Prince Albert

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Rangers and up-and-coming defenseman Braden Schneider have agreed on a two-year, $4.4 million contract extension. General manager Chris Drury announced the deal with the 22-year-old Schneider on Saturday, leaving fellow defenseman Ryan Lindgren as the only unsigned starter on defense. Lindgren has filed for arbitration. The announcement came […]

REGINA – Regina police say 16 individuals face charges of obtaining sexual services after a two-day project targeting individuals who attempted to purchase sexual services. On Wednesday, June 19 and Thursday, June 20, the Regina Police Service Vice Unit, Regina Police Service Trafficking Response Team, along with the Prince Albert Police Service Trafficking Response Team arrested 16 […]

A judge has sentenced a former Saskatchewan Mountie who shot and killed his lover in a park to 11 years in prison. Bernie Herman was convicted in January of manslaughter in the death of Braden Herman. The two men aren’t related. The naked body of 26-year-old Braden Herman was found in 2021 in the park on the outskirts of Prince […]

LA RONGE — “Hit! Hit! We need help!” yelled police as they radioed for back-up in La Ronge after being shot at, while simultaneously yelling to suspects “Get out of the car!” court heard. Justice Dorinda Stahl, in her May 27 written decision, sentenced Terrence Arnold Daigneault in Prince Albert Court of King’s Bench to 4,108 […]

Three people fled from police and took officers on a pursuit that resulted in their vehicle being slowed down with a tire deflation device, only for the suspects to continue driving on its rims until it stopped in a grassy field and the suspects fleeing on foot down a heavily-brushed hill toward a slough. Officers […]

Rebecca Strong is now $1 million richer after being crowned the winner of Citytv’s “Canada’s Got Talent” Season 3. The Indigenous singer from Prince Albert, Sask., claimed the reality competition’s first million-dollar prize in a two-hour finale featuring eight finalists. Viewers across Canada voted to determine the winner of what Citytv’s parent company, Rogers, billed as the […]

Health care recruitment was back in the spotlight at the Saskatchewan Legislature Thursday as a delegation from Duck Lake raised concerns about their struggles attracting doctors.  The delegation of community leaders, which included Duck Lake Goodwill Manor Chair Ray Gauthier and Beardy’s & Okemasis’ Cree Nation Chief Edwin Ananas, stood alongside NDP leader Carla Beck […]

 Two people were arrested after the Prince Albert Police Service Crime Reduction Team (CRT) and Saskatchewan Trafficking Response Team (STRT) wrapped up a drug trafficking and firearm investigation last week in Prince Albert. On March 29, police executed search warrants in the 2000 block of 15th Avenue East and the R.M. of Buckland and seized […]

The Saskatchewan RCMP arrested and charged a 56-year-old after they seized more than 10,000 rounds of ammunition and over 60 firearms. On March 6, Saskatchewan RCMP’s Prince Albert Crime Reduction Team and Saskatchewan RCMP’s Emergency Response Team executed a search warrant at a residence in Viellardville.  Officers located and seized items, including: As a result, […]

A judge has sentenced a Saskatchewan father to 16 years for manslaughter in the beating death of his toddler. Kaij Brass of Prince Albert, Sask., was given about three year’s credit for the time he has spent in pretrial custody. An agreed statement of facts says the man repeatedly hit 13-month-old Tanner Brass in 2022. Police officers […]