Crime & Courts

Day of Remembrance honours all women affected by violence

It was a solemn occasion at Battlefords Interval House Friday when youth and community members gathered around a candle lit to honour all women who have been victims of violence.The vigil marked the N...

Dec 06, 2019 Left to right, Mandy Melanson (Catholic Family Services of the Battlefords), Debbie Kovalsky (Battlefords Interval House) and Erin Woytiuk (Living Sky School Division) gather for the Day of Remembrance in North Battleford Friday. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)

'We recognize you have suffered a great loss': jury deliberations begin at Kereluk death inquest

A six-person jury, consisting of five women and one man, now have the job of reviewing all the evidence they have heard over a period of four days, and deciding what, if any, changes need to be made t...

Dec 06, 2019 (file photo/ paNOW Staff)

Sombre 30th anniversary for 'Montreal Massacre'

A mass shooting no one in Canada will forget.Thirty years ago today, a lone gunman entered cole Polytechnique, and shot and killed 14 women in what has been called the 'Montreal Massacre'.Fourteen oth...

Dec 06, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff)

P.A. to serve as launch site for new justice initiative

The Government of Saskatchewan is hoping to keep more divorce cases out of the court system.Starting next year Prince Albert will be the launch site for the province's new divorce separation resolutio...

Dec 05, 2019 The Government of Saskatchewan is hoping to keep more divorce cases out of the courts. (File Photo/paNOW Staff)

Hockey manager pleads not guilty in P.A. sexual exploitation case

A former manager of the Prince Albert Northern Bears' hockey team, has pleaded not guilty to a charge of sexual exploitation. Jamie Engen, 38, was surrounded by family at his latest court appearance T...

Dec 05, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff)

Second trial date set for man accused of assaulting and robbing senior couple

A little more than four years after witnessing a man assault her father, a woman from the MacDowall area is hopeful she can finally have closure.Andrea Hlewka was asked by paNOW to comment on news of ...

Dec 05, 2019 Matt Olson has been scheduled to face trial Oct. 12, 2020 at Prince Albert Court of Queen's Bench. (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)

Break-in at abandoned home in Lanigan under investigation

RCMP are looking for your help to solve a recent break-and-enter in Lanigan.Sometime between Thursday, Oct. 30 and Tuesday, Nov. 5, someone broke into an abandoned home on Antrim Street.Damages to the...

Dec 05, 2019 (File photo/northeastNOW Staff)

Officers who supervised inmate before his death testify in inquest

Two men who had contact with Ryan Kereluk on the morning of his death were on the witness stand Wednesday morning at a coroner's inquest held at Prince Albert Court of Queen's Bench.The 34-year-old wa...

Dec 04, 2019 Police cellblock. (File photo/paNOW Staff)

Carrot River business break-in under investigation

Police are investigating a break and enter in Carrot River.RCMP were called about the break and enter at a business in Carrot River on the early morning of Sunday, Dec. 1.Two suspects entered the busi...

Dec 04, 2019 (File photo/northeastNOW Staff)

"He was the kindest person I ever met": friends pray for missing man's safe return

As the search intensifies for Dylan Chretien, the people closest to him are speaking out in hopes their friend may see their words and return home.Dylan Chretien, 30, was last seen in Prince Albert on...

Dec 04, 2019 Dylan Chretien (middle) has been missing over a month. (Submitted photo/ Jesse Schroeder)