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Harley Knife and Môhkomân Creative
Ahtahkakoop member starts Okanagan's first Indigenous animation studio
A man originally from Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation has launched what he says is the first Indigenous-owned animation studio in B.C.Harley Knife has worked as an animator for the past 12 years on shows including Max and Ruby on Treehouse, Pete the Cat on Amazon Prime and Everybody Still Hates Chris on Comedy Central.This wee...
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Anniversary swim on Saturday
Lake Country Co-op Leisure Centre on track to host 400,000 visitors in first year of operations
By any measure, the first year of operation for the Lake Country Co-op Leisure Centre has been a success as the building closes in on 400,000 visitors. To celebrate that success and its first full year of operation, the city will host a public $5 swim on Sept. 5. Numbers show 397,000 visitors have used the facility sin...
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Making the Jump
Why are more Prince Albert athletes finding opportunities after high school?
More than 50 Prince Albert athletes have continued their careers beyond high school over the past few years, taking their talents to colleges, universities and even professional teams.And they're doing it in more than just hockey.From volleyball and football to basketball and lacrosse, local athletes are finding opport...
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Crime
Prince Albert hotel break-in leads to theft of RCMP weapons and ammunition
RCMP officers are more accustomed to investigating thefts than being the victims of them. But a recent break-in at a Prince Albert hotel has officers looking to recover weapons and ammunition.According to a release from the Saskatchewan RCMP, shortly after midnight Wednesday, an officer discovered equipment had been st...
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Saskatchewan

School transparency
NDP challenges province over redacted school condition records
The Saskatchewan NDP is accusing the provincial government of withholding information about the condition of the province's schools after receiving a heavily redacted response to a freedom of information request.The Opposition said it requested information gathered by the province on the condition of Saskatchewan schoo...
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Arson
Wildfire arsonist sentencing postponed again
For the fourth time since a guilty plea was entered last April, the sentencing hearing for the man responsible for sparking a massive wildfire in Northern Saskatchewan has been postponed.Jason Halkett, 29, of La Ronge, appeared Thursday morning at the Montreal Lake Cree Nation circuit court. The reasons cited for the p...
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Broader discussions
Saskatchewan votes in support of social media limits for youth
The Government of Saskatchewan is sharing the results of its province-wide survey on whether residents wanted to see social media limits imposed on youth.According to the province, more than 86 per cent of people who responded to the survey were in support of social media limits for children under the age of 16.Less th...
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Hockey streaming options
WHL moves games to YouTube amid uncertainty over Victory+
The way the Western Hockey League and its teams, including the Prince Albert Raiders, will broadcast games in the future is changing due to "uncertainty regarding the future of Victory+, the WHL's exclusive livestreaming partner since March 2025," the league said in a statement.The WHL will broadcast games on...
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New guidelines
Data centres not yet on tap in northern Sask
Editors note: This story has been update to include comments from Ray Orb, reeve of the RM of Sherwood--New provincial guidelines for data centre developments were recently released by the Saskatchewan government in an effort to address public concerns about water and electricity use. While municipalities in and around...
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Trade careers
Skilled trades drawing Saskatchewan workers later in life
The average Saskatchewan apprentice starts Level 1 training at the age of 27, years after high school and, in some cases, after already pursuing another career.Now, skilled trades are getting renewed attention as artificial intelligence creates uncertainty around the future of some desk jobs, while major infrastructure...
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Canada

Court says hundreds of Walbran Valley trees 'spiked' as blockade injunction extended
Hundreds of trees have been found embedded with metal spikes in Vancouver Island's upper Walbran Valley, according to a court ruling that extends an injunction against a logging blockade there until early 2028. The B.C. Supreme Court court ruling says...
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Carney chooses senior bureaucrat Scott Jones to head cyberspy agency
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney has named senior bureaucrat Scott Jones as the next head of the Communications Security Establishment, Canada's cyberspy agency. Jones, most recently the president of Shared Services Canada, is set to replace the ret...
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy set to visit Canada soon: source
OTTAWA - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is planning to visit Canada as soon as next week. A non-government source says the exact timing of the visit is being adjusted, possibly due to the funeral of Norway's King Harald, scheduled for Sept. 9 ...
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Eby blames OpenAI for new Tumbler Ridge lawsuits, says it walked away from mediation
PRINCE GEORGE - British Columbia Premier David Eby says new lawsuits against OpenAI from witnesses to the deadly Tumbler Ridge mass shooting are a result of the tech firm walking away from a mediation process, calling it inexcusable and disgraceful. Eb...
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Internal data reveals 726 Quebecers waiting in hospital for long-term care beds
MONTRÉAL - Hundreds of Quebecers are occupying hospital beds while waiting for a spot in a long-term care facility, and the number is on the rise, reveals data released by Santé Québec through an access to information request. It's a situation that rai...
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Global Affairs working to collect DNA from families of missing Canadians in Nepal
OTTAWA - Federal government officials said Global Affairs Canada is working to collect DNA from the families of Canadians still missing in Nepal and China after a flash flood ripped through the border region last week. Senior government officials, brie...
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Agriculture

World News

Trump names Adam Telle as acting Army secretary following the departure of Dan Driscoll
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump on Thursday named Adam Telle as the acting Army secretary following the departure of Dan Driscoll amid widespread reports of tensions with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Telle is currently the ass...
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Maryland's top court allows Democratic-backed congressional redistricting measure on November ballot
Maryland voters will get to decide in November on a congressional redistricting amendment being pushed by Democrats as part of nationwide battle for control of the U.S. House in future elections. The Maryland Supreme Court ruled Thursday...
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Missouri court blocks Trump-backed US House map and orders it to be put to a vote
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - The Missouri Supreme Court has unanimously blocked new congressional districts backed by President Donald Trump from being used in the November election and ordered a statewide vote on whether to uphold or reject the new map....
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Trump again appeals to Supreme Court on mail-voting restrictions with midterm elections looming
BOSTON (AP) - The Trump administration on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to reject an order by a federal judge that halts it from implementing a new rule regulating mail ballots, hours after being unable to tell that judge whether the computer system...
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Lindsay Clancy trial ends without a verdict for a sixth day after drama in the courtroom
PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) - The deadlocked jury in the Lindsay Clancy trial went home without a verdict Thursday in a dramatic sixth day of deliberations, after the jury's foreperson sent the judge a note saying a single juror won't follow the court's instr...
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Man who carried out deadly Minneapolis apartment shooting was investigated for handgun in June
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The man who carried out a deadly shooting in a Minneapolis apartment building had been investigated in June after displaying a handgun, but wasn't charged, the county prosecutor said Thursday. Carlton Johnson was killed...
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