Prince Albert News
Helping hand
Salvation Army seeking bell ringers for annual Christmas Kettle Campaign
The Salvation Army in Prince Albert is searching for some volunteers this holiday season to help ring those bells for the organization's annual Christmas Kettle Campaign. The fundraiser kicked off this past week across the country and is one of Canada's largest and most recognizable annual charitable events. Major Ed D...
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Adult figure skating
From books to blades, Meath Park librarian figures skates for fun
From her day job as a school librarian at the Meath Park school, Kathy Addley spends a good amount of her spare time being part of an adult figure skating club in Prince Albert. While mostly she does it for fun and to keep active, the 58-year-old was part of an international competition hosted near Calgary recently. &q...
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Court proceedings
'The whole situation was messed right up': drug dealer testifies at Prince Albert murder trial
A man who was present at the Prince Albert home where another man was shot and killed, and who helped load the lifeless body into the back of a car before driving to a secluded location, testified he did not wish to be a part of any of it.Raine Farrow was the Crown's latest witness at the Daniel Oliver murder trial at ...
Nov 22, 2024
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Fight
One man arrested following fight in Midtown
One man is in custody of the P.A. Police following a physical altercation Thursday evening in the Midtown neighbourhood. Officers were called to a disturbance in the area of 13th Street East and 1st Avenue East at 6:30 p.m. with the caller reporting a fight between two men. A 34-year-old man was arrested and charged wi...
Nov 22, 2024
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Saskatchewan
Winter Driving Safety
'We need a lot of room to do our job': Safety top of mind for snowplow drivers
Snow removal is a big job, and Robert Dolinski is proud of the role he plays in it.He's been a snowplow operator for seven years and a truck driver for 30. He's based in the village of Odessa, which is around 70 km east of Regina."At the end of the day, it's satisfying to be able to make the road safer for the pub...
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SAGE - ē kanātahk askiy
Every seed has a story that needs to be heard
Don't throw away your seeds, because they hold valuable ancient agricultural knowledge.It's one of the key messages from the 13 Moons Food and Seed Sovereignty learning circle project from SAGE - ē kanātahk askiy (it is a clean earth), which is focused on seed and food sovereignty for the Indigenous people living on ...
Nov 22, 2024
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Entertainment
Prince Albert actor Patsy Tuba appearing in Hallmark Christmas movie
The name Hallmark is synonymous with the Christmas season with annual sentimental movies that flood television screens when Christmas time comes around. During this Christmas season, central Sask residents can keep their eyes peeled for Prince Albert local Patsy Tuba for her role in 'Jingle Bell Run', a Christmas movie...
Nov 21, 2024
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WAITLIST DEATH
385 patients die waiting for surgery in Saskatchewan; Think Tank calls for healthcare reform
A Freedom of Information request made to the Saskatchewan Ministry of Health is revealing that 385 patients died while waiting for surgery during the 2023/24 period.While this number reflects a slight decrease of 17 patients from the previous year, SecondStreet.Org communication director Dom Lucyk expressed the urgent ...
Nov 21, 2024
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Meth Busters
A company offers a partial solution for an ongoing housing issue
A Prince Albert-based businessman believes he can help make homes inhabitable again.Clarence Natomagan, owner of Meth Busters Inc. works with multiple housing authorities across the province, but would like to work with more First Nations.He wants to teach communities how to safely clean meth houses themselves."I ...
Nov 21, 2024
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Trans Vigil
Transgender Day of Remembrance vigil held in North Battleford
Editor's Note: The following story contains sensitive subject matter that may be disturbing to some readers.On a screen mounted to the wall in the lecture theatre of the North Battleford Library, a video plays silently. For over 20 minutes, names and images appear, one after another. Some come from Brazil, others from ...
Nov 21, 2024
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Canada
Nova Scotia Tories appear safe with close battle for second between Liberals and NDP
HALIFAX - With two days left before Nova Scotians elect their next government, polls suggest Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Houston's decision to call an early vote will pay off and the real battle will be between the Liberals and NDP for second place. The Progressive Conservatives are seeking a second consecutive...
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Bear killed after attacking man walking on Metro Vancouver trail with dog
MAPLE RIDGE, B.C. - British Columbia conservation officers say a man was injured earlier this week when he was attacked by a black bear while he was walking his dog on a Metro Vancouver trail. The Conservation Officer Service says in a Facebook post that the incident happened on Wednesday at around 2:30 p.m., when the ...
11h ago
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Mail Strike
Canada Post down eight million parcels amid strike as talk carry on over weekend
Canada Post says it has seen a shortage of more than eight million parcels amid the ongoing strike that has effectively shut down the postal system for nine days compared with the same period of 2023.The Crown corporation said Saturday that customers have been forced to turn to competitors for their deliveries amid a w...
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BC Hydro says power almost fully restored after B.C. windstorms
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's electric utility says it has restored power to almost all customers who suffered outages during the bomb cyclone earlier this week, but strong wind from a new storm has made repairs difficult in some areas. BC Hydro says crews are working around the clock to repair outages across the prov...
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Health
First Canadian case of more severe mpox strain confirmed in Manitoba
The Public Health Agency of Canada has confirmed the country's first case of a more severe type of mpox in a person in Manitoba, though it says the risk to the general population remains low.The agency says the travel-related case is associated with an ongoing outbreak of what's known as clade 1 mpox in central and eas...
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Joly, Blair condemn anti-NATO protest in Montreal that saw fires, smashed windows
MONTREAL - Federal cabinet ministers condemned an anti-NATO protest in Montreal that turned violent on Friday, saying "hatred and antisemitism" were on display, but protesters deny the claim, saying they demonstrated against the "complicity" of NATO member countries in a war that has killed thousand...
17h ago
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Agriculture
Alberta Milk launches holiday match campaign with Alberta Children's Hospital
Alberta Milk will be matching donations up to $100,000 for children's health. The Holiday Match Campaign is in partnership with the Alberta Children's...
Nov 22, 2024
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Avian flu continues to spread in British Columbia
British Columbia poultry farmers are on high alert as dozens of avian flu infections have raced through farms. Shawn Hall with the B-C Poultry Associa...
Nov 22, 2024
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AGT Food and Ingredients announces sale of Shortline Rail and Bulk Handling Facility
AGT Food and Ingredients Inc. (AGT) has sold its shortline rail and bulk handling infrastructure to a global alternative asset management firm, GCM Gr...
Nov 21, 2024
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Finetuning fertilizers for better crop yields
Many agricultural soils are deficient in the nutrient zinc despite the fact that farmers use fertilizers enriched with the element. This limits crop y...
Nov 20, 2024
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Crop hail claim payouts reach $230 million
Member companies of the Canadian Crop Hail Insurance Association (CCHA) paid out $230 million to Western Canadian grain farmers. With coverage in plac...
Nov 20, 2024
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Federal ag minister concludes trip to China
Agriculture and Agri-Food Lawrence MacAulay has returned to Canada after a one-week mission to China. MacAulay and his delegation travelled to Beijing...
Nov 19, 2024
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World News
Uruguay's once-dull election has become a dead heat in the presidential runoff
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) - Uruguayans on Sunday began voting for their next president in a tight runoff election between the candidates of the center-right incumbent party and a moderate left-wing coalition. The close race between conservative Álvaro Delgado, most recently secretary of the current president, and...
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Israel says rabbi who went missing in the UAE was killed
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Israel said Sunday that the body of of an Israeli-Moldovan rabbi who went missing in the United Arab Emirates has been found after he was killed in what the government described as a "heinous antisemitic terror incident." The statement from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office sa...
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Israel says the body of a rabbi who went missing in the UAE has been found
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Israel says the body of of an Israeli-Moldovan rabbi who went missing in the United Arab Emirates has been found, citing Emirati authorities. The statement from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office on Sunday said Zvi Kogan was murdered, calling it a "heinous antisemitic terror inciden...
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Fred Harris, former US senator from Oklahoma and presidential hopeful, dies at 94
CORRALES, N.M. (AP) - Fred Harris, a former U.S. senator from Oklahoma, presidential hopeful and populist who championed Democratic Party reforms in the turbulent 1960s, died Saturday. He was 94. Harris' wife, Margaret Elliston, confirmed his death to The Associated Press. "Fred Harris passed peacefully early this...
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Middle east conflict
Israeli strikes in central Beirut kill at least 20 as diplomats push for a cease-fire
Israeli airstrikes Saturday in central Beirut killed at least 20 people, officials said, as the once-rare attacks on the heart of Lebanon's capital continued without warning while diplomats scrambled to broker a cease-fire.Lebanon's Health Ministry said 66 people were wounded in the strikes, which were the fourth in ce...
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Trump taps Rollins as agriculture chief, completing proposed slate of Cabinet secretaries
WASHINGTON (AP) - President-elect Donald Trump said Saturday that he will nominate former White House aide Brooke Rollins to be his agriculture secretary, the last of his picks to lead executive agencies and another choice from within his established circle of advisers and allies. The nomination must be confirmed by th...
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Helping hand
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Mail
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Court proceedings
Woman involved in death of Saskatoon mother, handed 18 year prison sentence
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