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Bulk sampling program complete at Project Falcon but diamond breakage dispute continues
A key step in the process towards establishing the viability of a future diamond mine east of Prince Albert appears to have been concluded. However, the two main partners in the Fort la Corne explorat...
Feb 22, 2021

New signage installed at old Quality Inn
A series of new signs signalling a change in ownership have been installed at the former Quality Inn downtown.City council approved the sale of the boarded up hotel, which it acquired through the Tax ...
Feb 22, 2021

Wife of drug kingpin 'El Chapo' arrested on US drug charges
WASHINGTON - The wife of Mexican drug kingpin and escape artist Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was arrested on Monday at an airport in Virginia on international drug trafficking charges , the Justice Depar...
Feb 22, 2021

Carabins lineman Olivier-Lestage getting noticed despite not playing football in 2020
Not playing football in 2020 hasn't stopped Montreal Carabins offensive lineman Pier Olivier-Lestage from being noticed. Canadian universities didn't play last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But t...
Feb 22, 2021

Boston Pizza donates over $3,200 to Rose Garden Hospice
The local Boston Pizza has donated $3,277 towards the Rose Garden Hospice who are still planning to get shovels in the ground this year.On Monday morning general manager of the Prince Albert restauran...
Feb 22, 2021

Variant in schools means it's time for all students in B.C. to wear masks: union
SURREY, B.C. - The head of the teachers' union in British Columbia is urging public health officials to expand guidelines on masks to include elementary students after seven schools reported cases inv...
Feb 22, 2021

Nurse happy for Finch, the latest Raptors assistant to earn an NBA head coach job
Four months after he lost Nate Bjorkgren to the Indiana Pacers, Nick Nurse finds himself short an assistant coach once again. Nurse's longtime friend Chris Finch is the new head coach of the strugglin...
Feb 22, 2021

In Rush Limbaugh's home state, a flap over lowering flags
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - In life, the conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh was a divisive figure, who proudly waved the flag of conservatism and wallowed in the controversies he helped ignite. In death, t...
Feb 22, 2021

Raiders sign forward duo
The Prince Albert Raiders have made two new signings ahead of the start of action next month. They are 2001-born forward Kyle Crosbie and 2002-born forward Logan Danis.Crosbie was selected in the 2016...
Feb 22, 2021

Canadian forward Evelyne Viens enjoying first taste of international soccer
It has been an eventful 13 months for Canadian forward Evelyne Viens since being taken fifth overall by Sky Blue FC in the 2020 NWSL draft. The 24-year-old from L'Ancienne-Lorette, Que., made her pro ...
Feb 22, 2021