Crime & Courts

Battlefords, rural RCMP disrupt gun traffickers

Police made another arrest stemming from a drugs and weapons bust earlier this month in Battlefords.The RCMP's General Investigation Section (GIS) have charged 32-year-old Adam Morin of Glaslyn with m...

Mar 29, 2022

Female found dead at 14th Street West

An investigation is underway after a female was found dead yesterday evening.Prince Albert Police and Parkland Ambulance responded to a call of an unconscious female at 8:28 pm at the 900 block of 14t...

Mar 28, 2022

Twenty-two-year-old dead after reports of shooting at Beardy’s and Okemasis’

A 22-year-old man found on a road in Beardy's and Okemasis' yesterday is dead, RCMP said. The man, whose identity was not released, was found after Rosthern RCMP received a report of a shooting in the...

Mar 28, 2022

Trial dates set for Lac La Ronge murder case

Three weeks have been set aside in early 2023 for Keegan Nelson-Smith's murder trial at Prince Albert Court of Queen's Bench.The Hall Lake man is facing a charge of second degree murder in the death o...

Mar 28, 2022

Update: Amber Alert cancelled for missing B.C. woman & children

An amber alert issued by RCMP for two children from Fort St. John, B.C. has been cancelled.Police issued it shortly after 1 p.m. CST but it was lifted around three hours later.Police had suspected a 3...

Mar 26, 2022

Fourth person charged in death of Prince Albert man

A fourth person has been arrested and charged in connection with the death of a Prince Albert man last December in Regina.Ryan Sparvier, 26, is facing a charge of second degree murder and made his fir...

Mar 25, 2022

Danita Thomas found guilty of manslaughter in Laverdiere case

One of the individuals facing charges in the death of Tiki Laverdiere was found guilty of manslaughter at the Court of Queen's Bench in Battleford.Justice Richard W. Elson pronounced his decision at c...

Mar 25, 2022

Patience and teamwork bring man off train bridge

It took time, patience and the efforts of a trained crisis negotiator to help get a man in distress safely off the train bridge on the weekend. Members of the Prince Albert Police were called to the b...

Mar 25, 2022

Another arrest made in machete assault in P.A.

Prince Albert police say another person has been arrested after a man was attacked with a machete earlier this week.Around midnight on Monday, a 53-year-old man was taken to hospital after he was alle...

Mar 25, 2022

RCMP Report Pt. 3: One arrested, one wanted in robbery

Battlefords RCMP have arrested one woman and are looking for another, in relation to a robbery from Monday evening in North Battleford.The report came in from the victim shortly after midnight. While ...

Mar 25, 2022