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Israeli forces shell southern Lebanon border village after rocket lands near disputed territory
A soldier walks near an Israeli army self propelled artillery vehicle on the outskirts of Kiryat Shmona near Israel's border with Lebanon on July 6, 2023. The Israeli army said it was conducting strikes on southern Lebanon after a mortar launched from its northern neighbour exploded in the border area between the two foes. The latest military action was launched three months after the two countries saw their worst cross-border fire in years. (Photo by JALAA MAREY / AFP) (Photo by JALAA MAREY/AFP via Getty Images)
Union says B.C. port employers want government to do ‘dirty work’ to end strike
Striking International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada workers picket at a port entrance in Vancouver, B.C., Tuesday, July 4, 2023. The strike at more than 30 British Columbia ports entered its fourth day on Tuesday after 7,400 port workers walked off the job on the weekend. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
French justice works overtime after thousands of teen arrests
FILE - Youths smash a shop window after a march for Nahel, Thursday, June 29, 2023 in Nanterre, outside Paris. In all, more than 3,600 people have been detained in the unrest across France since the death of Nahel on June 27, with an average age of 17, according to the Interior Ministry. The violence left more than 800 law enforcement officers injured, French courts are working overtime to process the arrests, including opening their doors through the weekend, with fast-track hearings around an hour long and same-day sentencing. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)
Missing two-year-old girl found dead in Detroit, ending a massive search
First responders search an area near the Interstate 496 and US-127 interchange Wednesday, July 5, 2023, between Lansing and Detroit, Mich., searching for 2-year-old Wynter Cole Smith, who has been missing since Sunday, July 2. (Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal via AP)
New Brunswick holding onto $41-million in security deposits from tenants
New Brunswick's provincial flag flies in Ottawa, Monday July 6, 2020. The New Brunswick Human Rights Commission has expressed concern over the province's review of a policy on sexual orientation in schools. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
U.S. auto safety regulators seek updated responses from Tesla in Autopilot probe
FILE PHOTO: A Tesla logo on a Model S is photographed inside of a Tesla dealership in New York, U.S., April 29, 2016. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo
Want lower grocery bills? Give Canadians a more diverse retail foodscape
Sarah Elton is an assistant professor and director of the Food Health Ecosystems Lab at Toronto Metropolitan University.
Canada’s best story might be immigration
Lawrence Martin
Calgary office space is slowly bouncing back
Kelly Cryderman
Shell CEO says it would be ‘irresponsible’ to cut oil and gas production now
FILE PHOTO: Shell CEO Wael Sawan attends the China Development Forum 2023 in Beijing, China, on March 25, 2023. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo
Trump aide Walt Nauta pleads not guilty in Mar-a-Lago documents case
FILE - Former President Donald Trump's valet Walt Nauta, center, visits Versailles restaurant with Trump, June 13, 2023, in Miami. Nauta is set to be arraigned on charges that he helped the former president hide classified documents that the Justice Department wanted back. Nauta was charged earlier this month alongside Trump in a 38-count indictment filed by Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
Iranian and Saudi energy ministers meet on sidelines of OPEC conference in Vienna
Iran's Minister of Petroleum Eng Javad Owji arrives at the 8th OPEC International Seminar in Vienna, Austria, on July 5, 2023. (Photo by Alex HALADA / AFP) (Photo by ALEX HALADA/AFP via Getty Images)
Greenback to stay firm on expectations of resilient U.S. economy: poll
New gold discoveries to extend Barrick’s Ivory Coast mine operations until at least 2030
FILE PHOTO: A small toy figure and gold imitation are seen in front of the Barrick logo in this illustration taken November 19, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Hong Kong changes law to slash directly elected council seats, undermining democratic challenges
A banner (L) showing Kowloon City district council member Starry Lee is seen in the To Kwa Wan district of Hong Kong on July 6, 2023. Hong Kong's legislature voted unanimously on July 6 to cut the number of elected seats in local councils, a move meant to prevent opposition figures from repeating their landslide win in 2019. (Photo by ISAAC LAWRENCE / AFP) (Photo by ISAAC LAWRENCE/AFP via Getty Images)
ESG equity funds suffer big outflows, buffeted by market jitters and U.S. backlash
Workers clean photovoltaic panels inside a solar power plant in Gujarat, India, July 2, 2015.
Yellen begins four-day visit to China with both sides locked in confrontation
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen (R) arrives at Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing on July 6, 2023. Yellen arrived in Beijing on July 6 kicking off a visit aimed at improving communication and stabilising the tense relationship between the world's two largest economies. (Photo by Pedro PARDO / POOL / AFP) (Photo by PEDRO PARDO/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Morning Update: Bell and Rogers challenge deal to sell MLSE stake to Canadian pension fund
Thursday’s analyst upgrades and downgrades
CN rail trains are shown at the CN MacMillan Yard in Vaughan, Ont., on Monday, June 20, 2022.
Ministers from Canada, U.S. and Mexico gather in Cancun to talk North American trade irritants
North America’s three trading partners are taking part in a two-day meeting in Cancun to take stock after three years under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. International Trade Minister Mary Ng is sitting down with U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and Raquel Buenrostro, Mexico’s economy secretary. Ng, right, looks on as Tai speaks during a joint news conference in Ottawa, Thursday, May 5, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Canada’s cities need to get to the tippling point
People relaxing at Riverdale Park photographed in Toronto May 23, 2023 (Ammar Bowaihl/The Globe and Mail)
Carley Fortune’s chart-topping Meet Me at the Lake was a ‘heavy lift’
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At Toronto’s new Love Park, great design delivers a place for people
Alex Bozikovic
Weather alerts remain in place from coast to coast as parts of Canada swelter under heat wave
People take to the waters and shores of the Ottawa River in Ottawa on Tuesday, July 4, 2023. A heat warning has been issued for the nation's capital and Ontario. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Oil dips as market frets about risk of U.S. rate hike
FILE - Pumpjacks work in a field near Lovington, N.M., on April 24, 2015. Land managers in one of the top oil and gas producing states in the U.S. have plugged more than 200 inactive wells on state trust lands. New Mexico officials announced Wednesday, April 19, 2023, that the cleanup costs are being shouldered by the industry as part of the State Land Office's accountability and enforcement program. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
The close: TSX posts biggest decline since March as U.S. labour market strength stokes rate-hike fears
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., June 29.
This sixty-something couple is ready to retire, but do they have enough savings? Plus, tips to protecting yourself from AI tech financial scams
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The 10 best movies of 2023 (so far), and how to watch them right now
Barry Hertz
New Canadian tax changes create unmanageable burden for charities
Tim Cestnick
Commercial agencies sought to reduce Canadian actors’ compensation as much as 89%, document shows
ACTRA members rally in Toronto, Monday July 11, 2022. The union representing Canada's commercial actors has signed an agreement with Cossette Media that allows performers to work with the ad agency for the remainder of 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-ACTRA *MANDATORY CREDIT*
Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin is in Russia, Lukashenko says
FILE PHOTO: Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin leaves the headquarters of the Southern Military District amid the group's pullout from the city of Rostov-on-Don, Russia, June 24, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko/File Photo
Earth hit an unofficial record high temperature this week – and stayed there
The San Antonio Fire spreads uphill west of Petaluma, Ca., Friday, June 30, 2023. The entire planet sweltered for the two unofficial hottest days in human recordkeeping Monday and Tuesday, according to University of Maine scientists at the Climate Reanalyzer project. The unofficial heat records come after months of unusually hot conditions due to climate change and a strong El Nino event. (Kent Porter/The Press Democrat via AP)
Meta’s new Twitter rival app Threads gets 30 million sign-ups in its first day
SAN ANSELMO, CALIFORNIA - JULY 05: In this photo illustration, the Threads logo is displayed on a cell phone on July 05, 2023 in San Anselmo, California. Instagram parent company Meta is set to release Threads on July 6, a potential rival to Twitter, the fledgling social media app run by Tesla CEO Elon Musk. (Photo Illustration by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Not programming a replacement battery for a car can cost you in the long run
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The Nova Scotia coal miners dying of black lung
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Construction, make-work projects and the bright side to the dark side: Driving the Trans-Canada Highway in Quebec and Ontario
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Harvey Schachter
Toronto home sales dipped in June as prices continued to rise
A realtor’s sign on the front of a home for sale on Wilson St. in Oakville, Ont. is photographed on Feb 15, 2022. Fred Lum
How Canadian fund managers are playing Japan’s market rally
FILE PHOTO: Passersby are reflected on an electric stock quotation board outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan April 18, 2023. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo
Why this former TV host retired at age 61 and ‘never looked back’
Carol Fysh poses for a photograph at her home in Milton, Ont., on Tuesday, June 27, 2023. Tijana Martin/ The Globe and Mail
‘Groceries are bought every week. Fix the problem.’ The one-time grocery rebate, plus other letters to the editor for July 6
The prices of produce in a local store in Kensington Market, Toronto, photographed on May 31, 2023 (Ammar Bowaihl/The Globe and Mail)
Lac-Mégantic marks 10-year anniversary of rail disaster that killed 47 people
A concert by the Montreal ensemble ÒLe Petit RienÓ is performed in Sainte-Agnes Church in memory of the 47 victims of an oil-filled train derailment that occurred ten years ago, Wednesday, July 5, 2023 in Lac Megantic, Que.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
English men’s soccer has its first female head coach as Hannah Dingley takes over at Forest Green
FILE - Signage hangs above the ticket office at the New Lawn, Forest Green Rovers' football ground, in Nailsworth, England. While women’s soccer is growing in popularity in the U.K. - opportunities for women in men’s game remain few and far between. That changed this week when Forest Green Rovers became the first professional soccer team in England to appoint a female head coach. (AP Photo/James Brook, File)
Coaching and motherhood the new frontier in Canada’s high-performance coaching ranks
NHLer Michael Stone retires, joins Calgary Flames in player development role
Calgary Flames' Michael Stone, left, collides with St. Louis Blues' Nathan Walker during the second period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023, in St. Louis. Canadian hockey player Michael Stone has retired and joined the front office staff of the Calgary Flames.THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Jeff Roberson
Trudeau tweets invitation to Taylor Swift asking her to bring Eras tour to Canada
FILE - Taylor Swift performs during the opener of her Eras tour in Glendale, Ariz., on March 17, 2023. Swift released "Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)." Swift re-recorded her sophomore country album, “Speak Now,” and has 22 songs, including six that were written during the album’s original era, but not recorded until recently. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)
Sagard brings on BMO, sovereign wealth fund ADQ as minority investors in expansion push
A Bank Of Montreal (BMO) sign is pictured in Ottawa on Monday, July 11, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Your daily horoscope: July 6
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