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Mexican band Cafe Tacvba's instruments, equipment stolen
MEXICO CITY - The Mexican rock band Cafe Tacvba said its instruments and other equipment were stolen and two crew members briefly detained in a highway robbery early Thursday. In a statement, the band...
May 02, 2019
Senate committee recommends Beyak suspension over letters on Indigenous Peoples
OTTAWA - The Senate's ethics committee recommended Tuesday that Sen. Lynn Beyak be suspended without pay over incendiary letters about Indigenous Peoples she posted to her website....
May 02, 2019
Facebook bans Louis Farrakhan, Alex Jones for hate speech
SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook has banned Louis Farrakhan, Alex Jones and others from its main service and from Instagram, saying they violated the company's ban against hate and violence. The company said ...
May 02, 2019
Trial starts for repairman charged in LA, Chicago killings
LOS ANGELES - Opening statements began Thursday in the Los Angeles murder trial of an air conditioning repairman charged with the stabbing deaths of two women and a suburban Chicago teenager for sexua...
May 02, 2019
Canada's airlines want longer runway for security-screening overhaul
OTTAWA - The federal plan to revamp Canada's air-security screening system is running into headwinds from major airlines, which are urging the government to take things slow to get the chang...
May 02, 2019
From Parliament to Pyramid Power, 8-time Stanley Cup winner Red Kelly did it all
Hockey Hall of Famer Red Kelly packed several careers into his lifetime - sometimes at the same time. But hockey was always at the heart of the things for the smooth-skating Kelly. Kelly won eight Sta...
May 02, 2019
Israel says bots promoting boycott of Eurovision
JERUSALEM - Israel says it has uncovered a network of bots and fake Twitter accounts urging a boycott of the upcoming Israeli-hosted Eurovision song contest. Israel's Ministry of Strategic Affairs sai...
May 02, 2019
Drug company founder convicted in opioid bribery scheme
BOSTON - A wealthy drug company founder was convicted Thursday of directing a scheme to bribe doctors across the country to prescribe a highly addictive fentanyl spray. John Kapoor, the founder and fo...
May 02, 2019
Ottawa ditches longer deadlines for answering veterans' requests for service
OTTAWA - The federal government has backed off a controversial plan to give bureaucrats more time to respond to disabled veterans seeking benefits and support for their service-related injuries. Yet w...
May 02, 2019
Wednesday's Scoreboard
Wednesday's GamesSJHLPortage 7, Battlefords 5POR leads 3-1 NHL PlayoffsSecond RoundCarolina 5 N.Y. Islanders 2(Carolina leads series 3-0) Dallas 4 St. Louis 2(Series tied 2-2) NBA PlayoffsSecond Round...
May 02, 2019 (file photo/battlefordsNOW staff)
