A thousand years ago, I read an interview with Tom Hamilton, the bass player of Aerosmith. He was asked why he chose that instrument over anything else, and his reply stuck with me.

Paraphrasing Tom, he said that the bass is the bridge between the drums and the guitar. The bass has percussive elements and is often used to emphasize the beat. A bass player and a drummer who can lock together is an amazing thing and can turn an okay band into something awesome.

But the bass also has melodic characteristics. A great bass player can also underscore what’s happening with the guitar and even the vocalist. Listen to what Paul McCartney did with the Beatles or how John Paul Jones subtly and effectively added more power to Jimmy Page’s riffs.

If you’re gonna rock, you need bass. That bottom end is the sonic scaffolding upon which everything is built. Without it, things sound thin. And I’m looking at you, Metallica, and your ...And Justice for All album.

Like, come on. I mean, it’s a fine metal record, but it would have been so much more powerful if you’d turned up Jason Newsted in the mix. But noooo! James and Lars ordered that Jason be pushed way down in the mix, so he’s pretty much inaudible. They said, “Oh, our ears were just fried from touring, and we just kept pushing up the treble so we could hear it. And in the process, the bass just disappeared. Sorry… our bad.”

Right. It was ego, and you know it.

If you want an alternate universe for this album, just look for a fan project called And Justice for Jason.

Anyway, I digress. What we’re here for is part two of a look at the most important bass players in the history of alt-rock. And you’ll be able to hear each and every one of them.

Songs  heard on this show:

• The Stranglers, No More Heroes
• Talking Heads, Life During Wartime
• The Smiths, This Charming Man
• Primus, Tommy the Cat
• Radiohead, The National Anthem
• Green Day, Longview
• Pearl Jam, Jeremy
• Rage Against the Machine, Killing in the Name

Here’s Eric Wilhite’s playlist.

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Is there a correlation between being a psychopath and the music they like? That’s what a study at New York University set out to explore.

About 200 students were given a questionnaire designed to gauge their level of psychopathy. Among the questions were “For me what’s right is whatever I can get away with.” That’ll give you an idea of what character traits they were looking for.

After determining who in the group had psychopathic tendencies, researchers then gave everyone a music preference test. Those with the highest psycho scores tended to like “Lose Yourself” by Eminem and “What Do You Mean” by Justin Bieber. Non-psychos preferred “Money for Nothing” from Dire Straits and “My Sharona” from The Knack.

Does this mean music preference can be used to determine whether or not you’re a psychopath? Not yet, but more study needs to be done.

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EDMONTON – Pavel Mintyukov and Beckett Sennecke each had two goals and an assist as the Anaheim Ducks held on for a 5-4 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday.

Cutter Gauthier also scored for the Ducks (8-7-1) who have won three straight.

Laurent Brossoit made 23 saves to earn the win in the Anaheim net,

Evan Bouchard, Connor McDavid, Kasperi Kapanen and Leon Draisaitl responded with the goals for the Oilers (11-3-3) who have lost two in a row.

Fourth-string goalie Matt Tomkins made 16 saves for Edmonton, with Tristan Jarry out due to illness and both Devon Levi and Frederik Andersen injured. The Oilers became the first team in the NHL to dress a full-time emergency backup goalie, as Brett Epp sat on the bench.

Takeaways

Ducks: Gauthier, who came into the game with back-to-back hat tricks, extended his incredible goal-scoring streak to four games. He has nine goals, including seven on the power play during the stretch.

Oilers: McDavid, who was rattled early in the game when Ducks defender Drew Helleson took him hard into the post, returned with a goal and three assists to extend his points and assist streaks to 17 games this season and give him an NHL-best 44 points. He tied for the fourth longest points streak to start a season in league history.

Key moment

Anaheim regained the lead 6:15 into the second period at four-on-four as Mintyukov pounced on a rebound and scored his second of the game and of the season.

Key stat

The Ducks power play had been unreal of late, jumping from 23.8 per cent in October to first in the NHL coming into the contest at 38 per cent. In their three previous games, they had scored on 10 of their last 12 chances. However, they went 2-for-7 against Edmonton.

Up next

Ducks: Visit the Flames in Calgary on Friday.

Oilers: Continue their homestand against the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 5, 2026.

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A Kelowna woman says she’s still shaken after being violently attacked in broad daylight in the city’s downtown core, leaving her with bruises, a sore scalp and a large clump of missing hair.

“I was fighting with everything I had,” Robertson told Global News.

Robertson was waiting for a friend on the sidewalk in the 400-block of Lawrence Avenue shortly after 1 p.m. Sunday when a woman she didn’t know approached her.

Without warning, Robertson says the woman grabbed a handful of her hair, pulled hard and began punching her.

“She was about here from me, and she said, “I’m really sorry about this,” and she grabbed a mitt full of my hair and pulled it so hard and started pummeling me with her other hand,” Robertson said.

Robertson says she fought back, kicking at her attacker before the two fell to the ground.

“She twirled me around with my hair, and we fell to the ground. And then I started screaming for help,” Robertson said.

Robertson says she believes her screams scared the woman off.

The attacker fled with Robertson’s phone, but it was later recovered after Robertson connected with members of the Downtown Kelowna Association (DKA) red-shirt on-call team.

The DKA team managed to get a photo of the suspect, who was still in the area, and called police.

Robertson says the experience has left her feeling shaken and less safe in an area she’s visited many times.

“I have never felt this unsafe here before,” she said.

She says the realization of how much worse the attack could have been only hit her afterward.

“Oh My God, what is she had a knife?, Like, it really shook me then how close we came,” Robertson said. “She could have bashed my head into the ground or whatever.”

Robertson’s daughter, Nina Harder, posted a photo of the suspect on social media.

Harder said she had several people reach out since, sharing stories of encounters with the same woman.

“There was a lot of people who had said that they had recognized her and had seen her around town and also shared stories of similar attacks that had happened to them,” Harder said.

RCMP say they located a suspect the day after the Nov.1 attack adding that one person was taken into custody but has since been released.

Police say no charges have yet been laid but the investigation is ongoing.

“I was really upset and shocked how fast this you know, catch and release, really is,” Harder said. “I thought for sure that they would hold her longer.”

Robertson says she believes more needs to be done to address growing concerns around public safety.

“Like involuntary holding medical rooms, medical beds. They’ve talked about it, but it’s not happening,” Robertson said. “It’s time to push the boundaries a little more and try and demand some kind of action.”

Robertson added that she feels grateful she did not sustain more serious injuries.

“I have a couple of bruises and sore scalp and missing hair but other than that, I feel so grateful,” she said.

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EDMONTON – The Edmonton Oilers became the first team to have a full-time EBUG dress for an NHL game on Thursday night.

Brett Epp, Edmonton’s emergency backup goalie, dressed while Matt Tomkins started in net for the Oilers in their 5-4 loss to the Anaheim Ducks. Tristan Jarry missed the game due to being sick.

As of this season, NHL teams became required to have EBUGs on rosters.

The goaltenders, who travel with their club and wear No. 00, can’t have previously played in the NHL under a standard contract, must have 80 games or less of professional experience, and can’t have suited up in the pros over the three preceding campaigns.

Before the 2026-27 campaign, home teams were tasked with providing an EBUG in the event either side suffered an in-game goaltending injury or illness.

The amateur emergency backup would get the pads on and be ready if needed.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 5, 2026.

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WINNIPEG – Dawson Mercer scored his first goal in a Jets uniform and added an assist to lead Winnipeg to a 6-2 victory over the lowly Vancouver Canucks on Thursday night.

It was Winnipeg’s second straight triumph in the first of a three-game homestand.

Mark Scheifele, with a goal and an assist, Mario Ferraro, Neal Pionk, Alex Iafallo and Cole Koepke also scored for the Jets.

Brock Boeser and Liam Ohgren replied for Vancouver.

Stuart Skinner made 24 saves for Winnipeg (6-8-3) before 13,312 fans at Canada Life Centre.

Leevi Merilainen stopped 23 of 29 shots for Vancouver (3-14-1).

Iafallo and Koepke scored 14 seconds apart to make it a 2-0 game by the 4:03 mark of the opening period. Ohgren answered at 6:51 to put the Canucks on the board.

Mercer made it a 3-1 game at 14:04 of the first when he converted a pass from Cole Perfetti from behind the net. It was also Mercer’s first of the season.

Mercer’s goal started a run of four unanswered goals. After some nifty stickhandling by Kyle Connor, Pionk pounced on the puck and fired a shot past Merilainen at 6:52 of the second.

Almost five minutes later, Scheifele converted a pass from Connor, deflecting the puck in from the side of the net. Rookie Viggio Bjorck also assisted to record his first NHL point.

Ferraro made it a five-goal game 11:36 into the third period before Boeser put a backhand home with 4:51 remaining for Vancouver.

Takeaways

Jets: Came out firing, scoring two goals 14 seconds apart in the opening minutes. After a lull in the second period, they regained their scoring touch.

Canucks: Were on their heels early before picking it up in the second period but still surrendered two goals.

Key moment

Scheifele scored midway through the second period, deflecting the puck in with one hand to give Winnipeg an insurmountable 5-1 lead heading into the final frame.

Key stat

The Canucks had 22 giveaways and just three takeaways, while the Jets had 14 giveaways and eight takeaways.

Up next

Jets: Host the Tampa Bay Lightning on Sunday.

Canucks: Take on the Oilers in Edmonton on Saturday.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 5, 2026.

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The Winnipeg Jets didn’t need a miracle on this night to pick up two points.

Fresh off their historic comeback win Tuesday in Montreal, the Jets made easy work of the lowly Vancouver Canucks 6-2 at Canada Life Centre Thursday night and improved their overall record to 6-8-3.

The Canucks fall to 3-14-1, the worst mark in the NHL.

The Jets goal scoring woes are suddenly a distant memory as they struck for three goals in the first period en route to their first back-to-back wins in nearly a month. Including last game, the Jets scored seven goals in the span of just 10:12.

“The big thing for me was the first period,” said Jets head coach Scott Arniel. “Very easy to be caught up in what happened in Montreal and come out flat and allow Vancouver to get to play their game. And I didn’t think we did that. I thought all the lines, the ‘D’, everybody was ready to go and we got after them.

“We got out in front real quick. So, now all of a sudden, you got the opposition on their heels and that’s what we were hoping for. It’s about building and stringing things together, but you got to play the right way to do it, and I thought that we’ve done that in a couple games in a row here.”

It was the first time the Jets have had a two-goal lead since October 13.

The Jets had six different goal scorers in the victory. Dawson Mercer recorded his first goal as a Jet and also added an assist while rookie Viggo Björck finally found the scoresheet as a third period assist on a Mark Scheifele goal was his first career NHL point.

“It was fun,” Björck said. “I felt like it should have come like a couple games earlier but yeah, it eventually came in.”

Brayden Yager was in the lineup after getting recalled from the Manitoba Moose earlier in the day. He skated on their second forward line with over 14 minutes of ice time and hit the goal post, just missing his first career NHL goal.

“I thought that he did a good job,” Arniel said. “He went down to the Moose after coming up, both training camp and then coming up after the Dallas game. He was still their best player down there, playing hard and doing all the right things. You like to see the growth in a player and a guy take advantage of opportunities that are in front of him. I thought that line did a real good job with the puck possession.”

Scheifele’s goal ended an eight-game goal scoring drought, while Alex Iafallo, Neal Pionk, Cole Koepke, and Mario Ferraro scored their other goals.

The Jets have now won seven straight home meetings against the Canucks.

Elias Salomonsson missed the game with an illness, while Haydn Fleury left the game early in the third period with what appeared to be a hand injury.

“He got hit with a shot,” said Arniel. “That’ll be kinda wait and see on that one.”

The Jets needed less than four minutes to strike in this one as Iafallo deflected in a Fleury shot from the point on a powerplay.

And then 14 seconds later, Koepke fired his second of the season past Canucks goalie Leevi Meriläinen.

The Canucks would get on the board a few minutes later on a Liam Ohgren goal but later in the period, Mercer buried a pass from Cole Perfetti for his first goal of the season and first as a Jet since the trade from New Jersey almost two weeks ago.

The Jets kept pouring it on in the second period as Pionk scored on a rebound off a Kyle Connor backhand shot and Connor played setup man again as another rebound off his shot came to Scheifele, who scored his third of the season by poking it in with one hand on his stick.

Björck’s first assist finally snapped his 16-game pointless drought to begin his career.

Ferraro would finish off the scoring for the Jets in the third period as he converted a pass from Scheifele for his second of the season.

Isak Rosen returned to the lineup after being a healthy scratch Tuesday with Nino Niederreiter sitting out.

Next up for the Jets is a matchup with the Tampa Bay Lightning at Canada Life Centre on Sunday with puck drop just after 6 p.m.

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Vancouver landlords have been fined $90,000 after they subdivided a single-family home into a rooming-house operation.

An inspection of the home in July, 2025, found the house near Commercial Drive had been subdivided into 21 rooms with at least 17 tenants and multiple bathrooms and plumbing fixtures added without permits.

That August, the City of Vancouver issued an Order to Vacate.

Following an investigation, the Residential Tenancy Branch found the landlords did not maintain the rental property in compliance with health, safety and housing standards required by law and failed to complete urgent plumbing and electrical repairs.

They were ordered to pay $85,000 for the first violation and a $5,000 penalty for the second.

Global News rang the doorbell of the home on Thursday, but no one answered.

We also knocked on the door of the owner’s home in Richmond, but no one answered there either.

Neighbourhood residents were shocked to hear about the home, but said the rental market in Vancouver is tough.

Dane Lawrence described the situation as excessive.

“It’s pretty grim,” he said of the rental market, “if that’s sort of the state they’re going to in order to rent out a room in a building like this.”

Vancouver’s new mayor told Global News that the new council is very committed to tenant protections.

“I haven’t personally heard of anything like that, but I certainly understand that scenarios like that do exist and we’ve certainly had a few,” Mayor Pete Fry said.

“This is great work by our city inspectors to ensure that the standards of maintenance and occupancy are upheld.”

The City of Vancouver said a property use inspector found the rental home vacant earlier this year and said no further enforcement actions were deemed necessary.

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A major Chinese state-owned manufacturer of heavy equipment is now facing criminal charges.

Police in Ontario have filed criminal charges against one of XCMG’s officials for allegedly tampering with serial number plates on equipment they were selling in Canada.

Documents filed in the Ontario Court of Justice show that XCMG Canada official Tao Li is accused of defrauding an Ontario distributor for $21 million.

XCMG is one of the world’s largest builders of heavy equipment and in recent months, the company been involved in civil lawsuits where it has been accused of fraudulently changing out serial numbers on its machines to make them appear newer than they actually were.

Veteran heavy equipment dealer Ryan Martin told Global News in mid-October that his business started with XCMG in 2017 and the relationship was good up until about 2021.

“It’s destroyed our family,” he said.

“It’s destroyed our family business.”

Martin’s family company is Arctic Machinery with dealerships in Prince George, Chilliwack and Kelowna.

He said other XCMG dealers in Canada also had similar problems and in troubleshooting them, they said they found evidence to support their claim.

“There was a process of changing serial number plates and changing the years of the machines in order to maybe misrepresent to the end user what they were buying,” Martin said.

In July, a Saskatchewan dealer filed a suit against XCMG alleging unlawful tampering with serial number plates on equipment sold to them in Alberta this year.

LTR Equipment, based in Quebec, filed a similar case and a lift company in Ontario has also filed a case, alleging serial numbers were tampered with.

“As an example, it would be built in 2020, but really sold to us as a 2022 machine,” Martin said. “That kind of stuff.”

XCMG Canada did not respond to Global News’ request for an interview on Thursday.

In a previous statement, the company said it was fully defending claims in the civil actions.

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