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Woman on remand at Pine Grove Correctional Centre dies in hospital
By Nigel Maxwell A 24-year-old woman who was on remand at the Pine Grove Correctional Centre has died. Late Thursday afternoon, she was found unresponsive in a living unit at the institution in Prince...
Feb 02, 2024 A woman on remand at the Pine Grove Correctional Centre in Prince Albert has died. (paNOW file photo)
P.A. teachers back to the picket line as MLAs say a fair deal is on the table
By Derek Craddock Saskatchewan teachers are once again on the picket lines as a series of rotating strikes began on Thursday. Thousands of students at several school divisions in the province are affe...
Feb 01, 2024 P.A. teachers and supporters lined up on 15th Street East on the last one-day strike on Jan. 22. (Prince Albert & Area Teachers' Association/Facebook)
Inmate's death confirmed at Saskatchewan Penitentiary
An inmate has died while serving his sentence at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary near Prince Albert. Correctional Service Canada (CSC) confirmed in a release that Rocky Meechance died while in custody o...
Jan 31, 2024 Correctional Service Canada said the inmate died Monday. (paNOW file photo)
Contraband, unauthorized items seized in Sask. Penitentiary's maximum-security unit
Once again, a massive amount of drugs and unauthorized items have been seized at Saskatchewan Penitentiary. The seizure took place Friday and saw officers confiscate methamphetamine, THC and SIM cards...
Jan 25, 2024 The Saskatchewan Penitentiary in Prince Albert. (paNOW file photo)
Former Sask. Mountie found guilty of manslaughter
By Nigel Maxwell A loud gasp was heard in a Prince Albert courtroom on Thursday when a former Saskatchewan Mountie, charged with first-degree murder, was convicted on a lesser offence of manslaughter....
Jan 25, 2024 Bernie Herman was wearing handcuffs and shackles when he left Prince Albert Court of King's Bench on Thursday. (Nigel Maxwell/paNOW)
Grieving mother hopes James Smith inquest leads to better supports for victims
By Nigel Maxwell Acknowledging feelings of anxiety, Vanessa Burns says she is looking forward to an inquest that will hopefully provide her with some closure and allow her to move on with her life. Bu...
Jan 12, 2024 Vanessa Burns with her five children. (Submitted/ Vanessa Burns)
Capping booze: Prince Albert will reduce hours for alcohol sales
By Susan McNeil Prince Albert City Council will change the hours liquor stores can sell alcohol for consumption off their premises after a vote on Monday. Anna Dinsdale, the newly hired Community Safe...
Jan 09, 2024 Liquor retailers in Prince Albert could soon see the hours they are allowed to operate reduced. (file photo/paNOW)
$1K donation made to Rosthern food bank in honour of murdered mother
By Nigel Maxwell Describing her late daughter's kind nature and heart of gold, Karen Daniels says a $1,000 donation to the food bank in Rosthern seemed like a fitting way to pay tribute to her. The ch...
Jan 08, 2024 Karen Daniels (left) with her daughter Monique Gamble and grandson Spirit Spence. (Karen Daniels/Submitted to paNOW)
Thousands of pigs lost in fire near Cudworth
By Alice McFarlene A fire tore through a large farrow-to-finish hog operation Thursday night north of Cudworth. The fire was called in by the site manager at roughly 7 p.m. RM of Hoodoo Reeve Derreck ...
Jan 05, 2024 China is a very lucrative market for Canadian pork producers because of the middle-class demographics. (Photo 95637807 © Voratham Yuangngoen | Dreamstime.com)
Pine Grove inmate pronounced dead at hospital
A 23-year-old woman who was on remand at Pine Grove Correctional Centre near Prince Albert has died, the province said Thursday in a news release. Family members confirmed to paNOW that the woman is T...
Jan 04, 2024 Tatianna Custer, 23, was remanded into custody at Pine Grove and died Wednesday after being found unresponsive by prison staff. (paNOW file photo)
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