Crime & Courts

Province seeing payoff in policing investments

The province is touting investments in policing initiatives as contributing to public safety in Saskatchewan.Statistics from January and February this year offer proof, according to the province, of t...

Apr 10, 2023

Teen charged after police find banned gun and ammo

A North Battleford teen is facing multiple gun charges after RCMP officers found a sawed off rifle, ammunition and gun parts. Members of the Gang Task Force were on a patrol of the community on April ...

Apr 06, 2023

Car vandal receives 90-day jail sentence

A woman who stood by and watched as her accomplice smashed dozens of vehicle windows with a small bat has received a 90-day jail sentence.Sunshine Bird, 23, appeared by video, when her case was discus...

Apr 06, 2023

Eight-year-old deceased after being hit by school bus

An eight-year-old boy from Red Earth Cree Nation has died after being struck by a school bus he had just gotten out of. Carrot River RCMP said that Wednesday at about 12:25 p.m., they were called abou...

Apr 06, 2023

Inquest into death of Lloydminster woman at Pine Grove set for May

A mandatory inquest into the death of an inmate at Pine Grove in 2020 has been set for the second weekend in May. Elaine Behm was found unresponsive in her cell on Oct. 1, 2020. Despite lifesaving mea...

Apr 06, 2023

RCMP hunt for missing man

UPDATE: Carter Sobiesiak-Burley was located by police in Edmonton, AB, on Tuesday--RCMP in Porcupine Plain are asking for help in finding a missing man.In a news release, RCMP say on April 5 they rece...

Apr 06, 2023

City blitz targets impaired driving offenders

North Battleford's Community Safety Officers (CSOs) recently conducted an impaired driving blitz to promote safe driving practices and target offenders. Following National Impaired Driving Prevention ...

Apr 06, 2023

Christopher Lake father charged with killing man accused of killing his son

The father of a man beaten to death in an RV in Christopher Lake now stands accused of killing the man who was charged with killing his son. Reginald Durocher is the father of Christopher Durocher, wh...

Apr 06, 2023

Man deceased after being struck by vehicle in Northside

A 34-year-old man died after being hit be a vehicle outside of a business on Highway 2 in Northside yesterday. Police and EMS responded and declared the man deceased at the scene.The family of the man...

Apr 05, 2023

Inmates light fire in PACC cell

Prince Albert fire fighters were called out to the Correctional Centre late on Monday after two inmates lit a fire in their cell. PAFD was called about 9:00 p.m. on April 3 to what was described as a ...

Apr 05, 2023