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CP NewsAlert: Evacuation order for wildfire in B.C.'s Peace River
DAWSON CREEK - The Peace River Regional District in northeastern British Columbia has issued an evacuation order for properties threatened by an out-of-control wildfire. The province's emergency infor...
May 29, 2025

Ottawa tabling bill to skirt impact assessment law for 'national interest' projects
OTTAWA - The federal government is developing a "national interest" bill to fast-track nation-building projects with a streamlined regulatory approval process as a substitute for reviews under the Imp...
May 29, 2025

RCMP shoot suspect in arm following confrontation in field
Two suspects are in RCMP custody following an arrest that involved a confrontation between officers and armed suspects who had been chased into a field near Canwood. One of the suspects was shot in th...
May 29, 2025

Marguerite Riel Centre hosts postponed MMIWGS2 walk
The Marguerite Riel Centre in Melfort hosted a Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2SLGBTQI+ people walk on Thursday afternoon at the Memorial Gardens.An event which was postponed from i...
May 29, 2025

Ben Griffin still on a heater after his win on punishing course at Memorial
DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) - Ben Griffin resumed the great play that brought him his first individual PGA Tour victory last week, hitting two shots in the water and still posting a 7-under 65 on Thursday in th...
May 29, 2025
Prince Albert Police investigating after stolen car rams cruiser
The Prince Albert Police Service is investigating an incident in which a stolen car rammed into a patrol cruiser on Wednesday afternoon. Officers were first called to the 2900 block of 2nd Avenue West...
May 29, 2025

P.A. Police investigating city's second homicide of 2025
The Prince Albert Police Service confirmed Thursday that they are investigating the city's second homicide of the year.Police were called to a wooded area in the 1400 block of 15th Street East at arou...
May 29, 2025

Wildfires leave thousands evacuated, anxious about homes left behind
Nola Moris travelled from Sandy Bay to Prince Albert for a quick grocery run, but when she tried to go home the highways were closed due to wildfires burning in the north. She's been stuck in Prince A...
May 29, 2025

‘A temporary measure’: New four-way stop in downtown Meadow Lake after signal malfunction
The City of Meadow Lake has installed new four-way stop signs at the intersection of Centre Street and 2nd Avenue after the traffic lights failed."It's a temporary measure," said interim city manager ...
May 29, 2025

Sweetgrass cuts the ribbon on the Wes Paskemin Memorial Water Treatment Plant
Standing at the podium in front of the newly upgraded Wes Paskemin Memorial Water Treatment Plant, nipi kanacitawikamik, on Sweetgrass First Nation, Elder Hilda Pasquayak told a story about her late b...
May 29, 2025