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Sam Darnold and undefeated Vikings dominate first half and hang on to beat Packers 31-29
Minnesota Vikings quarterback Sam Darnold (14) reacts during a NFL game against the Green Bay Packers Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps
What the B.C. election could teach federal NDP and Conservative politicians about their coming campaigns
In this two-photograph panel; Conservative Leader John Rustad, left, speaks during a campaign stop in Abbotsford, and B.C. NDP Leader David Eby, right, speaks during a campaign stop, in Langley, B.C., both on Saturday, September 28, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
B.C.’s NDP Leader David Eby promises a tax cut for the middle class if he wins the election
B.C. NDP Leader David Eby speaks during a campaign stop at a Martini Film Studios backlot set, in Langley, B.C., Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Kamloops radio station cuts half of newsroom
More than half the newsroom at Radio NL in Kamloops, B.C., has been let go as the station moves to a music format. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sarah Smellie
Harris is set to rally again in Las Vegas as both campaigns emphasize swing-state Nevada
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris waves as she arrives in San Francisco, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Parts of Christina Lake, B.C., evacuated due to out-of-control wildfire
Parts of a British Columbia Interior community is under tactical evacuation due to the threat of a nearby wildfire. A firefighter directs water on a grass fire burning in Kamloops, B.C., Monday, June 5, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
B.C. woodcarver Stanley C. Hunt channels grief into monument honouring children who died at residential schools
Kwakwaka’wakw artist, Stanley C. Hunt, is seen in a portrait in-front of his red-cedar Indian Residential School Memorial Monument at the Canadian Musume of History in Gatineau, Que. on Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024. The monument consists of 130 faces, each representing a child and was inspired by the discovery of unmarked graves of Indigenous children in Kamloops, B.C. Spencer Colby/The Globe and Mail�
If Guerrero leaves, the Jays can begin the rebuild they never wanted (but actually did)
Cathal Kelly
Kris Kristofferson, singer-songwriter and actor, dies at 88
FILE - Kris Kristofferson performs in concert at The American Music Theatre, April 12, 2019, in Lancaster, Pa. (Photo by Owen Sweeney/Invision/AP, File)
Four Barrick employees arrested in Mali by Russia-backed military regime
FILE PHOTO: A small toy figure and gold imitation are seen in front of the Barrick logo in this illustration taken November 19, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration//File Photo
Transformation or democratic backsliding? Mexicans debate Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s legacy
Outgoing Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador speaks during his daily conference at the National Palace in Mexico City on September 27, 2024. Claudia Sheinbaum, a key figure in the left-wing ruling party, will be Mexico's first woman president on October 1, 2024. (Photo by ALFREDO ESTRELLA / AFP) (Photo by ALFREDO ESTRELLA/AFP via Getty Images)
Quebecor pushes for debt discount as it seeks to acquire Corus Entertainment
Quebecor headquarters is seen as the media company holds its annual meeting Thursday, May 11, 2023 in Montreal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
Vancouver grain terminal workers end strike after reaching four-year tentative deal
Workers walk a picket line at the Viterra Cascadia Terminal, one of several Port of Vancouver terminals, in Vancouver B.C., on September 24, 2024. Members of the Grain Workers Union Local 333 walked off the job on Tuesday morning, disrupting exports of everything from canola and wheat to barley and oats. Negotiations broke down on Friday between the GWU and the Vancouver Terminal Elevators' Association. Jimmy Jeong/The Globe and Mail.
Stuck NASA astronauts welcome SpaceX capsule that’ll bring them home next year
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with a crew of two astronauts, lifts off from launch pad 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
As universities warn of financial challenges, hitting your education savings goal requires aggressive investing and saving
Anita Bruinsma
Propel blasts past fellow tech IPO boom laggards with U.K. acquisition and $100-million bought deal
Propel Holdings CEO Clive Kinross poses for a portrait outside of his office building at 69 Yonge Street in Toronto, ON on September 27th, 2024 Duane Cole/The Globe and Mail
Thomson Reuters races to build AI technology into its data products for professionals
Thomson Reuters' chief product officer David Wong is photographed at the company's global headquarters in Toronto, Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (Cole Burston/The Globe and Mail)
I surrendered charging decisions to my EV, and then worried about something else
Berman EV column.
When Maggie Smith starred at the Stratford Festival
Maggie Smith as Hippolyta / Titania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Stratford Festival, 1977). Written by William Shakespeare. Directed by Robin Phillips. Designed by Susan Benson. Lighting design by Gil Wechsler. Photography by Robert C. Ragsdale
Ontario man, 34, earning $62,000 plans to steer clear of mortgage debt and buy a condo outright with family money
Globe reporters are leading investing club challenge. But will our stock picks slay AI giants?
The food-processing industry keeps crying about labour shortages. Is it really true?
FILE - Cars sit parked at a Cargill Inc., turkey processing plant on Aug. 4, 2011, in Springdale, Ark. An activist group and researchers tried to increase pressure on agribusiness giant Cargill on Wednesday, June 14, 2023, to do more to fight deforestation and human rights abuse, releasing a report that accuses the company of not following through on commitments to help end such practices. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)
Must we keep relying on U.S. regulators to reveal problems with Canadian banks?
Pedestrians pass by CIBC ATMs near Union Station in downtown Toronto on August 29, 2024. The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) reported a spike in third-quarter profits this week as the bank dialled back money set aside for problem loans while simultaneously enjoying double-digit revenue growth. August 29, 2024. (Sammy Kogan/The Globe and Mail)
Israel’s attacks have revealed Hezbollah’s fatal flaw
TOPSHOT - A woman holds up a painting of Hassan Nasrallah, the late leader of the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah who was killed in an Israeli air strike in Beirut days earlier, during a memorial service in Baghdad's eastern suburb of Sadr City on September 29, 2024 after Iraq officially declared a three-day national mourning period for Nasrallah. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP via Getty Images)
Israel hits Houthi targets in Yemen, keeps up assaults on Lebanon, Gaza
BEIRUT, LEBANON - SEPTEMBER 29: Young men rearrange their tent as they shelter in Martyrs' Square after being displaced by Israeli airstrikes, on September 29, 2024 in Beirut, Lebanon. Hezbollah, the Iran-backed Lebanese militant and political group, confirmed that its longtime leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli strike on Sept. 27 in its stronghold in Dahieh, a southern suburb of Beirut. Israel has launched further strikes against alleged Hezbollah targets in Lebanon in the days since, marking a sharp escalation of the current conflict. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)
A midlife foray into bouldering offers a new negotiation with fear
Trump escalates personal attacks on Harris’ mental fitness and suggests she should be prosecuted
Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, in Prairie du Chien, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
Vice-presidential debates are usually meaningless, but Tuesday’s might be different
David Shribman
The Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame induction ceremony: The best, worst and quotable moments
Sarah McLachlan gives a speech at the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame Ceremony at Massey Hall in Toronto, on Saturday, September 28, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paige Taylor White
Actor Damian Lewis herds sheep over a London bridge as part of a quirky tradition
British actor Damian Lewis leads The Worshipful Company of Woolmen, driving sheep across Southward Bridge, during the annual event in London on September 29, 2024. The Worshipful Company of Woolmen grew out of the ancient guild which regulated the wool trade. The first record of its existence was when it was fined by King Henry II for operating without his license, in 1180. (Photo by Ben STANSALL / AFP) (Photo by BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images)
‘Megalopolis’ flops, ‘The Wild Robot’ soars at box office
Aubrey Plaza, from left, Francis Ford Coppola, and Nathalie Emmanuel attend the premiere of "Megalopolis" on Monday, Sept. 23, 2024, at AMC Lincoln Square in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
U.S. retailers brace for potential pain from a longshoremen’s strike
FILE - A worker walks among shipping containers in a loading area at a BNSF intermodal terminal on Jan. 3, 2024, in Edgerton, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
Far-right wins Austria election, boosting European right-wing surge
Head of the Freedom Party (FPOE) Herbert Kickl, left, waves to supporters besides party colleague Susanne Fuerst after his speech at a final election campaign event at St. Stephen's square in Vienna, Austria, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, ahead of the country's national election which will take place on Sept. 29. (AP Photo/Heinz-Peter Bader)
Israel launches strikes on Yemeni Houthi targets
Smoke rises from the site of Israeli air strikes in the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, Yemen September 29, 2024. REUTERS/Stringer
Pope Francis suggests Israel’s actions in Gaza and Lebanon are disproportionate and immoral
Pope Francis talks to journalists on the flight back to Rome at the end of his four-day visit to Belgium and Luxembourg, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, Pool)
B.C. Conservative Leader Rustad wants to repeal Indigenous rights law, triggering backlash from regional chief
British Columbia Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation John Rustad, centre, is wrapped in a blanket by Carrielynn Victor, left, of the Cheam First Nation, as Leanne Quipp puts on a headband before a ceremony to mark the signing of an agreement between the government and 14 Sto:lo First Nations in Chilliwack, B.C., on June 19, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Russia downs over 100 Ukrainian drones in one of the largest barrages of the war
A firefighter works at a site of an apartment building hit by a Russian air strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine September 29, 2024. REUTERS/Stringer
Why Tuesday’s vice-presidential debate could matter more than history suggests
This combination of photos shows Democratic vice presidential candidate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, left, at the DNC on Aug. 21, 2024, in Chicago, and Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, on Sept. 25, 2024, in Traverse City, Mich. (AP Photo)
Experts give nod to Saskatchewan Party but expect tight October election race
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe gestures while speaking during a press conference before the 2024-2025 Saskatchewan budget is presented in Regina, on Wednesday, March 20, 2024. Political experts say Scott Moe’s Saskatchewan Party is favoured to win a fifth majority government, but they expect he’ll lose seats to Carla Beck’s NDP in what is anticipated to be a competitive race. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu
How Indigenous relations specialists are bringing reconciliation to the workplace
Annie Korver, founder of RISE Consulting, which helps corporate and non-profit organizations make progress on their Truth and Reconciliation goals, is shown in a handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO
Maya Rudolph as Harris and Dana Carvey as Biden open the 50th season of ‘Saturday Night Live’
This image released by NBC shows Jean Smart during promos for "Saturday Night Live" on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, at Studio 8H in New York. (Rosalind O'Connor/NBC via AP)
Israeli airstrikes kill 11 Palestinians in Gaza
FILE - Palestinians look at the destruction after an Israeli airstrike on a crowded tent camp housing Palestinians displaced by the war in Muwasi, Gaza Strip, Sept. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana, file)
Canada GDP’s slight growth, Vancouver’s grain terminal strike and Indonesia’s nickel boom: Must-read business and investing stories
PT Vale Indonesia's on-slope nickel mine in Asuli, Towuti District, took over what was previously a peppercorn plantation owned by locals who reside at the foot of the hill.
At least 148 are dead in floods and landslides in Nepal
In this aerial image of the Kathmandu valley, Bagmati River is seen in flood due to heavy rains in Kathmandu, Nepal, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Gopen Rai)
Drivers are licensed, so why aren’t cyclists?
A cyclist rides down a bike lane normally occupied by traffic on Danforth Avenue between Woodbine and Woodmount Avenues during an 8 80 Cities pop-up street makeover in Toronto, Ont. on Friday, August 23, 2019. 8 80 Streets Danforth is a project temporarily transforming this section of Danforth Ave to demonstrate the Vision Zero principles of safer street design that prioritizes vulnerable road users. (J.P. Moczulski/The Globe and Mail)
Office every day or middle seat forever?
‘Anyone believing that cycling infrastructure increases traffic congestion cannot see the forest for the trees.’ Letters to the editor for Sept. 29
Traffic moves through the financial district in Toronto, Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Lahodynskyj
Your lookahead horoscope: September 29, 2024
Libra.
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