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Tisdale mayor resigns
The Mayor of Tisdale has resigned.Town Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) Lovely Magnaye posted on the town's website that Roy Skoglund resigned as mayor as of Aug. 14. "We extend our sincere gratitud...
Aug 19, 2025
Media challenge publication ban on Lapu Lapu attack suspect's fitness hearing
VANCOUVER - A media consortium has challenged a publication ban on evidence at a hearing to determine if the man accused of killing 11 people at Vancouver's Lapu Lapu Day festival is fit to stand tria...
Aug 19, 2025
Former P.A. city councilor still fighting parking fees for cancer patients
Dennis Ogrodnick, a member of Prince Albert city council until the last election and a cancer patient, is continuing his battle against parking fees at Saskatchewan health facilities. Ogrodnick stood ...
Aug 19, 2025
Guilty plea entered in impaired driving causing death case
A 23-year-old entered a guilty plea to impaired driving causing death in a La Ronge courtroom on Tuesday. According to an agreed statement of facts, James Misponas, who was 21 at the time, was travell...
Aug 19, 2025
Over $325,000 in drugs seized at Sask. Pen.
Vigilant staff members at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary near Prince Albert have once again intercepted a large amount of drugs. Corrections Canada said today that on August 16, they found and seized h...
Aug 19, 2025
Melfort U13 Spirit reflect on season
The Melfort U13A Spirit softball team is now a week removed from participating in the Western Canadian Championships, as they've had time to reflect on a historic season.The group of 11 girls finished...
Aug 19, 2025
Florida man executed for the 1982 killing of a woman abducted from an insurance office
STARKE, Fla. (AP) - A man convicted of abducting a woman from a Florida Panhandle insurance office and killing her was executed Tuesday evening. Kayle Bates, 67, was pronounced dead at 6:17 p.m. follo...
Aug 19, 2025
B.C.'s Joffre Lakes Park closing for a month for recovery, First Nations' practices
PEMBERTON, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - British Columbia's government says Joffre Lakes Park will shut for a month in about two weeks' time, to allow it to "recover from a busy summer" and allow First N...
Aug 19, 2025
Lake Country Co-op Aquatic centre pool to open next week
In a long awaited moment, the City of Prince Albert said the new aquatic centre will open to the public next Thursday, August 28. For the first week, alternative programming will allow swimmers to try...
Aug 19, 2025
5 Canadian soldiers suspended over Nazi salute video
OTTAWA - Five members of the Canadian Armed Forces have been suspended and military police are investigating after a video surfaced showing a group of people giving Nazi salutes. The commander of the ...
Aug 19, 2025