Crime & Courts

RCMP investigate discharge of firearm at ML home

RCMP are investigating a discharge of a firearm at a home in Meadow Lake.According to police, Meadow Lake RCMP responded to a report of a firearm discharged at a home on the 100 block of Clark Crescen...

Feb 15, 2023

Police searching for woman travelling with people considered dangerous

Nipawin RCMP are appealing to the public as they try to locate a 35-year-old Nipawin woman. Police and family are concerned about Savannah Johanson's wellbeing as she may be travelling with people con...

Feb 15, 2023

Melfort RCMP, City, Chamber working together to combat recent shoplifting spike

A recent spike in shoplifting crimes in the Melfort area has caused significant concern for the business community, the city, and local police.Melfort RCMP commander and staff sergeant, Darren Simons,...

Feb 15, 2023

Melfort RCMP asking for public's help after post office mail boxes broken into

The Melfort RCMP detachment is hoping the community can help them solve a crime.Back on Jan. 9, the Melfort Post Office had its mail boxes broken into, which resulted in mail being stolen.Local police...

Feb 14, 2023

Police investigate robbery incident at Nordale mailboxes

The Prince Albert Police Service is investigating an incident where a woman, who was presumably just out getting her mail, was approached and threatened by a stranger with a knife.This happened around...

Feb 14, 2023

Man accused of stealing house back in court in March

The case of a man accused in the theft of a house was back in Melfort Provincial Court on Monday.Court heard that 32-year-old Matthew Malley faces a variety of charges although only some of them relat...

Feb 14, 2023

La Ronge men fined $18,600 for killing woodland caribou

The last of three men charged for their involvement in illegally chasing and killing a woodland caribou on a northern lake last spring was recently sentenced in La Ronge Provincial Court.Fines for the...

Feb 14, 2023

Case for man connected to Battleford attack returns to court

The case for a man who pleaded guilty to an attack caught on video in Battleford was back at North Battleford Provincial Court Monday. Adam Lesmeister, 46, of Battleford, was originally facing a charg...

Feb 13, 2023

RCMP arrest man with knife after he stabs detachment windows

Battlefords RCMP have arrested and charged one man after his request for a ride turned violent.Around 11:15 a.m. last Tuesday, the man approached the front desk staff of the detachment where he reques...

Feb 13, 2023

Sentencing decision reserved for woman with history of fleeing from police

A woman with a history of police pursuits is adamant that when she's released from custody, she'll change her ways and complete her degree in education.But the judge overseing Brittany Elderkin's matt...

Feb 13, 2023