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Prince Albert News

Corrections
Union says 8-year-old Phoenix pay system still full of glitches and affecting families
The union that represents federal correctional officers says ongoing issues with the Phoenix payroll system are affecting members' ability to pay bills and mortgages.The Phoenix pay system was launched in 2016 and its purpose was to consolidate dozens of separate and antiquated pay systems. The goal was to save the gov...
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Bells Point
RCMP warn public to avoid Bell's Point, shots fired
People are being asked for avoid going near Bell's Point, Jack Bell Place as officers have surrounded a home and the SWAT team is on scene. RCMP say that there will be an increased police presence in the area while officers investigate. Officers are ordering a person to come out of the home and a gunshot has been heard...
9h ago
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Death investigations
Foul play not suspected following man's death outside Prince Albert business
A man who was initially found in medical distress was pronounced deceased when paramedics arrived.That's according to the Prince Albert Police Service in relation to an incident that happened in the city on Saturday morning.Shortly after 8:45 a.m., officers received a report of a person down in the 200 Block of 38th St...
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Homicide
Woman charged in Patuanak homicide
A 22-year-old woman has been charged with one count of second-degree murder in a suspicious death in Patuanak last Friday. Meadow Lake RCMP say they have charged Brittany Bear with the killing of Brandon Dawatsare, age 26. Bear was arrested on March 16 and appeared in Meadow Lake Provincial Court this morning. Police g...
11h ago
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Saskatchewan

TAKING A STAND
P.A. High School basketball team to hold silent protest to save HOOPLA
Members of a Prince Albert High School Basketball team are taking matters into their own hands to hopefully save the 2024 HOOPLA Tournament.The Carlton Boys Senior Boys basketball team qualified for the 5A Provincial Championships happening this weekend. However, that tournament is in jeopardy due to new sanctions anno...
7h ago
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HOOPLA
Fate of HOOPLA now up to teachers and the province says SHSAA
The fate of the province's largest high school basketball tournament is still up in the air after more teacher sanctions were announced this week. On Monday, the Saskatchewan Teachers Federation (STF) announced a one-day, province-wide strike for Wednesday, followed by the cancellation of extracurricular activities on ...
12h ago
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Sex offender at centre of Sask. Amber Alert sentenced to 52 months by U.S. judge
A convicted sex offender who was at the centre of an Amber Alert in Saskatchewan in 2022 has been sentenced in the United States.Benjamin Martin Moore illegally entered the U.S. in August of 2022 along with his common-law partner and her two children by cutting through a fence.After the two children - then aged seven a...
13h ago
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Ongoing job action
One-day strike coming Wednesday, withdrawal of extracurricular activities later this week for Sask. Teachers
Saskatchewan teachers will have a one-day strike and withdraw from extracurricular activities for two days this week. The Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation (STF) gave the 48-hour notice Monday morning that there will be a one-day province-wide strike on Wednesday, March 20 and a two-day withdrawal from extracurricular ...
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MORE JOB ACTION
Lunch-hour supervision withdrawn in several divisions over next two days
The latest round of teacher sanctions takes place Monday and Tuesday as lunch-hour supervision is being cancelled.On Monday, three school divisions are affected including the North East School Division, which means many schools will likely end 40-50 minutes earlier.On Tuesday, a handful of other divisions will be impac...
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CAMRYN DREVER AMONG HUSKIE GRADUATING PLAYERS
T-Birds defeat Huskies in consolation final
The Huskie women's hockey team's season came to an end on Sunday morning. The UBC Thunderbirds downed the U of S 4-1 in the consolation final of the 2024 GFL U SPORTS women's hockey championships, presented by Connect Energy at Merlis Belsher Place.Saskatchewan's graduating captain, Kennedy Brown, tied the game at one ...
19h ago
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Canada

Quebec anti-corruption police arrest retired judge, say he inflated hours worked
MONTREAL - Quebec anti-corruption police say they have arrested a retired municipal court judge for fraud. Police say Jean Herbert, who sat on the municipal court in Longueuil, Que., south of Montreal, created fake records to inflate the time he claimed to have spent hearing cases. He is alleged to have billed the City...
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'This tragedy has shaken me': Ottawa father of slain family thanks public for support
OTTAWA - The surviving father of an attack that Ottawa's mayor has called one of the city's worst cases of mass violence is thanking the public for its support. Dhanushka Wickramasinghe released his first public statement though police after hundreds gathered at a convention centre Sunday to mourn his family. Police ...
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COVID was a good chance to study what the animals did while humans were locked down
VANCOUVER - The COVID-19 lockdown for humans was not an opportunity for wildlife to run free, in fact a new study found herbivores tend to be more active around people, while carnivores remained hidden. The study, published Monday in Nature Ecology and Evolution and led by researchers at the University of B.C., is one...
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A closer look at the legacy of former prime minister Brian Mulroney
OTTAWA - Former prime minister Brian Mulroney died on Feb. 29, in Palm Beach, Fla., at the age of 84. He was first elected in 1984 following the largest majority mandate in Canada's history, and was re-elected in 1988. On Monday, members of Parliament and federal party leaders offered their tributes to the late leader...
11h ago
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More families will be allowed to apply to come to Canada from Gaza: Miller
OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Marc Miller says Canada will allow more people trapped in Gaza who have extended family members in Canada to apply for temporary refuge - but he admits the move is "cold comfort." The government launched a family reunification program in January that offers temporary refuge to pa...
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B.C. officials to give drought update as province adopts new wildfire prediction tool
VANCOUVER - British Columbia is introducing technology to improve wildfire prediction and decision-making even as the association representing Canadian insurance companies warns residents about the potential for another destructive fire season. The Insurance Bureau of Canada issued a statement encouraging residents to...
12h ago
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World News

Pro-Trump Michigan attorney arrested after hearing in DC over leaking Dominion documents
An attorney facing criminal charges for illegally accessing Michigan voting machines after the 2020 election was arrested Monday after a hearing in a separate case in federal court in Washington, D.C. Stefanie Lambert was arrested by U.S. Marshals after a hearing over possible sanctions against her for disseminating co...
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Supreme Court chief justice denies ex-Trump aide Peter Navarro's bid to stave off prison sentence
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Monday refused to halt a prison sentence for former Trump White House official Peter Navarro as he appeals his contempt of Congress conviction. Navarro is expected to report Tuesday to a federal prison for a four-month sentence, after being found guilty of misdemeanor charges for ...
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Supreme Court extends block on Texas law that would allow police to arrest migrants
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Monday extended its block on a Texas law that would give police broad powers to arrest migrants suspected of illegally entering the U.S. while the legal battle it sparked over immigration authority plays out. Opponents have called the law, known as Senate Bill 4, the most dramatic...
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Ohio mom who left toddler alone 10 days when she went on vacation pleads guilty to aggravated murder
CLEVELAND (AP) - An Ohio mother whose 16-month-old daughter died after being left home alone in a playpen for 10 days last summer while she went on vacation was sentenced Monday to life in prison with no chance of parole. Kristel Candelario, 32, had pleaded guilty last month to aggravated murder and child endangerment ...
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Biden and Netanyahu hold first call in more than a month as tension grows over food crisis, war
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke on Monday, their first interaction in more than a month as the divide has grown between allies over food crisis in Gaza, conduct of war, according to the White House. The call comes after Republicans in Washington and Israeli offi...
14h ago
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Supreme Court rejects appeal by former New Mexico county commissioner banned for Jan. 6 insurrection
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from a former New Mexico county commissioner who was kicked out of office over his participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Former Otero County commissioner Couy Griffin, a cowboy pastor who rode to national political fame by e...
17h ago
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