Crime & Courts

RCMP investigate suspicious death of missing person

Police are investigating the suspicious death of a man found near Onion Lake. During the afternoon on March 6, Onion Lake RCMP responded to a report of a deceased person found along a road nearly 35 k...

Mar 13, 2020 (file photo/meadowlakeNOW)

Inmate's death requires inquest, says national group

An inmate who died Monday at Saskatchewan Penitentiary had no place being in custody, according to a spokesperson for the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP).Curtis McKenzie, 27, died Monday, March 9...

Mar 13, 2020 Curtis McKenzie. (Facebook)

Inmate's death requires inquest, says national group

An inmate who died Monday at Saskatchewan Penitentiary had no place being in custody, according to a spokesperson for the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP).Curtis McKenzie, 27, died Monday, March 9...

Mar 13, 2020 Curtis McKenzie. (Facebook)

Federal court upholds order for northern band to appoint new appeal board

Years of political unrest may be coming to a head for the Fond du Lac Denesuline First Nation.A decision this week out of federal court in Saskatoon, essentially upholds a order in 2018 for the band t...

Mar 13, 2020

Sask. Pen prepared for COVID-19 outbreak: spokesperson

As of today, there are no confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Correctional Service Canada institutions which includes Saskatchewan Penitentiary, but a spokesperson for the CSC confirmed they do have a plan...

Mar 13, 2020 The Saskatchewan Penitentiary. (File photo/ paNOW Staff)

Police seek fifth suspect, following West Flat weapons bust

As many as five people could be facing charges in connection to a violent incident in Prince Albert Tuesday night.A woman told police she was threatened by several people with a firearm. The incident ...

Mar 12, 2020 A layout of the weapons and items seized by Prince Albert Police after an incident Tuesday night. (Submitted photo/ Prince Albert Police Service)

Accused in Sequin Mooswa homicide has case adjourned to obtain legal counsel

The accused in the Sequin Mooswa homicide investigation had his matter adjourned while he obtains legal counsel. Keenan Mirasty, 21, who is charged with second-degree murder in relation to the death o...

Mar 12, 2020 Keenan Mirasty who is charged with second-degree murder in relation to the death of Sequin Mooswa appeared in North Battleford Provincial Court Thursday via CCTV. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)

RCMP investigating theft at clean-up site near Guernsey

A theft from a site near Guernsey has Humboldt RCMP looking for your help.Between March 7 and 8, there was a theft from a mobile office at a clean-up site west of Guernsey on Highway 16.Someone broke ...

Mar 12, 2020 (File photo/paNOW Staff)

Two adults and a youth charged after man shot in Pierceland

On March 8, RCMP attended a home in Pierceland after the homeowner reported three unknown males entered his home with a gun. According to RCMP spokesperson Rob King, two adult men were in the home at ...

Mar 12, 2020 (file photo/ meadowlakeNOW Staff)

Judge tosses evidence, rebukes P.A. police ISET unit for 'serious and systemic breaches'

The federal Crown has filed a notice of appeal after a Prince Albert provincial judge tossed all evidence Prince Albert Police's ISET unit obtained in its investigation of an accused drug trafficker.T...

Mar 11, 2020 (file photo/paNOW Staff)