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High-stakes game

How Canada became a player in the illegal wildlife trade

A NEW CLASS OF HEROES ARRIVES

Canada silences the naysayers, and puts itself firmly in the mix, with a dramatic first win on soccer’s biggest stage As he ran from the front of the net after scoring what was, for just a moment, the biggest goal in Canadian men’s soccer history,...

REDEMPTION IN REACH

In its showdown with Qatar, Canada hopes for a soccer breakthrough after a long scoring drought

MEETING IN THE MIDDLE

At G7 summit in France, leaders seek to turn focus back to Ukraine, while Carney appears to pitch Trump on Chinese EV plan

Russian attack strikes Ukraine’s historic Dormition Cathedral

At least 11 killed in five- hour assault on Kyiv and Kharkiv, drawing international condemnation THE GLOBE IN UKRAINE International outrage is mounting after one of the most important cathedrals in Orthodox Christianity was damaged early Monday during...

SOARING SNOWBIRDS

Canada’s famous aerobatic demonstration team is off and flying for one more season before it enters a multiyear hiatus

OH, CANADA!

Canadian men tie Bosnia-Herzegovina to earn historic first tournament point on home turf

THE WAIT IS OVER

Mexico’s triumphant opener against South Africa draws thousands of fans at viewing parties in Vancouver, Toronto

VIOLENCE ERUPTS IN BELFAST

Anti- immigration protests grip city after alleged stabbing by asylum seeker puts open border between Ireland and U. K. back in focus

READY TO SERVE

New Governor- General Louise Arbour vows to draw on country’s defining qualities as she’s sworn in at Ottawa ceremony

CREATIVE DESTRUCTION

Women and LGBTQ+ drivers are finding community and thrills in the male- dominated world of demolition derby

Your World Cup guide Fraudsters are conning more and more Canadians. What you need to know to fight back

Who to watch, how the teams line up and where to go

STANDING STRONG

Mi’kmaw dancers Rory Meuse, Riley Maloney, Jennifer Maloney, Levi Herney and Leon Julian gather at the Fort Anne National Historic Site in Annapolis Royal, N. S., on Thursday for an event marking the 300th anniversary of the signing of the Peace and...

SIDE BY SIDE

Canada’s next governor- general, Louise Arbour, meets with the King in London while Mary Simon bids farewell in Ottawa

Ukrainian civilians caught up once more in the grim pattern of Putin’s war

Russia aims to shake public morale with devastating attacks on cities There is a grim pattern to Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine: Whenever the Russian army is bogged down, or is being driven backward, his forces strike at Ukrainian civilians with...

IN FINE FORM

Canada’s Auger- Aliassime advances to the French Open quarter- finals, a feat he has now achieved at all four Grand Slam tournaments

PARTY ON

The Canadian Screen Awards honour Mike Myers, Heated Rivalry and more. See the night’s best, worst and weirdest moments at TGAM.CA/ARTS

Rigged

Weak oversight and regulatory loopholes in the vital trucking industry have left drivers vulnerable to predatory firms, a year-long Globe investigation found

REVENGE, SERVED COLD

Three months after Olympic heartbreak, Canada ousts the U. S. at hockey worlds to advance to semi- finals

AGAINST THE CURRENT

A 50- year- old rowing event reveals the resilience of Venice in the face of change, while honouring the city’s beginnings

At a McMaster lab, body donors offer the ultimate gift to medical education

Patrice Henry and her mother, Dorothy Johnson, moved through life as a bonded pair. Over decades and across continents, they lived together, travelled together, and had sleepovers every Friday, chatting sleepily in the dark. “I love no one else like...

BLAZING A TRAIL

An intergenerational Toronto club strives to make running more inclusive for people of all racial and socioeconomic backgrounds

MAID PROVIDER UNDER SCRUTINY

Regulator cautions Ontario doctor, allows him to continue assisted- dying practice after probe flags concerns

WHATLIES BENEATH

Five years after revelations of potential unmarked graves at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School, there are still no answers

LESSONS LEARNED

How Canada’s military colleges, once facing potential shutdown, are marching toward the future

VICTOIRE LEADS THE CHARGE

Canada gains its first Walter Cup as Montreal drubs Ottawa 4- 0 in Game 4 to become PWHL champions. For the full story, visit GLOBESPORTS. COM

Recipe for success: A batch of programs turns home cooks into business owners

Efforts help women – many of them newcomers – scale up legally Crissy Ventura passes an inch- thick puck of dough through a commercial sheeter, a stainless- steel box with a spinning cylinder attached to it that flattens the dough until it’s as thin...

HABS KEEP THE DREAM ALIVE

Canada hangs in as Montreal beats Buffalo 3- 2 in OT to advance to Eastern Conference finals

SHELL SHOCK

PEI fisheries brace for years of hardship as a pair of diseases devastates the province’s oyster industry

We’re losing trees far faster than nature can grow them or humans can plant them. With fire season upon us, Erin Anderssen asks: Is there a better way?

WALKING A FINE LINE

Trump hails a ‘ positive and productive’ meeting with Xi in Beijing, but leaders appear to talk past each other on Taiwan, Iran

Liquid asset: How paid plasma donation has changed a charitable cause

The practice has come to Canada, bringing ethical and safety questions For more than five years, Michelle Strzalkowski handled sales at Brock Street Brewing Company in Whitby, on the eastern edge of the Greater Toronto Area. She would call up LCBO...

LOOKING TO THE STARS

Cannes kicks off at a politically charged moment, with a jury president who isn’t afraid to face it head- on, Barry Hertz writes

Canada’s energy ambitions crash into a B. C. strait’s perilous waters

Push for increased tanker traffic raises fears of catastrophic oil spills In May of 2012, the crew of a small commercial fishing boat was caught in the unpredictable wind and waves of Hecate Strait off B. C.’ s North Coast. The Pacific Siren capsized...

CHARGING FORWARD

Ottawa advances to PWHL finals after defeating Boston in best- of- five series

Ultraprocessed foods are ubiquitous – and increasingly being blamed for our collective ill health. So what does it take to cut them from our diets? Kelly Grant found out

My family of five tried to cut out ultraprocessed foods for a week. Here’s what we learned Let me tell you about a random Wednesday in March when I tried to feed my family of five a dinner free of ultraprocessed foods. My plan was to make a big batch...

BRITONS HEAD TO THE POLLS

Reform UK, Green Party expected to score major victories in dozens of local elections across Britain

THE SHOW GOES ON

At a fraught political moment, Kate Taylor wonders: Can the Venice Biennale maintain its world- fair model?

Ottawa prepared to halt plan to allow MAID for mental illness

Government will follow recommendations of parliamentary committee studying issue, sources say The federal government is prepared to table legislation that would pause the expansion of medical assistance in dying to people whose sole condition is...

Alberta moves closer to separation vote as group submits 301,000 signatures

Alberta marched one step closer to holding its first referendum on provincial independence, as separatists announced they had collected more than 301,000 signatures from residents endorsing a vote this fall. Speaking outside Elections Alberta’s...

MONTREAL MIGHT

Habs overcome the Lightning in high- stakes Game 7 to advance to Round 2 and keep Canada in the playoffs

NORTHERN EXPOSURE

As superpowers jockey for control in the Arctic, Gavin John travels with the Canadian Rangers to discover what it takes to secure one of the world’s harshest regions

HOME TRUTHS

New research bears out what many young Canadians already know: The country’s housing crisis is fuelling a happiness crisis

Prescription service dismissed

Michael Green removed from role as MPs investigate how $ 300- million was spent The head of an organization that oversaw a $ 300- million federal digital prescription service has been removed in the midst of a probe by a parliamentary committee into...

King stresses importance of NATO unity, ‘ shared values’ in speech to U. S. Congress

King Charles III called for the United States to recommit itself to its historic alliance with Britain and other NATO countries – and not to become “more inward- looking” – as he sought to repair relations with U. S. President Donald Trump during a...

A ROYAL WELCOME

The King arrives in Washington for his first visit as monarch on a mission to mend ties between the U. S. and Britain

HIS TIME HAS COME

Kenya’s Sabastian Sawe shatters two- hour barrier at London Marathon, a historic feat repeated by Ethiopia’s Yomif Kejelcha seconds later

Emboldened by allies in the Knesset and in Washington, the once-fringe settler movement has designs to expand Israel’s borders

Emboldened by allies in the Knesset and in Washington, the once-fringe movement has designs to expand Israel’s borders Hadar Bar-Chai stood on a green hill in southwestern Israel, the grey ruins of Gaza visible behind her, and raised a megaphone to...

BACK TO THE BIRDS

New Zealand’s ambitious effort to save some of its weirdest, most wonderful inhabitants from invasive predators is showing remarkable results

A LIGHT TOUCH

Come springtime, winemakers in France’s Chablis region bring out the candles to fight frost with fire

MEXICO ATTACK PLANNED, OFFICIALS SAY

Authorities suggest gunman may have timed shooting, which left one Canadian tourist dead, to coincide with Columbine anniversary

A BATTLE FOR THE AGES

Taking to the streets and even risking jail time, these senior Canadians are spending their twilight years advocating for climate action

HABS NAB IT

Canadiens’ Slafkovsky completes hat trick with OT goal to down Lightning in Game 1 of playoff series. For the full story, visit GLOBESPORTS.COM

The security umbrella that once protected the Gulf States is gone. Doug Saunders on what comes next

With expats leaving, foreign workers killed and companies closing up shop, the UAE questions whether its good times will return The 28th-floor beachfront apartment with wraparound windows overlooking the Persian Gulf had been one of the things that...

ANOTHER TRUCE TAKES HOLD

Trump announces 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, but Netanyahu says troops will remain in ‘security zone’

Cree six-month-old Annora Crowe leads a historic ‘walking out’ ceremony on Parliament Hill

At Boston Marathon, Six Nations runner hopes to channel the icon in his bloodline

Descendant of Tom Longboat finds purpose ‘following in his footsteps’ Kristian Jamieson is a 24-year-old elite Indigenous marathon runner from Six Nations of the Grand River reserve outside Brantford, Ont., with running royalty in his genes. The...

In feud with the Pope, Trump crosses red lines for some faithful supporters

As best Francis Rooney can recall, the last time a world leader openly sparred with the leader of the Catholic Church, it was Joseph Stalin asking how many military divisions the Pope had at his beck and call. Nearly a century later, Donald Trump has...

BACK IN THE SWING OF THINGS

Rory McIlroy prevails at Augusta, becoming only the fourth back-to-back champion in Masters history

Perfect Pitch

Five years, three countries, 16 stadiums: Inside the massive effort to grow grass for the World Cup

In one of San Francisco’s most childless areas, a glimpse of Canada’s potential future

Nestled below street- level and hidden behind a dense wall of emerald shrubbery, Michelangelo Playground feels like a small miracle. Standing in the San Francisco park on a good day, when the weather is just right, you can see wild parrots visit from...

Confusion in strait, new attacks threaten to unravel ceasefire

U. S. touts victory, while Iran again shutters crucial waterway over deadly Israeli strikes in Lebanon Countries clash over truce’s terms, presenting vastly different visions A ceasefire deal to pause the war in Iran appeared to hang by a thread on...

Canadian heads to lunar orbit as NASA’s Artemis II takes flight

Mission marks crucial test for agency’s ambitions to return humans to moon’s surface by 2028 Jeremy Hansen’s journey to the moon has begun. Seventeen years after he was named an astronaut with the Canadian Space Agency, Colonel Hansen is in space for...

In the Strait of Hormuz, Iran reveals an ancient weapon’s enduring power

It’s just a narrow bend of seawater between two dry, hilly coasts, a space where ships are forced to crawl through shallow sea lanes to get from the Persian Gulf to the mouth of the Indian Ocean. But the Strait of Hormuz happens to be one of the...

NELLY’S NIGHT

Junos fete Furtado with induction into Canadian Music Hall of Fame, Joni Mitchell with lifetime achievement prize. For full coverage, visit TGAM.CA

MOON SHOT

In January, when NASA first rolled out the massive rocket built to send the Artemis II mission around the moon, the event had a surprising spectator. As the rocket – known as the Space Launch System or SLS – neared its launch pad at the Kennedy Space...

LABOUR OF LOVE

A scientist’s chance sighting of a sperm whale’s birth reveals the depth of these gentle giants’ bonds – and may offer lessons for humanity

In NWT, residents and government pay the price for dental- care deserts

Many forced to travel far away for treatment – or suffer without Wind whips along the shores of the Northwest Territories’ Great Bear Lake as Déline is blanketed in the season’s first snowfall. The fly- in Dene community, located just below the Arctic...

LOCKING HORNS

In the grasslands of Montana, an effort to bring back the iconic bison collides with Trump- era politics

Officials launch probe into fatal Air Canada crash at LaGuardia

Two pilots pronounced dead after plane collides with fire truck on New York airport’s runway Authorities are investigating the collision of an Air Canada Express plane and a fire truck that killed two pilots on a runway at New York’s LaGuardia airport...

POWER STRUGGLE

Cuba races to restore electricity after suffering its second countrywide blackout in a week amid a U. S. oil blockade