador's police oversight agency confirmed today that Omar Mohammed, 38, was shot and killed by a Royal Newfoundland Constabulary officer on June 12 in St. John's. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sarah Smellie
‘Part of our history’: New book looks at Peter Lougheed and his Métis grandmother
The "Premier and His Grandmother" book cover is shown in this handout image. It is written by Doris Jeanne MacKinnon, an Alberta academic who studies the important role Indigenous women have played in Prairies history. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Heritage House Publishing **MANDATORY CREDIT**
Kai Thomas on the ‘surreality’ of winning the Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize for debut
Kai Thomas has won the $60,000 Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize for his debut novel, "In the Upper Country," about two Black women at the northern end of the Underground Railroad. Thomas is seen in an undated handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Writers' Trust, Brooke Bridges, *MANDATORY CREDIT*
One person dead, 63 confirmed cases in salmonella outbreak linked to cantaloupe, health agency says
FILE - Cantaloupes are displayed for sale in Virginia on Saturday, July 28, 2017. U.S. health officials recalled three more brands of whole and pre-cut cantaloupes Friday, Nov. 24, 2023 as the number of people sickened by salmonella more than doubled this week. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Canadian film, TV workers eye return to ‘changed world’ after Hollywood strike
A national charity serving people in the entertainment industry says it has doled out $1.2 million in aid to Canadians affected by the Hollywood actors and writers strikes. People on strike walk a picket line outside Warner Bros., Discovery, and Netflix offices in Manhattan, Friday, Aug. 18, 2023 in New York. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Mary Altaffer, File)
Shoppers click ‘buy’ as retailers slash prices ahead of Cyber Monday
(FILES) This file photo taken on November 30, 2020 shows an ad on the Best Buy website for a Cyber Monday sale is displayed on a laptop in Arlington, Virginia. - Online deals for gadgets, games, wine and clothes put "Cyber Monday" sales on track for record levels in the United States, according to an industry tracker. Adobe Digital Insights expected Cyber Monday to remain "the king of online shopping days," racking up sales of between $10.8 billion and $12.7 billion. (Photo by Olivier DOULIERY / AFP) (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)
South Korea, Japan and China agree to resume trilateral leaders’ summit, but without specific date
South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin, right, shakes hands with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi prior to a meeting in Busan, South Korea, Sunday, Nov. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, Pool)
Huawei to move smart car operations to new joint company with Changan
FILE PHOTO: An Avatr 11 electric vehicle, powered by Huawei Inside intelligent solution, is displayed at the Auto Shanghai show, in Shanghai, China April 18, 2023. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo
Montreal music venues call for rule changes as noise complaints choke industry
Sergio Da Silva, co-owner of the Turbo Haüs nightclub, poses for photos in front of the club Friday, Nov. 24, 2023, in Montreal. The club has received warnings related to noise complaints from the city, a problem affecting many small music venues in Montreal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
12 crew members are missing, 1 dead after a cargo ship sinks off a Greek island in stormy seas
Paramedics transfer a survivor of a shipwreck at a hospital, on the northeastern Aegean Sea island of Lesbos, Greece, Sunday, Nov. 26, 2023. A cargo ship sank off the Greek island of Lesbos early Sunday, leaving 13 crew members missing and one rescued, authorities said. The Raptor, registered in the Comoros, was on its way to Istanbul from Alexandria, Egypt, carrying 6,000 tons of salt, the coast guard said. It had a crew of 14, including eight Egyptians, four Indians and two Syrians, the coast guard said.(AP Photo/Panagiotis Balaskas)
Senecal, stout defence lead Carabins to 16-9 Vanier Cup win over UBC
Members of the Montreal Carabins celebrate with the Vanier Cup, Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023 in Kingston, Ont. The Carabins defeated the UBC Thunderbirds 16-9 to win the Canadian University Football Championship. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
China says a surge in respiratory illnesses is caused by flu and other known pathogens
A man carriers a child walk out from a crowded holding room of a children's hospital in Beijing on Oct. 30, 2023. A surge in respiratory illnesses across China that has drawn the attention of the World Health Organization is caused by the flu and other known pathogens and not by a novel virus, the country's health ministry said Sunday, Nov. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
MacKinnon, Prosvetov key Avalanche’s 3-1 win over Flames
Colorado Avalanche right wing Mikko Rantanen, right, is tied up with Calgary Flames center Dillon Dube, front left, in the first period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Mikael Granlund breaks tie early in 3rd period, Sharks beat Canucks 4-3
San Jose Sharks defenseman Kyle Burroughs (4) passes the puck next to Vancouver Canucks right wing Brock Boeser (6) during the second period of an NHL hockey game in San Jose, Calif., Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Dramatic week for Sam Altman and OpenAI, Canada’s most livable cities and surging rents: Must-read business and investing stories
Sam Altman, CEO of ChatGPT maker OpenAI, arrives for a bipartisan Artificial Intelligence (AI) Insight Forum for all U.S. senators hosted by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., September 13, 2023. REUTERS/Craig Hudson/File Photo
Karlsson scores late in 2nd period, Penguins defeat Maple Leafs 3-2
Pittsburgh Penguins' Jake Guentzel (59) returns to the bench after scoring during an NHL hockey game against the Toronto Maple Leafs in Pittsburgh, Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
No Frills workers at 17 Ontario stores ratify deal with wage gains, full-time jobs
A No Frills store is shown in Toronto on Friday, Nov. 17, 2023. Unifor announced a strike deadline on Thursday, calling for higher wages and better working conditions for No Frills employees at 17 stores in Ontario. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Joe O'Connal
Pope Francis says he has a lung inflammation but will go to Dubai this week for climate conference
A giant screen broadcasts Pope Francis delivering his blessing during the Angelus noon prayer, from the chapel of the hotel at the Vatican grounds where he lives, Sunday, Nov. 26, 2023. Pope Francis says he has a lung inflammation but will go later this week to Dubai for the climate change conference. Francis skipped his weekly Sunday appearance at a window overlooking St. Peter's Square, a day after the Vatican said he was suffering from a mild flu. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Hamas releases third group of hostages as part of truce deal, while Netanyahu visits Gaza
A vehicle carrying Israeli hostages released by Hamas from the Gaza Strip arrives at the Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, early on November 26, 2023. Hamas on November 25, released a second group of Israeli and foreign civilians it had been holding hostage in the Gaza Strip in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, after an hours-long unexpected delay set nerves on edge. Israeli authorities said 13 Israelis and four Thai citizens had returned to Israel. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)
If I’m at a crosswalk, do drivers have to stop even if the lights aren’t flashing?
Jan. 12/2006 -- Various detail shots for illustration of crosswalk safety photographed in Toronto, Ont. Jan. 12/2006. Jan. 12/2006 Photo by Kevin Van PaassenThe Globe and Mail
Menial tasks on the rise, but Canadian workers see potential for AI, study shows
Close-up stock photograph showing a touchscreen monitor being used in an open plan office. A woman’s hand is asking an AI chatbot pre-typed questions & the Artificial Intelligence website is answering.
‘When will the democratic will of the people not be depicted as demonic signs of the right wing?’ The rise of populism, plus other letters to the editor for Nov. 26
Argentine presidential candidate Javier Milei gestures, as he visits a polling station to cast his vote, during Argentina's runoff presidential election, in Buenos Aires, Argentina November 19, 2023. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian
Your lookahead horoscope: November 26
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