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U.S. Federal Reserve reportedly mulling reversal of rules that masked losses on SVB’s securities
FILE PHOTO: An eagle tops the U.S. Federal Reserve building's facade in Washington, July 31, 2013. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
Quebec ministers sorry for broken promise on ‘third link’ vehicular tunnel in capital
Quebec Transport Minister Geneviève Guilbault announces the government will not build a third link for cars between Lévis and Quebec City at a news conference on Thursday, April 20, 2023, at the legislature in Quebec City. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
Evaporating equity risk premium herds funds to bonds
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on April 21.
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink sells nearly 7% of his stake in asset management company
Larry Fink, Chairman and CEO of BlackRock, speaks during an interview with CNBC on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., April 14, 2023. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Outdoor store Mountain Equipment Co. commits to cutting carbon emissions from products, supply chain
The MEC (Mountain Equipment Co-op) store in downtown Toronto, is photographed on Sept 21 2020. The outdoor recreation retailer has obtained court protection from creditors and agreed to be sold to private investment firm Kingswood Capital Management LP. Some members are taking part in a plan to stop the sale.
‘Sudden pressure loss’ could be ahead for markets. Plus, why dividend growth investors may want to pass on ETFs
Trader Peter Tuchman works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, Jan. 28, 2019. Stocks are opening broadly lower on Wall Street as traders worry about the impact on U.S. companies of a slowdown in China's economy. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
An A to Z spring fashion and beauty shopping guide
North Vancouver man fined for repeatedly feeding black bear and cub
The British Columbia Conservation Officer Service says a North Vancouver man has been fined for feeding black bears at his home. A black bear yawns at its enclosure at the Dachigam National Park on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Mukhtar Khan
UBC students construct one of Canada’s first ‘carbon-minimal’ hempcrete buildings
The UBC sign is pictured at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver on April 23, 2019. The president of the University of British Columbia says the emergence of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 means classes are going back online at both its Vancouver and Okanagan campuses.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Sudan’s conflict explained: What’s behind the latest fighting?
This video grab taken from AFPTV video footage on April 20, 2023, shows an aerial view of black smoke rising above the Khartoum International Airport amid ongoing battles between the forces of two rival generals. - Hundreds of people have been killed since the fighting erupted on April 15 between forces loyal to Sudan's army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his deputy, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who commands the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)
New Volkswagen EV battery plant in Ontario to create 3,000 jobs
FILE PHOTO: A Volkswagen logo is seen during the New York International Auto Show, in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., April 5, 2023. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Indiana woman charged with federal hate crime in bus attack
Adolescents are in the midst of a full-blown mental-health crisis
Side view of thoughtful depressed young woman sitting on floor at living room hugging knees and looking aside planning future life after dismissal, hard breakup, loss, getting health or work problems
Planned park may bring Bowen Island development saga to a close
Kerry Gold
In an AI future, we will all be middle managers
FILE PHOTO: OpenAI and ChatGPT logos are seen in this illustration taken, February 3, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Boundaries North looks to expand cricket in Canada as country makes advances on world stage
Canada's cricketer Zubin Surkari, right, listens to team coach Pubudu Dassanayake during a training session in Bangalore, India, Tuesday, March 15, 2011. Dassanayake is returning for a second stint as Canada men's cricket coach. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Aijaz Rahi
Canadian dollar hits 11-day low as domestic retail sales fall
A loonie is pictured in Toronto on Jan. 23, 2015.
U.S. Supreme Court preserves access to abortion pill for now
Security walks outside the Supreme Court, Friday, April 21, 2023, ahead of an abortion pill announcement in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Twitter removes ‘government funded’ labels on CBC and other news organizations
Muslims celebrate Eid al-Fitr holiday with feasts, prayers
People attend Eid al-Fitr prayers, marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, outside Al-Amin mosque in downtown Beirut, Lebanon April 21, 2023. REUTERS/Issam Abdallah
Toronto Raptors fire head coach Nick Nurse
Toronto Raptors coach Nick Nurse reacts during NBA basketball action against Boston Celtics in Toronto, Monday, Dec. 5, 2022. Nurse says he's not planning on going anywhere. Nurse addressed speculation that this would be his last season as head coach of the Toronto Raptors.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Price, timing and conditions complicate Kelowna sale
Done Deal, 2415 Abbott St., Kelowna, B.C.
Amplify: Winning Survivor wasn’t the game’s biggest hurdle
Renovated 1950s rancher near the lake gets price trimmed to find a buyer
Done Deal, 2425 Taylor Crescent, Kelowna, B.C.
Canadian consumers pull back on spending amid high prices and interest rates, experts say
FILE PHOTO: A shopper exits a store holding multiple shopping bags in Sherway Gardens mall in Toronto, Ontario, Canada June 30, 2021. REUTERS/Alex Filipe/File Photo
How to beat the pros, Part 4: A Canadian stock we think will continue to outperform
The TSX ticker is shown in Toronto on May 10, 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
North Carolina man accused of shooting six-year-old girl and parents arrested in Florida
Kinsley White, 6, shows reporters a wound left on her face, Thursday, April 20, 2023 in Gastonia, N.C. A North Carolina man shot and wounded a 6-year-old girl and her parents after children went to retrieve a basketball that had rolled into his yard, according to neighbors and the girl's family — another in a string of recent shootings sparked by seemingly trivial reasons. (Kara Fohner/The Gaston Gazette via AP)
Immigrants struggling amid Calgary’s tight rental market
Anila Lee Yuen, the President and CEO of the Centre of Newcomers in Calgary on Wednesday, April 12, 2023. Lee Yuen won the 2022 Canada’s Most Powerful Women award and says she has been nominated for it again this year. (Photo by Jude Brocke/The Globe and Mail)
In podcast You’re Wrong About, host Sarah Marshall tackles life’s misunderstood events
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How a guide book about plants became a best-selling sensation
Eliza Olson, founding president and full time volunteer with Burns Bog Conservation society, holds a Labrador tea leaf found at Burns Bog in Delta, British Columbia, Sunday, July 28, 2013. Rafal Gerszak for The Globe and Mail
Procter & Gamble boosts sales forecast as price hikes see little pushback
FILE PHOTO: The logo for Procter & Gamble Co. is displayed on a screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., June 27, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
Child among 10 family members killed in mass shooting in South Africa
Curious onlookers behind a police cordon, where ten people from the same family were shot dead Friday, April 21, 2023. Police say 10 people were "ambushed" by unknown gunmen at a home in the city of Pietermaritzburg in the eastern KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa. (AP Photo)
U.S. railroads should forgo buybacks and spend on safety, unions say
FILE - A Union Pacific train engine sits in a rail yard on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022, in Commerce, Calif. Union Pacific reports earnings on Thursday, April 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)
Allies move to bolster Ukrainian tank forces ahead of counteroffensive
From left, German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius, U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, and Ukrainian Minister of Defense Oleksii Reznikov, attend the opening meeting of the 'Ukraine Defense Contact Group' at Ramstein Air Base in Ramstein, Germany, Friday, April 21, 2023. The U.S. will begin training Ukrainian forces how to use and maintain Abrams tanks in the coming weeks, as the U.S. continues to speed up its effort to get them onto the battlefield as quickly as possible, U.S. officials said Friday. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
SQM, Albemarle shares slide as Chile plans to nationalize its vast lithium industry
A worker walks next to bags of lithium ready for export at the SQM processing plant in Antofagasta, Chile, Wednesday, April 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Bank of Japan likely to maintain ultralow rates, dovish guidance next week: sources
FILE PHOTO: A man walks in front of the headquarters of Bank of Japan in Tokyo, Japan, January 18, 2023. REUTERS/Issei Kato
Tesla hikes U.S. prices days after sixth price cut this year
FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: The logo of Tesla is seen in Taipei, Taiwan August 11, 2017. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/File Photo/File Photo
The highest-yielding stocks on the TSX, plus risk data
The TSX ticker on Wednesday February 5, 2020 in Toronto.
Brookfield enters race for Network International with US$2.7-billion proposal
FILE PHOTO: People walk to Brookfield Place off Bay Street on the day of the annual general meeting for Brookfield Asset Management shareholders in Toronto, May 7, 2014. REUTERS/Mark Blinch
RBC analyst’s top stock picks in Canadian technology
A sign displaying a Nuvei logo is seen at the Toronto Stock Exchange in Toronto, Thursday, November 5, 2020.
The latest Supreme Court health care decision is a huge opportunity lost
The flag of the Supreme Court of Canada flies on the east flagpole in Ottawa, on Monday, Nov. 28, 2022. Canada's highest court has upheld the acquittal of a Quebec man who refused to provide a sample of his breath to officers who didn't have immediate access to a breathalyzer test. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
French paradox: The land of luxury loathes its rich
Konrad Yakabuski
B.C.’s new housing policies are draconian. And they need to be
Gary Mason
Written in the scars: How I found kinship with survivors of Boko Haram
Two Canada-connected literary prizes have announced shortlists short on Canadians
Marsha Lederman
Canada pledges $39-million in sniper rifles, non-lethal aid for Ukraine
Canada's Defense Minister Anita Anand talks to journalists during a press statement prior to the meeting of the 'Ukraine Defense Contact Group' at Ramstein Air Base in Ramstein, Germany, Friday, April 21, 2023. The U.S. will begin training Ukrainian forces on how to use and maintain Abrams tanks in the coming weeks, as the U.S. continues to speed up its effort to get them onto the battlefield as quickly as possible, U.S. officials said Friday. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Rob Carrick: Why dividend growth investors may want to pass on ETFs
The Bay Street sign is pictured in the heart of the financial district as people walk by in Toronto, May 22, 2008.
British deputy PM Dominic Raab resigns after investigation into bullying complaints
FILE - Britain's Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab arrives at 10 Downing Street in London, Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022. Raab has resigned after an independent investigation into complaints that he bullied civil servants. Raab’s decision Friday, April 21, 2023 came the day after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak received findings into eight formal complaints that Raab, who is also justice secretary, had been abusive toward staff during a previous stint in that office and while serving as foreign secretary and Brexit secretary. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant file)
No let-up in Khartoum fighting after Sudan’s army declares truce
Destroyed military vehicles are seen in southern in Khartoum, Sudan, Thursday, April 20, 2023. The latest attempt at a cease-fire between the rival Sudanese forces faltered as gunfire rattled the capital of Khartoum. Through the night and into Thursday morning, gunfire could be heard almost constantly across Khartoum. (AP Photo/Marwan Ali)
Want to buy affordable artwork? Here are some tips, plus 10 Canadian online galleries to explore
The artist is April Pyne, based in Moncton, NB. Photo 4/5 - 'The World Expands For Our Dreams" in situ and close up https://aprilpyne.partial.gallery/work/13538 For Gayle MacDonald story ON HOW TO BUY AFFORDABLE ART. April Pyne, 42, is a self-taught artist who lives in Moncton, NB, but grew up in New York, a city whose urban vibe heavily influences her abstracts. She loves digital work because these platforms “allow people’s own tastes to guide them. For new buyers it’s a great way to be exposed to art without feeling intimidated,” Pyne says. “For the more seasoned, it gives them a window to artists of colour like me, who finally feel like they have a seat at the table and a voice.” (Photo info: The World Expands For Our Dreams, 16 by 12, $160 for the original through partial.gallery)
Speakers ‘need to be compensated’: Is it time to drop the work for exposure mentality?
Trey Anthony speaks at a show promoting her book, Black Girl in Love (With Herself), on March 11 at Synchronicity Theater in Atlanta.
Ottawa’s $13-billion (and counting) ribbon-cutting won’t reverse Canada’s economic decline
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland arrive to deliver the federal budget in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Tuesday, March 28, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Affordable art for all: How the online market changed the art-buying game
Victoria Park -- ARTIST FOR PURSUITS STORY ON HOW TO BUY AFFORDABLE ART
Norway’s sovereign fund backs Teck Resources in battle with Glencore
FILE PHOTO: The logo for Canadian mining company Teck Resources Limited is displayed above their booth at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) annual conference in Toronto, Ontario, Canada March 7, 2023. REUTERS/Chris Helgren
Friday’s analyst upgrades and downgrades
Rows of power lines are shown which people use for electricity in Mississauga, Ont., Monday, Aug. 19, 2019.
Oil rises but set for weekly loss as economic uncertainty weighs
Pumpjacks are seen against the setting sun at the Daqing oil field in Heilongjiang province, China December 7, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer
Morning Update: Ottawa matches U.S. with up to $13-billion in subsidies to land Volkswagen EV battery plant
The Volkswagen emblem is seen on the wheel of a vehicle for sale at a dealership in Ottawa, on Thursday, April 20, 2023. German auto giant VW has secured an exclusive contract with Canada that could be worth more than $13 billion over the next 10 years to build an electric-vehicle battery plant in southwestern Ontario.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Hot Docs 2023: Former Supreme Court judge Rosalie Abella claims another precedent with new film
WITHOUT PRECEDENT: THE SUPREME LIFE OF ROSALIE ABELLA (Documentary). Rosalie Abella strides down the hallways of the Supreme Court of Canada during her final days on the bench. Courtesy of Melbar Entertainment Group
Ken Fisher: Don’t believe this myth about bond yields and stock prices
A trader on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York during the opening bell on April 17.
With falling births, pensions will suffer, taxes will rise – but the alternative is worse
A protestor holds a puppet during a demonstration on the 11th day of action after the government pushed a pensions reform through parliament without a vote, using the article 49.3 of the constitution, in Paris on April 6, 2023. - France on April 6, 2023 braced for another day of protests and strikes to denounce French President's pension reform one day after talks between the government and unions ended in deadlock. (Photo by Alain JOCARD / AFP) (Photo by ALAIN JOCARD/AFP via Getty Images)
The Trudeau government was supposed to be ‘open by default.’ Open at all, ever, would be a nice start
Shannon Proudfoot
After a year of scandal, Hockey Canada gets its funding back
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Alleged illegal agent Natalia Burlinova says she is victim of ‘Russo-phobia’
A frame grab from a Zoom interview Natalia Burlinova conducted with The Globe and Mail on April 20, 2023.
‘Extensions of our persona’: Why car designers are turning to the fashion world
The Mercedes-Maybach Haute Voiture concept sedan in dark nautical blue with champagne rose gold on display at the automaker's pop-up shop in Toronto's posh Yorkville neighbourhood in December, 2022.
How working from home gave Canadians a big pay raise - and why nobody wants to give it up
Tony Keller
The close: TSX extends weekly winning streak as tech rallies
The Art Deco facade of the original Toronto Stock Exchange building is seen on Bay Street in Toronto in 2019.
Friday’s Insider Report: Billionaire shareholder invests over $4-million in this stock yielding 5%
Deltaport container terminal and Westshore coal terminal located at Roberts Bank, Delta.
Bearish fundamentals, buoyant charts complicate outlook for U.S. stocks
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Monday, April 17.
Investing ‘where others won’t or can’t’ has helped this money manager beat the benchmarks
illustration of Jason Del Vicario for Investing Q&A by Brenda Bouw on Sat. Feb. 26, 2022 illustrator Joel Kimmel
Into the thick of it: World market themes for the week ahead
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on April 19.
‘CBC seems to have the best of both worlds: government subsidy and an irritating amount of ads.’ Public funding, plus other letters to the editor for April 21
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre rises during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, April 18, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
The Globe and Mail Bestsellers for the week of April 22, 2023
Books on the shelves
Booker has 45 points, Suns top Leonard-less Clippers 129-124
Apr 20, 2023; Los Angeles, California, USA; Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker (1) drives past Los Angeles Clippers forward Marcus Morris Sr. (8) and center Mason Plumlee (44) for a basket in the first half at Crypto.com Arena. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports
Making financial planning more accessible
Mid adult African American businesswoman is smiling while attending business conference. She is listening to speaker in seminar while she sits in a row with other diverse professional businesspeople. Woman is wearing business casual clothing and is taking notes. She's drinking a cup of coffee.
Stephenson scores winner as Golden Knights tie series with 5-2 victory over Jets
Vegas Golden Knights right wing Mark Stone (61) celebrates his second goal against the Winnipeg Jets in the third period of Game 2 in an NHL hockey Stanley Cup first-round playoff series Thursday, April 20, 2023, in Las Vegas. (Steve Marcus/Las Vegas Sun via AP)
Curry scores 36, Warriors beat Kings 114-97 without Green
Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) reacts after making a 3-point basket against the Sacramento Kings, between guards Donte DiVincenzo (0) and Moses Moody (4) during the second half of Game 3 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series in San Francisco, Thursday, April 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Toews scores winner, Avs rally to tie series with Kraken
DENVER, COLORADO - APRIL 20: Devon Toews #7 of the Colorado Avalanche celebrates with Artturi Lehkonen #62 after scoring the go ahead goal against the Seattle Kraken in the third period in Game Two of the First Round of the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Ball Arena on April 20, 2023 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)
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