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Prince Albert RCMP investigating staged armed robbery
The Prince Albert RCMP are looking for two men involved in an armed robbery on Sturgeon Lake First Nation. Investigation determined that someone driving an SUV on Sturgeon Lake Road found a man lying ...
Jun 17, 2025 No injuries were reported following an alleged staged incident where two men stole an SUV on Sturgeon Lake First Nation. (980 CJME file photo)
Saskatchewan fisherman feeds wildfire evacuees with a taste of home
As wildfire evacuations displace families across Saskatchewan, one Cree fisherman from Southend, a town in northeast Saskatchewan, is offering comfort the way he knows best: fish. Tommy Bird, a commer...
Jun 13, 2025 A volunteer feeds fish fry to evacuees who gathered at the Prince Albert Exhibition Centre. (Tommy Bird/submitted)
Free concert series provides uplifting sendoff for evacuees
By Nigel Maxwell A free concert series event in Prince Albert on Wednesday helped provide support to those displaced by the wildfires and gave thanks to the hundreds of volunteers. "Stronger Together"...
Jun 12, 2025 LJ Tyson and his mother Sheryl Kimbley perform on stage. (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)
Firefighter hospitalized in Saskatoon after lung collapses while serving
By Derek Cornet An experienced firefighter is recovering in a Saskatoon hospital from a collapsed lung and other ailments that arose while on the line of duty in Pelican Narrows. Brady Highway, who ha...
Jun 11, 2025 Brady Highway is a firefighter from Pelican Narrows. (Facebook/Brady Highway)
Evacuees seek answers about shelter space, Muskoday opens temporary home
By: Nigel Maxwell To help accommodate the demands associated with thousands of evacuees from Northern Saskatchewan, an additional registration center has opened up at the Sask Polytech campus in Princ...
Jun 04, 2025 A mother and son, evacuated due to wildfires burning in the north, search for answers at an evacuee centre at Sask Polytech in Prince Albert. (Nigel Maxwell/paNOW Staff)
Wildfires leave thousands evacuated, anxious about homes left behind
By: Nick Nielsen Nola Moris travelled from Sandy Bay to Prince Albert for a quick grocery run, but when she tried to go home, the highways were closed due to wildfires burning in the north. She's been...
May 29, 2025 The wildfires plume smoke over the trees at a camp near Pelican Narrows. (Facebook/Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation)
Saskatchewan Marshals Service graduates first class of 10 officers
By Susan McNeil None of the first class of 10 graduates for the Saskatchewan Marshals Service are new to graduation, and none are new to policing. As the Marshals Service - newly formed and almost rea...
Apr 25, 2025 The 10 inaugural members of the Saskatchewan Marshals Service were sworn in by a provincial court judge this week. (Susan McNeil/paNOW)
Construction to start on Ronald McDonald House for PA
The planned construction of Prince Albert's Ronald McDonald House (RMH) hits close to home for a local couple. Ivan and Shianne Trudel spent months in the Saskatoon Ronald McDonald House beginning in ...
Mar 09, 2025
Three charged after high-speed chase follows truck stolen by hitch-hiker
Three people have been charged after a man who picked up a hitch-hiker on Saturday had his truck stolen, resulting in a high-speed chase that at one point saw the truck being driven on its rims. Princ...
Mar 04, 2025
P.A. woman charged after investigation into fatal rollover
A 33-year-old Prince Albert woman is facing charges after a fatal rollover last summer. According to the Saskatchewan RCMP, officers were called to the scene of the crash on Whitfield Road in the RM o...
Feb 04, 2025
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