Crime & Courts

Province invests $17.1 million to increase community safety

Saskatchewan announced a $17.1 million investment in a multi-ministry approach to create safe neighbourhoods with police force expansion, new officer training, and additional enforcement tools focused...

Sep 05, 2024

Drug investigation leads to arrest in Melfort

A Melfort man faces several charges after a drug investigation in the city. Saskatchewan RCMP's Prince Albert Crime Reduction Team and Melfort RCMP executed a search warrant at a home on Burns Ave. in...

Sep 05, 2024

Prince Albert Police Service confirm city's fifth homicide of 2024

The death on Sunday in Prince Albert of a 22-year-old man is being treated as a homicide.That's according to information released on Thursday by the Prince Albert Police Service.Darren Laviolette Jr. ...

Sep 04, 2024

North Battleford, Prince Albert and Melfort among communities to get law student interns

Five Legal Aid and public prosecution offices in Saskatchewan will get some help while also helping five law students learn the trade for one semester. The province paid $100,000 for the program that ...

Sep 04, 2024

Ride share from P.A. to Saskatoon ends in stabbing

A 24-year-old woman is recovering from stab wounds following a ride share from Prince Albert to Saskatoon. Saskatoon Police said they were called about 6 a.m. on Saturday, August 31 to the area of Mea...

Sep 04, 2024

Four charged after weapons complaint at Flying Dust First Nation

Four people have been charged with multiple fire arms-related offenses after a man was seen making threats on Flying Dust First Nation Tuesday afternoon. Meadow Lake RCMP, with the help of Loon Lake R...

Sep 03, 2024

Little Pines man arrested and charged with aggravated assault

A man from Little Pine First Nation was arrested by Cut Knife police on multiple weapons charges and a charge of aggravated assault and will appear in North Battleford Provincial Court on Wednesday. I...

Sep 03, 2024

Shooting victim credits video game for ability to identify gun

Editor's note: the following story contains details of violence that some readers may find offensiveAfter suffering a broken jaw from a well landed punch, a man narrowly avoided getting shot in the he...

Sep 03, 2024

Inmate escapes P.A. healing lodge

UPDATE: Dalton Checkosis has been arrested by Prince Albert RCMP a day after he escaped from the PAGC's healing lodge. Corrections Canada is looking for any information on the whereabouts of Dalton Ch...

Sep 03, 2024

Charges laid in Air Ronge homicide

The three women arrested in connection to Friday's early morning homicide have now been charged. The women, all from La Ronge, were arrested at a home on Friday after La Ronge RCMP received a report o...

Aug 31, 2024