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'Hot Boy' rapper Bobby Shmurda released from NY prison
NEW YORK - Bobby Shmurda, a once up-and-coming rapper thanks to a hit music video that popularized the "Shmoney dance," was paroled on Tuesday after spending more than four years behind bars for a dru...
Feb 23, 2021

Prince Albert man charged with attempted murder and arson, in connection to fire at Sask. Regional Park
Nearly three and a half years after a mobile home burned to the ground with two people inside, a 51-year-old man from Prince Albert is facing a number of charges including attempted murder.Kirk Andrew...
Feb 23, 2021

Canada names short-track speedskating team for world championship
MONTREAL - Ten Canadian short-track speed skaters will compete for the first time this season at the world championship next month. The races in Dordrecht, the Netherlands March 5-7 will mark Canada's...
Feb 23, 2021

Subscribe to the PA Chamber of Commerce YouTube Channel and Enter to Win a Membership
The Prince Albert and District Chamber of Commerce has a new YouTube Channel and is wanting YOU to check it out. Subscribe and enter to win a year's membership to the chamber and receive all the benef...
Feb 23, 2021

Fed's Powell: Recovery incomplete, higher inflation unlikely
WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell underscored the U.S. economy's ongoing weakness Tuesday in remarks that suggested that the Fed sees no need to alter its ultra-low interest rate polici...
Feb 23, 2021

Security committee of MPs, senators to review RCMP's federal policing activities
OTTAWA - The national security and intelligence committee of parliamentarians will conduct a review of the RCMP's federal policing mandate. The committee of MPs and senators expects to complete the re...
Feb 23, 2021

Consumer confidence rises for second straight month
SILVER SPRING, Md. - U.S. consumer confidence rose again in February as an accelerating COVID-19 vaccine push provides hope for Americans who have lived through a year of unprecedented restrictions. T...
Feb 23, 2021

Committee to develop new policy for city-wide memorial program
The City of North Battleford has agreed to form a short-term committee to develop a comprehensive policy for a city-wide commemorative memorial program. The committee will need to have the policy deve...
Feb 23, 2021

Jordan's Principle order may cost feds $15 billion in compensation, PBO says
OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget office says it could cost the federal government up to $15 billion to compensate First Nations' families and children impacted by the child welfare system, as well as...
Feb 23, 2021

Palace: Prince Philip has infection, will stay in hospital
LONDON - Prince Philip is "comfortable" in a London hospital where he is being treated for an infection, Buckingham Palace said Tuesday. The palace said Philip, the 99-year-old husband of Queen Elizab...
Feb 23, 2021