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Crime drops 13% in North Battleford as RCMP focuses on proactive policing
The latest fourth-quarter report from the RCMP for 2024 shows a 13 per cent reduction in crime in North Battleford compared to the same period in 2023, from 4,049 cases to 3,527.Crimes against persons...
Feb 25, 2025

Canadian forward Ayo Akinola enjoying life in Switzerland after parting ways with TFC
Some 6,500 kilometres from Toronto, Ayo Akinola is looking to make the most of a second chance in Switzerland. The 25-year-old forward from Brampton, Ont., is playing for FC Wil, which currently sits ...
Feb 25, 2025

CP NewsAlert: N.L. Premier Andrew Furey says he is leaving politics
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey says he is stepping down after nearly five years in power. The orthopedic surgeon says he has always maintained that he is not "a care...
Feb 25, 2025

P.A. Police hunt Midtown machete attacker
Prince Albert Police are looking to find the man who attacked another person with a machete on Monday afternoon. Officers were called to the intersection of Third Avenue East and 11 Street East at 3 p...
Feb 25, 2025

Former Football Canada president Mullin named chair of tackle football task force
Jim Mullin has a new football gig. The former president of Football Canada has been appointed chair of the Global Tackle Football Task Force. It was established by the International Federation of Amer...
Feb 25, 2025

Murder suspect pre-trial conference continues next month
The man charged with murdering a woman on the Yellow Quill First Nation will return to court next month. Twenty-six-year-old Cole Smokeyday faces a second-degree murder charge after 24-year-old Terran...
Feb 25, 2025
Provinces have roughly $100B at hand for tariff relief, Desjardins estimates
OTTAWA - Canada's provincial governments have enough fiscal firepower to respond to looming U.S. tariffs without supersizing their debt burdens, a new report says.The analysis released Tuesday from De...
Feb 25, 2025

Hudson Bay hopes drinking water issues are solved
The Town of Hudson Bay is hoping they've finally solved an ongoing issue with their drinking water. A statement issued on the town's social media sites says workers have been struggling with fluctuati...
Feb 25, 2025

North Battleford residents asked to be careful amid quick thaw
The Director of Protective Services in North Battleford is asking residents to stay safe given the quick snow melt. "While the community isn't necessarily situated on a floodplain, the quick thaw of a...
Feb 25, 2025

City warns of smoke from controlled burn
People in and around Prince Albert are being warned that there will be smoke in the air as the city burns its clean wood pile at the landfill. The burn starts today and the smoke smoke could last seve...
Feb 25, 2025