Crime & Courts

Woman arrested on drug-related charges

The Prince Albert Police Service arrested a 43-year-old woman after finding four grams of methamphetamine, 11.2 grams of crack cocaine, and other drug-related items after executing a search warrant on...

Oct 03, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff)

Police searching for manslaughter suspect considered armed and dangerous

Saskatchewan RCMP are on the lookout for a man charged with manslaughter in the death of a Big Island Lake Cree Territory man. Jonathan Dufraine, 38, is wanted in relation to the death of Zane Kiseyin...

Oct 03, 2019 Jonathan Dufraine. (submitted photo/RCMP)

Police union rejects proposed back alley bylaw

The President of the Prince Albert Police Association is speaking out against a proposed bylaw restricting access to public back alleys and walkways at night calling it "ill-informed."Darryl Hickie to...

Oct 02, 2019 A back alley in Midtown (Alison Sandstrom/paNOW staff)

Incident involving threats against P.A. care home residents under review

Representatives from a local health care union are meeting this week with officials from the Saskatchewan Health Authority to discuss an incident that happened last weekend at the Herb Bassett care ho...

Oct 02, 2019 A photo taken of Herb Bassett home on Monday. (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)

Fifteen-year-old struck on Hwy 16, flown to hospital in Saskatoon

A 15-year-old boy remains in hospital in Saskatoon after he was struck by a vehicle on Highway 16.Officers in the Battlefords were called to the scene where Highway 16 West and Highway 4 merge before ...

Oct 02, 2019

Update: 21-year-old dies after two-vehicle collision south of Lloydminster

Update: RCMP said the 21-year-old male driver was treated in hospital in Lloydminster before he was transported by STARS to Saskatoon where he was pronounced dead. Police said no charges are pending a...

Oct 02, 2019

Cost of proposed back alley bylaw: $150,000

Prince Albert city council has heard that a controversial bylaw they are pursuing would be the first of its kind in Canada and come with a $150,000 price tag. The proposed bylaw that would allow polic...

Oct 01, 2019 A graphic shows back alleys that would be restricted under a proposed bylaw, lanes in residential zones are shown in blue while lanes in commercial/industrial zones are red. (council agenda/City of P.A.)

Man with 29 property-related offences, receives four-month jail sentence

As Prince Albert City Council mulls over a possible bylaw affecting back alley traffic, a man who was caught this month wheeling a stolen barbecue down a back alley in the city's midtown area, was in ...

Oct 01, 2019 (File photo/ paNOW Staff)

Bicycle bylaw infraction leads to arrest for new policing unit

The Prince Albert Police Service's (PAPS) new Community Policing Unit is proving to have both bark and bite.On Monday around 3 p.m., an officer on patrol noticed a man riding a bike on the sidewalk, a...

Oct 01, 2019 A bylaw offence in P.A.'s downtown led Prince Albert's new Community Policing Unit to arrest a 28-year-old man.(file photo/paNOW Staff)

Case involving man facing a charge of accessing child porn adjourned

A man charged with accessing child pornography returned to North Battleford Provincial Court on Monday. Cameron Froese, 54, was arrested following a search by the Saskatchewan ICE unit and members of ...

Sep 30, 2019 The case involving a man facing a charge of accessing child pornography has been adjourned to November. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)