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Toews: There is a lot in Budget 2023 for Peace Country
Alberta's Finance Minister says there is a lot in the new provincial budget for all Albertans; including residents of the Peace Country. Grande Prairie-Wapiti MLA Travis Toews points to a long list of...
Mar 6, 2023
Belarus sentences exiled opposition leader to 15 years
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) - A court in Belarus on Monday sentenced exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya to 15 years in prison after a trial in absentia on charges including conspiring to over...
Mar 6, 2023
In The News for March 6 : Worker shortages plague vital airlines in the North
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of March 6 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Mar 6, 2023
Barbashev scores 2, Golden Knights tip Canadiens 4-3
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Ivan Barbashev scored his first two goals with Vegas and Jonathan Quick got his first victory with the Golden Knights in a 4-3 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Sunday. Shea Theodore...
Mar 5, 2023
Toms wins Cologuard Classic on PGA Tour Champions by 1, Weir ties for 8th
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - David Toms got up-and-down for his third bogey of the week on the par-4 18th hole at Tucson National on Sunday to beat Robert Karlsson by one stroke in the Cologuard Classic on th...
Mar 5, 2023
Kurt Kitayama breaks through in wild finish at Bay Hill
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Kurt Kitayama let an All-Star cast of contenders back into the tournament with a triple bogey, only to beat them all with a clutch birdie and the best lag putt of his life to win ...
Mar 5, 2023
Marcus Ericsson wins rough IndyCar season-opening race
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Jack Harvey was taken to a hospital for observation and Helio Castroneves needed an ice pack and X-rays. A pair of cars went airborne, the leaders crashed each other and th...
Mar 5, 2023
Climate change threatens Canadian security, prosperity, warns stark spy agency brief
OTTAWA - Canada's spy service warns that climate change poses a profound, ongoing threat to national security and prosperity, including the possible loss of parts of British Columbia and the Atlantic ...
Mar 5, 2023
Canadian environmental groups praise UN accord to protect marine life on high seas
OTTAWA - Praise poured in from Canadian environmental groups on Sunday for a newly signed treaty that will help protect biodiversity in the high seas, where conservation efforts across vast stretches ...
Mar 5, 2023
Blue Jays use big second, seventh innings to crush Phillies 16-4
DUNEDIN, Fla. - The Toronto Blue Jays scored six runs in the second inning and another seven in the seventh en route to a 16-4 drubbing of the Philadelphia Phillies in spring training action on Sunday...
Mar 5, 2023