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Kings' Lyles suspended 1 game; Bucks' Lopez fined $25,000
NEW YORK - Sacramento Kings forward Trey Lyles was suspended one game without pay and Milwaukee Bucks center Brook Lopez was fined $25,000 for their involvement in an altercation at the end of a game ...
Mar 15, 2023

Three victims remain in critical condition after Monday's crash in small Quebec town
AMQUI - Three people are still fighting for their lives, two days after a pickup truck plowed into almost a dozen pedestrians walking down a street in the Quebec town of Amqui. A Quebec City hospital ...
Mar 15, 2023

Texas announces takeover of Houston schools, stirring anger
HOUSTON (AP) - Texas officials on Wednesday announced a state takeover of Houston's nearly 200,000-student public school district, the eighth-largest in the country, acting on years of threats and ang...
Mar 15, 2023

Avalanche finding their groove as defending champs prep for playoff push
Nathan MacKinnon collected a pass just inside his own blue line and started to gather speed. In the blink of an eye, the lightning-quick Colorado Avalanche sniper blew past four penalty killers before...
Mar 15, 2023

Haiti claims delayed Canadian armoured vehicles hinder plan to control gangs
OTTAWA, Ill. - Haiti's troubled government is accusing Canada of stalling in its promised delivery of armoured vehicles, and argues the delay is hindering a plan to clear violent gangs from Port-au-Pr...
Mar 15, 2023

Spring Sounds Nature Walk upcoming
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Celebrate the return of spring by learning about the sounds of the season next weekend.The Medicine Hat Interpretive Program is hosting a Spring Sounds Nature Walk on March 26 it sa...
Mar 15, 2023

Russia wants to recover debris of US drone from Black Sea
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russian authorities say that they will try to recover the fragments of a U.S. surveillance drone that American forces brought down in the Black Sea after an encounter with Russian...
Mar 15, 2023

Driver fined nearly $1,000 for allegedly speeding past southern Alberta RCMP officer
MILK RIVER, AB - The Milk River RCMP is reminding drivers that they must slow down when passing stopped emergency vehicles.On Feb. 22, the police service says an officer was conducting speed enforceme...
Mar 15, 2023

Assisted dying expansion, preventing vehicle attacks : In The News for Mar. 15
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 Mar. 15 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Mar 15, 2023

Canadian dairy plant becomes unlikely symbol of defiance for Ukrainian farmers
KRASNE, Ukraine - The cows on Lyuba Pastushok's farm are like her "cheeky children," she explained in Ukrainian as she walked among her growing herd, gently cooing to them and softly petting their hea...
Mar 15, 2023