Crime & Courts

Human trafficking awareness event coming to Melfort

Putting a spotlight on human trafficking. The Marguerite Riel Centre is hosting Break the Chains, a human trafficking awareness event Jan. 30, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Kerry Vickar Centre in Melf...

Jan 13, 2025

Lloyd man charged with fraud after $300K was embezzled from minor hockey association

A 42-year-old Lloydminster man has been charged with multiple counts after police received reports that over $300,000 was embezzled from the Lloydminster Minor Hockey Association over the course of fi...

Jan 13, 2025

PA Police taunted by driver of fleeing vehicle, arrest him following collision

A 22-year-old man is behind bars awaiting a bail hearing after officers with Prince Albert's Proactive Police Unit attempted to pull over a driver who taunted them and did not comply twice. Kristopher...

Jan 13, 2025

Gun, ammo and knives found during traffic stop in Prince Albert

A weekend traffic stop in Prince Albert resulted in the seizure of a number of weapons, as well as the arrest of a woman wanted on an outstanding warrant. Late Saturday night, at approximately 11:30 p...

Jan 13, 2025

Man attempts to ram police with tractor

A man from Manitoba is alleged to have tried to ram a police vehicle, while driving a tractor.Randell "Matthew" MacGregor, 44, was arrested on Jan. 8.According to RCMP, in relation to an ongoing inves...

Jan 13, 2025

Sask. Marshals interviewing Mounties for positions before launching

Saskatchewan's new provincial police force has begun interviewing Mounties as it prepares to launch this year, a move critics say highlights concerns of job poaching.Chief Marshal Robert Cameron of th...

Jan 13, 2025

Woman who reported family murdered, receives 90 day sentence for mischief

While serving a sentence at Pine Grove Correctional Institution, a woman placed over 30 calls to police, claiming her family members had either been kidnapped, killed or stabbed.Those were the facts h...

Jan 11, 2025

Teenage boy charged with killing dog in northern Sask. community

Saskatchewan RCMP are confirming a teenage boy from a remote northern Saskatchewan community, has been charged with causing death to an animal.It has to do with an incident that occurred earlier this ...

Jan 10, 2025

Additional arrest made in connection to car jacking near Little Red River Park

A third person has been arrested and charged following a pair of carjackings that occurred last October outside Prince Albert.Bruno Bear was not present when his case was discussed Friday morning at p...

Jan 10, 2025

P.A. council passes $1.2 million increase to police budget

Prince Albert Police Chief Patrick Nogier welcomed city council's approval of his request for an increase of 6.6 per cent to the police budget for 2025, saying it will help the department modernize. T...

Jan 10, 2025