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Murder charge laid after death near Prince Albert homeless camp
The Prince Albert Police Service Major Crimes Unit has confirmed the city's fourth homicide investigation of 2025. Lyle Ballantyne, 36, was found dead on July 31 in West Hill, an area known for a larg...
8h ago (paNOW files)
Indigenous Services Canada to conduct forensic audit of James Smith Cree Nation
Chief Kirby Constant is welcoming news of a forensic audit for James Smith Cree Nation (JSCN). Formal notice received on Friday from Indigenous Services Canada confirmed the audit will be conducted by...
Jul 26, 2025 James Smith Cree Nation, which is made up of three individual bands, is located about 45 minutes southeast of Prince Albert. (Brent Bosker/650 CKOM files)
Sask. vendors consider legal action after losing over $50K at cancelled comic convention
Acknowledging a feeling of being disrespected, Alyssa Noella Nagy said she has many questions, not the least of which being where the money she paid to reserve a booth at Sask. Expo Regina has gone. T...
Jul 25, 2025
Arrest made in Prince Albert landlord shooting incident
By Nigel Maxwell The man alleged responsible for shooting a Prince Albert landlord in the throat said nothing when he appeared in court Thursday morning. In connection to the events that occurred in J...
Jul 24, 2025 A police car sits parked outside the property where the shooting occurred in June. (Nigel Maxwell/paNOW Staff)
Buhl wildfire near Waskesiu shows no recent growth; 49 blazes burning in the north
By Kenneth Cheung The Buhl fire, first reported on June 29 and caused by a lightning strike, has now burned approximately 60,389 hectares, including 11,059 hectares inside Prince Albert National Park ...
Jul 23, 2025 Fire crews work along the perimeter of the Buhl wildfire near Prince Albert National Park. (Parks Canada/Facebook)
Saskatchewan Penitentiary staff seize $150,000 worth of meth
By Susan McNeil Staff at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary in Prince Albert have once again caught packages of drugs being brought into the federal institution. On Thursday, July 17, packages of methamphe...
Jul 22, 2025
Behind the scenes of Métis cultural feasts at Back to Batoche festival
Back to Batoche days are officially underway with lively campers and festival goers celebrating Mtis culture and heritage. In the last three years, the festival has grown from 20,000 visitors to over ...
Jul 20, 2025 The food is always a big draw at the Back to Batoche Festival. (Back to Batoche/Facebook)
Big River RCMP investigating province's seventh fatal crash in seven days
Big River RCMP are investigating the province's latest fatal collision after a pedestrian was killed on Big River First Nation earlier in the week. It is the seventh fatal crash in Saskatchewan in the...
Jul 19, 2025
Inmate from Saskatoon dies in custody at Saskatchewan Penitentiary
A Saskatoon man who was incarcerated at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary in Prince Albert died in custody last week. The Correctional Service of Canada reported that Matthew Scoville, age 42, died on Jul...
Jul 14, 2025
As is policy when an inmate dies in the custody of the Correctional Service of Canada, all of the circumstances surrounding Scoville’s death will be investigated and the police and coroner have been notified. (File photo/paNOW)
E. coli detected at Emma Lake's Sunnyside Beach
The public has been advised not to swim in certain parts of Emma Lake, north of Prince Albert, after high levels of a harmful bacteria were found. E. coli, an intestinal bacterium found in humans and ...
Jul 08, 2025 The public is being advised to avoid the water at Emma Lake because of an E. coli contamination. (ID 174709749 © Vyacheslav Kurmashov | Dreamstime.com)
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