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Can we rescue civility in public discourse?
Toronto, April 19, 2007 Mark Kingwell logo photographed at the Globe and Mail in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Photo by: Fernando morales/The Globe and Mail
Market movers: Stocks that saw action on Thursday - and why
The Suncor Energy Centre picture in downtown Calgary on Friday, Sept. 16.
Drugs, fashion and chips - the STOXX 600’s ‘Magnificent Four’
People stand at Greenwich Park, with the Canary Wharf financial district in the distance, in London, Britain, August 29, 2023.
Iran begins first election campaign since 2022 mass protests over Mahsa Amini’s death
People walk past electoral campaign posters bearing portraits of a parliamentary candidate during the first day of election campaign in Tehran, on February 22, 2024, ahead of next month's elections. Voters are due to cast their ballots on March 1 to pick new members of Iran's parliament, as well as the Assembly of Experts, a key body in charge of appointing the country's supreme leader. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)
Honda finally has an EV with Prologue, but new battery system may be worth the wait
The 2024 Honda Prologue has a simple, friendly fact. Honda calls the design 'neo-rugged'.
Some of the highest-paid Canadian CEOs run companies that have racked up huge losses
Blackberry CEO John Chen takes part in an event at the BlackBerry QNX headquarters in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, February 15, 2019. REUTERS/Chris Wattie
Annex duplex is a garden of delights
Home of the Week, 199 Albany Avenue, Toronto
Five things to watch this weekend: Past Lives flashes before your eyes on Prime Video, plus Almodóvar on-demand
Barry Hertz
Canadian retail sales expected to fall in January after December gain
Shoppers walk in downtown Montreal on Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
U.S. weekly jobless claims fall as labour market remains tight
NEW YORK CITY - JANUARY 05: A 'now hiring' sign is displayed in a retail store in Manhattan on January 05, 2024 in New York City. As the American economy continues to outperform expectations, the December jobs report showed that employers added 216,000 positions for the month as the unemployment rate held at 3.7% (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Loblaw profit, sales gain as inflation-weary shoppers visit discount banners, opt for private-label brands
Experts say the main factors that have driven grocery prices up over the past couple of years are global ones. People shop at a Loblaws store in Toronto on Thursday, May 3, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Maple Leaf Foods combining meat and plant protein businesses into one
Packages of chicken breasts by Maple Leaf Foods are shown on a shelf at a grocery store in Oakville, Ont., Friday, Jan.6, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Richard Buchan
Russian forces shift focus on Ukraine’s northeast in what may be an ambitious new push
Nadezhda Prokopenko clears debris in the yard of the house of a relative that was destroyed in a Russian missile strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Selydove near Avdiivka, Ukraine, February 19, 2024. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
China’s coal power approvals in 2023 rose, putting climate targets at risk
Coal unloaded from cargo ships is seen at the coal terminal of Lianyungang Port in Lianyungang, in China's eastern Jiangsu province on January 22, 2024. (Photo by AFP) / China OUT (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images)
Google to pause Gemini AI model’s image generation of people due to inaccuracies
FILE PHOTO: A sign is pictured outside a Google office near the company's headquarters in Mountain View, California, U.S., May 8, 2019. REUTERS/Paresh Dave/File Photo
Farmers from 10 EU countries join forces – and tractors – to protest agricultural policies
Tractors queue as farmers protest against the European Union's agricultural policies, grievances shared by farmers across Europe, at the Czech-Slovak border near Holic, Slovakia, February 22, 2024. REUTERS/Radovan Stoklasa
Toronto is getting its own Law & Order with tales ripped from the headlines
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What business leaders can learn from bass god Geddy Lee
Geddy Lee holds a discussion with fellow Rush band member Alex Lifeson, as he promotes his book "My Effin' Life" in Toronto, on Thursday, December 7, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Canadian churches are still being set ablaze. Does anyone care?
Robyn Urback
Angry at businesses like Bell Media? Real competition – not anger – is the answer
Andrew Coyne
The Israel-Hamas war has done damage to artists and their freedoms
Marsha Lederman
There are good reasons to be anxious about growing cannabis use in Canada
Harvested cannabis is shown in Fenwick, Ont., on June 26, 2018. A Senate committee says the current cannabis market and legislation has kept Indigenous Peoples from sharing in the economic opportunities that the legalization of recreational pot created. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Tijana Martin
Just whose national anthem is O Canada, anyway?
Konrad Yakabuski
Biden calls Putin a ‘crazy SOB’ and takes aim at Trump during fundraiser for 2024 U.S. election
CULVER CITY, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 21: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on canceling student debt at Culver City Julian Dixon Library on February 21, 2024 in Culver City, California. The Biden administration announced it will forgive $1.2 billion in student debt for more than 150,000 borrowers who are enrolled in the Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) repayment plan. According to the White House, Biden has canceled a total of $138 billion in student debt for close to 3.9 million borrowers. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Strategist warns of ‘another lost decade in equities’
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on Feb. 14.
Euro zone business activity inches towards growth in February, survey shows
(FILES) Containers are loaded onto trucks at the seaport terminal DIT Duisburg Intermodal Terminal at the Duisburg harbour, on July 13, 2023. German exports fell sharply in December on weaker demand from eurozone countries, official data showed February 5, 2024, capping a disappointing year in foreign trade for Europe's largest economy. Exports totalled 125.3 billion euros (USD 135 billion) in December, a 4.6-percent plunge on the previous month, federal statistics agency Destatis said. (Photo by Ina FASSBENDER / AFP) (Photo by INA FASSBENDER/AFP via Getty Images)
Mother of Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny says she’s resisting pressure to agree to a secret burial
Candles burn as people attend a vigil following the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, at the Trocadero near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, February 19, 2024. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo
AT&T restores U.S. service after hours of widespread disruption
FILE PHOTO: The company logo for AT&T is displayed on a screen on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., September 18, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
AtkinsRéalis, Atomic Energy of Canada to partner on development of new Monark nuclear power reactor
Darlington Nuclear Generating Station is Ontario Power Generation's newest CANDU (CANada Deuterium Uranium) nuclear generating station. It is a 4-unit station with a total output of 3,524 megawatts (MW) and is located in the Municipality of Clarington in Durham Region, 70 km east of Toronto
Ukraine weighs unpopular plan to expand draft as country grapples with lack of recruits amid Russia war
Newly recruited soldiers who mark the end of their training at a military base close to Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 25, 2023. As the third year of war begins, the most sensitive and urgent challenge pressing on Ukraine is whether it can muster enough new soldiers to repel – and eventually drive out – an enemy with far more fighters at its disposal. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Gold miner Newmont beats fourth-quarter profit estimates, plans to divest mines in Canada, Australia
FILE PHOTO: Visitors speak with a representative at the Newmont Corp booth at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) annual conference in Toronto, Ontario, Canada March 1, 2020. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File Photo
Houthi rebel missile sets cargo ship ablaze; Israel intercepts separate attack near Eilat
Greek-flagged bulk cargo vessel Sea Champion is docked to the port of Aden, Yemen to which it arrived after being attacked in the Red Sea in what appears to have been a mistaken missile strike by Houthi militia, February 21, 2024. REUTERS/Fawaz Salman
Quebecor reports fourth-quarter profit and revenue up, raises quarterly dividend
Quebecor headquarters is seen in Montreal on Thursday, May 11, 2023.  THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
Morning Update: Details withheld on fired scientists to save health agency embarrassment, MPs say
The National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg, Manitoba on June 17, 2021. SHANNON VANRAES / THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Teck Resources fourth-quarter profit beats targets on strong coal sales, copper output
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/File Photo
How a shadowy takeover decimated Zimbabwe’s biggest opposition party
Youth arrive at the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) offices in Bulawayo on January 30, 2024 where youth aligned to Nelson Chamisa, Zimbabwe's main opposition leader, erected a banner and painted the CCC office walls blue in solidarity after Chamisa recently quit his own party. (Photo by Zinyange Auntony / AFP) (Photo by ZINYANGE AUNTONY/AFP via Getty Images)
How Canada can improve its ‘C’ grade in innovation
How much should we listen to our wearable health-tracking devices?
The bravery of Alexey Navalny will outlive Putin’s cruelty
Flowers and a portrait of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny that Lyudmila Navalnaya, mother of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, put to pay tribute to her son at the at the memorial to victims of political repression, in Salekhard, 1937 km (1211 miles) northeast of Moscow, Russia, on Feb. 20.
How Kiawentiio went from a ‘little arty kid’ to the star of Avatar: The Last Airbender
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 15: Kiawentiio Tarbell attends Netflix's "Avatar: The Last Airbender" world premiere at The Egyptian Theatre Hollywood on February 15, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Presley Ann/Getty Images for Netflix)
Japan’s Nikkei stock index breaks its 1989 record and surges to an all-time high
Pedestrians watch an electronic board displaying the closing numbers of Nikkei index of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on Feb. 22.
Thursday’s Insider Report: BCE CEO invests $500,000 after shares briefly entered oversold territory
Bell Canada signage is pictured in Ottawa on Wednesday Sept. 7, 2022.
Thursday’s analyst upgrades and downgrades
The Canadian flag flutters in the wind at the TD Centre in Toronto’s Financial District, on Mar 15, 2023.
Oil settles higher as pressure mounts in the Middle East
FILE - In this April 24, 2015, file photo, pumpjacks work in a field in the Permian Basin near Lovington, N.M. Top officials with the largest Native American tribe in the United States are renewing a request for congressional leaders to hold a field hearing before deciding on federal legislation aimed at limiting oil and gas development around Chaco Culture National Historical Park. The Navajo Nation has struggled for years with high poverty rates and joblessness, and the tribe’s legislative leaders say individual Navajo allottees stand to lose an important source of income if a 10-mile buffer is created around the park. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
International efforts to broker Israel-Hamas ceasefire gain steam as U.S. envoy visits
Palestinians look at the destruction after an Israeli strike on residential buildings and a mosque in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Thursday, Fe. 22, 2024(AP Photo/Hatem Ali)
The Close: TSX closes at 22-month high powered by tech rally
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., February 6, 2024.
Fall COVID-19 vaccine cut illness risk by half overall
Doctors say it's important to get the updated version of the COVID-19 vaccine, which offers protection against the XBB.1.5 subvariant driving a current rise in cases. A pharmacist prepares to administer a Moderna Spikevax COVID-19 vaccine at a CVS, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023, in Cypress, Texas. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Melissa Phillip-Houston Chronicle via AP
Peaking interest rates, economic resilience have investors planning to put more money to work in 2024
Bay Street in Canada's financial district is shown in Toronto on Wednesday, March 18, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
‘Film criticism needed a push’: The oral history of Cinema Scope, Canada’s gift to global cinephiles
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Beading businesses bridge communities and create paths to entrepreneurship
Hard choices lie ahead as Canada prepares to meet NATO defence target
John Ibbitson
Will this couple run out of money because they retired early? Plus: What’s the bigger risk to your retirement – cuts to the CPP or declines in stocks and real estate?
Facelift -Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. Photo by Ashley Fraser, Globe and Mail
Nvidia adds record US$277-billion in stock market value
A Nvidia office building is shown in Santa Clara, Calif., May 31, 2023.
What every Canadian investor needs to know today
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., February 20, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
AI-darling Nvidia’s earnings could boost its sway over U.S. stock market
A smartphone with a displayed NVIDIA logo is placed on a computer motherboard in this illustration taken March 6, 2023.
Japan’s crazy 1980s bubble a dim memory as Nikkei hits record high
Visitors using their smartphones take photos of an electronic screen displaying Japan's Nikkei share average surged past an all-time record high scaled in December 1989, inside a building in Tokyo, Japan February 22.
Boost your career by working these six activities into your morning routine
Harvey Schachter
Is Trudeau leading the Liberals to an election day shellacking?
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Details withheld on fired scientists to save health agency embarrassment, MPs say
The National Microbiology Laboratory is shown in Winnipeg on May 19, 2009. The University of Manitoba has cut ties with a researcher who helped develop the Ebola vaccine while she is being investigated by the RCMP.A spokesperson says Dr. Xiangguo Qiu and her husband, Keding Cheng, have both had their non-salaried adjunct appointment at the university severed pending the investigation.THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
Why this former communications professional retired at 55 – and her advice on the transition
Elaine Gamble poses of photos in Gibbons Park in London, Ontario on Sunday, February 11, 2024. The Globe and Mail/ Geoff Robins
‘Now is the time for NATO to … dismantle Vladimir Putin’s regime.’ Ukraine’s defence, plus other letters to the editor for Feb. 22
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov in Kazan, Russia February 21, 2024. Sputnik/Sergei Bobylev/Pool via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.
McAvoy scores in overtime as Bruins edge Oilers in dramatic overtime win
EDMONTON, CANADA - FEBRUARY 21: Zach Hyman #18 of the Edmonton Oilers battles against goaltender Jeremy Swayman #1 of the Boston Bruins during the second period at Rogers Place on February 21, 2024 in Edmonton, Canada. (Photo by Codie McLachlan/Getty Images)
Auston Matthews scores 50th, 51st goals in hometown return to help Maple Leafs beat Coyotes, 6-3
Feb 21, 2024; Tempe, Arizona, USA; Toronto Maple Leafs right wing William Nylander (88) celebrates after scoring a goal during the third period against the Arizona Coyotes at Mullett Arena. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports
Orlando stroll to 3-0 win over Cavalry in Champions Cup first leg
Cavalry FC's Eryk Kobza, left, and Orlando City's Ivan Angulo vie for the ball during the second half of a CONCACAF Champions Cup soccer match, in Langford, B.C., on Wednesday, February 21, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Ram 1500 loses Hemi V8, but smaller engine performs better
Both version of the new Ram 1500 engine produce more horsepower than the previous V8.
Maestro Fresh Wes becomes the first ever hip hop recipient of the Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards
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Your daily horoscope: February 22, 2024
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Abigail Levy stands tall for New York in 3-2 shootout win over Montreal
ELMONT, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 21: New York celebrates the second goal of the game by Alex Carpenter #25 (R) against Montreal at UBS Arena on February 21, 2024 in Elmont, New York. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
Aerin Frankel allows one goal, Boston beats Ottawa 3-1
ELMONT, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 21: A close-up of a PWHL puck during the game between New York and Montreal at UBS Arena on February 21, 2024 in Elmont, New York. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
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