Crime & Courts

Fraudsters using COVID-19 to fuel scam attacks

Since the beginning of March, the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (CAFC) has received 66 reports linked to the COVID19 virus.Jeff Thomson, Senior RCMP Intelligence Analyst with the CAFC told meadowlakeNOW ...

Mar 30, 2020 (Nicole Reis/meadowlakeNOW Staff)

P.A. multiple homicides: Police not revealing suspect details

Calling it horrific and incomprehensible, the chief of the Prince Albert Police Service (PAPS) says an investigation is underway into the killing of three people in the city Sunday night.A seven-year-...

Mar 30, 2020 Police tape at the crime scene Sunday. (file photo/paNOW Staff)

P.A. RCMP member tests positive for COVID-19

A member of the Prince Albert RCMP has tested positive for COVID-19 and is now self-isolating as per direction from the Saskatchewan Health Authority. On March 25, Public Health notified the officer t...

Mar 30, 2020 (File photo/paNOW Staff)

RCMP asking for public's help following three business break and enters in Glaslyn

RCMP are asking for the public's help following three alleged break and enters to businesses in Glaslyn on the weekend.Police reported Turtleford RCMP were notified Monday morning of three break and e...

Mar 30, 2020 Turtleford RCMP are investigating following three break and enters to businesses in Glaslyn on the weekend. (File photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)

P.A.police probe three homicides including child; another child in critical condition

Prince Albert police have released an update to a serious incident in the city on Sunday: one child and two adults were found murdered in a home.The victims were a seven-year-old boy, as well as a wom...

Mar 30, 2020 Police tape surrounds a home on MacArthur Drive (paNOW Staff)

P.A.police respond to 'serious incident'

UPDATE:paNOW has reached out to the P.A.Police Service for more information on this incident. On Monday morning a spokesperson said information would be given to the media some time today.---Members o...

Mar 29, 2020 ( Nigel Maxwell/paNOW Staff)

P.A. police making adjustments during pandemic; face ugly realities

The COVID-19 pandemic has been a challenge for all of us, and some frontline personnel have felt that more than others.Prince Albert chief of police Jonathan Bergen released a video on Instagram detai...

Mar 29, 2020 Prince Albert Police Service

Toddler death case skips preliminary hearing

The court case surrounding a young boy's death at a Prince Albert apartment building has been committed for trial.Kelvin McCallum Jr, 30, is facing a charge of manslaughter in connection to the death ...

Mar 27, 2020 A collection of toys and gifts left outside the Rivercrest Apartment building in March, 2019. (File photo/ paNOW Staff)

Battlefords RCMP remain active despite mostly empty streets

Essential services remain hard at work in the Battlefords during the COVID-19 pandemic. The RCMP detachment has only had to make a few adjustments amidst increased safety measures and less people visi...

Mar 26, 2020 Despite social distancing, Battlefords RCMP are taking in a fairly steady volume of calls. (File photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)

'A death sentence:' Advocates warn of COVID-19 spread in jails, prisons

Advocates across Canada are calling for the release of non-violent offenders and a unified plan to deal with the health and safety of inmates during the COVID-19 pandemic. "What we have is people...

Mar 26, 2020