Tag Archives: Crime & Courts

Prince Albert Police investigate second shooting in 24 hours
Prince Albert Police are investigating the second shooting in the city within a 24 hour time span.Around noon today, officers responded to an 18-year-old injured female in the 700 block of 32nd St. E....
Aug 27, 2019 (file photo/paNOW Staff)

'When he was running to the door, they shot him,' shooting witness claims
A woman living in Prince Albert's East Hill neighbourhood claims two strange men carrying guns came to her house Monday evening and shot her partner.The woman who appeared visibly shaken by what happe...
Aug 27, 2019 Police have confirmed a shooting happened Monday evening in the 300 block of 19th St. E. (Nigel Maxwell/paNOW Staff)

Suspect in Laverdiere case victim of stabbing in Saskatoon prison
An 18-year-old who was seriously injured during a stabbing at the Saskatoon Provincial Correctional Centre is a suspect in Tiki Laverdiere's homicide investigation. Brent Checkosis is charged with acc...
Aug 27, 2019 (file photo/paNOW Staff)

P.A. area man pleads not guilty to illegal hunting charge
A 59-year-old man from the Prince Albert area will have the opportunity to share his side of a hunting story, when he appears for trial in December.Doug Risling has pleaded not guilty to a charge of b...
Aug 27, 2019 (File photo/ paNOW Staff)

Police identify, search for two suspects involved in Holbein hit and run
After tips and information submitted by the public, Shellbrook RCMP investigators have identified two suspects involved in a theft and hit and run at a Holbein gas station on Aug. 13.Both men are from...
Aug 27, 2019 John Vincent Fryingpan. (submitted photo/RCMP)

Man accused of arson released after Crown stays charge
A man accused of lighting a house on fire has avoided trial, in large part because two key witnesses failed to cooperate.Christopher Lavoie, 35, was charged with arson in connection to a house fire la...
Aug 26, 2019 A photo taken at the time of the fire in December, 2018, (File photo/ paNOW Staff)
Two men, one youth charged after shots fired in Meadow Lake
Two men and one youth are charged after shots were fired in Meadow Lake over the weekend. Officers were called to multiple reports of shots fired around Clark Cres. at around 5:52 a.m. on Aug. 24. Pol...
Aug 26, 2019
One in custody after home shot in Battleford
Charges are pending after a home was shot at in Battleford. The RCMP were called to the complaint on Second Ave. and 15 St. shortly before 2:30 a.m. on Aug. 26. Several holes were found in the home bu...
Aug 26, 2019

Cocaine seized from home in Buffalo Narrows
Three people are facing charges following a drug bust in Buffalo Narrows.Early Saturday morning, police searched a residence in the community and found 47 grams of suspected cocaine and drug paraphern...
Aug 25, 2019 (File photo/ paNOW Staff)

Stolen vehicles reported in Battleford
RCMP are asking the public to keep an eye out for a couple of vehicles which were stolen sometime overnight from the town of Battleford.They are a white 2016 Ford F150 Supercab with Sask plate 177 KDB...
Aug 24, 2019 RCMP cruiser