
Prince Albert News

Missing person
P.A. police searching for missing 63-year-old woman
The Prince Albert Police Service is turning to the public for help in locating a missing 63-year-old woman. Linda Badger, who may also go by Linda Badger-Daniels, was last seen just before midnight on Thursday, Mar. 13 in the 2600 block of 2nd Avenue West. Linda is described as 5'3" tall, around 180 lbs with long ...
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War on drugs
Father searching for missing daughter calls on province to declare opiod crisis emergency
Carson Poitras believes there is a connection between the province's drug crisis and missing and murdered Indigenous men and women.Poitras, whose daughter Happy Charles has been missing for nearly 8 years, is the guest speaker at a special event Friday night at Pelican Lake - a community he said has been dealing with i...
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Flight from police
P.A. pair arrested after police officer dragged by stolen car
Two men from Prince Albert are in police custody after a car was stolen from a business south of the city and subsequently dragged a police officer who was trying to arrest the occupants. RCMP from Prince Albert were alerted to the theft of the vehicle at 1a.m. yesterday morning after it was reported stolen from a busi...
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On the run
843 outstanding warrants out of Prince Albert: Police
There are a total of 843 outstanding warrants out of Prince Albert.That information was provided to paNOW by the Prince Albert Police Service, upon a request to respond to a pilot project announced earlier this week by the Saskatoon Police Service (SPS).A Warrant Enforcement Unit aimed at enhancing community safety wil...
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Saskatchewan

Drug bust etc
Armed robbery suspect goes out on a limb trying to evade police
A traffic stop of suspects wanted in an armed robbery hit new heights when one of them climbed a tree to evade police custody.Lloydminster RCMP and the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team (ALERT) were investigating the robbery that took place at a house in mid February when they noticed the vehicle believed to be con...
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"urgent engagement"
Scott Moe calls for action on Chinese canola tariffs ahead of federal election
Saskatchewan's premier says the federal government needs to take action to address tariffs from China on Canadian canola ahead of the upcoming election.Premier Scott Moe held a news conference on Thursday morning in Saskatoon, outlining the threats the province faces due to tariffs from both China and the United States...
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Cold case solved
DNA helps solve historic human remains case in Lloydminster
Science has helped solve the mystery of who a set of human remains found near Lloydminster in 1997 belonged to. A man's body was found near the North Saskatchewan River in November of 1997. The Coroner's investigation found nothing criminal but also nothing to identify who the remains belonged to. DNA was collected but...
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Eagle Feather News
Peepeekisis making its mark in Moose Jaw
The former Moose Jaw Events Centre will now dawn a new name - the Temple Gardens Centre.A result of a new five-year, naming-rights deal recently inked between the City of Moose Jaw and Peepeekisis Developments Limited worth $600,000. The First Nations group also owns Temple Gardens Hotel and Spa in downtown Moose Jaw.P...
Mar 13, 2025
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Weather Advisory
Another blast of winter comes with snowfall warning
Snow is expected to be heavy at times as a system moves into north central Saskatchewan today."Technically, this could be a 'long haul' kind of storm, and we want people to remember that road conditions can be really different from one place to another," said Natalie Hasell, a warning preparedness meteorologi...
Mar 13, 2025
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Northern Dogs
'Meeting people where they're at': Northern communities developing strategies in wake of public health issue
Communities in northern Saskatchewan are facing what seems to be an endemic public health issue. "The numbers of northern dog bites are so high, that the places with the highest dog bites exceed that of the rest of the province," said Dr. David Edward-Ooi Poon, a northern medical health officer with Saskatche...
Mar 13, 2025
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Canada

Germany foreign minister voices strong support for Canada's territorial sovereignty
LA MALBAIE, Que. - Germany's foreign minister is sending a strong message of support to Canadians in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's economic threats and talk of making Canada an American state. Annalena Baerbock says Germany believes sovereign borders must not be breached - and this applies to Ukraine and Gr...
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Quebec aluminum towns aren't feeling the sting of 25 per cent U.S. tariffs
MONTREAL - Mayors of Quebec aluminum towns are confident their regions can withstand the 25 per cent tariffs imposed on the metal by U.S. President Donald Trump. Denis Miousse, mayor of Sept-Îles in the Côte-Nord region, says he isn't expecting job losses because Aluminerie Alouette, a major aluminum produc...
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New Leader
Mark Carney sworn in as Canada's 24th prime minister
Mark Carney has been officially sworn in as Canada's 24th prime minister in a ceremony at Rideau Hall, about an hour after Justin Trudeau formally resigned.Carney told reporters on his way into the ceremony that his government is focused and ready to get to work.Mark Carney arrives at Rideau Hall for swearing-in ceremo...
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Here are the people making up Mark Carney's new Liberal cabinet
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney has named a 24-member cabinet, a team of ministers who will lead during the coming federal election campaign. Here's a list of ministers and their portfolios: •Dominic LeBlanc, minister of international trade and intergovernmental affairs and president of the King's Privy Counci...
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CP NewsAlert: Man accused of stealing portrait of Winston Churchill pleads guilty
OTTAWA - The Ontario man accused of stealing an iconic portrait of former British prime minister Winston Churchill from Otttawa's Chateau Laurier hotel has pleaded guilty. Jeffrey Wood submitted his plea in an Ottawa court room this morning. More coming. Alessia Passafiume, The Canadian Press
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Joly says Canada is putting 'maximum pressure' on the U.S. to lift tariffs
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says Canada will exert "maximum pressure" to get the United States to lift its tariffs and warns that the duties ultimately will hurt Americans. Joly spoke to media this morning after meeting with her counterparts from the U.S., Europe and Japan. She has b...
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Agriculture

Agriculture Roundup for Wednesday, March 12
Saskatchewan canola farmers are caught in the crosshairs in a trade war between Canada and China. China's new 100 per cent tariff on Canadian canola o...
Mar 12, 2025
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Scott Moe says Sask. canola put in the line of fire by Chinese tariffs
Canadian farmers could take a big hit from China's sudden retaliatory tariffs that take aim at canola, pork and other food commodities.China is hittin...
Mar 09, 2025
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Cash advance interest-free limit to increase
The interest-free limit under the Advance Payments Program (APP) will be set at $250,000 for 2025. Producers had been protesting as the initial announ...
Mar 08, 2025
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Canola farmers to feel impact from damaging Chinese tariffs
Canadian farmers could take a big hit from China's sudden retaliatory tariffs that take aim at canola, pork and other food commodities.Chris Davison, ...
Mar 08, 2025
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Grazing lease rate formula amended for Saskatchewan livestock producers
Saskatchewan amended the Crown land grazing lease rate formula, effective for 2025. Agriculture Minister Daryl Harrison said the government listened t...
Mar 07, 2025
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New initiative to promote mental wellbeing among Canadian producers
The life of a farmer is demanding and comes with different challenges and uncertainty. It can have a direct impact on mental health and producers need...
Mar 06, 2025
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World News

Immigration officials arrest second person who participated in pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia
NEW YORK (AP) - Immigration officials have arrested a second person who participated in Pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University, and have revoked the visa of another student, they announced Friday. Leqaa Kordia, a Palestinian from the West Bank, was arrested by immigration officers for overstaying her student v...
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Bid to launch women's DI hockey at Michigan moving forward, regent Denise Ilitch tells the AP
University of Michigan regent Denise Ilitch told The Associated Press she believes there's enough support for the Big Ten school to launch a Division I women's hockey program that it's only a matter of when, not if, it will happen. "I think that the decision to have a DI team is positive, so that would be a yes,&q...
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Head of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has been killed, Iraqi prime minister says
BAGHDAD (AP) - The head of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has been killed in Iraq in an operation by members of the Iraqi national intelligence service along with U.S.-led coalition forces, the Iraqi prime minister announced Friday. "The Iraqis continue their impressive victories over the forces of darkness a...
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More than 50 universities face federal investigations as part of Trump's anti-DEI campaign
WASHINGTON (AP) - More than 50 universities are being investigated for alleged racial discrimination as part of President Donald Trump's campaign to end diversity and equity programs that his officials say exclude white and Asian American students. The Education Department announced the new investigations on Friday, on...
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Philippine ex-President Duterte appears by video link before international court judges in The Hague
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte appeared Friday by video link before judges at the International Criminal Court, days after his arrest in Manila on murder charges linked to the deadly " war on drugs " he oversaw while in office. The 79-year-old Duterte didn't show up ...
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Former US Sen. Alan K. Simpson of Wyoming dies at age 93
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - Former U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson, a political legend whose quick wit bridged partisan gaps in the years before today's political acrimony, has died. He was 93. Along with former Vice President Dick Cheney, Simpson was a towering Republican figure from Wyoming, the least-populated state. Unlike Cheney...
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New Leader
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Timberjaks junior hockey club quickly becoming a source of community pride and player growth
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Trade
P.A.'s Willoughby traded from Toronto to Montreal in one-for-one deal
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Northern Bears take home trio of league awards
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On the run
843 outstanding warrants out of Prince Albert: Police
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