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Purdue Pharma agrees to settle OxyContin class-action suit
A $20-million proposed national settlement caps a legal battle that began a decade ago between Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, and lawyers representing as many as 2,000 Canadians who got hooked on the drug after their doctors prescribed it.
How disruptive technologies are eroding our trust in government
Kevin Lynch
After Saudi stop, Germany' Merkel visits neighbouring UAE
Pakistani authorities bust illegal organ trade ring
India's Modi discusses trade, ties with Turkey's Erdogan
The Latest: Le Pen wants negotiations to drop euro currency
Defiant rallies for worker rights mark May Day around world
Workers carry a mock coffin and effigies during a May Day rally in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, May 1, 2017. Thousands of workers attended the rally urging the government to raise minimum wages, ban outsourcing practices, provide free health care and improve working condition for workers in the country. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
Tokyo jeweler offers gold Darth Vader masks for $1.4 million
Tokyo gold jeweler Ginza Tanaka employee Momoko Marutani looks at the gold mask of Darth Vader at the jewelry shop in Tokyo, Monday, May 1, 2017. The life-size mask of Star Wars villain Darth Vader will be up for sale for a hefty price of 154 million yen ($1.38 million). The 24-karat mask was created by the gold jeweler to mark the 40th anniversary since the release of the first Star Wars film. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
Seven stories in the news today, May 1
On Memorial Day, Netanyahu tells Abbas: Stop funding killers
Nova Scotia election: Tories, Liberals make infrastructure pitches
Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil arrives for an infrastructure announcement as he campaigns in Halifax on Monday, May 1, 2017. The provincial election will be held Tuesday, May 30. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
Colorado: Where you can buy all the weed you want and have nowhere to smoke
Daniel Jordan, of Tampa, Fla., left, and Giobanni Turner, St. Albans, N.Y., smoke marijuana at iBake smoking lounge on Tuesday, April 25, 2017 in Denver. There are 385 dispensaries where cannabis connoisseurs can buy a dizzying array of dried bud, potent extracts and colourful edibles in Denver. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Joe Mahoney
Advice for Canada on legalizing pot from current and former Colorado officials
Lewis Koski, left, former deputy senior director of enforcement at the Colorado Department of Revenue and Andrew Freedman, the state's former director of marijuana co-ordination pose for a photo on Monday, April 24, 2017 in Denver. Colorado legalized recreational marijuana in 2012 and became the first state in the U.S. to launch storefront sales in January 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Joe Mahoney
High employees mean higher costs when marijuana legalized, oil and gas CEOs warn
A technician tests a sample at SureHire, an Edmonton-based drug testing company with branches across Canada, in Calgary, Alta., Wednesday, April 26, 2017.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Unharvested crops, wet spring causing headaches for Prairie farmers
Humphrey Banack is pictured with a flooded pea field in Round Hill, Alta., on Saturday, April 29, 2017. Prairie farmers are in a bind after bad weather forced them to leave a lot of crops on their fields last fall, and now the problem is being magnified by a cold, wet spring that has delayed seeding. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Codie McLachlan
B.C. Liberals say jobs the top election issue, while NDP pledges climate action
B.C. Liberal leader Christy Clark looks through a microscope as she visits Stemcell Technologies in Vancouver, B.C., Monday, May 1, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Vermont chocolatier sends residents on golden ticket hunt
Israel official: 870 Palestinians remain on hunger strike
FILE -- In this April 23, 2017 file photo, a Palestinian protester holds a sling shot as he sits near a banner with a picture of jailed leader Marwan Barghouti that reads, "The architect of the uprising," following a protest supporting prisoners in Israeli jails, in the West Bank city of Ramallah. An Israeli official said Monday, May 1, 2017, that the number of Palestinians prisoners participating in one of the largest hunger strike in years dropped to 870, from 1,300 a week earlier. Support for the hunger strikers who seek better conditions has gained momentum with West Bank marches and a social media campaign and has boosted the Palestinian leadership credentials of its imprisoned organizer, Barghouti. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed, File)
Thai prime minister accepts Trump's invitation to visit US
FILE - In this April 28, 2017 file photo, Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha gestures during his speech at the "Prosperity For All" Summit, the parallel event of the 30th ASEAN Leaders' Summit at metropolitan Manila, Philippines. Thailand's prime minister has accepted an invitation from President Donald Trump to visit the United States, his office said Monday, as the U.S. leader made an unexpected diplomatic initiative toward several Southeast Asian counterparts. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)
With Obama, Clinton gone, GOP revives Pelosi as boogeyman
FILE - In this March 23, 2017 file photo, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. In a pair of special House elections, Republicans are raising the specter of a second turn as House speaker for Pelosi to excite or scare GOP voters and sway independents enough to counter surging opposition to President Donald Trump. The strategy could be a defining theme of the 2018 elections. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
Correction: Severe Weather story
This photograph provided by the Warren County Emergency Management Agency shows what looks like a tornado that approached Vicksburg, Miss., Sunday, April 30, 2017. The tornado did not affect Vicksburg, but was part of system of severe weather that was statewide and caused tree damage, downed power lines and property damage. (Jerry Briggs/Warren County Fire Department via Warren County EMA via AP)
AP FACT CHECK: Are Trump's health-plan protections real?
President Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Harrisburg, Pa., Saturday, April 29, 2017. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Watchdog to Trump: Accountability not red carpet for Duterte
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte gestures while addressing the media following the conclusion of the 30th ASEAN Leaders' Summit in Manila, Philippines, Saturday, April 29, 2017. Duterte suggested Saturday to his American counterpart to back out from an intensifying standoff with North Korea not in surrender but to avoid risking a nuclear "holocaust" that could affect Asia immensely. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
Nevada coalition seeks unprecedented insulin refund law
In this April 18, 2017, photo, Soila Solano prepares to inject herself with insulin at her home in Las Vegas. Solano was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes six years ago. Casino owners and their employees’ unions are attempting to rein in soaring prescription drug prices in an attempt to control their own medical insurance costs. They and Democratic lawmakers backing the bill also hope it would cap what diabetics pay out of their own pockets for insulin. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Eminem lawsuit against New Zealand political party begins
FILE - In this April 15, 2012, file photo, Eminem performs at the 2012 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, Calif. They may not have lost themselves in the music or the moment but a judge and nine lawyers in a New Zealand courtroom did listen politely to Eminem’s “Lose Yourself” as a copyright trial involving the country’s ruling political party began Monday, May 1, 2017. The Detroit-based music publishers for Eminem are suing New Zealand’s conservative National Party for using a similar soundtrack titled “Eminem Esque” for a 2014 TV ad. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
Body of one of four hunters missing in northeastern Alberta recovered
Pool party gunman called ex-girlfriend during deadly rampage
San Diego Police Chief Shelley Zimmerman, right, speaks in front of a La Jolla apartment after a shooting Sunday, April 30, 2017, in San Diego as San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer looks on at right. Police shot and killed a 49-year-old man suspected of shooting several people Sunday at a birthday pool party in an apartment complex near the University of California, San Diego, authorities said. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Sri Lanka navy seizes boat with 30 from Myanmar, 2 Indians
Arrests made as thousands rally in US for and against Trump
FILE- In this May 1, 2006, file photo, demonstrators march to show support for immigrant rights along Wilshire Boulevard near MacArthur Park in Los Angeles. Immigrant and union groups will march in cities across the United States on Monday, May 1, 2017, to mark May Day and protest against President Donald Trump’s efforts to boost deportations. The day has become a rallying point for immigrants in the U.S. since demonstrations were held in 2006 against a proposed immigration enforcement bill. (AP Photo/Ric Francis, File)
Q&A: Expert says all's not right for endangered right whales
Airbnb hosts to lobby for better rules in New York
Comments sought on plans for 34-mile Adirondack bike trail
Bath Viaduct to reopen to traffic this week
M/S Mount Washington cruise ship ready for summer
May 1: Your daily horoscope
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