Crime & Courts

RCMP asking for public's help to locate missing individual

Cut Knife RCMP are asking for the public's help to locate a 29-year-old man who is missing. According to police, Braden Bull was reported missing Jan. 17.Braden is 5-9 (180 cm) tall, weighs about 185 ...

Jan 20, 2020 Cut Knife RCMP are asking for people's assistance to locate missing person, Braden Bull. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)

Vehicle reported stolen in the Battlefords

A vehicle was reported stolen in the Battleford area and police said it was possibly being used in break and enters in the vicinity.According to a Crime Watch Advisory from the Battleford RCMP detachm...

Jan 19, 2020 (File photo/paNOW Staff)

Ten businesses targeted in break and enters

The Saskatchewan RCMP reported multiple break and enters on Friday in the central part of the province.According to a crime watch advisory, the crimes place in Blaine Lake, Hafford, Leask, Shell Lake,...

Jan 19, 2020 (File photo/paNOW Staff)

Police seek suspect in double hotel armed robberies

The Cut Knife and Warman RCMP are looking for a man who may have committed two different robberies Friday.According to a media release from Saskatchewan RCMP, at 3:35 p.m. yesterday police responded t...

Jan 18, 2020 Surveillance photo. (Submitted photo/Saskatchewan RCMP)

Female youth charged in physical assault of adult

A physical altercation between three female youth in Meadow Lake lands one adult in hospital. On Jan. 15 at approximately 9:45 p.m., Meadow Lake RCMP responded to the report of a physical altercation ...

Jan 17, 2020 (Submitted/ 31375600)

Preliminary hearings scheduled for three accused in Tiki Laverdiere homicide

Preliminary hearing dates have been set for three of the eight people charged in connection to the death of Tiki Brook-Lyn Laverdiere. Jesse Sangster, Soaring Eagle Whitstone, and Danita Thomas appear...

Jan 17, 2020 Edmonton woman Tiki Laverdiere, 25, was last seen in North Battleford before her remains were discovered outside the city. (supplied photo/Battlefords RCMP)

'She had the biggest heart': family of Sheena Billette speaks following arrests

The family of murdered La Ronge woman Sheena Billette, who was a mother of four young children, are sharing their thoughts following the laying of charges in connection with her death just before Chri...

Jan 17, 2020 Sheena Billette was the mother of four children. (Sheena Marie/Facebook)

Saskatoon man found guilty for fake Humboldt Broncos GoFundMe

In 2018, Saskatoon's Andrij Olesiuk created a GoFundMe account to raise money for the Humboldt Broncos after their tragic bus crash.But the $3,600 he raised never made it to the team. Instead, it went...

Jan 17, 2020 Andrij Olesiuk was found guilty of two charges relating to a fake GoFundMe account at Saskatoon's Provincial Court on Jan. 17, 2020. (650 CKOM)

Onion Lake man facing Child Pornography charges

The Saskatchewan Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) Unit has charged a man from Onion Lake with child pornography offenses. According to a media release, 33-year-old James Gaberiel Buffalo of Onion Lak...

Jan 16, 2020 (Submitted/RCMP)

'I tried to tell him not to shoot again': Victim recalls encounter with strangers

The victim of last week's shooting in Prince Albert's midtown area says the incident happened very fast, but its impact on his mental health is ongoing. The 26-year-old, who requested his name not be ...

Jan 16, 2020 The Prince Albert Police Service is investigating a shooting which happened in this midtown alley on Jan. 10. (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)