Crime & Courts

Melfort driver gets hefty speeding ticket for travelling 50km/hr over posted limit

An 18 year-old man is facing an $820 speeding ticket after being pulled over in the City of Melfort.According to Melfort RCMP, the man was caught travelling at 102 km/hr in a 50 zone along Saskatchewa...

Apr 21, 2020 An 18 year-old man had his vehicle impounded after being caught driving 102 km/hr in a 50 zone in Melfort. (Submitted photo/Melfort RCMP)

P.A. city council pushes ahead on Alley Bylaw; hears petition against it

Prince Albert city councillors heard from the author of a petition against their proposed back alley curfew on Monday night, but remained unfazed in their resolve to move ahead on the issue. If implem...

Apr 21, 2020 According to a city report, up to half of all properties in P.A. abut onto a back alley. (Alison Sandstrom)

Canine officer sniffs out smelly suspect

A 46-year-old man picked the wrong hiding spot Saturday, while attempting to avoid arrest.The man was found in a back alley garbage bin by canine officer Kal. The arrest was made in the area of 25th S...

Apr 20, 2020 (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)

Highs and lows in March for P.A. Police Service

The month of March was very busy for the Prince Albert Police Service, responding to over 3,200 calls for service. This represented a three per cent increase from the same month in 2019.Among the spec...

Apr 20, 2020 (File photo/paNOW Staff)

Back alley public survey and petition to be discussed today

The city of Prince Albert's contentious Alley Bylaw is up for discussion again at a council meeting later today. The curfew between midnight and 6 a.m. is being proposed as a way of combatting crime a...

Apr 20, 2020 (Alison Sandstrom/paNOW Staff)

Nineteen-year-old charged with second-degree murder in Fond du Lac

A 19-year-old has been charged with second-degree murder and aggravated assault after an altercation in Fond du Lac early on Saturday morning. At 6 a.m., Fond du Lac RCMP were called to a residence du...

Apr 19, 2020 Fond du Lac. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)

RCMP respond to over 800 COVID-19 complaints

Between March 1 and April 16, RCMP in the province responded to 894 COVID-19 related calls. Calls for service include 229 complaints of social gatherings of over 10 people, 395 complaints of people fa...

Apr 17, 2020 (file photo/paNOW Staff)

'It was a split second decision': man receives two years less a day for prison assault

A man who was involved in a seven-on-one assault at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary nearly three-and-a half years ago, says he wishes he could take it all back, and claims gang life ruined him.Last Janu...

Apr 17, 2020 (File photo/paNOW Staff)

RCMP charge two men after search warrants in Melfort

More information has now come out regarding the increased police presence in Melfort on the morning of Wednesday, April 15.RCMP executed two search warrants on Wednesday in Melfort, one at a residence...

Apr 17, 2020 Melfort RCMP had warned the public about an increased police presence in Melfort at two residences on Wednesday morning. (Angie Rolheiser/northeastNOW Staff)

Man charged with bootlegging in Pelican Narrows

One man has been charged by RCMP for bootlegging in Pelican Narrows. That's according to an RCMP press release, which states a search warrant was execute April 15 on Jan Street. During the search of t...

Apr 17, 2020 Officers seized a number of items from the residence. (submitted photo/RCMP)