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Emergency response
26-year-old man suffers serious injuries after getting struck by vehicle
A 26-year-old man has been sent to hospital in Saskatoon after being struck by vehicle early Sunday afternoon in Prince Albert.At approximately 1:42 p.m. Sunday, Parkland Ambulance Paramedics, along with police and the firefighters responded to 12th St. and 2nd Ave. W. The man suffered serious injuries and was initiall...
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Community events
Sunday's annual Walk for Veterans in P.A. to be only one in Saskatchewan
The seventh annual Walk for Veterans is set to take place this weekend across the country, and right here in Prince Albert. The walk will happen Sunday at Kinsmen Park and will begin 1:00 p.m. at the Kinette Amphitheatre, where participants will walk around the entirety of the park. The walk is the only event happening...
Sep 21, 2024
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BUILDING A BETTER FUTURE
Broda family donates $500K to support Hope's Home childcare centre
Two new inclusive classrooms at the new Saskatoon Child Care Centre have been made possible, thanks to the generous support of a well known family with ties to Prince Albert.The Cas and Marie Broda Family Foundation and Gord and Barb Broda Family have gifted $500,000 to Hope's Home."The support of children and fam...
Sep 21, 2024
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Special features
WATCH: The responsibility that comes with being a school crossing guard
Not all heroes wear capes or carry shields, because the students who work as crossing guards at Prince Albert's elementary schools are distinguished by their brightly-coloured vests and red stop signs.For many it's their first job, and protecting their fellow students, carries a heavy responsibility.As part of a specia...
Sep 20, 2024
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Saskatchewan

Olympics
'Feels amazing': Sask. Olympians, Paralympians celebrated at Legislature
They came from all over Saskatchewan and got to represent Canada on the world stage.Athletes, coaches and mission staff were all honoured at the Legislative Building on Friday for their participation in 2024 Olympic and Paralympic games.One of those honoured was Paralympian Shelby Newkirk, who took home the bronze meda...
Sep 22, 2024
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CKOM
FSIN Chief Bobby Cameron seeking re-election for fourth term
Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) Chief Bobby Cameron says if he is re-elected he will "continue to uphold, promote, and protect inherited treaty rights."Cameron announced on Friday he is running for a fourth term in next month's FSIN election.The FSIN advocates for Indigenous rights and repre...
Sep 20, 2024
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provincial election
NDP promises to apologize to survivors of Île-à-la-Crosse and Timber Bay residential schools
Saskatchewan NDP Leader Carla Beck has committed that an NDP government would apologize and take ownership for the damage caused to First Nations and Métis people at the Île-à-la-Crosse and Timber Bay residential schools. "The lasting damage and trauma caused to First Nations and Métis p...
Sep 20, 2024
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Book Launch
'A Barber's Collection' a love letter to North Battleford
In the mid-1950's, a British psychiatrist took part in a ceremony with members of Red Pheasant Cree Nation; a followup to work being done further south in Saskatchewan that saw the creation of a term that would come to define a generation: psychedelic. Humphry Osmond, working out of the Souris Valley Mental Hospital in...
Sep 20, 2024
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Election 2024
Sask. Party has full slate of candidates, five with impaired driving convictions
The Saskatchewan Party has announced they have a full slate of candidates, including five with previous impaired driving charges, for the fall election. The party included the five with charges in a news release posted to social media last week. Sean Wilson (2011), Chris Beaudry (2008), James Thorstenson (2003). Terry ...
Sep 20, 2024
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Moose Kebab
Lost, found and full of flavour: Moose Kebab and Shawarma a new family tradition
An immigrant family from Ukraine to the Battlefords has seen success with their local shawarma restaurant, but the path to get here has been both emotional and long- starting all the way back in World War II.battlefordsNOW reporter Julia Lovett-Squires shares their unlikely and inspiring story.--Battlefords resident Ch...
Sep 19, 2024
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Canada

Trudeau to be guest on 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert' during New York visit
NEW YORK - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will appear as a guest on CBS's "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" on Monday. Trudeau's official itinerary says the interview will be shot during his trip to New York, where he is meeting with leaders ahead of the 78th gathering of the United Nations General Assembly...
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New seats redrew B.C. legislature's floor plan. They bring political calculations too
VANCOUVER - Work crews have been busy in the British Columbia legislature over the summer, prying apart desks in the historic chamber and piling them up in hallways as they tried to work out how to fit in six more seats. The renovation, with an estimated budget of $300,000, including new red carpet, was needed to accom...
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A look at the new districts in B.C.'s fall election as legislature grows to 93 seats
The Oct. 19 election in British Columbia will feature new electoral districts that increase the number of seats in the legislature from 87 to 93. Here is a look at some of the new seats: Vancouver The biggest change in Vancouver is the creation of three seats from an area largely covered by Vancouver-False Creek and Va...
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Trudeau to attend United Nations General Assembly amid turbulence around the world
NEW YORK - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to be in New York this week for the 78th meeting of the United Nations General Assembly and the Summit of the Future amid increasing geopolitical instability around the world. "Canada will have a leading role in making the world fairer and more prosperous," Trud...
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City of Montreal, insurers question future of basement apartments after floods
MONTREAL - Pasquale Monaco says he's debating whether to keep renting out the two-bedroom basement apartment of the Montreal building he owns after it was flooded - again - in August, when the remnants of tropical storm Debby sent four feet of water rushing into the space. Monaco says the basement of the five-unit buil...
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Day 2 of B.C. election campaign sees Conservatives and New Democrats in Metro area
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's New Democrats and the B.C. Conservatives are set to take their election tours to Metro Vancouver cities today as the campaign enters its second day. John Rustad's B.C. Conservatives are scheduled to be in Surrey, with David Eby's New Democrats focusing on Metro Vancouver. Eby spent Saturd...
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Agriculture

World News

White Sox lose 120th game to tie post-1900 record by the 1962 expansion New York Mets
SAN DIEGO (AP) - The Chicago White Sox tied the post-1900 MLB record of 120 losses by the 1962 expansion New York Mets on Sunday when the San Diego Padres won 4-2 by rallying for three runs in the eighth inning, capped by Fernando Tatis Jr.'s towering home run. The White Sox (36-120) had taken a 2-1 lead on home runs b...
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White Sox lose 120th game to tie post-1900 record by the 1962 expansion New York Mets
SAN DIEGO (AP) - The Chicago White Sox tied the post-1900 MLB record of 120 losses by the 1962 expansion New York Mets on Sunday when the San Diego Padres won 4-2 by rallying for three runs in the eighth inning, capped by Fernando Tatis Jr.'s towering home run. The White Sox (36-120) had taken a 2-1 lead on home runs b...
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Spending deal averts a possible federal shutdown and funds the government into December
WASHINGTON (AP) - Congressional leaders announced an agreement Sunday on a short-term spending bill that will fund federal agencies for about three months, averting a possible partial government shutdown when the new budget year begins Oct. 1 and pushing final decisions until after the November election. Lawmakers have...
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Sri Lanka's presidential election goes into 2nd round of vote counting for 1st time in history
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Sri Lanka's presidential election has gone into a second round of vote counting on Sunday for the first time in history as the incumbent liberal President Ranil Wickremesinghe has been eliminated. Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake leads early official results in Sri Lanka's presidentia...
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Over 100 rockets fired from Lebanon into Israel, with some hitting near northern city of Haifa
JERUSALEM (AP) - Over 100 rockets were fired into Israel from Lebanon early Sunday, with some landing near the northern city of Haifa, as Israel and the Hezbollah militant group appeared to be spiraling toward all-out war following months of escalating tensions. Israeli first responders say the early morning barrage on...
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Over 100 rockets fired from Lebanon into Israel, with some hitting near northern city of Haifa
JERUSALEM (AP) - The Israeli military says over 100 rockets have been fired into the country from Lebanon, with some landing near the northern city of Haifa. Israeli first responders say the early morning barrage on Sunday wounded at least three people near Haifa, damaged buildings and set cars on fire. The barrage cam...
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