Jason N. D. Kerr

6 days ago | paherald.sk.ca | Jason N. D. Kerr

Property owner Bev Gollan has been down this road before. Nine years ago, Gollan lost her house to a fire. On Thursday, her house was still standing, but everything else in her yard had burned as wildfires continue to sweep through rural areas north of Prince Albert. “I’m good now, but the first day you’re numb,” Gollan said in an interview on Friday. “I went down this road nine years ago and I lost just my house to a fire, so it was like déjà vu all over.

6 days ago | paherald.sk.ca | Jason N. D. Kerr

Jason KerrDaily HeraldSunlight, they say, is the best disinfectant. While there’s not much evidence for the literal truth of that statement (the man responsible for the quote was an legal expert and not a medical doctor) the metaphorical truth remains rock solid. The quote comes from a column written by American judge Louis Brandeis that appeared in the Dec. 20, 1913 issue of Harper’s Weekly. It was later included in a book Brandeis published called ‘Other People’s Money and How the Bankers Use It’.

1 week ago | paherald.sk.ca | Jason N. D. Kerr

It was déjà vu for Gary Zelensky this week. Zelensky lives northeast of Prince Albert in the RM of Garden River, and was one of the first residents impacted by the wildfires that began on Sunday. It’s not the first time Zelensky and his family went through this. They experienced almost the exact same thing four years ago when the Cloverdale Fire jumped Hwy 55 and forced the evacuation of at least 35 homes. “We went through this four years ago. Same fire.

1 week ago | paherald.sk.ca | Jason N. D. Kerr

The Boreal Healthcare Foundation received a big boost in their efforts to support nursing education on Monday. The Prince Albert-based foundation received a $10,000 gift from the RBC Foundation as part of RBC’s Canada-wide campaign to support up-skilling and resiliency training for nurses. Boreal Healthcare Foundation CEO Cody Barnett welcomed the news. “Investing in healthcare education is an investment in the future of patient care in Northern Saskatchewan,” Barnett said in a press release.

1 week ago | paherald.sk.ca | Jason N. D. Kerr

The Saskatchewan Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT) is investigating the death of a 44-year-old man while in RCMP custody in Melfort. The death occurred on Tuesday, May 6, according to a Saskatchewan RCMP press release. Officers arrested the man on charges of disturbing the peace. He was found unresponsive at around 5:10 p.m. and transported to hospital where he was pronounced dead. The SIRT must be notified of an in-custody death under The Police Act, 1990.