Crime & Courts

CP NewsAlert: Killer of Calgary mother, daughter gets no parole for 50 years

CALGARY - A man convicted of killing a Calgary mother and her young daughter will have to wait 50 years before he has a chance at parole. A jury found Edward Downey guilty last year of first...

May 21, 2019

Liberals shrugging off concerns about rural crime, opposition MPs charge

OTTAWA - Conservative MPs say a Liberal-dominated committee's half-hearted report on the burgeoning problem of rural crime is an insult to Canadians. New Democrat MPs on the House of Commons public-sa...

May 21, 2019

Battlefords RCMP lay 207 charges within National Impaired Driving Week campaign

It was a busy week for the Battlefords RCMP. The detachment participated in the National Impaired Driving Week enforcement campaign, and in two-stop checks conducted at peak times they stopped over 50...

May 21, 2019

Family of missing woman whose disappearance considered suspicious pleads for help

Carol Laverdiere wants to bring her daughter home.She is the mother of Tiki Laverdiere, who was last seen in North Battleford and last made contact with her family on May 1.The 25-year-old's mother, s...

May 17, 2019 Carol Laverdiere holds a picture of her daughter Tiki Laverdiere, 25, who has been missing since May 1. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)

Several vehicles stolen over past week recovered

Seven of nine vehicles reported stolen over the past week from in and around Meadow Lake have been found.RCMP said they were recovered between Meadow Lake and Bonnyville, Alta.Two people are facing ch...

May 17, 2019

Man found guilty in Walmart bomb threat case

A 39-year-old man has been found guilty of calling in a bomb threat to a local business in order to escape arrest two years ago. Carlyle Clint Miller was convicted this week of uttering threats and ob...

May 17, 2019 file photo/paNOW Staff

Re-trial in murder conspiracy case set back

The re-trial in a case involving two lovers accused of plotting to kill their spouses will not move ahead next week as planned. The re-trial for Angela Nicholson and Curtis Vey was scheduled to start ...

May 17, 2019 file photo/paNOW Staff

Bee bandits strike Saskatchewan farm

The equivalent of a semi-load of honey was stolen from a farm in northeast saskatchewan, according to the beekeeper who runs the operation.Derek Moyen farms north of Zenon Park and said losing 148 bee...

May 17, 2019 (File photo/ farmnewsNOW Staff)

Stony Rapids drowning focus of coroner's inquest this fall

Black Lake First Nation will be the location of a one-week inquest this fall by the Saskatchewan Coroners Service. The inquest will look into the death of Ryan Donard, 31, who RCMP believe drowned aft...

May 17, 2019 The inquest is scheduled to begin Sept. 9. (file photo/larongeNOW Staff)

Police release photos of alleged graffiti suspects

The Prince Albert Police Service has now released photos of the people they believe spray painted over 20 homes and businesses in the city.As paNOW reported on Thursday, the word "Crip" was written on...

May 17, 2019 (Submitted photo/PAPS)