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Missing persons
11-year-old girl reported missing
The Prince Albert Police Service is asking for the public's help locating an 11-year-old girl.Savannah Charlette was last seen on Oct. 27, and was in the 700 block of 28 St. E.She is described as 4-10 tall, 99 pounds, shoulder length brown hair, brown eyes and has piercings in her nose and bottom lip. Savannah was last...
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Man charged in Redwing vehicle theft
During the morning of November 2 at approximately 2:30 a.m., Prince Albert RCMP were already making patrols in the area around Redwing on the lookout for a vehicle that had been reported stolen. Upon being spotted, the vehicle fled and officers pursued until they observed two males exiting the vehicle, one of which was...
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Death Update
Remains found in P.A. wooded area identified
Human remains found last week in the 400 Block of 19th Street East wooded area have been identified as 41-year-old Darcy Rabbitskin. Rabbitskin had been reported missing to Prince Albert Police Service on October. 22 and was identified in support of a forensic anthropologist and forensic pathologist. The area where the...
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National
No strike notice so far as talks continue between Canada Post and workers' union
Canada Post says talks are continuing with the union that represents postal workers and neither side has given notice of a work stoppage. The Crown corporation says both sides have agreed not to give the required 72-hour notice of a strike or lockout "as long as the talks are productive."The Canadian Union of...
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Saskatchewan
Construction Begins
Humboldt Broncos Memorial Site starts to take shape
After the sod was turned on the Humboldt Broncos Memorial Site earlier this year, the work has officially started and the site is starting to take shape.Through the efforts of volunteers and companies putting their time, efforts, and even donating the supplies will make the planned memorial come to life.Plans for what ...
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Radiothon fundraiser
Little Hearts, Little Lungs: Jim Pattison Children's Hospital Radiothon set for Nov. 5 - 6
It's become Saskatchewan's largest annual maternal and pediatric fundraiser. On Nov. 5th and 6th, Pattison Media radio stations from Prince Albert, Melfort, Battlefords and Meadow Lake will join more than 25 other radio stations across the province for the Jim Pattison Children's Hospital Radiothon. The focus this year...
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'The best that we can be': Indigenous judge and TRC chair Murray Sinclair dies at 73
Murray Sinclair, who was born when Indigenous people did not yet have the right to vote, grew up to become one of the most decorated and influential people to work in Indigenous justice and advocacy.A former judge and senator, one of Sinclair's biggest roles was chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission into res...
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Are Saskatchewan's new bear spray laws working?
Disappointed, angered and disgusted is how Saskatoon's Royal Stevens felt after being a victim of a bear spray attack in mid-October.On Oct. 16, Stevens and his father were coming home from a road trip and had stopped at a gas station on Fairlight Drive.As Stevens filled up his car with gas, he overheard some people at...
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Police
RCMP searching for suspicious vehicle with stolen plate that fled police twice
Blaine Lake RCMP are asking the public to keep an eye out for a suspicious vehicle that has fled from police twice in the last 24 hours. Police are looking for a blue 2018 Chevrolet pickup truck, possibly 3/4 ton and diesel. The truck has Saskatchewan license plate R5111, however the plate does not match the vehicle as...
Nov 03, 2024
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Politics
Prince Albert Mayor shares how provincial election can affect local politics
The provincial election is over and the municipal election is coming up soon, and so the future of a lot of community projects could be decided in the next few weeks. While members of the municipal government are focused on their campaigns, they are also watching the ongoing cabinet shuffle in the provincial government...
Nov 02, 2024
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Canada
CP NewsAlert: Elections BC says box of 861 votes uncounted, others votes unreported
VICTORIA - Elections BC says it has discovered that a ballot box containing 861 votes wasn't counted in the recent provincial election, as well as other mistakes including 14 votes going unreported in a crucial riding narrowly won by the NDP. The election agency says omission of the ballot box did not affect the result...
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Indian prime minister condemns violence at Hindu temple in Ontario
BRAMPTON, Ont. - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is condemning violence that erupted Sunday when Indian consular officials visited a Hindu temple in Brampton, Ont., as police announced three people have been charged in the clash. Social-media posts over the weekend appeared to show demonstrators holding banners in ...
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Conservatives are trying to loosen regulations on natural health products
OTTAWA - A Conservative MP wants Parliament to undo changes made by the Liberals last year that brought natural health products under the same regulations as pharmaceuticals. The new rules mean Health Canada can demand that stores pull products such as supplements and homeopathic medicines off their shelves if they are...
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'Beam of light that cut through injustice': Tributes for TRC chair Murray Sinclair
WINNIPEG - Murray Sinclair, a former judge, senator and chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission into residential schools, died Monday in Winnipeg. He was 73. Here are some notable tributes to his life and work: "The Honourable Murray Sinclair dedicated his life to repairing Canada's relationship with Indi...
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Supreme Court won't revisit request from four Canadian men held in Syria
OTTAWA - Canada's top court will not reconsider pleas from four Canadian men detained in Syria for a hearing that could open a path to their freedom. Last year the Supreme Court of Canada declined to hear the men's challenge of a Federal Court of Appeal ruling that said Ottawa is not obligated under the law to repatria...
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Trucking, construction expect 'labour crisis' with new temporary worker rules
OTTAWA - Dominique Lamothe said the trucking firm she works for will be in trouble once new rules for high-wage temporary foreign workers take effect on Friday. Groupe Nadeau, a Quebec-based trucking company, has a fleet of around 200 trucks and 1,400 trailers serviced by 70 full-time heavy mechanics. Human resources d...
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Agriculture
Alberta school to research canola-based feed in aquaponics industry
The search continues for an alternate, more sustainable source of fish feed for the growing aquaponics industry. Lethbridge Polytechnic will research ...
Nov 01, 2024
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Avian Influenza found in a pig in the U.S.
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has its first case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in a pig. Agriculture Secretary Tom ...
Nov 01, 2024
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B.C. port employers issue lockout notice in labour dispute with foremen union
Ports in British Columbia are facing the possibility of another province-wide labour disruption as employers say they will lock out members of the uni...
Nov 01, 2024
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Strike disrupts some operations at the Port of Montreal
A labour dispute at the Port of Montreal has shut down some operations. This morning an indefinite strike by members of CUPE Local 375, the longshore ...
Oct 31, 2024
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Ag. groups reject Bloc bill on supply managed sector trade talks
Roughly 40 Canadian agriculture and agri-food industry groups sent a letter to the Senate to reject a private members' bill that would take Canada's s...
Oct 31, 2024
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Variable yields and good quality in last Saskatchewan crop report of 2024
Yields were slightly above average during the 2024 harvest. The Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture released its final Crop Report of the year which ...
Oct 31, 2024
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World News
Musk PAC tells Philadelphia judge the $1 million sweepstakes winners are not chosen by chance
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A lawyer for Elon Musk 's political action committee told a judge in Philadelphia on Monday that so-called "winners" of his $1 million-a-day voter sweepstakes in swing states are not chosen by chance but are instead chosen to be paid "spokespeople" for the group. GOP lawyer Chris...
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Saints fire coach Dennis Allen after seventh straight loss. Darren Rizzi named interim coach
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The New Orleans Saints fired coach Dennis Allen on Monday, a day after a loss at last-place Carolina extended the Saints' losing streak to seven games - their longest since 1999. "DA is an excellent football coach," Saints general manager Mickey Loomis said. "This season, we've had an ...
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Harris and Trump make a furious final push before Election Day
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A presidential campaign that has careened through a felony trial, an incumbent president being pushed off the ticket and multiple assassination attempts comes down to a final sprint across a handful of states on Election Day eve. Kamala Harris is spending Monday in Pennsylvania, whose 19 electoral ...
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The death toll in Lebanon crosses 3,000 in the 13-month Israel-Hezbollah war, Health Ministry says
BEIRUT (AP) - Lebanon's Health Ministry said more than 3,000 people have been killed during 13 months of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah. At least 13,492 have been injured. Hezbollah began firing rockets into northern Israel the day after Hamas' surprise attack into Israel on Oct. 7, 2023 ignited the war in Gaza....
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Ohio jury reaches verdict in trial of ex-police officer charged in the shooting death of Andre Hill
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A jury on Monday reached a verdict in the trial of a former police officer charged with murder and reckless homicide in the shooting of Andre Hill, a Black man who was holding a cellphone and keys when he was killed. The verdict is expected to be announced shortly. Officer Adam Coy, who served nea...
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Supreme Court will weigh in on new mostly Black Louisiana congressional district, after election
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court said Monday it will take up a new redistricting case involving Louisiana's congressional map with two mostly Black districts. The court won't hear arguments until early next year and the 2024 elections are proceeding under the challenged map, which could boost Democrats' chances of r...
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