Crime & Courts

Thomas Healey appointed judge in Prince Albert

Former Crown Prosecutor Thomas Healey , who gained prominence during his handling of the Jaskirat Sidhu trial in Melfort earlier this year, has been appointed as a judge to the Provincial Court in Pri...

Aug 02, 2019 (Aaron Schulze/NortheastNOW Staff)

RCMP investigate after man shot in foot in Battleford

For the second time this week, officers are investigating after a home was fired at in Battleford.RCMP said in a press release they were called to a home on the 300 block of 28 St. at around 12:30 a.m...

Aug 02, 2019 (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)

Petty crime has consequences, judge tells repeat offender

A man accused of break and enter will not be released on bail, given his offence history. The 34-year-old, who has a history of 18 court order breaches. Judge R. Lane told the accused that his actions...

Aug 01, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff)

Mother of man whose funeral Laverdiere attended now charged in her homicide

Tiki Laverdiere attended the funeral of Tristen Cook-Buckle on the Thunderchild First Nation in the days before her death. Now, Cook-Buckle's mother Nicole Cook, 36, is charged in Laverdiere's homicid...

Aug 01, 2019

Debit machines, ammunition and numerous items seized in search warrant

Two men are facing several charges after police executed a search warrant at a Kemp Crescent home yesterday morning. In their search, police seized firearms, ammunition, tools, bikes, debit machines a...

Aug 01, 2019 Some of the items police seized Wednesday morning. (submitted photo/PAPS)

‘He wanted to talk:’ Saskatchewan woman recalls finding Mountie killer in field

SPIRITWOOD, Sask. - For a Saskatchewan woman who discovered a fugitive Mountie killer hiding in her family's hayfield more than a decade ago, the intense search for two young murder suspects in northe...

Aug 01, 2019 (Submitted photo/Canadian Press)

Fired Saskatoon cop found not guilty of arrest assault

A former Saskatoon cop is looking to get his job back after a judge cleared him of assault on Tuesday.Cheers erupted in the courtroom after Justice Richard Danyliuk found Jarrett Gelowitz not guilty o...

Jul 31, 2019 Jarrett Gelowitz arrives for Saskatoon Court of Queen's Bench. (Global News)

RCMP scaling down search for murder suspects in northern Manitoba

WINNIPEG - The RCMP are scaling back the search for two British Columbia murder suspects in remote northern Manitoba.Assistant Commissioner Jane MacLatchy said over the past week officers have searche...

Jul 31, 2019 THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, Twitter, Manitoba RCMP, @rcmpmb

Driver runs down antelope in lentil field, removes antlers

Conservation officers are investigating after an antelope was run down and killed in a lentil field early last week.On either July 22 or 23, a driver drove into a field of standing lentils and chased ...

Jul 31, 2019 Antelope run down in lentil field east of Stranraer (supplied photo/Sasktip.com)

RCMP investigate early morning shooting in Battleford

Officers are investigating after a home was shot at in Battleford in the early morning hours of July 31. Around 1:30 a.m., RCMP were called to a home on the 400 block of 33 St. and confirmed it was sh...

Jul 31, 2019