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By Nigel Maxwell A man who was in custody at the Willow Cree Healing Lodge is now on the run. Nigel Ferster was one of two inmates unaccounted for when staff at the minimum-security federal institutio...

By Nigel Maxwell Warning: The following story contains graphic content. A woman who was burned, stabbed, and tortured at a Prince Albert apartment building was dropped off on the highway outside Princ...

By Derek Craddock On a day meant to recognize and celebrate the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation (PBCN), members and leaders instead took to the microphone to share stories of fear, violence and a health-...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...