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Lambda variant spreading in South America one of many Canada is monitoring: Tam
OTTAWA - Chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam says the latest variant of interest in the COVID-19 pandemic has popped up in Canada in small numbers. Tam says the Lambda variant first identified...
Jul 08, 2021

P.A. streets filled with orange for MMIWG walk
A walk honoring missing and murdered indigenous women and girls is taking place in Prince Albert.The walk began on River Street West at the monument that was unveiled Wednesday. it then turned onto Ce...
Jul 08, 2021

Human rights complaint alleges First Nation adults with disabilities left behind
WINNIPEG - Three human rights complaints have been filed against the federal government alleging systemic discrimination and a failure to provide proper services to First Nations adults with disabilit...
Jul 08, 2021

Extending pandemic jobs program aimed to cost extra $600 million, PBO says
OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer says extending a pandemic measure designed to avoid layoffs at companies will cost the federal treasury almost $600 million over three years. Most of the extr...
Jul 08, 2021

Raiders sign new goaltender Chayka
Tikhon Chayka has signed on the dotted line with the Prince Albert Raiders. The 2003-born goaltender from Belarus signed a WHL Standard Player Agreement with the Raiders, after the Raiders drafted him...
Jul 08, 2021

W.J. Berezowsky receives $30,000 literacy grant to add more books to its library
The library at W.J. Berezowsky Public School in Prince Albert is going to get a lot more fun books to read. The school is receiving a $30,000 Literacy Fund Grant from the Indigo Love of Reading Founda...
Jul 08, 2021

Annamie Paul begins to raise the curtain on Green party's critic portfolios
OTTAWA - Green Leader Annamie Paul has begun to unveil her "shadow cabinet" nine months into her tenure. Paul revealed seven names Wednesday evening, with plans to roll out the rest this week. Neither...
Jul 08, 2021

Prince Albert schools to benefit from Early Learning Intensive Support investment
Children within the two Prince Albert school divisions who require intensive early learning support will have more resources available to them this upcoming school year.The Government of Saskatchewan ...
Jul 08, 2021

Nova Scotia premier on defensive over drunk driving charges he faced years ago
HALIFAX - Four days after Nova Scotia's premier revealed he was convicted of drunk driving as a young man, Iain Rankin faced more questions today about his record and whether members of his caucus had...
Jul 08, 2021

More than 200 wildfires burning as BC Wildfire Service says risk is high to extreme
More than two dozen wildfires sparked overnight across British Columbia and the BC Wildfire Service website shows nearly half are believed to have been caused by lightning. One of those blazes has alr...
Jul 08, 2021