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Evacuations ordered as 4 homes burn in uncontained wildfire on James Smith Cree Nation
By Logan Lehmann Four homes have been destroyed, and around a dozen others were evacuated as an out-of-control wildfire tore through James Smith Cree Nation (JSCN), displacing roughly 30 people. The b...
May 05, 2025 The out-of-control 25PA-JSIR01 fire has destroyed three homes and forced the evacuation of around a dozen others. (Melfort Fire & Rescue/Facebook)
Canada faced America's pressure before - Diefenbaker's story is a reminder to stand tall
As the dust settles and Canadians reflect on the new Liberal minority government, many felt as though this election was a consequential one for the country. Nowhere in history has an American leader t...
May 04, 2025 Prime Minister John Diefenbaker sits beneath a portrait of Sir John A. Macdonald. (Duncan Cameron / Library and Archives Canada / PA-057939)
P.A. paramedics struck by car in Vegas face long recovery, mounting U.S. medical bills
By Teena Monteleone The mother of a Prince Albert paramedic, one of two struck by a vehicle in Las Vegas, is happy to have her daughter recovering back in Saskatchewan, but the pressure of American me...
Apr 30, 2025 Charlie Lastowsky (left) and Katrine Sinclair received a visit from a therapy dog and handler while being treated at University Medical Centre in Las Vegas. (GoFundMe)
Saskatchewan Marshals Service graduates first class of 10 officers
By Susan McNeil None of the first class of 10 graduates for the Saskatchewan Marshals Service are new to graduation, and none are new to policing. As the Marshals Service - newly formed and almost rea...
Apr 25, 2025
'I'm grateful they survived': Mother reflects on daughter's accident in Vegas
By Nigel Maxwell Recalling a phone call she received at 3:30 in the morning from a police officer, informing her daughter had been injured, Roberta Sinclair says she experienced every parent's worst n...
Apr 24, 2025 Katrine Sinclair and her friend Charlie Lastowsky are on the road to recovery. (Roberta Sinclair/Submitted)
Five arrests made after Saturday drive-by shooting in Prince Albert
The Prince Albert Police Service has released details regarding a major incident that happened on Saturday, April 19. Police were called to the 800 block of 12th Street West around 7:00 p.m. Saturday ...
Apr 21, 2025 The Prince Albert Police searched the vehicle to find a sawed off .22 caliber rifle, knives, a machete, an air pistol, bear spray, and illicit substances.
Five people were arrested, a 32-year-old man, two 30-year-old men, a 21-year-old man, and a 28-year-old woman. (Céline Grimard/650 CKOM)
Indigenous youth conference promotes empowerment and support
Reflecting back on his younger brother's death three years ago, Dakota Favel recalled a feeling of helplessness after learning the person responsible for the murder was a 13-year-old boy. The award-wi...
Apr 21, 2025 Award winning singer/songwriter Dakota Favel was among the motivational speakers. (paNOW)
Prince Albert, Saskatoon make Top 10 list for 'Most potty-mouthed Canadian cities'
Almost three in five Canadians, or about 58 per cent, admit to relying on swear words frequently when chatting with friends, but that number appears to run just a little higher in Saskatchewan. A new ...
Apr 20, 2025 (AndreyPopov / Depositphotos.com)
Former Prince Albert Bishop passes away
By Nigel Maxwell Prince Albert's Catholic community is in mourning following the loss of the city's former bishop, Albert Thvenot A letter on Monday from the city's current bishop, Rev. Stephen A. Her...
Apr 15, 2025 A picture taken of Rev. Albert Thévenot in 2020. (Submitted Photo/Roman Catholic Diocese of Prince Albert)
Raiders finish round one with dominant win in Prince Albert
By Nick Nielsen The air was electric well before the puck dropped on Tuesday night at the Art Hauser Centre as fans waited for game seven between the Prince Albert Raiders and the Edmonton Oil Kings. ...
Apr 09, 2025 Former Edmonton Oil King Rilen Kovacevic celebrates scoring the emphatic 5-0 goal for the Raiders to close out round one against Edmonton. (Mark Peterson/Prince Albert Raiders)
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