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Beijing stages war games around Taiwan as ‘stern warning’ against independence
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te delivers a speech during National Day celebrations in front of the Presidential Building in Taipei, Taiwan, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
Dodgers tie postseason mark of 33 straight scoreless innings, top Mets 9-0 in NLCS opener
Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani celebrates after scoring on a double by Mookie Betts during the eighth inning in Game 1 of a baseball NL Championship Series against the New York Mets, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Unbeaten Flames stay hot with 4-1 win over winless Oilers
Calgary Flames celebrate a goal against the Edmonton Oilers during second period NHL action in Edmonton, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
Kyle Connor scores OT winner as Winnipeg Jets beat Minnesota Wild 2-1
Oct 13, 2024; Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN; Winnipeg Jets forward Kyle Connor (81) scores on Minnesota Wild goalie Filip Gustavsson (32) during the overtime period at Canada Life Centre. Mandatory Credit: Terrence Lee-Imagn Images
C.J. Stroud throws three TD passes as Texans thump Patriots 41-21 in Drake Maye’s first start
Houston Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud, left, congratulates Houston Texans wide receiver Tank Dell during an NFL football game, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Breanna Stewart helps New York even WNBA Finals series as Liberty beat Lynx 80-66 in Game 2
New York Liberty's Breanna Stewart (30) shoots during the first half in Game 2 of a WNBA basketball final playoff series against the Minnesota Lynx, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)
How Israel became a destination for India’s migrant workers amid intensifying regional war
A general view of apartment blocks and office buildings under construction, amid the ongoing conflict between Hamas and Israel, in Tel Aviv, Israel, August 27, 2024. REUTERS/Florion Goga
Lamar Jackson outduels Jayden Daniels and Derrick Henry runs for two TDs as Ravens beat Commanders
Baltimore Ravens running back Derrick Henry (22) scores past Washington Commanders safety Quan Martin and safety Jeremy Chinn, right, during the first half of an NFL football game Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
South Africa’s new coalition celebrates 100 days but suffers defeat in cities
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (C) speaks with Chief of the South African National Defence General Rudzani Maphwanya (R) as he tours the Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) 2024 Trade and Exhibition at Air Force Base Waterkloof in Pretoria on September 18, 2024. (Photo by Phill Magakoe / AFP) (Photo by PHILL MAGAKOE/AFP via Getty Images)
In Texas, a Republican hunt for voter fraud barrels through the homes of Hispanic Democrats
Cecilia Castellano photographed on Sept. 20, 2024.
Drone attacks on civilians nearly daily occurrence in Ukraine’s southern region
FILE PHOTO: Paths of bullets are seen during a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kherson, Ukraine July 26, 2024. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo
Fast start from Maple Leafs shows head coach Craig Berube is running ahead of schedule
Toronto Maple Leafs Head Coach Craig Berube stands on the bench as he watches his team in action against the Pittsburgh Penguins during NHL hockey action in Toronto, on Saturday, October 12, 2024.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Canadian men’s soccer friendly in Toronto will offer a chance to experiment with the team’s strategies
Canada head coach Jesse Marsch, center, talks with Derek Cornelius (13) after the team's international friendly soccer match against Mexico Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
WSP Global is eyeing more multibillion-dollar takeovers as part of growth strategy, CEO says
Alexandre L'Heureux, CEO of WSP, in Montreal on October 7 2024. Boris R. Thebia/The Globe and Mail.
Mike Bullard, comedian and former late-night TV host, dead at 67
Canadian standup comedian and broadcaster Mike Bullard has passed away, his family confirmed Sunday. Prime Minister Jean Chretien, left, and Bullard laugh during the taping of Open Mike with Mike Bullard in Toronto on Thursday May 17, 2001. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
Carlos Rodon will start AL Championship Series opener for New York Yankees against Cleveland Guardians
New York Yankees starting pitcher Carlos Rodon throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)
Alouettes quarterback Davis Alexander to start vs. Redblacks with Cody Fajardo absent
Montreal Alouettes quarterback Davis Alexander (10) throws against the Saskatchewan Roughriders during the first half of CFL football action in Regina on August 16, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu
Project to revive Montreal melon hopes Québécois nostalgia will bear fruit where others have failed
Kenya’s Ruth Chepngetich smashes world record by nearly two minutes at Chicago Marathon
Oct 13, 2024; Chicago, IL, USA; Ruth Chepngetich of Kenya celebrates after finishing first in the women’s race, setting a new world record at 2:09:56 during the Chicago Marathon at Grant Park. Mandatory Credit: Patrick Gorski-Imagn Images
England gets back to winning ways against Finland but interim coach Lee Carsley says team needs a ‘world class’ manager
Soccer Football - UEFA Nations League - Group F - Finland v England - Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland - October 13, 2024 England interim manager Lee Carsley reacts Action Images via Reuters/Lee Smith
New Zealand races to 3-0 lead over Britain in America’s Cup final despite almost crashing
Emirates Team New Zealand crew prepares for the Louis Vuitton 37th America's Cup Day 2 race in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Canada falls 5-3 to U.S. at Para Hockey Cup but earn third consecutive silver
Canada earned a third consecutive silver medal after falling 5-3 to the United States at the International Para Hockey Cup on Sunday. Team Canada goalie Adam Kingsmill (54) and forward Dominic Cozzolino (19) celebrate defeating Team USA to win the World Para Ice Hockey Championship final in Calgary, Sunday, May 12, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
U.S. men’s soccer’s billionaire benefactor is sports ownership perfected
Cathal Kelly
Man with loaded gun arrested at checkpoint near Donald Trump’s weekend rally in Southern California
COACHELLA, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 12: Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump waves while walking onstage for a campaign rally on October 12, 2024 in Coachella, California. With 24 days to go until election day, former President Donald Trump is detouring from swing states to hold the rally in Democratic presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris' home state. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton travels to Georgia to rally rural Black voters to the polls
Former President Bill Clinton and U.S. Congressman Sanford Bishop talk at Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Albany, Ga. on Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Charlotte Kramon)
Helping employees with housing down payments has built loyalty for Ontario engineering firm
Magda and Alexander King outside their new home they closed on Monday June 29, 2021 in Collingwood, Ont. Ms. King's company CF Crozier & Associates Inc. is helping her and other employees with $20,000 toward purchase of a first home.
UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon are in the crosshairs of Israel’s war on Hezbollah
Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto meets the media during a press conference about the U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon, in Rome Thursday Oct. 10 2024. (Mauro Scrobogna/LaPresse via AP)
We live in the age of kayfabe capitalism
Apr 2, 2023; Inglewood, CA, USA; Roman Reigns and Paul Heyman during Wrestlemania Night 2 at SoFi Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports
A just-for-Thanksgiving list of 17 things that are going right in personal finance and investing
Rob Carrick
Beware the punishing costs of isolationism
Claude Lavoie
How siblings can avoid conflict – and hefty legal fees – while dealing with their parents’ estate
Old man and woman write a testament. Senior couple draw a will. Retirement estate planning, property transferring of pet, house, car and money. Isolated vector illustration in cartoon style
Donald Trump suggests imposing tariffs higher than 200 per cent on vehicles from Mexico
Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the Calhoun Ranch, Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024, in Coachella, Calif. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo)
An impromptu Thanksgiving in the park with strangers made me feel less alone
Liberals announce new campaign team as Trudeau faces more internal pressure to resign
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gestures during a news conference in Vientiane, Laos, Friday, Oct. 11, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Terrifier 3 slashes Joker sequel to take top spot at the box office
Joaquin Phoenix, left, and Todd Phillips arrive at the premiere of "Joker: Folie a Deux" on Monday, Sept. 30, 2024, at TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Game of Thrones dragon-forged Iron Throne fetches nearly $1.5-million at auction
This combination of images released by Heritage Auctions shows costumes worn by characters from "Game of Thrones," from left, armor worn by Gregor "The Mountain" Clegane, Jon Snow's Night's Watch ensemble, and Jaime Lannister's full Kingsguard armor. (Heritage Auctions via AP)
U.S. will send an air defence battery and American troops to Israel to bolster defenses against Iran
FILE - A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-ballistic missile defense system is displayed during a Made in America showcase on the South Lawn of the White House, July 15, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
Kamala Harris accuses Trump of spreading hurricane misinformation as Biden surveys Florida’s damage
US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks during a church service at Koinonia Christian Center in Greenville, North Carolina, on October 13, 2024. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
Man dead after stabbing on downtown Montreal metro station platform
A Surete du Quebec police shoulder patch is seen in Montreal, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
Russia says it fired glide bombs at Ukrainian troops in Kursk border region
Smoke rises in the sky after shelling at the Russian border, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Sumy region, Ukraine August 10, 2024. REUTERS/Viacheslav Ratynskyi/File Photo
Economists predict inflation dipped below two per cent in September
Analysts expect inflation continued its downward trend in September as the central bank is set to keep cutting interest rates later this month. A magnifying glass enlarges the holographic image of Parliament Hill's Peace Tower on a $20 bill issued by the Bank of Canada, shown in a display case at the Bank of Canada Museum in Ottawa, on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Severe weather has some snowbirds leaving Florida, others battening down the hatches
Julie Riddell is shown in a handout photo with her husband Gerry. Julie, a Canadian snowbird, owns a vacation property in Fort Myers, Florida. She says she is not yet looking to sell despite severe storms in the past years. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Julie Riddell **MANDATORY CREDIT**
SpaceX pulls off technical feat in catching Starship rocket with mechanical arms while landing
Starship's Super Heavy Booster is grappled at the launch pad in Starbase near Boca Chica, Texas, on October 13, 2024, during the Starship Flight 5 test. SpaceX successfully "caught" the first-stage booster of its Starship megarocket Sunday as it returned to the launch pad after a test flight, a world first in the company's quest for rapid reusability. (Photo by SERGIO FLORES / AFP) (Photo by SERGIO FLORES/AFP via Getty Images)
Donald Trump holds a rally in California, a state he’s almost certain to lose
Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at Grand Sierra Resort and Casino, Friday, Oct. 11, 2024, in Reno, Nev. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Mitch Marner moves into seventh place on Maple Leafs’ all-time scoring list
Toronto Maple Leafs' Mitch Marner, left, and Jake McCabe, second right, check Pittsburgh Penguins' Sidney Crosby as he tries to get a shot on goal during third period NHL hockey action in Toronto, on Saturday, October 12, 2024.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Teuvo Teravainen has 2 goals, 2 assists as Blackhawks beat the Oilers 5-2
EDMONTON, CANADA SEPTEMBER 30: Leon Draisaitl #29 of the Edmonton Oilers skates against Nick Foligno #17 of the Chicago Blackhawks during the second period of the game at Rogers Place on October 12, 2024, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. (Photo by Leila Devlin/Getty Images)
Jonathan Huberdeau has 4 point game as Flames beat Philadelphia
Oct 12, 2024; Calgary, Alberta, CAN; Calgary Flames left wing Samuel Honzek (29) and Philadelphia Flyers right wing Owen Tippett (74) battles for the puck during the third period at Scotiabank Saddledome. Mandatory Credit: Sergei Belski-Imagn Images
Independent B.C. election candidates see opportunity in shifting political landscape
Local candidate Dan Davies looks on as Liberal leader Christy Clark makes a campaign stop at Inland Concrete in Fort St. John, B.C., Tuesday, April 18, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Elaborate corn maze – a yearly tradition at this New Brunswick farm – honours UNB hockey coach
Aerial view of the corn maze at the Hunter Brothers Farm in Florenceville-Bristol, New Brunswick, on Wednesday September 18, 2024. Photo: The Globe and Mail/Stephen MacGillivray
Ariana Grande hosts SNL for the first time since the last female presidential nominee
This image released by NBC shows cast member Bowen Yang, from left, host Ariana Grande, and musical guest Stevie Nicks during promos for the upcoming "Saturday Night Live" broadcast in New York on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (Rosalind O'Connor/NBC via AP)
How gloves belonging to Audrey Hepburn and Marilyn Monroe wound up in Newfoundland
Tammy Fudge, seen here on Set. 5, 2024, holds up a glove that belonged to Marilyn Monroe at The Canadian Glove Museum in Point Leamington, N.L. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Elling Lien
Famed dinosaur hunter Philip Currie reflects on the history of paleontology
Philip Currie is seen Friday, March 10, 2000 in the FirstUSA Riverfront Art Center in Wilmington, Delaware. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Eddy Palumbo
Indian politician known for his close ties with Bollywood is killed in Mumbai
A police person sits below a large hoarding showing a portrait in red turban of Baba Siddique, a senior politician, at the spot where Siddique was shot at outside his son's office in Mumbai and later succumbed to his wounds in a hospital on Saturday night, in Mumbai, India, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
Israel’s military says four soldiers were killed in Hezbollah drone attack on army base
Hezbollah rescue workers search for victims between the rubble of destroyed buildings at commercial street that was hit Saturday night by Israeli airstrikes, in Nabatiyeh town, south Lebanon, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
TD Bank fined US$3-billion, Couche-Tard revises offer for 7-Eleven and our guide to Canada’s credit cards: Must-read business and investing stories
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department on October 10, 2024 in Washington, DC. Garland announced that TD Bank would plead guilty and pay $3 billion dollars in fines and penalties over money laundering-related charges.
How much over the speed limit can I go before getting a ticket?
Shot of a young driver talking to a traffic policeman
The rise of ghosting employers
Job seeker and applicant writing his resume and CV with laptop. Modern and visual electronic curriculum vitae in social media. Work experience document in computer screen. Job search and unemployment.
‘I recently returned from a trip … to find a $287 roaming charge.’ Calls for lower roaming fees, plus other letters to the editor for Oct. 13
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission announced late Thursday that it decided to take that step after a preliminary investigation found that big carriers are “are charging, or planning to charge” smaller domestic rivals “significantly higher wholesale roaming rates” than they charge their U.S. peers.
Your lookahead horoscope for the week of October 13, 2024
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