Isolated Severe Storms Possible Tuesday Evening

European military heavyweights have stressed they will not send ground troops to Ukraine after a suggestion it could not be “ruled out”. Meanwhile, Ukraine has lost two villages near the eastern city of Avdiivka, which was captured two weeks ago in Moscow’s most significant gain in months.

Finance Minister Allan MacMaster has tabled his government’s third budget, a document that continues massive spending on health care but also gives a nod to cost-of-living pressures as the province gets closer to an election year.