Crime & Courts

RCMP discover stolen vehicle out of Ontario, charge two

Two people from Ontario were charged after Wynyard RCMP discovered a vehicle stolen out of Ontario.On June 3, RCMP saw two people acting suspiciously at a local gas station, and after running the vehi...

Jun 05, 2019 (file photo/paNOW Staff)

No bail hearings for Naicam residents charged in traffic stop

Two Naicam residents charged in a drug trafficking incident had bail hearings declined by their defence lawyer.Kevin Hill, a lawyer for Legal Aid Saskatchewan, declined bail hearings for Chance Keller...

Jun 05, 2019 Nipawin Provincial Court. (file photo/northeastNOW Staff)

Update: assumed stolen ducks found safe and sound

There is some good news related to a reported duck heist in Prince Albert.According to City Councilor Don Cody, who helps coordinate the annual duck launch at Memorial Gardens, the ducks are safe and ...

Jun 04, 2019 Students from local schools released ducks into the Memorial Gardens pond. (File photo/ paNOW Staff)

Men accused of robberies in P.A. elect trial

Two 20-year-old men accused of committing a string of robberies will be tried by a judge alone in Melfort's Court of Queen's Bench.Brandon Peeteetuce and Dorion Loessel appeared in Melfort Provincial ...

Jun 04, 2019 Melfort Provincial Court. (File photo/northeastNOW Staff)

Teenage boy accused of taking front loader for joy ride

A 13-year-old boy is facing multiple charges in connection to a break-and-enter, and subsequent hit and run Sunday evening in Prince Albert.According to police, a front loader smashed into a retaining...

Jun 04, 2019 (submitted photo)

MP calls MMIWG report 'very personal' for northerners

The final report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) found there's been a deliberate race, identity and gender-based genocide in Canada.The report call...

Jun 03, 2019 NDP MP Georgina Jolibois stated a national action plan would be extensive. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)

One arrested following aggravated assault

Members of the La Loche RCMP detachment members received a call from a residence in the town of La Loche on June 2 at 6:08 a.m, regarding an assault that had taken place.According to a release, one ad...

Jun 03, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff)

MMIW inquiry report represents "good first step," according to families with lost loved ones

The twin sister of a woman who was murdered in Prince Albert four years ago, says the final report from the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIW) Inquiry represents a step in the righ...

Jun 03, 2019 (File photo/ paNOW Staff)

Two facing possession charges after police execute search warrant in Kindersley

A man and woman are facing a number of charges after police executed a search warrant at a home in Kindersley.RCMP officers from the town and the F Division Crime Reduction Team searched a home on Kay...

Jun 01, 2019

12 people killed in Virginia Beach shooting; suspect dead

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - A longtime city employee opened fire in a municipal building in Virginia Beach on Friday, killing 12 people on three floors and sending terrified co-workers scrambling for cover ...

Jun 01, 2019 12 people are dead following a shooting in Virginia Beach.