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British man accused of swindling nearly $100 million in wine fraud case pleads not guilty
FILE - A cyclist rides past the New York Court of Appeals, May 5, 2015, in Albany, N.Y. New York’s highest court on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023, ordered the state to draw new congressional districts ahead of the 2024 elections, giving Democrats a potential advantage in what is expected to be a battleground for control of the U.S. House. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)
Woman arrested after stolen taxi drives through Regina mall
A Regina Police Service car idles at the legislative building in Regina, Saskatchewan on Wednesday, October 22, 2014. Regina police say they've arrested and charged a man with endangering lives after he allegedly cut the lines on multiple gas meters -- at one point even threatening a fire inspector who investigators say caught him in the act. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Michael Bell
Teenager Alex Batty returns to Britain after being missing for 6 years and then turning up in France
This undated photo issued by Greater Manchester Police on Thursday Dec. 14, 2023 shows missing British schoolboy Alex Batty who was believed to have been abducted by his mother six years ago and has been found in France. Batty, who went missing six years ago on a family holiday in Spain has been found in southwestern France, French media reported on Thursday Dec. 14, 2023. (Greater Manchester Police via AP)
Trump repeats ‘poisoning the blood’ anti-immigrant remark at New Hampshire campaign event
Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Durham, New Hampshire, U.S. December 16, 2023. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Sixty-one migrants including women and children drown after shipwreck off Libya, group says
Debris from a dinghy which was supposedly carrying over 100 migrants are seen floating in the Mediterranean Sea northeast of the Libyan capital, Tripoli, Thursday, April 22, 2021. SOS Mediterranee, which operates the rescue vessel Ocean Viking, said late Thursday that the wreck of a rubber boat, which was initially carrying around 130 people, was spotted in the Mediterranean Sea. The aid vessel did not find any survivors, but could see at least ten bodies near the wreck, the group added in a statement. (Flavio Gasperini/SOS Mediterranee via AP)
People’s Party candidate must stop describing himself as an ‘engineer,’ B.C. Supreme Court rules
A Vancouver Island People's Party of Canada candidate who ran against Elizabeth May in the last federal election must stop self-describing as an "engineer," a B.C. judge ruled earlier this month. People's Party of Canada buttons are shown at the PPC National Conference in Gatineau, Que., Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
U.S. and Britain say their navies shot down 15 attack drones over the Red Sea
In this photo provided by the Ministry of Defence on Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023, a view of the HMS Diamond off the coast of Scotland, Oct. 4, 2020. A Royal Navy warship has shot down a suspected attack drone targeting commercial ships in the Red Sea, Britain’s defense secretary said Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023. Grant Shapps said that HMS Diamond fired a Sea Viper missile and destroyed a drone that was “targeting merchant shipping.” (LPhot Belinda Alker/Ministry of Defence via AP)
Original AC/DC drummer Colin Burgess has died at 77. The Australian helped form the group in 1973
The rock band AC/DC's logo is seen on Portuguese pavement at the pavers school in Lisbon, Portugal November 21, 2018. Picture taken November 21, 2018. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante
Manitoba Conservative party executive will leave decision on leadership rule changes to grassroots
A member of Manitoba's NDP has been acclaimed as the province's next Speaker of the house. Tom Lindsey, who is the legislature member for Flin Flon, officially took on the role in a special ceremony this afternoon after his was the only name on the ballot. The Manitoba legislature in Winnipeg, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
Netanyahu says Israel brokenhearted but ‘committed as ever’ to war after soldiers mistakenly killed 3 hostages
Women hold placards in Arabic, Hebrew, and English during a demonstration by Israeli and Palestinian women calling for peace, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, Dec. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
Shipping firms to avoid Suez Canal as Red Sea attacks increase
(FILES) This handout image provided by the official Twitter account of the Royal Navy's HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier on July 6, 2021 shows the vessel sailing through Egypt's Suez Canal. The Suez Canal brought in around 8.6 billion euros of income over the fiscal year 2022-2023, a new record for this crucial route for world maritime trade located in eastern Egypt. (Photo by NASA / AFP) (Photo by -/NASA/AFP via Getty Images)
Ontario elementary teachers ratify deal that will let arbitrator decide compensation
<div>Ontario's public elementary teachers have ratified a contract with the provincial government. Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario (ETFO) headquarters is seen in Toronto, on Monday, March 9, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston</div>
Israeli envoy meets Qatari PM amid hopes for fresh truce talks
KHAN YUNIS, GAZA - DECEMBER 16: Smoke rising from Israeli air strikes on the city of Khan Yunis on December 16, 2023 in Khan Yunis, Gaza. World Health Organisation's Executive Board adopted a rare resolution on access for life-saving aid into Gaza and respect for laws of war, with the UN health chief reiterating an immediate ceasefire as "nowhere and no one is safe" in Gaza. (Photo by Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images)
Cardinal is convicted of embezzlement in big Vatican financial trial, sentenced to 5 1/2 years
Reporters watch a screen showing Vatican tribunal president Giuseppe Pignatone reading the verdict of a trial against Cardinal Angelo Becciu and nine other defendants, in the Vatican press room, Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023. A once-powerful cardinal and nine other people are to learn their fates when a Vatican tribunal hands down verdicts in a complicated financial trial that has aired the tiny city state's dirty laundry. Judge Giuseppe Pignatone will read out the verdicts of the three-judge panel in the converted courtroom in the Vatican Museums on Saturday. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Sixth death reported in salmonella outbreak linked to tainted cantaloupes
Cut cantaloupe is displayed for sale at a supermarket in Philadelphia on Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023. On Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, U.S. and Canadian officials reported additional deaths in a salmonella outbreak tied to tainted cantaloupe. (AP Photo/Jonathan Poet)
Western Canada: Vancouver Art Gallery admits Group of Seven oil sketches are fake
Sketch after The Tangled Garden, n.d. oil on paperboard Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery
A national catalogue of home designs, mortgage stress test and more top real estate stories
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How to shop for the perfect winter parka, plus 6 coats that pack style and function
Researcher Sophia Yue Li is photographed demonstrating how winter gear is tested at the Kite WinterLab at UHN in Toronto on November 24, 2023. JENNIFER ROBERTS/THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Putin to run for president as an independent candidate: state news agency
Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with the Constitutional Court judges on Constitution Day outside Moscow, Russia, December 12, 2023. Sputnik/Mikhail Tereschenko/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
How Canada’s foreign policy isn’t keeping up with a rapidly changing world
Head of Israel’s spy agency met Qatar’s PM as attention turns to possible new truce
Smoke rises during Israeli strikes, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, December 16, 2023. REUTERS/Bassam Masoud
Kuwait’s ruling emir, Sheik Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah, dies at age 86
A billboard showing a message of condolences and the picture of Kuwait's late emir Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad Al-Sabah is displayed on a commercial building in the centre of Kuwait City on December 16, 2023. Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad Al-Sabah served as Kuwait's emir for three years but was deeply involved in key moments of the House of Sabah's tumultuous handling of the oil-rich state in recent decades. Sheikh Nawaf, who died on December 16, 2023 aged 86, was defence minister when Iraq invaded in 1990, setting off a war that drew in armies from around the world to end the occupation. (Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat / AFP) (Photo by YASSER AL-ZAYYAT/AFP via Getty Images)
Twelve Christmas gift ideas for a crime-ridden world
Christmas, but crimes (Illustration by Graham Roumieu)
Ottawa’s new dental plan smiles on innovation
Minister of Health Mark Holland listens to a question following an announcement on dental care, Monday, December 11, 2023 in Ottawa. The federal government has announced enrolment details for a new federal dental plan that resembles typical insurance coverage, down to the benefits card patients show at the dentists' office. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Case of Indigenous sisters serving life sentence underscores need to reform review process for miscarriages of justice, lawyer says
Odelia and Nerissa Quewezance, from left, speak to media outside Court of King's Bench in Yorkton, Sask., Monday, March 27, 2023. Odelia Quewezance, 50, and her sister, Nerissa Quewezance, 48, were convicted of the second-degree murder of Kamsack, Sask., farmer Anthony Dolff in 1993. Today, the sisters were granted conditional release from prison while their conviction undergoes a ministerial review to determine if there has been a miscarriage of justice. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Michael Bell
I followed Andrew Huberman’s Daily Blueprint for three weeks. Here’s what happened
Bloor Street Entertains supports CANFAR and Crystal Ball raises $4.2-million for BC Children’s Hospital
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My mother died exposing corruption in Malta. Other democracies can’t rest on their laurels, either
(FILES) In this file photo taken on April 16, 2018 people leave the church of St Francis, after the Archbishop of Malta celebrated mass in memory of murdered journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia on the sixth month anniversary of her death in Valletta, Malta. No one will be protected during a probe into the death of a Maltese journalist who had been investigating corruption by politicians on the island, Malta's foreign minister told AFP on April 24, 2018. Three men have been arrested over the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia, 53, who died in a car bomb on October 16 last year just down the road from her residence on the island. They have pleaded not guilty but are suspected of carrying out the attack on behalf of someone else. / AFP PHOTO / Matthew MirabelliMATTHEW MIRABELLI/AFP/Getty Images
This is the best Christmas movie, according to Globe readers
When governments ban non-compete agreements, they shoot themselves in the foot
People walk past the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, Dec. 11, 2023, in New York. Stocks drifted higher in afternoon trading Monday on Wall Street ahead of the Federal Reserve’s last meeting of the year. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
From Vancouver to Toronto, tent city dwellers carry on despite the constant threat of being swept aside
Does Windsor have the savvy to bring its downtown back to life?
Downtown Windsor, Ontario, December 14, 2023. Photo by Brett Gundlock/The Globe and Mail
Idaho hospital stops providing maternal care as doctors face risk of prosecution
Bonner General Health, in Sandpoint, Idaho, halted its childbirth services earlier this year. Photographed Dec. 7, 2023. Nathan VanderKlippe/The Globe and Mail
TD Bank, once the sector’s gold standard, is losing its lustre — and Bay Street is starting to wonder why
Tim Kiladze
As Netflix moves more into sports, should real fans brace themselves?
Simon Houpt
My Christmas wish? A national GDP per capita target and immigration tied to housing starts
Ian McGugan
The big 2023 movie trend: thinking outside, and then breaking free from, the box
Johanna Schneller
Cutting through the noise: The consequences of unpredictable markets
Tom Bradley
Share buybacks are nice. But as a market signal, they’re terrible
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
‘Few of us have the stomach to eat our homes for lunch.’ Seniors and housing wealth, plus other letters to the editor for Dec. 16
The Ambassador Bridge linking Windsor, Ont. to Detroit, Michigan, is photographed on Nov. 24, 2023. (Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail)
Your daily horoscope: December 16, 2023
Sagittarius.
Heiskanen, Duchene rally Stars past Senators after Oettinger departs with lower-body injury
Ottawa Senators left wing Brady Tkachuk (7) shoves Dallas Stars defenseman Jani Hakanpaa (2) during the third period of an NHL hockey game in Dallas, Friday, Dec. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Michael Ainsworth)
Podulsky, Susko slide to seventh at pair’s first luge World Cup women’s doubles
Canada's Embyr-Lee Susko, front, smiles after she and Beattie Podulsky raced to a seventh place finish during a women's doubles luge World Cup event in Whistler, B.C., on Friday, December 15, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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