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Killing of black teen in Phoenix area trending on Twitter
PHOENIX - Hundreds of people including a presidential candidate are speaking out on Twitter about the killing of a 17-year-old black youth at a suburban convenience store by a white man who said he wa...
Jul 09, 2019
Homecoming and healing: Musicians return to P.A. stage
It was the story of both a comeback and a homecoming, as two Prince Albert raised musicians took to the stage at the first-annual Chesterfest just west of P.A. July 5 and 6.Performing at Chesterfest w...
Jul 09, 2019 Regina-based band The Dead South features P.A. raised banjoist Colton Crawford, far right. The band returned to Prince Albert to perform at Chesterfest on July 5, 2019
SGI continues to benefit from out-of-province expansion
SGI achieved one goal and closed in on another during the 2018-19 fiscal year.In its annual report tabled Tuesday, the Crown corporation revealed it had written $371.4 million in premiums outside of S...
Jul 09, 2019 (file photo/CKOM News Staff)
Crews rush 46 to hospital after carbon monoxide leak at Winnipeg hotel
WINNIPEG - Sergiy Bolshakov was watching TV in his Winnipeg hotel room when a firefighter knocked on the door and told him the building was being evacuated because of an emergency. The Toronto man qui...
Jul 09, 2019
Massive choir a place for Estonians to find identity, solace
TALLINN, Estonia - Tens of thousands of Estonians joined in singing folk songs Sunday on the 150th anniversary of a music festival that inspired resistance to Soviet control and later received recogni...
Jul 09, 2019
NewsAlert:Bombardier to lay off 550 workers at its Thunder Bay, Ont. plant
Bombardier Inc. is laying off 550 workers at its Thunder Bay, Ont. plant, according to a federal government source. More coming. The Canadian Press
Jul 09, 2019
Premiers to meet at Calgary Stampede in advance of Council of the Federation
CALGARY - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney will host the premiers of Ontario, Saskatchewan, New Brunswick and the Northwest Territories at the Calgary Stampede. A news release from the province says ...
Jul 09, 2019
Second season underway for local racer
Prince Albert's Shantel Kalika's second season competing on the NASCAR Pinty's Series is underway.So far this year the local driver has a 12th place finish at the APC 200 at Jukasa Motor Speedway in H...
Jul 09, 2019 Shantel Kalika is entering her second season on the NASCAR Pinty's Series (Submitted Photograph/Shantel Kalika)
Viveiros returns to WHL
One of the greatest players in Prince Albert Raider history has returned to the Western Hockey League.Former defenceman Manny Viveiros was announced this morning as the new Head Coach of the Spokane C...
Jul 09, 2019 After a one-year stint with the Edmonton Oilers, former Raider Manny Viveiros is back in the WHL as Head Coach of the Spokane Chiefs. (Robert Murray/WHL)
Sophomore Veach looking to reclaim momentum with strong Indy Toronto
TORONTO - Zach Veach was having an inconsistent rookie season before a top-10 finish at last year's Honda Indy Toronto helped turn things around. Faced with a similar situation ahead of this...
Jul 09, 2019
