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Woodstock 50 in doubt but organizers say in talks with venue
WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. - The fate of the Woodstock 50 festival was unclear Monday when the host of the event pulled out, but organizers said they were in talks with another venue. The festival has faced a...
Jun 11, 2019
First games of Kamloops Ball Hockey playoffs
Tirecraft Studs 4 - 3 OutlawsThe Tirecraft Studs won the opening game of the series thanks Braeden Lattanzi's goal with 29 seconds left in regulation. Chris Lentz made 33 saves for the Studs. Mike Dab...
Jun 11, 2019 Image credit: Kamloops Ball Hockey
Botswana decriminalizes gay sex in landmark Africa case
JOHANNESBURG - Botswana became the latest country to decriminalize gay sex on Tuesday in a landmark case for Africa when the High Court rejected as unconstitutional sections of the penal code punishin...
Jun 11, 2019
Pope laments 'culture of insults,' decries church propaganda
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis on Sunday lamented what he called a "culture of insults" enabled by social media and warned against nationalism and other "exclusivist ideas" that he said contrast with a C...
Jun 11, 2019
G-20 finance officials pledge to protect global growth
FUKUOKA, Japan - Finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the Group of 20 major economies wrapped up a meeting in Japan on Sunday with a pledge to use all the policies they can to protect global...
Jun 11, 2019
Massive extradition bill protest fills Hong Kong streets
HONG KONG - Hundreds of thousands of protesters marched through Hong Kong on Sunday to voice their opposition to legislation that would allow people to be extradited to mainland China where they could...
Jun 11, 2019
Canfor to curtail operations at all but one of its sawmills in British Columbia
VANCOUVER - Canfor Corp. is curtailing operations at all of its British Columbia sawmills, except its WynnWood operations, due to poor lumber markets. The company says a majority of the mills will be ...
Jun 11, 2019
In the news today, June 11
Four stories in the news for Tuesday, June 11 --- ROARING RAPTORS' FANS GO QUIET AS WARRIORS WIN Almost 20,000 rapturous Raptors fans cramming a downtown arena and tens of thousands more acr...
Jun 11, 2019
Iran says detained US resident to be released to Lebanon
TEHRAN, Iran - An Iranian judiciary spokesman says Iran has agreed to hand over a U.S. permanent resident imprisoned for years to Lebanese officials. The comment on Tuesday from Gholamhossein Esmaili ...
Jun 11, 2019
Samoa bans Elton John movie 'Rocketman' due to homosexuality
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - The Pacific nation of Samoa has banned the Elton John biopic "Rocketman" because of its depictions of homosexuality. About 97% of people in Samoa identify as Christian, and t...
Jun 10, 2019
