
Prince Albert News

Hunger
Lake Country Co-Op collects big donation for local food banks
Food banks in Prince Albert and Lac La Ronge, along with the Salvation Army in Nipawin, have directly benefited from a fundraising event organized by Lake Country Co-Op.The eighth annual Cram the Van event was held on Friday, and despite the bitterly cold temperatures, it received great support from community members w...
Dec 13, 2025
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Festive season
Goodness Gracious: Jake Vaadeland makes holiday stop in Prince Albert
Fresh off a tour of the United States and Europe, Saskatchewan's Jake Vaadeland is coming home for Christmas.Sunday night's festive themed show at the EA Rawlinson Centre is part of 22 tour dates across Canada for the musician from Cut Knife."We have a whole stage set coming with us too, and we set that all up and...
Dec 13, 2025
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Missing woman
RCMP looking for woman who went missing from Melfort
Melfort RCMP are asking for help in locating a missing woman. Brandy Smallboy, 22, was last seen Nov. 26 in Melfort. She is 5'4", 120 lbs., with brown eyes and dark brown hair. Smallboy often wears blue or green coloured contact lenses. She is known to travel to the Big River First Nation area, but her current whe...
Dec 13, 2025
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Child psychiatry
New child psychiatrist coming to Prince Albert in the spring
Child and youth psychiatrist services in Prince Albert seem to be on the rebound. The SHA confirmed yesterday that a new psychiatrist will begin work in March 2026, more than doubling the in-person services available in the city. Currently, in-person help is available for one week out of every six by an out-of-town psy...
Dec 13, 2025
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Saskatchewan
Provincial Politics
Q&A: Sask NDP leader Carla Beck sits down to discuss provincial concerns, including rent control and legislative absence
Saskatchewan NDP leader Carla Beck was in Prince Albert on Friday as part of her promise to improve her footprint across the province.Speaking with paNOW, she touched on a variety of different topics and answered some important and pressing questions.Q: After last year's election, you talked about working more in Princ...
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History
Documentary shines light on wartime Japanese attack balloons that landed in Canada
The deployment of thousands of hydrogen balloons carrying deadly explosives sent to North America during the Second World War is the subject of a documentary make by Saskatchewan filmmaker Scott Woroniuk.Woroniuk, a videographer and owner of Crosscut Films, has just released FU-GO: Japan's WW2 Balloon Bombs Over Canada...
Dec 13, 2025
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SCC
Supreme Court shuts door on appeal in brutal killing of Tiki Laverdiere
The Supreme Court of Canada has refused to hear an appeal from Soaring Eagle Whitstone, cementing her conviction and life sentence for the first-degree murder of Tiki Laverdiere.In a decision released Dec. 11, the court dismissed Whitstone's application for leave to appeal a Saskatchewan Court of Appeal ruling that uph...
Dec 12, 2025
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Community support
Red Cross program supports Sask. businesses, nonprofits affected by 2025 wildfires
Businesses and nonprofits affected by the wildfires that ripped through Saskatchewan over the summer could be eligible for $2,000 in financial support through a new program by the Canadian Red Cross.The program, which is funded through a $15 million commitment from the Government of Saskatchewan, offers the funds to bu...
Dec 12, 2025
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Provincial Politics
Premier Scott Moe adds five newly elected MLAs to Saskatchewan cabinet in shuffle
Premier Scott Moe shuffled his cabinet on Thursday, with five MLAs who were first elected last year taking on ministerial portfolios for the first time.Mike Weger (Weyburn-Bengough) will serve as minister of community safety in a portfoilio previously known as corrections, policing and public safety, taking over for Ti...
Dec 11, 2025
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Drug bust
Woman charged after fleeing from police near Frenchman Butte
A 24-year-old woman from Saskatoon was arrested by RCMP officers after failing to stop for officers who wanted to pull her over for speeding near Frenchman Butte. Combined Traffic Services officers saw a speeding vehicle on December 5, shortly after 3 pm and attempted a traffic stop. Rather than pull over, the driver a...
Dec 11, 2025
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Canada

Whale sanctuary project in N.S. needs $15 million to open by end of summer
HALIFAX - The Whale Sanctuary Project, a proposed underwater enclosure that would encompass roughly 40 hectares off of Nova Scotia's eastern shore, needs up to $15 million if it hopes to open by the end of summer 2026. Charles Vinick, CEO of the U.S.-...
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Canadian politicians, community groups share support after Australia Hannukah attack
TORONTO - Canadian politicians and community groups shared messages of support after a mass shooting left at least 15 people dead at a Hanukkah celebration in Australia. Prime Minister Mark Carney, in a statement Sunday, said Canadians stand with Jewis...
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Canadian English supporters urge Carney to abandon federal shift to British spelling
OTTAWA - Promoters of Canadian English say the federal government is sending the wrong message to the world with its recent use of British spelling in official documents. In a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney, five linguistics experts and an editor...
6h ago
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B.C. officials warn of more widespread rain on the way after floods, highway closure
VICTORIA - British Columbia is preparing for another widespread deluge of rain after flooding through the province's Fraser Valley temporarily shutdown a portion of Highway 1 last week. Emergency Management Minister Kelly Greene said Sunday that flood...
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Fate of OneBC party uncertain after MLA Dallas Brodie 'removed' as leader
OneBC, the party formed after a split with the Conservative Party of B.C., says leader Dallas Brodie has been "removed" by the party's board of directors. The party's only other elected member sitting in the B.C. Legislature, MLA Tara Armstrong, says ...
7h ago
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'Scared but resilient:' Hanukkah celebrations go ahead despite deadly attack abroad
TORONTO - Members of Canada's Jewish community expressed anger and resolve on Sunday ahead of planned holiday events in the wake of a deadly mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration in Australia. Levi Gansburg, the rabbi at Chabad on Bayview in Toronto,...
9h ago
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Agriculture

Future Global Agriculture Technology Exchange has a home base
A deal has been reached for land for the Global Agriculture Technology Exchange (Gate) facility in downtown Winnipeg. Cereals Canada and James Richard...
Dec 12, 2025
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Premier Scott Moe adds five newly elected MLAs to Saskatchewan cabinet in shuffle
Premier Scott Moe shuffled his cabinet on Thursday, with five MLAs who were first elected last year taking on ministerial portfolios for the first tim...
Dec 11, 2025
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Mazergroup announces new CEO
Mazergroup's Board of Directors, along with the Mazer family, have approved the appointment of Ben Voss as its new president and chief executive offic...
Dec 09, 2025
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Farm groups sign letter calling for renewal of North American trade deal
Nearly 100 leaders in Canada's agriculture and agri-food sector have sent a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney in a show of support for the full 16-...
Dec 09, 2025
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Wild boar in Spain test positive for viral disease
For the first time in nearly three decades African swine fever (ASF) has been discovered in Spain.In November ASF was found in two dead wild boars in ...
Dec 08, 2025
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Canadian Foodgrains Bank and Bunge continue partnership to fight global hunger
Canadian Foodgrains Bank and global agribusiness Bunge will continue their partnership in the fight against global hunger. Foodgrains Bank and Bunge (...
Dec 05, 2025
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World News
Kansas City Chiefs dice que Patrick Mahomes sufre ruptura de ligamento en la rodilla izquierda
KANSAS CITY, Missouri, EE.UU. (AP) - Kansas City Chiefs dice que Patrick Mahomes sufre ruptura de ligamento en la rodilla izquierda. The Associated Press
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Father and son gunmen kill at least 15 people in attack on Hanukkah event at Sydney's Bondi Beach
SYDNEY (AP) - Two gunmen opened fire during a Hanukkah celebration on Sydney's Bondi beach, killing 15 people, including a child, officials said Monday, in what Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called an act of antisemitic terrorism that ...
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Nobel laureate Ales Bialiatski describes Belarus prison ordeal in first interview after release
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) - Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski arrived for an interview with The Associated Press on Sunday in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius, direct from a dentist appointment. The 63-year-old veter...
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Australia Attack
'Vile act of violence': Gunmen kill at least 11 people in terrorist attack at Hannukah event in Australia
Two gunmen attacked a Hannukah celebration on a Sydney beach Sunday, killing at least 11 people in what Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called an act of antisemitism and terrorism.The massacre at one of Australia's most popular and iconic beaches followed a wave of antisemitic attacks that have roiled the co...
10h ago
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Police have person of interest in custody over Brown University deadly shooting
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Police in Rhode Island said early Sunday that they had a suspect in custody after a shooting that rocked the Brown University campus during final exams, leaving two people dead and nine others wounded. ...
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Major win for ultra-conservative gives Chile its most right-wing president in decades
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - Chile's ultra-conservative former lawmaker José Antonio Kast secured a stunning victory in the presidential election Sunday, defeating the candidate of the center-left governing coalition and setting the stage for ...
15h ago
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Athabasca Basin News
New judge
Saskatoon lawyer appointed King's Bench judge in Prince Albert
Nov 17, 2025
Crime
Guilty pleas entered for Midtown drug bust
Nov 17, 2025