Crime & Courts

'I feared for my life': charges laid following stabbing outside Prince Albert grocery store

A man is facing a charge of aggravated assault in connection to an incident Tuesday night outside Prince Albert's Real Canadian Superstore.Eagleclaw Sanderson, 22, from Saskatoon, made his first court...

Mar 16, 2022

Anti-mandate trial receives two week adjournment; judge requests death information

A court case surrounding an anti-mandate rally that was held in Prince Albert last year, has been adjourned nearly two weeks to allow time for the gathering of information related to the number of act...

Mar 16, 2022

Mom, police seek information on missing man

UPDATE: The Prince Albert Police Service have reported as of 1:46 p.m. March 31, Budd has been located.--A distraught mother is looking for information on her missing son that she hasn't heard from fo...

Mar 15, 2022

'I am committed to my position here': Prince Albert police chief responds to non-confidence vote

Prince Albert Police Chief Jon Bergen sits calmly in his office at the city's police station, but there is a noticeable presence of concern both on his face and within his voice.The past few weeks hav...

Mar 15, 2022

Suspicious death under investigation in North Battleford

Battlefords RCMP are investigating the circumstances of a suspicious death that occurred Sunday.The request for police assistance came earlier in the morning from the 1600 block of 102nd Street, where...

Mar 14, 2022

RCMP looking into catalytic converter thefts in Meadow Lake

Meadow Lake RCMP are investigating the theft of two catalytic converters late last week.Sometime between March 8 and Sunday, two separate reports come in of vehicles that had their converters stolen o...

Mar 14, 2022

Inmate's death could have been prevented, says close friend

Editor's note: this story was updated on March 16, 2022, to include a statement from family.A close friend of a man who died at Saskatchewan Penitentiary this week, says better supports are needed to ...

Mar 14, 2022

Prince Albert Police board supports Chief Bergen; calls union's actions disappointing

On the same day the union representing the city's police officers issued a press release calling for the removal of Police Chief Jon Bergen, the Prince Albert Board of Police Commissioners has respond...

Mar 11, 2022

RCMP respond to Red Pheasant's concerns in homicide investigation

The Saskatchewan RCMP responded with a statement Friday to Red Pheasant Cree Nation's concerns that allege the RCMP acted too late, related to the discovery of a suspected homicide earlier in the week...

Mar 11, 2022

Hundred charges following gun seizure

At least one suspect from Prince Albert and several from Saskatoon are facing 100 weapons charges after police found two loaded handguns, a BB gun, a shotgun, ammunition, a baggie of pills, cannabis a...

Mar 11, 2022