Tag Archives: Crime & Courts

Prince Albert family participates in research project on racialized policing
Investigating experiences of "over-protection" or "unde-protection" by police, a team of researchers from the University of Saskatchewan have spent the past two days working with a family in Prince Al...
Jul 20, 2024

Gun-control group fears Liberals have 'abandoned' efforts on assault-style firearms
OTTAWA - A prominent gun-control group fears the Liberal government has abandoned its commitment to enact a comprehensive ban on assault-style firearms, citing "no tangible progress" on key steps to f...
Jul 20, 2024

Kinistin man wanted in connection with Saskatoon homicide
Saskatoon Police are looking for Kendell Ameech, a 28-year-old man from the Kinistin First Nation in connection with the murder of Melissa Duquette earlier this year. Duquette, age 24, was found decea...
Jul 19, 2024
PAPS overnight phone issue fixed
Prince Albert Police are asking anyone who tried to call their non-emergency line overnight to reach out once again. The service said it had a temporary outage that has seen been resolved and did not ...
Jul 19, 2024

Female inmate re-integration target of new funding to Elizabeth Fry Society
Women in custody in places like Pine Grove Prison in Prince Albert and the women's unit at the Saskatchewan Hospital in North Battleford will have extra help when leaving the prison system. The provin...
Jul 18, 2024

Police investigate drive-by shooting at East Flat duplexes
An exchange of gunfire between a vehicle and a home in the East Flat of Prince Albert has residents on edge.Police were called to the 300 block of 9th Ave. East for a weapons complaint around 10:20 p....
Jul 18, 2024
Shooting incident in Nipawin proceeding to trial
A woman accused of attempted murder, will instead stand trial on a lesser offence of aggravated assault.That was the outcome Tuesday of Denisha Bear's preliminary inquiry hearing at Nipawin Provincial...
Jul 17, 2024
Victim in hospital following armed robbery in West Flat
A 34-year-old man is in custody after a serious assault and robbery on 13th St. and 1st Ave. W yesterday morning. Prince Albert Police said just before 9:00 a.m., they were called to an assault in pro...
Jul 16, 2024

PAPS succesfully contain man with knife in 'high-risk' situation on 15th Avenue
Officers with the Prince Albert Police Service (PAPS) managed to contain a man wielding a large knife and acting erratically early Monday on one of city's busiest streets. PAPS officers were called to...
Jul 16, 2024

Prince Albert hit-and-run case now in hands of judge
**Editor's note: The following story contains graphic descriptions that may be sensitive to some readers.A woman who struck and killed her cousin, while behind the wheel of her mother's vehicle, told ...
Jul 16, 2024