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North Korea shows new drone attacking a target as Seoul and U.S. hold large military exercises
South Korean army soldiers aim their machine guns as they control traffic during a civil defense drill as a part of the Ulchi Freedom Shield military exercise between the U.S. and South Korea in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Cole Spieker, Cody Fajardo lead Alouettes to 21-17 comeback over Elks
Edmonton Elks Olivier Muembi (23) tackles Montreal Alouettes James Letcher Jr. (83) during first half CFL football action in Montreal on Sunday August 25th 2024.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Allen McInnis
Ottawa not planning major reset amid persistent headwinds for Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, walks away following an announcement regarding the federal government's intention to purchase an interim replacement ferry for MV Holiday Island as other MPs look on during a press conference in Charlottetown, P.E.I. on Wednesday, August 23, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
Ottawa unveils five federal properties for affordable housing development
Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Sean Fraser, second right, speaks during a news conference as Jean-Yves Duclos Minister of Public Services and Procurement and Communities, right, MP Darren Fisher and Mayor Mike Savage, left, look on in the Dartmouth area of the Halifax Regional Municipality on Sunday Aug. 25, 2024. The federal government has added 56 properties to a new public lands bank of locations that are suitable for long-term leases so developers can build housing, a move the Housing Minister says will ramp up the supply of homes Canadians can afford. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Kelly Clark
No agreement in Gaza ceasefire talks in Cairo
TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - AUGUST 24: Protesters hold signs and flags during a demonstration calling for a hostage deal and against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government on August 24, 2024 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Earlier today, Hamas said it was sending a delegation to Cairo where mediators from the United States, Qatar and Egypy intend to continue ceasefire talks. One main sticking point is Israel's insistence on leaving troops along the Gaza-Egypt border, which both Egypt and Hamas object to. (Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images)
GO Transit operations affected by railway dispute to resume service Monday, Metrolinx says
Commuters exit and board a GO Train at the West Harbour GO station in Hamilton, Ont., Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. The agency responsible for Ontario’s GO Transit system says the commuter line and train station disrupted by the railway labour dispute will resume service on Monday as the work stoppage by Canada's two major railways comes to an end. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Peter Power
It’s time to consider nationalizing Canada’s railways
Teamsters Canada Rail Conference members walk a picket line at the CPKC headquarters in Calgary, Alta., Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Kevin Gausman’s sterling performance helps Blue Jays sweep Angels out of Toronto
Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (27) hits an RBI double against the Los Angeles Angels, scoring George Springer, during fifth inning MLB baseball action in Toronto on Sunday, Aug 25, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jon Blacker
Railways work to resume full service after labour board’s binding arbitration
Railcars with containers sit idle after a strike by railway workers on August 23, 2024, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Freight rail operations resumed across Canada on August 22, after federal intervention to end a disruption triggered by labor disputes at the country's two main operators, Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Kansas City. Canadian Labor Minister Steven MacKinnon ordered current collective agreements extended and "operations on both railways to resume forthwith." (Photo by Don MacKinnon / AFP) (Photo by DON MACKINNON/AFP via Getty Images)
Member of British journalist team dies after Russian missile hits hotel in eastern Ukraine
MSLR rocket stick is seen in the ground in a forest fire after a Russian strike near Sloviansk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Stratford Festival: Salesman in China is a brilliant new play, fully ready to take the world’s stages by storm
Tom McCamus as Arthur Miller (front-left) and Adrian Pang 彭耀順 as Ying Ruocheng (front-right) with from left: 郝邦宇 Steven Hao as Li Shilong, Phoebe Hu 胡馨勻 as Zhu Lin, Harriet Chung 鍾浩賢 as Hui Li and Derek Kwan 關顯揚 as Mo in Salesman in China. Stratford Festival 2024. Photo: David Hou.
At Mexico’s Hera music festival, women were both at the forefront and behind the scenes
Music fans wait for Mexican singer Danna Paola's performance during the HERA HSBC music festival in Mexico City, Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Aurea Del Rosario)
High costs, population changes complicate the math for investors with tiny condos
Condo buildings are pictured by the waterfront in Toronto on February 14, 2024 (Laura Proctor/The Globe and Mail)
Feeling bubbly about the Champagne portfolio
Norman Rothery
Why the rise of house brands such as Loblaw’s No Name is not okay
Vass Bednar
Trouble looms for Canadian tech companies no matter who the next U.S. president is
FILE PHOTO: A combination picture shows Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump reacting during a campaign rally held with Republican vice presidential nominee Senator JD Vance, in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., August 3, 2024., and U.S. Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris reacting as she holds a campaign rally with her newly chosen vice presidential running mate Minnesota Governor Tim Walz in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., August 6, 2024. REUTERS/Umit Bektas/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
The expansion of sports gambling means Canadians will be betting away their shot at building wealth
Preet Banerjee
As Christine Sinclair contemplates life after pro soccer, she’s turning to online coaching with new partnership deal
Portland Thorns player Christine Sinclair will be announcing her involvement with the Canadian startup company, SportsShare. Sinclair is seen here following a team practice at Providence Park in Portland, Ore., the home of the Portland Thorns FC, on Friday, June 19, 2024. Kristina Barker/The Globe and Mail
Stratford Festival: Deborah Hay’s Lady Gay Spanker will have you bent over with laughter in London Assurance
Austin Eckert as Charles Courtly and Marissa Orjalo as Grace Harkaway in London Assurance. Stratford Festival 2024. Photo: David Hou.
NASA decides to keep 2 astronauts in space until February, nixes return on troubled Boeing capsule
FILE - In this photo provided by NASA, Boeing Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore, left, and Suni Williams pose for a portrait inside the vestibule between the forward port on the International Space Station's Harmony module and Boeing's Starliner spacecraft on June 13, 2024. (NASA via AP, File)
Babe Ruth’s ‘called shot’ jersey sells at auction for over $24 million
The 1932 Babe Ruth game worn New York Yankees World Series "Called Shot" jersey is displayed in a sealed glass box at Heritage Auction in Irving, Texas, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Israel says more polio vaccines are delivered to Gaza, where aid groups seek pause in fighting
A worker inspects a box containing polio vaccines provided with support from UNICEF to the Gaza Strip through the Karm Abu Salem crossing, also known as Kerem Shalom, at a depot belonging to Gaza's health ministry on August 25, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict in the Palestinian territory between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP) (Photo by EYAD BABA/AFP via Getty Images)
The silent meditation retreat I attended didn’t teach me what I thought it would
BC Hydro begins filling reservoir as Site C dam megaproject nears completion
The Site C Dam location is seen along the Peace River in Fort St. John, B.C., Tuesday, April 18, 2017. BC Hydro says it has begun filling the reservoir created by the massive Site C dam project in northeastern British Columbia. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Montreal commuter lines halted by rail shutdown to run again starting Monday: Exo
An empty commuter station is seen Friday, August 23, 2024 in Montreal. Greater Montreal's Exo transit system says commuter lines will start to run again on Monday morning as the work stoppage by Canada's two major railways comes to an end.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
Hamilton police seize gun at festival, search for suspects in assault and shootings
Police have charged a 40-year-old man who allegedly killed his roommate at a Hamilton care home. A Hamilton Police Service logo is shown in a handout. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO
South Korea to advance EV battery certification scheme after fires
FILE PHOTO: A Hyundai Ioniq 5 electric vehicle is charged at Chaevi Stay Charging Station in Seoul, South Korea, October 18, 2023. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo
Rising workplace stress levels make way for new job description: the ‘burnout coach’
Jana Cook of Claresholm, Alta., as shown in this handout image, is one of a growing number of people marketing their skills as “burnout coaches” able to help working professionals bounce back from extreme stress and over-work. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO
Bank of China President Liu Jin resigns
FILE PHOTO: Paramilitary police officers stand guard in front of the headquarters of the People's Bank of China, the central bank (PBOC), in Beijing, China September 30, 2022. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File Photo
Former five-time Lebanese prime minister Salim Hoss dies at 94
(FILES) Lebanese Prime Minister Salim El-Hoss addresses the 55th United Nations General Assembly in New York on September 14, 2000. The former Lebanese prime minister died on August 25, 2024, at the age of 94, local media reported. (Photo by HENNY RAY ABRAMS / AFP) (Photo by HENNY RAY ABRAMS/AFP via Getty Images)
Trump would veto legislation establishing a federal abortion ban, Vance says
Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, speaks during a campaign event in Asheboro, N.C., Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
‘Definitely dissuasive’: Skyrocketing farmland prices a struggle for young farmers
Farmer Will Robbins stands for a photograph at his farm near Laura, Sask., Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024. Robbins, a younger producer who's taking over the family farm, says the prices of farmland are so high that he doesn't consider expanding the farm. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam Richards
Russian attacks on Ukraine kill 4 and injure 37, local authorities say
Ukrainian recuers take a break during a search and rescue operation among the rubble of a destroyed hotel after a strike in the town of Kramatorsk, Donetsk region on August 25, 2024. A member of the Reuters news agency was missing and two others were wounded in a Russian strike on a hotel in the east Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, the agency said. A search and rescue operation was underway at the Hotel Sapphire, where Reuters said six of its crew covering the war, were staying. (Photo by Genya SAVILOV / AFP) (Photo by GENYA SAVILOV/AFP via Getty Images)
French authorities arrest Telegram CEO Pavel Durov at a Paris airport, French media report
FILE - Telegram co-founder Pavel Durov, center, smiles following his meeting with Indonesian Communication and Information Minister Rudiantara in Jakarta, Indonesia on Aug. 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana, File)
Rail shutdown ends, but aftershocks ripple amid drawn-out ramp-up
Train cars are seen on the tracks in an aerial view at Canadian National Rail's Thornton Yard as the Port Mann Bridge spans the Fraser River, in Surrey, B.C., on Thursday, August 22, 2024. The economic fallout of the country's rail shutdown is set to come into focus this week, as shippers and producers take stock of delays and losses. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Mali drone strikes kill at least 21 in northern town, rebels say
A UN flag and Mali flag fly over a memorial on the MINUSMA Main Operations Base in Bamako, Mali, Africa on Saturday, June 23, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Rapper Macklemore cancels Dubai show to protest UAE role in Sudan war
US rapper Macklemore performs during the opening ceremony of the 2023 Invictus Games at the Merkur Spielarena in Düsseldorf, western Germany on September 9, 2023. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP) (Photo by ODD ANDERSEN/AFP via Getty Images)
Toronto officer injured in alleged motorcycle hit and run near Rogers Centre
A Toronto Police Services logo is shown at headquarters, in Toronto, on Friday, August 9, 2019. Toronto police are looking for a 33-year-old man after two women were found dead in a west-end home. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
Ukraine’s Zelensky says he would support India hosting second summit on peace
This handout photograph taken and released by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service on August 23, 2024, shows Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (R) speaking with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Mariinskyi Palace ahead of their meeting, in Kyiv, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Handout / UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (Photo by HANDOUT/UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE/AFP via Getty Images)
Taliban vice and virtue laws provide ‘distressing vision’ for Afghanistan, warns UN envoy
Taliban fighters celebrate the third anniversary of the withdrawal of US-led troops from Afghanistan, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Siddiqullah Alizai)
Canada’s railway labour dispute, TD Bank sets aside additional $2.6-billion and Couche-Tard seeks to buy 7-Eleven: Must-read business and investing stories
Teamsters Canada Rail Conference members picket outside the CPKC headquarters in Calgary, Alta., Friday, Aug. 23, 2024.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Member of British journalist team dies after Russian missile hits hotel in eastern Ukraine
MSLR rocket stick is seen in the ground in a forest fire after a Russian strike near Sloviansk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Harris raises $540 million since launching her presidential campaign
FILE PHOTO: Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris laughs on Day 4 of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., August 22, 2024. REUTERS/Alyssa Pointer/File Photo
Israel and Hezbollah trade their most intense fire in months, then pull back
TOPSHOT - This photo taken from a position in northern Israel shows a Hezbollah UAV intercepted by Israeli air forces over north Israel on August 25, 2024. The Israeli military announced early August 25, 2024 that it was conducting pre-emptive strikes in Lebanon after detecting preparations for "large-scale" attacks by the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah. Hezbollah said August 25, 2024 it had launched more than 320 rockets at Israel overnight, targeting a string of military positions, even as Israel's military said it was carrying out pre-emptive strikes against the group. (Photo by Jalaa MAREY / AFP) (Photo by JALAA MAREY/AFP via Getty Images)
Suspect in Germany knife attack was motivated by Islamic State group ideology, prosecutors say
Police and ambulances near the scene where people were killed and injured in an attack at a festival in Solingen, western Germany, the German dpa news agency reported, Friday, Aug. 23, 2024. (Gianni Gattus/dpa via AP)
High earners are choosing hybrid work
Group of business persons having a meeting in a closed glass conference room
I keep getting passed on the right. Is that legal?
Part of Highway 401 in Toronto during the day showing the blur of traffic on the road Driving Concerns
Your lookahead horoscope: August 25, 2024
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