Alberta forecasts $4.6-billion surplus in budget update, but braces for uncertainty

The government had recently expected WTI to average US$76.50 a barrel this year, but is now revising that expectation down Alberta Finance Minister Nate Horner delivers the 2024 budget in Edmonton, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024.Photo by JASON FRANSON /THE CANADIAN PRESS Alberta is forecasting a $4.6-billion surplus for this fiscal year, but Finance Minister Nate … Read more

Trump’s attorney general should fire all DOJ employees who investigated former prez, Sen. Schmitt argues

After getting sworn into office, President-elect Donald Trump should embark on an effort to fire staffers at the Justice Department who worked on criminal cases against him, Sen. Eric Schmitt argued. The Missouri Republican who previously served as his state’s attorney general, contended that DOJ staffers who worked on the cases against Trump were embarking … Read more

The Times’ top 25 high school basketball rankings

The father-son duo of Gilbert Arenas and Alijah Arenas. Chatsworth moves into The Times’ top 25 rankings. (Nick Koza) A look at The Times’ top 25 boys basketball rankings for the Southland after Week 1. Rk.; School (Rec.); Comment; last week 1.; ST. JOHN BOSCO (1-0); 14 points and 16 rebounds in debut for Christian … Read more

High school football: City and Southern Section championship game schedule

(Getty Images) HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS CITY SECTION Friday’s schedule Open Division Narbonne vs. San Pedro at El Camino College, 6 p.m. Saturday’s schedule at Birmingham High Division I Palisades vs. King/Drew, 6 p.m. Division II South Gate vs. Chatsworth, 2:30 p.m. Division III Panorama vs. Van Nuys, 11 a.m. SOUTHERN SECTION Friday’s schedule (all … Read more

Treatment czar draws criticism

A personal connection with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s chief of staff led to Renee Zito’s selection as California’s drug and alcohol treatment czar. But more than a year into her tenure, Zito’s aptitude is being questioned by substance abuse professionals and by an independent state watchdog agency. Before she was tapped to run the California Department … Read more

‘Never-Trumpers,’ liberal media were living in ‘blue bubble’ before Trump’s victory, says veteran journalist

Veteran political analyst and best-selling author Mark Halperin told “The Brian Kilmeade Show” that he warned liberals and “Never Trump” Republicans that Trump was likely to defeat VP Kamala Harris. Halperin reacted to the mainstream media, including MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough and Mika Brezezinski, preparing to cover a second Trump presidency.  MARK HALPERIN: I really pleaded with everyone … Read more

Winter storm wallops Saskatchewan

For the second time in less than a week, large swathes of the province are blanketed under tall white drifts. For the second time in less than a week, a major snowstorm blanketed much of Saskatchewan.Photo by Michelle Berg/Saskatoon StarPhoe /Saskatoon StarPhoenix Snow has continued to fall across much of Saskatchewan on Sunday, creating beautiful … Read more

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