Crime & Courts

Co-accused in Jonson homicide awaiting completion of bail supervision report

A co-accused in the homicide of Mark Douglas Jonson returned to North Battleford Provincial Court via closed-circuit television Wednesday.David Keller is facing a charge of first degree murder. The 47...

Aug 28, 2019 Mark Douglas Jonson was found dead in a home on 15 Ave. and 100 St on July 5. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)

RCMP involved shooting at Fishing Lake First Nation results in death of one man

A police shooting at a home on the Fishing Lake First Nation has left a man dead.RCMP said in a release that at around 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon, Wadena RCMP got a report of a man who was armed w...

Aug 28, 2019 (File photo/northeastNOW Staff)

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