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From Prince Albert Historical society

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 Here is what Central Avenue looked like about 1900 at the steps where the courthouse currently sits. At the time it was named Church Street.

First medal of the games.

 The youth Olympic Games are on and Canada has its first medal and it's a silver in judo. Anes Mati in men's 66kg class. Excellent. More to come.

I'm not Lion about this.

 The BC Lions are heading to Edmonton after beating Saskatchewan 33-26 in the west semi final. The west final in Edmonton is Saturday.

Happy Halloween

  Have a great and safe Halloween. Lots of ghouls and goblins will be out in full force, so keep your eyes open.

East semi

 The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are going to Montreal for the east final after beating the Toronto Argos 25-22. They play the Alouettes in the east final next Saturday.

Brewers world series Champions

 With a 4-1 win last night, the Milwaukee Brewers are world series Champions.  Their first championship and the city's first since 1957 when the Milwaukee Braves won. So that's another season out the door.

CFL postseason set

 Regular season is done. The playoff match ups have: BC at Saskatchewan with Edmonton getting the bye to the west final. In the east, Winnipeg (in the crossover spot) heads to Hamilton to play the east semi with Montreal getting bye to east final. Semi final games are on Saturday. The road to the Grey Cup is on.

Goodbye Cleveland

 The Tampa Bay Rays are in the world series after beating Cleveland 7-3 in game 6 and the series 4-2. It will be the 8th time there will be a first time winner. Last time was 1980 when the Phillies beat the Royals.