Crime & Courts

Prince Albert seeing fewer break and enters: Police

The latest statistics from Prince Albert Police, are showing a drop in the number of break and enters to homes, businesses and vehicles in the city. During the month of May, the most recent month for ...

Jun 28, 2019 (File photo/ paNOW Staff)

Bear mace wielding teens accused of assault

Three teenagers were arrested early Thursday morning in Prince Albert, in connection to a violent incident involving bear spray.According to police, a 24-year-old man and a 46-year-old woman were walk...

Jun 28, 2019 (File photo/ paNOW Staff)

Member of Cowessess First Nation appointed as judge to North Battleford provincial court

A member of the Cowessess First Nation has been appointed as a judge to North Battleford Provincial Court.Murray Pelletier started his career as a lawyer with Legal Aid Saskatchewan and worked with Su...

Jun 28, 2019 (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)

Crack cocaine seized during LLRIB drug bust

Sixty grams of crack cocaine, a quantity of hydro-morphine pills and a large amount of cash were seized by La Ronge RCMP following the execution of a search warrant. That's according to a media releas...

Jun 27, 2019 Seven adults were initially taken into custody. (file photo/paNOW Staff)

Local farmer given 10-year prohibition from owning cattle

A Porcupine Plain farmer will pay a $7,000 fine and is prohibited from possessing cattle for the next 10 years after he was convicted of causing distress to his cattle.Judge Inez Cardinal completed he...

Jun 26, 2019 Melfort Provincial Court (File photo/northeastNOW Staff).

'I couldn't breathe for like four minutes,' sexual assault victim recalls

A woman who claims she was sexually assaulted in an area near Bell's Point Elementary School on the Lac La Ronge Indian Band, is speaking out with the hope it will help police find her attacker. The y...

Jun 26, 2019 The area behind Bell's Point Elementary School where a sexual assault allegedly took place. (Derek Cornet/ paNOW Staff)

Talk to your kids about safety this summer: P.A. Police

The Prince Albert Police Service is calling on parents, guardians and caregivers to talk to their kids about safety around strangers as we head into summer.In a public advisory issued to the media, it...

Jun 25, 2019 P.A. police want parents, guardians and caregivers to talk to their kids about safety around strangers. (File photo/paNOW Staff)

Crown appeals acquittal in murder conspiracy case

The case against former lovers, convicted and later acquitted, in an alleged plot to kill their spouses has entered a new chapter in court.Saskatchewan's Attorney General has decided to appeal the acq...

Jun 25, 2019 Curtis Vey and Angela Nicholson may be back in court again. (File photo/paNOW Staff)

Beatty man accused in police pursuit released on bail

A 24-year-old man from Beatty, Sask. was granted bail in Melfort Provincial Court.Justin Umperville was released on a $500 non-cash recognizance on Tuesday, June 25. Candace Bodnar, a defence lawyer f...

Jun 25, 2019 Melfort Provincial Court. (File photo/northeastNOW Staff)

Eight-year jail sentence for Muskoday woman who stabbed boyfriend

A woman who stabbed her fianc in the throat with a kitchen knife, during a domestic dispute, has been sentenced again after her appeal.Robyn Laura Ermine from Muskoday First Nation pleaded guilty to m...

Jun 25, 2019 Robyn Ermine shown being escorted from the courthouse following her sentencing hearing in 2017. (File photo/ paNOW Staff)