Author Archives:

Russia underestimated Ukraine's resistance, US official says
WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States believes Russia underestimated the strength of Ukraine's resistance before launching an invasion that has likely caused thousands of Russian casualties, the Biden a...
Mar 08, 2022

Moe: Saskatchewan not considering provincial gas tax cut
REGINA - Premier Scott Moe says his Saskatchewan Party government will not follow Alberta's lead by temporarily reducing a provincial tax on gasoline.Moe says nothing has been removed from the table, ...
Mar 08, 2022

Colombia protest leaders hope to gain seats in Congress
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Jennifer Pedraza has been spending a great deal of time in the streets recently - leading protests that stopped Colombia's government from raising taxes on the middle class and...
Mar 08, 2022

6 teens charged with murder in Iowa school shooting
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Des Moines Police say they have arrested and charged six teenagers with murder in a shooting outside a school that killed a 15-year-old boy and seriously injured two teenage gi...
Mar 08, 2022

Jury deliberations begin in 1st trial over Capitol riot
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal jury began deliberating on Tuesday in the case against a Texas man whose trial is the first for the hundreds of people charged in the riot at the U.S. Capitol last year. Gu...
Mar 08, 2022

Canada's Arendz collects 10th Paralympic medal, a gold in 10K biathlon
Mark Arendz set the bar impossibly high by climbing the medal podium in every one of his six races at the Pyeongchang Paralympics in 2018. It was a Canadian record for a medals won in a winter Paralym...
Mar 08, 2022

Trudeau in Latvia, new Trans Mountain expansion conditions : In The News for March 8
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 8 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Mar 08, 2022

B.C. adds conditions for Trans Mountain expansion, ministers say concerns remain
VANCOUVER - British Columbia has amended the conditions of its environmental assessment certificate for the Trans Mountain pipeline expansionand told the federal government it still has concerns about...
Mar 08, 2022

Report: Iran's Revolutionary Guard launches 2nd satellite
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's state-run IRNA news agency says the country's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard has launched a second satellite into space. IRNA said the Guard launched the Noor 2 into a low...
Mar 08, 2022

Former CAO appointed as temporary City Manager
MEDICINE HAT, AB - A familiar face will be returning to city hall to act as the interim city manager.The City of Medicine Hat announced at last night's council meeting that Merete Heggelund has been a...
Mar 08, 2022