Prince Albert News

Saskatchewan is going to the Junos thanks to country, blues, rock and Joni. Receiving nominations for the awards on March 6 are Donny Parenteau from Prince Albert, Little Miss Higgins from Nokomis, Kevin Churko originally from Moose Jaw and Joni Mitchell, who once lived in Saskatoon.

Prince Albert's Broda Construction Group has been purchased for $50 million. Seacliff Construction Corp.

A Saskatchewan provincial court has acquitted Douglas William Fowler of theft under $5,000 a ' way, way under $5,000 a ' and breach of probation for stealing a handful of nuts from a local Co-op grocery.

Remembrance Day services are being held across Saskatchewan Wednesday and for Lloyd, Leonard, Louie and Lawrence Olsen, it's a special day.

While Prime Minister Stephen Harper was meeting with Pacific Rim political leaders here this weekend, a group of four young Canadians were busy drumming up new investment among Asian business leaders.

A ban in Saskatchewan on using cell phones and texting while driving is one step closer to becoming a reality Photograph by: David Mcnew, AFP/Getty Images A ban in Saskatchewan on using cell phones and texting while driving is one step closer to becoming a reality.

Students from the nursing school site in Prince Albert have been able to apply their skills during the H1N1 pandemic and help out northern health regions.

Growing up in north Saskatchewan for Tammy Cook- Searson meant spending every winter working on the family's trapline, from November right through spring, living in a log cabin with a wood stove to keep warm, and taking the beaver and muskrat, the fox and lynx, from the land.

My own tour of Europe I took in 1987, setting out from Saskatchewan at an age not much older than the young men of my parents' generation when called by the Second World War.

Slow line slithers through South Hill for H1N1 vaccinations ANGELA HILL The Prince Albert Daily Herald Even with the news that thousands of new doses of H1N1 vaccine are on the way, across the province people eligible for the vaccine spent Thursday waiting in line.

MPs voted on Wednesday to repeal the federal long-gun registry. A private membera TMs bill passed by 164-137, winning more supporters than expected as 12 New Democrats, eight Liberals and one Independent cast their votes with the government.

SHELL LAKE, Sask. a ' Two people are dead in central Saskatchewan after a truck rolled over into a pond.

REGINA a ' The Saskatchewan Penitentiary in Prince Albert is closed to visitors after one of its inmates tested positive for the H1N1 flu virus and a number of others were experiencing mild flu-like symptoms.

A verdict of not guilty has been returned in the case of a man accused of murdering a Saskatchewan construction worker employed in the Cayman Islands.

A maximum security unit at a prison in Saskatchewan has been locked down. Officials locked down the unit at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary in Prince Albert, Sask., after an inmate was found injured in a common room on Saturday.

Voters across Saskatchewan cast ballots in municipal elections Wednesday. Voters in Saskatchewan chose familiar faces as Regina, Saskatoon, Prince Albert and other cities returned incumbents to the mayors' chairs in municipal elections Wednesday.

Fiebelkorn looks forward to "a good challenge" in under-16 tournament PRINCE ALBERT, SASK.

A former Prince Albert lawyer serving a prison term for sex offences, child pornography, drug trafficking and attempting to obstruct justice by trying to influence a judge was granted parole Monday after a psychologist and parole officer found his risk to reoffend could be managed in the community.

The following are results from area communities: Prince Albert In Prince Albert, three women joined the nine-seat council.

Residents in the southeast area of the province aren't alone when it comes to worrying about increased traffic along Highway 39 and the need to twin that stretch of road.