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Toyota to spend $1.4-billion upgrading two Ontario plants Subscriber content

Federal, Ontario governments to inject $220-million in financial support for the auto maker’s plan

NAFTA’s saga so far: A guide to trade, the talks and Trump

For more than 20 years, NAFTA has tied the continent’s economy together. Now, Washington wants to give the trade deal a massive overhaul. Get caught up on The Globe’s latest coverage of the trade talks and what’s at stake

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Freeland signals ‘strong commitment’ to Rohingya in visit to Bangladesh refugee camp, but no promises for new funding

Canada’s foreign affairs minister toured the camp near Bangladesh’s border with Myanmar, where more than 600,000 refugees now live after they were forced to flee their homes. She called the situation “one of the great atrocities being committed right now in our time.”

Canada must be unafraid in its quest for justice for the Rohingya

As a host to the G7 summit, Canada is uniquely poised to help to end the fastest-growing refugee crisis in the world today

Shirin Ebadi and Tawakkol Karman

Rohingya girl recounts harrowing escape from Myanmar's military 1:25

Twelve-year-old Zohra Begum describes fleeing violence in Myanmar's Rakhine State, during a meeting with members of the U.N. Security Council in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar.

HORSE RACING

On the eve of the Kentucky Derby, tourism industry bets on thoroughbreds and bourbon Subscriber content

U.S. thoroughbred industry seeks to attract new interest as fans get older and shrink in number

When it comes to horse racing, good genes don’t always mean success. Just ask Secretariat’s grandson

The road to thoroughbred greatness often passes through Secretariat, and that includes most runners in the Kentucky Derby. However, not every horse that can trace its heritage to the greatest of all time turns out to be a winner. There are many that have not inherited their progenitor’s success

In photos: Saddled with curse, Justify goes for Kentucky Derby win Gallery

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Lightning win in overtime, pushing Bruins to brink of elimination May 4

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P.K. Subban is public enemy No. 1 in Winnipeg May 4

Why was a suspended officer giving advice to criminals? The long and winding tale of a dirty cop May 4

Listen to the wiretap of Det. Const. Craig Ruthowsky 1:29 May 4

This contrast of NHL expansion teams is like Knight and day Roy MacGregor May 4

Opinion As bad a week as the Raptors had, Drake’s was more terrible Cathal Kelly May 4

ROB Magazine

The 2018 Top 1000: We rate every major Canadian stock Read The Globe’s exclusive ranking of Canada’s largest companies, sortable by by revenue, profit, assets or market cap

Couche-Tard is now Canada’s largest company: How a chain of convenience stores beat the banks Move over, Manulife—there’s a new company at No.1

After years of scandal, CEO Neil Bruce says SNC-Lavalin is back on track The company has cleaned house and is back in the market’s favour. Can it stay there?

Inside Manulife’s plan for a massive Asian expansion Manulife’s new CEO sees the company’s future growth coming from Asia’s burgeoning middle class. Unfortunately, so do many of his competitors

Top 1000 market outlook: Is this the year the correction hits? Last year most analysts warned we were in for a slowdown that never came. The markets are even more overvalued this year, and some say cracks are starting to show

Keith Creel on healing the wounds at CP Rail Creel opens up about Hunter Harrison’s death and his plan to expand Canadian Pacific

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Trauma, marijuana, and the treatment program Veterans Affairs reined in 6:10 Ryan Turcotte is a Canadian veteran suffering from PTSD. His medication shifted from prescription pills to 10 grams of marijuana per day; a change he says gave him his life back. As the medical marijuana program for veterans quickly took hold nationally, countermeasures were introduced to cut ballooning costs. For Turcotte, what's still missing is a proper support system.

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Good Samaritan ferrying stranded residents 1:19 A New Brunswick man dubbed 'Uber Rob' is transporting Darlings Island residents across floodwaters in his boat free of charge. Rob Dekany says avoiding debris in the water is like playing a game of 'Pac-Man.'

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Hawaii residents evacuated as volcano erupts 1:12 The Kilauea Volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island came to life on Thursday, belching ash into the sky and spewing fountains of lava in a residential area where people were ordered to leave their homes, officials said.

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Nobel Literature prize postponed amid sexual-misconduct allegations 0:58 No Nobel Prize for Literature will be given this year over sexual misconduct allegations that has seen a string of board members resign from the board of the Swedish Academy that awards the prize.

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Carrick Talks Money: Are houses an investment or a consumer good? 1:06 Rob Carrick discusses whether you should consider your house as an investment or a consumable good with Doug Hoyes, author of 'Straight Talk On Your Money' .

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Trump says he repaid lawyer for Daniels payment 2:12 U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday money from his presidential campaign was not used to pay off adult-film star Stormy Daniels, publicly acknowledging the payment for the first time and denying any sexual encounter with her years ago.

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What will legalized marijuana mean for employers? 3:00 Workplace Award panelists provide perspectives on how employers should approach the subject of marijuana with their employees.

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