World Cup lead organizer deems event a huge success The 18th WBSC Men's Softball World Cup in Prince Albert has come and gone, with Venezuela leaving as the new W...

Prince Albert has a population of about 40,000. It still managed to host a successful WBSC Men’s Softball World Cup, which wrapped on Sunday.

Venezuela beat New Zealand for the championship title, the first time it has ever done so.

#sports #softball #princealbertSK

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20-unit transitional housing a start to PA housing crisis: YWCA Another 20 housing units are just about ready to start construction, with equipment and workers already on sit...

The City of Prince Albert needs 1,400 housing units in the next 10 years. The local YWCA, which operates several shelters, is taking the next step with a 20-unit transitional project. Federal and provincial money is helping.
#canpoli #skpoli #princealbertSK

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Family says injured landlord is recovering, but paralyzed and can’t speak Despite his life-altering injuries, Jim Primeau's will to recover remains strong according to his sister, Pegg...

A Prince Albert landlord is paralyzed after being shot in the throat shortly after evicting a tenant who had never paid rent.
His sister would like to see some changes to Sask. tenancy laws.
#skpoli #housing #princealbertSK

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On pointe: from hoop dancing to ballet, one teen girl does it all From her roots in a small community in Saskatchewan to living in Manitoba, one 17-year-old girl has danced her...

It's always exciting to see youth going places. And this Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation member is definitely going places.

#princealbertSK #Indigenous

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Almost 500 homes, cabins lost as wild spring cools down in Saskatchewan This year's wildfire season in Saskatchewan has resulted in the loss of 277 primary residences and 218 of thos...

In one community, 218 homes were lost to the Wolf Fire. Overall, almost 500 homes, cabins, RVs in one hot spring.
NDP asking why 4 airtankers were grounded at the same time.

#wildfire #skpoli #princealbertSK
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St. Louis teacher, mother and Michif language-keeper stamps legacy at Canada Post From a teacher to mother of 13 to Michif language-keeper, one woman who spent her life in St. Louis has left h...

Sophie MacDougall was a Métis teacher, mother & Michif language keeper. She is also on a new Canada Post stamp.
#princealbertSK
#indigenous
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Council to discuss option of City Yards as location for permanent shelter After much time and public discussion, Prince Albert city council will look at a recommendation by staff to pu...

Along with what may be a decision on where a permanent shelter will go, city council has four taxpayers on the agenda who are not happy with their bills this year. It should be an interesting council meeting.
#princealbertSK #localpoli

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Deputy Chief calls on family, community to improve reporting in wake of teen with gun Family and community have an opportunity to do more to help prevent incidents like a 14-year-old boy running f...

PA Police are noticing a trend of people refusing to stop for officers, endangering others & themselves.

On Friday, it was a teen with a sawed off shotgun who fled on foot and had both a police dog and a CEW deployed when he tried to pull the gun.
#princealbertSK #crime

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Prince Albert charter bus driver accused of being impaired while 52 youth on board A 70-year-old man with roughly ten years experience driving for Prince Albert Northern Bus Lines, is facing ch...

A terrible decision on the part of this driver. Fortunately, the business owner had much better decision making skills.
#princealbertSK
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The mother ship has arrived and is now on BlueSky. We cover news in Prince Albert, SK, the 3rd largest city in Sask. with some unique stories to tell. Likely that's because it is a demographically unique city.

I invite everyone to follow bsky.app/profile/pano...

#PrinceAlbertSK #localnews

Maverick politics and technological pursuits: The Prince Albert connection to Elon Musk When the roads to Prince Albert were made of gravel and dirt, a recreational pilot parachuted into the communi...

In 1945 Elon Musks grandpa ran as a SoCred MP in Prince Albert.

He was also a technocrat.

He lost badly.

#canpoli #princealbertSK

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I took this photo this am in Prince Albert's downtown and wondered about the people saying the permanent homeless shelter should go across the bridge and into the bush. #princealbertSK #housing

Report shows Prince Albert needs over 1,000 housing units in the next 10 years The City of Prince Albert council was presented Monday night with a detailed look at what is needed to satisfy...

That's a lot of building and I've been told from local builders that they already can't find subcontractors. At the same time, the cost of rent keeps going up and so does the purchase price of homes.
#housing #construction #princealbertSK
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Ministry of Health issues overdose alert after two drug deaths in P.A. The Saskatchewan Coroners Service has reported two suspected drug toxicity deaths in Prince Albert in a 24-hou...

Two people have died in Prince Albert in the last two days. I have little doubt that this is overflow from Saskatoon's issues.
#fentanyl #princealbertSK
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NDP questions impact in delay of daycare deal The provincial NDP is questioning how long it will take the province to sign an updated affordable daycare dea...

NDP child care shadow minister Joan Pratchler wonders why the province is taking so long to renew a funding deal with the feds. So are daycares in Prince Albert.
#skpoli #princealbertSK

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Construction to start this spring on P.A. Ronald McDonald House The planned construction of Prince Albert's Ronald McDonald House (RMH) hits close to home for a local couple....

Yesterday, the province announced construction of a 12 room Ronald McDonald House will start this spring in Prince Albert.

#princealbertSK
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Saskatchewan has cards to play: Moe on tariffs and Trump In one of his first public appearances since the start of the on and off tariff war between Canada and the Uni...

Premier Scott Moe was in Prince Albert today so I asked him about tariffs.

He says Saskatchewan has a lot of cards but believes at some point, relations will go back to normal.
#skpoli #princealbertSK

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Recent P.A. bust part of growing trend of large drug seizures connected to other provinces A recent seizure of a large amount of cannabis, cocaine and fentanyl near Prince Albert is evidence of the cha...

The times are changing and so is crime. Prince Albert has a reputation as a high crime, high substance-abuse community but it does not happen in a silo. Police are working to address that.
#policing #princealbertSK #crime
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Shelter decision delayed again Another delay has been added by council for the City of Prince Albert in their quest to find a location for a ...

For two new city councillors, it's too fast but for the YWCA, which has been waiting 4 years, it's been a long time and no decision has been made yet on where to put a permanent shelter in Prince Albert. Last night, it was delayed again.
#skpoli #princealbertSK #housing
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Shelter survey results on Monday council agenda Following four public meetings and an online survey to nail down the best location for a permanent homeless sh...

Happening this afternoon, meeting starts at 4. It will be interesting to see if there is still a significant public presence although there will likely be at least one more public meeting before any re-zoning or permits happen.
#princealbertSK #housing
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Homeless population in Prince Albert doubles as city works on services A count of the homeless population in Prince Albert shows a near-doubling of unhoused people between 2022 and ...

The homeless population in Prince Albert has doubled in two years. The most count was done last fall.
#housing #princealbertSK
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Second house burns on 15 St. W UPDATE: Prince Albert Police confirmed on Thursday morning that they are investigating both house fires and ca...

Another house fire, this time one block east of a house fire I took photos at six days ago.
Prince Albert Police confirm they are investigating both fires but have no other details to share at this time.
#fire #princealbertSK
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Grade 10 Carlton student collects shoes for homeless in Prince Albert A personal connection and a strong sense of caring led one Grade 10 student at Carlton High School to do a sho...

There are always great kids doing great things. Emmy Sayazie is in Gr. 10 and the granddaughter of the Chief of the Black Lake FN. She collected dozens of shoes to help Prince Albert's unhoused because her grandfather used to be among them.
#princealbertSK #housing
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PAGC leaders hunt and donate moose meat to foodbank Knowing the issues their people are facing with rising prices and food insecurity, six of the leaders of the P...

The Prince Albert Grand Council knows leadership.
When they went hunting to supply moose meat to the city's food bank, they took it to the next level.
They went out in -40C weather, knowing it was the best time to find moose.
#Indigenous #foodsecurity #princealbertSK
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An absolutely heartbreaking story.
#princealbertSK

City hopes province will consider P.A. next for complex needs facility A less-discussed portion of the City of Prince Albert's push to manage homelessness is its request to the prov...

For the City of Prince Albert, this is one of multiple puzzle pieces in the housing spectrum.
I'll be interested to see what kind of results Saskatoon & Regina have with their facilities.
#housing #princealbertSK
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How becoming homeless helped one man kick his addiction and plan to buy his first home Jonas Beebe has worked at the Stepping Stones shelter in Prince Albert for some time now, helping clients make...

Jonas Beebe knows the value of emergency shelters. First he lived in one while getting clean, now he works there.
#princealbertSK #housing #skpoli
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Shelter meeting hopes to gain public insight on best location Organizers were surprised to find well over 150 people at the first of four meetings on the plan to build a pe...

The YWCA wants a shelter with 80 beds because right now, they sometimes turn away 30 people a night from a temp. shelter with 45 beds.
Cops, city, fire, bylaw all on board but they are hoping residents will too and wanted some guidance on exactly where.
#princealbertSK
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I'm at the 1st of four meetings in Prince Albert as the city gathers public input - and educates - on a permanent emergency shelter.

At least 150 people are here, surprising even the organizers.
#princealbertSK
#housing

RCMP arrest three with slingshot, coke and meth outside of the Sask. Pen. Three people are in custody after RCMP found cocaine, meth and a slingshot in a suspicious vehicle outside of ...

Prince Albert has several jails; one for women, a prov. jail for men and the fed. correctional facility - the Sask. Pen.

Several weeks ago, we wrote about someone towing drugs over the Pen.'s fence with a drone.

Today, its a homemade slingshot. #crime #princealbertSK

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