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Jail in Philippine police station linked to drug war abuse
In this Thursday, April 27, 2017 photo, detainees crouch on the floor inside a secret jail after being discovered by the Commission on Human Rights at Police Station 1 at Tondo district in Manila, Philippines. Philippine police relieved a station chief and his staff on Friday after human rights representatives discovered the secret jail cell inside the Manila station where a dozen detainees complained they were being held for extortion. (AP Photo/Ezra Acayan)
Bruno Caboclo leads Raptors 905 to NBA D-League title
Lundqvist makes 41 saves, gives Rangers a chance in Game 1 loss to Senators
New York Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist (30) makes a save on Ottawa Senators right wing Mark Stone (61) during the first period in game one of a second-round NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoff series in Ottawa on Thursday, April 27, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Crosby scores twice, Bonino has winner as Penguins beat Capitals
Nick Bonino scores a goal in front of Brooks Orpik in the third period of Game 1.
Acceleration glitch forces some TTC buses off the road
The Toronto Transit Commission has parked all 153 of its extra-long articulated buses because of a problem with “unexpected acceleration.”
Acceleration glitch forces some Toronto buses off the roads.
Saskatchewan Polytechnic school lays off more workers after budget cut
Japan economy's vital signs dull in March, but views upbeat
People walk past an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm in Tokyo, Friday, April 28, 2017. Japan reports that its manufacturing output and household spending fell in March, while the jobless rate remained at a 22-year low. The data released Friday generally were slightly weaker than analysts had forecast, though the outlook for the world’s third-largest economy remained upbeat. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)
Hydro One reports around 48,000 power outages due to storm
'Bobbi Jene,' 'Keep the Change' top Tribeca Film Fest awards
GOP bill would discipline hecklers at college speeches
FILE - In this Sept. 7, 2016, file photo, Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos speaks at a news conference in Madison, Wisc. Republican lawmakers are pushing a plan to require the University of Wisconsin System to discipline students who disrupt speeches and presentations, and force campuses to remain neutral on public issues. "All across the nation and here at home, we've seen protesters trying to silence different viewpoints," Vos, one of the bill's chief sponsors said in a news release Thursday, April 27, 2017. "Free speech means free speech for everyone and not just for the person who speaks the loudest." (AP Photo/Scott Bauer, File)
Bruno Caboclo has 31 points, Raptors 905 win NBA D-League championship
Protesters out in force at annual Premier's Dinner in Saskatchewan
Former 'Miracle' actor and Army sergeant dies near Seattle
Coast Guard suspends use of injured animals to train medics
Second man charged in fatal shooting of judge in Chicago
This undated photo provided by the Chicago Police Department shows Earl Wilson. Wilson is the second person to be charged in connection with the death of Cook County Circuit Court judge Raymond Myles, who was gunned down outside his home earlier April. Chicago police announced Thursday, April 27, 2017, that first-degree murder charges have been filed against Wilson. Chicago Police Department via AP)
Actor Diane Guerrero meets immigrant taking refuge in church
Experts: Long road ahead for Trump offshore drilling order
File-In this Oct. 3, 2016, file photo, Kyle Palmer, left, of Idaho waits as his son Lance Palmer of San Francisco, takes a photograph of the scene looking south from Beetle Rock at Giant Forest in Sequoia National Park, Calif. President Donald Trump will sign executive orders this week aimed at expanding offshore oil drilling and reviewing national monument designations made by his predecessors, continuing the Republican's assault on Democratic President Barack Obama's environmental legacy. (Eric Paul Zamora/The Fresno Bee vi AP, File)
Amid reports of US NAFTA pullout, Mexico leaned on diplomacy
Crosby scores twice, Bonino has winner as Pens beat Caps
Appeals panel agrees to delay case on coal plant pollution
Vigil held for young woman brutally slain on small Manitoba First Nation
Rapper Classified wins Song of the Year at East Coast Music Awards
Classified addresses the crowd after winning the song of the year award for ‘No Pressure’ at the 2017 East Coast Music Awards gala in Saint John, N.B. on April 27, 2017.
Karlsson scores late to lift Senators over Rangers in Game 1
Erik Karlsson battles through Rangers players as he chases the puck in the second period of Game 1.
Taliban announce spring offensive, vow to build institutions
FILE - In this Oct. 26, 2016 file photo, Afghan men gather around the bodies of several civilians who were killed by Taliban fighters in Ferozkoh, Ghor province, Afghanistan. Afghanistan's Taliban announced the start of their spring offensive Friday, April 28, 2017, promising to build their political base in the country while focusing military assaults on coalition and Afghan security forces. (AP Photo, File)
B.C. party leaders make final campaign plans for election’s last days
B.C. NDP leader John Horgan arrives for a leaders debate in Vancouver, B.C., Wednesday, April 26, 2017.
Erik Karlsson outshines Henrik Lundqvist as Senators snatch Game 1
Ottawa Senators defenceman Erik Karlsson (65) celebrates his goal against the New York Rangers with teammates centre Jean-Gabriel Pageau (44) and defenceman Marc Methot (3) during the third period in game one of a second-round NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoff series in Ottawa on Thursday, April 27, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand
Raptors advance to conference semis with nailbiting 92-89 victory over Bucks
Toronto Raptors' DeMar DeRozan drives against Milwaukee Bucks' Greg Monroe during the first half of game 6 of an NBA first-round playoff series basketball game Thursday, April 27, 2017, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
Raptors hold on to beat Bucks in Game 6, advance to next round
DeMar DeRozan drives against Greg Monroe during the first half of Game 6 on Thursday.
Judge certifies class action lawsuit against Ontario Hockey League
A class action lawsuit against the Ontario Hockey League got the green light Thursday.
Nobel winner Elizabeth Blackburn tells Vancouver TED the secrets of aging
Elizabeth Blackburn speaks at TED2017 in Vancouver.
Nova Scotia rapper Classified wins ECMA Song of Year for Snoop Dogg collaboration
Classified addresses the crowd after winning the song of the year award for No Pressure at the 2017 East Coast Music Awards gala in Saint John, N.B. on Thursday, April 27, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
In B.C., ‘immediate action’ on opioid crisis is open to political interpretation
B.C. Liberal Leader Christy Clark, B.C. Green Party leader Andrew Weaver and B.C. NDP leader John Horgan at the debate on April 26, 2017. B.C.’s major party leaders exchanged jabs on the issue of the overdose crisis during this week’s televised debate, citing money spent – and not spent – as an indication of progress to date.
Manitoba insurance takes back Star Trek fan's plate, says message offensive
Facing backlash on killings, Duterte to find solace in ASEAN
A Filipino sniper from security forces take position ahead of the arrival of Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak at Manila's international airport, Philippines Thursday, April 27, 2017. Security is tight as heads of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) come to Manila for the annual ASEAN Leaders Summit. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Defence lawyer in Bountiful polygamy trial to launch charter challenge over evidence
Winston Blackmore, who is accused of practising polygamy in a fundamentalist religious community, returns to court after a lunch break in Cranbrook, B.C., on April 18, 2017.
Inside Kevin O’Leary’s last day as a Conservative leadership candidate
Kevin O'Leary stops for a tea at a Second Cup shop in Burlington, Ont., on April 26, 2017.
Off-duty Border Patrol agent may have started Arizona fire
Trump tower fated not to rise in Indonesian isle of the gods
In this April 12, 2017 photo, Balinese men walk to attend a prayer at a Hindu temple near the site which will be developed into a six-star resort managed by Trump organization, in Beraban, Bali, Indonesia. Plans for a Trump hotel golf course overlooking a sacred Hindu temple that juts into the Indian Ocean are being reshaped by locals, who welcome new investment in the popular Indonesian resort island but are also determined to preserve their unique traditions. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)
Defence lawyer in polygamy trial to launch charter challenge over evidence
White House wants to push tax overhaul without Democrats
President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence, left, head to the motorcade to go to the Department of Veterans Affairs to sign an Executive Order on "Improving Accountability and Whistleblower Protection," Thursday, April 27, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Quebec Liberal caucus faces corruption crisis after political interference allegations
Yves Francoeur, president of the Montreal police union, alleged law-enforcement officials asked him “to do something” after a person he did not identify blocked some 2012 criminal cases from going to court.
The Ducks’ goalie coach may not be ‘conventional,’ but he is sensational
Anaheim Ducks goalie coach Sudarshan Maharaj says he is mostly self-taught when it comes to goaltending: He learned from watching Bernie Parent and reading a goalie manual by Jacques Plant.
Canada loses round-robin finale at world mixed doubles championship
The Latest: Saints end 1st round by taking Ryan Ramczyk
FILE - In this Dec. 28, 2016, file photo, Texas A&M's Myles Garrett (15) tries to get around Kansas State offensive lineman Scott Frantz during the second half of the Texas Bowl NCAA college football game in Houston.The NFL Draft will be held April 27-29, 2017, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Eric Christian Smith, File)
Plenty of empty seats at Senators-Rangers second round playoff series opener
Ottawa Senators centre Ryan Dzingel (18) celebrates his goal with teammates centre Kyle Turris (7) and left wing Alex Burrows (14) as New York Rangers defenceman Brendan Smith (42) skates by during the second period in game one of a second-round NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoff series in Ottawa on Thursday, April 27, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand
‘I told myself not to cry’: South Africa’s Gift Ngoepe makes MLB history
Pittsburgh Pirate's Gift Ngoepe makes his major league debut in the fourth inning against the Chicago Cubs at PNC Park on April 26, 2017 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Police: Man pepper-sprayed autistic man eating free cookies
China envoy reaffirms importance of Canada-China free-trade talks
Chinese Ambassador Lu Shaye has been negotiating the prospective terms of a possible trade agreement with Canada.
B.C. to remain 'wild west' of campaign finance without a new government: experts
Former military officer charged with sexual assault in British Columbia
Leon Draisaitl can thrive for Edmonton Oilers in Anaheim against Ducks
New funding for Toronto transit, social housing left out of Ontario budget
Toronto Mayor John Tory leaves a news conference after outlining the city's response to the growing fentanyl and opiod overdose crisis at Toronto City Hall, on Monday January 9, 2017.
The Latest: Evacuations over after suburban Detroit gas leak
Mexico Senate OKs disappearance law, calls for search system
FILE - In this Oct. 16, 2014 file photo, Maria Guadalupe Orozco points to an image of her missing son Francis Garcia Orozco on a leaflet of missing persons, during an interview in Iguala, Mexico. The leaflet reads in Spanish "Army return our children. Present them Now!" Mexico's Senate approved a law Thursday, April 27, 2017 that imposes long prison sentences for forced disappearances and calls for a national system for searching for missing persons. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)
Uriel Luft: Ballet impresario was devoted to dance
Uriel Luft worked tirelessly to promote many dance and performance troupes to international audiences.
The Latest: Amid shouts, city delays anti-profiling measure
Bombardier rejects Boeing claim CSeries was dumped into the U.S. at below cost
Judge certifies class action lawsuit against Ontario Hockey League
Aide: Blacks not trying hard enough to work with Trump
Omarosa Manigault, political aide and communications director for the Office of Public Liaison at the White House under President Donald Trump's administration, speaks at the Women's Power Luncheon of the 2017 National Action Network convention, in New York, Thursday, April 27, 2017. Manigault was a contestant on Trump's reality competition series, "The Apprentice." (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Streetwise newsletter: Home Capital rebounds but looks at possible sale
Yukon tables territory’s largest budget, forecasts major deficits
Yukon Premier Sandy Silver smiles as he listens to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau before a meeting in the prime minister's office on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Feb. 8, 2017.
Cops: Pit bull kills owner during attack outside home
Ontario’s balanced budget is laudable, but where’s the plan to tackle debt?
Ontario Finance Minister Charles Sousa, right, delivers the 2017 Ontario budget next to Premier Kathleen Wynne at Queen's Park in Toronto on Thursday April 27, 2017.
The Latest: Senate confirms Acosta as Trump's man at labour
FILE - In this March 22, 2017 file photo, Labor secretary-designate Alexander Acosta testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Senate is poised to confirm Acosta as President Donald Trump’s secretary of labor. The vote expected Thursday, April 27, 2017, would make Acosta the only Hispanic in the Cabinet and complete Trump’s Cabinet as he approaches the 100-day mark of his presidency. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
Signs of a housing storm as alternative lenders slide
Andrew Willis
Yukon tables largest budget, forecasts major deficits in years ahead
Christy Clark vows to take softwood lumber fight to Washington
BC Liberal Leader Christy Clark tours FibreCo in North Vancouver, B.C., on April 27, 2017.
Nothing could be done to save gas-and-dash victim, doctor tells murder trial
John Doyle: Anjelica Scannura and all-fitness TV: There oughta be a law
John Doyle
Minnesota appeals court rejects bid to move officer's trial
Classic Empire gives trainer Mark Casse best shot at Kentucky Derby title
In a photo provided by Oaklawn Park, Classic Empire and jockey Julien R. Leparoux win the Arkansas Derby horse race Saturday, April 15 2017, at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Ark. The Kentucky Derby is one of the few races to escape Mark Casse's grasp. But Casse, nine times Canadian thoroughbred racing's top trainer, believes he has his best shot at winning his first Derby title May 6 with Classic Empire, last year's Breeders' Cup Juvenile champion who won the Grade 1 Arkansas Derby.THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Coady Photography/Oaklawn Park via AP
Cardinals sweep doubleheader from Blue Jays
Toronto Blue Jays center fielder Kevin Pillar is unable to hold on to a double by St. Louis Cardinals' Dexter Fowler during the eighth inning in the first game of a baseball doubleheader Thursday, April 27, 2017, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
Alex Jones loses primary custody; ex-wife gets joint custody
HGTV hosts: Show is '100 per cent positive' about Mississippi
Erin Napier recalls how she and her husband, Ben, two landed the HGTV home renovation series, "Home Town," based in their hometown of Laurel, Miss., at the Mississippi Economic Council, the state Chamber of Commerce, Thursday, April 27, 2017, in Jackson, Miss. The couple encouraged small businesses to invest in their communities in order to make a positive impact. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Dominican diplomat pleads guilty, co-operating in UN case
FILE - In this March 16, 2016, file photo, Francis Lorenzo, second from left, a suspended ambassador from the Dominican Republic and former U.N. diplomat, leaves court in New York. Lorenzo pleaded guilty to new charges in a United Nations bribery scheme on Thursday, April 27, 2017, revealing himself as a key witness at a Chinese billionaire’s trial next month. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)
Review: In 'Casting JonBenet,' reliving a tabloid sensation
Correction: Jefferson Starship-Band Dispute story
FILE - In this July 24, 1987 file photo, members of Starship, from left, Mickey Thomas, Craig Chaquico, Grace Slick and Donny Baldwin, pose outside the Berkeley Community Theater stage entrance after a rehearsal in Berkeley, Calif. Chaquico is asking a judge to prevent a new iteration of Jefferson Starship from using the name in a federal lawsuit filed Thursday, April 27, 2017, in San Francisco. The suit states the band’s members agreed to retire the Jefferson Starship name in 1985 after founding member Paul Kantner left the group. Some members later formed a group Starship, which recorded the hit “We Built This City.” (AP Photo/Doug Atkins, File)
Rough day: Cardinals sweep doubleheader from Blue Jays
St. Louis Cardinals' Matt Carpenter, top right, is congratulated by teammates as he arrives at home plate after hitting a walk-off grand slam to defeat the Toronto Blue Jays 8-4 in 11 innings in the first baseball game of a doubleheader Thursday, April 27, 2017, in St. Louis.
Globe editorial: Ontario’s NDP-lite budget sets the table for the next election
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne.
Feds: Tribe-owned online lenders collected on invalid debts
$11.7 million heist biggest in Paraguay's history
The partly demolished building of the armored car company Prosegur is seen after assailants blew it up, in Ciudad del Este, Paraguay, Monday, April 24, 2017. A gang of over 50 armed bandits stole several million dollars from a vault in the company, in what local officials are dubbing the "robbery of the century". The culprits, who police said were from Brazil, killed one police officer during the Monday raid. (Roberto Zarza/Diario ABC Color via AP)
Western Hockey League board of governors approves sale of Kootenay Ice
The Latest: Beer stores near reservation may have to close
Seven U.S. banks poised to benefit from possible Dodd-Frank changes
Big tech names set for big action on Friday
People are silhouetted as they pose with laptops in front of a screen projected with a Google logo.
Canadian sent to US prison for smuggling immigrants in 1999
Teenage talent set to clash as Whitecaps' Davies faces Impact's Tabla
Montreal Impact midfielder Ballou Tabla, left, and Philadelphia Union midfielder Alejandro Bedoya vie for the ball during the second half of an MLS soccer match Saturday, April 22, 2017, in Chester, Pa.Tabla has turned heads in his first MLS matches with the Montreal Impact and could end up as a regular starter in the not too distant future. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Michael Perez
Court documents lift curtain on cutthroat world of military procurement
2nd Waffle House co-founder dies weeks after partner's death
B.C. election: Key developments from Day 17
President Macron: A nightmare for Trumpists, Brexiters, the Kremlin
Emmanuel Macron, centre, candidate for the 2017 French presidential election, during a campaign visit in Sarcelles, near Paris, on April 27, 2017.
US presses for Americans' release in direct talks with Iran
FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2016, file photo, Iranian lawyer Mahmoud Alizadeh Tabatabei, who represents dual U.S.-Iranian citizens Siamak Namazi and his father Baquer works at his office in Tehran, Iran. U.S. diplomats used a meeting with their Iranian counterparts to press the release of Americans being detained in Iran, the Trump administration said April 27, 2017. State Department spokesman Mark Toner cited the detentions of Iranian-American businessman Siamak Namazi and his 81-year-old father, Baquer Namazi, who are serving 10-year prison sentences for "cooperating with the hostile American government." The younger Namazi has been detained since October 2015 and his father was taken into custody in February 2016.(AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Berkeley praises police for keeping peace at Coulter rallies
Westshore urges Ottawa to keep border open to U.S. thermal coal
A train containing a load of coal is delivered to Westshore Terminals in Delta, B.C. April 23, 2013. Westshore is urging Ottawa to maintain the flow of imports of thermal coal by train from U.S. mines.
Goldman Sachs names new head of equity capital markets in Canada
In this Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2016, file photo, the logo for Goldman Sachs appears above a trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.
Alberta puts new leaders in place at controversial farm-aid agency
With smart beta, Vanguard founder fears ‘too much innovation’
Jack Bogle, founder of Vanguard Group, in 2005.
Airline stocks drop on American wage increases
American Airlines aircraft are parked at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington, U.S., August 8, 2016.
Toronto-Dominion joins other banks in seeking Toronto office space
TD Centre office towers in Toronto as pictured on April, 17 2014.
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