Tag Archives: Crime & Courts

Ile a La Crosse RCMP requesting public assistance for information in break and enter
The Ile a La Crosse RCMP are requesting public assistance for information about a break and enter.According to a release from the Saskatchewan Crime Watch Advisory Network, on Sunday the Ile a La Cros...
Feb 23, 2020 (File photo/paNOW Staff)
What'sHappeningNOW Feb. 21, 2020
Reporter Ron Quaroni speaks with Senior Reporter Nigel Maxwell about a former First Nations' Chief being found guilty of fraud and breach of trust.
Feb 21, 2020

Former First Nations' Chief found guilty of fraud and breach of trust
During his term as Chief at Fond du Lac First Nation, Napoleon Mercredi personally pocketed nearly $280,000 of band money.The decision by Justice Gary Meschisnick was read Friday morning at Prince Alb...
Feb 21, 2020 Napoleon Mercredi outside Prince Albert Court of Queen's Bench on Friday. (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)

Former R.M. administrator accused of theft
A former administrator for the Rural Municipality (R.M.) of Buckland is facing a serious charge.Tara Kerber has been charged with theft over $5,000.Kerber was not present when the matter was discussed...
Feb 21, 2020 (File photo/ paNOW Staff)

SWAT team called to home in West Flat
Two large machetes and a sawed off shotgun were among the weapons found by police Wednesday night at a residence in the West Flat.Around 8:30 p.m., both the SWAT team and the Integrated Street Enforce...
Feb 20, 2020 (submitted photo/ Prince Albert Police)

Former Saskatchewan teacher charged with sexual assault
A historic sexual assault investigation has resulted in charges against a 57-year-old man.Gerard Loehr has been charged with five counts of sexual assault, and six counts of sexual interference relati...
Feb 20, 2020 (File Photo/paNOW Staff)

Police investigate after shots fired at Midtown home
Prince Albert's Kelly Pickering has been through her fair share of emotional trauma. Nearly three months after her son's disappearance, someone used her house for target practice. The shooting happene...
Feb 18, 2020 Prince Albert Police are investigating a shooting at a home in the city's midtown area. (Facebook/ David Light)

Supreme Court grants Alberta woman new trial in husband's shooting death
OTTAWA - An Alberta woman sentenced to life in prison for fatally shooting her husband and setting her home on fire will get a new trial. Deborah Doonanco was found guilty in November 2016 of second-d...
Feb 18, 2020

City begins public consultation on back alley bylaw
As Prince Albert city council appears posied to ban access to public walkways at night, the city's politicians are also making progress on the more complicated potential curfew in back alleys. People ...
Feb 18, 2020 (Alison Sandstrom/paNOW Staff)

RCMP looking into break-in at Emporium on Burrows in Melfort
Melfort RCMP are looking to the public for some help in identifying a suspect involved in a break-in this weekend.On Sunday, the Emporium on the 100 Block of Burrows Ave West in Melfort was broken int...
Feb 18, 2020 (submitted photo/Melfort RCMP)