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Gravy Bowl 2024
Curds all the way: Knotty Pine crowned poutine champs again
Once again, the Knotty Pine Bistro at Little Red River Park has been crowned Gravy Bowl Champion. The Gravy Bowl has been in existence for three years and every year it has been presented to Barb Lychak, owner of the Knotty Pine. "It's an easy way for us to give back to the community doing what we do, you know, co...
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Time to vote
PBCN prepares for election
Members of Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation head to the polls next month.The election for chief and council has been scheduled for April 9 and a list of candidates was released Monday by the electoral officer. They have however indicated the list is still subject to change and may have to do in part with a requirement all ...
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Knecht report follow through
Lack of funding stalls PAPS efforts to implement some review recommendations
Almost all the recommendations made after a provincial review of the Prince Albert Police last year have been put in place, and the remaining ones require more money than the service has available. Chief Patrick Nogier told a recent meeting of the Police Commission that the recommendations it was possible to do have be...
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National champs
'Awesome to be a part of': Debden's Peterson proud of ACHA hockey championship
Rhea Peterson is still basking in the glow of a national championship.The 21-year-old hockey player from Debden, Sask. recently won the ACHA title with Adrian College in Michigan. They beat Minot State in the final.It's the first title in school history for the Bulldogs women's program."I don't think any of us hav...
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Outstanding achievement
Prince Albert singer receives Golden Buzzer on Canada's Got Talent
Prince Albert's Rebecca Strong has inspired an entire country.During Tuesday night's episode of Canada's Got Talent, Strong's audition resulted in her receiving the 'Golden Buzzer' and $25,000 from CIBC.(Citytv)Strong sang the song 'Stone Cold' by Demi Lovato. Immediately after her moving performance, she was asked by ...
Mar 27, 2024
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Basketball wrap up
Carlton basketball coach reflects on Hoopla, season as a whole
The Carlton Boys Basketball team finished off their season on a positive note Saturday despite Hoopla - the annual high basketball championships in Saskatchewa - being significantly dialed back this year due to the ongoing strike of the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation.The Carlton Crusaders attended the one-game champ...
Mar 26, 2024
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Saskatchewan

TO TAX OR NOT TO TAX?
Economists hope to dispel myths as carbon tax increase approaches
It has its critics and its supporters, but who is right and who is wrong when it comes to the debate over the federal carbon tax?As of April 1, that levy will rise from $65 to $80 a tonne, representing an increase of 23 per cent. That increase will mean a rise in energy bills and an addition of roughly three cents a li...
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RCMP won't yet release names of four people found dead in home near Neudorf
The RCMP will not yet release the names of the four people found dead at a Saskatchewan farm, but said their families have been notified.980 CJME has confirmed the property near Neudorf where the four adults were found dead on Sunday is owned by JoAnne and Gary Bender.A news release from RCMP said said the initial inve...
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Moe to appear before Ottawa finance committee ahead of carbon tax hike
Saskatchewan's premier will get a chance to make his voice heard in Ottawa.Scott Moe sent a letter Tuesday to the chair of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance, asking to appear before the committee no later than Thursday, ahead of the scheduled increase to the carbon tax which takes effect on Monday.Simi...
Mar 27, 2024
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TELLING THEIR STORIES
Métis cancer survivors share their stories of confronting and beating cancer
They are raw, they are real, and they are inspiring, and thanks to a new project from the University of Saskatchewan, they will finally be heard.The Digital Storytelling Project, a collaborative effort between the University of Saskatchewan, McMaster University, the Saskatchewan Network Environments for Indigenous Heal...
Mar 26, 2024
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Broken rail that escaped detection caused 2021 potash train derailment: TSB
A cracked piece of railway track that escaped detection left 27 freight cars piled up near Silton in 2021.According to a report by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada that was released Tuesday, a CP train hauling 200 cars loaded with potash derailed on Oct. 16, 2021 when its emergency brakes automatically activat...
Mar 26, 2024
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Neudorf residents reeling after four people found dead in rural home
People in Neudorf were shocked and terrified Tuesday after four people were found dead in a rural home near the community.980 CJME reporter Gillian Massie was in the town, which is located about 135 kilometres east of Regina, and the surrounding area on Tuesday morning.Massie said a couple who retired in the community ...
Mar 26, 2024
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Local Sports

WHL Draft
Raiders win second straight WHL Draft Lottery, will pick second overall
The Prince Albert Raiders received some exciting news ahead of their playoff opener on Thursday night in Saskatoon. On Wednesday afternoon, the Western Hockey League (WHL) held their annual Prospects Draft Lottery which saw the Raiders win it for the second straight year only this time, P.A. won't be picking first. Ent...
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National champs
'Awesome to be a part of': Debden's Peterson proud of ACHA hockey championship
Rhea Peterson is still basking in the glow of a national championship.The 21-year-old hockey player from Debden, Sask. recently won the ACHA title with Adrian College in Michigan. They beat Minot State in the final.It's the first title in school history for the Bulldogs women's program."I don't think any of us hav...
16h ago
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Within reach
Zablocki, Rebels move within win of back-to-back provincial titles
Prince Albert's Stryker Zablocki and the Regina Rebels could claim their second straight Fedoruk Cup with a win on Wednesday.The Rebels are leading the best-of-three series provincial championship series 1-0 over fellow P.A. native Sasha Malenfant and the Notre Dame Hounds following Regina's dominant 7-3 win on Sunday ...
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Basketball wrap up
Carlton basketball coach reflects on Hoopla, season as a whole
The Carlton Boys Basketball team finished off their season on a positive note Saturday despite Hoopla - the annual high basketball championships in Saskatchewa - being significantly dialed back this year due to the ongoing strike of the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation.The Carlton Crusaders attended the one-game champ...
Mar 26, 2024
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Rollin' on to nationals
PA bowling duo to represent province at Nationals
Prince Albert's Bella Mulhall and Taryn Dumont have earned the right to represent the province next month at the National Senior Girls' Doubles Bowling Championship.Provincials were held this past weekend at the Glencairn Bolodrome in Regina. Acknowledging the competition was intense, Mulhall said she looks forward to ...
Mar 25, 2024
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Raiders Awards
Raiders close out regular season with annual awards banquet
The Prince Albert Raiders wrapped up the regular season on Sunday night as the club handed out its annual Year End Awards at the Ches Leach Lounge inside the Art Hauser Centre. Family, friends, players, and club supporters were on hand for the event honouring the award winners and the team's three graduating players Tu...
Mar 25, 2024
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PA Profiles

Investing
Cole Kachur: Transforming Wealth Management with Exceptional Results
Warren Buffet - perhaps the greatest investor of all time - once said:Intensity is the price of excellence.Cole Kachur agrees; you can't become an expert at something without devoting great time to it. That's why Cole and his team at Kachur Wealth Management Group are so intense about following a systemic process that ...
Mar 11, 2024
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SIGA
Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority values its staff
For Zane Hansen, who comes from the Waterhen Lake First Nation in northwestern Saskatchewan, there's a guiding principle he follows as president and CEO of the Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority (SIGA). That principle, he says, is pimâcihowin, or making a living."It's really finding one's belonging and the...
Mar 11, 2024
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Helping Hand
P.A. Food Bank receives record-breaking $25K donation
The Prince Albert Food Bank has just received its biggest donation ever.The Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority (SIGA) and Northern Lights Casino are donating $25,000 to the non-profit. Kim Scruby, the executive director of the Food Bank, told reporters the money will be a huge help."We're facing the same pressur...
Feb 26, 2024
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Plugging In
EV charging now offered at three SIGA casinos
Electric vehicle owners rejoice! Level 3 (fast charging) and Level 2 electric vehicle (EV) charging stations are now offered for SIGA Casino guests at three locations: Northern Lights Casino in Prince Albert, Gold Eagle Casino in North Battleford and Painted Hand Casino in Yorkton."It is important to us to operate...
Feb 15, 2024
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Optimists
Optimist Club of Prince Albert empowers community through positivity and purposeful initiatives
The dictionary describes an optimist as 'a person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcome.' Members of the Optimist Club of Prince Albert take that meaning to heart. Since 1961, the volunteer non-profit service club has worked with a mandate to help bring the best out in kids.Local treasurer Vince Park...
Nov 30, 2023
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Athabasca Basin Development Newsletter
Des Nedhe Signs Collaboration Agreement with Saskatchewan Based Team Drilling
Des Nedhe Development, the economic development arm of English River First Nation and Team Drilling LP have signed a collaboration and participation agreement for drilling work in the eastern area of the Athabasca Basin in northern Saskatchewan. The agreement covers the McArthur River project, the Wheeler River project...
Nov 29, 2023
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Canada

In the news today: Foreign interference inquiry continues, Ontario opens comms centre
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Foreign interference inquiry to hear from chief electoral officer Canada's chief electoral officer, Stéphane Perrault, is slated to testify this morning at a commission of inquiry into foreign...
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Foreign interference inquiry slated to hear from chief electoral officer
OTTAWA - Canada's chief electoral officer, Stéphane Perrault, is slated to testify this morning at a commission of inquiry into foreign meddling allegations and how the government responded to them. The hearings are delving into possible foreign interference by China, India, Russia and others in the last two gen...
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Killer whale rescue tactics could involve plan to lift orca calf out of lagoon
ZEBALLOS, B.C. - Experts are reconsidering their options on a rescue plan for the young killer whale trapped by the tide in a remote lagoon off Northern Vancouver Island. Paul Cottrell, the marine mammal co-ordinator at the Fisheries Department, says they are thinking about changing tactics in efforts to convince the ...
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Ottawa signs $3.7B health deal with Quebec, final province to sign onto health accord
OTTAWA - Health Minister Mark Holland signed a $3.7-billion health pact with Quebec today, which means all 13 provinces and territories have now signed on to Ottawa's new health accord. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau first pitched a new health-funding deal to provinces more than a year ago to increase federal health tra...
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Suspects plead not guilty in human smuggling case involving family's death at border
ST. PAUL, MINN. - A man accused of helping smuggle people across the U.S.-Canada border into Minnesota, including four members of an Indian family who froze to death in 2022, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to seven counts of human smuggling. Harshkumar Ramanlal Patel, 28, who prosecutors say went by the alias "Dirty...
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Measles cases in Canada are increasing, Canada's chief public health officer warns
Canada's chief public health officer says the number of measles cases in the country continues to rise. Dr. Theresa Tam says in a statement the Public Health Agency of Canada is aware of 40 measles cases in Canada so far this year. That's more than three times the number of cases reported in all of 2023. Tam says sh...
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World

Ukraine's soccer victory provides welcome distraction from tragedy of war
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Ukrainians have expressed pride and gratitude toward their men's national soccer team for qualifying for the European Championship, a rare bit of good news and a welcome distraction from the war with Russia. Though celebrations after Ukraine's 2-1 win over Iceland were muted as Russian missiles kep...
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Bob Uecker, 90, expected to broadcast Brewers' home opener, workload the rest of season uncertain
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Bob Uecker will be back behind the microphone when the Milwaukee Brewers play their home opener Tuesday against the Minnesota Twins. How heavy a broadcasting workload the 90-year-old Uecker will have the rest of the season remains uncertain. "Bob Uecker calling the first pitch of the Brewers home ...
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Ex-Trump lawyer Eastman should lose state law license for efforts to overturn election, judge says
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A judge has recommended that conservative attorney John Eastman lose his California law license over his efforts to keep former President Donald Trump in power after the 2020 election. Eastman, a former law school dean, faces 11 disciplinary charges in the state bar court stemming from his developmen...
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4 people killed and 5 wounded in stabbings in northern Illinois, with a suspect in custody
ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - Four people were killed and five were hurt in stabbings in northern Illinois on Wednesday, authorities said. A suspect is in police custody and was being questioned Wednesday afternoon, according to Rockford Police Chief Carla Redd. She said one of the people who was wounded remained in critical c...
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Former Sen. Joe Lieberman, Democrats' VP pick in 2000, dead at 82
NEW YORK (AP) - Former U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, who nearly won the vice presidency on the Democratic ticket with Al Gore in the disputed 2000 election and who almost became Republican John McCain's running mate eight years later, has died, according to a statement issued by his family. Lieberman died in ...
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Talks on luring NHL's Capitals and NBA's Wizards to Virginia are over, city of Alexandria says
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Negotiations aimed at luring the NHL's Washington Capitals and the NBA's Washington Wizards to northern Virginia have "ended" and the proposal to create a development district with a new arena for the teams "will not move forward," the city of Alexandria said Wednesday. Virginia...
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