Increasingly, foreign students are choosing Canada over the US

17toronto - A group of students new to The University of Toronto walk across the lawn in front of King's College at the U of T at the conclusion of a campus tour for foreign students lead by volunteers from the university's Centre for International Experience in Toronto, ON on Friday, September 8, 2017. (Peter Power for the Boston Globe)

Peter Power for the Boston Globe

Canada has made international student recruitment a national goal to spur economic growth. The US has given the country?s effort an unexpected boost.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/09/16/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/17HIRE_artWEB-5762.jpg Why companies aren?t in a hurry to fill job openings

Companies say they want to hire. So why aren?t they doing it?

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Menu prices in Massachusetts are rising as grocery costs are falling.

Yvonne Abraham

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Can we fix the policy without further stacking the deck against those who summon the courage to come forward and report an assault?

Thousands attended the Boston Freedom Rally on Boston Common, which featured dozens of vendors, music and plenty of pot.

John Tlumacki/Globe Staff

Photos: 28th annual Boston Freedom Rally

Thousands attended the marijuana festival on Boston Common.

Ipswich fire chief is placed on leave after arrest

Gregory Gagnon faces two felony and two misdemeanor charges, an official said.

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Activists turned out in Boston in support of undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children.

Ideas | David Scharfenberg

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What does it mean for Boston if the World?s Best University slips to No. 2?

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British police made a ?significant? arrest a day after a subway blast set off panic.

Cruz Bay, St. John -- 9/14/2017 - William de Leon sorts through the remnants of an office on Estate Lindholm destroyed by Hurricane Irma, a hotel in the Cruz Bay section of St. John. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff) Topic: Reporter:

Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff

Hurdles ahead for Virgin Islands? tourism industry

Hurricane Irma hasn?t only destroyed the infrastructure of many Caribbean islands. It?s also wiped out much of the region?s vital tourism industry.

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Lee developed into a tropical storm, Jose was threatening the US East Coast, and Norma moved closer to Mexico.

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?This is conversation over. Yanking mics, uh, bye, see ya,? said Brooke Baldwin to Clay Travis.

Boston Marathon bombing survivor Jeff Bauman (right) and actor Jake Gyllenhaal, who plays him in the movie ?Stronger,? in Boston.

Movies

The story behind how Jeff Bauman?s Marathon bombing memoir became a movie

Bauman, who?s played by Jake Gyllenhaal, didn?t want to be part of a two-dimensional tale that glamorized what it was like to lose his legs.

BEN VOLIN | SUNDAY FOOTBALL NOTES

The NFL wants to speed up games. It did just that in Week 1

The 15 games played averaged 3:02 from start to finish, compared to 3:10 during Week 1 last year.

New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick instructs players on the sideline during the second half of an NFL football game against the Kansas City Chiefs, Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

MICHAEL DWYER/ASSOCIATED PRESS

History shows Patriots rebound from a loss better than anyone

New England is 38-11 after a loss since 2001.

Starts & Stops

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A union says Luis Ramirez, the T?s new GM, will be predisposed to choosing privatization over contract negotiations.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/09/16/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/c767be3bd87040cfa88c7f8f23b39b30-c767be3bd87040cfa88c7f8f23b39b30-0.jpg Why are there so many juggalos in D.C. this weekend?

Juggalos, as supporters of the rap group Insane Clown Posse are known, rallied and readied for a concert Saturday.

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The annual Henry L. Shattuck Awards recognize unsung leadership and commitment to improving Boston.

Arcade Fire at TD Garden Friday night.

music review

At TD Garden, Arcade Fire make it big

The show leaned on the band?s widescreen sonic sensibilities to turn the arena setting into a virtue.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/09/14/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/EMMY%20STORY%20WEB.jpg Who will win the Emmys ? and who should

Globe TV critic Matthew Gilbert offers his predictions.

Special reports

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/08/30/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Strobe-Getty_Goveandrichardson01_spt.jpg A hockey pro dies, and coach he said raped him is free

David Gove, a former Cape Cod hockey prodigy, is dead at 38. Felony charges have been dropped against the coach he said raped him as a boy.

Newsletters

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Witness the birth of the marijuana industry in Massachusetts and catch up on national pot headlines every Saturday.

Opinion & Ideas

EDITORIAL

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/09/15/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/AFP_QZ6V0.jpg A double standard at Harvard?

Harvard blundered into a fiasco that raises serious doubts about the school?s independence from government interference.

Fall Arts Preview 2017

Fall Arts preview

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/09/07/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/Fall%20arts%20home%20version%201-5253.jpg A guide to the best of what to see and do in Boston

A complete guide to movies, music, books, arts, theater, and family events in the Greater Boston area this season.

Real Estate

Maine Governor Paul LePage?s home back on the market for double the price

Set right across the street from the water, this three-bedroom, three-bath, 2,237-square-foot home in Boothbay, Maine, is listed for $409,000 ? and it is owned by Governor Paul LePage and his wife, Anne.