Ron Lypchuk of Prince Albert is the grand prize winner of $1-million in the Touchdown for Kids Millionaire Lottery. “Are you serious? Oh, I can’t believe this. Are you sure you aren’t pulling my leg?” Lypchuk said after first receiving the news. The Touchdown for Kids Millionaire Lottery featured 2,100 prizes, including the grand prize […]
Prince Albert is the first city in the province to ban single-use plastic bags. On Monday night, city council voted unanimously on the new bylaw. This means restaurants, stores and other businesses will no longer be able to give customers plastic bags, with exceptions to carry produce, meat, unpackaged baked goods, flowers, bulk items, live […]
Police and Prince Albert have worked with the RCMP and other agencies to make a historic drug bust. The seven-month investigation led to the arrest of 11 members of an outlaw motorcycle gang for drug trafficking, along with the seizure of close to 600 grams of cocaine, over 9,000 grams of illegal cannabis, 33 cannabis […]
Prince Albert RCMP have arrested and charged a 19-year-old man with second-degree murder after a 17-year-old succumbed to life-threatening injuries. Police received a report of an injured 17-year-old woman just after midnight on Boxing Day at the Wahpeton Dakota Nation Health Centre. Officers learned her injuries were a result of an assault which happened at […]
The Saskatchewan New Democrats have laid out their platform ahead of next year’s provincial election. Over 300 people participated in the party’s convention over the weekend in Prince Albert. While addressing party delegates and supporters, leader Ryan Meili spoke about their vision which he calls an “upstream, resilient economy” for Saskatchewan. Guest speakers and other […]
The provincial government was again questioned on classroom sizes in Saskatchewan during question period Thursday morning. This comes as education minister Gord Wyant is consulting with the teachers across the province on class sizes and class composition, and Wednesday, Wyant maintained that class composition is the bigger of the two issues. Education critic Carla Beck […]
A search is underway after two inmates in the minimum security unit at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary in Prince Albert. During a head count on Friday night, staff members discovered that Noah Lemaigre-Elliott and Jesse Favel were not accounted for. The Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) immediately contacted the Prince Albert Police Service and the RCMP and […]
Prince Albert RCMP responded to an early morning shooting on the RM of Buckland on Wednesday. Crews were able to locate the victim off of highway 2, and treated the man for serious, but not life threatening injuries. The name of the victim has not been released, but RCMP believe this is not a random […]
Significant incidents at the Saskatoon Correctional Centre has prompted staff to relocate a large amount of inmates within the facility. Approximately 40 per cent of the Saskatoon centre’s population is being reorganized after two fights broke out this week between two rival gangs. The brawls occurred within the yard and a unit in the facility. The pair […]
Although the Treaties were all signed years before the Natural Resource Transfer Agreement between the federal government and the provinces, First Nations were not included, and the First Nations from Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba are trying to rectify that. The Western Treaty Nations Summit is in Prince Albert Tuesday through Thursday to discuss the issues. […]
