Crime & Courts

Not guilty pleas entered in Mistawasis drug bust case

A Prince Albert woman, facing over 30 charges related to guns and drugs, is maintaining her innocence and opting to face trial. Faith Girourard, who was 30 at the time of her arrest earlier this month...

Jan 19, 2023

Île-à-la-Crosse man identified as person shot during confrontation with Prince Albert police

paNOW has learned the person shot this week during a confrontation with police in Prince Albert was a 34-year-old man from le--la-Crosse.Johnathon Gardiner's (Daigneault) funeral is scheduled for Satu...

Jan 19, 2023

Two men arrested after threatening occupants with weapons in Beauval bar

Two men have been arrested and charged in an investigation that ended up with police seizing a plastic egg filled with Crack Cocaine.RCMP made the arrests following a December incident in a Beauval ba...

Jan 19, 2023

Jurors can discuss details of cases while seeking trauma support, Sask. lawyers believe long overdue

Jurors can now discuss all aspects of cases they've sat on while getting mental health support.The federal bill S-206 was officially passed last year but came into effect on Monday. It ultimately amen...

Jan 18, 2023

Charges laid following disturbance at Prince Albert men's jail on New Year's Eve

Multiple inmates have now been charged in connection to what's been referred to as disturbance at the Prince Albert Correctional Centre on New Year's Eve.Matthew Belly, Danny Caisse, Jesse Heathen and...

Jan 18, 2023

Prince Albert police chief responds to officer-involved shooting, death of man

Update: Story was updated Wednesday morning to include a statement from the Prince Albert Police Association.Prince Albert's police chief says the organization will assist independent investigators an...

Jan 17, 2023

Mentally disabled woman jailed at Pine Grove just needed support: NDP

A woman with a disability that has the mental development of a six-year-old spent 36 days at Pine Grove simply needed better help from the provincial government, says the Sask. NDP party. Social Servi...

Jan 17, 2023

Death of woman found near Melfort reservoir not criminal

RCMP have confirmed that a 43-year-old woman was found dead near the Melfort Reservoir on Jan. 3.In an email sent to northeastNOW, they said the death is not considered suspicious. Police were notifie...

Jan 17, 2023

Man dead after confrontation with P.A. police

Updtate: 10:30a.m. traffic flowing again on South Industrial Drive. Yellow police tape is being used to cordon off sections of two parking lots in the 400 block.A Prince Albert man is dead after a con...

Jan 17, 2023

RCMP look to public education to reduce crime

The head of Melfort's RCMP detachment says drugs and addictions are adding to the crime rate in the region."The big thing is, we've noticed there's an increase in drug use," Staff Sgt. Darren Simons, ...

Jan 17, 2023