After a record setting indoor season, the Prince Albert Youth Soccer Association is preparing for their outdoor season, which begins on May 1."We reached the maximum number, we had 914 players playing in indoor season," said Dragan Ivkovic, the technical director of the Prince Albert Youth Soccer Association....

After some back and forth between the City of Prince Albert and the Community Service Club that operates the handi-bus service, council voted on Monday night to give the CSC an extra $53,000 to keep the service levels intact. At the same time, council voted to accept a two-year agreement with the CSC that took three ye...

Referring to herself as a bit old school, Rose Roberts says the feeling of holding a hard cover version of the book she worked on with her mother, was very satisfying.Myths and Legends of the Woodland Cree was an idea first raised by Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC) Grand Chief Brian Hardlotte, who then approached Ro...

One driver in the rural area policed by the Ahtahkakoop/Shellbrook RCMP has learned that vice grips are not a substitute for a steering wheel. Officers pulled a vehicle over for a traffic stop on Range Road 3063 at about 1:30 pm on April 17. The officer noticed the vehicle had no steering wheel and the driver was using...

It was a very wet welcome for the Governor General's first official visit to Saskatchewan on Monday.Gov. Gen. Mary Simon was set to spend three days in the province. On Monday, she started at the Legislative Building and Government House.Premier Scott Moe and other members of government greeted Simon at the building an...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be in Saskatoon today.An itinerary released by his office says he will make an announcement this morning to highlight measures focused on youth, education, and health that were contained in last week's budget.Trudeau will be joined at the event by Dan Vandal, minister for Northern Aff...

Standing in front of reporters earlier today in the legislative building, the leader of the opposition officially called on Premier Scott Moe to give the Minister for Education "the boot." "Saskatchewan people are right to hold their leaders to a higher standard, that goes double for cabinet ministers,&q...

A new report shows that a crisis affecting thousands of Saskatchewan people got incredibly worse during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) published a study last week showing the number of opioid-related deaths nationwide from 2019-2021. In that period, the number of opio...

The Government of Saskatchewan is encouraging people in the province to face the issues of abusive relationships and domestic violence.The provincial government's "Face the Issue" awareness campaign continued last week with a series of five videos on social media aiming to help educate 18- to 24-year-olds abo...

Mary Simon, Canada's 30th Governor General, will meet with Premier Scott Moe and visit the First Nations University of Canada on Monday as she makes her first official visit to Saskatchewan.The three-day visit will begin with greetings from dignitaries including Moe and Lt.-Gov. Russ Mirasty, followed by an inspection ...

SQUAMISH, B.C. - A baby in a stroller survived being struck and dragged for two blocks while it was lodged in the front of a vehicle in Squamish, B.C. Mounties say they received multiple calls that a vehicle had hit a pedestrian pushing a baby in the stroller at a crosswalk Monday night. Investigators say the driver fl...

MONTREAL - The Royal Canadian Mounted Police says two former United Nations employees in Montreal have been charged after they allegedly took part in a conspiracy to illegally sell Chinese-made drones and other military equipment to Libya. The RCMP says Fathi Ben Ahmed Mhaouek, who is 61 and lives in the Montreal subur...

OTTAWA - The Canadian Medical Association is asking the federal government to reconsider its proposed changes to capital gains taxation, arguing it will affect doctors' retirement savings. Kathleen Ross, the association's president, says many doctors incorporate their medical practices and invest for retirement inside ...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Tourism operators face heavy debt, even as business roars back Canadian tourism operators says the tourism sector hasn't returned to what it was pre-COVID. Many businesses report carrying a heavy deb...

SASKATOON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be in Saskatoon today. An itinerary released by his office says he will make an announcement this morning to highlight measures focused on youth, education, and health that were contained in last week's budget. Trudeau will be joined at the event by Dan Vandal, minister fo...

Fresh research suggests western Canada's once-dwindling caribou numbers are finally growing. But the same paper concludes the biggest reason for the rebound is the slaughter of hundreds of wolves, a policy that will likely have to go on for decades. "If we don't shoot wolves, given the state of the habitat that ...

Alberta says it will be home to the largest renewable diesel facility in Canada as Imperial qualifies for the Agri-Processing Investment Tax Credit pr...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A historic ranch near Lethbridge is being put under conservation easements.Conservation easements are legal mechanisms that protect t...

As the world celebrates Earth Day on Monday, one agriculture organization is reflecting on the work it accomplished in 2023.According to a release fro...

On any given day, Prince Albert, SK veterinarian Peter Surkan sees roughly 40 patients, but for every patient he sees, there are dozens more waiting.T...

A change in consumer spending habits, lower commodity prices, and inflation all factor into Farm Credit Canada's (FCC) outlook for food and beverage m...

A popular cattle show in Saskatchewan has reported a successful 2023. At the annual general meeting of Canadian Western Agribition (CWA) Chief Executi...

WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. officials say the Pentagon is poised to send a $1 billion package of military aid to Ukraine as the Senate begin debate on long-awaited legislation to fund the weapons Kyiv desperately needs to stall gains being made by Russian forces in the war. The decision Tuesday comes after months of frustra...

DETROIT (AP) - The U.S. Justice Department announced a $138.7 million settlement Tuesday with more than 100 people who accused the FBI of grossly mishandling allegations of sexual assault against Larry Nassar in 2015 and 2016, a critical time gap that allowed the sports doctor to continue to prey on victims before his ...

MOSCOW (AP) - Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich will remain jailed on espionage charges until at least late June, after a Moscow court on Tuesday rejected his appeal that sought to end his pretrial detention. The 32-year-old U.S. citizen was detained in late March 2023 while on a reporting trip and has spen...

WARSAW, Poland (AP) - U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced that the country is to increase defense spending to 2.5% of GDP by the end of the decade. Sunak made the announcement Tuesday during a visit to Warsaw, where he also described a new pledge to send arms to Ukraine. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP's e...

BERLIN (AP) - A man who works for a German lawmaker in the European Parliament was arrested on suspicion of spying for China, German prosecutors said Tuesday. The suspect, identified only as Jian G. in line with German privacy rules, was arrested Monday in Dresden, federal prosecutors said in a statement. They didn't s...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Two Malaysian military helicopters collided and crashed during a training session on Tuesday, killing all 10 people on board, the navy said. The helicopters were rehearsing at a naval base in northern Perak state for the navy's 90th anniversary celebration next month when the accident occu...