Prince Albert News
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas authorities have identified a homicide victim whose remains were found in a rusted barrel on a Lake Mead shore after the lake’s level was depleted amid drought,... Read more
The Toronto Maple Leafs have acquired Finnish forward Aatu Raty from the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for forwards Brandon Buhr and Jacob Quillan.
The 23-year-old has one goal in four games with Vancouver this season and 29 points in 118 career NHL games with the Canucks and New York Islanders.... Read more
The Saskatchewan harvest in the province is now about 93 per cent complete.
There was some good weather in the early part of last week that helped producers continue to continue combining. However, rain and snow over the past weekend slowed activity in many areas of the province.
The southwest... Read more
Saskatchewan RCMP have issued a dangerous person alert for the Red Earth Cree Nation area.
The alert, issued around 3:40 p.m. Thursday, advised the public about a person with a gun wearing a Canada Goose vest and sweatpants. Police believe the suspect is a male and is approximately 5 feet tall... Read more
The Prince Albert Royal Purple Elks #50 Trade Show and Craft Sale will be at the Elks Hall in Prince Albert October 24th.
See the poster for details.
MONTREAL — The Canadian Press is celebrating the 75th anniversary of its French-language service, which sent out its first dispatches on Sept. 30, 1951.
Until then, The Canadian Press, founded in 1917, had been sending English-language dispatches to French-language newspapers, which then... Read more
Police say at least 2 were hospitalized after shooting at elementary school, and the shooter is dead
BEND, Ore. (AP) — At least two people were hospitalized Thursday following a shooting at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, and the attacker was shot and killed, authorities said.
“We don’t have a number at this point. We know children are among the victims,” Bend police... Read more
Stephen Gogolev still can’t quite believe the heights he reached last season.
His coach, Benoît Richaud, foresees even higher peaks for Canada’s top men’s figure skater.
“The season was fantastic last year because he was one of the most stable skaters, but it's still very far from his capacity,”... Read more
CALGARY — Police in Calgary say three people are dead and others are injured in a fire involving a city transit bus.
Transit officials say two buses crashed.
More coming.
The Canadian Press
Roxy Fisher won’t reveal the address of the La Ronge home she claims she shared with a poltergeist, but she’s preparing to tell her story to a television audience.
Fisher, who now lives in Saskatoon, was contacted about two weeks ago by a producer of Paranormal Survivor. The series pairs... Read more
Prince Albert’s Executive Committee is recommending a $106,823 review of city transit services that will look at bus routes, accessibility barriers and whether the city should eventually operate the system itself. The committee supported awarding the work to Dillon Consulting during Tuesday... Read more
The Saskatchewan NDP is calling on Premier Scott Moe to restore direct rent payments to landlords to help prevent more people from becoming homeless.
Speaking in Prince Albert Thursday, Kim Breckner, the Opposition’s trade and export development critic, said the NDP plans to introduce private... Read more
OTTAWA — It has been 406 days since Ottawa Redblacks fans last saw a win at TD Place. And they may have to wait a lot longer if the Redblacks (0-16) can’t snap a 22-game losing streak Friday night when they host the Toronto Argonauts (9-7) in their last home game of the season.
Ottawa hasn’t won a... Read more
CLEVELAND (AP) — Petey Halpin hit a go-ahead, two-run homer, Gavin Williams struck out nine over five innings and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Tampa Bay Rays 3-2 in Game 3 Thursday to take a 2-1 lead in the AL Championship Series.
Game 4 in the best-of-seven matchup is scheduled for Friday,... Read more
VICTORIA — British Columbia NDP Leader David Eby is defending draft plans by his previous government to limit the compensation of forest companies when land is transferred to First Nations.
Confidential documents published in the Northern Beat, an online publication, say Eby's government was... Read more
A fibre cut disrupted SaskTel internet, television, home phone and cellular services in several Saskatchewan communities Thursday, including Prince Albert and Saskatoon.
The Crown corporation said crews were working to restore service as quickly as possible.
SaskTel first reported the outage... Read more
Community supports local car show The Prince Albert car community came together on Saturday to the second annual Midnight North Car Club Car Show at the Prince Albert Exhibition. Big ideas were born from this year’s season-closer for the club from its success despite the weather, growing the car... Read more
OTTAWA — Canadian receiver Nick Mardner, the second pick of the 2024 CFL draft, was released Thursday by the Ottawa Redblacks.
Ottawa also let American receiver Binjimen Victor go.
The Redblacks drafted Mardner following his college career at Auburn.
The six-foot-six, 208-pound native of... Read more
OTTAWA — Environment and Climate Change Canada warned National Defence earlier this year that the CFB Kingston base had broken federal environmental regulations by failing to test air conditioners for refrigerant leaks.
After inspecting a building on the base last year, an enforcement officer... Read more
VANCOUVER — A Vancouver police officer involved in the deadly arrest of Myles Gray in 2015 says he doesn't believe Gray had any lawful right to repel officers' use of force against him.
Const. Eric Birzneck is testifying at a public hearing into Gray's death called by the Office of the Police... Read more
Dozens of purple bags filled with the essentials will be given to women in need as part of the fifth annual Purple Thursday.
The day, marked nationally on the third Thursday of every October, is dedicated to ending domestic and intimate partner violence and supporting survivors while encouraging... Read more
ZURICH (AP) — Gianni Infantino apologized to FIFA's ruling council on Thursday for “mistakes” in his secretive investment plan for the World Cup but didn’t give details sought by his... Read more
TORONTO — The Calgary Stampeders will be playing for much more than the season series with the B.C. Lions on Saturday night.
Calgary (8-9) visits B.C. (10-6) with the two teams having split their previous two contests this season. The Lions can cement a home playoff game with a victory.
Calgary... Read more
MONTREAL — Montreal Alouettes linebacker Geoffrey Cantin-Arku was awarded the Jake Gaudaur Veterans’ Award on Thursday.
The honour recognizes a Canadian CFL player who best embodies the qualities of Canada’s veterans, including strength, perseverance, courage, comradeship and community service.
The... Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI employees fired for their roles in the investigation of President Donald Trump's... Read more
Ukraine abandons truce and attacks Russian oil refinery as Zelenskyy says he feels betrayed by Trump
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine attacked a Russian oil refinery Thursday, abandoning a brief truce involving energy-related targets that it said Moscow did not heed, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he felt betrayed by U.S. President Donald Trump.
The drone strike started a fire at the... Read more
For Shayne Aquino, the 2025 wildfire season meant sleepless nights aboard a medevac plane while crews worked to move patients out of threatened northern communities. La Ronge EMS divided its crews during the response, with one working in Prince Albert, another in Saskatoon, and another remaining in... Read more
MONTREAL — Canada and the European Union are laying out concrete steps to strengthen ties around digital security and defence as well as critical resources and a would-be fleet of Canadian-made water bombers, according to a draft joint statement ahead of a summit at month’s end.
The document, seen... Read more
After years of back and forth between Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) and the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN), the federal government is now demanding re-payment of over $12.3 million and is threatening to use the funding it pays out to the organization to cover off the debt. ... Read more
While Christmas is still over a month and a half away, it’s top of mind right now for the folks at Salvation Army in Prince Albert.
On Christmas Day last year, ... Read more
Auditions will be October 17 – 1:00-3:00 pm and October 18 – 5:00-7:00 pm at Jam Street.
Please note you will be expected to sign up for an audition time to secure your spot and fill out an audition form before auditioning. Once this happens you will be sent some scenes to study before... Read more
EDMONTON — Edmonton Elks wide receiver Zach Mathis has an interesting statistic line: one receiving touchdown, one interception return touchdown.
Mathis's 48-yard interception return touchdown in Edmonton’s 27-12 victory over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats last weekend gave the third-year Elk an equal... Read more
CALGARY — Calgary Stampeders equipment manager George Hopkins will step down after 55 years with the team at the end of the CFL season.
Hopkins was hired by the team at age 13 as a ball boy in 1972 and has overseen equipment since 1977.
The mainstay on the Stampeders' sideline has missed only five... Read more
Manitoba farmers were making good progress with harvest until rain brought activities to a halt.
In the weekly crop report, combining advanced substantially, reaching 79 per cent before rain shut everyone down.
Manitoba Agriculture Oilseed Specialist Sonia Wilson said the majority of spring... Read more
The upcoming cold and flu season in Saskatchewan may be a doozy.
University of Saskatchewan microbiologist Dr. Joseph Blondeau gave a grim forecast following the launch of the fall influenza immunization campaign.
“My prediction is, unfortunately, we might have a rough respiratory virus season this... Read more
OTTAWA — Cultural sector groups say they’re starting to worry about the Liberal government’s silence on $600 million in promised funding.
In June, the federal government said it would tell the CRTC to change course on requiring big streamers like Netflix to contribute to Canadian content, and would... Read more
OTTAWA — Global Affairs Canada has issued an advisory cautioning against travel to Saudi Arabia and specific airports that have been targeted during the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
The advisory, issued by Canada's embassy in the kingdom, notes the airports in Riyadh and Dammam have been... Read more
The Lenvale Elevators will be performing at the ANAVETS on Friday Night.
Doyle Ironstand will also be performing for the Halloween Celebration.
See the posters for details.
Authorities investigate letters with ‘suspicious substances’ sent to congressional, election offices
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal authorities are investigating letters with “suspicious substances” that have been mailed to congressional and election offices nationwide and are urging recipients to treat the mailings as “potentially hazardous.”
The investigation by the FBI, U.S. Postal... Read more
OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada says it will hear an appeal of Ottawa’s ban on single-use plastics.
The Federal Court of Appeal overturned a lower court decision in January, allowing the federal government to keep the ban in place.
A 2023 Federal Court decision in a case brought by the... Read more