The Glen Canyon Dam in northern Arizona, near the border with Nevada, holds back water in the Lake Powell reservoir, which has fallen to low levels that threaten the electrical output of the dam.Nathan VanderKlippe/The Globe and Mail Three years ago, Tick Segerblom got a call from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Agents wanted to … Read more
Smoke from a forest fire in central Newfoundland on Aug. 7.The Canadian Press The worst forest fires to hit Newfoundland and Labrador in more than 60 years have stranded hundreds of travelers who had returned to the island’s south coast for a series of summer festivals and reunions, while officials scramble to airlift food to … Read more
Witnesses Scott Smith, Hockey Canada President and Chief Operating Officer, left, and Hockey Canada Chief Financial Officer Brian Cairo, appear at the standing committee on Canadian Heritage in Ottawa on Wednesday, July 27, 2022.Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press Awhile back, I had a job in a movie theatre. The theater at the foot of an atrium … Read more
This is the weekly Careers newsletter. If you’re reading this on the web or someone forwarded this e-mail newsletter to you, you can sign up for Globe Careers and all Globe newsletters here. Already Leonard is a copywriter and freelance journalist based in Calgary. The pandemic created a whirlwind of challenges for leaders, including how … Read more
A visitor looks at the pieces on display in the Joey and Toby Tanenbaum Gallery of China at The Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, on July 23, 2020.Tijana Martin/The Globe and Mail The Royal Ontario Museum announced Thursday it had received its largest pledge ever of $50-million from the Hennick Family Foundation, which the Toronto … Read more
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau arrive in Los Angeles, Calif., on June 7.Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press US President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are charting markedly different paths today at the Summit of the Americas. Before his leader-level meetings get under way, Biden is sitting down to tape an … Read more
In a speech on June 1, Bill Morneau described a political world where the partisan politicking about economic matters got in the way of pragmatic concerns or practical follow-through, writes Campbell Clark.Cole Burston/The Canadian Press A wedge is a simple machine, inserted into a small crevice to open up a wider divide. When Justin Trudeau … Read more
Then-Minister of Finance Bill Morneau attends a news conference with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Ottawa on March 11, 2020.Blair Gable/Reuters Prime Minister Justin Trudeau defended the Liberal government’s economic policies on Thursday, following public criticism from his former finance minister, Bill Morneau. Mr. Morneau, who resigned from the federal cabinet under pressure from Mr. … Read more
Governor of the Bank of Canada Tiff Macklem, ahead of his appearance before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance, in Ottawa on April 25.Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press The Bank of Canada is prepared to raise interest rates “forcefully if needed” to get inflation under control, Governor Tiff Macklem said Wednesday, doubling down on … Read more
Boston Red Sox pitcher Tanner Houck looks on during the second inning against the Toronto Blue Jays at Fenway Park on April 21.Maddie Meyer/Getty Images In that one-way-mirror approach that Americans bring to anything happening outside their own borders, the story of the Toronto Blue Jays and vaccination restrictions is missing a key detail. Yes, … Read more
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