Woman found
Remains of missing woman found near Victoire
The remains of a missing 40-year-old Ahtahkakoop woman have been found and her identity confirmed, Big River RCMP have said. Sherry Michelle Ahenakew, who went by her middle name, was found in a remote rural area west of Victoire on July 18. Victoire is about 14 kilometres west of Debden and 50 kilometres away from Big...
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Smoke causing issues
Health concerns stemming from wildfire smoke
Wildfire smoke will lead to reduced air quality across Saskatchewan over the next couple of days. According to Environment and Climate Change Canada, the Air Quality Health Index value forecast in areas like Prince Albert, Saskatoon, Regina, and Buffalo Narrows is high to very high tonight into tomorrow. People with lu...
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Saskatchewan
WILDFIRE UPDATE
Buhl wildfire near Waskesiu shows no recent growth; 49 blazes burning in the North
The Buhl fire, first reported on June 29 and caused by a lightning strike, has now burned approximately 60,389 hectares, including 11,059 hectares inside Prince Albert National Park and 49,329 hectares on provincial Crown land.According to Parks Canada, as of July 21, the fire remained eight kilometres from Ramsey Bay,...
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Missing
RCMP search for missing 15-year old boy from Stanley Mission
Stanley Mission RCMP are asking for the public's help in locating a boy who has been missing from Stanley Mission since last Friday.Dylan Ballantyne, 15, was last seen on July 18 at a home in the community about three hours north of Prince Albert. He was last seen wearing a black shirt, Nike tech pants, and white high-...
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A LEGEND
Ozzy Osbourne dead at 76
The gloomy, demon-invoking lead singer of the pioneering band Black Sabbath who became the throaty, growling voice of heavy metal, Ozzy Osbourne has died. A family statement said he died Tuesday, just weeks after his farewell show. He was 76. The statement did not include a cause but in 2020, Osbourne revealed he had P...
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Port of Churchill
Prince Albert Chamber welcomes provincial agreement on Port of Churchill expansion
The biggest regional beneficiaries of an expansion at the Port of Churchill would be agricultural producers, estimates Patty Hughes, CEO of the Prince Albert and District Chamber of Commerce. Hughes welcomed the news of an agreement between Saskatchewan, Manitoba and the Arctic Gateway Group, which owns and operates th...
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Canada
Vigil held in New York state for nine-year-old Montreal girl found in pond
TICONDEROGA - Residents of an upstate New York town gathered Tuesday night to shed tears and light candles for a nine-year-old Montreal girl whose body was found in their community over the weekend. Scores of people in Ticonderoga gathered at a local p...
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Three more murder charges laid in Vancouver festival attack, police say
VANCOUVER - The man accused of plowing a vehicle through a crowd at a Vancouver street festival faces more charges of second-degree murder. Police say the number of charges against Adam Kai-Ji Lo, 30, has been increased from eight to 11, matching the n...
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Teen arrested in fatal downtown Vancouver stabbing of 15-year-old boy
VANCOUVER - Police in Vancouver say they have arrested a 17-year-old suspect in the stabbing death of a 15-year-old boy near Robson Square over the weekend. Vancouver police say in a release that the suspect was arrested late Monday after surrendering ...
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B.C. Coastal First Nations write to Carney, asking him to reject any new pipeline
VANCOUVER - Coastal First Nations in British Columbia have issued an open letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney, asking him to reject any new proposal for a crude oil pipeline to the northwest coast. The move comes as Alberta Premier Danielle Smith push...
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B.C. inks trade deals with Manitoba, Yukon a day after agreement with Ontario
HUNTSVILLE, ONTARIO - British Columbia has signed two more internal trade agreements with other Canadian jurisdictions to boost trade and labour mobility, a day after a similar deal with Ontario was announced. B.C. Premier David Eby says in a statement...
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Autopsy shows Montreal girl, 9, drowned in New York state, father charged
MONTREAL - A nine-year-old Montreal girl whose body was found in a shallow pond in Upstate New York on the weekend died from asphyxia due to drowning, New York State Police said Tuesday as they continued their homicide investigation. Police released au...
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