Crime & Courts

Custer Family reacts to murder charges

A family from Northern Saskatchewan has moved one step closer to closure.Last Thursday, RCMP confirmed charges had been laid in relation to the death of Wesley Custer in August 2020. The 20-year-old h...

May 30, 2022

P.A. police chief addresses both Saturday homicides in statement

In response to two separate homicides in the city on Saturday, Prince Albert Police Chief Jonathan Bergen released a statement to offer his condolences to the victims of the violence, and to provide m...

May 29, 2022

Police investigating second homicide in P.A. this weekend

Prince Albert police are investigating the city's second homicide this weekend.Just before 11:30, Saturday night, police responded to a weapons complaint around River Street West and 1 Ave.When they a...

May 29, 2022

Police investigating homicide from Saturday morning shooting

Prince Albert Police are investigating an early Saturday morning shooting as a homicide. At 5:30 a.m., police responded to a report and found a man shot at the 1000 block of 8th Street East. A 32-year...

May 28, 2022

One of accused in Damian Moosomin homicide sentenced for manslaughter

One of the individuals facing charges in the Damian Moosomin homicide investigation was sentenced to 15 years in prison for manslaughter on Friday.Tye Partridge, 24, of Moosomin First Nation, is in cu...

May 27, 2022

RCMP Report P2: Garage, shed break-ins under investigation

Of the 677 calls for service Battlefords RCMP responded to in their latest reporting period, there were many break and enters investigations.Among these break-ins was an incident at a business compoun...

May 27, 2022

Three men charged in death of Wesley Custer

Three men are facing charges ranging from second degree murder to being an accessory to the death of Wesley Custer two years ago. Tyson Lachance, 23, was arrested at the Saskatoon Correctional Centre ...

May 26, 2022

Police investigate drive-by shooting at Driftwood Trailer park

Multiple RCMP vehicles were observed Thursday at a trailer court in the Rural Municipality of Prince Albert.They have not yet responded to requests for comment, but according to people who live at the...

May 26, 2022

Bail granted in vehicle versus pedestrian case

A man accused of running over another man in Prince Albert's Cornerstone parking lot has been released on bail.Rajdeepsinh Bihola, 22, appeared by phone Thursday morning at Prince Albert Provincial Co...

May 26, 2022

RCMP Report: Assault arrests, drivers charged

There were three arrests for assault this past week in the Battlefords.One was a 911 hang-up call from a residence on Trudeau Street in North Battleford Monday evening, where a woman was heard crying ...

May 26, 2022