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Rotary Club makes initial payment towards the Rotary Adventure Park
The Rotary Club of Prince Albert was proud to present the City of Prince Albert with a $100,000 cheque this afternoon for their first instalment towards the Rotary Adventure Park.The Rotary Club is wo...
Jun 03, 2021
Drive-thru vaccine clinics reopening in Prince Albert and North Battleford
As of today, those eligible for their second COVID-19 vaccine dose include residents 65 years and older.Those eligible also include anyone who had their first dose on or before March 22, people who ar...
Jun 03, 2021
Energy regulator orders Trans Mountain to stop tree clearing work on project
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The Canada Energy Regulator has issued an order stopping tree cutting and grass mowing across the entire $12.6-billion Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project. A statement from Tran...
Jun 03, 2021
'We were herded away like cattle': Residential school survivor aims to inspire change by walking to Ottawa.
A woman who spent nearly 10 years at a residential school in Prince Albert will begin a journey stretching three provinces and cover over 2,300 kilometers on Saturday.Patricia Ballantyne, 47, plans to...
Jun 03, 2021
Senate unanimously passes bill creating national day for truth and reconciliation
OTTAWA - A bill creating a statutory holiday to commemorate the tragic legacy of residential schools in Canada has been passed unanimously by the Senate. Bill C-5 is expected to receive royal assent l...
Jun 03, 2021
Jewish groups decry mock 'eviction notice' sent to residents in Canadian cities
OTTAWA - Jewish advocacy groups are condemning a mock "eviction notice" dropped in mailboxes across Canada as part of a campaign to draw attention to the planned removal of Palestinians from a neighbo...
Jun 03, 2021
Kenney says 'reasonable effort' made to follow COVID rules at whiskey dinner
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he and his ministers made every reasonable effort to comply with health rules during a surreptitiously photographed whiskey-drinks dinner on the patio of t...
Jun 03, 2021
Celebrity attorney F. Lee Bailey dead at 87
WALTHAM, Mass. (AP) - F. Lee Bailey, the celebrity attorney who defended O.J. Simpson, Patricia Hearst and the alleged Boston Strangler, but whose legal career halted when he was disbarred in two stat...
Jun 03, 2021
100,000 Saskatchewan residents now fully vaccinated against COVID-19
The Saskatchewan government reported today that over 100,000 Saskatchewan residents have been fully vaccinated and an additional 14,579 vaccines have been administered. This brings the total numbers v...
Jun 03, 2021
Jonathan David, Christine Sinclair named Canada Soccer's players of the month
TORONTO - Jonathan David and Christine Sinclair have been named Canada Soccer's players of the month for May. David became the first Canadian to win the Ligue 1 championship in France, scoring the ope...
Jun 03, 2021
