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Organizers cancel Ness Creek music festivals
The effects of COVID-19 are beginning to have an impact on event's planned through the summer 2020.Two of the North's major music events - the Ness Creek Music Festival and the Country at the Creek Mu...
Apr 16, 2020 (Facebook/Ness Creek Cultural and Recreational Society)
Wolfpack rue missing home opener originally slated for Saturday in Toronto
TORONTO - This weekend was to have been Sonny Bill Williams' coming-out party in Toronto, with the former All Blacks star slated to make his Canadian debut for the Wolfpack before an expected sel...
Apr 16, 2020
Louis Armstrong org starts COVID-19 fund for jazz musicians
NEW YORK - The Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation has launched a $1 million emergency fund to support freelance New York City-area jazz musicians during the coronavirus pandemic. The organization'...
Apr 16, 2020
Council considers non-refundable election fees
It might only be $100, but for some, it's the principle of the accessibility of democracy that's at stake. As Prince Albert prepares for the Nov. 9 election, city administration is recommending the $1...
Apr 16, 2020
Federal inmate dies from COVID-19 complications at prison in Mission, B.C.
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - An inmate has died from an apparent complication related to COVID-19 at a prison in B.C. Correctional Services of Canada says it is the first death from the novel coronavi...
Apr 16, 2020
Brian Dennehy, Tony-winning stage, screen actor, dies at 81
NEW YORK - Brian Dennehy, the burly actor who started in films as a macho heavy and later in his career won plaudits for his stage work in plays by William Shakespeare, Anton Chekhov, Eugene O'Neill a...
Apr 16, 2020
Agriculture group wants Ottawa to prioritize aid to ensure food supply
OTTAWA - The Canadian Federation of Agriculture says Ottawa should make the industry a priority during the COVID-19 pandemic, second to the health of Canadians, to ensure the country's food supply. Pr...
Apr 16, 2020
'Just killed 2 ppl:' A look at events in the La Loche school shooting
The Supreme Court of Canada has decided it will not hear the sentencing appeal of a student who killed four people and injured seven others in a mass shooting in La Loche, Sask., in 2016. The rul...
Apr 16, 2020
Police seek public's help after weekend robbery
The Prince Albert Police Service is asking for the public's assistance in identifying a suspect following a robbery on Sunday.According to a media release, the man seen in the surveillance video photo...
Apr 16, 2020 Surveillance video photo of the suspect. (Submitted /Prince Albert Police Service)
Push to have Parliament resume stems from Canadians' frustrations, Tory MP says
OTTAWA - A Conservative MP says his party's push for some kind of ongoing sitting of Parliament is born partially out of frustrations being voiced by Canadians over the federal response to COVID-19. B...
Apr 16, 2020
