A seven-year-old Alaskan Malamute is expected to recover after getting shot in the shoulder.The incident happened Tuesday afternoon in the city's East Hill area while the dog was in a yard with a six-foot high fence surrounding it.The owner, who was visibly shaken by what had transpired, told paNOW their dog is very mi...

A woman who was selling meth in Prince Albert, as a means to pay for her own addiction, has received a two year jail sentence. However with credit for pre-sentence custody, 38-year-old Chelsea Kakakaway has 233 days left to serve.The sentencing hearing was held Tuesday morning at Prince Albert Provincial Court and the ...

A window in a home sustained the only damage from a drive by shooting in Prince Albert's East Flat area yesterday. Police were called to the 800 block of 15th Avenue East at 7 a.m. on March 24 after the window was shot. Officers found damage to the back window of the residence that looked like a bullet hole and shortly...

After the existing operators of the Knotty Pine Bistro at Little Red River Park opted to not renew their lease, Prince Albert city council awarded the contract to new operators. The new contractors, Deepak Deepak and Akshay Arora, were given the nod to operate the food services at Cosmopolitan Lodge and the Knotty Pine...

Don't put away those snow shovels just yet, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) issued a special weather statement on Tuesday warning that a winter storm was headed to Saskatchewan.The storm, expected to begin early Thursday morning in western parts of the province and especially targeting the Yellowhead Highw...

The Government of Saskatchewan introduced legislation on Tuesday that will remove the exemption on PST for vapour products.Starting on June 1, the standard six per cent PST will be charged to all vapour products sold in the province, on top of the existing taxes on the products.The change was first announced as part of...

Recent overdose warnings in Saskatoon and Prince Albert due to contaminated drugs appear to have more people on high alert.The Saskatchewan Health Authority said from March 1 to March 16, 1,360 free Take Home Naloxone Kits were handed out provincially. That's compared to 470 over the same time period last year. Naloxon...

OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are pushing further ahead of the Conservatives in voter support, and almost one in two Canadians surveyed said they think the Liberals will win the election, a new poll suggests.The survey, conducted by Leger for The Canadian Press, reports that 44 per cent of decided voters surveyed would...

The province said due to concerns they heard about their announcement on Friday banning certain alcohol products, they've decided on a new approach - focusing on removing U.S.-produced alcohol.The Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority (SLGA) released a list of more than 50 American alcohol brands it won't be purchas...

Thunderchild First Nation has been given a shorter timeline than they wanted to prepare and release missing financial records from the last decade. The Federal Court of Canada's Madame Justice Blackhawk ruled last week that band leadership must prepare and publish multiple years of financial records. The band had asked...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Liberals and Conservatives shifting to Quebec Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and Liberal Leader Mark Carney are shifting their campaigns to Quebec. Poilievre, who held a rally in Hamilton on Tuesday night with an estimated c...

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and Liberal Leader Mark Carney are shifting their campaigns to Quebec. Poilievre, who held a rally in Hamilton on Tuesday night with an estimated crowd of about 4,500 people, is expected at a news conference in Montmagny, Que., around noon and at a rally in Quebec City in t...

VICTORIA - British Columbia Energy Minister Adrian Dix says U.S. President Donald Trump's claims about Canada supplying water through the Columbia River Treaty are "not accurate," and the U.S. can manage the water that flows over the border "however they see fit." Dix says there has been speculation...

VICTORIA - British Columbia's government says it will table legislation on Monday that eliminates the consumer carbon tax in the province. It says in a statement that the tax will be removed April 1, and it is notifying fuel sellers and natural gas retailers now so they stop collecting the tax as of that date. B.C. Pre...

QUÉBEC - Quebec Finance Minister Eric Girard introduced his budget on Tuesday, under a cloud of possible U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods that he forecasts will average 10 per cent in the next two years. Here are some highlights: - Deficit of $13.6 billion, or 2.2 per cent of GDP, including payments of about $2.2 ...

VANCOUVER - A study into safer supply and drug decriminalization policies in British Columbia has found that both were associated with increased opioid overdose hospitalizations. The report says that there was no change in deaths associated with safer supply, while neither policy appeared to mitigate the opioid crisis ...

The recent enhancements to the federal government's AgriStability program have drawn a mixed reaction in Saskatchewan, with Agriculture Minister Daryl...

The agricultural community came together to prepare for the upcoming growing season at Canada's Farm Show in Regina, Sask. last week. The inaugural Ma...

The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS) is urging the Saskatchewan Government for prompt action and financial aid following the ...

Cereals Canada focused on five markets and the United States that were part of the 2024 New Wheat Crop Trade and Technical Missions. Global Markets fo...

As Canadians head to the polls, grain farmers need to be involved so they remain a priority this election. Grain Growers of Canada (GGC) is launching ...

The Canadian government has announced support for the country's agriculture sector as it deals with tariffs imposed by China.The federal agriculture d...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's truth commission has concluded that the government bears responsibility for facilitating a foreign adoption program rife with fraud and abuse, driven by efforts to reduce welfare costs and enabled by private agencies that often manipulated children's backgrounds and origins. The ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Democrat Dan Goughnour is the winner of a special election in western Pennsylvania, keeping majority control of the state House in his party's hands. Goughnour beat Republican Chuck Davis on Tuesday for a seat in the Mon Valley region southeast of Pittsburgh. The seat became vacant in January whe...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - At least 16 people died and another 19 were injured as wildfires ravaged South Korea's southern regions amid dry weather and strong winds, government officials said Wednesday. Officials in Andong city and other southeastern cities and towns ordered residents to evacuate on Tuesday as firefight...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Iowa cannot, for now, continue to enforce part of its book ban law, a federal judge said Tuesday, giving major publishers that sued the state the second temporary reprieve they requested. The new decision from U.S. District Judge Stephen Locher again temporarily blocked the part of the law that ...

NEW YORK (AP) - President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a sweeping executive action to overhaul elections in the U.S., including requiring documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections and demanding that all ballots be received by Election Day. The order says the U.S. has failed "to en...

The gunman who killed 23 people in a racist attack at an El Paso Walmart in 2019 in one of the the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history has been offered a plea deal to avoid the death penalty, a Texas prosecutor said Tuesday. The announcement by El Paso County District Attorney James Montoya is a significant turn i...