Police investigating house fire; impaired driver call not what it seems

The Prince Albert Police Service responded to 250 calls for service between Friday night and Sunday afternoon.

The majority of the calls were related to public intoxication and disturbances.

On Saturday night just before 7 p.m., police responded to a house fire in the 1500 block of McIntosh Drive. The Prince Albert Fire Department also attended the scene and contained the fire. The Joint Fire Protocol investigators were on the scene on Sunday to start an investigation into the fire.

On Sunday morning at 11:15 a.m., police were called to a West Hill business for a possible impaired driver after receiving a Report Impaired Drivers (RID) complaint. Police investigated and found the person was actually in medical distress. Parkland Ambulance attended the scene and took the person to hospital.