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Canada seeks to turn the tables on United States for women’s world hockey gold

Canada seeks to turn the tables on United States for women’s world hockey gold

Apr 13, 2024 | 9:22pm
Canada lost the women’s world hockey championship gold medal on home ice to the United States last year, so poetic justice will be on the minds of Canadian players Sunday in Utica, N.Y. The two countries will clash for women’s international ice hockey supremacy at the Adirondack Bank Center a year after the U.S. doubled […]

Lawyer: Trump indicted; 1st ex-president charged with crime

Mar 30, 2023 | 4:19pm

A lawyer for Donald Trump said Thursday he’d been told that the former president has been indicted in New York on charges involving payments made during the 2016 presidential campaign to silence claims of an extramarital sexual encounter. It becomes the first-ever criminal case against a former U.S. president and a jolt to Trump’s bid […]

‘Trailblazer’: Barbara Walters mourned as broadcasting icon

Dec 31, 2022 | 1:23pm

NEW YORK (AP) — Barbara Walters, the intrepid interviewer, anchor and program host who blazed the way as the first woman to become a TV news superstar during a career remarkable for its duration and variety, has died. She was 93. ABC broke into its broadcast to announce Walters‘ death on air Friday night. “She lived her life with no […]

Frigid monster storm across US claims at least 24 lives

Dec 25, 2022 | 1:28pm

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Millions of people hunkered down against a deep freeze Sunday to ride out the winter storm that has killed at least 25 people across the United States and is expected to claim more lives after trapping some residents inside houses with heaping snow drifts and knocking out power to several hundred […]

Premier Scott Moe reacts to inauguration of President Joe Biden

Jan 20, 2021 | 1:18pm

Saskatchewan’s premier has given his thoughts after Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States. Scott Moe took to social media on Wednesday and wished “success and prosperity” for the Biden administration while touching on his aspirations for the Saskatchewan-United States relationship moving forward. Today, America inaugurated the 46th President […]

Convicted child abuser in the U.S. moves to Regina under new name

Jan 7, 2020 | 11:19am

A convicted sex offender and child pornographer is now in Regina and changed his name after being released from a U.S. prison. The Saskatchewan Gazette says as of December 20th, the 76-year-old, formerly known as David Shumey, became David Stryker. In 1999 Stryker was sentenced to 20 years to life after sexually assaulting a seven […]

U.S. House of Representatives passes new NAFTA deal

Dec 19, 2019 | 4:25pm

WASHINGTON — One day after its historic impeachment votes, the Democratic-led House gave U.S. President Donald Trump an overwhelming bipartisan victory Thursday on a renegotiated trade agreement with Canada and Mexico. By a 385-41 vote, the House approved a bill that puts in place terms of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement. The legislation passed after House […]

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi confirms agreement for new North American trade pact

Dec 10, 2019 | 11:19am

OTTAWA — The United States and Mexico have confirmed an agreement has been reached on a new North American free trade deal. U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in Washington today that congressional Democrats were supportive of the changes, which paves the way for implementing legislation to finally be tabled in Congress. Mexican President Andres […]

House will draft Trump impeachment articles, Pelosi says

Dec 5, 2019 | 9:35am

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Thursday that the House is moving forward to draft articles of impeachment against U.S. President Donald Trump. `’Our democracy is what is at stake,” Pelosi said. “The president leaves us no choice but to act.” Pelosi delivered the historic announcement as Democrats push toward a vote, possibly before […]