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Police report weekend spike in property crime
Prince Albert Police are reminding the public to keep all valuables out of site and properly secured.This comes after several reports over the weekend of property theft and break and enters to sheds a...
Apr 20, 2021
Ontario Hockey League cancels 2020-21 season as COVID-19 cases surge in province
TORONTO - The Ontario Hockey League has cancelled its 2020-21 season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The decision on Tuesday means the OHL will be the only one of Canada's three major junior hockey ...
Apr 20, 2021
Dionne says promised P.A. forestry manufacturing facility still waiting for provincial approval
Six months after he announced a massive forestry manufacturing facility was "ready to build" in Prince Albert, Mayor Greg Dionne says the project is still waiting for provincial approval. "The City of...
Apr 20, 2021
Hoback reacts to 'wow' federal budget spending
Prince Albert MP, Conservative Randy Hoback, is happy to see a federal election appears unlikely in response to the Liberal budget handed down Monday.As he and others try to digest the enormous 739-pa...
Apr 20, 2021
Oscar predictions: Can anything beat 'Nomadland'?
Ahead of Sunday's 93rd Academy Awards, Associated Press Film Writers Jake Coyle and Lindsey Bahr share their predictions for a ceremony that is forging on in the midst of the pandemic. BEST PICTURE Th...
Apr 20, 2021
Rapper Black Rob, known for hit ‘Whoa!,' dead at 52
NEW YORK - Rapper Black Rob, known for his hit "Whoa!" and key contributions to Diddy's dominant Bad Boy Records in the 1990s and early 2000s, has died. He was 52. Black Rob died Saturday in Atlanta, ...
Apr 20, 2021
Amy Coney Barrett has book deal with conservative imprint
NEW YORK - Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett has a book deal with a Penguin Random House imprint, The Associated Press has learned. Adrian Zackheim, who heads the conservative Sentinel imprint, ...
Apr 20, 2021
Military: Chadian president killed after 30 years in power
N'DJAMENA, Chad - Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno, who ruled the central African nation for more than three decades, was killed Tuesday on the battlefield in a fight against rebels, the military an...
Apr 20, 2021
Latino groups want DOJ probe of shooting by Chicago police
CHICAGO - Latino lawyers and community leaders on Tuesday will ask the Department of Justice to investigate the fatal shooting of a 13-year-old boy by a Chicago police officer. The group also will cal...
Apr 20, 2021
US Ambassador in Moscow heads home for consultations
MOSCOW - The U.S. ambassador in Moscow said Tuesday he will head home for consultations - a move that comes after the Kremlin prodded him to take a break after Washington and Moscow traded sanctions. ...
Apr 20, 2021
