Prince Albert News
Missing Rosthern man found deceased
An unfortunate end to the search for a 68-year-old man who was reported missing to Rosthern RCMP in early December.Police confirmed Kirk Brayford has been found deceased. After initial investigation, his death is not believed to be suspicious in nature; however, the Saskatchewan Coroner Service will continue its invest...
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Public safety
P.A. police investigate East Hill shooting incident
The Prince Albert Police Service is investigating after what appears to be multiple shots fired at an East Hill residence.Thursday morning, at around 7 a.m., police were called to the 500 block of 27th St. E. where complainants reported hearing multiple gun shots. Upon arriving on scene, officers located multiple spent...
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Budget 2025
Halfway through budget talks, council makes few changes
At the halfway mark of the 2025 budget discussion, Prince Albert city council has made their way through about 50 per cent of the $8 million suggested increased spending without significant changes. However, some of the bigger departments like Protective Services, are still to come. "Well, we're only halfway throu...
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Crime
Grinch scams Prince Albert man out of $30,000
A Prince Albert man who was scammed out of $30,000, admits to trusting the wrong people and is unsure how he will pay rent or buy groceries.Norm Richards was contacted on Dec. 21 by a stranger, who claiming to work for Pay Pal , informed him there were strange purchase transactions related to Wal-Mart. "I trusted ...
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Saskatchewan
Trump Tariffs
How Trump's tariff threat could affect Saskatchewan's hospitality sector
United States President-Elect Donald Trump's threat to implement a 25 per cent tariff on Canadian and Mexican goods later this month has Saskatchewan's hospitality sector worried about its detrimental effects.Trump has previously said these duties will be implemented unless the neighbouring countries tighten border res...
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Tragic events
Biggar RCMP investigating fatal crash
Biggar RCMP are investigating a fatal crash that happened just east of the community on Thursday.Police say they responded to a two-vehicle collision on Highway 14 at around 12:40 p.m. where they found a car and a semi had collided.The driver of the car, who was the sole occupant, was pronounced deceased at the scene. ...
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Weather
Winter warm up in Saskatchewan leads to ice dam concerns
A Saskatchewan warm up has roofing companies warning residents about the potential of ice dams forming on the roof of their homes.Ice dams are formed after a freeze-thaw cycle. It can cause ice build up in eavestroughs, not allowing melting snow to pass through."You'll start seeing a lip of ice building up at the ...
Jan 09, 2025
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Education
Sask. NDP slams government over decline in teaching positions
Student enrolment has steadily increased over the past five years, and the Saskatchewan NDP is raising the alarm over the lack of teachers to accommodate the growing number of students.Citing numbers from the provincial government, the NDP said the total number of classroom and distance-learning teachers in the provinc...
Jan 08, 2025
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Politics
Sask. leaders react to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's resignation
Justin Trudeau announced his resignation as prime minister and Liberal Party leader - following a leadership contest - on Jan. 6, 2025.Leaders around Canada and the world have spoke out about Trudeau's announcement, leaders in Saskatchewan now weigh in.In a statement, Premier Scott Moe said, "I reiterate my call f...
Jan 08, 2025
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MARSHALS SERVICE
Sask. Marshals Service launch raises staffing concerns in Battlefords
The Saskatchewan Marshals Service (SMS) is expected to launch in the Battlefords during the spring/summer of 2025. Still, it remains uncertain whether it will ease officers' workloads or exacerbate their short-staffing problem.At the Battleford regular council meeting on Monday, RCMP detachment commander Jesse Gilbert ...
Jan 07, 2025
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Canada
Yvonne Jones, longtime Liberal MP for Labrador, retiring from federal politics
HAPPY VALLEY-GOOSE BAY, N.L. - Yvonne Jones, Liberal member of Parliament for Labrador, says she won't be running in the next federal election. Jones has been public about her past battles with breast cancer, and she told a crowd in Happy Valley-Goose Bay that she is cancer-free, healthy and ready for new adventures. S...
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Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly off to Washington next week to talk tariffs
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly heads to Washington next week to press the incoming Trump administration not to impose damaging tariffs on Canada. President-elect Donald Trump has threatened to impose 25 per cent across-the-board tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico when he is inaugurated lat...
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Human rights group asks Canada to join U.S. and declare another genocide in Sudan
OTTAWA - A prominent human rights group is calling on Ottawa to follow the U.S. and declare that recent actions by Sudan's paramilitary force amount to genocide. The Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights accused the Rapid Support Forces of carrying out a genocide in the Darfur region months ago, during Sudan's bruta...
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Mélanie Joly will not run for Liberal party leadership, source confirms
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly is out of the running to replace Justin Trudeau as Liberal leader, a Liberal source confirms to The Canadian Press. Joly is expected to talk to media today outside a Canada-U.S. relations cabinet committee meeting on Parliament Hill. The Liberal leadership race is f...
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Canadian plane fighting L.A. fires out of service after colliding with civilian drone
Authorities in Los Angeles say a Quebec water bomber is out of service after colliding with a drone while fighting wildfires Thursday. A pair of Quebec water bombers and their crews have been helping since Tuesday to fight the massive fires north of downtown L.A., which have killed at least 10 people and burned more th...
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In the news today: Analysts expect jobless rate edged up in December
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Analysts expect jobless rate edged up in December Statistics Canada will release the country's job report for December this morning. November saw Canada's unemployment rate rise to 6.8 per cent - the highest jobless rate since Jan...
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Agriculture
Flax as part of a intercropping system
While intercropping, or planting more than one crop together, might be common practice in some types of agriculture, it is not the norm in mainstream ...
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Protein Industries Canada leadership changes
Protein Industries Canada (PIC) has announced Robert Hunter will be the organization's new Chief Executive Officer. Following a national search, Hunte...
Jan 07, 2025
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Canada Grains Council welcomes decision on GM corn
Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) panel ruling determined the restrictions Mexico placed on genetically modified (GM) corn were not scient...
Jan 06, 2025
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'What happens now?': Agriculture group reacts to Trudeau resignation
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addressed media Monday morning to announce that he will step down as Liberal leader once his party selects a replacement...
Jan 06, 2025
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Celebrate Farm Transition Appreciation Day on Jan. 9
The fifth annual Farm Transition Appreciation Day (FTADay) was created to encourage and celebrate the progress Canada's farmers are making to secure t...
Jan 03, 2025
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Environmental Stewardship recognized at Pork Conference
A central Saskatchewan hog operation was honoured for its the responsible use and protection of the natural environment to improve the well-being of h...
Jan 02, 2025
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World News
Delta Air Lines says 4 passengers injured after flight was aborted at Atlanta airport
ATLANTA (AP) - Four passengers were injured after a Delta Air Lines plane bound for Minneapolis aborted takeoff on Friday morning. Passengers left the plane using emergency inflatable slides and were taken to an airport concourse. That is according to a statement by officials at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Internati...
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Prosecutors seek 15 years in prison for former New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez after bribery conviction
NEW YORK (AP) - Prosecutors say former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez should be imprisoned for 15 years for a "grave abuse of his power," after the New Jersey Democrat became the first person to be convicted of abusing a Senate committee leadership position and the first U.S. public official to be convicted of servin...
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US finds no link between 'Havana syndrome' and foreign power, but two spy agencies say it's possible
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. intelligence has found no evidence linking a foreign power to the mysterious "Havana syndrome" injuries reported by some U.S. diplomats and other government personnel, though two agencies now say it's possible a foreign adversary may have developed or even deployed a weapon responsible ...
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Prosecutors seek 15 years in prison for former New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez after bribery conviction
NEW YORK (AP) - Prosecutors say former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez should be imprisoned for 15 years, after the Democrat from New Jersey became the first to be convicted of abusing a Senate committee leadership position and the first public official to be convicted of serving as a foreign agent. In papers filed late Thursda...
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Biden administration extends temporary status for more than 200,000 from El Salvador for 18 months
MIAMI (AP) - More than 200,000 Salvadorans who have lived more than two decades in the United States can legally remain another 18 months, the Homeland Security Department said Friday in one of the Biden administration's final acts on immigration policy. The decision is the Biden administration's latest in support of T...
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Americans have dimmer view of Biden than they did of Trump or Obama as term ends, AP-NORC poll finds
WASHINGTON (AP) - As Joe Biden prepares to leave office, Americans have a dimmer view of his presidency than they did at the end of Donald Trump's first term or Barack Obama's second, a new poll finds. Around one-quarter of U.S. adults said Biden was a "good" or "great" president, with less than 1 i...
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