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Saskatchewan hockey team Notre Dame Hounds set to relocate
REGINA - A southern Saskatchewan high school famed for producing hockey greats is planning to move its junior A team to a new city later this year. The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League announced Tues...
Sep 09, 2025
Local collectors turn hobby into heroics, raising thousands for childhood cancer research
What began as a small hobby has turned into a big effort to help raise funds and awareness for childhood cancer. Prince Albert locals Travis Mahussier and Kaitlyn Gryba have been collecting the tabs u...
Sep 09, 2025
'Not feeling safe for walking around town': Loon Lake mayor says crime down, but stray dogs leave residents uneasy
Crime in Loon Lake has eased since last year, when the mayor was calling for emergency help after a church fire and a rash of criminal activity. But he warns residents are now facing a different threa...
Sep 09, 2025
Israeli-Russian graduate student kidnapped in Iraq has been released, Trump and family say
WASHINGTON (AP) - An Israeli-Russian graduate student from Princeton University who was kidnapped in Iraq has been released, according to her family and President Donald Trump. Elizabeth Tsurkov was f...
Sep 09, 2025
Prince Albert landlord shooting case proceeding to trial at King's Bench
A man accused of shooting a Prince Albert landlord in the throat, is maintaining his innocence and has opted to be tried by judge and jury at Court of King's Bench.Preston Ray Bird, whose bail was den...
Sep 09, 2025
Malcolm Jenkins donates $100,000 as Equip the Vic campaign continues
Prince Albert's best-known philanthropist, Malcolm Jenkins, has once again stepped forward with a large donation, this time to the fundraising campaign for the Boreal Health Care Foundation, which has...
Sep 09, 2025
Chief Justice Roberts keeps in place Trump funding freeze that threatens billions in foreign aid
WASHINGTON (AP) - Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday temporarily kept in place the Trump administration's decision to freeze nearly $5 billion in foreign aid. Roberts acted on the administration's ...
Sep 09, 2025
Canada sending $2.6M in humanitarian, refugee aid after months of Pakistan flooding
OTTAWA - Canada is providing $2.6 million in humanitarian aid for people in Pakistan displaced by flooding, and for Afghan refugees. Pakistan has been grappling since June with floods and heavy monsoo...
Sep 09, 2025
First Nation says it was shortchanged by millions for land in 2002 settlement
VANCOUVER - A First Nation in British Columbia says it was underpaid by millions of dollars in a 2002 settlement with the federal government over land that was given to a different band then sold to a...
Sep 09, 2025
Carney condemns 'intolerable' Israeli strike on Qatar that killed Hamas officials
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is condemning Israel's military strike on Qatar, saying it undermines the country's sovereignty and risks escalating conflict in the region. Israel says it targeted...
Sep 09, 2025