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Photo Gallery: Lachine Canal marks its 200th anniversary
Over two centuries, the Lachine Canal has been transformed from an industrial thoroughfare to a neglected backwater to a prime example of urban gentrification. The 14-kilometre Lachine Canal opened in...
Jul 21, 2025
Jones family donates $75,000 to Ronald McDonald House in Prince Albert
The fundraising effort for Prince Albert's Ronald McDonald House, currently under construction in the city's West Hill, got another big boost recently. The Jones family of Anderson Motors Evergreen Ni...
Jul 21, 2025
Nova Scotia premier misses Halifax Pride parade for second consecutive year
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's premier was absent from this weekend's Halifax Pride parade, marking the second year in a row he has missed the largest LGBTQ+ celebration in Atlantic Canada. Fiona Kerr, execu...
Jul 21, 2025
Sask. Pen staff seize $150,000 worth of meth
Staff at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary in Prince Albert have once again caught packages of drugs being brought into the federal institution. On Thursday, July 17, packages of methamphetamine that hold...
Jul 21, 2025
Abandoned at birth, Regina man still hopes to thank the mother he’s never met
For many adopted children, the search for their birth parents is not just about answers - it can be about finding the missing pieces of who they are, or sometimes to just say "thank you."On March 23, ...
Jul 21, 2025
Jon Cooper's championship-winning staff from 4 Nations returns for 2026 Olympics
CALGARY - After leading Canada to victory at this year's 4 Nations Face-Off, head coach Jon Cooper is getting his same support staff for the Milan-Cortina Olympics. Hockey Canada announced Monday that...
Jul 21, 2025
Father arrested in New York in death of 9-year-old daughter he had reported missing
LATHAM, N.Y. (AP) - A Canadian man whose 9-year-old daughter was found dead after he reported that she had been abducted while they were vacationing in upstate New York was charged Monday with murder....
Jul 21, 2025
Arkansas man pleads guilty in 2024 mass shooting at grocery store that killed 4
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - An Arkansas man changed his plea to guilty Monday in the shooting at a grocery store last year that killed four people and injured 11 others, including two police officers. Tr...
Jul 21, 2025
Two months into the Saskatchewan Marshals Service
It's been two months since the first nine Marshals of the Saskatchewan Marshals Service were sworn in here in Saskatchewan, and while they are based out of Prince Albert, they've been active around th...
Jul 21, 2025
Advocates work to put health care on the radar as premiers meet in Ontario
OTTAWA - Health-care advocacy groups and associations representing doctors and nurses are in Ontario's cottage country this week, trying to ensure health care remains a top priority for premiers. The ...
Jul 21, 2025
