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Update: La Ronge civil alert over, RCMP seek 'dangerous' suspect

Update: La Ronge civil alert over, RCMP seek 'dangerous' suspect

Multiple individuals have been taken into custody and no injuries have been reported.
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Column: Age is only a number

Column: Age is only a number

Prairie Wool: I choose 38 and I'm sticking to it.
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Column: Anger is toxic! Don’t spew, stuff or leak it!

Column: Anger is toxic! Don’t spew, stuff or leak it!

Neighbourly Advice According to Ed: Getting angry happens to everyone, but it can cause disastrous results.
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Trial delayed again for suspect in infant kidnapping

Trial delayed again for suspect in infant kidnapping

Tori Sutherland is accused of abducting a four-month-old baby boy on One Arrow First Nation in November 2020
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Coming together: 'Every day is National Indigenous Peoples Day’

Coming together: 'Every day is National Indigenous Peoples Day’

Today's youth, Indigenous and non-Indigenous, can foster understanding and unity by joining together to celebrate and learn about Indigenous culture.
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Update: P.A. Police say suspicious death a homicide

Update: P.A. Police say suspicious death a homicide

Police found a 41-year-old deceased man in the 200 block of 10 Street East in Prince Albert Thursday.
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Tiki Laverdiere's accused killer has court appearance

Tiki Laverdiere's accused killer has court appearance

A publication ban prohibits publication of details from the preliminary hearings, trials and sentencing hearings of the 10 accused until all of those charged have gone through the court system.
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Pelican Lake man pleading not guilty in death of B.C. man

Pelican Lake man pleading not guilty in death of B.C. man

Walter Abbott is accused of killing a B.C. man on Pelican Lake First Nation in September 2021
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18 year old's disappearance now being considered suspicious

18 year old's disappearance now being considered suspicious

Seth Deschambeault was last seen on May 29 in Prince Albert. There has been no activity on his social media accounts.
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Rain washes out first two nights of CPCA at Poundmaker

Rain washes out first two nights of CPCA at Poundmaker

Despite a wet start, event is expected to get back to racing on Friday.
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