US Tornadoes
Residents begin going through the rubble after tornadoes hammer parts of Midwest U.S.
Residents began sifting through the rubble Saturday after a tornado plowed through suburban Omaha, Nebraska, demolishing homes and businesses as it moved for miles through farmland and into subdivisions, then slamming an Iowa town.The Friday night tornadoes wreaked havoc in the Midwest, causing a building to collapse w...
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Community working together
Roots of Hope making a difference in suicide prevention
Roots of Hope is celebrating five years of suicide prevention work in Meadow Lake and area, on Thursday, May 2, at the Meadow Lake Community Life Centre (Meadow Lake Alliance Church). A community suicide prevention initiative that came about to address the high number of youth struggling with suicide-related concerns, ...
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Community working together
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Jobber of the Year: The Unified Parts Group 'One big family'
Meadow Lake arena and recreation facility
Innovation Federal Credit Union donates up to $1-million in community match
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Weekend hockey
PAGC set to host largest Senator's Cup tournament to date
Apr 26, 2024
Meadow Lake
Community working together
Roots of Hope making a difference in suicide prevention
Roots of Hope is celebrating five years of suicide prevention work in Meadow Lake and area, on Thursday, May 2, at the Meadow Lake Community Life Centre (Meadow Lake Alliance Church). A community suicide prevention initiative that came about to address the high number of youth struggling with suicide-related concerns, ...
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Meadow Lake arena and recreation facility
Innovation Federal Credit Union donates up to $1-million in community match
The new Meadow Lake arena and recreation facility received a boost of funding support today.Innovation Federal Credit Union will donate up to $1 million to the initiative in a community match program.With the commitment of $1 million "through a dollar-for-dollar community match," the Field House within the Co...
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North Star
MLTC joins Carbon Alpha for North Star Project
Carbon capture and storage is in Meadow Lake's future. The Meadow Lake Tribal Council has partnered with Carbon Alpha for the North Star Project to capture the CO2 emitted from a biomass project and inject it into the earth. The development will add an additional layer to the MLTC Bioenergy Centre with the carbon dioxi...
Apr 25, 2024
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Ban on burning
Fire ban in place for RM of Loon Lake
A fire ban is currently in effect for the RM of Loon Lake, southwest of Meadow Lake. The ban is in place due to dry windy conditions in the area.That means that the burning of outdoor fires and controlled burns, fireworks, campfires and fire pits are not permitted.The ban will remain in effect until further notice and ...
Apr 25, 2024
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Missing Girl
UPDATE: Have you seen Savannah?
UPDATE: RCMP confirmed that the missing 15-year-old has been found.---A 15-year-old girl is missing and RCMP need the public's support in helping to find her. Police say she may have gone to Meadow Lake, Prince Albert or Big River in a black Chevrolet Equinox If anyone has any information or has seen her, call 310-RCMP...
Apr 24, 2024
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Meadow Lake Co-op Centre
Meadow Lake's new arena and recreation facility info night sees good turnout
It was a good night for the public to get a close-up view of the Meadow Lake's new arena and recreation facility project Tuesday night. An information night was held at the Meadow Lake Civic Centre, situated beside the new complex that's currently under construction. People had a chance to take in pictures of the plans...
Apr 24, 2024
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Saskatchewan
Weekend hockey
PAGC set to host largest Senator's Cup tournament to date
Indigenous hockey teams from across the prairies are in Prince Albert this weekend for the eighth annual Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC) Senator's Cup. The 2024 edition of the tournament will feature 19 teams competing for the grand prize, three more than last year when they had 16. This year will feature three team...
Apr 26, 2024
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Wildfire education
Stopping human-caused wildfires the goal of new campaign by PAGC
Teaching people how much damage wildfires can cause and how people can prevent them is the target of a new campaign by the Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC).The PAGC is teaming up with the Sask. Public Safety Agency (SPSA) to run the educational campaign starting in May and finishing in June. "Human-caused fires ...
Apr 26, 2024
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Court proceedings
Sentencing decision reserved in Sask. manslaughter case involving former RCMP officer
The fate of a former Saskatchewan RCMP officer, who shot and killed his young lover, now rests in the hands of a King's Bench Justice.A sentencing decision for Bernie Herman has been reserved to June 18.Thursday morning's hearing at Court of King's Bench in Prince Albert lasted roughly two hours and included sentencing...
Apr 25, 2024
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Nearing the finish line
Sentencing begins for former Saskatchewan RCMP officer, responsible for death of young lover
What's expected to be a lengthy and emotional sentencing hearing for a former Saskatchewan Mountie guilty of manslaughter, will begin today at Court of King's Bench in Prince Albert.Bernie Herman, 55, has been in custody since last January's verdict.The morning proceedings are expected to include extensive arguments fr...
Apr 25, 2024
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Study delayed
Results of Canadian uranium workers study delayed
The country's most comprehensive study on the effects of radiation on 90,000 Canadian uranium workers is delayed.Originally expected to have its final study results released this year, the study has been pushed back to 2026 due to data-collecting complications arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. Canada is the world's s...
Apr 24, 2024
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Trudeau says Saskatchewan to get carbon rebates despite province not paying levies
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Saskatchewan residents will continue to get carbon rebates even though the province has stopped remitting levies from natural gas to Ottawa. Trudeau said Tuesday in Saskatoon the Canada Revenue Agency has mechanisms to collect money the province owes. "We're going to continue to ...
Apr 23, 2024
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sports betting
Former Roughrider Shawn Lemon suspended indefinitely for betting on CFL games
A former member of the Saskatchewan Roughriders and a three-time Grey Cup champion has been hit with an indefinite suspension by the Canadian Football League.The CFL issued the suspension to defensive end Shawn Lemon on Wednesday for betting on the league's games, including a game in which he played."An investigat...
Apr 25, 2024
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Riderville
Roughriders release details of 10 theme games during 2024 season
Fans of the Saskatchewan Roughriders will have 10 different themed home games to attend during the 2024 CFL season.Craig Reynolds, the team's president and CEO, said the excitement is already building for the upcoming season."We spent the off-season building a football team you will be proud of alongside a can't-m...
Apr 25, 2024
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Emilus snags one-year contract extension from Roughriders
Samuel Emilus' breakout 2023 season has earned him a contract extension.The CFL's Saskatchewan Roughriders announced Monday they had signed the 26-year-old receiver to a one-year extension that will keep him with the team through the 2025 season.In 2023 - his second season in the CFL - Emilus had 70 catches for 1,097 y...
Apr 02, 2024
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CFL
Emilus snags one-year contract extension from Roughriders
Samuel Emilus' breakout 2023 season has earned him a contract extension.The CFL's Saskatchewan Roughriders announced Monday they had signed the 26-year-old receiver to a one-year extension that will keep him with the team through the 2025 season.In 2023 - his second season in the CFL - Emilus had 70 catches for 1,097 y...
Apr 01, 2024
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Chat with Mace has Harris 'ready to rock' with Roughriders in 2024
Trevor Harris may not have been completely healthy the first time he talked to Corey Mace, but the Saskatchewan Roughriders' veteran quarterback was ready to run through a brick wall for his new head coach."The first time I talked to him, I was ready to rock as soon as he had talked to me," Harris told report...
Mar 29, 2024
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First in Franchise History
U18 Northwest Sharks win AA provincial championship
The Northwest Sharks U18 AA team made history Sunday night in North Battleford, taking home a 2-1 win in Game 3 of their provincial final series with the Regina Rebels, to win their first provincial championship in franchise history. Goaltender, Shelbi Thunderblanket stopped 37-of-38 Regina shots to backstop the team t...
Mar 25, 2024
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Meadow Lake Profiles
Hoopla
Saskatchewan High School Basketball 'Hoopla' Championships 2023
The North Central District Athletic Association (NCDAA) is proud to welcome the best high school basketball teams in the province to Prince Albert on March 23-25. We respectfully acknowledge that this event will take place on Treaty 6 territory, the traditional homeland of the Metis and all Indigenous Peoples of Saskat...
Feb 06, 2023
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Jobber of the Year: The Unified Parts Group 'One big family'
This article originally appeared on AutoServiceWord.com on Dec. 8, 2021.Mark Krasicki has surrounded himself with the people he trusts most. People he trusts to offer customers the best experience they can find. People who strengthen relationships with customers and suppliers. People who have helped deliver 28 straight...
Dec 20, 2021
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Sakaw Askiy
Sakaw Askiy Management Inc. Annual Harvest Plans 2022
Sakaw Askiy Management is seeking feedback on the Forest Operating Plan being developed for the Prince Albert Timber Supply Area. The Operating Plan focuses in detail on proposed harvesting and road construction activities for 2022 (Year 1) which are the areas for which approval to harvest is being requested. Many more...
Oct 15, 2021
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Canada
Transit trips up among seniors since Montreal introduced free fare program, city says
Montreal says public transit trips were up between 15 and 20 per cent among people age 65 and over in the six months after it made the service free for local seniors. The program, which took effect on July 1 of last year, offers residents who are 65 or older free fare for transit trips within the city of Montreal and s...
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Workplace safety officials investigating truck driver death at Port of Montreal
Montreal's port authority says a man has died after an apparent accident at one of its wharves. Port of Montreal spokesperson Renée Larouche says the authority was notified of an accident involving a truck driver at the Viau shipping terminal northeast of downtown at around 2 p.m. on Friday. Police and emergency...
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Woman dies after head-on collision on highway west of Montreal
LACHUTE, Que. - Quebec provincial police say a 51-year-old woman has died after a head-on collision in the town of Lachute, roughly 50 kilometres west of Montreal, early this morning. Police spokesperson Frédéric Deshaies says preliminary information suggests a vehicle heading west on Quebec highway 50 en...
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Haida elder suing Catholic Church and priest, hopes for 'healing and reconciliation'
CALGARY - The lawyer for a residential school survivor leading a proposed class-action defamation lawsuit against the Catholic Church over residential schools says the court action is a last resort. Maxime Faille, the lawyer for Sphenia Jones, says the goal is understanding - not money. "Sphenia is 80 years-old. S...
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'The world is too messy for bureaucratic hurdles': Canada still bars Afghanistan aid
Ottawa has plans to finally stop blocking Canadian development aid to Afghanistan this year. But by the time its new system is fully up and running, the Taliban will have been in control of the country for about three years. Humanitarian organizations say that's an interminable delay for those who need help, especiall...
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Planning a summer trip to Quebec's Îles-de-la-Madeleine? You'll have to pay up.
MONTREAL - Tens of thousands of visitors flock to Quebec's Îles-de-la-Madeleine every summer to behold its cliff-framed seascapes and sandy beaches. But starting next month, those island sojourns will come with an added cost. The small archipelago northeast of Prince Edward Island is introducing a $30 visitor fee...
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World
Russo-Ukrainian War
Russia renews attacks on the Ukrainian energy sector as Kyiv launches drones at southern Russia
Russia launched a barrage of missiles against Ukraine overnight, in attacks that appeared to target the country's energy infrastructure. Meanwhile, Russia said its air defense systems had intercepted more than 60 Ukrainian drones over the southern Krasnodar region.Ukraine's air force said Saturday that Russia had launc...
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US Tornadoes
Residents begin going through the rubble after tornadoes hammer parts of Midwest U.S.
Residents began sifting through the rubble Saturday after a tornado plowed through suburban Omaha, Nebraska, demolishing homes and businesses as it moved for miles through farmland and into subdivisions, then slamming an Iowa town.The Friday night tornadoes wreaked havoc in the Midwest, causing a building to collapse w...
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Tornado tears through Nebraska, causing severe damage in Omaha suburbs
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A tornado plowed through suburban Omaha, Nebraska, on Friday afternoon, destroying homes and other structures as the twister tore for miles along farmland and into subdivisions. Injuries were reported but it wasn't yet clear if anyone was killed in the storm. Multiple tornadoes were reported in Nebra...
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Paramedic who injected Elijah McClain with ketamine before his death avoids prison
BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) - A former paramedic who injected Elijah McClain with ketamine avoided prison and was sentenced to probation Friday after his homicide conviction in the Black man's death, which helped fuel the 2020 racial injustice protests. Jeremy Cooper faced up to three years in prison. He administered a dose o...
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President Joe Biden says he's 'happy to debate' Donald Trump. Trump says he's ready to go
NEW YORK (AP) - President Joe Biden said Friday that he is willing to debate his presumptive Republican opponent, Donald Trump, later this fall - his most definitive comment yet on the issue. Trump said he was ready, though he questioned Bidens's willingness. Biden's comment came during an interview with the Sirius XM ...
Apr 26, 2024
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Britain's King Charles III will resume public duties next week after cancer treatment, palace says
LONDON (AP) - King Charles III will resume his public duties next week following treatment for cancer, Buckingham Palace announced Friday. Charles took a break from public appearances almost three months ago to focus on his treatment for an undisclosed type of cancer. The palace said Charles would make a public visit t...
Apr 26, 2024
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