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10 guns taken
Rural break and enter sees guns, power tools stolen
Shellbrook RCMP are hoping to find who stole 10 guns, ammunition, and some power tools from a rural residence in the RM of Shellbrook several days ago. Officers were called to the home on Wednesday, which had its garage broken into at about 10:30 pm on Sept. 15. The thieves broke into a gun safe in the garage and too...
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Court Proceedings
Court hears from defendants in halal deer poaching case
Two distant cousins accused of multiple hunting infractions testified in their own defence at Prince Albert Provincial Court on Wednesday morning. Both men testified they had been drinking on Oct. 8, 2024, the day one of the offences is alleged to have happened. "I drank a whole 40-ounce bottle of whisky at work t...
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Mid-week fundraisers
Terry Fox Run feeling the community support heading into weekend
The annual Terry Fox Run is coming up soon in Prince Albert, and the fundraising efforts are already well underway. In the last week alone, they've run their annual First Responder's Race on the weekend, kicked off their silent auction which you can bid on, and on Tuesday they took advantage of some hungry bellies at t...
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No timeline
Complex Needs Facility won't be ready this fall
A Complex Needs Facility planned for the former SLGA store in downtown Prince Albert still has no opening date. In a brief update to city council during Monday's regular meeting, Community Safety Co-ordinator Anna Dinsdale said the province has not provided a timeline for when the building will be ready. "The hope...
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Saskatchewan

CCMA Week
Red Pheasant Cree Nation artist brings Indigenous designs to Country Music Week
Flashes of lavender purple will be visible at Gather Local Market and throughout Saskatoon during the Canadian Country Music Awards' Country Music Week, thanks to a local artist's design.Chris Chipak, a teacher and Indigenous artist from Red Pheasant Cree Nation who lives in Saskatoon, said he's excited to be creating ...
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Missing persons
Edmonton police believe missing man, two kids are in Saskatchewan
The Edmonton Police Service is extending their request for assistance in locating a missing 42-year-old man and his two children. Police said that Scot MacDermid and his two children, George, 6, and Lesley, 9, have been missing since Aug. 28 and were last spotted at the Manning Town Centre in Edmonton. Further investig...
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Triton's Northern Exploration
Uranium City's mining past draws a new search for what's left
Uranium City was once home to thousands of people drawn by mining. Now, a company exploring nearby hopes new drilling will show whether uranium mining could return to the area. Triton Uranium said Wednesday it had completed four technical reports on its Atlas project, a roughly 46,000-acre property in the historic Beav...
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Ába wašté!
From hello to goodbye, new free lesson introduces Sask. students to Nakoda
Saskatchewan's Nakoda curriculum already exists. What is often missing, teacher and filmmaker Wahbi Zarry says, is someone in the school who can speak the language.Beginning Monday, a free online lesson will try to bridge that gap by bringing a Nakoda teacher from Carry the Kettle Nakoda Nation onto classroom screens.T...
Sep 16, 2026
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Funding initatives
Year two for School Playground Equipment Grant officially underway
Applications for the 2026-27 School Playground Equipment Grant are officially open once again. A contingent of officials led by Prince Albert MLAs Kevin Kasun and Alana Ross made the announcement at École St. Anne School in Prince Albert on Wednesday morning in front of the new play structure the school built in...
Sep 16, 2026
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Homegrown Talent
CCMA kick off kicks up boots with line dancing, P.A.s Josh Stumpf in Saskatoon
Attendees at the Canadian Country Music Awards kickoff event had a boot-scootin' time learning a group line dance and taking in some live music from a twice-nominated Saskatchewan country music artist.Singer Josh Stumpf of Prince Albert - who is nominated for the fans' choice and breakthrough artist or group of the yea...
Sep 16, 2026
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Canada

How the European Union works with other countries - and what that means for Canada
OTTAWA - Canadian and European Union leaders say their proposed alliance could deliver long-term benefits to both sides, along with some more immediate advantages. Here's a look at what non-EU countries have arranged with the bloc, and what Canada coul...
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B.C. adopts Pacific time, PCT, for new, year-round daylight time zone
VICTORIA - British Columbia has adopted a new time-zone code to coincide with its decision to remain permanently with year-round daylight time. The Ministry of Citizens' Services says in a statement that the province has begun using Pacific time with t...
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Fréchette rejects $1 billion estimate for health agency IT project
QUÉBEC - Coalition Avenir Québec leader Christine Fréchette is rejecting suggestions that an IT project in the health-care system will cost a billion dollars. Radio-Canada published a report earlier this week suggesting Fréchette's government had disre...
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Explainer: How the European Union works and how it's changing
OTTAWA - The European Union is a complex assembly of countries that is taking on an increasingly important role for the world and for Canadian interests. Here's a look at what the EU is and how it works. Where did it come from? In the wake of two devas...
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Snowbird replacements 'extremely manoeuverable, powerful,' RCAF commander says
GATINEAU - The Royal Canadian Air Force welcomed on Thursday the first two of its new trainer aircraft, the CT-157 Siskin II - the same planes that will replace the old Tutor jets flown by the Snowbirds aerial demonstration team. The turboprop planes w...
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B.C. Conservative leader Findlay says she's 'not going anywhere' as election looms
British Columbia Conservative leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay said she was "not going anywhere" after a fractious emergency caucus meeting Wednesday during which two MLAs asked her to resign, while others complained about being targeted by a private investi...
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World News

Driver who slammed into LA bus before news helicopter crash to face murder charges, prosecutor says
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The driver who slammed her SUV into a Los Angeles bus, killing two people, will face murder charges, a prosecutor said Thursday. Bailee Lynn Rios was speeding and impaired when she drove her 2004 Ford Expedition the wro...
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At least 33 illegal mining suspects found dead in Nigerian custody, and officials suspect disease
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - At least 33 suspects arrested for alleged illegal mining were found dead in Nigerian security custody on Thursday, officials said, pointing to a suspected disease outbreak in the area. The detainees died in the cust...
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Bail set for ICE officer accused of lying and assault in non-fatal shooting in Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A federal immigration officer charged with shooting and wounding a Venezuelan man in January and lying about the circumstances to investigators made a brief initial appearance Thursday before a Minnesota judge after state authorities...
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Michigan authorities advise shelter in place after small plane crash in Grand Traverse County
BLAIR TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - An F-16 fighter jet from Texas crashed in rural Michigan during a routine training exercise on Thursday, and the pilot ejected safely, a military spokesman said. Sgt. Derek Gutierrez, a public affairs speciali...
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US approves visas for top Iranian leaders to attend UN high-level meeting even with sides at war
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration has approved visas for top Iranian officials, including the president and foreign minister, to attend next week's U.N. General Assembly high-level meeting in New York even as the two countries are locked in a ...
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Trump withdraws Lance Schroyer, a former Oklahoma state trooper, as his nominee to lead ICE
WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House said Thursday that it was withdrawing its nomination of Lance Schroyer, a former Oklahoma state trooper, to lead U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ensuring that an agency at the forefront of President Donald Tr...
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