Crime & Courts

La Ronge day care scene of multiple acts of vandalism

The executive director of La Ronge Child Care Cooperative is frustrated by multiple instances of vandalism in recent weeks. So far this summer, Daisy Kereluk stated there have been three instances whe...

Aug 08, 2019 Anything left outdoors at the La Ronge Child Care Cooperative has become a target for vandals. (La Ronge Child Care Cooperative/Facebook)

RCMP ask for help to identify woman after business theft

RCMP hope the public can help identify a woman wanted for theft under $5,000 from a local business. Officers said in a media release the theft occurred shortly after 11 a.m. at a business on 11 Ave. a...

Aug 08, 2019 RCMP want help identifying a woman who stole from a local business. (supplied/RCMP)

Suspect in Mark Douglas Jonson homicide remanded until late August

One of two men charged in the death of Mark Douglas Jonson made a brief court appearance in North Battleford on Thursday.Jonson, 61, was found dead at a home on 15 Ave. and 100 St. on July 5.David Kel...

Aug 08, 2019 Mark Douglas Jonson was found dead in a home on 15 Ave. and 100 St on July 5. (Tyler Marr/battlefordsNOW Staff)

Sixth suspect in Laverdiere homicide investigation remanded after first court appearance

The sixth person charged in connection to Tiki Laverdiere's death made her first court appearance on Thursday and will return at the end of August.Soaring Eagle Whitstone was arrested on Aug. 6 in Llo...

Aug 08, 2019

Alleged stabbing at summer fair not true, says Exhibition Association President

Rumours circulating in the community about a stabbing at last week's fair, and a ride that was bear maced, are completely false according to the president of the Prince Albert Exhibition Association.R...

Aug 08, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff)

Family, supporters still hoping for answers on Ashley Morin's disappearance

As six suspects in Tiki Laverdiere's homicide begin to move through the courts, the family of Ashley Morin are still looking for answers.Morin, 31 at the time, has been missing since July, 10, 2018. E...

Aug 08, 2019 Tiki Laverdiere's mother Carol, centre right, with Ashley Morin's mother Diane, centre left, Ashley's sister Janine, front left, and Krista Fox, right, outside court in North Battleford Friday. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)

Bodies believed to be B.C. murder suspects found in Manitoba

nWINNIPEG - Two bodies believed to be British Columbia murder suspects who were the focus of a massive manhunt have been found in dense brush in northern Manitoba.RCMP assistant commissioner Jane MacL...

Aug 07, 2019 Image Credit: RCMP Handout

Keeping the peace and quiet: PAPS reminds of noise bylaws

It's getting noisy in Prince Albert, and the Prince Albert Police Service is reminding residents about the city's noise regulations following a string of recent complaints.Police were called to severa...

Aug 07, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff)

Assault of elderly man: family says a hockey card deal went sideways

An 87-year-old man remains in hospital but is speaking to his family for the first time since he was stabbed in the neck last weekend in Prince Albert.Donnie Seaborne is the man's son, and told paNOW ...

Aug 07, 2019 (File photo/ Prince Albert Police Service)

Onion Lake woman sixth arrested in Laverdiere homicide investigation

RCMP have made a sixth arrest in the Tiki Laverdiere homicide investigation. The Major Crimes Unit North and Lloydminster RCMP arrested 33-year-old Soaring Eagle Whitstone at a home in the Border City...

Aug 07, 2019