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P.A. Shark capsizes provincial swimming record
A 34-year-old provincial record in 200 m backstroke has now been shattered thanks to the efforts of a woman representing the Prince Albert Sharks swim club.Anne Charles was among a number of local ath...
May 20, 2025

MLS Disciplinary Committee fines Toronto's Etienne, Montreal's Waterman
The MLS Disciplinary Committee has fined Toronto FC midfielder Derrick Etienne Jr. and CF Montreal defender Joel Waterman for misbehaviour in Saturday's 6-1 TFC win at Stade Saputo. Etienne was sancti...
May 20, 2025

Marquis Road widening to start soon
A narrow section of Marquis Road on the south side of Prince Albert is scheduled to be widened this summer. The section of the street between Central Avenue and 4th Avenue East will get an upgrade to ...
May 20, 2025

Canadians have more trust in Carney than they did in Trudeau: Poll
OTTAWA - Canadians have more trust in Prime Minister Mark Carney now than they did in former prime minister Justin Trudeau after he was first elected and during his last days in office, a new poll sug...
May 20, 2025
Long journey has Roughrider Daniel Johnson feeling at home in Saskatchewan
Offensive lineman Daniel Johnson might be finally finding his footing in the CFL.The Saskatchewan Roughriders 25-year-old fifth-round pick in 2024 has been given some high praise at training camp from...
May 20, 2025

CP NewsAlert: Liberals announce 2026 convention in Montreal
OTTAWA - Mark Carney will preside over his first Liberal convention as party leader and prime minister next spring. The Liberal party's national board of directors says the convention will be held in ...
May 20, 2025

Beavers improve to 2-0 to start off season
The North Battleford Beavers moved to 2-0 in the North Saskatchewan River Baseball League (NSRBL) last Wednesday after surviving a late surge from the Lloydminster Twins to hang on for an 11-9 victory...
May 20, 2025

Operations begin for LLRIB bus service
The Lac La Ronge Indian Band has launched a new local bus service called Sakaw Transit. The service, which includes a 24-passenger bus with a wheelchair ramp, has 36 stops, mostly on-reserve and in La...
May 20, 2025

Criminal investigation underway following ATCO substation shooting in Lloydminster
An RCMP investigation has found that an oil tank at an ATCO substation was intentionally shot at, resulting in roughly $1.1 million in damages and environmental clean-up after 20,000 litres of oil spi...
May 20, 2025

The EU says it will lift sanctions on Syria but leave those on the former Assad regime
BARCELONA (AP) - The European Union will lift sanctions on Syria's economy but keep those in place targeting the former Assad regime, the EU's top diplomat announced Tuesday. Foreign policy chief Kaja...
May 20, 2025