Tariffs
70% of Canadians support retaliatory tariffs on United States: Poll
Seventy per cent of Canadians are in favour of dollar-for-dollar retaliatory tariffs on the United States, a new poll suggests.Nearly half of respondents to the Leger poll - 45 per cent - said they were strongly in favour of such tariffs, while 25 per cent said they were somewhat in favour.U.S. President Donald Trump h...
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Down the stretch
Mintos split pair of weekday games as final week of regular season continues
It's coming down to the wire in the Sask. Male AAA Hockey League (SMAAAHL) and with the playoff teams already determined, it's now just matter of figuring out who plays who. For the Prince Albert Mintos, they currently sit seventh in league standings heading into the final few days of the regular season and although th...
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Down the stretch
Mintos split pair of weekday games as final week of regular season continues
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Brunch n' Lunch
Eggsmart: The new take on breakfast
Warmth is here
Old Man Winter's grip on Saskatchewan loosens as warmth arrives
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"A PART OF SASKATCHEWAN'S DNA"
Over four decades of dedication: Sask. cameraman Gord Barnett at the heart of TeleMiracle
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Prince Albert
Warmth is here
Old Man Winter's grip on Saskatchewan loosens as warmth arrives
The deep freeze is over, and it looks like the warmer weather will stick around for a while. Brian Proctor of Environment and Climate Change Canada told northeastNOW that temperatures will remain above normal into next week. "Warm weather looks like it's going to be with us right through the end of February, maybe...
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roll call - episode 1
Listen: A chat with the police chief about crime stats, use of force, and transparency
In the first of a series of monthly interviews with paNOW, Prince Albert's Chief of Police Patrick Nogier sat down with Pattison Media's Managing Editor Teena Monteleone to discuss the latest crime statistics, use of force and why police may sometimes withhold information from the public. Roll Call: A Chat with the Chi...
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Stamped out
Lost Love letters: thieves strike Canada Post in Love, Codette
Thieves have robbed residents of two small villages in northeast Saskatchewan by breaking into the post offices in Love and Codette and taking stamps, packages, cash and mail. The theft in Love, fortunately, missed the Valentine's Day rush the post office sees as couple's take advantage of a special cancellation stamp ...
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Buliding code
Province steps back from planned changes to building code tiers
Citing the need to not add to the red tape surrounding construction of new homes in Saskatchewan, the province said recently that builders will not be required to construct new homes at a higher energy efficiency. A planned advance to Level 2 of the National Building Code will be rolled back as soon as the legislature ...
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Family bonding
WATCH: Family tradition returns to Prince Albert Winter Festival
A large smile fills Donna Colewell's face after she's asked what it's like to share the dance floor with her great-granddaughter.The pair were among those on Thursday who attended the Prince Albert Winter Festival's Old Tyme Family Dance. It ran for three years at the Exhibition Centre and the dance floor was never emp...
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Crime
Robbery and car jacking results in three year sentence
One of two men involved in a robbery and car jacking northeast of Prince Albert has received a three year sentence for the role he played.Bruno Bear, 24, appeared Thursday morning at Prince Albert Provincial Court.In relation to the events that occurred on Oct. 17, guilty pleas were entered to break-and-enter and two g...
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Saskatchewan
Music, songwriting, dancing and the lightning round. We chat with Katelyn Lehner on the Closeup.
Katelyn Lehner, who grew up in Prince Albert, is a trained classical vocalist, and previous Team Canada Track and Field athlete, she's now using these...
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Court
Indigenous healer admits to sexually assaulting 12 women across Saskatchewan
A Saskatchewan man who said he was an Indigenous healer has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting 12 women.Cecil Wolfe, 63, entered the pleas Wednesday in Saskatoon court.The alleged offences occurred between 2013 and 2021 with the victims coming from the communities of Loon Lake, Blaine Lake, Muskeg Lake Cree Nation, ...
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First time champion
Schmidt wins Canadian Challenge main 10-dog race
Garrick Schmidt is the winner of the Canadian Challenge premiere 10-dog, 322-kilometer race. Schmidt, a resident of Wawota, Sask., left La Ronge on Tuesday at 10 a.m. under extreme cold warning with the temperature hovering around -30 C with a -35 C wind chill value. By Wednesday at 5 p.m., five of the mushers who ente...
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SICC Language Keepers Gathering
Language retention and revitalization is still key at annual gathering
In its 19th year, the First Nations Language Keepers Gathering remains one of Saskatchewan's essential language revitalization events.Over the course of two days, the Saskatchewan Indigenous Cultural Centre (SICC) will hosted than 500 attendees along with 22 speakers, Knowledge Keepers, and master speakers at its annua...
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health care disruptions
Moe hopes new urgent care centres will help struggling Sask. hospitals
Saskatchewan's premier is hoping new urgent care centres will help alleviate disruptions at larger health facilities across the province.Over the coming days, Scott Moe said he'll be asking Health Minister Jeremy Cockrill and the Saskatchewan Health Authority why there have been a number of emergency department and hea...
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Investigation update
Teen boy now facing four murder charges in Carry the Kettle homicides
A 15-year-old boy is facing four charges of first-degree murder in connection with a quadruple homicide case on Saskatchewan's Carry the Kettle Nakoda Nation.According to the RCMP, the boy was arrested on the First Nation on Tuesday, and is facing the murder charges in relation to the deaths of Tracey Hotomani, Sheldon...
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Local Sports
Down the stretch
Mintos split pair of weekday games as final week of regular season continues
It's coming down to the wire in the Sask. Male AAA Hockey League (SMAAAHL) and with the playoff teams already determined, it's now just matter of figuring out who plays who. For the Prince Albert Mintos, they currently sit seventh in league standings heading into the final few days of the regular season and although th...
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Playoff preview
Timberjaks looking for upset against Delisle in round one of playoffs
The Prince Albert Timberjaks are ready to rumble this weekend as they get set for the first round of the Prairie Junior Hockey League (PJHL) playoffs. The Jr. B club is set to face off with the Delisle Chiefs in the opening round, a team that the Jaks haven't seen much success against this season. P.A. head coach and g...
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Team Saskatchewan eliminated from Scotties championship contention
Nancy Martin and Team Saskatchewan have been eliminated from playoff contention at the 2025 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Thunder Bay.Despite the team's 5-3 record heading into the final day of pool play at the tournament, Martin's rink wasn't unable to advance because Saskatchewan didn't have the tiebreaker advanta...
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Raiders lose 5-2
Raiders fall out of first in East Division after loss in Brandon
In the only game in the WHL on Tuesday night, the Prince Albert Raiders were in Brandon to take on the Wheat Kings for the final time this season. Both teams were playing their fourth game in five nights and their fifth game in seven, and with first place in the East Division on the line, but the Wheat Kings were the o...
Feb 19, 2025
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WBSC Men's Softball World Cup Finals
Japan and Dominican Republic to open Softball World Cup tournament in Prince Albert
The stage has been set for the most prestigious tournament in men's softball.The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has announced the groups and schedule for the WBSC Men's Softball World Cup Finals, set to take place at Prime Ministers' Ballpark in Prince Albert July 8 - 13. Japan and the Dominican Republic ...
Feb 18, 2025
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League shakeup
SJHL: Notre Dame conditionally approves move to Warman
The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League's (SJHL) 2025-2026 season is getting a bit of a shake-up with the relocation of a team that's been developing players for 38 years.On Tuesday it was announced that the SJHL's Board of Governors has "conditionally approved the location of the Notre Dame Hounds to the community ...
Feb 18, 2025
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PA Profiles
Sask summer tradition
Country Thunder: More than just a legendary musical experience
From the moment the gates open in Craven, SK to the last note of the final performance, the Country Thunder music festival experience goes beyond an incredible lineup of country music legends and rock stars. It's become an iconic series with festivals across North America, but Saskatchewan is where it all started. &quo...
Feb 19, 2025
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Professional security
Custom Security and Investigation: Reducing crime and growing careers
It's no secret that Prince Albert struggles with crime and safety. In 2024, there were more than 3,400 incidents of property crime including break and enter, and willful damage. There were also more than 1,600 incidents of violent crimes like assaults and uttering threats. That's why several businesses and property own...
Jan 31, 2025
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PJHL hockey
Timberjaks junior hockey club quickly becoming a source of community pride and player growth
There is a reason Prince Albert is known as 'Hockey Town North.' The nickname reflects the community's unwavering love for the game, and the widespread participation in the sport. Prince Albert has produced numerous talented players who have gone on to play professionally, further cementing its reputation as a hockey h...
Jan 23, 2025
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Agricultural Benefits Settlement
NOTICE OF RATIFICATION VOTE - Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation
December 16, 2024 TO: THE MEMBERS OF PETER BALLANTYNE CREE NATION TAKE NOTICE that a Ratification Vote of the Voters of Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation pursuant to the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation Treaty 6 Agricultural Benefits Settlement Agreement Voting Guidelines (the "Voting Guidelines") will be held t...
Jan 15, 2025
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Athabasca Basin News
Athabasca Basin News
Dziret'ái Pilot Training Program takes flightA new and exciting opportunity has launched in northern Saskatchewan to help Indigenous students become commercial pilots. The Dziret'ái Pilot Training Program aims to provide Indigenous students with the skills needed to succeed in the aviation industry. The D...
Dec 02, 2024
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Brunch n' Lunch
Eggsmart: The new take on breakfast
Breakfast is often called the most important meal of the day. Many studies have linked eating breakfast to good health, including better memory and concentration and lower levels of heart disease. So - you could say eating breakfast is actually...smart. Now, there's a new restaurant in Prince Albert that offers sensibl...
Nov 21, 2024
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Canada
Tariffs
70% of Canadians support retaliatory tariffs on United States: Poll
Seventy per cent of Canadians are in favour of dollar-for-dollar retaliatory tariffs on the United States, a new poll suggests.Nearly half of respondents to the Leger poll - 45 per cent - said they were strongly in favour of such tariffs, while 25 per cent said they were somewhat in favour.U.S. President Donald Trump h...
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Heiltsuk Nation written constitution passes with 67 per cent of votes
VANCOUVER - The Heiltsuk Nation has approved the adoption of a written constitution for the First Nation on British Columbia's central coast. The nation says 67 per cent of the 725 people who voted on the referendum were in favour of the constitution. It says voting this month came after about two decades of developmen...
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Quebec girl, 13, dies after she was found buried in snow in Montreal suburb
CHÂTEAUGUAY, Que. - Police say a 13-year-old girl who was found buried in snow in a Montreal suburb on Tuesday has died. Const. Erika Grondin with the police in Châteauguay, Que., confirmed the girl's death and said police would assist the coroner's office in an investigation. Police said emergency services...
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Premiers Ford and Houston appeal to governors in latest push to stop Trump's tariffs
WASHINGTON - Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston are reaching out to state governors in Washington, D.C. as the deadline to avert U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs inches closer. The premiers are to attend the National Governors Association winter meeting today, where Trump and key members...
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Prince Edward Island Premier Dennis King to resign today, Rob Lantz to replace him
CHARLOTTETOWN - Today is the last day in office for Prince Edward Island Premier Dennis King, who announced Thursday he is stepping down in the interest of his family and the people of the Island. The Progressive Conservative caucus says it has chosen Education Minister Rob Lantz as interim party leader and 34th premie...
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Ex-coroner says B.C.'s drug policy overhaul looks like 'impulsive political decision'
British Columbia's former chief coroner says she's disappointed by the province's overhaul of its program that provides prescription alternatives to toxic street drugs, a shift she says "feels like a really impulsive political decision." Lisa Lapointe said the move to a "witnessed-only" model in whi...
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World
Jurors begin deliberating in the trial of a man charged with stabbing Salman Rushdie
MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) - Jurors began deliberating Friday in the trial of a New Jersey man charged with stabbing and trying to kill Salman Rushdie on a New York lecture stage. The jury got the case after lawyers delivered closing arguments to wrap up seven days of testimony in Chautauqua County Court. Hadi Matar, 27, face...
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Pope Francis' doctor says pontiff isn't out of danger but that his condition isn't life-threatening
ROME (AP) - Pope Francis' condition isn't life-threatening, but he's not out of danger, his medical team said Friday as the 88-year-old pontiff marked his first week in a hospital with pneumonia on top of chronic bronchitis. Francis' doctors delivered their first in-person update on the pope's condition, saying that he...
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New York Yankees drop ban on beards, 49 years after it was imposed by owner George Steinbrenner
TAMPA. Fla. (AP) - The New York Yankees dropped their ban on beards Friday, 49 years after it was imposed by owner George Steinbrenner. Current owner Hal Steinbrenner, son of The Boss, announced the change Friday before the team's spring training opener. "In recent weeks I have spoken to a large number of former a...
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Israel identifies remains of child hostages but says body Hamas returned was not their mother
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Forensic scientists identified the remains of two Israeli child hostages handed over by Hamas but another body said to be their mother was "an anonymous, unidentified body," the Israeli military said Friday. The shock announcement regarding the mother, Shiri Bibas, came as a ceasefire ...
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Judge won't immediately block Trump administration's abrupt halt to Catholic refugee funding
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge on Thursday refused to block the Trump administration's abrupt halt to funding of the nation's largest private refugee resettlement program in a setback to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Judge Trevor McFadden denied the bishops' request for a temporary restraining order that ...
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Former Colorado sheriff's deputy convicted of homicide in shooting death of man in crisis
DENVER (AP) - A former Colorado sheriff's deputy was convicted Thursday in the shooting death of a 22-year-old man in distress who called 911 for help after his car got stuck in a small mountain community. Jurors found Andrew Buen guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the June 2022 death of Christian Glass, whose ...
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