Crime & Courts

Storage facility arsonist receives 1.5 year sentence

A fire at a storage bin facility south of Prince Albert caused $1.1 million in damage. That's according to the agreed statement of facts read on Tuesday during Floyd Mervin Isbister's sentencing heari...

Sep 18, 2025

Listen: Police Chief on hiring analysts, public drug use, and the latest crime trends

The Prince Albert Police Service is planning to hire an additional analyst to help track and interpret crime trends in the community. Police Chief Patrick Nogier sat down with paNOW's Teena Monteleone...

Sep 18, 2025

RCMP release Weyburn highway shooting victim’s name, family want answers

Tanya Myers has been named as the 44 year-old woman fatally shot in the passenger seat of a Ford Explorer travelling on Highway 39 near Weyburn on Sept. 12. RCMP confirmed the autopsy results showed s...

Sep 17, 2025

FOUND: Police seek woman missing from Prince Albert

UPDATE: Police say the missing woman has been located and is safe. --Prince Albert Police are looking for help finding a missing 34-year-old woman. Chasity Poulin was last seen two days in the 3300 bl...

Sep 17, 2025

Sask. appeal court rules North Battleford sexual assault sentence 'unfit,' extends to 4.5 years

Saskatchewan's top court has increased the prison term for a man convicted of sexual assault causing bodily harm, ruling his original three-year sentence was too lenient.In a decision released Sept. 1...

Sep 17, 2025

New GIS unit in the works with PA Police expansion

The Prince Albert Police Service is expected to grow next year with the addition of eight officers; four will be added to the patrol division and four will create a new GIS unit. GIS is the acronym fo...

Sep 17, 2025

Spike strips used to help arrest wanted suspects after fleeing from police

Pierceland RCMP have arrested two people after the car they were travelling in failed to stop for police. It happened on Sunday on Big Island Lake Cree Nation when RCMP were notified of wanted individ...

Sep 17, 2025

UPDATE: Youth arrested after firearm discharged near Wesmor High School

UPDATE: Late Wednesday afternoon, police reported that a 16-year-old boy and an 18-year-old woman were struck by a projectile and received minor injuries during an incident that occurred outside of We...

Sep 17, 2025

1991 homicide of Jean Lachance in Prince Albert still active

As they have done since the case started, the Prince Albert Police Service is once again renewing its request for public assistance in the 1991 homicide of Jean LaChance.Monday marked 34 years since L...

Sep 17, 2025

Recent incidents pointing towards rise in randomly targeted gun crimes

Prince Albert's top cop is addressing concerns after several recent incidents have suggested an increase in violence against the general population in the city and across the province.Last week near W...

Sep 16, 2025