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Deficits and government spending highlight the 2023 British Columbia budget
VICTORIA - Here are highlights of the 2023 British Columbia budget presented Tuesday. All costs are over three years, unless otherwise stated: $6.4 billion in new health spending, including $2.6 billi...
Feb 28, 2023
Robbery attempt at 15th Street ATM
A group of men used a gun to threaten a woman and her friends who were stopped at an ATM early on Saturday morning. Prince Albert Police say that the woman's vehicle was at an ATM in the 3100 block of...
Feb 28, 2023
Blue Jays beat Tigers, lose to Phillies in spring training action
Catcher Stevie Berman had a two-run homer off the bench and outfielder Kevin Kiermaier went 2-for-2 with a run batted in and scored two runs as a Toronto Blue Jays split squad beat the visiting Detroi...
Feb 28, 2023
Raptors sign guard Will Barton, waive centre Hernangomez
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors have signed guard Will Barton and, in turn, waived forward Juancho Hernangomez, the team announced Tuesday. The six-foot-five, 180-pound Barton averaged 7.7 points, 2.8 r...
Feb 28, 2023
Foreign interference protocol worked well in 2021 election, report says
OTTAWA - A newly released independent report on the protocol designed to inform Canadians in the event of threats to the 2021 federal election concludes it worked well overall. Former civil servant Mo...
Feb 28, 2023
All eyes on 2024 as 59th P.A. Winter Festival wraps up
It was another great show of support and fun at the 59th Annual Prince Albert Winter Festival earlier this month. Despite bone-chilling weather, the events went off without a hitch and as President Be...
Feb 28, 2023
Three people charged with conspiring to commit murder
Two men from Saskatoon and a woman from Beardy's and Okemasis Cree Nation are facing a number of charges in connection to a serious incident in Prince Albert.Nigal Hunter-Best, Derrick Laliberte and S...
Feb 28, 2023
Leafs trade Rasmus Sandin to Capitals for Erik Gustafsson, 2023 first-round pick
TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs traded Rasmus Sandin to the Washington Capitals for fellow defenceman Erik Gustafsson and a 2023 first-round draft pick on Tuesday. The 29th overall selection in 2018...
Feb 28, 2023
Mother of Black Quebec man shot and killed by police sues city, cops
MONTREAL - The mother of a Black man from Repentigny, Que. who was killed by police in 2021 has filed a lawsuit against the city and its police force. Wilerne Bernard, a lawyer who represents the moth...
Feb 28, 2023
DOJ sues La. company over cancer risk to minority community
WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal officials sued a Louisiana chemical maker on Tuesday, alleging that it presented an unacceptable cancer risk to the nearby majority-Black community and demanding cuts in toxi...
Feb 28, 2023
