Crime & Courts

Four people charged in Meadow Lake home confinement

Four people are facing charges ranging from forcible confinement to robbery and aggravated assault in Meadow Lake. RCMP were called to a home at about 9:30 pm on July 11 and found an injured man when ...

Jul 18, 2023

51-year-old charged after machete incident at James Smith Cree Nation

Saskatchewan RCMP have said a man armed with a machete was threatening a number of people, including his local community's security officers.This happened Sunday morning at James Smith Cree Nation.Whe...

Jul 17, 2023

Midtown gun incident back to square one after accused no shows court

A woman who was allegedly caught on camera firing a gun, while walking in Prince Albert's Midtown neighbourhood, is on the run from police.A bench warrant for Brandy Gardiner was issued Monday afterno...

Jul 17, 2023

RCMP investigate suspicious death at Witchekan Lake First Nation

A man's death on Saturday at Witchekan Lake First Nation, has been deemed by the RCMP to be suspicious in nature.Just before 6 p.m., RCMP were notified that a 38-year-old man had been assaulted. When ...

Jul 17, 2023

Police seize over $46,000 in drugs plus guns and ballistic vest from East Flat home

A 27-year-old Prince Albert woman is in custody on charges of trafficking cocaine and meth along with multiple gun-related charges. Alexandra Tinker was arrested last Thursday by the Prince Albert Pol...

Jul 17, 2023

Police arrest driver of vehicle after two passengers killed

Police have arrested and charged one man with impaired driving causing death after a vehicle rollover on Little Pine First Nation last weekend. Officers with the Cut Knife RCMP, Little Pine Security, ...

Jul 17, 2023

New Year's Eve vehicle chase proceeding to trial

A series of events on New Year's Eve that was initiated with a rural property theft, and ended with a fleeing vehicle getting stuck in the snow will be discussed in great detail during a trial this fa...

Jul 17, 2023

Suspect connected to numerous incidents, shooting in west-central Saskatchewan arrested

Members of the North Battlefords Gang Task Force have found and arrested a man wanted on multiple offences throughout west-Central Saskatchewan and connected to a shooting incident.Dennis Kennedy, 34,...

Jul 17, 2023

PAGC calls for review of PAPS’s procedures and standards after officer charged

Noting concerns with the number of in-custody deaths in 2021, the Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC) is calling for a thorough, unbiased review of the Prince Albert Police Service's (PAPS) procedures,...

Jul 14, 2023

'I just need closure': fifth annual Jordan Ballantyne walk held in Prince Albert

It's been five years since Frances Merasty's son was murdered in Prince Albert and the grieving mother is no closer to getting answers. On July 13, 2018, Jordan Ballantyne's lifeless body was found in...

Jul 14, 2023