Crime & Courts

Manitoba RCMP follow homicide lead to Prince Albert

Homicide investigators from Manitoba are in Prince Albert looking for witnesses in a double homicide in Northland Denesuline First Nation in the northwest of Manitoba in 2021. RCMP did not specify wha...

Mar 26, 2024

P.A. Police not joining RCMP with universal driver alcohol screening

Prince Albert police say they will not be following in the footsteps of Saskatchewan RCMP that all drivers pulled over will be required to do a breathalyzer. Chief Patrick Nogier told paNOW that, at t...

Mar 26, 2024

Melfort man sentenced to less than 2 years in drug trafficking case

A Melfort man facing several drug and weapon charges has learned his fate.David Barks, 40, pleaded guilty to a variety of charges stemming from several arrests since the fall of 2022.Barks and two oth...

Mar 26, 2024

RCMP investigate armed robbery at Rosthern bar

Update on Tuesday at 530pm: Suspect vehicle was located by the Saskatoon Police Service early this morning and three suspects were arrested.------As many as four suspects, dressed all in black, are al...

Mar 26, 2024

Four people found dead in rural property near Neudorf

UPDATE: On Tuesday afternoon RCMP confirmed that the four people found deceased were from the same family: two parents and two of their adult children.No further details have been released and RCMP sa...

Mar 25, 2024

James Smith Chief candidate focused on community safety and creating better life for youth

A man who aspires to lead the community of James Smith First Nation, says that following the massive stabbing rampage in 2022 that left 11 people dead and 17 injured, there has been a call for change....

Mar 25, 2024

RCMP find over 700 grams of cocaine at residence in Sandy Bay

Four people have been charged following a drug bust in Sandy Bay that netted police over 700 grams of cocaine.Also found in the home on Sunday was an imitation handgun, trafficking paraphernalia, and ...

Mar 25, 2024

Four people arrested after alleged shooting in Midtown

A total of four people were arrested after reports of a shooting in Prince Albert's Midtown area.At around 6 a.m. Monday morning, police said they responded to reports of a gunshot around Fourth Avenu...

Mar 25, 2024

Police dog finds suspects hiding in yards in two cases over weekend

On two occasions over the weekend, RCMP officers doing traffic patrols in Prince Albert met resistance by drivers, being bear sprayed in one case and having their vehicles rammed in another. Just befo...

Mar 25, 2024

La Ronge man facing multiple charges after trying to drive into police

A 37-year-old La Ronge man is in custody and will appear in court next month after trying to hit police with his vehicle as they were conducting traffic stops last weekend.The Meadow Lake Crime Reduct...

Mar 22, 2024