As with many people in Saskatchewan, Layne Matechuk has hockey in his blood. Growing up in Colonsay, the sport was a family affair which they all bonded over, having been coached by his father while his sister and mother watched and cheered proudly from the stands. Layne excelled in minor hockey and went on to play at ...

Prince Albert's homeless population once again has been given a warm sense of caring from a local senior who knits scarves for them. Eleanor George has been knitting and donating scarves for the last seven years and, despite being 88, still spends much of her spare time throughout the whole year creating the gifts for ...

It was a busy year for sports in Prince Albert.As the calendar flips to 2025, let's take a look back at some of the memorable sports moments in our community from 2024:P.A. community icon, Bruce Vance, succumbs to cancer at 63The sporting world in P.A. suffered a great loss this past year, losing Bruce Vance to cancer ...

Two check stops this month helped the Prince Albert Police Service take eight impaired drivers off public roadways.Members of the Combined Traffic Services Saskatchewan in Prince Albert, along with Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), stopped 150 vehicles on Dec. 14 leading to four impaired drivers being removed from ...

The Competition Bureau says it's suing Rogers Communications Inc. over the company's allegedly false claim that it offers unlimited data in its "Infinite" wireless phone plans.The bureau alleged Monday that Rogers' ads create the false or misleading impression that the plans provide consumers with limitless d...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - First it was Canada, then the Panama Canal. Now, Donald Trump again wants Greenland.The president-elect is renewing unsuccessful calls he made during his first term for the U.S. to buy Greenland from Denmark, adding to the list of allied countries with which he's picking fights even before ...

Proposed changes to Canada's passenger rights charter will perpetuate loopholes that allow airlines to forego compensating travellers whose flights are disrupted, say airline experts. Ottawa has proposed an update to rules surrounding airlines' obligations when a flight is delayed or cancelled by designating certain fa...

With the calendar about to turn over to 2025, it's only natural to take stock of the year that was and the hopes for the year that will be.Senior reporter Lisa Schick sat down with Premier Scott Moe in his cabinet office for an end-of-year chat.The following interview has been edited for length and clarity.Lisa: First ...

Santa has checked his list twice and knows who has been naughty and nice.Now, he's travelling around the world delivering gifts for children. The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) has been tracking Santa Clause, who left the North Pole while we were all still sleeping.CLICK HERE to find out where Santa i...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will chair a meeting of the cabinet committee on Canada-U.S. relations today, amid increasing calls for his resignation.A mid-day adjustment to Trudeau's itinerary was issued by the Prime Minister's Office and notes he will take part in the meeting virtually, though a specific tim...

OTTAWA - Conservative MP Jonathan Williamson says he'll get the ball rolling early in the New Year on no-confidence vote that could bring down Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government in a little more than a month. Williamson says in a social media post he will put forward his non-confidence motion at a public accoun...

Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc and Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly are in Florida to meet with officials from president-elect Donald Trump's incoming administration. A statement from LeBlanc's office says the duo travelled to Palm Beach, where they planned to use those talks to underscore "Canada's ...

In British Columbia's real estate market, many people dream of a turnkey starter home in a prime location. Environmental researchers are hoping the same real estate principles will encourage beavers to move into prebuilt homes in some areas of the province and help improve wetlands. More than 70 manmade beaver dams hav...

OTTAWA - Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet says he's staying modest about the prospect of his party forming official Opposition in the next federal election, though it would be a "spectacular" result. "I refuse to see the election in terms of pride or a trophy, or to claim...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... What Canada can learn from Trump's campaign Donald Trump smiled wide in front of cheering supporters after millions of Americans went to the polls, choosing the divisive Republican leader as the next president of the United States...

WASHINGTON - Donald Trump smiled wide in front of cheering supporters after millions of Americans went to the polls, choosing the divisive Republican leader as the next president of the United States in an astonishing comeback that signalled an American turn to isolationism, protectionism and tariffs. "We overcame...

The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) and the European Agricultural Machinery Association (CEMA) will be working together on key issues rel...

Canaryseed growers may be waiting a few more years for a return to higher prices. Chuck Penner with Left Field Commodity research provided the market ...

Herbicide carryover risk will not be as great as the past few years due to good spring rainfall. However, the risk is greater for in-season crop appli...

The Saskatchewan Cattlemen's Association is keeping a close eye and ear to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's investigation into a positive case of...

UFA Co-operative UFA has expanded its operations to Melfort, Sask. President and CEO Scott Bolton said the new location is equipped with state-of-the-...

A disease that lives off the flesh of living mammals has been confirmed in Chiapas, Mexico. New World screwworm (NWS) is a parasitic larval disease of...

NEW YORK (AP) - The man accused of burning a woman to death inside a New York City subway train has been indicted on state charges, a prosecutor said on Friday. The development comes days after Sebastian Zapeta's arrest and subsequent police questioning, in which authorities say he claimed not to know what had happened...

BEIJING (AP) - A Chinese court has sentenced a man to death for killing 35 people last month by driving into crowd, in an attack that raised national concern about mass killings. The court in the southern city of Zhuhai handed down the sentence on Friday to Fan Weiqiu, saying the nature of the crime was extremely vile,...

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Friday ordered parliament dissolved and set new elections for Feb. 23 in the wake of the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz's governing coalition. Scholz lost a confidence vote on Dec. 16 and leads a minority government after his unpopular and notori...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's opposition-controlled National Assembly voted Friday to impeach acting President Han Duck-soo despite vehement protests by governing party lawmakers, further deepening the country's political crisis set off by President Yoon Suk Yeol's stunning imposition of martial law and ensui...

SYDNEY (AP) - Organizers said Friday that two Sydney to Hobart sailors have died at sea amid wild weather conditions that forced line honors favorite Master Lock Comanche to withdraw among mass retirements. The race will continue as the fleet continues its passage to Constitution Dock in Hobart, with the first boats ex...

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's attorney general has ordered police to open an investigation into Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's wife on suspicion of harassing political opponents and witnesses in the Israeli leader's corruption trial. The Israeli Justice Ministry made the announcement in a terse message late Thursday, ...