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March 9

Brad Gushue wins 2024 Canadian men’s curling championship for sixth Brier title
Canada skip Brad Gushue celebrates after defeating Saskatchewan 9-5 in 9 ends to win the final at the Brier, in Regina, Sunday, March 10, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Djokovic wins in return to Indian Wells after 5-year absence; Coco Gauff rallies to avoid early exit
Clara Burel, of France, returns to Coco Gauff, of the United States, at the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament, Saturday, March 9, 2024, in Indian Wells, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
John Tavares scores third-period winner as Maple Leafs edge Canadiens 3-2
Bordeleau scores twice, Chrona earns first win in net, Sharks beat Senators 2-1
San Jose Sharks center Thomas Bordeleau (17) reacts after scoring a goal past Ottawa Senators goaltender Joonas Korpisalo (70) and defenseman Jacob Bernard-Docker (24) during the first period of an NHL hockey game in San Jose, Calif., Saturday, March 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
U.S. dispatches aid ship to Gaza after Biden vows to build pier
Personnel board the U.S. Army Vessel (USAV) General Frank S. Besson (LSV-1) from the 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary), 3rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command, XVIII Airborne Corps as it departs en route to the Eastern Mediterranean after President Biden announced the U.S. would provide humanitarian assistance to Gaza by sea, at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, United States, March 9, 2024. US CENTCOM via X/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY
Dangerous person alert ends in Nova Scotia with arrests, police say
The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police "E" Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on Friday April 13, 2018. A warning from RCMP for residents of a community in central Nova Scotia to shelter in their homes while they searched for suspects has ended. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Strong ninth inning leads Blue Jays to 13-5 spring training win over Phillies
Toronto Blue Jays' George Springer watches a fly ball in the first inning of a spring training baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies Monday, March 4, 2024, in Dunedin, Fla. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Alex Tuch scores in shootout as Sabres overcome 2-goal deficit to beat Oilers 3-2
Edmonton Oilers center Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (93) is stopped by Buffalo Sabres goaltender Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (1) during the shootout of an NHL hockey game Saturday, March 9, 2024, in Buffalo, N.Y. (AP Photo/Jeffrey T. Barnes)
Insigne’s long-range rocket lifts Toronto FC past Charlotte FC in home opener
Toronto FC's Lorenzo Insigne, right, battles for the ball with Charlotte FC's Kerwin Vargas during first half MLS action in Toronto, Saturday, March 9, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Stratolaunch conducts first powered flight of new hypersonic vehicle off California coast
MOJAVE, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 24: The Stratolaunch Roc prepares to land at the Mojave Air and Space Port on February 24, 2024 in Mojave, California. Stratolaunch Roc, the largest plane in the world, was returning from a four hour 'captive carry' test flight carrying the Talon-A hypersonic test vehicle with live propellant over the Pacific Ocean. The dual-fuselage Stratolaunch Roc has a 385-foot wingspan and can support a payload of more than 500,000 pounds. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Trump blasts Biden over Laken Riley’s death after Biden says he regrets using term ‘illegal’
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally Saturday, March 9, 2024, in Rome Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
A decade since the Chibok abduction, more than 1,400 Nigerian students have been kidnapped
A boy walks past people selling on the street in Kaduna, Nigeria, Friday , March. 8, 2024. Security forces swept through large forests in Nigeria's northwest region on Friday in search of nearly 300 children who were abducted from their school a day earlier in the West African nation's latest mass kidnap which analysts and activists blamed on the failure of intelligence and slow security response. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba )
Report and letter signed by ‘Opie’ attract auction interest ahead of Oscars
J. Robert Oppenheimer's letter warning of Nuclear Proliferation written to Look Magazineis displayed at the RR Auction House in Boston, Massachusetts on March 8, 2024. The document's auction began February 23 and will end March 13, 2024. (Photo by Joseph Prezioso / AFP) (Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images)
Pope Francis urges Ukraine to ‘have the courage of the white flag,’ negotiate end of war with Russia
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy smiles during a joint news conference with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan following their meeting at Dolmabahce palace in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Sweden adds to the list of donors resuming funding the UN agency for Palestinians as Gaza hunger grows
United States Air Force drops humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, on Saturday, March 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Essa)
Alcohol excise tax capped at 2 per cent for two more years, Freeland announces
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says a tax on beer, spirits and wine is set to increase on April 1 to two per cent. Freeland responds to a question during a weekly news conference in Ottawa, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Charity workers load food aid on to barge in Cyprus headed for Gaza
Humanitarian aid for Gaza is loaded onto a platform next to a Spanish NGO Open Arms rescue vessel, as the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas continues, at the port of Larnaca, Cyprus March 9, 2024. REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou
Canadians among dozens of foreigners stranded in Haiti as country spirals into chaos
Haitian police officers deploy in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on March 9, 2024. Sporadic gunfire rang out in Port-au-Prince late March 8, an AFP correspondent there heard, as residents desperately sought shelter amid the recent explosion of gang violence in the Haitian capital. (Photo by Clarens SIFFROY / AFP) (Photo by CLARENS SIFFROY/AFP via Getty Images)
Biden signs a package of spending bills passed by Congress just hours before a shutdown deadline
U.S. President Joe Biden gestures as he departs Philadelphia International Airport for a campaign trip to Georgia, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., March 9, 2024. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Ireland set to keep ‘sexist’ constitutional language about mother’s role
FILE PHOTO: Ireland's Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Leo Varadkar walks to cast his vote in a referendum on changes to the Irish constitution called the Family Amendment and the Care Amendment, at Scoil Treasa Naofa in Dublin, Ireland March 8, 2024. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne/File Photo
Retiree chooses condo on Calgary outskirts with resort-level amenities
Done Deal, 2330 Fish Creek Blvd. S.W., No. 2168, Calgary, Alta.
Caribbean leaders call an emergency meeting on Monday with U.S., Canada and France on Haiti
FILE - A youth walks by charred cars outside a police station set on fire by armed gangs in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, March 5, 2024. Unrelenting gang attacks in Haiti have paralyzed the country and left it with dwindling supplies of basic goods. Worsening the situation is this week's closure of Port-au-Prince's main seaport. The move left stranded scores of containers filled with critical items like food and medical supplies in a country where U.N. officials say half the population does not have enough to eat and 1.4 million are starving. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)
With AI, workplace surveillance has ‘skyrocketed,’ leaving Canadian laws behind
Officers weren’t told of threats to harm police, says RCMP report on 2022 convoy protests
A truck convoy of anti-COVID-19 vaccine mandate demonstrators block the highway at the busy U.S. border crossing in Coutts, Alta., Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Lingering winter storm to dump more snow in N.L. today, high winds also expected
A long duration winter weather event on the Avalon Penisula that began late Thursday night is expected to drop 50-80 cms of snow, ice pellets and more snow before it finishes up on Saturday. Water Street in downtown St. John's was quiet on Friday, March 8, 2024 as most businesses did not open. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Daly
Western Canada: RCMP reveals results of investigation into UCP leadership race
Alberta RCMP Superintendent Rick Jane announces their will be no charges laid in the 2017 UCP leadership race, in Edmonton, Friday, March 8, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson.
Canada needs an Inuk astronaut
Michael Byers Professor & Canada Research Chair, University of British Columbia Senior Global Visiting Fellow, University of St Andrews, Scotland Co-Director, Outer Space Institute
Mortgage holders in B.C. and Ontario increasingly missing payments, the Home of the Week and more top real estate stories
Home of the Week, 61 King St., Port Hope, Ont.
At Chinese seafood factories with ties to Canada, North Korean workers face captivity, violence and sexual assault
Ian watching the Chinese fishing fleet through binoculars while on a ship between North and South Korea in May 2019. Fábio Nascimento/The Outlaw Ocean Project Second submission of better quality images.
Pakistan’s former President Zardari wins another term
(FILES) Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari gives a joint press conference with Eu Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana European, Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, Czech Republic President Vaclav Klaus (out of camera range) after an EU-Pakistan Troika summit, on June 17, 2009 at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels. Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of Pakistan's slain first female premier Benazir Bhutto who has had a life storied equally by tragedy and farce, is set to become president for a second time on March 9, 2024. (Photo by JOHN THYS / AFP) (Photo by JOHN THYS/AFP via Getty Images)
Humour and horror collide at the National Gallery’s Nick Sikkuark retrospective
_DSF4395.jpg For my article about the Inuk artist Nick Sikkuark's solo show on a the National Gallery of Canada,
Romania wins legal battle against a Canadian miner over failed plans to open a gold mine
The entrance of a closed goldmine gallery is seen near Rosia Montana, central Romania, March 24, 2014. Romania's lower house rejected a bill on June 3 that would have enabled Canada's Gabriel Resources to set up Europe's biggest open-cast gold mine in the small Carpathian town of Rosia Montana, putting the project on hold indefinitely. The bill, which was initially approved by the leftist government of Prime Minister Victor Ponta, drew thousands of anti-mine protesters into the streets across the European Union state last year, prompting the senate to strike it down. Picture taken March 24, 2014. REUTERS/Bogdan Cristel (ROMANIA - Tags: BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT POLITICS) - GM1EA64042801
Which Canadian festival is cancelling its 2024 edition? Take our news quiz
A woman walks by the Just for Laughs festival at the Quartier du Spectacle, Friday, July 16, 2021 in Montreal.
Mulroney’s key role in mobilizing aid for Ethiopia shouldn’t be forgotten
Toronto, July 26 2010 Samuel Getachew, an Ethiopian-born Canadian citizen who is trying to change the name of section of Danforth Ave., to Little Ethiopia photographed before having lunch at Wasema Restaurant on Danforth Ave., East of Woodbine Ave., Toronto. Photo by: Fernando Morales/The Globe and Mail
If China and Russia combine forces, they’ll be a major threat to American hegemony
Russian President Vladimir Putin is welcomed by Chinese President Xi Jinping during a ceremony at the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing, China, October 17, 2023. Sputnik/Sergei Savostyanov/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
As CBC’s ad sales fall, the taxpayers step in
CBC president and chief executive Catherine Tait waits to appear before the Heritage committee in Ottawa on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024. Tait says it's the public broadcaster's financial model and governance that need reviewing, not its mandate. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Israel strikes landmark residential tower in southern Rafah as truce talks stall
A Palestinian boy sits outside a residential building destroyed in an Israeli strike in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Saturday, March 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali)
Ottawa residents hold vigil for victims of Barrhaven mass killing
Flowers sit at the scene of a homicide where six people were found dead in the Barrhaven suburb of Ottawa on March 7. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Why films about the past remain vital in the present
This image released by Universal Pictures shows Cillian Murphy in a scene from "Oppenheimer." (Universal Pictures via AP)
Cattle numbers fall to lowest point in more than three decades
Wade and Jaimie Nelson check up on their cattle on their ranch near High River, Alberta March 8, 2024. Todd Korol/The Globe and Mail�
A deficit of choice for the Liberals as budget day approaches
Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux waits to appear before the Senate Committee on National Finance, Tuesday, October 17, 2023 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Is Canada prepared for a measles outbreak? Many health officials are on high alert
Oma Nnagbo, right, waits to have her measles, mumps and rubella vaccination, as her father, Michael, center, watches the nurses prepare at a pop-up clinic in Wolverhampton, England on Feb. 16, 2024. After a national incident was declared in January, officials have been scrambling to address problematically low levels of immunization. (Andrew Testa/The New York Times)
Gold is hitting new record highs. But gold producers? Nope
File photo: An employee places ingots of 99.99 percent pure gold in a workroom at the Novosibirsk precious metals refining and manufacturing plant in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk, Russia, September 15, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Manzyuk/File photo
Curling Canada, tired of your mockery, sweeps aside the goofy image it once encouraged
Simon Houpt
It’s always wrong to criminalize speech
Marcus Gee
What’s driving the bull market? Nearly everything
Ian McGugan
Kids Help Phone launches initiative for Black youth
Kids Help Phone provides counselling by phone or online to more than 60,000 young people a year, and about one million young people reach out to the website for content, support, information or to find community-based services.
Big interest rate cuts this year? Ain’t gonna happen
Governor of the Bank of Canada, Tiff Macklem, speaking before the Canadian Club Toronto at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto on December 15, 2023 (Carlos Osorio/The Globe and Mail)
B.C. biotech boom: Vancouver looks to join the global big leagues of modern medicine
Dr Alan Eaves, CEO of STEMCELL Technologies in his lab. Vancouver, BC, Canada. (December 11, 2023)�
‘More Canadians should love … money.’ Canada no longer one of the richest nations, plus other letters to the editor for March 9
Statistics Canada is set to release its November gross domestic product report this morning, along with a preliminary estimate for economic growth in the fourth quarter. The Bay Street Financial District is shown with the Canadian flag in Toronto on Friday, August 5, 2022.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Jets cap busy trade deadline with 3-0 road win over Kraken
Mar 8, 2024; Seattle, Washington, USA; Winnipeg Jets goaltender Laurent Brossoit (39) blocks a goal shot against the Seattle Kraken during the second period at Climate Pledge Arena. Mandatory Credit: Steven Bisig-USA TODAY Sports
Golden Bears, Huskies win U Sport women’s consolation basketball tilts
A basketball net is seen before the first half of an NBA basketball game between the Detroit Pistons and the New York Knicks on Monday, Feb. 26, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)
Your daily horoscope: March 9, 2024
Pisces.
Musk says X’s long-form videos will soon be available on smart TVs
FILE - Elon Musk appears at an event with Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in London, on Nov. 2, 2023. Musk is suing OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman over what he says is a betrayal of the ChatGPT maker's founding aims of benefiting humanity rather than pursuing profits. In a lawsuit filed Thursday Feb. 29, 2024 at San Francisco Superior Court, billionaire Musk said that when he bankrolled OpenAI's creation, he secured an agreement with Altman and Greg Brockman, the president, to keep the AI company as a non-profit that would develop technology for the benefit of the public. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, Pool, File)
Attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels sees explosions ahead of Singapore-flagged ship in the Gulf of Aden
Protesters, mainly Houthi supporters, hold up firearms as they rally to show solidarity with the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, in Sanaa, Yemen March 8, 2024. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah
Trump meets with Hungary’s leader, Viktor Orban, continuing his embrace of autocrats
FILE - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks at CPAC in Dallas, Aug. 4, 2022. Former President Donald Trump is meeting Friday, March 8, 2024, with Orban, a prominent conservative populist whose crackdowns in Hungary have sparked criticism that he's eroding that country's democracy. The meeting comes as Hungary has had conflicts with President Joe Biden's administration. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)
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