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Kidney cancer patient fights for free parking while recieving treatment
Cancer patients in Prince Albert can access life-saving treatments at Victoria Hospital, but only once they've paid for parking. Former Prince Albert city councillor Dennis Ogrodnick was diagnosed wit...
Aug 19, 2025 Speaking about his experience in the healthcare system, cancer patient Dennis Ogrodnick said the level of care has been "phenomenal." For him, it’s the parking fees that need to change. (Marija Robinson/650 CKOM)
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)
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)
Three charged after allegedly using drones to deliver drugs to Sask. Penitentiary
Three people are facing charges after drones were allegedly used to deliver drugs to inmates at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary in Prince Albert. According to the Saskatchewan RCMP, the first of the two...
Jul 29, 2025 Three people are facing charges in separate cases in which they allegedly used drones to deliver drugs to the prison in Prince Albert. (Saskatchewan RCMP/Submitted)
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)
Family says injured landlord is recovering, but he's paralyzed and can't speak
By Susan McNeil Despite his life-altering injuries, Jim Primeau's will to recover remains strong, according to his sister Peggy Epp. Primeau, a 57-year-old landlord from Prince Albert, has been in hos...
Jul 04, 2025 Jim Primeau has made some remarkable recovery so far, his sister said, but he still has a long way to go. (GoFundMe)
How Saskatchewan wildfires could affect future insurance policies
While the smoke has cleared in Denare Beach, life is anything but normal for resident Linda Lowe. Her family's home of 31 years was burned down by wildfire. What was supposed to be a relaxing summer h...
Jun 28, 2025 An aerial view of the wildfire damage at Denare Beach. (Linda Lowe/Facebook)
Man who lit homeless woman on fire in P.A. has release revoked
The Parole Board of Canada has revoked the statutory release of a man who lit a homeless woman on fire in Saskatchewan. Leslie Black was sentenced to 16 years for attempted murder in the 2014 bludgeon...
Jun 26, 2025 Marlene Bird is shown in this undated handout provided by radio station CKBI. A Saskatchewan man who brutally attacked Bird and set her on fire more than a decade ago has been granted statutory release with conditions. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout CKBI)
'You killed my grandson': Charges laid in Prince Albert murder case
By Nigel Maxwell Emotions were raw in a Prince Albert courtroom on Wednesday when two men accused of murder appeared before a judge. Darrenson Head and Hayden Joseyounen are jointly charged in the dea...
Jun 18, 2025 On Sept. 1, 2024, Darren Laviolette Jr. was found deceased outside Carlton Park apartments. (Facebook)
Prince Albert man arrested after allegedly driving into two RCMP vehicles
A 24-year-old Prince Albert man is facing charges after allegedly hitting a pair of RCMP vehicles last week. According to a statement released Monday by the Saskatchewan RCMP, officers got a report th...
Jun 16, 2025 While the police vehicles were damaged, the officers inside were uninjured, the Mounties noted. (BrianAJackson/Depositphotos.com)
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