Three more transit shelters in Prince Albert will get a new look after the City of Prince Albert announced a second call for designs from Indigenous artists. The city hopes making transit shelters more welcoming will increase community pride and help prevent them from being targeted by vandals, as they have been in the...

After bringing in a few veterans and earning a win over Moose Jaw Friday, the Prince Albert Raiders went down the road to Warman on Saturday for their annual neutral site game with the Saskatoon Blades.The Raiders didn't get out of the gates until late, losing 5-2.There was no scoring in the first, but the Blades looke...

Several unused vehicles caught fire and ignited nearby brush north of Prince Albert last week, prompting a multi-agency response.Buckland Fire and Rescue was called to a vegetation fire on Lempereur Road at about 3:11 p.m. on Aug. 27. Firefighters heading to the station could see a large column of black smoke to the no...

When it comes to police dogs, the good ones are those that get the job done, and that is what will be expected of Prince Albert Police Dog, Pando and his partner, Constable Matthew Brown. The pair will be one of 30 teams that compete in the Canadian Police Canine Association (CPCA) trials between September 10 to 13 in...

It took some extra football but the Saskatchewan Roughriders won another Labour Day Classic.Saskatchewan emerged from a sold-out Mosaic Stadium with a 32-26 win over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.Short-yardage quarterback Tommy Stevens had another hat trick of touchdowns this season, his third coming in the overtime mini-g...

The provincial government is funding $1.3 million in improvements to group homes and day programs for people with intellectual disabilities.According to a Government of Saskatchewan media release, the capital grant funding will go to 15 community-based organizations.The money will fund repairs and renovations to group ...

Saskatchewan's youngest readers will be getting more support with their early learning needs this September.The Government of Saskatchewan is expanding literacy supports by launching provincial reading screeners this month.Students in Kindergarten through Grade 3 will have access to these screeners, which are quick ass...

It's one of the most anticipated games of the CFL season - the annual Labour Day Classic at Mosaic Stadium between the Saskatchewan Roughriders and Winnipeg Blue Bombers.The yearly showdown has a reputation as a game where the teams' records don't matter but in 2026, it, along with the rematch between the two in the ne...

SGI customers will face an increase in their insurance rates for a second straight year.The Saskatchewan Rate Review Panel (SRRP) has recommended a 3.75 per cent overall Auto Fund increase, with rate rebalancing, which is set to take effect on June 1, 2027.Rate rebalancing means the increase for each customer will vary...

Just five months after presenting its budget, the provincial government is signing off on an extra $50 million in spending for the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency.A special warrant was signed at the end of last month to authorize the money for the Ministry of Community Safety, which will be put into the agency.Nearly...

WASHINGTON - As the United States braces for pivotal midterm elections this November, there's a new and unexpected issue on voters' minds in many states: President Donald Trump's escalating trade war with Canada. "Canada is our friend, our closest ally...

OTTAWA - Otto Jelinek, a former world-champion figure skater and federal cabinet minister, has died at the age of 86. "He was quite the ambitious guy," his younger brother Henry said Sunday, a day after Jelinek's death. "He was also sincerely and stron...

MONTREAL - At Jacques-Ouellette school, learning can mean reading braille, making out large print, or relying on touch - and no two students learn quite the same way. The hallways of the Longueuil school, just south of Montreal, came back to life last ...

CHICAGO - A Chicago aquarium says several of the belugas that were transferred to its site from Ontario's Marineland have health issues. Shedd Aquarium says in a Friday statement it is conducting round-the-clock supervision and teams are monitoring the...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston says the province is mourning a Cape Breton Island woman who died during widespread flooding across the region caused by torrential rain. RCMP say the body of a 46-year-old woman from Cleveland, N.S., was recov...

OTTAWA - American diplomat Baxter Hunt recalls showing up to work at the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa the morning after the 9/11 terrorist attacks and finding "a mountain of flowers" outside the building. "It was just a day that none of us will ever forget,"...

Infectious disease is one of the major risks of swine production. To strengthen the tools needed to safeguard animal health, the federal government is...

The Canadian Cattle Foundation presented the annual Reg Schellenberg Next Generation Legacy Award to Cyle Stewart of Morse, Sask. The award recognizes...

Isolated thunderstorms brought strong winds and intense rain to parts of the Manitoba over the past seven days, resulting in stops and starts to the h...

When conditions allowed it, harvest progress was made around Saskatchewan, but it was still behind the five- and ten-year averages for this time of ye...

Excess moisture and flooding created challenging conditions for many Saskatchewan producers early in the growing season. As a result of those difficul...

Manitoba producers are welcoming action taken by the provincial government to cushion the impact on agriculture due to the escalating Canada-United St...

KFAR RUMMAN, Lebanon (AP) - Israel's air force carried out two airstrikes early Monday on a southern Lebanese village, killing at least nine people and wounding others, including women and children, Lebanon's Health Ministry said. Monday'...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration on Sunday renewed its appeal to the Supreme Court after a federal judge blocked new restrictions on mail ballots ahead of the midterms. The filing came after U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talw...

NEW DELHI (AP) - A building collapsed in New Delhi on Sunday, killing at least one person and trapping dozens of others, officials said. The five-story building, which housed a boys' hostel, collapsed in Satya Niketan, a densely populated...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Kyiv on Sunday in their first official visit to Ukraine as part of a renewed push for peace after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Their trip follows a m...

PRAIA, Cape Verde (AP) - At least 25 people - mostly teenagers - were killed in a traffic accident in the African island nation of Cape Verde, local media and officials said Sunday. The accident, which occurred on the Campanas de Cima rou...

MAGDEBURG, Germany (AP) - The Alternative for Germany party has a strong lead in a regional election, but it is unclear whether it will be able to form the country's first far-right state government since World War II, exit polls indicated Sunday. ...