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May 14

ESPN's Shelley Smith having tests after scare at Warriors
Japan wakes up to global 'ransomware' cyberattack
Scores and Schedule
Markets keep cyberattack and North Korea concerns in check
A man looks at an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Monday, May 15, 2017. Shares were higher in early trading Monday in Asia, despite worries of disruptions from the “WannaCry” ransomware cyberattack over the weekend. Yet another missile launch by North Korea also appeared to have little impact, while upbeat talk on trade and infrastructure investment at a top-level conference in China brightened sentiment. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
Sunday's Games
WHL Roundup: Thunderbirds down Pats in Game 6 to advance to Memorial Cup
Tofino’s annual surf competition draws thousands
Aqua Bruhwiler (left), 11, and Jasmine Porter, 12, await their U12 Girls event at the Rip Curl Pro Tofino Canadian Surfing Championships in Tofino.
Energized Ducks beat Predators to even Western Conference final
Ondrej Kase of the Ducks plays the puck as Pontus Aberg of the Predators pursues on May 14, 2017.
Energized Ducks even Western finals, beat Predators 5-3
Nashville Predators' Mattias Ekholm (14) collides with Anaheim Ducks' Ondrej Kase (86) as they battle for the puck by the goal during the first period of Game 2 of the Western Conference final in the NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoffs, Sunday, May 14, 2017, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Review: Formidable ensemble gives new life to older work
Unnamed women in for colored girls speak monologues, sometimes solo, sometimes shared, drawn from their experiences being black and female in various cities across the United States at different times in the postwar period.
Condo board battle: String of disputes raises questions about elected directors
One of the consequences of Toronto’s condo boom has been the creation of hundreds of mini-governments run by elected directors.
Angela Merkel’s party wins state election in rivals’ German heartland
Armin Laschet, top candidate of the conservative Christian Democratic Union, celebrates during an election party on May 14, 2017 in Duesseldorf, western Germany.
Mappin scores overtime winner as Bandits edge Vees 2-1 at RBC Cup
Barry Manilow postpones 2 shows to rest vocal cords
FILE - In this Tuesday, May 9, 2017, file photo, Barry Manilow speaks at the 65th annual BMI Pop Awards at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. Manilow was to perform Sunday, May 14, at the Forum in Inglewood, Calif, but postponed the concert on doctor's orders because of sprained vocal cords. His Chicago show on Wednesday has also been rescheduled. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
Depp to star in film as McAfee antivirus software inventor
In this combination photo, actor Johnny Depp, left, appears at the premiere of "Alice Through the Looking Glass" on May 23, 2016, in Los Angeles. and anti-virus software founder John McAfee appears in the South Beach area of Miami Beach, Fla., on Dec 12, 2012 after being deported from Guatemala, where he had sought refuge to evade police questioning in the killing of a man in neighboring Belize. Depp is set to star in ‚ÄúKing of the Jungle,‚Äù a dark comedy about McAfee, the eccentric inventor of McAfee Antivirus software. Condv© Nast Entertainment said Sunday, May 14, 2017, that the story is based on a Wired magazine article about the tech titan who left the business to live an isolated existence in the Belize jungle. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, right, and Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
How the Pierre Trudeau government turned a blind eye to Africa massacres
Government troops gather on a road west of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, in February, 1981 to cut off any attempt by former guerrillas loyal to Joshua Nkomo to move into the city. Violence between factions loyal to Zimbabwe Prime Minister Robert Mugabe and Nkomo, his former partner in the guerrilla alliance against white minority rule, claimed the lives of an estimated 20,000 civilians between 1983 and 1984.
Toronto police detonate suspicious package left at school
West Vancouver real estate project closes ‘locals only’ buying period
A real estate sign is shown outside a house in Vancouver, Jan. 3, 2017.
Canadian universities see surge of international students
“We have a rising tide of isolationism and exclusion in Europe, in the United States, and people are looking to Canada,” said David Turpin, president of the University of Alberta, shown on campus in Edmonton in 2015.
Search suspended for fire chief missing from Cache Creek, B.C.
Doctor’s pharma links raise fears of bias on opioid panel
Sol Stern, a family doctor in Oakville, Ont., and one of 13 panel members who voted on the standards, has been a paid speaker and advisory board member for drug companies, including the pharmaceutical giant whose pain pill triggered Canada’s deadly opioid epidemic, according to his declaration form posted online last week.
Fentanyl test boosts dose-reduction rate, could lead to fewer overdoses
A man prepares to inject himself with heroin in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver on Oct. 25, 2016.
Kelly: As Premier League dynasties fall, so too do their kings
Cathal Kelly
Mother’s Day puts playoffs in perspective for some Ottawa Senators
Roy MacGregor
Airline passenger bill of rights will go to Parliament this week
Transport Minister Marc Garneau, shown in this April 11 photo, committed to introducing legislation this spring that would establish an airline passenger bill of rights to deal with consequences for overbooking, delays and lost or damaged luggage.
The Latest: Miss District of Columbia wins 2017 Miss USA
Miss California USA India Williams, left, and Miss Tennessee USA Allee-Sutton Hethcoat embrace after making the top 10 during the Miss USA contest Sunday, May 14, 2017, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Conservative leadership race divides along new poles
Campbell Clark
Spurs beats Man United in stadium finale, locks down Premier League second spot
Manchester United's Wayne Rooney, left, vies for the ball with Tottenham's Jan Vertonghen during the English Premier League soccer match between Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United at White Hart Lane stadium in London, Sunday, May 14, 2017.
Torch-wielding group protests Confederate statue removal
In this Saturday, May 13, 2017, photo, with a Gen. Robert E. Lee statue in the background, people gather at Lee Park in Charlottesville, Va., to protest the plans to remove the monument. (Allison Wrabel/The Daily Progress via AP)
Ex-governor's ambitions paved way to dam crisis, records say
Jeter's No 2 retired by Yanks; Monument Park plaque unveiled
FILE- In this May 24, 2015, file photo, Derek Jeter waves to fans as he is introduced, at the dedication of a plaque for Bernie Williams in Monument Park, before the New York Yankees' baseball game against the Texas Rangers at Yankee Stadium in New York. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun, File)
Specialty, discount retail earnings set to echo wider sector’s woes
A Home Depot customer navigates his cart down an aisle of the company’s Torrence, Calif. location in May, 2016. Home Depot is among a list of retailers releasing earnings information this week.
Ontario man last seen flying private plane found dead
Warriors rally for 113-111 win after Spurs lose Leonard
The totalitarian capitalism of tech giants should trump your fears of populism
Carl Mortished.
Police used stun gun, neck grab in fatal Vegas Strip arrest
China pitches ‘One Belt, One Road’ by telling other countries they have nothing to fear
Chinese President Xi Jinping, centre, shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin during a welcome ceremony for leaders attending the Belt and Road Forum, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Sunday, May 14, 2017.
Agrium, Potash Corp. face new challenge over African phosphate imports
A Potash Corp. supervisor examines potash inside a storage facility near Saskatoon in 2013.
Ottawa, provinces would be smart to heed Poloz’s warning on trade-war dangers
Governor of the Bank of Canada Stephen Poloz leaves the G7 for Financial ministers meeting in the southern Italian city of Bari, Italy on May 12.
Montrealers face massive cleanup in wake of flooding
City workers pick up debris removed from a flooded house in the Pierrefonds borough of Montrealon May 14, 2017.
For a different side of Tuscany, go underground
The Grotta
South Korea is a natural fit for closer trade ties with Canada
Colin Robertson
Ottawa set to release details of hybrid carbon-tax plan
Pipes that carry hot steam to well heads at Cenovus Energy's oil sands operation in Christina Lake, Alberta.
Where the leaders are in the N.S. election
Trade, Valeant, inflation: What to watch for in the Canadian business world this week
The Molson Coors brewery in Montreal.
The Latest: Supreme Court's views on immigration get a test
FILE - In this April 18, 2016 file photo, supporters of fair immigration reform gather in front of the Supreme Court in Washington. Supreme Court decisions in a half-dozen cases dealing with immigration over the next two months could reveal how the justices might evaluate Trump administration actions on immigration, especially stepped up deportations. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
Ottawa's new rules won't close the diversity gap in research chairs
Science Minister Kirsty Duncan has demanded greater equity in the allocation of research chairs.
John Doyle: Get Me Roger Stone – essential insight into Trump’s triumph
Political lobbyist Roger Stone, left, is the subject of the documentary Get Me Roger Stone, which premiered on Netflix on May 12, 2017.
Liquor Stores, activist investor PointNorth draw proxy-battle lines
Customers shop for wine at the Liquor Depot in Edmonton in this 2015 file photo.
Globe editorial: We take readers’ questions, Trudeau-style
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau responds to a question during Question Period on Parliament Hill last Wednesday, May 10.
As countries develop strategies, we need a fintech champion
Canada’s financial sector is looking to Finance Minister Bill Morneau to champion our fintech sector, writes Michael King.
Blue Jays win fifth straight after Pillar’s walkoff homer against Mariners
Blue Jays outfielder Kevin Pillar celebrates his game-winning home run against the Seattle Mariners on May 14, 2017.
Dutch Eredivisie Football Champions
Spurs beats Man United in stadium finale to secure 2nd spot
Liverpool's Divock Origi, right, celebrates scoring against West Ham United during the English Premier League soccer match at London Stadium, Sunday May 14, 2017. (Adam Davy/PA via AP)
Pillar's walkoff homer lifts Blue Jays over Mariners; Toronto wins 5th straight
Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Kevin Pillar (second right) celebrates his game winning home run against the Seattle Mariners with teammates during ninth inning American League baseball action in Toronto, Sunday, May 14, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
Jagmeet Singh poses unique threat for the Trudeau Liberals
Adam Radwanski
Police obtain amateur video of 15-year-old who was shot
The Latest: GOP lawmakers mark success with rules reversals
FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2017 file photo, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., right, confers with Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla. on Capitol Hill in Washington, during the committee's confirmation hearing for Environmental Protection Agency Administrator-designate, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt. Republicans anxious to show they've done something point to the reversal of more than a dozen Obama-era regulation on guns, the internet and the environment. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
The needless killing of the Toronto bear: When will policy catch up with common sense?
Camille Labchuk is an animal-rights lawyer and executive director of Animal Justice Canada.
5 ways to become a smaller target for ransomware hackers
FILE - This Friday Aug. 14, 2009 file photo shows a sign outside one of London's National Health Service hospitals. Several British hospitals say they are having major computer problems Hospitals in London, northwest England and other parts of the country are reporting problems with their computer systems as the result of an apparent cyberattack, Friday May 12, 2017. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)
My travels in Uganda, like life, were not as perfect as the pictures
Uganda is a beautiful country with beautiful people and incredible stories. But Justina Li realized that’s not the whole picture.
Senators believing in themselves ahead of Game 2 in East final against Penguins
Ottawa Senators' Erik Karlsson (65) kicks at the puck after getting it away from Pittsburgh Penguins' Sidney Crosby (87) during the second period of Game 1 of the Eastern Conference final in the NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoffs, Saturday, May 13, 2017, in Pittsburgh. A day after they slowed, stalled and ultimately outlasted the defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins on the road in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference final, the Ottawa Senators found much of the narrative surrounding them carried a hey-how'd-you-do-that tone. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Gene J. Puskar
Utah sees increase in tourists; spent record $8.2 billion
What it’s like to realize an imposter is using your photo on Tinder
Protesters spell out 'Resist!' at Trump golf course near LA
In this aerial photo released by Indivisible San Pedro protesters spell out the word "RESIST !"" on the Trump National Golf Los Angeles in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., Saturday, May 13, 2017. (Indivisible San Pedro via AP )
Three men sent to hospital following stabbing outside Vancouver nightclub
Jonathan Kay resigns as editor of The Walrus amid cultural appropriation controversy
Former editor of the Walrus Jonathan Kay speaks at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto in 2015. Mr. Kay said of his Walrus job: ‘It was a great opportunity. But I was getting tired of being taken to task on Monday morning for stuff that I said on the CBC or tweeted.’
1 killed, several wounded by army mutiny in Ivory Coast
Editor of The Walrus resigns amid conversation about cultural appropriation
Report: Casino mogul to be questioned in probe of Israel PM
Landslide forces evacuations, flooding fears persist near Kelowna, B.C.
UNSC to hold urgent consultations on NKorea missile test
Wildfire in Greece kills 1 west of Athens; blaze contained
McNeil attacks school boards in Nova Scotia election campaign
Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil is seen in his office in Halifax on Friday, April 21, 2017. Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil is accusing school boards of being out of step by voting themselves increases to their stipends while cutting classroom resources. McNeil told The Canadian Press that a proposed 24 per cent stipend increase approved by all but one board sends the wrong signal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
Mounties relive Moncton murder spree at RCMP Labour Code trial
A woman places flowers as a memorial to the three RCMP officers who were gunned down two years ago, is unveiled in Moncton, N.B., on Saturday, June 4, 2016. The bronze monument features life-size statues of Constables Doug Larche, Dave Ross and Fabrice Gevaudan and was created by artist Morgan MacDonald.
Canadian officials ready for NAFTA renegotiation talks with U.S.
Francois-Philippe Champagne, Minister of International Trade, speaks to reporters at a Liberal cabinet retreat in Calgary, Alta., Monday, Jan. 23, 2017. The Trudeau government says it expects the Trump administration to quickly trigger the process that will lead to renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement, now that a new U.S. trade representative has been confirmed.
Police: Mom hits son who didn't give her Mother's Day card
IRS agents: Public testimony would put their lives in danger
Stalled MMIW inquiry timeline frustrates communities
Maggy Gisle stands for a photograph in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, B.C., on Tuesday May 9, 2017. For 16 years, Gisle believed her lot in life was to be a "junkie, a prostitute and a drug dealer." She's now among a number of indigenous women increasingly frustrated about the lack of a clear timeline to share their stories with the much-anticipated national public inquiry.
'Anything was possible': Mounties relive Moncton murder spree at RCMP trial
Emergency response officers enter a residence in Moncton, N.B. on Thursday, June 5, 2014. Mounties are reliving Justin Bourque's murder spree at an RCMP trial. It's alleged the RCMP failed to provide members and supervisors with the appropriate information, instruction and training in an active-shooter event, and didn't give members the appropriate equipment.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
Massive cleanup operations underway in Montreal communities touched by floods
David Samuelson throws debris from his flooded house onto a pile on his driveway in the Pierrefonds borough of Montreal Sunday, May 14, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
Provinces diverge on approach to guidelines on legal marijuana
David Hill grows marijuana outside of the Vancouver Art Gallery. Provinces have been busy since the federal government tabled legislation last month to legalize and regulate recreational marijuana use, with a primary aim of keeping weed out of the hands of youth and criminals.
Gunmen attack, rob journalists in Mexico's Guerrero state
2 small earthquakes in Oklahoma bring to dozen over weekend
Graduate, 14, youngest ever at Texas Christian University
Fourteen year old Carson Huey-You looks up at fellow graduate Adam Christopher Hood as they prepare to receive their diplomas on stage at the Texas Christian University commencement held in Fort Worth, Texas, on Saturday, May 13, 2017. Huey-You, the youngest student ever to attend Texas Christian University, also double minored in math and Chinese since enrolling in 2013. (Louis DeLuca /The Dallas Morning News via AP)
Justice delayed: victims anxious for stalled MMIW inquiry to give them voice
Maggy Gisle stands for a photograph in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, B.C., on Tuesday May 9, 2017. For 16 years, Gisle believed her lot in life was to be a "junkie, a prostitute and a drug dealer." She's now among a number of indigenous women increasingly frustrated about the lack of a clear timeline to share their stories with the much-anticipated national public inquiry. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Provinces overwhelmed with practicalities of ending pot prohibition
U.S. government ‘under assault’ by Trump: James Clapper
Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper on May 11, 2017 in Washington, D.C.
Eurovision winner greeted by ecstatic Portuguese nation
Palestinian hunger strike leader says 'snacking video' fake
How Norway stood up to Putin – and what Canada can learn
Michael Byers
Palestinians hope for settlement curb if peace talks resume
Oil pipeline opponents target energy companies’ financing, to mixed results
A banner flies in the Dakota Access Pipeline protest camp near Cannon Ball, North Dakota, U.S., January 24, 2017.
Ellie Black wins three silver medals in first competition since Rio Olympics
Conversica CEO discusses future of artificial intelligence
This photo provided by Conversica shows Alex Terry, CEO of Conversica. Terry says the biggest challenge for his artificial intelligence software company right now is getting customers to try something that “sounds almost like science fiction.” (Conversica via AP)
Canadians officials ready for NAFTA renegotiation talks with U.S.
Francois-Philippe Champagne, Minister of International Trade, speaks to reporters at a Liberal cabinet retreat in Calgary, Alta., Monday, Jan. 23, 2017. The Trudeau government says it expects the Trump administration to quickly trigger the process that will lead to renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement, now that a new U.S. trade representative has been confirmed. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Fans of fuzzy fruit, rejoice: Northeast in for peachy summer
In this April 27, 2017 photo, Ben Clark walks among peach trees in full bloom at Clarkdale Orchards in Deerfield, Mass. A year after the peach crop in the northeastern U.S. hit the pits, growers and agricultural officials are anticipating a healthy rebound in 2017. (Paul Franz/Greenfield Recorder via AP)
The Latest: Germany's Schulz concedes 'stinging defeat'
FILE - In this May 10, 2017 file photo German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a weekly cabinet meeting of the German government at the chancellery in Berlin. Germany’s most populous state is holding an election Sunday May 14, 2017 that serves as a prelude to a national vote four months away, and could give conservative Chancellor Angela Merkel new momentum in her quest for a fourth term. The election for the state legislature in North Rhine-Westphalia is an important test for Merkel’s center-left challenger, Martin Schulz, whose party’s poll ratings surged after he was nominated in January but have since sagged. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber,file)
Home Capital risk contained, but ‘unsustainable’ housing market a primary concern: Poloz
Bank of Canada Governor Stephen S. Poloz leaves the G7 for financial ministers meeting in Bari, Italy on May 12, 2017.
Will putting off an oil change hurt my car?
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