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Murray stops 25 shots in first start in 21 months, Maple Leafs hand Sabres 12th straight loss, 6-3
Toronto Maple Leafs goalie Matt Murray, left, makes a save against Buffalo Sabres right wing Alex Tuch during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Buffalo, N.Y., Friday, Dec. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus)
Patrick Laine’s power-play goal lifts Canadiens past Red Wings, 4-3
Montreal Canadiens right wing Joel Armia reacts after a goal by center Jake Evans during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Detroit Red Wings, Friday, Dec. 20, 2024, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
Sikora scores twice as Czechia levels Latvia 5-1 in world junior warm-up
Switzerland's Attilio Biasca, left, in action against Czechia's Jakub Krejc'k, during the Euro Hockey Tour match between Czechia and Switzerland, at the BCF Arena in Fribourg, Switzerland, Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024. (Anthony Anex/Keystone via AP)
U.S. judge finds Israel’s NSO Group liable for hacking in WhatsApp lawsuit
FILE PHOTO: A smartphone with a displayed WhatsApp logo is placed on a computer motherboard in this illustration taken February 23, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
CPP report sides with experts who say Alberta is owed smaller share of assets if it pulls out
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith speaks to business leaders at the Global Business Forum in Banff, Alta., Friday, Sept. 22, 2023.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Ally Niilo Edwards helped Indigenous peoples gain control over their finances and environment
Niilo Edwards Photo credit: Adam Blasberg
Alberta government releases foundation for new coal-mining policy
A resident shovels snow near a sign supporting coal mining on the day the community votes in a plebiscite on whether to support a new coal mine in Crowsnest Pass, Alta., Monday, Nov. 25, 2024.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Canada Post says many parcels held up by strike to arrive before Christmas
Canada Post has started accepting commercial volumes of letters and parcels as it works to get back to normal operations following a month-long strike. A Canada Post worker fills his truck with mail in Montreal on Tuesday, Dec.17, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
Bills have turned the tables on former nemesis Patriots ahead of teams’ first meeting this season
Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen looks to pass during the second half of an NFL football game against the Detroit Lions in Detroit, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024. The Bills won 48-42. (AP Photo/David Dermer)
Canadian Transportation Agency plans tougher rules on flight disruptions
Passengers stand near information panels as flights are delayed because of high winds from Storm Kirk, at Bilbao Airport in Loiu, Spain, October 9, 2024. REUTERS/Vincent West
Who is in Justin Trudeau’s new cabinet after the latest shuffle?
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrives at a cabinet swearing-in ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa, on Friday, Dec.20, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Gisèle Pelicot’s Australian supporters are moved that their French heroine wore an Aboriginal scarf
A montage of the frontpages of some of of Britain's newspapers featuring reaction to the Gisele Pelicot rape trial case in London, Friday, Dec. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Trudeau appoints a cabinet of caretakers for his government’s dying days
Campbell Clark
Canadian Tire tightens recruiting rules for temporary foreign workers
Shoppers come and go from a Canadian Tire store in Ottawa on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
BCE faces analyst downgrades, calls to cut dividend amid financial challenges
BCE Inc. says it has signed a deal to buy U.S. fibre internet provider Ziply Fiber for about $5 billion. BCE Inc. headquarters is seen in Montreal on Thursday August 3, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
Meet the Megastars 2024: The best 20 stocks on the TSX for a blend of value and momentum
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Taking stock of 2024: The TSX ranking every investor needs to know
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A way to support poor seniors - and cut the federal deficit
Paul Kershaw
Algonquin Power faces an uphill struggle to win back investor confidence
For Investor Clinic column in Globe Investor/ROB only.
The over-involved sports owner is a risible figure, but still far better than the alternatives
Cathal Kelly
From the sacred to the profane, a look back at an action-packed year in sports
Finance Minister approves National Bank’s stock-swap deal for Canadian Western Bank
The head office of the National Bank is seen Friday, April 21, 2017 in Montreal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
What’s next for Luigi Mangione, the man charged with killing UnitedHealthcare’s CEO?
Luigi Mangione, a suspect in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, is escorted by police, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)
The Chrystia Freeland legacy: Big-ticket ambitions, limited results
Tony Keller
The Globe’s stars and dogs for the week
For Stars and Dogs column in Globe Investor/ROB only.
Cutting through the Noise: Investors are in an era of speculation, risk-taking and dreaming. How do you stay grounded?
Tom Bradley
With Europe’s southern economies on the mend, Germany has turned into the problem child
Eric Reguly
U.S. government shutdown showdown creates another investor worry
A K9 officer patrols the front of the Capitol on a day where a potential government shutdown looms during the holidays after a spending bill backed by Donald Trump failed in the U.S. House of Representatives, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 20, 2024.
Anne, 67, and Zoe, 64, worry economic and political instability will affect their finances. What can they do?
Photo by Ashley Fraser, Globe and Mail
Pitching in: Building a therapeutic rooftop garden for a hospital in Halifax
Pitching in Cutline should say The Miller-van Oord family. The Miller family in Halifax who have donated $1.5 million to the IWK Foundation for a new roof top garden at the IWK Health Centre.
France’s anti-terrorism court convicts eight people of involvement in beheading of teacher
FILE - A Republican Guard holds a portrait of Samuel Paty in the courtyard of the Sorbonne university during a national memorial event, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020 in Paris. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, Pool, File)
North Vancouver was ranked our most livable city. Readers wanted to know why
Judge sentences Quebecker convicted of triple murder who shows ‘no remorse’
The Longueuil, Que., provincial courthouse is seen on April 22, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sidhartha Banerjee
Former B.C. premier Glen Clark appointed as new BC Hydro chair
Former B.C. premier Glen Clark smiles as he walks outside the Vancouver courthouse to speak to media after being found not guilty of all charges in Vancouver, on Aug. 29, 2002. Clark is back in the public eye after spending decades as the president of Jim Pattison Group. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chuck Stoody
Home affordability is improving, but challenges remain for many Canadians, report says
A person walks past multiple for-sale and sold real estate signs in Mississauga, Ont., on Wednesday, May 24, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
At least two dead and 60 hurt after a car drives into a German Christmas market in a suspected attack
Emergency services attend an incident at the Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, Friday Dec. 20, 2024. (Dörthe Hein/dpa via AP)
Ontario First Nation declares state of emergency after wastewater system failure
The view across the Albany River from the Marten Falls First Nation on Dec. 12, 2023. A pump at Marten Falls First Nation’s wastewater lift system failed on Dec. 13, sending untreated sewage into a creek and ultimately into the nearby Albany River.
Campaign urges skilled labour to ‘Stay with B.C.’ to counter efforts from Alberta
People are silhouetted at the Cypress Mountain Lookout in West Vancouver, B.C., while viewing fog blanketing the Metro Vancouver area, on Nov. 26, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Russian missile attack in Ukraine inflicts ‘substantial damage’ on Canadian business complex in Kyiv
People walk at the site of a Russian missile strike in central Kyiv, Ukraine on Dec. 20.
CEO buys as Imperial Oil stock tumbles on capex plans and export tax risk
Ted Dixon
Bullish on Kroger Co.
Monica Rizk
Calendar: What investors need to know for the week ahead
A Canadian flag flies in the Bay Street financial district in Toronto on Friday, August 5, 2022.
Retailers and restaurants see spending boost amid tax holiday
Business groups say the tax holiday is on track to boost sales for retailers and restaurant owners, even though some have struggled to implement the temporary deal. Customers browse products at a Game Stop store next to a sign advertising "save the tax" in Montreal, Saturday, December 14, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
Is the NORAD Santa tracker safe from a U.S. government shutdown?
FILE - Santa tracker volunteer Meghan Huyck, right, and other volunteers answer phone calls from children all over the world at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colo., Dec. 24, 2017. (Jerilee Bennett/The Gazette via AP, File)
Nova Scotia budget update slashes deficit by $220-million, mostly owing to higher tax revenue
Nova Scotia Finance Minister John Lohr gives his first update on the 2024-25 budget during a news conference in Halifax on Friday Dec. 20, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Keith Doucette
French President Emmanuel Macron swears in angry exchange with residents of cyclone-hit Mayotte
France's President Emmanuel Macron speaks to the media after meeting with local representatives in Mamoudzou, on the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte on December 19, 2024. Distraught and angry inhabitants of Mayotte shouted out their despair to French President Emmanuel Macron during his visit on December 19, five days after the Indian Ocean archipelago was devastated by a cyclone, with lacking water and food, and fear of looting topping the grievances. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFP) (Photo by LUDOVIC MARIN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
U.S. Federal Reserve policy-makers prepare the ground for rate-cut pause next year
FILE PHOTO: The Federal Reserve building in Washington, U.S., January 26, 2022. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts//File Photo
Volunteers struggle to clear spilled oil on Russia’s Black Sea coast
Volunteers work to clean up spilled oil on the shoreline following an incident involving two tankers damaged in a storm in the Kerch Strait, in the village of Vityazevo near the Black Sea resort of Anapa, Russia December 20, 2024. REUTERS/Sergey Pivovarov
QMJHL’s Acadie-Bathurst Titan sold, will relocate to St. John’s, N.L., starting next season
The Saskatchewan Hockey Association has said that, starting in the 2018-19 season, girls under 17 who live outside Regina and Saskatoon won’t be allowed to play for teams in those cities.
Man arrested in Quebec for alleged plot to kill Jews in New York transferred to Montreal
Muhammad Shahzeb Khan is shown in the undated handout image provided by the Quebec Superior Court. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - Quebec Superior Court *MANDATORY CREDIT*
Frank Stronach’s preliminary hearing in sex-offence trial to begin in April
Magna International chairman Frank Stronach speaks at the company's annual general meeting in Markham, Ont. on May 4, 2011. Stronach is set to face two separate trials on charges of sexual assault.
Jonathan David and Vanessa Gilles named Canada Soccer Players of the Year
Canada's Jonathan David celebrates scoring his side's 2nd goal against Uruguay during the Copa America third place soccer match in Charlotte, N.C., Saturday, July 13, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Nell Redmond
Alberta Insider: Report on Canada Pension Plan doesn’t calculate province’s share, Premier says
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith speaks to the media during the fall meetings of Canada's premiers hosted by Ontario in Toronto on Dec. 16.
Canada’s anti-money laundering agency looking to introduce scorecard to improve monitoring: sources
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White House starts scrapping pending regulations on transgender athletes and student debt
President Joe Biden speaks during a Hanukkah reception in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Dec. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
Activist investor Browning West targets CAE
The head of flight simulator maker CAE Inc. is closely watching the U.S. following its recent election but isn't immediately worried that the country's incoming president will shake things up too much for his business. The CAE logo is seen in front of the aeropspace company’s plant, Thursday, July 21, 2022 in Montreal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
Police investigate third overnight shooting this year at Toronto Jewish elementary school
Toronto police say they are investigating an overnight shooting at a Jewish elementary school for the third time this year. A Toronto Police Service logo patch is shown in Toronto, on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
Ontario’s sports betting regulations are toothless
FILE — Patrons watch a Major League Baseball World Series game at Dalton Bar in Manhattan, Oct 25, 2024. A Senate committee discussed the potential for federal regulation of sports gambling during a nearly two-hour hearing on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024, that focused on how the industry’s widespread legalization across the United States was affecting athletes, the general public and the integrity of amateur and professional sports. (Jeenah Moon/The New York Times)
NDP says it will vote no confidence in Liberal government as Trudeau shuffles his cabinet
Gov. Gen. Mary Simon (left) and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau look over at appointed ministers including Public Safety Minister David McGuinty (centre) during a cabinet swearing-in ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa, on Friday, Dec.20, 2024.
The highest-yielding stocks on the TSX, plus risk data
Scott Barlow
How The Globe investigated the alleged frauds of Arash Missaghi
The building at 25 Mallard Rd. in North York that was the scene of a double homicide, with the killer taking their own life, after allegedly being defrauded by Arash Missaghi, one of the victims.
Market movers: Stocks that saw action on Friday - and why
The TMX Market Centre is shown in Toronto, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024.
How serial fraudster Arash Missaghi evaded justice for decades
Netflix signs U.S. broadcasting deal with FIFA for Women’s World Cup in 2027 and 2031
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 20: A Spain player holds up the FIFA Women's World Cup Trophy after the FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023 Final match between Spain and England at Stadium Australia on August 20, 2023 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)
Canadian retail sales up 0.6% in October, buoyed by vehicle purchases
New Toyota RAV4 crossover SUVs for sale are seen at an auto mall in Ottawa, April 26, 2021. DesRosiers Automotive Consultants Inc. says light vehicle sales in Canada in February were up 5.1 per cent from a year earlier. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
U.S. consumer spending up in November; inflation showing progress as year ends
FILE - A consumer looks over an IPad on display in a Costco warehouse Friday, Nov. 1, 2024, in Sheridan, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
Biden signs bill that averts government shutdown and brings a close to days of Washington upheaval
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., talks briefly to reporters just before a vote on an interim spending bill to prevent a government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
From Toronto mansions to secluded getaways, a look at the best homes of the week of 2024
Home of the Week, Ridge House, 395910 11th Line, Clarksburg, Ont.
RBC analyst provides top REIT picks, reasons to be optimistic in the sector for 2025
Office space available in downtown Calgary, Alta., Wednesday, April 13, 2016.
CPPIB spending $690-million for minority stake in software firm Regnology
John Graham, President & CEO of the CPPIB, speaks at the Canadian Chamber of Commerce’s Annual General Meeting and Convention in Ottawa on Oct. 14, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
How battlefield experiences inspired a mission to share good news
Artist Chris Ware wraps up his series of intricate sketchbooks
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More than 40 million people struggling to feed themselves in West, Central Africa: UN food agency
FILE - Hauwa Bwami's grandson Suleiman eats an orange-fleshed sweet potato, harvest from a farm inside their compound in Kaltungo Poshereng Nigeria, Sunday, June 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File)
Newfoundland woman washed bedridden patients’ hair every Saturday for more than 20 years
Mary Kennedy Keiley, centre, poses with Newfoundland and Labrador Lt.-Gov. Joan Marie Aylward, left, and Carl Thompson after being awarded a 75th Anniversary of Confederation Medal in recognition of her volunteer work in St. John's, N.L. in a Dec, 17, 2024, handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, Jay Lawrence *MANDATORY CREDIT*
Private equity faces an exit problem in Europe as bigger deals beckon
FILE PHOTO: A view shows skyscraper office properties at La Defense business and financial district near Paris, France, June 26, 2023. REUTERS/Stephanie Lecocq/File Photo
Teen kills seven-year-old student, injures four others in school knife attack in Croatia
Police secure access to the elementary school where a 7-year-old girl died and a teacher and five other students were wounded in a knife attack in Zagreb, Croatia, Friday, Dec. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Ronald Gorsic)
Tesla recalling almost 700,000 vehicles due to issue with tire pressure monitoring system
The logo of Tesla car is pictured at the Paris Auto Show, in Paris, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
Foxconn’s interest in Nissan reportedly on hold amid Honda merger talks
A Foxconn high energy density solid-state lithium metal battery is displayed at Foxconn’s annual tech day in Taipei, Taiwan October 8, 2024. REUTERS/Ann Wang/File Photo
Biden faces daunting list of policy actions he hopes to achieve in final month in White House
President Joe Biden speaks during a Hanukkah reception in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Dec. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
Volkswagen reaches union deal to cut 35,000 German jobs after gruelling talks
FILE PHOTO: A man wearing an IG Metall (Industrial Union of Metalworkers) scarf holds a banner with the Volkswagen logo, as workers gather to strike against planned cuts to wages and possible factory closures, in Hanover, Germany, December 2, 2024. Picture taken with long exposure. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer/File Photo
Business Brief: A year in notes, quotes and anecdotes
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Malaysia to resume search for wreckage of Flight MH370, 10 years after it vanished
FILE - Flight officer Rayan Gharazeddine scans the water in the southern Indian Ocean off Australia from a Royal Australian Air Force AP-3C Orion during a search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, March 22, 2014. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith, File)
Starbucks workers begin strikes that could spread to hundreds of U.S. stores by Christmas Eve
A person holds a sign as baristas picket in front of a Starbucks in Burbank, California, U.S., December 20, 2024. REUTERS/Daniel Cole
Ukrainian strike with U.S.-supplied missiles kills six, Russian official says
Ukrainian law enforcement officers inspect damage to a building following a missile attack in Kyiv on December 20, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russian missiles targeted the Ukrainian capital Kyiv at sunrise on December 20, 2024, killing at least one person and cutting heating to hundreds of residential buildings in cold temperatures. (Photo by Roman PILIPEY / AFP) (Photo by ROMAN PILIPEY/AFP via Getty Images)
Canadian singer’s family says she was instrumental in discovery of George Gershwin
SMALL FILE Éva Gauthier, 1906. Photo: William James Topley Credit: William James Topley / Library and Archives Canada
Trump urges EU to boost U.S. energy imports or face tariffs
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump delivers remarks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., December 16, 2024. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
Friday’s analyst upgrades and downgrades
Shoppers come and go from a Canadian Tire store in Ottawa on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023.
U.S. drops $10-million terrorism bounty offered for capture of Syrian rebel leader who ousted Assad
US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara Leaf attends the Manama Dialogue Forum, in Manama, on December 6, 2024. (Photo by Mazen Mahdi / AFP) (Photo by MAZEN MAHDI/AFP via Getty Images)
Wake up and smell the tariffs, Ottawa
(FILES) Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (L) and Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland (R) speak at a press conference to announce the new trade pact with Canada, the United States, and Mexico in Ottawa, October 1, 2018. Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland in a surprise announcement on December 16, 2024, quit over disagreements with Justin Trudeau on Canada's response to US President-elect Donald Trump's tariff threats. (Photo by PATRICK DOYLE / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK DOYLE/AFP via Getty Images)
Oil prices edge higher as U.S. dollar eases, Fed rate cut fears soften
FILE - An array of pumpjacks operate near the site of a new oil and gas well being drilled April 8, 2022 in Midland, Texas. (Eli Hartman/Odessa American via AP, File)
Investors hope for U.S. stock market trifecta in 2025 after back-to-back boom years
People walk outside of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on December 18, 2024 in New York City.
Celine Dion is our 2024 artist of the year
Celine Dion Photo By Denise Truscello
Mustafa, Cindy Lee and more: The Canadians who made their mark in the arts world in 2024
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Morning Update: The year in air travel
(FILES) (FILES) A Boeing 777X airplane takes off on its inaugural flight at Paine Field in Everett, Washington on January 25, 2020. Boeing reported a whopping $6.2 billion quarterly loss October 23, 2024 as a nearly six-week labor strike weighed on its commercial plane division and costly problems dragged down its defense and space business. (Photo by Jason Redmond / AFP) (Photo by JASON REDMOND/AFP via Getty Images)
Lately: The stories that set the internet on fire in 2024
This image released by Disney shows TikTok creator Jools Lebron, left, with talk show personality Guillermo Rodriguez on the set of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" on Monday, Aug. 19, 2024 in Los Angeles. (Randy Holmes/ABC-Disney via AP)
Investors hope for ‘Santa Claus’ rally as stocks lose steam
People take a selfie with the Christmas tree displayed outside the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on December 16, 2024.
Ottawa’s plan to scoop up the surplus in the public sector pension plan is theft
Members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) stand at a picket line outside Place du Portage in Gatineau, Que., on Friday, April 28, 2023. Workers from Canada's largest federal public-service union remain on strike across the country. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
CEO of Evolve Power says Alberta’s coal policy has destroyed investor confidence
Grassy Mountain, peak to left, and the Grassy Mountain Coal Project are seen north of Blairmore, Alta., Thursday, June 6, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Recycling won’t solve our planet-killing plastic-pollution problem
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Class-action litigator Margaret Waddell leaves law firm she co-founded for role at Sotos LLP
Margaret L. Waddell, one of the founders of the Toronto law firm Waddell Phillips PC, poses for a portrait on Dec 12, 2024. Waddell is leaving the boutique firmatthe end of 2024, and joining Sotos LLP, in the new year. (Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail)
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