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In the news today, April 24
Five stories in the news for Wednesday, April 24 --- VOTERS IN P.E.I. ELECT TORY MINORITY Voters in P.E.I. have shed their century-old embrace of the Island's two-party system, electing a&nb...
Apr 26, 2019
'We want to be good neighbours:' Pot plant deals with stink at Edmonton airport
EDMONTON - A skunky smell greeting travellers at Edmonton's airport doesn't mean stinky critters are running loose in the area. The scent is coming from the Edmonton International Airport's new neighb...
Apr 26, 2019
Inquiry into Alberta RCMP officer's killing looks at bail hearing process
ST. ALBERT, Alta. - An Alberta Justice official has told a fatality inquiry into the death of a Mountie that the province is right not to force prosecutors to tell bail hearings about a susp...
Apr 26, 2019
San Jose scores 4 goals in 4 minutes, then wins Game 7 in OT
SAN JOSE, Calif. - In San Jose, the game will always be remembered as the Pavelski Payback for the four goals scored on one power play after the Sharks' captain was knocked out cold, turning around a ...
Apr 25, 2019
Tarasenko scores twice, Blues beat Stars 3-2 in Game 1
ST. LOUIS - Vladimir Tarasenko added to his growing playoff resume. Tarasenko scored two goals and the St. Louis Blues beat the Dallas Stars 3-2 Thursday night in first game of the teams' Western Conf...
Apr 25, 2019
China's Xi promotes building initiative amid debt worries
BEIJING - President Xi Jinping promised Friday to promote high financial standards for China's infrastructure-building initiative as Beijing tries to dispel complaints the multibillion-dollar program ...
Apr 25, 2019
Lillard has 50 and Blazers oust Thunder in 5 games
PORTLAND, Ore. - After Damian Lillard hit his walk-off 3-pointer to send the Trail Blazers along in the playoffs, he waved goodbye to the Thunder bench. "That was the last word," he afterward. "That w...
Apr 25, 2019
Jokic, Murray lead Nuggets' 108-90 romp of Spurs
DENVER - After a sputtering start to their post-season, the Denver Nuggets are starting to look like the team that ended a six-year playoff drought in such dramatic fashion. Nikola Jokic has a lot to ...
Apr 25, 2019
Japan apologizes to forcibly sterilized people, vows redress
TOKYO - Japan's government apologized Wednesday to tens of thousands of people who were forcibly sterilized under a now-defunct Eugenics Protection Law which was designed to "prevent the birth of poor...
Apr 25, 2019
UN: Pro-government forces kill more Afghans than insurgents
KABUL - Afghan and international forces were responsible for more civilian deaths in the first three months of 2019 than the Taliban and other militants, a new U.N. report said Wednesday. It marks the...
Apr 25, 2019