National
Parliament's East Block locked down as Ottawa cops talk to barricaded man
There is a lockdown in place on Parliament Hill as Ottawa police say they are dealing with a barricaded man.The service issued a warning on Saturday afternoon for anyone in East Block, which houses parliamentary offices, to seek shelter in the nearest room, close and lock all doors and hide.Anyone who is not in the imm...
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Travel
Canada updates travel guidance for U.S., warning of heightened scrutiny at the border
Canada has updated its advice to those travelling to the United States, warning they may face "scrutiny" from border guards and the possibility of detention if denied entry.An updated advisory issued Friday by Global Affairs Canada urges Canadians crossing the U.S. border to be forthcoming with officials in t...
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Phantom Light Distillery is Doing Big Things
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PJHL hockey
Timberjaks junior hockey club quickly becoming a source of community pride and player growth
Raiders trail series 3-2
Raiders feed off Art Hauser crowd for clutch game five win
Apr 05, 2025
Funding technology
"It would be difficult": Police chief says body-worn cameras not in near future
Apr 04, 2025
Prince Albert
Honing skills
Skilled Prince Albert students punch tickets to Nationals
A number of high school students from Prince Albert and surrounding area have demonstrated they have some serious skills.In total, six grade 11 and grade 12 students from Carlton Comprehensive and St. Mary have qualified for next month's national Skills Canada competition in Regina. There are also two gold medal winner...
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Emerg response
Crash north of Prince Albert sends four people to hospital
Parkland Ambulance is confirming four people were transported to hospital Friday afternoon, following a crash just north of city limits on highway 2.Fortunately all the injuries were describes as minor.In addition to paramedics, city police and the RCMP, Buckland Fire and Rescue also responded to the scene.As per infor...
Apr 05, 2025
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Funding technology
"It would be difficult": Police chief says body-worn cameras not in near future
By the end of the week, more RCMP officers in Saskatchewan will be wearing body-worn cameras while on patrol, but it's unlikely municipal police officers in Prince Albert will be wearing them any time soon.Police Chief Patrick Nogier said the technology is a topic of conversation for the police service but budgetary re...
Apr 04, 2025
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Dance
A proud tradition: Prince Albert Festival of Dance turns 20
Jennifer Mauvieux, Kim Schick and Amy Bryksa have been friends for over two decades and credit dance as one of the reason their bonds has remained strong.All three are now instructors at their own dance studios, and have been brought together again this weekend at the Prince Albert Festival of Dance - a competition the...
Apr 04, 2025
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Drug trafficking investigations
Over 70 grams of cocaine, meth seized during P.A. traffic stop
A month-long drug trafficking investigation by the Prince Albert Police Service Crime Reduction Team (CRT) has resulted in a pair of arrests and the seizure of over 70 grams of cocaine and meth.On April 3, CRT members with the assistance of the Saskatchewan Trafficking Response Team (STRT) and Canine Unit, conducted a ...
Apr 04, 2025
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Candidate Profile
Incumbent Hoback believes people want a Conservative government, common sense brought back
Come this fall, incumbent Randy Hoback will have been an elected official in Prince Albert for 17 years.Having begun representing the electoral district in 2008, Hoback has been subsequently re-elected every term since.He once again believes that people want a Conservative government and want to see a change away from ...
Apr 03, 2025
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Saskatchewan
World Curling Championships
Canada and Switzerland secure direct route to semi-finals at BKT World Men's 2025
With all twenty round-robin sessions now complete, the play-off scenario at the BKT World Men's Curling Championship 2025 is now finalised.Two more victories in Friday's play by Canada - beating Austria 8-2 in just seven ends, and then defeating United States by 8-3 in the evening session - mean that they have secured ...
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Federal Election - Day 13
Carney, Singh pledge support for CBC for sovereignty, Poilievre says it's too costly
Liberal Leader Mark Carney and the NDP's Jagmeet Singh expressed support Friday for federal spending to ensure a strong national public broadcaster, a notion Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre dismissed as something Canada simply can't afford.On the federal election trail, Carney and Singh each said a healthy CBC/Rad...
Apr 05, 2025
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Trucking
Lack of provincial, federal funding for training could lead to more challenges in trucking industry
The owner of a truck driver training school is hoping a proposal she submitted to the government will help reinvigorate interest and safety in the commercial driving industry.Melissa Bohse of MTS Training School in North Battleford felt compelled to come up with a solution after funding cuts by both levels of governmen...
Apr 04, 2025
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Tariffs
Talks with Americans helped Canada avoid extra Trump tariffs: Saskatchewan premier
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says he remains concerned with U.S. tariffs on Canadian products but thinks talking with American officials helped Canada avoid a worse outcome."Where we found ourselves on Liberation Day was not the best position, but a far better position than many other countries around the world,...
Apr 04, 2025
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student assessment
Sask. discontinuing Grade 12 provincial exams
Grade 12 students in Saskatchewan won't have to worry about cramming for their final exams.The province announced that it will be winding down the provincial examination program at the end of August 2025, saying it creates a more equitable system for Grade 12 students in the province. Saskatchewan is currently the only...
Apr 04, 2025
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wildfires
Third season of Guardians of the North premieres next week
The third season of the docuseries Guardians of the North will premiere next week. The docuseries follows wildland firefighters in Saskatchewan's Indigenous and northern communities while they protect the people, property and resources of the North. The season three premiere will air on April 8 at 10 p.m. CST on Citytv...
Apr 04, 2025
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Local Sports
Raiders trail series 3-2
Raiders feed off Art Hauser crowd for clutch game five win
With their backs against the wall and a 3-1 series deficit, the Prince Albert Raiders entered do or die territory on Friday at the Art Hauser Centre for Game 5 against the Edmonton Oil Kings. Not only did the Raiders come out swinging, but they kept swinging all the way to a 4-2 victory to extend the series.The Oil Kin...
Apr 05, 2025
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Go Raiders Go!
Raiders tailgate set to fire up the Art Hauser Centre
With their backs against the wall 3-1 in their series with the Edmonton Oil Kings, the Prince Albert Raiders are expecting the best fans in the league to be out in full flight Friday night for a pivotal Game 5. To start things off, the Raiders are hosting a tailgate party put on by Lake Country Co-op starting at 5pm wi...
Apr 04, 2025
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Gymnastics
WATCH: PA gymnast qualifies for Westerns
A huge smile fills Kate Popescul's face when asked about the possibility of one day representing Canada at the Olympics.The 12-year old gymnast, who trains out of the Aerials club in Prince Albert, has qualified for the Western Canadian Championships, which will be held later this month in Saskatoon. It's a feat no oth...
Apr 03, 2025
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Sivertson and Obobaifo
Two Raiders prospects win AAA championships
Practices for the Prince Albert Raiders have become more crowded during the playoffs as prospects who have finished their seasons have joined the Raiders for the rest of the postseason, but there are two whose campaigns are continuing. In Saskatchewan, Jonah Sivertson helped his Regina Pat Canadians to a SMAAAHL champi...
Apr 03, 2025
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Raiders trail series 3-1
Raiders now face elimination after falling in Game 4
After a disappointing Game 3 in Edmonton saw the Raiders fall behind in the series 2-1, the Prince Albert Raiders were looking to regain home ice advantage with a win in Game 4 on Wednesday night. Despite outshooting the Oil Kings in all three periods, the Raiders would have some trouble in their own zone along with so...
Apr 03, 2025
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Fight Night
Prince Albert fighters ready to rumble
A mixed martials arts event titled Rumble In The Cage 69 takes place this weekend in Lethbridge and will include two fighters from Prince Albert.Patrick Turner (2-2) has an amateur middleweight bout against hometown favourite Jonathan Balsam (1-1); and Suhail Mondair has a featherweight fight against Emerald Park's Keo...
Apr 02, 2025
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PA Profiles
Phantom Light Distillery is Doing Big Things
Phantom Light Distillery, based in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, is making waves across the country-and beyond. Known for its bold approach to growth and innovation, the distillery is rapidly becoming one of Western Canada's standout producers in the spirits industry.Already available throughout Saskatchewan, Phantom Li...
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World-class event
'The World is Coming': volunteers, sponsored needed for men's softball championship
'The World is Coming!'That is the catchphrase being used by the host committee for the upcoming World Baseball Softball Congress's 2025 men's softball championship scheduled for July 8-13 at the Max Power Ball Parks located in Prime Ministers' Park and while plans are moving along to stage the world-class event, more s...
Mar 31, 2025
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Gray's Funeral Chapel: Compassion and community dedication since 1993
Trust, Integrity, Compassion, Family, Community. These are just a few of the reassuring words that come to mind when you think of Gray's Funeral Chapel, the recipient of the 2025 BOB Award for Best Funeral Home.Part of the community since 1993, Gray's Funeral Chapel has long been the trusted funeral service provider fo...
Mar 25, 2025
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Anniversary Celebration
PBCN Petro Canada: Celebrating 20 years of success and growth
From the humble beginnings 20 years ago as a single, small gas station in Prince Albert, PBCN Petro Canada has become an example of growth and a community leader when it comes to customer service. In addition to adding another service station in the city on 6th Ave. East, and the Hilltop Tunnel Wash on 2nd Ave. West, t...
Mar 21, 2025
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Listen: Learn more about Kin Enterprises
Pattison Media's Garth Kalin does an in-depth interview with Kin Enterprises Executive director, Hillary Brahniuk in which he explains what Kin is, programs offered, what they do, what all they are involved in and more.In this next interview, Teresa goes into being a baker and working in the Restaurant at Kin Enterpris...
Mar 20, 2025
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Investment News
Kachur Wealth Management Group: Active portfolio management amid market uncertainty and tariff tensions
Acknowledging the recent uncertainty that's been created by U.S. president Donald Trump's tariffs, Cole Kachur says the traditional "buy and hold" strategy simply does not work the way it used to.Instead the seasoned investor and his team at Kachur Wealth Management Group, are recommending people 'remain acti...
Mar 12, 2025
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Canada
Day 15
Party leaders focus policy pitches on rent control, addictions treatment
The NDP promised to protect tenants through national rent control while the Conservatives focused their campaign trail message on addictions treatment Sunday.NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said in Halifax in the morning that his party would tie federal housing funding for provinces and municipalities to tenant protection pol...
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With 8.7m birds dead, B.C. farmers assess avian flu toll, and worry about what's next
VANCOUVER - There is a window of relief for British Columbia farmers from the devastating waves of avian flu, leaving them to assess the toll of outbreaks spanning more than three years that saw millions of birds culled at hundreds of farms. Farmers and scientists also worry what the next migration of wild birds will b...
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'Special to the world': Supporters hope to save beloved Drumheller dinosaur
DRUMHELLER - A plan to send Tyra the tyrannosaurus, the popular tourist attraction that towers over the skyline in Drumheller, Alta., into proverbial extinction has sparked demands that she be spared. The town of 8,400 northeast of Calgary bills itself as the Dinosaur Capital of the World. Home to the famed Royal Tyrre...
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'Tree police': Quebec town charges $200 fee for homeowners with treeless yards
MONTREAL - In the town of St-Amable, Que., it's plant or pay up. As of this year, the municipality located 30 kilometres northeast of Montreal is imposing an annual tax of $200 for residents who don't have a leafy tree in their front yard, with a goal of reducing heat islands and improving biodiversity. One public poli...
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Ottawa police to provide details on man who barricaded himself inside East Block
OTTAWA - Questions remain for Ottawa police this morning after a late-night arrest of a man who barricaded himself in Parliament Hill's East Block on Saturday. Ottawa police say they arrested the man without incident late Saturday night after an hours-long lockdown that began after the man "gained unauthorized acc...
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Top leaders finish second week of election campaign
Federal party leaders are prepared to finish the second week of the federal election campaign with events in Nova Scotia and British Columbia. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is scheduled to make an announcement in Halifax, joined by the local candidate Lisa Roberts. He will later attend the Elbows Up, Canada! rally in Dartmo...
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World
Pope appears before crowd in St. Peter's Square, 2 weeks after his release from hospital
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Francis was rolled into St. Peter's Square in a wheelchair during a special Jubilee Mass for the sick, marking his first public appearance at the Vatican on Sunday since his release from the hospital two weeks ago. The pontiff lifted his hands to wave at the crowd, who stood and applauded, as h...
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Anthony, Howard, Redeem Team, Bird, Arison, Fowles, Crawford, Donovan, Moore in Hall of Fame class
Carmelo Anthony and Dwight Howard are going into the Basketball Hall of Fame later this year, not once but twice. And LeBron James and Chris Paul are part of the group that's headed to the Hall as well, even before their playing careers end. Anthony and Howard were announced Saturday as members of the Class of 2025, as...
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Israeli troops deploy to a new corridor across Gaza
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel says troops have deployed to a newly established security corridor across southern Gaza. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday announced the new Morag Corridor to pressure the Hamas militant group and suggested it would cut off the southern city of Rafah, which Israel has ordered evacua...
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Senate GOP approves framework for Trump's tax breaks and spending cuts after all-night session
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Republicans plugged away overnight and into early Saturday morning to approve their multitrillion-dollar tax breaks and spending cuts framework, hurling past a hard line of Democratic opposition toward what President Donald Trump calls the "big, beautiful bill" that's central to his a...
Apr 05, 2025
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Gretzky witnesses Ovechkin moving 1 goal back of his record as he joins the chase in person
WASHINGTON (AP) - Wayne Gretzky witnessed Alex Ovechkin scoring his 893rd goal to move one back of tying his NHL record, as the Canadian great made his first in-person appearance during this chase. Gretzky said it was important to "the integrity of the game" to make sure he was there in case Ovechkin broke hi...
Apr 05, 2025
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Ovechkin scores his 893rd goal. He needs 1 to tie Gretzky and 2 to break the NHL record
WASHINGTON (AP) - Alex Ovechkin did not take long to move one goal away from tying and two from breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL record. Ovechkin beat Spencer Knight 3:52 into the Washington Capitals' home game against the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday night. He took a pass from Dylan Strome behind the net and banked the pu...
Apr 04, 2025
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