Tragic events
Pedestrian struck and killed by vehicle near Montreal Lake
RCMP say a 35-year-old man from Montreal Lake Cree Nation was struck and killed Sunday night.At approximately 8 p.m., officers received a report of a vehicle collision involving an SUV and a pedestrian on Highway 969 which is the road that connects Highway 2 North to the reserve.The pedestrian was pronounced deceased a...
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mining activity halted
Employee fatally injured at Esterhazy Mosaic mine
An employee is dead after a "fall of ground incident" at the Mosaic K3 potash mine in Esterhazy on Monday morning.No further injuries have been reported, the company noted in a statement.Mosaic's said its emergency response team was activated to respond to the fatal incident."The site has now been secure...
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Cybercrime response
Prince Albert Police Service 'limited in scope' to properly investigate fraud crimes
Nov 17, 2025
Freedom and Flexibility
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New deals
Museum looks forward to future with new city funding deal
Nov 17, 2025
Ferland earns Grey Cup ring
'A wonderful human being': High school coach thrilled Logan Ferland is a Grey Cup champion
Nov 17, 2025
Prince Albert
Festive season
Goodness Gracious: Jake Vaadeland makes holiday stop in Prince Albert
Fresh off a tour of the United States and Europe, Saskatchewan's Jake Vaadeland is coming home for Christmas.Sunday night's festive themed show at the EA Rawlinson Centre is part of 22 tour dates across Canada for the musician from Cut Knife."We have a whole stage set coming with us too, and we set that all up and...
Dec 13, 2025
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Child psychiatry
New child psychiatrist coming to Prince Albert in the spring
Child and youth psychiatrist services in Prince Albert seem to be on the rebound. The SHA confirmed yesterday that a new psychiatrist will begin work in March 2026, more than doubling the in-person services available in the city. Currently, in-person help is available for one week out of every six by an out-of-town psy...
Dec 13, 2025
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Misconduct
Prince Albert doctor guilty of second sexual boundary breach
A Prince Albert doctor has been found guilty of inappropriately touching a patient he had known since she was 17 and considered a close family friend. The patient was an adult and married when Dr. Nigel Painter touched her several times during a medical appointment, actions the disciplinary committee of the Saskatchewa...
Dec 12, 2025
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Wanted Man
Prince Albert RCMP searching for man involved in hit and run
Prince Albert RCMP are asking the public to report any and all sightings of a 34-year-old man wanted for leaving the scene of an accident. At around 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 10, RCMP received a report of a collision involving a pedestrian in the community of Little Red River. Officers and local EMS responded and lo...
Dec 12, 2025
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Saskatchewan
mining activity halted
Employee fatally injured at Esterhazy Mosaic mine
An employee is dead after a "fall of ground incident" at the Mosaic K3 potash mine in Esterhazy on Monday morning.No further injuries have been reported, the company noted in a statement.Mosaic's said its emergency response team was activated to respond to the fatal incident."The site has now been secure...
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Safe Driving Week
Police remove 106 impaired drivers from Sask. roads during targeted enforcement week
They are statistics that display a significant problem in Saskatchewan. In a single week, police conducting traffic operations across the province as part of National Safe Driving Week and National Impaired Driving Enforcement Day (Dec. 6) stopped 4,446 vehicles. Of those drivers, 106 had consumed alcohol and/or drugs ...
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INVESTIGATION ONGOING
Family member questioned after Rob Reiner and his wife found dead in L.A.: AP source
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Investigators questioned a family member of director-actor Rob Reiner and his wife Michele after they were found dead at their home in Los Angeles, according to a law enforcement official briefed on the investigation.Investigators believe they suffered stab wounds, said the official, who could not pu...
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cost of living
Inflation steady at 2.2% in November despite grocery price hike
Statistics Canada says rising grocery prices were causing fresh pain for consumers in November even as the overall inflation rate held steady.The agency says the annual pace of inflation was unchanged at 2.2 per cent last month.Grocery prices rose 4.7 per cent annually in November, up from 3.4 per cent in October, mark...
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Local Sports
Raiders win 5-4
Fireworks from start to finish as Raiders win third edition of Highway 11 rivalry
With both teams coming into the game having played the previous two nights, and earning wins in both games, you might have expected a slow start between the Prince Albert Raiders and Saskatoon Blades on Sunday. Instead, the game was all gas no brakes from the very first minute, and the after back and forth lead changes...
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Raiders win 5-1
Oiring scores two to makes it rain Teddy Bears in Raiders big win over Lethbridge
In night two of their three games in three nights stretch, the Prince Albert Raiders were already coming off a big win the night before in Swift Current. With their fourth and final Teddy Bear Toss game of the season in their own building, the Raiders put on their most dominant performance of the season over the Lethbr...
Dec 14, 2025
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Raiders win 7-4
Raiders open 3-in-3 with solid showing in Swift Current
After a busy Alberta road swing last week, the Prince Albert Raiders started their second consecutive three games in three nights stretch in Swift Current against the Broncos in their Teddy Bear Toss night. The Raiders took their foot off the gas a little bit in the third, but they still came away with a 7-4 win.To ope...
Dec 13, 2025
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Turning heads
Wheat Kings making case as top senior hockey team in Sask
Approaching the halfway mark in the Twin Rivers Hockey League (TRHL), the Rosthern Wheat Kings are standing alone at the top of the standings and are considered one of the best teams in the province. The Wheat Kings are 7-0-0 (W-L-OTL) to start the season and are one win shy of tying a franchise record for their best s...
Dec 12, 2025
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Canada
OneBC party split over staffer's 'disgusting' views on race and Jews, says ex-leader
VICTORIA - British Columbia legislator Dallas Brodie, whose OneBC party has removed her as leader, says the split happened after colleagues tried to stop her from firing a caucus staffer whose views on Jewish people were "disgusting" and antisemitic. B...
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Quebec teachers' union survey says 90 per cent have faced violence on the job
MONTRÉAL - A Quebec teachers' union says 90 per cent of its members said in a recent survey they were victims of some form of violence. Catherine Renaud, a vice-president of the union, says 81 per cent reported being a victim of psychological or verbal...
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Teen admits to splashing Saskatoon schoolmate with lighter fluid, setting her on fire
SASKATOON - A 16-year-old girl has pleaded guilty to attempted murder for splashing a former friend with lighter fluid and setting her on fire in the hallway of a Saskatoon high school. The attacker also pleaded guilty to assault causing bodily harm of...
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'High impact' warning as heavy rain returns, causing more flooding concerns in B.C.
ABBOTSFORD - Overflowing waters from the Nooksack River in Washington state have stopped moving across the border into British Columbia's Fraser Valley. The City of Abbotsford says U.S. forecasts project the river will not reach flood stage in the next...
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Anti-doping agency asks court to declare privacy watchdog's probe out of bounds
OTTAWA - The World Anti-Doping Agency is challenging the legal basis of the federal privacy watchdog's investigation into the agency's handling of biological samples collected from athletes. The office of privacy commissioner Philippe Dufresne announce...
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Quebec family doctors voting on new deal after province backtracks on reforms
MONTREAL - Quebec family doctors have until Friday to vote on a deal that would see the provincial government back down on several controversial reforms in a new law that changes how physicians are paid. The tentative deal would scrap performance-rela...
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World
Evacuations ordered in 3 south Seattle suburbs after levee fails after week of heavy rain
SEATTLE (AP) - Officials ordered immediate evacuations in three south Seattle suburbs Monday after a levee failed following a week of heavy rains. The evacuation order from King County in Washington state covered homes and ...
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Brian Walshe found guilty of murdering his wife, who disappeared nearly 3 years ago
BOSTON (AP) - Brian Walshe was found guilty Monday of killing his wife, whose body has never been found after she disappeared from their Massachusetts home on New Year's Day nearly three years ago. Ana Walshe, an immigrant ...
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Britain's MI6 spy chief says Putin is dragging out peace talks and wants to subjugate Ukraine
LONDON (AP) - President Vladimir Putin is stalling efforts to end Russia's war on Ukraine, and is testing the West with tactics that fall "just below the threshold of war," the head of Britain's MI6 spy agency said Monday. ...
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