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Income tax cuts expected as Quebec finance minister to table budget today
Quebec Finance Minister Eric Girard is scheduled to table the first budget of the Coalition Avenir Qubec's second mandate this afternoon. Girard broke with tradition on Monday - instead of buying new ...
Mar 21, 2023
Red Deer city council helps Westerner Exposition Association towards financial sustainability
Red Deer's city council unanimously approved on Monday several recommendations to help The Westerner regain financial sustainability and meet existing loan agreement timelines. Following the first ann...
Mar 21, 2023
Kempe leads Kings into 1st place with 8-2 win over Flames
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Drew Doughty and Viktor Arvidsson scored in Los Angeles' four-goal first period, Adrian Kempe had two goals and an assist, and the Kings cruised into a first-place tie in the Pacifi...
Mar 20, 2023
Oilers need overtime heroics to sink Sharks 5-4
EDMONTON - Darnell Nurse scored the overtime winner on his team's 52nd shot as the Edmonton Oilers won their fourth game in a row, defeating the San Jose Sharks 5-4 on Monday night, a game that featur...
Mar 20, 2023
Japan's Kishida heading to Ukraine for talks with Zelenskyy
TOKYO (AP) - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is heading to Kyiv early Tuesday for talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Japan's public television NHK showed Kishida riding a train ...
Mar 20, 2023
Saudi Arabia frees American imprisoned over critical tweets
WASHINGTON (AP) - Saudi Arabia on Monday freed an American citizen, a 72-year-old Florida retiree, it had imprisoned for more than a year over his old tweets critical of the kingdom's crown prince, hi...
Mar 20, 2023
Ferguson stops 47 shots, Senators top reeling Penguins 2-1
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Drake Batherson's power-play goal from in front with 2:09 left in regulation lifted the Ottawa Senators to a 2-1 win over the reeling Pittsburgh Penguins on Monday night. The Penguin...
Mar 20, 2023
Two men who lost fingers crossing into Canada become Canadian citizens
WINNIPEG - Razak Iyal was given a warm embrace as he officially became a Canadian citizen, more than six years after nearly freezing to death walking across the Canada-United States border in Manitoba...
Mar 20, 2023
Six defeat Whale 3-0 in Game 3 showdown to punch ticket to PHF title game in Arizona
TORONTO - The Toronto Six, who were one overtime goal away on Saturday from elimination in the Premier Hockey Federation playoffs, are heading to Arizona this weekend to play for the Isobel Cup. The S...
Mar 20, 2023
Funeral for two officers shot and killed in Edmonton scheduled for next week
EDMONTON - Police say a regimental funeral has been scheduled for two Edmonton officers who were shot and killed in the line of duty last week. The funeral for Travis Jordan, who was 35, and Brett Rya...
Mar 20, 2023