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CWB Financial reports first-quarter profit up from year ago
The Canadian Western Bank’s first Eastern branch in Mississauga, is photographed on Sunday, October 31, 2021. (Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail)
Microsoft’s licensing offer likely to satisfy EU antitrust concerns over Activision deal, sources say
FILE PHOTO: Microsoft logo is seen on a smartphone placed on displayed Activision Blizzard's games characters in this illustration taken January 18, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Quick goes to Vegas; Bruins get Bertuzzi before NHL deadline
Feb 16, 2023; Calgary, Alberta, CAN; Detroit Red Wings left wing Tyler Bertuzzi (59) during the third period against the Calgary Flames at Scotiabank Saddledome. Mandatory Credit: Sergei Belski-USA TODAY Sports
Number of applications for U.S. unemployment claims falls for third straight week
FILE PHOTO: A "now hiring" sign is displayed outside Taylor Party and Equipment Rentals in Somerville, Massachusetts, U.S., September 1, 2022. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
Long road to a sale for rare Moore Park duplex
Done Deal, 141 Inglewood Dr., Toronto
The Mandalorian’s new season inches Star Wars toward its Disney+ destiny, a galaxy away from the big screen
(L-R): Grogu and Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) in Lucasfilm's THE MANDALORIAN, season three, exclusively on Disney+. ©2023 Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All Rights Reserved.
Crescent Point Energy continues to grow production in Kaybob Duvernay
Craig Paradis (L) of Advance Drilling, operates the brake handle on a drilling rig for Crescent Point Energy as two roughnecks add a pipe extension to drill deeper into the Bakken formation near Oungre, Saskatchewan in this June 20, 2012 file photo. Shipping crude across North America in railway cars might seem a quaint throwback to the oil pioneering days of the West, but it's a booming business for North America's railroads, and likely to remain an important niche market for years to come after surging from a dribble in 2008 to close to 500,000 barrels per day in September. To Match Analysis RAILWAYS-OIL/NORTHAMERICA REUTERS/Rod Nickel/Files (CANADA - Tags: TRANSPORT BUSINESS COMMODITIES ENERGY)
U.K. spy chief sorry for failing to stop Manchester concert bombing
FILE PHOTO: A boy wearing an Ariana Grande hoodie looks at flowers and tributes left for the victims of the attack on Manchester Arena in St Ann's Square in Manchester, Britain, May 29, 2017. REUTERS/Phil Noble
Market movers: Stocks that saw action on Thursday - and why
Pipelines at Canadian Natural Resources Limited's (CNRL) Primrose Lake oil sands project are seen near Cold Lake, Alberta August 8, 2013.
Ontario legislation targets faster approval of mining projects
Ontario Minies Misister George Pirie speaks at Vale Canada's Copper Cliff Complex South Mine Project in Sudbury, Ontario on Thursday October 13/2022. The company held a grand opening for the $945 million project. Gino Donato/The Globe and Mail
In big power producer Norway, plans for greener industry meet resistance
FILE PHOTO: A view of power lines over a residental area in Skien, Norway January 28, 2023. REUTERS/Victoria Klesty
Oilers defenceman Evan Bouchard ready to step into new role after Tyson Barrie trade
Feb 23, 2023; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; Edmonton Oilers defenseman Evan Bouchard (2) handles the puck against pressure from Pittsburgh Penguins left wing Jake Guentzel (59) during the third period at PPG Paints Arena. Edmonton won 7-2. Mandatory Credit: Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports
Crypto exchange Coinbase cuts financial ties with Silvergate Capital
FILE PHOTO: A representation of the cryptocurrency is seen in front of Coinbase logo in this illustration taken, March 4, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration//File Photo
On the mountain, nature’s beauty and risks are on full display
In the latest part of his journey to master ski mountaineering, writer Simon Akam trained with Swiss mountain guide Pasco Zufferey, pictured. Over the course of two days, they went to wilder, emptier terrain above the frozen lakes Lac de Moiry and Lac de Lona. At bottom right, Zufferey provided many tips during their sessions, such as tracing diagrams on the snow to indicate the importance of finishing turns to control speed during the descent to Lac de Moiry.
New documentary 299 Queen Street West tracks how MuchMusic became a star-making machine
Please photo credit MuchMusic. Former MuchMusic VJs (from left to right) Chris Ward, Denise Donlon, Mike Williams and Erica Ehm deliver exclusive commentary about their favourite Much moments and the channel's importance in pop-culture history in "Much Turns 20". Airing Tuesday August 31st @ 6pm ET - the same date and time MuchMusic first went to air 20 years ago.
A modern home close to the enticements of Avenue Road
Home of the Week, 451 St. Germain Ave., Toronto
Best Buy signals more pain for electronics retailers with muted profit forecast
FILE PHOTO: A shopper pushes a cart with a TV in front of a Best Buy store during Black Friday sales in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., November 25, 2022. REUTERS/Jim Vondruska/File Photo
Joni Mitchell first Canadian to be honoured by prestigious Gershwin prize: ‘My God, it’s overwhelming’
Honoree Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell (C) is celebrated onstage as she recieves the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song during a ceremony in Washington, DC, March 1, 2023. - US singer/songwriter Joni Mitchell is this year's winner of the Gershwin Prize. (Photo by Stefani Reynolds / AFP) (Photo by STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)
Elon Musk’s ‘Master Plan’ for Tesla fails to charge up investors
FILE - A Tesla logo is seen on a vehicle on display in Austin, Texas, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023. On Wednesday, March 1, Tesla executives said the company will use innovative manufacturing techniques and smaller factories to cut the cost of its next generation of vehicles by as much as half of the ones it now builds. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
Asylum seekers face hurdles, discrimination as they compete for housing in Montreal
Asylum seekers from Colombia: Maria Fernanda Lopez and her daughters, Alejandra Ortiz and Sarah Cortes, pose for photos in their apartment, Monday, Feb. 27, 2023, in Montreal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
Starbucks violated worker rights in union fight, U.S. labour judge rules
FILE - Starbucks employees and supporters react as votes are read during a union-election watch party Dec. 9, 2021, in Buffalo, N.Y. A federal labor judge has ordered Starbucks to reinstate seven fired workers, reopen a shuttered location and stop infringing on workers’ rights after finding that the company violated labor laws “hundreds of times” during a unionization campaign in Buffalo. (AP Photo/Joshua Bessex, File)
BRP in, Empire out in Scotia strategist’s quantitatively driven top 30 TSX stocks list
Employees work on the SeaDoo assembly line at the Bombardier Recreational Products plant, Thursday, June 12, 2014 in Valcourt, Quebec.
U.S. unveils new cybersecurity strategy with tighter regulations
FILE PHOTO: A computer keyboard lit by a displayed cyber code is seen in this illustration picture taken on March 1, 2017. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration/File Photo
Russia can maintain oil output at pre-Ukraine conflict levels, JP Morgan says
FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: A view shows oil tanks at Volodarskaya LPDS production facility owned by Transneft oil pipeline operator in the village of Konstantinovo in the Moscow region, Russia June 8, 2022. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo
The worst thing about Netflix’s password-sharing crackdown isn’t what most of us are angry about
Adrian Lee
B.C. Coastal Dance Festival celebrates Indigenous song and dance to strengthen communities
Images of 'Yisya̱’winux̱w. Performance photos taken by Amanda Laliberte. This photo is of Pewi Alfred; photographer credit: Amanda Laliberte
TD tops expectations as higher rates bolster revenue
A person walks past a TD Bank sign in the financial district in Toronto on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Alex Lupul
Federal government ends shipments of rapid COVID-19 tests as millions set to expire
Positive, lower, and negative COVID-19 antigen rapid tests are pictured in Calgary, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022. The federal government has stopped shipping rapid antigen tests to provinces as millions are set to expire in within the year. Experts say the once-essential tool has lost its importance in the fight against COVID-19. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Company planning to make COVID-19 vaccines in Canada warns it could go out of business
Scientists examine a step in the vaccine purification process as they design updates to the Novavax's COVID-19 shots in the company's research laboratory on May 24, 2022, in Gaithersburg, Md. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Angie Wang
Thursday’s analyst upgrades and downgrades
Exterior of the Royal Bank Plaza towers at the corner of Bay St. and Wellington St. West in Toronto on April 17 2014.
Anger, sorrow in Greece after devastating train crash
A crane removes debris after trains' collision in Tempe, about 376 kilometres (235 miles) north of Athens, near Larissa city, Greece, Thursday, March 2, 2023. Using cranes and heavy machinery, rescuers Thursday searched the wreckage of trains involved in a deadly collision that sent Greece into national mourning and prompted strikes and protests over rail safety. (AP Photo/Vaggelis Kousioras)
In Warsaw, art brings solace and hope to Ukrainian refugees
1.5.2023 Warsaw, Poland. Sofia Riabchuk points to the "Beautiful Madonna from Wroclaw" at the National Museum in Warsaw. Ms. Riabchuk runs the museum’s educational program and she has developed an innovated art therapy workshop for Ukrainian refugees. She is a refugee herself and ran the education department at Kyiv’s Mystetskyi Arsenal museum before the war.
Unsettling documentary Unseen Skies asks you to look up, before space junk comes crashing down
Trevor Paglen sets up his camera to photograph the USA and Mexico border wall at the Algodones Dunes in director Yaara Bou Melhem’s UNSEEN SKIES, a The Impact Series release. Credit : The Impact Series
RCMP job vacancies in B.C. impacting investigations
Members of the Vancouver Police Gang Crime Unit stand near an RCMP vehicle in the parking lot of a shopping complex after one person was killed and two others were injured during a shooting in Burnaby, B.C., on Thursday, May 13, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Morning Update: Trudeau Foundation returning donation with link to China
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau responds to questions about China's alleged election interference after a health-care funding announcement at Kwantlen Polytechnic University, in Langley, B.C., on Wednesday, March 1, 2023.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
European inflation eases slightly but pain from higher food and fuel costs persists
FILE PHOTO: People buy food at a market in Budapest, Hungary, December 3, 2022. REUTERS/Marton Monus
Canadian Natural Resources’ quarterly profit down from year ago as extreme cold affects output
The Conference Board of Canada says the Prairie provinces will likely be the top economic performers this year, even as the Bank of Canada's inflation-fighting measures quell the country's overall economic output. An oil drilling rig operates surrounded by canola and hay fields near Cremona, Alta., Monday, July 12, 2021.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Oil rises on easing U.S. rate hike fears, China demand hopes
An array of pumpjacks operate Thursday, July 7, 2022, in Odessa, Texas. (Eli Hartman/Odessa American via AP)
Indigenous community accuses Imperial Oil, Alberta government of covering up industrial leak
Mining operations at the Kearl Oil Sands project, belonging to Imperial Oil Ltd. (parent company Exxon Mobil), near Fort McMurray, Ab. on Tuesday, June 13, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS IMAGES/Larry MacDougal
The B.C. NDP and Alberta’s UCP agree on one thing: a budget spending spree
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith watches as Alberta Finance Minister Travis Toews delivers the 2023 budget, in Edmonton on Tuesday, February 28, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
For one woman, retirement meant turning a beloved hobby into a business. Plus, expert tips to better understanding – and deploying – your RRSPs
Sara Shadbolt uses a chainsaw to cut away some wood in her yard in {Abbotsford}, B.C., on 1 22, 2023. Jimmy Jeong/The Globe and Mail.
The close: Stocks erase early losses to end higher as Fed official backs quarter-point hike
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021.
What every Canadian investor needs to know today
FILE PHOTO: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., February 17, 2023. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
The term street racer is too kind. We need a new term for those who endanger lives
Andrew Clark
Alberta and B.C. are on starkly different fiscal paths
David Parkinson
When asked the dreaded failure question in an interview, here’s what to say
Harvey Schachter
Why police are rarely charged after killing or injuring someone
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This 85-year-old who’s written several books in retirement relishes being ‘in charge’ of her time
Mary Lou Dickinson is photographed at home in Toronto on February 15, 2023. JENNIFER ROBERTS/THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Wall Street titans confront ESG backlash as new financial risk
FILE PHOTO: Signage is seen outside the Blackstone Group headquarters in New York City, U.S., January 18, 2023. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon/File Photo
‘Foreign meddling in any election should negate any electoral integrity, whatever the results.’ Letters to the editor for March 2
People arrive to cast their ballot on federal election day in Montreal, Monday, Sept. 20, 2021. A Parliamentary committee is set to decide whether or not it will expand its current study on foreign election interference to include more details about the 2021 federal election. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
British navy seizes Iran missiles, parts likely Yemen bound
In this photo from the U.S. Army, anti-tank missiles and medium-range ballistic missile components seized by the United Kingdom Royal Navy sit pier side at an undisclosed location in the Middle East on Feb. 26, 2023. The British navy seized anti-tank missiles and fins for ballistic missile assemblies during a raid on a small boat heading from Iran likely to Yemen, authorities said Thursday, March 2, 2023, the latest such seizure in the Gulf of Oman. (Sgt. Brandon Murphy/U.S. Army via AP)
SpaceX launches four astronaut crew to space station for NASA
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Launch Pad 39-A Thursday, March 2, 2023, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Four astronauts are beginning a mission to the International Space Station. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
Canada’s Shapovalov falls to Fritz, makes second-round exit at Mexican Open
ACAPULCO, MEXICO - MARCH 01: Denis Shapovalov of Canada serves during the men's singles round of 16 match against Taylor Fritz of United States as part of Day 3 of the Telcel ATP Mexican Open 2023 at Arena GNP Seguros on March 01, 2023 in Acapulco, Mexico. (Photo by Hector Vivas/Getty Images)
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McDavid’s historic fifth straight multi-goal game leads Oilers past Maple Leafs 5-2
Mar 1, 2023; Edmonton, Alberta, CAN; Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Ilya Samsonov (35) makes a save on Edmonton Oilers forward Connor McDavid (97) during the third period at Rogers Place. Mandatory Credit: Perry Nelson-USA TODAY Sports
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