Crime & Courts

Man facing drug-related charges stemming from police patrol

A man is facing drug-related charges following an investigation stemming from a police patrol Tuesday morning. Battlefords RCMP report at about 9 a.m. members of the Battlefords Gang Task Force were o...

Dec 17, 2019 A man is facing charges following a police investigation. The allegations have not been proven in court. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)

SUV drives through P.A. apartment building

There was a close call Tuesday morning for a Prince Albert woman and her family at the Carlton Park Suites.Around 11:30 a.m., an SUV attempted to drive through one of the building's walls. April Lavio...

Dec 17, 2019 (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)

Drug bust lands two men in custody

Cocaine and marijuana were found inside a vehicle Friday near Maidstone.The vehicle was initially pulled by police for speeding and for an equipment violation.In total, 143 grams of suspected cocaine ...

Dec 16, 2019 (submitted photo/RCMP)

Graffiti bandits nabbed by police

Five people are facing 20 counts each of mischief in connection with several incidents last week when numerous properties in Prince Albert were graffitied.Police responded to multiple complaints of gr...

Dec 16, 2019 This property in the 1100 block of 18th St. W was one of several addresses vandalized last week. (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)

Warrants for arrest following armed robbery in N.B.

Two males have been charged and are wanted following a robbery in North Battleford on Saturday.According to a media release from Battlefords RCMP, at 9:30 a.m. police responded to the 900 block of 110...

Dec 15, 2019 Skylar Pooyak (Submitted photo/ Battlefords RCMP)

Melfort and Humboldt lawyers given Queen's Counsel designation

A pair of area lawyers have received Queen's Counsel (QC) designation.William Selnes of Kapoor Selnes and Klimm in Melfort and Amber Biemans of Behiel Will and Biemans in Humboldt are two of 14 Saskat...

Dec 14, 2019 Will Selnes of Kapoor Selnes and Klimm in Melfort given Queen’s Counsel designation. (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW staff)

Meadow Lake lawyer recognized by Queen's Council

Fourteen Saskatchewan lawyers are being recognized for their contributions to the legal profession and public service with the Queen's Counsel designation including one lawyer from Meadow Lake. The 20...

Accused in Tiki Laverdiere case receive large amount of evidence Crown will use to prosecute

Four of eight charged in the homicide investigation connected to the death of Tiki Brook-Lyn Laverdiere returned to court Friday with some receiving substantial additoinal Crown disclosure.Jesse Sangs...

Dec 13, 2019 Edmonton woman Tiki Laverdiere, 25, was last seen in North Battleford. (supplied photo/Battlefords RCMP)

‘You were everything to me’: Kindersley family, community grieve after separated couple murder-suicide

A woman who was killed in a murder-suicide in Kindersley on Thursday is being remembered as a loving mother, grandmother and co-worker by family and the larger community.Elsie Gartner, 64, a health wo...

Dec 13, 2019 Elsie Gartner is seen in a photo dated 2014. (Elsie Gartner/Facebook)

Widow sues child and family services agency for wrongful death

Cora Laich, who's husband Simon Grant was murdered in La Ronge in April 2017, is suing the Lac La Ronge Indian Band Child and Family Services Agency Inc. for wrongful death caused by negligence.A stat...

Dec 13, 2019 Cora Laich and her late husband Simon Grant. (Submitted photo/Cora Laich)