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Lower number of violent crimes in Prince Albert so far this year
The Prince Albert Police Service says, according to its November crime statistics report, the City has had a nearly 12 per cent decrease in violent crimes this year, compared to 2023. Attempted murder...
Carol Thomson Dec 06, 2024

Speeding is the most popular “worst” bad driving habit
According to a recent national survey from CAA, there are a lot of speeders out there. Seventy per cent of Canadians in the self-reporting survey admitted to speeding in a residential area at least on...
Carol Thomson Dec 06, 2024

More guns banned as Canada marks 35th anniversary of Ecole Polytechnique massacre
The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, issued a statement to mark the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women: “Thirty-five years ago today, 14 young women were murdered, a...
Vanese M. Ferguson Dec 06, 2024

School bus driver facing impaired driving charges
A 45-year-old school bus driver from Buffalo River Dene Nation is facing impaired driving charges. Dillon RCMP were alerted on November 19th around 3:45 in the afternoon about an impaired driver. Buff...
Carol Thomson Dec 05, 2024

Charges from September drug seizure at Saskatchewan Penitentiary
The Saskatchewan RCMP’s Prince Albert General Investigation Section has arrested and charged three inmates in connection to a seizure of illicit drugs at the Prince Albert Penitentiary on Septem...
Carol Thomson Dec 05, 2024

Health care staff shortages and foreign ownership of farmland discussed in Legislature
On this, the last day of the legislative session in a shortened fall sitting after the provincial election, the hot topic is health care. The first topic during Question Period was the lack of frontli...
Carol Thomson Dec 05, 2024

Canada Food Price Report forecasts families will pay $800 more next year
The 2025 edition of Canada’s Food Price Report predicts that consumers will be paying between three and five per cent more for food next year. Stuart Smyth, a USask professor of agricultural and...
Keira Miller Dec 05, 2024

Two dead in vehicle collision near Yellow Creek
Two men have died following a two-vehicle collision on Highway #41 near Yellow Creek. Yesterday at 7:15 a.m., Melfort RCMP received a call, and officers responded along with local EMS. RCMP determined...
Keira Miller Dec 04, 2024

Police charge 16-year-old with First Degree Murder in Saskatoon’s 13th homicide
Another person has been charged with the death of 20-year-old Jordanna Kucher from Saskatoon. On the evening of November 15th, officers responded to a parking lot in the 1300 block of 8th Street East....
Keira Miller Dec 04, 2024

Saskatoon City Councillor taking over the helm at Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital Foundation
Saskatoon City Councillor Troy Davies has been named the new CEO of the Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital Foundation and says he has big shoes to fill. Davies points out that Brynn Boback-Lane, w...
Vanese M. Ferguson Dec 04, 2024














