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Calgary homeowners reap the rewards of a rising market
Mike Moreau outside a house he just sold in the hot real estate market in Calgary, Alberta March 25, 2024. Todd Korol/The Globe and Mail
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Rob Carrick
U.S. economic growth for last quarter revised up slightly to healthy 3.4% annual rate
The WestRock Paperboard Mill is in Solvay, N.Y., is shown on Jan. 16, 2024. On Thursday, March 28, 2024, the U.S. government issues the third and final estimate of economic growth in the October-December quarter. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)
The new OSFI cap on mortgages to highly indebted borrowers, coming in 2025
Canada's banking regulator is expected to make an announcement regarding the interest rate used in a key stress test for uninsured mortgages this morning. New homes are built in a housing construction development in the west-end of Ottawa on May 6, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Bearish bets, torpedo stocks and short squeezes on the TSX
The Bay Street Financial District is shown with the Canadian flag in Toronto on Friday, August 5, 2022.
Mercedes partly loses class action case over diesel defeat devices
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Mercedes-Benz is seen outside a Mercedes-Benz car dealer in Reze near Nantes, France, March 27, 2024. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe/File Photo
Canada’s GDP outperforms growth forecast in January, likely grew 0.4% in February
A general view along the Honda CRV production line is shown during a tour of a Honda manufacturing plant in Alliston, Ont., Wednesday, Apr. 5, 2023. Statistics Canada says wholesale sales excluding petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons as well as oilseeds and grains fell 1.4 per cent to $80.9 billion in April. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich marks year in Russian prison as courts keep extending time behind bars
FILE PHOTO: Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who is in custody on espionage charges, stands behind a glass wall of an enclosure for defendants as he attends a court hearing to consider extending his detention in Moscow, Russia, March 26, 2024. Moscow City Court's Press Office/Handout via REUTERS/ File photo
Mild winter wreaks havoc on BRP snowmobile sales as Ski-Doo maker cuts production
BRP Inc. says it disagrees with findings from Quebec’s workplace health and safety board that the snowmobile maker broke the law in underpaying workers it brought in to work at its plant in Quebec from a facility in Mexico. A BRP logo is shown at the research and innovation plant in Valcourt, Que., on November 9, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
Walgreens takes US$5.8-billion hit on VillageMD bet amid CEO focus on profit
FILE - A Walgreens Pharmacy sign is seen, June 25, 2019, in Pittsburgh. Walgreens has been fined $275,000 by the state of Vermont as part of a settlement of complaints that some of national pharmacy chain's Vermont stores unexpectedly closed, had untenable working conditions for pharmacists, and made medication and vaccination errors during the coronavirus pandemic, the secretary of state announced Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
Firmer oil prices expected as demand builds and supply curbs persist, poll suggests
An array of pumpjacks operate Thursday, July 7, 2022, in Odessa, Texas. (Eli Hartman/Odessa American via AP)
Citi strategists pick ‘AI-at-a-reasonable-price’ stocks
A slogan related to Artificial Intelligence (AI) is displayed on a screen in Intel pavilion, during the 54th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 16, 2024.
Obama, Bill Clinton to join Biden to raise $25-million at event with Queen Latifah and Lizzo
(FILES) Former US President Barack Obama and US President Joe Biden participate in a rally in support of Democratic US Senate candidate John Fetterman in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on November 5, 2022. When Biden takes the stage with Obama at an election fundraiser in New York this week, it will be all smiles for a duo who collectively have spent nearly a dozen years in the White House. But while Biden, 81, will be glad to have the star power of Obama and also former Democratic president Bill Clinton at the event on Thursday, there will also be tensions with his former boss, whom he served as vice president for two terms. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
Eneco drops out of tender for massive Dutch offshore wind farm
FILE PHOTO: A power-generating wind turbine is seen at the Eneco Luchterduinen offshore wind farm near Amsterdam, Netherlands September 26, 2017. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo
Tesla deliveries face hit from slowdown in China, soft demand
A Tesla logo has rain drops on it Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024, in Charlotte, N.C. In campaigns for Congress and for governor around the country, candidates are talking about how green the grid should be. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Cancer treatment can be a lonely journey for a young mom. This is how I navigated it
They say baseball is boring. But that’s a gift, not a burden
Mar 26, 2024; Anaheim, California, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani (17) strikes out in the third inning against the Los Angeles Angels at Angel Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports
Carbon pricing is still the best way we have to support low-carbon economic growth
Canada's carbon price could slash greenhouse gas emissions by more than 100 million tonnes a year by 2030 but only about one-fifth of that will come from the consumer carbon price at the centre of Conservative attacks. Smoke rises from the stacks at an energy facility in Toronto on Thursday January 15, 2009. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
Flying in Canada is miserable – and airlines are fighting to keep it that way
Robyn Urback
Thames Water shareholders refuse to invest more money, throwing the utility’s future in doubt
FILE PHOTO: Signage is seen for British utility company Thames Water at a repair site in London, Britain, June 28, 2023. REUTERS/Toby Melville/
David Rosenberg, once one of the most bearish on Canada’s housing market, is now changing his tune
President of Rosenberg Research, David Rosenberg, poses for a portrait in their temporary office space in Toronto, on Wednesday, Dec.,18, 2019. (Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail)
Critics say Ontario’s new space for press conferences means less access for media
Ontario Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy speaks in the government's new communication centre in the basement of a building connected to the Ontario legislature by tunnel on Tuesday March 26, 2024. The Ontario government is spending about $310,000 on a new space for press conferences, which opposition parties say duplicates a room that already exists and will mean less access for the media. THE CANADIAN PRERSS/Liam Casey
Trump’s team cites First Amendment in contesting charges in Georgia election interference case
FILE - Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally, March 9, 2024, in Rome Ga. Lawyers for former President Donald Trump argued in a court filing that the charges against him in the Georgia election interference case seek to criminalize political speech and advocacy conduct that is protected by the First Amendment. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee plans to hear arguments on that filing and on two pretrial motions filed by former Georgia Republican Party chair David Shafer during a hearing set for Thursday. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)
China lifts tariffs on Australian wine, ends three-year freeze in trade
Wine bottles from around the world fill shelves in the cellar of Trio Wine Bar in Beijing, China November 1, 2023. REUTERS/Florence Lo/File Photo
Lawsuits over Baltimore bridge collapse likely, though limited, lawyers say
FILE PHOTO: Wreckage lies across the deck of the Dali cargo vessel, which crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge causing it to collapse, in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., March 27, 2024. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo
How the U.S. stock market rocketed through the first quarter
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., February 29.
Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary does not care who runs Boeing as long as problems fixed
FILE PHOTO: A Boeing logo is seen at the 54th International Paris Airshow at Le Bourget Airport near Paris, France, June 18, 2023. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo
Putin says he won’t start a war with NATO but Western bases hosting Ukraine F-16s would be targets
A Romanian Air Force F-16 military fighter jet taxies on the runway at the end of an Air Policing exercise at the Baza 86 military air base, outside Fetesti, Romania, Wednesday, March 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
Britain’s economy went into recession last year, official figures confirm
FILE PHOTO: People walk over London Bridge looking at a view of Tower Bridge in the City of London financial district in London, Britain, October 25, 2023. REUTERS/ Susannah Ireland/File Photo
Morning Update: Diaspora groups tell inquiry of foreign intimidation efforts
Association of Families of Flight PS752 representative Hamed Esmaeilion (left), Falun Dafa Association of Canada's Grace Dai Wollensak, and Uyghur Rights Advocacy Project's Mehmet Tohti listen to Russian Canadian Democratic Alliance's Yuriy Novodvorskiy (right) at the Public Inquiry Into Foreign Interference in Federal Electoral Processes and Democratic Institutions, Wednesday, March 27, 2024, in Ottawa.
Canada’s foreign policy and its domestic politics on Israel’s war against Hamas are shifting
John Ibbitson
In coastal Alaska, Ketchikan prepares for the day cable TV goes dark
Dan Lindgren is a general manager with Ketchikan Public Utilities, which will shut down its cable television service later this year. Photographed March 15, 2024. Nathan VanderKlippe/The Globe and Mail
Our Enemies Will Vanish captures Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in a blow-by-blow account
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Thursday’s analyst upgrades and downgrades
An Air Canada jet is moved on the tarmac at the airport, Wednesday, Nov.15, 2023 in Vancouver.
War’s gruesome toll on Palestinian children stuns doctors visiting Gaza
Pediatrician Tanya Haj-Hassan, examines wounded Gazan children at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza. Saturday, March 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Oil rises more than $1 a barrel on tighter supply outlook
FILE PHOTO: Oil rig pumpjacks, also known as thirsty birds, extract crude from the Wilmington Field oil deposits area near Long Beach, California July 30, 2013. REUTERS/David McNew//File Photo
Immigration is more than a numbers game
FILE PHOTO: Canada's Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Marc Miller takes part in a press conference in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada January 29, 2024. REUTERS/Blair Gable/File Photo
The close: TSX at new record high as S&P 500 secures strongest first quarter since 2019
A Toronto Stock Exchange ticker is seen at The Exchange Tower in Toronto on Thursday, August 18, 2011.
Indigenous consulting companies place community at the centre of their work
Growing Dahlias and writing his memoir keeps this retiree busy. Plus: How ‘drop-out’ years affect Canadians’ CPP retirement benefits
Ian Raynor, a retiree stands on his deck at his home in Strathroy, Ontario on Monday, March 11, 2024. The Globe and Mail/ Geoff Robins
Justice Minister says online harms bill would blunt Supreme Court ruling making child pornography investigations harder
A man uses a computer keyboard in Toronto in this Sunday, Oct. 9, 2023 photo illustration. A town in Ontario's Muskoka region has shared more details about a cybersecurity incident earlier this month. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy
Patients say B.C. pharmacies paying prohibited cash incentives to fill prescriptions at their locations
A patient displays medications and a $50 cash kickback that a pharmacy employee delivered to him, in violation of College of Pharmacists of B.C. bylaws, on Feb. 6, 2024, in Vancouver. The man tells The Globe and Mail that the pharmacy pays him $50 per week and does not change his fentanyl patches, as ordered by his doctor.
Markets brace for more rate cut mood swings after wild Q1
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during afternoon trading on March 27.
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‘If Canadians are not willing to make this sacrifice to … fulfill NATO commitments, we should be ashamed of ourselves.’ Paying for defence? Plus other letters to the editor for March 28
Deputy Whip of the NDP, Heather McPherson, looks on as NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh speaks to reporters in the Foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Monday, March 18, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison for multi-billion dollar FTX fraud
Sam Bankman-Fried, second from right, stands flanked by his attorneys, Marc Mukasy, left, and Torrey Young, right, while Judge Kaplan announces his sentence in Manhattan federal court, Thursday, March. 28, 2024, in New York. Crypto entrepreneur Bankman-Fried was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in prison for a massive fraud that unraveled with the collapse of FTX, once one of the world's most popular platforms for exchanging digital currency. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)
Powerball jackpot increases to $935-million after no one wins the top prize
FILE - A display panel advertises tickets for a Powerball drawing at a convenience store, Nov. 7, 2022, in Renfrew, Pa. There is an $865 million Powerball jackpot up for grabs Wednesday night, March 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)
Judge seems skeptical of Hunter Biden’s request to dismiss tax charges
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 27: Abbe Lowell, attorney for Hunter Biden, departs federal court where Biden's attorneys sought dismissal of tax-related charges on March 27, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, did not appear at the hearing and has pleaded not guilty to the charges. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
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Four Ontario school boards sue Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok owners over platforms’ alleged harm to students
Colleen Russell Rawlins, Director of Education with the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) is photographed by grade 2 and 3 students in the library at Selwyn Elementary School on Mar 27, 2024. Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail
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