A man with 15 prior convictions for offenses relating to assaulting correctional officers, has had three more convictions added to his record.Donavin Diggs, 29, was sentenced Tuesday morning at Prince Albert Provincial Court. With consideration given to the over four months he spent in segregation, essentially locked u...

Using just a pen, paper, and a regular microphone, youth in Prince Albert have the chance to express themselves through the art of poetry. On Tuesday, a Youth Poetry Open Mic Night takes over the Jam Street Shared Arts Space on First Avenue West. The event was organized by Jam Street and professional spoken word poet D...

Prince Albert Raiders star forward Ryder Ritchie has been selected to represent Canada at the upcoming IIHF U18 World Championship.The tournament begins April 25 in Finland.Ritchie was one of seven WHL players named to Team Canada's roster on Tuesday.Despite an injury that kept him out of the lineup for an extended str...

Prince Albert Police say a man who was believed to be carrying a gun was found hiding in an outdoor rink.At approximately 10:38 p.m. Sunday, officers were dispatched to the 500 block of 8th Street East.After the suspect was located, a loaded sawed-off shotgun was also recovered with assistance from the Canine Unit. Cle...

As both sides return to the negotiating table, Premier Scott Moe said he feels confident that a deal will be struck this time between the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation and the Government-Trustee Bargaining Committee.Negotiations are set to resume on Tuesday."I have been confident from the very early days that ...

Saskatchewan's finance minister was ordered to apologize Monday after she sent the Speaker a text accusing him of letting the legislature devolve into an "Opposition puppet show." Donna Harpauer delivered the apology in the house after Speaker Randy Weekes said the minister had messaged him saying government ...

It would appear Prince Albert isn't quite out of the winter woods just yet.Environment and Climate Change Canada is calling for some winter-like conditions in the P.A. region this week. Meteorologist Brian Proctor said the city can expect both snow and rain over the next few days with a low pressure system developing i...

The winning bidder of more than a dozen unopened boxes of classic hockey cards uncovered in a Regina home says he's feeling remorse over his $3.7-million-dollar purchase after hearing how sad the runner-up was upon losing out."When I heard the runner-up bidder was literally devastated by missing out on acquiring t...

Saskatchewan and the RCMP have inked a deal that would see the province fund hundreds more officers if Mounties can recruit to fill those positions. Assistant Commissioner Rhonda Blackmore, the commanding officer for Saskatchewan's RCMP, says it's a game-changer for the force, which has long been understaffed. She says...

Francophone families throughout Saskatchewan are getting a boost of support from the province's municipalities. During its annual convention in Regina, the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association (SUMA) announced a partnership with the Assemblée Communautaire Fransaskoise (ACF). The partnership helps engag...

EDMONTON - Documents released under Alberta Freedom of Information laws confirm the United Conservative government was talking with the coal industry for years about relaxing a policy that protected the Rocky Mountains from open-pit mines. The documents also show the province was talking about opening those landscapes...

MONTREAL - A Quebec Superior Court judge has authorized a class-action lawsuit against 16 pharmaceutical companies that are alleged to have misled consumers about the efficacy and dangers of opioid medications. The class action includes everyone in Quebec who was diagnosed with opioid use disorder after being prescribe...

MONTREAL - The organization that oversees Montreal's Olympic Stadium is holding an international competition to find a second life for the building's tattered, old roof. The Olympic Park has launched a contest on how best to recycle and reuse the materials and components that are set to be dismantled this summer. Quebe...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Freeland to present federal budget today Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is finally set to present the federal budget in the House of Commons on Tuesday afternoon, showcasing how the government pl...

ZEBALLOS, B.C. - The Department of Fisheries says planning for a new attempt to rescue an orca calf trapped in a Vancouver Island lagoon will be finalized in the next few days but no date has been set. It says in a news release that any new attempt to capture and release the young whale will depend on weather and the a...

ZEBALLOS, B.C. - A Vancouver Aquarium expert who's been involved in attempts to rescue an orphaned orca says the calf may be feeding on fish in the B.C. lagoon where she's been trapped for more than three weeks. Veterinarian Martin Haulena says he got a good look at the calf during Friday's failed attempt to corral the...

Providing accurate, balanced and current information is an important way to promote agriculture education in Canadian classrooms. Agriculture in the C...

A state-of-the-art milk concentration plant is under construction in Blackfalds, Alta. Dairy Innovation West (DIW) is the first of its kind in Canada....

One of the country's biggest agriculture shows will focus on ag tech. From Jun. 18 to 20, farmers, developers, industry professionals, and exhibitors ...

It's never been more critical to support ag-tech research and collaboration among producers and policy makers to examine how new technologies can be a...

Young cattle producers had a chance to show off what they learned during the tenth annual Saskatchewan Beef Expo.Prairieland Ag Center in Saskatoon, S...

Grain Growers of Canada (GGC) have created a set of policy recommendations focused on agricultural practices and climate change.The Road to 2050 is an...

WASHINGTON (AP) - House impeachment managers walked two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas across the Capitol to the Senate on Tuesday, forcing senators to convene a trial on the allegations that he has "willfully and systematically" refused to enforce immigration l...

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro on Tuesday ordered the closure of his country's embassy and consulates in Ecuador in solidarity with Mexico in its protest over a raid by Ecuadorian authorities on the Mexican embassy in Quito. Maduro made his announcement during a meeting of the leaders of t...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - A federal appeals court has overturned a West Virginia transgender sports ban, finding that the law violates Title IX, the federal civil rights law that prohibits sex-based discrimination in schools. The ruling Tuesday from the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals blocks a West Virginia law bannin...

NEW YORK (AP) - Donald Trump returned to a New York courtroom Tuesday as a judge works to find a panel of jurors who will decide whether the former president is guilty of criminal charges alleging he falsified business records to cover up a sex scandal during the 2016 campaign. The first day of Trump's history-making h...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - One of Copenhagen's oldest buildings is on fire and its iconic spire has collapsed. The roof of the 17th-century old Stock Exchange, or Boersen, that was once Denmark's financial center, was engulfed in flames Tuesday. The building, which is situated next to the Christiansborg Palace where th...

SYDNEY (AP) - Australian police say a knife attack in Sydney that wounded a bishop and a priest during a church service as horrified worshippers watched online and in person was an act of terrorism. Police arrested a 16-year-old boy Tuesday after the stabbing at Christ the Good Shepherd Church that injured Bishop Mar M...