Crime & Courts

Others join Pine Grove inmate on eight-week hunger strike

A prisoner at Pine Grove Correctional Centre is starting an eight-week hunger strike with prisoners at other facilities showing solidarity. Sherri Maier, founder of Beyond Prison Walls Canada, says th...

Nov 04, 2022

Two arrested and 130 grams of meth recovered after Thursday drug bust

Prince Albert police have confiscated over 130 grams of meth and arrested two people during a drug bust on Thursday. Police were investigating reports of drug trafficking on the 600 block of Marquis R...

Nov 04, 2022

Battlefords RCMP reporting a busy week

Battlefords RCMP responded to 534 calls for service between Oct. 26 and Nov. 1. Among the calls, police are investigating 27 assaults, including three stemming from Halloween.The first happened around...

Nov 02, 2022

Emergency alert issued after shooting death in Melville; RCMP searching for two suspects

An emergency alert has been issued after a shooting death in Melville.According to SaskAlert, a homicide involving a firearm occurred Wednesday morning in Melville."There's believed to be two suspects...

Nov 02, 2022

Two men charged after firearm found in vehicle

Two people have been arrested and charged after police found a firearm inside their vehicle.Just before 2 a.m. on Tuesday, officers on patrol stopped a vehicle that was speeding and failed to stop at ...

Nov 02, 2022

Citizens on Patrol planned for Nipawin

Work continues on a Citizens on Patrol program for Nipawin.Organizers Linda and Dalton Clifford recently returned from a training session in Alberta, and hope to get the crime watch program operating ...

Nov 01, 2022

Verdict reserved in illegal trapping case

A man accused of illegally trapping and snaring animals in an area northeast of Prince Albert, is now awaiting judgment.Lloyd Slonski's trial wrapped up Monday afternoon at Prince Albert Provincial Co...

Nov 01, 2022

Not guilty pleas entered in Senator Bird arson case

The woman accused of setting the fire that destroyed the Senator Allen Bird Memorial Centre in Prince Albert, has pleaded not guilty to her charges.Gina Pearl Beatty, 24, appeared by video when her ma...

Nov 01, 2022

Police charge man with impaired driving causing death after pedestrian killed

One person is dead following a vehicle-pedestrian collision as police continue to investigate that case along with several other unrelated stolen vehicle files. Carrot River/Red Earth Cree Nation: Car...

Nov 01, 2022

RCMP searching for man who escaped custody in Pelican Narrows

Pelican Narrows RCMP is searching for a man who escaped police custody last week.Last Wednesday around 6 p.m., RCMP officers were called to a report of a break-in at a home in Pelican Narrows. Officer...

Nov 01, 2022