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Chrystia Freeland visits Sask. to get ‘fingertip feel’ for potash
Canada's deputy prime minister had plenty of good things to say about potash Wednesday.During Chrystia Freeland's tour around the Mosaic Potash mine in Colonsay - part of her unexpected mid-week stop ...
Aug 24, 2022
The Grey Cup is coming to Birch Hills!
A massive celebration is coming to a town near Prince Albert and the Grey Cup itself will make an appearance.The Town of Birch Hills recently received a grant of $25,000 from Richardson Pioneer, one o...
Aug 24, 2022
Focused Goldsmith eager to return to Raiders
It's a long drive from Fort St. James, B.C., to Prince Albert. Almost 15 hours, in fact. But Terrell Goldsmith could hardly wait to load up the car and make it. The hard-hitting 17-year-old defenceman...
Aug 24, 2022
Provincial, federal governments trade letters over trespassing controversy
Canada's environment minister has sent a terse letter back in response to a terse and warning letter sent on the weekend by Saskatchewan's minister responsible for the Water Security Agency."I believe...
Aug 24, 2022
Uvalde school chief defends actions ahead of possible firing
UVALDE, Texas (AP) - An attorney for Uvlade's embattled school police leader defended the response of the Robb Elementary School massacre Wednesday in a scathing and defiant letter released just befor...
Aug 24, 2022
Four years of jail for man who killed Skylar Smith in Fond du Lac
Jacob Pacquette will spend four years in jail after pleading guilty to a charge of manslaughter in the death of Skylar Smith in Fond du Lac two years ago. Along with the jail sentence, Pacquette was g...
Aug 24, 2022
Prince Albert Literacy Network honors longtime donor with new room
Getting kids into reading is a big part of the work the Prince Albert Literacy Network does. At a ceremony at their Gateway Mall headquarters, they revealed a room dedicated to just that. Today, the L...
Aug 24, 2022
Feds try to prevent disclosure of 'sensitive' details in turbine court case
OTTAWA - The federal government is moving to shield "sensitive or potentially injurious information" from disclosure during a court challenge of its decision to return a turbine repaired in Montreal t...
Aug 24, 2022
N.W.T.'s 2022 wildfire season has nearly doubled five-year average for area burned
YELLOWKNIFE - The 2022 wildfire season in the Northwest Territories is shaping up to be one of the most severe in the past five years. "We're well on our way to doubling our five-year average for area...
Aug 24, 2022
Concern for B.C. sockeye salmon as Fraser River return estimates drop by millions
VANCOUVER - Optimism over an expected bumper season for wild British Columbia sockeye salmon has turned to distress, after a regulatory body's estimate of returns to the Fraser River dropped by nearly...
Aug 24, 2022
