
Prince Albert News

Hunger
Lake Country Co-Op collects big donation for local food banks
Food banks in Prince Albert and Lac La Ronge, along with the Salvation Army in Nipawin, have directly benefited from a fundraising event organized by Lake Country Co-Op.The eighth annual Cram the Van event was held on Friday, and despite the bitterly cold temperatures, it received great support from community members w...
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Festive season
Goodness Gracious: Jake Vaadeland makes holiday stop in Prince Albert
Fresh off a tour of the United States and Europe, Saskatchewan's Jake Vaadeland is coming home for Christmas.Sunday night's festive themed show at the EA Rawlinson Centre is part of 22 tour dates across Canada for the musician from Cut Knife."We have a whole stage set coming with us too, and we set that all up and...
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Missing woman
RCMP looking for woman who went missing from Melfort
Melfort RCMP are asking for help in locating a missing woman. Brandy Smallboy, 22, was last seen Nov. 26 in Melfort. She is 5'4", 120 lbs., with brown eyes and dark brown hair. Smallboy often wears blue or green coloured contact lenses. She is known to travel to the Big River First Nation area, but her current whe...
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Child psychiatry
New child psychiatrist coming to Prince Albert in the spring
Child and youth psychiatrist services in Prince Albert seem to be on the rebound. The SHA confirmed yesterday that a new psychiatrist will begin work in March 2026, more than doubling the in-person services available in the city. Currently, in-person help is available for one week out of every six by an out-of-town psy...
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Saskatchewan
History
Documentary shines light on wartime Japanese attack balloons that landed in Canada
The deployment of thousands of hydrogen balloons carrying deadly explosives sent to North America during the Second World War is the subject of a documentary make by Saskatchewan filmmaker Scott Woroniuk.Woroniuk, a videographer and owner of Crosscut Films, has just released FU-GO: Japan's WW2 Balloon Bombs Over Canada...
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SCC
Supreme Court shuts door on appeal in brutal killing of Tiki Laverdiere
The Supreme Court of Canada has refused to hear an appeal from Soaring Eagle Whitstone, cementing her conviction and life sentence for the first-degree murder of Tiki Laverdiere.In a decision released Dec. 11, the court dismissed Whitstone's application for leave to appeal a Saskatchewan Court of Appeal ruling that uph...
Dec 12, 2025
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Community support
Red Cross program supports Sask. businesses, nonprofits affected by 2025 wildfires
Businesses and nonprofits affected by the wildfires that ripped through Saskatchewan over the summer could be eligible for $2,000 in financial support through a new program by the Canadian Red Cross.The program, which is funded through a $15 million commitment from the Government of Saskatchewan, offers the funds to bu...
Dec 12, 2025
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Provincial Politics
Premier Scott Moe adds five newly elected MLAs to Saskatchewan cabinet in shuffle
Premier Scott Moe shuffled his cabinet on Thursday, with five MLAs who were first elected last year taking on ministerial portfolios for the first time.Mike Weger (Weyburn-Bengough) will serve as minister of community safety in a portfoilio previously known as corrections, policing and public safety, taking over for Ti...
Dec 11, 2025
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Drug bust
Woman charged after fleeing from police near Frenchman Butte
A 24-year-old woman from Saskatoon was arrested by RCMP officers after failing to stop for officers who wanted to pull her over for speeding near Frenchman Butte. Combined Traffic Services officers saw a speeding vehicle on December 5, shortly after 3 pm and attempted a traffic stop. Rather than pull over, the driver a...
Dec 11, 2025
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Housing
Supply issues in Sask. housing market likely to persist despite steady interest rate
With Canada's central bank holding its key interest rate steady at 2.25 per cent, the Saskatchewan Realtors Association says mortgage holders won't face any immediate payment shocks.However, Tyler Hudy, the association's vice president of public affairs and communications, said issues within Saskatchewan's housing mark...
Dec 11, 2025
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Canada
Federal Politics
Poilievre says Carney trying to manipulate his way to majority with floor-crossings
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is accusing Prime Minister Mark Carney of trying to wheel and deal his way to a majority government after a second Tory MP joined the Liberal caucus."He's trying to manipulate and engineer for himself a majority that Canadians denied him in democratic elections, a majority that...
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Churchill Falls agreement could be jeopardized by Quebec election, minister says
QUÉBEC - The Quebec government is warning that a draft energy deal with Newfoundland and Labrador could be at risk if it's not settled before next year's provincial election. In a recent interview with The Canadian Press, Economy Minister Christine Fr...
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Fan-favourite lion put down at Toronto Zoo after months of veterinary care
TORONTO - The Toronto Zoo says it has euthanized one of its lions after the animal spent several months undergoing veterinary care for a gastrointestinal symptoms. In a Friday social media post the zoo says Fintan, a 13-year-old "majestic male white l...
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Métis Nation of Ontario say academic gathering is an attempt to erase their history
OTTAWA - Members of the Métis Nation of Ontario say an upcoming academic summit in the province amounts to an attack on their history because it questions the legitimacy of their connection to Métis heritage and territorial claims. But the First Nation...
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Many evacuation orders, alerts lifted as floodwaters recede in B.C.'s Fraser Valley
ABBOTSFORD - Abbotsford, B.C., resident Teresa Vogel showed up Saturday at Delair Park, where her son plays baseball, to see the damage from floodwaters for herself after heavy rain flooded parts of the city and closed roads, including a stretch of the...
Dec 13, 2025
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Lawyer says B.C. Mountie should be fired immediately or quit over group-chat remarks
A Mountie accused of making racist and sexist comments in group chats should be dismissed immediately or directed to resign within 14 days, the lawyer for the RCMP's conduct authority told an adjudication board hearing Friday. John MacLaughlan said Con...
Dec 13, 2025
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Agriculture

Future Global Agriculture Technology Exchange has a home base
A deal has been reached for land for the Global Agriculture Technology Exchange (Gate) facility in downtown Winnipeg. Cereals Canada and James Richard...
Dec 12, 2025
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Premier Scott Moe adds five newly elected MLAs to Saskatchewan cabinet in shuffle
Premier Scott Moe shuffled his cabinet on Thursday, with five MLAs who were first elected last year taking on ministerial portfolios for the first tim...
Dec 11, 2025
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Mazergroup announces new CEO
Mazergroup's Board of Directors, along with the Mazer family, have approved the appointment of Ben Voss as its new president and chief executive offic...
Dec 09, 2025
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Farm groups sign letter calling for renewal of North American trade deal
Nearly 100 leaders in Canada's agriculture and agri-food sector have sent a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney in a show of support for the full 16-...
Dec 09, 2025
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Wild boar in Spain test positive for viral disease
For the first time in nearly three decades African swine fever (ASF) has been discovered in Spain.In November ASF was found in two dead wild boars in ...
Dec 08, 2025
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Canadian Foodgrains Bank and Bunge continue partnership to fight global hunger
Canadian Foodgrains Bank and global agribusiness Bunge will continue their partnership in the fight against global hunger. Foodgrains Bank and Bunge (...
Dec 05, 2025
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World News

US envoys arrive in Berlin for another round of Ukraine peace talks
BERLIN (AP) - U.S. envoys arrived in Berlin Sunday morning for another round of talks intended to secure a deal to end the war in Ukraine. U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump's son-in-law Jar...
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Gunmen kill 9 at Bondi Beach; police kill one, arrest another
SYDNEY (AP) - Two gunmen shot dead nine people on Sunday at Sydney's Bondi Beach, and police killed one of them, Australian Broadcasting Corp reported. Another 12 people were wounded and the other gunman was arrested, ABC r...
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Police search Brown University after shooter kills 2 and wounds 9 on campus
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A shooter dressed in black killed at least two people and wounded nine others at Brown University on Saturday during final exams on the Ivy League campus, authorities said, and police were searching for the suspec...
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Police searching Brown University after shooter kills 2 and wounds 8 on campus
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A shooter dressed in black killed at least two people and wounded eight others at Brown University on Saturday during final exams on the Ivy League campus, authorities said, as police searched for the suspect. ...
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UN chief says 6 peacekeepers killed in drone strike on a UN facility in Sudan
CAIRO (AP) - A drone strike hit a United Nations facility in war-torn Sudan on Saturday, killing six peacekeepers, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said. The strike hit the peacekeeping logistics base in the city of ...
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Middle east conflict
Trump vows retaliation after 3 Americans killed in Syria attack that US blames on Islamic State
President Donald Trump said Saturday that "there will be very serious retaliation" after two U.S. service members and one American civilian were killed in an attack in Syria that the United States blames on the Islamic State group."This was an ISIS attack against the U.S., and Syria, in a very dangerous ...
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