Crime & Courts

Traffic stops leads to drug bust in Town of Big River

Two people have been arrested and charged after RCMP found meth, cocaine, and LSD following a traffic stop in the Town of Big River.On Wednesday around 3:30 p.m., RCMP attempted a traffic stop in the ...

Dec 22, 2023

'My heart has been destroyed': Dylan Chretien murder case concludes with final sentencing

Just over four years after a missing Lloydminster man's remains were found in a rural area northwest of Prince Albert, the last of the six people responsible has been sentenced.Sheldon Goodvoice has r...

Dec 22, 2023

Shotgun recovered from fatal Red Earth shooting involving RCMP

With the Serious Incident Response Team investigating a fatal shooting between a man on Red Earth Cree Nation and a responding member of the RCMP, investigators said that they recovered a shotgun at t...

Dec 22, 2023

Woman who stole two vehicles and held off police gets community sentence

A Sandy Bay woman who stole two vehicles on separate occasions over the last year and whom police talked out of a West Flat home will spend her one year of jail in the community. Angela Ahenakew was s...

Dec 21, 2023

Maxime Bernier guilty of violating health orders in Sask.

The leader of a fringe political party in Canada has been found guilty of violating public health orders in Saskatchewan.Maxime Bernier, a former MP and current leader of the People's Party of Canada ...

Dec 21, 2023

At least 15 people are dead after a mass shooting at a Prague university, police chief says

PRAGUE (AP) - An armed man opened fire in a university building in downtown Prague on Thursday, killing 10 people and sowing widespread panic with one of the Czech Republic's worst mass shootings of i...

Dec 21, 2023

Prince Albert drug trafficking case proceeding to trial

A man charged after a drug trafficking bust that occurred on Friday the 13th, is maintaining his innocence.Fabian Sylvestre, 34, entered not guilty pleas to a number of charges including possession of...

Dec 20, 2023

One dead, RCMP officer injured after incident on Red Earth Cree Nation; SIRT investigating

One man has died and an RCMP officer was injured after an incident on the Red Earth Cree Nation.At around 3:40 Tuesday morning, Carrot River RCMP were called to the community for reports of a gun bein...

Dec 20, 2023

Man gets 7 years for role in Prince Albert’s record cocaine bust

While he was not the directing mind, Jim Lakatos of North Battleford was still involved at a high level in a drug trafficking operation running out of a mobile home north of Prince Albert. Today, the ...

Dec 19, 2023

Charges laid after traffic stop

The Battlefords RCMP have laid charges against three men from Red Pheasant First Nations following a traffic stop on December 13. According to an RCMP report, the Crime Reduction Team from North Battl...

Dec 19, 2023