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What'sHappeningNOW May 17, 2019
Voice of the Raiders Trevor Redden speaks with Sports Editor Jeff D'Andrea as the Memorial Cup gets underway in Halifax.
May 17, 2019
NY Mayor Bill de Blasio could be latest White House hopeful
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio plans to visit a pair of early voting states ahead of an expected entry into the crowded 2020 Democratic presidential race. De Blasio is scheduled to appear Thursday...
May 17, 2019
Toronto FC waiting on Altidore's health -- and next transfer window
Toronto FC ends a stretch of five games in 15 days Saturday when it faces Real Salt Lake City at Rio Tinto Stadium with a question-mark over key forward Jozy Altidore. The U.S. international's fi...
May 17, 2019
Huawei hit by US export controls, potential import ban
In a fateful swipe at telecommunications giant Huawei, the Trump administration issued an executive order Wednesday apparently aimed at banning its equipment from U.S. networks and said it was subject...
May 17, 2019
Bee bandits strike Saskatchewan farm
The equivalent of a semi-load of honey was stolen from a farm in northeast saskatchewan, according to the beekeeper who runs the operation.Derek Moyen farms north of Zenon Park and said losing 148 bee...
May 17, 2019 (File photo/ farmnewsNOW Staff)
Business manager sentenced for defrauding Ne-Yo, McKnight
NEWARK, N.J. - A New Jersey man who served as business manager for Ne-Yo has been sentenced in Ohio to more than seven years in prison for defrauding the R&B singer in a sports beverage scheme. Ke...
May 17, 2019
RCMP video brings home reality in a 'visceral way': former TRC chairman
OTTAWA - Former Truth and Reconciliation commissioner Murray Sinclair says a video of a Mountie interrogating a young Indigenous woman disclosing sexual abuse in B.C. foster care brings home...
May 17, 2019
Woodstock 50 festival: Investment bank is lining up money
NEW YORK - Organizers of the Woodstock 50 festival are signalling progress toward resolving a financial crunch after a falling-out with backer Amplifi Live. The festival announced Friday that investme...
May 17, 2019
University gets horror filmmaker George Romero's archives
PITTSBURGH - The University of Pittsburgh is getting a spooky addition: the archives of late iconic horror filmmaker George A. Romero. Romero's horror flicks date back to the 1968 film "Night of the L...
May 17, 2019
Canadian company pleads guilty to peddling vast database of personal information
OTTAWA - The RCMP says a Canadian-based company that peddled an illicit trove of 1.5 billion user names and associated passwords has pleaded guilty to criminal charges. In a news r...
May 17, 2019
