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Groups working to help those with less
A Prince Albert group is working to make sure every kid has a gift under the tree this Christmas.The Create a Smile Toy Drive is taking donations until Dec. 20. Organizer Clayton Daigneault said he wa...
Dec 12, 2019 The Prince Albert Optimist Club collected donations Wednesday at the Raiders game. (Twitter/Prince Albert Raiders)
Tax cuts, flood fight and cost-control on Manitoba premier's agenda
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister - a man not known for shying away from a scrap - is promising an even "bolder" approach in 2020 with his Progressive Conservative govern...
Dec 12, 2019
P.A. poised to become first city in the province to ban plastic bags
Prince Albert city council is moving ahead with plans to ban all single use plastic check-out bags. Pending a final vote at the end of January, the city will begin enforcing the new rule at the beginn...
Dec 12, 2019 (ID 115888213 © Lightzoom/Dreamstime.com)
Andrew Scheer resigns as Conservative leader
Andrew Scheer says he is stepping down as Conservative leader as soon as a successor can be chosen.Scheer addressed the House of Commons briefly at about noon Eastern time, saying leading his party ha...
Dec 12, 2019 (File photo/The Canadian Press)
Brazil's Bolsonaro calls activist Greta Thunberg a "brat"
RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday called young Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg a "brat" after she expressed concern about the slayings of indigenous Brazilian...
Dec 12, 2019
Security concerns at La Ronge library leads to mischief charge
There are new safety features in place at La Ronge's Alex Robertson Public Library following a reduction of hours due to security concerns. The library went back to regular hours of operation as of De...
Dec 12, 2019 Regular hours were brought back on Monday. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)
Raiders bolster blueline depth, pick up Sasky boy Harrison from Blazers
The Prince Albert Raiders added to their blueline depth by acquiring 19-year-old Devan Harrison from the Kamloops Blazers in exchange for a conditional 10th round pick in the 2021 WHL Bantam Draft. Ha...
Dec 12, 2019 Devan Harrison is the newest addition to the Prince Albert Raiders. Allen Douglas/Kamloops Blazers
Canada's Alexis Lafreniere nursing ankle injury at world junior camp
OAKVILLE, Ont. - Alexis Lafreniere had no reason to hit the ice this week. The presumptive No. 1 pick at the 2020 NHL draft, his name has been written in ink on Canada's world junior roster for some t...
Dec 12, 2019
US charges: Mexico ex-security chief took bribes from cartel
NEW YORK - Mexico's former top security chief has been indicted in New York City on charges he accepted a fortune in drug-money bribes from kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's notorious Sinaloa cartel...
Dec 12, 2019
Handke takes Nobel Literature Prize amid protest
STOCKHOLM - Author Peter Handke received his Nobel Literature Prize on Tuesday amid criticism of him in Sweden and abroad as an apologist for Serb war crimes in the 1990s. Handke accepted the 9 millio...
Dec 12, 2019