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'It was screamingly obvious that he needed help': Inquest hears details of inmate's days before death
CONTENT WARNING: The following story contains graphic depictions of self-harm and suicide. -About a day before he hanged himself in a cell door at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary two years ago, Curtis M...
Oct 31, 2022
P.A. prosecutor & La Ronge provincial judge appointed as new judges on Sask. Court of King's Bench
Saskatchewan's Court of King's Bench officially has four new judges.John Morrall, a Crown Prosecutor in Prince Albert, and Dorinda Mae Stahl, a provincial judge in La Ronge, were appointed on Monday b...
Oct 31, 2022
RCMP disable homemade explosive device found near Tisdale business
An explosive device had to be disabled after being found in Tisdale this past weekend.Around 5:15 p.m. on Oct. 29, RCMP received a report of a suspicious package behind a business on 100 Street in Tis...
Oct 31, 2022
Raptors' all-star guard Fred VanVleet listed as out against Atlanta
TORONTO - Raptors guard Fred VanVleet was listed as unavailable for Toronto's game Monday against the visiting Atlanta Hawks. Coach Nick Nurse said VanVleet didn't participate in Sunday's practice due...
Oct 31, 2022
Vancouver Canucks, Rogers Communications sign 10-year broadcast rights deal
VANCOUVER - Sportsnet will continue to broadcast Vancouver Canucks games on TV and radio for another decade. The Canucks and Rogers Communications, which owns Sportsnet, announced Monday that the two ...
Oct 31, 2022
Bantam River Riders roll to Championship game
One local football team just keeps on winning and now they have their eyes on the top prize.The Prince Albert Bantam River Riders won their semifinal game in an overtime thriller 30-24 over the Clavet...
Oct 31, 2022
Decision at head coach among many off-season tasks facing Redblacks GM Burke
OTTAWA - After three straight seasons of falling far short of expectations, Ottawa Redblacks general manager Shawn Burke will have his work cut out for him this off-season. Ottawa finished the 2022 se...
Oct 31, 2022
Ukraine tracking thousands of war crimes despite judicial system woes: chief justice
OTTAWA - Violence in Ukraine has crippled the country's judicial system, the chief justice of its Supreme Court says, and left it struggling to handle tens of thousands of criminal reports arising fro...
Oct 31, 2022
Delegation returns from Haiti amid high expectations for Canadian leadership
OTTAWA - Canada's ambassador to Haiti says a team tasked with assessing the situation in the beleaguered Caribbean nation has returned home. Ambassador Sbastien Carrire revealed the team's return whil...
Oct 31, 2022
Parkland Ambulance called out 137 times on Saturday alone
Weekends can often get very busy for paramedics in the Prince Albert area, but just the first day of the most recent weekend saw an impressive volume of calls. From the start of the weekend until 7 a....
Oct 31, 2022
