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Australian police shoot 16-year-old boy dead after stabbing
The attack, in the suburb of Willetton, had “hallmarks” of terrorism but was yet to be declared a terrorist act, police said.
Bernardeschi ends drought with two goals, lift Toronto FC past FC Dallas
Toronto FC forward Federico Bernardeschi (10) scores on FC Dallas goalkeeper Maarten Paes (30) during first half MLS action in Toronto, Saturday, May 4, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
Minnesota Timberwolves beat Denver Nuggets 106-99 in Game 1
Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards reacts after hitting a basket in the first half of Game 1 of an NBA basketball second-round playoff series against the Denver Nuggets, Saturday, May 4, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Trudeau acknowledges charges in Nijjar killing, calls for commitment to democracy
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to the audience during the Sikh Foundation Gala in Toronto on Saturday, May 4, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Arlyn McAdorey
Dick Rutan, one of two pilots behind historic round-the-world flight, dies at 85
FILE - Sir Richard Branson, left, shakes hands with record breaking aviator Dick Rutan after Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo space tourism rocket was unveiled, Friday, Feb. 19, 2016, in Mojave, Calif. Rutan, a decorated Vietnam War pilot, who along with copilot Jeana Yeager completed one of the greatest milestones in aviation history: the first round-the-world flight with no stops or refueling, died late Friday, May 3, 2024. He was 85. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)
Taylor Pendrith leads Byron Nelson as one of several seeking first PGA Tour victory
Taylor Pendrith, right, laughs with fellow competitor Davis Riley, left, at the second hole tee box during the third round of the Byron Nelson golf tournament in McKinney, Texas, Saturday, May 4, 2024. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Leafs’ Auston Matthews named finalist for Lady Byng Trophy
TORONTO, CANADA - APRIL 24: Auston Matthews #34 of the Toronto Maple Leafs waits for a faceoff on a powerplay against the Boston Bruins in Game Three of the First Round of the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Scotiabank Arena on April 24, 2024 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Claus Andersen/Getty Images)
Mystik Dan wins 150th Kentucky Derby by a nose in a 3-horse photo finish
Kentucky Derby entrant Grand Mo The First gets a bath after a workout at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., May 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Toronto Blue Jays beat Washington Nationals 6-3
Toronto Blue Jays' Bo Bichette reacts after he struck out during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals, Saturday, May 4, 2024, in Washington. Bichette was ejected from the game. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
WestJet issues 72-hour lockout notice to mechanics union, prepares to reduce schedule
A ground worker approaches a WestJet Airlines Boeing 737 Max aircraft after it arrived at Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, B.C., on Thursday, January 21, 2021. WestJet has issued a 72-hour lockout notice to the union representing its mechanics, and warns a work stoppage could happen as early as Tuesday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Boston wins 4-3 over Montreal, clinches spot in PWHL postseason
Boston defender Kaleigh Fratkin (13) pushes Ottawa forward Tereza Vanisova off the puck during second period PWHL hockey action in Ottawa on Wednesday, April 24, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Princess Anne, sister of King Charles, lays wreath at B.C. veteran’s cemetery
Princess Anne salutes after laying a commemorative wreath following a tour at the God's Acre cemetery at Esquimalt, B.C., on Saturday, May 4, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
London Drugs says stores gradually reopening after cybersecurity incident
People wait outside of the London Drugs Kerrisdale location on Monday, April. 29, 2024. London Drugs says it is gradually reopening its stores following a cybersecurity incident that's shut all of its more than 80 locations across Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and B.C. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
Dead bodies found in Mexico most likely are missing American and Australian surfers
A navy officer walks near the scene where human remains were found near La Bocana Beach, Santo Tomas delegation, in Ensenada, Baja California State, Mexico, on May 3, 2024.  . The FBI said on Friday that three bodies were found in Mexico's Baja California, near an area where two Australians and an American went missing last week during a surfing trip. "We confirm there were three individuals found deceased in Santo Tomas, Baja California," a statement from the FBI's office in San Diego said without providing identities of the victims. (Photo by Guillermo Arias / AFP) (Photo by GUILLERMO ARIAS/AFP via Getty Images)
Black youth face multiple barriers in accessing mental health care, experts say
The Black Physicians' Association of Ontario will be holding a conference today to address the barriers faced by Black youth in getting mental health care. Dr. Mojola Omole, president of the Black Physicians' Association of Ontario, is seen in an undated handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-BPAO, Corina V. Photography, *MANDATORY CREDIT*
Madonna’s biggest-ever concert transforms Rio’s Copacabana beach into a massive dance floor
Madonna performs during a concert at the Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil May 4, 2024. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares
Haaland scores four in another win for Man City
Nottingham Forest's Callum Hudson-Odoi, left, celebrates after scoring his side's first goal of the game, during the English Premier League soccer match between Sheffield United and Nottingham Forest, at Bramall Lane, in Sheffield, England, Saturday May 4, 2024. (Danny Lawson/PA via AP)
Canada advances to world under-18 hockey final with 5-4 semifinal win over Sweden
Goalkeeper Carter George of Canada makes a save during the 2024 IIHF ice hockey U18 world championships semifinal match between Canada and Sweden in Espoo, Finland, Saturday May 4, 2024. (Jussi Nukari/Lehtikuva via AP)
25 arrested at University of Virginia after police moved in on pro-Palestinian protesters
Police with riot shields detain a pro-Palestinian demonstrator as a National Lawyers Guild representative holds up an emergency contact notebook, on the grounds of the University of Virginia, in Charlottesville, Va., where tents are set up, Saturday, May 4, 2024. (Cal Cary/The Daily Progress via AP)
Boeing is on the verge of launching astronauts aboard new capsule, the newest entry to space travel
Boeing Crew Flight Test crew members Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore work in the Boeing Starliner simulator at the Johnson Space Center in Houston on Nov. 3, 2022. The first flight of Boeing’s Starliner capsule with a crew on board is scheduled for Monday, May 6, 2024. (NASA/Robert Markowitz)
Russia puts Ukrainian President Zelensky on its wanted list
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy inspects the fortification lines in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Tuesday, April 9, 2024. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)
Israeli forces kill five Palestinians in overnight raid near West Bank’s Tulkarm
Israeli soldiers operate next to a military bulldozer during an Israeli raid in Deir al-Ghusun, in the Israeli occupied West Bank, May 4, 2024. REUTERS/Raneen Sawafta
London’s Mayor Sadiq Khan wins historic third term
London Mayoral Labour Party candidate Sadiq Khan and his wife Saadiya Ahmed pose for the media as they arrive to vote in London, Thursday, May 2, 2024. Khan, is seeking re-election, and standing against 12 other candidates for the post of Mayor of London. There are other Mayoral elections in English cities and as well as local council elections. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Rejected in earlier attempts, Calgary bungalow quickly sells in more active market
Done Deal, 207 Parkridge Hill S.E., Calgary
Judge to rule on validity of Quebec language law because it delays English verdicts
A Quebec court judge will decide whether the province's new language reform is constitutional, because a section of the law systematically delays the delivery of English verdicts. A lawyer walks past the courthouse in Montreal, Wednesday, July 12, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
Toronto condo buyers gain upper hand, the Home of the Week and more top real estate stories
Home of the Week, 811 Indian Rd., Mississauga
Western Canada: Alberta faces off with Edmonton and Calgary over transit funding
Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek speaks in Calgary on Tuesday, April 25, 2023. The mayors of Alberta's two biggest cities say the province has slashed about $12 million in funding meant to help low income residents access public transit. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Europapa or Baby Lasagna? Contestants to look out for at Eurovision 2024
People are seen at the entrance to the Eurovision Village, a fan zone that will host music perfermances and live broadcasts of the 68th Eurovision Song Contest (ESC), in the Folkets park in Malmo, Sweden, on May 04, 2024. (Photo by Johan Nilsson/TT / TT NEWS AGENCY / AFP) / Sweden OUT (Photo by JOHAN NILSSON/TT/TT NEWS AGENCY/AFP via Getty Images)
Students in Ireland and Switzerland join Gaza protest wave
Trinity College houses a breathtaking historic library as well as the famous ninth-century Book of Kells.
Russian drones kill two in Ukraine’s Kharkiv and Dnipro regions and Odesa
A firefighter works at a site of a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Ukraine May 4, 2024. REUTERS/Vitalii Hnidyi
Buffett says Berkshire is in good hands, lauds Apple despite trimming stake
A cutout picture of Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett welcomes shareholders to shop at the Pampered Chef booth at the Berkshire Hathaway Inc annual shareholders' meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. May 3, 2024. REUTERS/Scott Morgan
India’s foreign minister rejects Biden’s ‘xenophobia’ comment
FILE PHOTO: India’s Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar waits for Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, in Tokyo, Japan, March 8, 2024. Hiro Komae/Pool via REUTERS/File photo
Justin Trudeau didn’t start the fire. But the Prime Minister helped stoke Canada’s political polarization
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivers remarks at the second intergovernmental leaders' forum for self-governing Indigenous governments, Thursday, May 2, 2024 in Gatineau, Que. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Formula 1: The Exhibition is a museum-grade show for the Drive to Survive crowd
F1 Exhibition’s Curator and Producer Tim Harvey looks past the 2020 Haas VF-20 F1 race car with its engine cover removed on display at the Formula One exhibition in Toronto. The F1 Exhibition opens in Toronto on May 3 and runs until mid-July. April 30, 2024. (Sammy Kogan/The Globe and Mail)
Under the shadow of war, West Bank settlers are pushing Palestinians from their lands
Toronto’s Villiers Island plan will waste a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity
Alex Bozikovic
We should embrace the lessons from B.C.’s decriminalization pilot
Dr. Vincent Lam, poses for a portrait at his office in Toronto, on Wednesday Feb. 1, 2023.
A commissioner for future generations could boost the well-being of tomorrow’s Canadians
Headshot Eric Noël
Hamas negotiators begin Gaza truce talks in Cairo
A person stands inside a building, damaged in an Israeli strike, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, May 3, 2024. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
‘Everything is one’: The healing power of orphan orca whale Kwiisahi?is’ escape
Rescue preparations continue as a two-year-old female orca calf, named kwiisahi?is, or Brave Little Hunter, by the Ehattesaht First Nation, is spotted at the Little Espinosa Inlet near Zeballos, B.C., Friday, April 19, 2024. The calf has been trapped alone in the lagoon since its pregnant mother became stranded on a rocky beach at low tide and died four weeks ago. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
Israeli radio station Galgalatz channels mood of a country grappling with latest return to violence
Israeli radio host Ahinoam Baer poses for a photo in the city of Jaffa, near Tel Aviv, Israel, on May 2, 2024. Oren Ziv/The Globe and Mail
The unlearned lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic
People line up and check in for an international flight at Pearson International Airport during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020. The federal government and a consumer rights advocate are squaring off in court over whether regulators misled passengers by encouraging travel credit rather than refunds at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Wildland firefighters call for change on frontlines of forest fire fight as season ramps up
Wildland firefighters work to extinguish embers in a forested area of Shining Bank, Alberta, Canada on May 19, 2023. In a country revered for placid landscapes and predictability, weeks of out-of-control wildfires raging across western Canada have ushered in a potent sense of fear, threatening a region that is the epicenter of the country’s oil and gas sector. (Jen Osborne/The New York Times)
Capital gains changes will affect investors with identical assets differently. Here’s why
A sign outside the Canada Revenue Agency is seen Monday May 10, 2021 in Ottawa. Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says the Canada Revenue Agency is to audit the province for not paying carbon levies on home heating. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
For nearly seven decades, Alberta has been winning the war on rats
FILE--A rat in a cage is shown Thursday, Nov. 4, 2004, in Elyria, Ohio. The 1950s-era poster says it all about Alberta's attitude to rates: "You can't ignore the rat," it reads, "Kill him." As the province struggles to maintain its self-proclaimed status as the only rat-free jurisdiction in North America, University of Alberta researchers say one of the main reasons rats in the province are big news today is because the rodents were so villified in a campaign six decades ago.THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/The Plain Dealer, Scott Shaw
Downtown Toronto faces a crush of rising office vacancies that could threaten building valuations
Contact photography festival probes identity from Turkestan to Manhattan
AgaKhan_2024_AlmagulMenlibayeva_Outdoor2_AishaBibi2010-MySilKRoadToYou Rv-contact-0503 ... an advance piece about the Contact photography festival 2024 Almagul Menlibayeva, Aisha Bibi, 2010, from the series My Silk Road to You. Courtesy of the artist
Cutting through the Noise: Quarterly reports are out. Here’s what to look for
Office towers are photographed in Toronto's financial district on Wednesday, June 27, 2018. Avison Young says Toronto's downtown office vacancy rate was 12 per cent in the second quarter, up from 11.6 per cent in the first quarter. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Tijana Martin
Where are the debt vigilantes? Right now, they’re missing in action
Ian McGugan
How much is too much? The growing backlash against wealth
A woman under an umbrella walks past the luxury retailer Louis Vuitton store at Place Vendome in Paris, France, March 22, 2023. REUTERS/Yves Herman
And what if interest rates never go down?
John Rapley
‘The opportunity to fix this mess was missed in 1996.’ Retiring subsidies to rich seniors, plus other letters to the editor for May 4
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland and cabinet ministers pose for a photo before the tabling of the federal budget on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Hanifin breaks late tie, Golden Knights beat Stars 2-0 to force Game 7
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - MAY 03: Mark Stone #61 of the Vegas Golden Knights celebrates with teammates after scoring a goal during the third period against the Dallas Stars in Game Six of the Western Conference First Round Playoffs at T-Mobile Arena on May 03, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
Doncic, Irving carry Mavs past Clippers 114-101 to advance to second round
Dallas Mavericks guard Josh Green (8) slam dunks an alley oop from Mavericks' guard Luka Doncic, not pictured, over Los Angeles Clippers guard Norman Powell (24) as Clippers' center Ivica Zubac (40) and Mavericks' center Dereck Lively II (2) look on during the first half of Game 6 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series Friday, May 3, 2024, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Jeffrey McWhorter)
The Trump-Biden rematch was a sequel no one asked for, and now no one can look away from it
The 2020 election was framed as a battle for the soul of America: a historic reckoning with the literal fate of the world in the balance. But the fight isn’t over, writes Elan Mastai. This year’s presidential race is a sequel we’re all going to have to sit through - whether we want it or not.
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