Crime & Courts

P.A.Police Chief reflects on national gathering

A senior Prince Albert officer is now part of a key Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP) committee.Deputy Chief Jason Stonechild has joined the Policing With Indigenous People Committee. It...

Aug 14, 2019 Current and former top brass with the P.A. Police Service photographed this week in Calgary for the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police annual conference. From left, Saskatoon Police Chief Troy Cooper, Jon Bergen, Jason Stonechild and Edmonton Police Chief Dale McFee (Facebook/PA Police Service)

PAPS arrests youth with weapons, returns credit cards

Following a call about suspicious activity in the 20th St. and Fourth Ave. E. area Tuesday, a 14-year-old boy and a 21-year-old man are facing weapons-related chargesPolice were dispatched to the area...

Aug 14, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff)

Shellbrook RCMP requesting assistance to locate missing girl

UPDATE: As of 8:16 a.m., August 15, 2019 Shellbrook RCMP have confirmed Chayna Arcand has been located safe.--The Shellbrook RCMP are requesting the public's assistance in finding 13-year-old Chayna A...

Aug 14, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff)

Sturgeon Lake manslaughter case adjourned for one month

A man accused of manslaughter was surrounded by family members as he exited Prince Albert Provincial Court Wednesday afternoon.Ryan Kyle Daniels, 40, was charged last month in the death of Darwin Nayt...

Aug 14, 2019 (File photo/ paNOW Staff)

RCMP report several vehicle thefts over last week in the Battlefords

RCMP in the Battlefords are looking for three vehicles stolen in the city over the last week. On Aug. 8, a black 2012 GMC Sierra was stolen from the 2400 block of 100 St. in North Battleford. It had t...

Aug 14, 2019

Widow believes killer's chances at appeal are 'slim to none'

Cora Laich is confident the final killer sentenced in the death of her husband Simon Grant more than two years ago will be unsuccessful in his appeal."I feel they can appeal, but the chances are slim ...

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

Police say manhunt suspects died by apparent suicide by gunfire

The RCMP say two British Columbia men who led police on a cross-Canada manhunt died by what appears to be suicide by gunfire.Police say Bryer Schmegelsky and Kam McLeod appeared to be dead for a numbe...

Aug 12, 2019 Bryer Schmegelsky and Kam McLeod (Photo: The Canadian Press)

70-year-old Green Lake resident facing drug charges

A 70-year-old from Green Lake is facing charges for possessing cocaine for the purpose of trafficking. Rita Sinclair was charged after members of the Green Lake and Meadow Lake RCMP and officers with ...

Aug 12, 2019

Homicide victim's sister accuses fugitive's dad of failing to take responsibility

The sister of an American tourist says the father of one of the British Columbia men named as a suspect in the woman's death isn't accepting his share of responsibility for her family's sorrow. Kenned...

Aug 12, 2019

Meadow Lake resident recalls spotting B.C. murder suspects, informing RCMP

As coroners in Manitoba perform autopsies on two bodies believed to be that of Kam McLeod and Bryer Schmegelsky, the resident who spotted them in Meadow Lake is now reflecting on the interaction.RCMP ...

Aug 09, 2019 Kam McLeod and Bryer Schmegelsky were both wanted on Canada-wide warrants. (supplied/RCMP)