Events

Argentina, New Zealand advance to 2025 Men's Softball World Cup

Argentina and New Zealand will be coming back to Prince Albert next year for the 2025 Men's Softball World Cup.On Sunday, the two nations punched their ticket to the World Finals after winning in the ...

Jul 15, 2024

Trump says he is fine after being whisked off stage following apparent gunfire at rally

BUTLER, Pa. (AP) - Donald Trump's campaign said in a statement that he was "fine" after being whisked off the stage at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania after apparent gunshots rang through the crowd."P...

Jul 13, 2024

Team Hong Kong elated to go seven innings against Canada

The softball team from Hong Kong, China lost their first game at the WBSC Men's Softball World Cup qualifier tournament in Prince Albert...but you wouldn't have known it by looking at the smiles on th...

Jul 11, 2024

Morin family walk with supporters and loved ones in continued efforts to find Ashley

Amid the drumming and singing that was leading family and friends on their walk in the July heat, a growing voice rose above the rhythmic beat from within the crowd. A chant repeated a simple prayer: ...

Jul 11, 2024

Three former world softball champions among the teams battling in Prince Albert

Six teams from around the globe will battle in Prince Albert this week, hoping to punch their tickets to the WBSC Men's Softball World Cup. The 18th annual tournament opened this summer with group sta...

Jul 09, 2024

More than 60 per cent of funds already raised to host Tony Cote Summer Games

With the Tony Cote Summer Games only one month away, the Lac La Ronge Indian has already managed to raise more than half of the amount needed to host them. In total, approximately $750,000 has been ra...

Jul 09, 2024

'We built the diamonds and the world came to us': Lasting impact of upgrades to Prime Ministers Park

When a group of softball enthusiasts embarked on a campaign a decade ago to bring top-tier fastpitch to Prince Albert, they never anticipated it would land the city on the world stage multiple times. ...

Jul 08, 2024

Living history: grand opening of overnight experience at Doukhobor Dugout House offers visitors insight into ancestor's lives

Against the backdrop of the serenity that only a summer's bucolic environment can offer, the great-great-grandson of a man killed in a train explosion 100 years ago took to the podium to speak of peac...

Jul 07, 2024

Fourth and final year of walk by survivors of Duck Lake residential school underway

There are only about 75 kilometres between Duck Lake and Wahpeton Dakota First Nation, but it's a much longer journey for Scott Bird on the path of reconciliation. "My whole family was part of the [In...

Jul 07, 2024

Historic Moment: FDFN and Meadow Lake to co-host 2026 Saskatchewan Winter Games

An historic announcement was made in Flying Dust First Nation earlier Thursday. For the first time, a First Nation and a city will be joining forces to host the 2026 Saskatchewan Winter Games. "I thin...

Jul 05, 2024