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Most wildland firefighters in Saskatchewan don't wear masks. Here's why.
by Teena Monteleone As Saskatchewan experiences one of its worst wildfire seasons on record, smoke continues to prompt air quality alerts for the public. There is no doubt firefighters who spend weeks...
Aug 23, 2025 Brady Highway is a long-time wildland firefighter. He said wearing a mask isn’t practical in the forest. (Brady Highway/Facebook)
Province opens new affordable housing duplexes in Prince Albert
By Logan Lehmann The province of Saskatchewan announced the addition of some affordable housing in Prince Albert on Friday in the form of two new duplexes. The low-income homes are located on 12th Str...
Aug 17, 2025 One of the finished duplexes in Prince Albert. The duplexes are split into a three-bedroom unit upstairs and a two-bedroom unit downstairs, and have already been rented out with families already moved in. (Logan Lehmann/paNOW)
Sask. players help Team Canada take bronze at Hlinka Gretzky Cup
By Nick Nielsen After going a perfect 3-0 in the round robin stage, Prince Albert Raiders' Daxon Rudolph and the rest of Team Canada were on to the final rounds where they first would play against the...
Aug 16, 2025 Team Canada celebrates after Raiders defenceman Daxon Rudolph (second from the right) scored the empty netter that clinched a 3-0 win and a bronze medal for Canada. (Hockey Canada)
Parkland dispatcher helps deliver baby on second shift alone
By Susan McNeil A career in emergency care peaked early for a new dispatcher in Prince Albert. Emma MacDonald, age 19, was on her second shift alone on July 30 when she helped a woman deliver a baby o...
Aug 06, 2025 Emma MacDonald helped a woman deliver her grandchild over the phone on her second shift alone. (Parkland Ambulance/Submitted)
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...
Aug 01, 2025 (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
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