Prince Albert News
KELOWNA — Sam O'Reilly had a goal and three assists, Jack Pridham had a goal and two assists, and the Kitchener Rangers defeated the Everett Silvertips 6-2 on Sunday to win their third Memorial Cup in franchise history.
Luke Ellinas, Dyland Edwards, Jared Woolley and Christian Humphreys — into an... Read more
The most important person on the team is everyone else.
That’s the quote attributed to a staple of the Prince Albert sporting community, Mark Odnokon, during his funeral Sunday afternoon. ... Read more
GALLOWAY, N.J. (AP) — Celine Boutier rallied from a four-shot deficit Sunday, making three birdies around the turn on her way to a 5-under 66 for a one-shot victory over Arpichaya Yubol in the ShopRite LPGA.
Soo Bin Joo, the 22-year-old South Korean going for her first LPGA Tour title, lost her... Read more
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Russell Henley birdied the final three holes to force a playoff with Eric Cole, then made it four it a row with a five-footer on the first extra hole Sunday at Colonial to win the Charles Schwab Classic.
Henley's late surge denied fellow 37-year-old Cole his first PGA Tour... Read more
More than a dozen people of various ages and backgrounds gathered at Prince Albert’s Kinsmen Park on Saturday for a single purpose.
They were there to raise awareness and money for Alzheimer’s research and programs.
The annual IG Wealth Management Walk for Alzheimer’s raised... Read more
BALTIMORE (AP) — Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Jesús Sánchez was injured by a ball thrown from the bleachers Sunday, sustaining a bruise to his right wrist that forced him to leave the game against the Baltimore Orioles.
The culprit wasn't a malicious fan. Rather, the ball was tossed by a youngster... Read more
BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — Tough-on-crime lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella and peace-builder Iván Cepeda were leading the vote counts in the first round of Colombia's... Read more
CALGARY — Kaylee Hunter, Sarah Stratigakis and Kaila Novak scored second-half goals to lead AFC Toronto past Calgary Wild FC 4-0 in Northern Super League action Sunday.
Hunter scored at the 48-minute mark to put Toronto ahead 2-0. Stratigakis made it 3-0 some 27 minutes later.
Novak's goal came at... Read more
Premier Scott Moe is assembling a team to help inform him as the Canada-United States-Mexico agreement (CUSMA) review will begin on July 1.
The Premier’s Advisory Council on CUSMA has already hosted a session working with anyone in Saskatchewan who has a stake in the agreement, or significant... Read more
As multiple wildfires continue to burn across Saskatchewan and more than 1,300 residents are under evacuation orders and alerts, Saskatchewan’s minister responsible for the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA) said the province is focused and ready for what has quickly become an active... Read more
Canada's Marcelo Flores will miss this summer's World Cup after suffering a knee injury.
National team head coach Jesse Marsch says Flores ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee while playing in the CONCACAF Champions Cup with his club team Tigres UNAL on Saturday.
The 22-year-... Read more
VANCOUVER — An analyst says Kerry-Lynne Findlay won the B.C. Conservative leadership race because she is an "authentic champion" of populism within the broader conservative movement.
David Black, who teaches political theory at Royal Roads University in Greater Victoria, says Findlay's victory over... Read more
OSTRAVA, CZECHIA — Canadians Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson swept Katja Stam and Raisa Schoon of the Netherlands 2-0 to win a Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour event Sunday.
The Canadians controlled the match, winning 21-16, 21-14. Earlier, Humana-Paredes and Wilkerson defeated... Read more
BALTIMORE (AP) — Kyle Bradish pitched seven innings of four-hit ball, Colton Cowser homered and drove in four runs and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Toronto Blue Jays 9-5 Sunday.
Pete Alonso had two hits, scored twice and drove in a run for the Orioles, who mounted a 6-0 third-inning lead against... Read more
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Brooklyn Rivera, a renowned Indigenous leader from Nicaragua who spent years fighting for the rights of his community and was imprisoned by the government in September 2023, has died.
The Nicaraguan government issued a statement Sunday alleging that Rivera... Read more
No homes or significant infrastructure has been lost to the Lobstick wildfire, despite unpredictable conditions for firefighters and the growth of the blaze to 19,000 hectares.
The wildfire prompted the... Read more
AHMEDABAD, India (AP) — Cricket great Virat Kohli hit the winning six as defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru retained its Indian Premier League title with a five-wicket victory over Gujarat Titans on Sunday.
Bengaluru reached 161-5 in 18 overs after winning the toss and... Read more
Following the events of 9/11, when 38 commercial aircraft carrying nearly 7,000 passengers were grounded, the community of Gander, N.L., opened its homes, schools and hearts to thousands of stranded travellers from around the world.
That story is coming to Prince Albert’s E.A. Rawlinson Centre Aug... Read more
MONTREAL — Quebec's national library is moving ahead with plans to create a database of cultural and government content that could be used to train artificial intelligence systems and improve their understanding of Quebec society, culture and Indigenous languages.
Bibliothèque et Archives... Read more
OTTAWA — Several health organizations are urging the federal government to bring down nicotine use among Canadians to less than five per cent of the population by 2045, as vaping among youth rises.
Les Hagen, executive director of Action on Smoking and Health, says nicotine use has grown... Read more
WINNIPEG — Manitoba's police watchdog is investigating a man's death after he allegedly slammed into a car and held a teen hostage in a burning home.
Winnipeg police say the chaotic scene involving a 34-year-old man began on Friday just before 10:30 a.m.
Police say they were attempting to stop a... Read more
ROME (AP) — Danish cyclist Jonas Vingegaard won the Giro d’Italia on Sunday, becoming the eighth male rider to win all three Grand Tours.
Vingegaard, who rides for Team Visma-Lease a Bike, ended the three-week race with an overall advantage of 5 minutes, 22 seconds over second-place... Read more
ZURICH — Noah Steen scored in overtime to earn Norway a 3-2 upset win over Canada on Sunday to claim the bronze medal at the world hockey championship.
Steen's goal came at the 3:32 mark of the extra session and earned Norway its first medal at the world men's hockey championship.
Robert Thomas... Read more
The Saskatchewan Roughriders finalized their roster Saturday, adding 13 players to the practice roster while releasing 19 others ahead of the start of the 2026 CFL season.
The moves comes just over 24 hours after training camp wrapped up at Mosaic Stadium, where coaches spent the final day... Read more
Inside a Victoire home’s wood-panelled living room are bins, boxes, and black garbage bags overflowing with the most important pieces of one family’s life.
It’s everything that Pamela Wozniak and her three children were able to pack up in two hours before... Read more
VALLADOLID — Asia Hogan-Rochester had two tries and two conversions as the Canadian women's rugby sevens squad dropped a 50-14 decision to New Zealand in the third-place game Sunday at the HSBC SVNS World Championship Series event.
After rolling to four straight wins, Canada lost 14-12 to the... Read more
OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is stepping up his attack on Liberal policies with a call for an emergency parliamentary debate on the economy.
Statistics Canada said Friday the economy contracted slightly for the second quarter in a row to start the year — a benchmark that meets some... Read more
Christine Nayler spent only four hours with her newborn daughter at a hospital north of Newmarket, Ont., in 1982, before her baby was taken away from her.
Then a 15-year-old expectant mother living in Toronto, Nayler was sent to a relative's home north of the city to give birth. She was expected to... Read more
HALIFAX — A Nova Scotian zoologist and photographer says he hopes his upcoming book on Sable Island’s wild horses will help people appreciate the rugged beauty and adaptability of the isolated animals.
Damian Lidgard has been travelling to Sable — a 42-kilometre-long sandbar about 290 kilometres... Read more
BANGKOK (AP) — A blast on Sunday at a building in northeastern Myanmar said to have been storing explosives for mining has killed more than 45 people, according to rescue workers and independent media reports.
About 70 other people were... Read more
TORONTO — American linebacker Aaron Casey, who finished second on the team in sacks last season as a CFL rookie, was among the Toronto Argonauts final cuts.
Toronto unveiled its moves Sunday. CFL teams had until Saturday to make their final cuts ahead of the start of the regular season.
Clubs must... Read more
The federal government has ordered a financial audit into transactions and activities at a landmark Indigenous languages office after receiving anonymous complaints.
Canadian Heritage didn’t elaborate on the allegations against the Office of the Commissioner of Indigenous Languages, an arm’s-length... Read more
OTTAWA — The race to build Canada's next submarine fleet is on its final lap as the federal government evaluates two rival bids for the lucrative contract.
The two qualified bidders, South Korea's Hanwha Oceans and Germany's TKMS, have fought tooth and nail in an unusually short competition to... Read more
OTTAWA — A lawyer who represented First Nations in a class-action lawsuit against Ottawa says his clients still have not been consulted on promised clean drinking water legislation — even though the lawsuit settlement directed the federal government to work with First Nations to develop the... Read more
The month of May is Sexual Violence Prevention Month in Canada.
Inspector Ashley St. Germaine with the Saskatchewan RCMP said this year, they have shifted their approach when it comes to the key messaging for prevention.
“Historically, we’ve always seen it as tips on how to keep... Read more
BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli troops have captured a strategic mountain topped with a Crusader-built castle in southern Lebanon in their deepest incursion into the country in more than a... Read more
Saturday's Games
World Men's Hockey Championship
Semifinals
Finland 4 Canada 2
Switzerland 6 Norway 0
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AHL Playoffs
Western Conference Finals | Best-of-Seven Series
Colorado 5 Chicago 2
(Series tied 1-1)
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NBA Playoffs
Western Conference Finals |... Read more
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs started the Western Conference finals with a win in Oklahoma City, then ended the series the same way.
The champions are dethroned. Wembanyama and the Spurs are headed to the NBA Finals.
Wembanyama scored... Read more
Claude Lemieux’s brain is being donated to the Boston University CTE Center to research the long-term effects of repetitive brain injuries, his family said Saturday in a statement released by daughter Claudia Lemieux Bishop.... Read more
Claude Lemieux’s brain is being donated to the Boston University CTE Center to research the long-term effects of repetitive brain injuries, his family said Saturday in a statement released by daughter Claudia Lemieux Bishop.... Read more