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Pistons beat Raptors 129-127, snap NBA record-tying losing streak at 28 games
Toronto Raptors guard Dennis Schroder (17) attempts a layup as Detroit Pistons guard Killian Hayes (7) defends during the first half of an NBA basketball game Saturday, Dec. 30, 2023, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
North Korea to launch new satellites, build drones and boost nuclear arsenal as it warns war inevitable
FILE PHOTO: North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un attends a meeting with Russia's President Vladimir Putin at the Vostochny Сosmodrome in the far eastern Amur region, Russia, September 13, 2023. Sputnik/Vladimir Smirnov/Pool via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY./File Photo
Paula Abdul accuses American Idol producer Nigel Lythgoe of sexual assault in lawsuit
FILE PHOTO: 2019 American Music Awards – Arrivals – Los Angeles, California, U.S., November 24, 2019 – Paula Abdul. REUTERS/Danny Moloshok/File Photo
Revelers set to pack into Times Square for annual New Year’s Eve ball drop
Confetti is released during a confetti test ahead of New Year's Eve in Times Square, Friday, Dec. 29, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Challenging month for Canadian food banks amid holidays, rising demand
Boxes of donated food items are shown at the Moisson Montreal food bank in Montreal, Saturday, December 7, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
Two children die from flu-related illnesses, B.C. Centre for Disease Control says
Twin Russian missile strikes on Kharkiv injure 21, officials say
A Ukrainian firefighter inspects the scene at a destroyed building in the centre of Kharkiv after a missile strike on December 30, 2023, amid Russian invasion in Ukraine. (Photo by SERGEY BOBOK / AFP) (Photo by SERGEY BOBOK/AFP via Getty Images)
Prosecutors urge appeals court to reject Trump’s immunity claims in election subversion case
FILE - Former President Donald Trump speaks after exiting the courtroom for a break at New York Supreme Court, Dec. 7, 2023, in New York. Lawyers for Trump say he may testify at a mid-January trial set to decide how much he owes columnist E. Jean Carroll for defaming her after she said he sexually abused her three decades ago in a Manhattan department store. The lawyers filed papers in Manhattan federal court late Thursday, Dec. 29, 2023, to request that Trump's October 2022 deposition transcript in the case not be shown to the jury because Trump has been named as a witness likely to testify at the trial. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, File)
RCMP searching for suspect in Halifax area home invasion and robbery
The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police "E" Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on Friday April 13, 2018. Halifax area RCMP say they are looking for a suspect in a home invasion and robbery in Gaetz Brook. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Canada regroups after defeat at world junior hockey championship
No New Year’s Eve fireworks in Montreal’s Old Port as event is permanently cancelled
People look on as fireworks explode over Montreal's Old Port during New Years Eve celebrations in Montreal, Monday, January 1, 2018. There will be no midnight fireworks to herald the new year in Montreal's Old Port. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
Toronto Raptors confirm major multi-player deal with New York Knicks
Toronto Raptors forward O.G. Anunoby, left, looks to pass as he is guarded by Washington Wizards guard Jordan Poole during the second half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2023, in Washington. Raptors won 132-102. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
British actor Tom Wilkinson, known for The Full Monty and Michael Clayton, dies at 75
FILE - Tom Wilkinson arrives at the "Denial" premiere on day 4 of the Toronto International Film Festival at the Princess of Wales Theatre on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2016, in Toronto. Tom Wilkinson, the Oscar-nominated British actor known for his roles in “The Full Monty," “Michael Clayton” and “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel,” has died, his family said Saturday, Dec. 30, 2023. He was 75. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, file)
Yemen’s Houthis show no sign of ending ‘reckless’ Red Sea attacks as trade traffic picks up, commander says
In this image provided by the U.S. Navy, the amphibious dock landing ship USS Carter Hall and amphibious assault ship USS Bataan transit the Bab al-Mandeb strait on Aug. 9, 2023. (Mass Communications Spc. 2nd Class Moises Sandoval/U.S. Navy via AP)
Christ the Redeemer lit in Pele shirt as Brazil honours first anniversary of his death
The Christ the Redeemer statue is illuminated with an image of Pele's Brazilian jersey, as a tribute to the soccer legend on his one-year death anniversary, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Dec. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
Quebec nurses union says negotiations with provincial government still deadlocked
Striking health-care workers picket in front of the McGill University Health Centre super hospital Monday, December 11, 2023 in Montreal.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
Nokia expects it will not meet full-year financial targets
A view shows Nokia headquarters in Espoo, Finland, October 19, 2023. JUSSI NUKARI/Lehtikuva/via REUTERS/file photo
British warship arrives in Guyana as tensions heat up in border dispute with Venezuela
Aerial view of the Essequibo region taken from Guyana on December 12, 2023. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his Guyanese counterpart, Irfaan Ali, will meet on December 14, 2023 in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, on their countries' growing dispute over the oil-rich region of Essequibo, amid mounting international warnings against escalating the row. (Photo by Roberto CISNEROS / AFP) (Photo by ROBERTO CISNEROS/AFP via Getty Images)
Venice is limiting tourist groups to 25 people starting in June to protect the popular lagoon city
FILE -Tourists walk in a crowded street in Venice, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023. Venice on Saturday, Dec. 30, 2023 announced new limits on the size of tourist groups in another measure aimed at reducing the pressure of mass tourism on the famed canal city. Starting in June, groups will be limited to 25 people. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File)
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith set to launch sweeping health-delivery changes in 2024
Premier Danielle Smith is set to take scalpel and bone saw to Alberta’s $17-billion health-delivery system in 2024 while simultaneously scrambling to keep and find more family doctors. Smith speaks at an announcement in Edmonton on Monday, Nov. 27, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
The top homes of the week of 2023
Home of the Week, Eppich House II, 1056 Groveland Rd., West Vancouver, B.C.
Over 1,000 Burundian soldiers covertly deployed in eastern Congo, according to internal UN report
FILE PHOTO: Congolese M23 rebels are seen as they withdraw from the 3 antennes location in Kibumba, near Goma, North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, December 23, 2022. REUTERS/Arlette Bashizi/File Photo
FIFA suspends new agent rules worldwide until Europe case is settled
FILE - The Fifa logo is shown in Zurich, Switzerland on Oct. 25, 2011. FIFA’s newly-expanded Club World Cup has sparked concerns players’ physical and mental health. On Tuesday, world soccer’s governing body defended its decision to introduce a 32-team tournament to an increasingly congested calendar. (AP Photo/Keystone/Alessandro Della Bella, File)
Joy Kogawa explores Japanese Canadian identity in her new career-spanning poetry collection
Writer Joy Kogawa is photographed in her Toronto home on Friday, February 22, 2019. Kogawa is giddy about the "miracle" of technology allowing people to learn about Canada's racist past that forced thousands of citizens like her out of their homes and into internment camps during the Second World War. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Taiwan’s presidential candidates emphasize peace in relations with Beijing
Taiwan President and Democratic Progressive Party presidential candidate William Lai, from left, Taiwan's Nationalist Party presidential candidate Hou Yu-ih and Taiwan's Taiwan People's Party (TPP) presidential candidate Ko Wen-je pose before the presidential debates at Taiwan Public Television Service in Taipei, Taiwan, Saturday, Dec. 30, 2023. Taiwan will hold its presidential election on Jan. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Pei Chen, Pool)
Pakistan election body rejects ex-PM Imran Khan’s nomination for 2024 elections
A woman walks past a poster of Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan near his Banigala residence, in Islamabad on December 23, 2023. Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan was granted bail December 22 in a case alleging he leaked state secrets, lawyers said, but he remained jailed on other charges ahead of an election due in February.
Man dead after overnight stabbing at Toronto homeless shelter, 25-year-old arrested
Police say a man in his 50s was found with stab wounds.
Thousands accuse Serbia’s ruling populists of election fraud at a Belgrade rally
Marinika Tepic, center, a member of the Serbia Against Violence coalition, who is currently on hunger strike, attends a demonstration downtown Belgrade, Serbia, Saturday, Dec. 30, 2023. Thousands of people gathered to protest what election observers said were widespread vote irregularities during a recent general election. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
This year, don’t be a people-pleaser
Being prepared to speak off the cuff starts with knowing your stuff, from subject and product information to general information, to experiential knowledge.
The mood was bleak in 2023, but fret not - we’ve been here before
Volunteers sort through donated groceries at Daily Bread Food Bank in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on April 18, 2023. - During the pandemic, the Daily Bread Food Bank saw its number of beneficiaries double to 120,000 per month. But with "the shock of skyrocketing inflation, we recorded as many as 270,000 people in March," a record high in the organization's history, says CEO Neil Hetherington. (Photo by Cole BURSTON / AFP) (Photo by COLE BURSTON/AFP via Getty Images)
Hooked on volcanoes? Tourists vie to catch Iceland’s eruptions
People watch as the night sky is illuminated caused by the eruption of a volcano in Grindavik on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula, Monday, Dec. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Marco Di Marco)
Eurostar cancels trains due to flooding, stranding hundreds of travelers in Paris and London
Passengers wait on the concourse at the entrance to the Eurostar in St Pancras International station, central London, Saturday Dec. 30, 2023, after high-speed services between London and Ebbsfleet were cancelled because of flooding in a tunnel under the Thames. (James Manning/PA via AP)
Shelling kills 14 in Russia’s city of Belgorod following Moscow’s aerial attacks across Ukraine
In this photo taken from video released by Russia Emergency Situations Ministry telegram channel on Saturday, Dec. 30, 2023, Rescuers and people carry a wounded person after shelling in Belgorod, Russia. Russian officials have accused Ukrainian forces of shelling the Russian border city of Belgorod. Two children were killed in Saturday's attack, regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said in a statement on social media. He also said that an unspecified number of people had been injured. (Russia Emergency Situations Ministry telegram channel via AP)
Air strikes hit camps in central Gaza as U.S. approves new weapons sales to Israel
Palestinians inspect the damage following Israeli strikes on the Zawayda area of the central Gaza Strip on December 30, 2023. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)
This New Year, establishing good financial habits is easier than you think
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Ralph Lauren holds dinner in Toronto, and the War Child Gala’s annual fundraiser
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Our climate future is dire. Prospects for change have never been better
A man talks on his phone as he looks through smoke from wildfires in Canada at the George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee, N.J., June 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
For 100 years, Big Ben’s iconic bongs have helped Britons, and the world, ring in the New Year
LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 1: Fireworks light up the London skyline over Big Ben and the London Eye just after midnight on January 1, 2023 in London, England. London's New Years' Eve firework display returned this year after it was cancelled during the Covid Pandemic. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) *** YEAR IN REVIEW - NEWS ***
Keys, phone, naloxone: In downtown Ottawa, the antidote to opioid overdoses has become an item some people won’t leave home without
A Baltimore City Health Department employee displays a sample of Narcan nasal spray in Baltimore on Jan. 23, 2018. A drug company is donating opioid-reversing nasal spray to 700 Boys and Girls Club of Canada locations across the country. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Patrick Semansky
As Canada vies for UN Human Rights Council seat, some Indigenous leaders from the Amazon raise red flags
Lorena Curuaia, 22, attempts to fish in her community's stretch of the Xingu river, near Altamira in the Brazilian Amazon state of Pará. The community is downriver from the proposed site of the Belo Sun mine. October 16, 2021.
These fashion podcasts pull back the curtain on why we dress the way we do (and more)
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Shopify is preparing to compete for a piece of big retail commerce
Shopify Inc. headquarters signage in Ottawa on Tuesday, May 3, 2022. Shopify Inc. and a group of textbook publishers, which accused the tech company of profiting from content that is pirated or infringes on their trademarks, have asked a U.S. court to dismiss their case.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
A year of sadness, joy and hope
Calgary Flames assistant general manager Chris Snow who is struggling with ALS with his wife Kelsie at their community arena in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Todd Korol/The Globe and Mail
Failing grades: How lax oversight at Sport Canada missed key signs of trouble inside the system
Companies indeed got workers back in the office – are you happy now?
The Royal Bank Plaza (gold coloured building) located on the north west corner of Front St. West and Bay St. in Toronto’s Financial District, is photographed on May 11, 2023. (Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail)
The man who lost faith in electric aviation
TOPSHOT - Harbour Air Pilot and CEO Greg McDougall flies the worlds first all-electric, zero-emission commercial aircraft during a test flight in a de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver from Vancouver International Airports South Terminal on the Fraser River in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, December 10, 2019. - The plane, which first flew in 1947, became the worlds first commercial test of an all-electric airplane. It is now powered by the magni500, a 750 horsepower (HP) all-electric motor, built by magniX. (Photo by Don MacKinnon / AFP) (Photo by DON MACKINNON/AFP via Getty Images)
‘Overextended credit cannot go on forever, without consequences.’ Defending Tiff Macklem, plus other letters to the editor for Dec. 30
Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem arrives for the annual meeting of federal, provincial, and territorial finance ministers in Toronto on Friday, December 15, 2023.As another inflation-fighting year wraps up, the Bank of Canada's quest to restore price stability is expected to begin drawing to a close in 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
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