by MBC News | Jun 5, 2023
By: Matteo Cimellaro, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Canada’s National Observer Ottawa announced a two-year pilot program Thursday to support Indigenous communities and organizations working on forestry management and emergency preparedness. The funding,...
by MBC News | Jun 2, 2023
Four Northerners, working security at a North Battleford, hotel housing evacuees due to wildfires, are credited with helping to save two elderly people from a burning home in that city Tuesday night. Dwayne Bourassa, Ethan Maurice, Roger Dawstare, and Nathan Morin of...
by MBC News | Jun 2, 2023
Update: June 2, 4PM On May 30, 2023, Dency Herman was arrested without incident just south of Prince Albert, with the assistance of Prince Albert RCMP and Saskatchewan RCMP’s Warrant Enforcement and Suppression Team. —- RCMP is seeking help in finding a...
by bryanorthner | Jun 2, 2023
The Saskatchewan government is increasing funding for school divisions in the province by an additional $40 million. The new funding is intended to assist school divisions with enrollment growth. It will be split, with $20 million being provided to address school...
by MBC News | Jun 2, 2023
UPDATE: June 2, 11:30 The man who was wanted after an alleged violent sexual assault on Montreal Lake Cree Nation earlier this week has been arrested. RCMP say the public provided information on the whereabouts of Isiah Roberts who was arrested Thursday at a home in...
by MBC News | Jun 1, 2023
Saskatchewan is not requesting additional resources to help fight wildfires, as concern over a blaze north of La Loche has forced the second evacuation of vulnerable residents. The Canadian Armed Forces are being deployed to Nova Scotia and Alberta to assist crews...
by bryanorthner | Jun 1, 2023
Vermette Wood Preservers is a family business operating 19 kilometres north of Prince Albert that focuses on wood preservation on items such as utility poles and fence posts. The company was originally founded in 1973 when brothers Archie and Gil Vermette went into...
by MBC News | May 31, 2023
The Prince Albert Board of Police Commissioners has named an interim chief to oversee the Prince Albert Police Service (PAPS). In a media release sent out Wednesday afternoon the board announced the appointment of Patrick Nogier as interim chief. Nogier is a 30 year...
by MBC News | May 31, 2023
A 15-year-old male youth is charged with second degree murder after a death in Stanley Mission this past weekend. In a media release RCMP said they were called Sunday morning about an injured man at a community hall in Stanley Mission. Police said the injured man,...
by bryanorthner | May 31, 2023
The woman charged in relation to the fire which destroyed the Senator Allen Bird Memorial Centre last year had her case adjourned Wednesday afternoon. Gina Beatty was not present when her matter was spoken to in Prince Albert Provincial Court. Her lawyer Gordon Kirkby...
