Tag Archives: Crime & Courts
NEOSS hosting Domestic Violence Awareness Walk in Melfort
November is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and a local organization is hoping to shed the spotlight on the issue next week. North East Outreach and Support Services (NEOSS) is hosting the inaugura...
Oct 30, 2025
Big River FN man guilty of series of assaults with sawed-off shotgun
A Provincial Court judge in Prince Albert has found a man from Big River First Nation guilty of multiple crimes, including shooting another man in the leg with a sawed-off shotgun. Tristen Whitefish's...
Oct 30, 2025
Arrests made in 2023 Meadow Lake shooting death
Saskatchewan RCMP have charged two men in connection with a fatal shooting in Meadow Lake in 2023.Officers were called to a business in the community around 5:40 a.m. on July 18, 2023, after reports o...
Oct 29, 2025
RCMP use dog service, tire deflation to nab suspect near Leask
Officers from the Ahtahkakoop RCMP detachment relied on a tire deflation device and a service dog to catch a man suspected of assault, theft and robbery. A stolen camper was spotted on Mistawasis Nhiy...
Oct 29, 2025
'My whole life was drugs': alleged trafficker testifies at trial
A man facing multiple charges related to drug trafficking, did not hesitate when he admitted to selling both cocaine and meth, but also maintained the fentanyl that was seized by police was only for p...
Oct 29, 2025
Two men face 40 charges after cocaine, weapons seized in North Battleford raids
A pair of North Battleford men are facing dozens of charges after a series of early-morning police raids turned up firearms, cocaine, and a crossbow.Officers with Saskatchewan RCMP's North Battleford ...
Oct 29, 2025
Inmate dies at Sask. Pen.
A 36-year-old inmate at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary near Prince Albert has died, according to Corrections Canada. Craig Papequash was serving a sentence of more than 10 years. He had been in custody...
Oct 28, 2025
Cocaine, meth and prohibited gun found during traffic stop in Prince Albert
A man and a woman from Prince Albert are facing a number of serious charges after a traffic stop in the city resulted in the seizure of drugs, cash and a gun.On October 24, at approximately 8 p.m., RC...
Oct 28, 2025
Police dog helps arrest 18-year-old armed suspect after robbery attempt in North Battleford
An 18-year-old man has been charged after an attempted robbery involving a machete in North Battleford.Police responded around 10:45 p.m. on Oct. 24 after several reports of a male threatening people ...
Oct 28, 2025
Search to take place on James Smith Cree Nation for missing Natanis Merasty
Since May, the search for a missing woman originally from La Ronge has spanned three provinces - from Saskatchewan to British Columbia. Now, family and friends are taking matters into their own hands ...
Oct 28, 2025