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Canadian Olympians, Paralympians receive new official concussion guidelines
The Globe and Mail - Donna Spencer
Danielle Lappage clonked heads with another wrestler during a training camp at Brock University last summer. Typical of a driven athlete, the 28-year-old Olympian from Olds, Alta., tried to shake it off
B.C.’s poverty reduction plan seeks solutions from across government, minister says
The Globe and Mail - The Canadian Press
The British Columbia government has released guidelines it says will lead it toward the goal of reducing the province’s overall poverty rate by 25 per cent and child poverty by 50 per cent within the five
Canadian News
Safety board investigates collision of two ships in Vancouver Harbour
The Globe and Mail - The Canadian Press
The Transportation Safety Board has deployed a team of investigators after a bulk carrier and cargo ship collided in Vancouver Harbour. The safety board said Monday the collision occurred just after midnight
Sports
Chelsea Carey rink bounces back with 7-6 win over Finland at World Women’s Curling Championships
The Globe and Mail - The Canadian Press
Canada’s Chelsea Carey recovered from a loss to Japan to post a 7-6 win over Finland on Monday at the World Women’s Curling Championships. Carey’s Calgary-based rink scored two in the eighth end to take
Canadian News
Quebec First Nation and federal government reach claims agreement for more than $116-million
The Globe and Mail - The Canadian Press
A Quebec First Nation has reached an agreement to settle 29 claims with the federal government and receive $116-million. The federal government also says it has signed a memorandum of understanding with
Miami Open
Miami Open tennis tournament moves to NFL Dolphins’ home
The Globe and Mail - Steven Wine
At the main entrance to the Miami Dolphins’ stadium stands a statue of Dan Marino as witness to a game-changing completion. A remarkable transformation is done, and the complex is ready for tennis. The
Canadian News
Alberta’s NDP government promises protection for health care in pre-election Throne Speech
The Globe and Mail - Justin Giovannetti
Alberta’s governing New Democrats are planning to table new measures to strengthen health care and the province’s democratic institutions in a spring session of the legislature, however Premier Rachel
Toronto Blue Jays
Jays edge Tigers in Dunedin on hot bats from Pompey, Hernandez
The Globe and Mail - The Canadian Press
Dalton Pompey had three hits, including a two-run single with two outs in the bottom of the second inning, as the Toronto Blue Jays beat a Detroit Tigers split squad 3-2 in spring training baseball action
Bill Morneau
The next step for Ottawa: ensuring investments in new skills training pay off
The Globe and Mail - Janet Lane
Janet Lane is the director of the Human Capital Centre at the Canada West Foundation The secret is out. While we’ve known that Tuesday’s federal budget is being billed as a skills budget, we can now expect
Sports
McIlroy puts on his blinders, cruises to Players Championship victory
The Globe and Mail - Doug Ferguson
Rory McIlroy managed to block out all the noise, all the distractions, and this was long before he even reached the pivotal three-hole finish at the TPC Sawgrass to win The Players Championship. McIlroy,
Canadian News
Trudeau condemns hateful, ‘toxic segments’ of society after New Zealand mosque shooting
The Globe and Mail - The Canadian Press
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is calling on people of all political stripes to turn the page on hateful ideology by condemning intolerance following the killing of 50 Muslims in New Zealand. A visibly
Canadian News
Trudeau cabinet shuffle puts Joyce Murray in top Treasury Board spot; Privy Council Clerk Michael Wernick announces retirement
The Globe and Mail - S.R. Slobodian
Good evening, WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW Trudeau cabinet shuffle puts Joyce Murray in top Treasury Board spot; Privy Council Clerk Michael Wernick announces retirement For the third time in three months, Prime
Housing
For low-income residents in Vancouver, a different kind of real estate crisis
The Globe and Mail - Wendy Stueck
Shelly Ingram says she never gets used to the sound of mice falling through the gaping hole in her bathroom ceiling and landing with a thump in her empty bathtub. When one drops, her partner, John, will
Canadian News
Flood threat rising in Manitoba’s Red River Valley as spring melt looms
The Globe and Mail - Steve Lambert
Heavy snowfall in the United States has raised the threat of flooding in Manitoba’s Red River Valley this spring. The Manitoba government says conditions have worsened since its first flood outlook last
World News
Mysterious death of bunga bunga party model has come back to haunt former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi
The Globe and Mail - Eric Reguly
The mysterious death of a former model has come back to haunt Silvio Berlusconi, the former Italian prime minister whose “bunga bunga” orgy parties triggered a sensational scandal that enveloped him with
Sports
Maple Leafs’ margin for error narrows amid late-season defensive slump
The Globe and Mail - Joshua Clipperton
Maple Leafs head coach Mike Babcock is convinced adversity can be a good thing. His team is dealing with plenty of it at the moment. Toronto has sprung a massive leak defensively in losing three of its
Embraer
Embraer CEO to step down after shareholder approval of Boeing deal
The Globe and Mail - Reuters
Paulo Souza e Silva, chief executive of Brazilian plane maker Embraer SA, will step down on April 22, the company said on Monday, following shareholder approval of a $4.2 billion deal with Boeing under
Canadian News
The Globe garners 20 National Newspaper Award nominations
The Globe and Mail
The Globe and Mail dominated the National Newspaper Awards’ shortlist with 20 nominations for its work, including an investigation into rental buildings in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, reporting on crackdown
Sports
Toronto FC bid new French goalkeeper Quentin Westberg bienvenue
The Globe and Mail - Neil Davidson
After 15 years playing in France, Quentin Westberg wanted something new – professionally and personally. Born in France to an American father and French mother, the 32-year-old goalkeeper already had to
Sports
Andreescu win at Indian Wells draws praise from Canadian tennis legend Carling Bassett-Seguso
The Globe and Mail - Dan Ralph
Bianca Andreescu has turned Carling Bassett-Seguso back on to Canadian women’s tennis. Andreescu won her first WTA Tour event Sunday when she upset eighth-seeded Angelique Kerber of Germany – the defending
Lifestyle (Canada)
A driving lesson gone wrong pushed me to divorce my teenage daughter
The Globe and Mail - Steven Gottlieb
First Person is a daily personal piece submitted by readers. Have a story to tell? See our guidelines at tgam.ca/essayguide. One miserable December afternoon, on a Toronto side street melancholy with puddles,
Fiat Chrysler
Former United Auto Workers vice-president Jewell charged in Fiat-Chrysler corruption probe
The Globe and Mail - Ed White
A former vice-president at the United Auto Workers was charged Monday in a scheme with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV executives to buy meals, golf and other perks with the automaker’s money – the highest-ranking
U.S. Department of Justice
Vice-Admiral Mark Norman’s defence team says Department of Justice tweeted ‘inaccurate’ information about case
The Globe and Mail - Janice Dickson
Vice-Admiral Mark Norman’s defence team took aim at the Department of Justice in an Ottawa court Monday, accusing the department of tweeting inaccurate information about the court’s proceedings. Defence
European Parliament
Facebook to bolster fact-checking operations ahead of European Parliament elections
The Globe and Mail - Reuters
Facebook Inc. plans to ramp up efforts to fight misinformation ahead of the European Parliament election in May and will partner with German news agency DPA to boost its fact-checking, a senior executive
Airlines
Budget airline easyJet pulls out of Alitalia rescue talks, threatening rescue deadline
The Globe and Mail - Alistair Smout, Francesca Landini
British budget airline easyJet pulled out of talks to rescue Alitalia on Monday, leaving the Italian carrier’s future uncertain only two weeks before a deadline to save it. EasyJet said it had decided
Antitrust Laws
Google boosting rivals in effort to ward off EU antitrust regulators
The Globe and Mail - Google seeking to promote rivals to stave off EU antitrust action
Google is trying to boost price comparison rivals such as Kelkoo in an effort to appease European Union antitrust regulators and ward off fresh fines following a 2.4-billion-euro ($2.7 billion) penalty
Canadian News
Third man arrested, charged after fatal daytime shooting of Hell’s Angels member in Mississauga
The Globe and Mail - The Canadian Press
Police say a man wanted on a Canada-wide warrant has been arrested and charged in the shooting death of a member of the Hell’s Angels biker gang in Mississauga, Ont. Peel regional police say Joseph Pallotta,
Japan
To prevent lost crypto assets, Canada should follow Japan’s approach
The Globe and Mail - Nick Chong
Nick Chong is the head of North America for Liquid.com, the world’s largest regulated fiat crypto platform, and is a Certified Bitcoin Professional Millions of dollars of crypto funds lost. Thousands traders
World News
French aviation experts see ‘clear similarities’ between Ethiopian Airlines, Lion Air plane crashes
The Globe and Mail - The Associated Press
The French civil aviation investigation bureau BEA has concluded there were “clear similarities” between this month’s crash of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX plane and a Lion Air plane crash last
Canadian News
Privy Council Clerk Michael Wernick to resign in wake of SNC-Lavalin affair
The Globe and Mail - Robert Fife
Canada’s top bureaucrat – a key player in the SNC-Lavalin controversy – is resigning as Clerk of the Privy Council. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday that Michael Wernick is retiring after