Crime & Courts

City Police January stats show drops, child sex crimes up

The Prince Albert Police Service is reporting lower crime numbers in some areas, but have seen a jump in others as 2019 gets underway, including the number of sexual violations involving children.Janu...

Mar 01, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff)

Feds green-light formal extradition process for Meng Wanzhou

OTTAWA - The federal Justice Department is giving the go-ahead for an extradition case to proceed against Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, who is wanted in the United States on fraud allegations.The dec...

Mar 01, 2019 (Submitted photo/Canadian Press)

No change in illegal cannabis sales since legalization: La Ronge RCMP

La Ronge RCMP Staff Sgt. Kyle Watson took questions at a regular town council meeting Wednesday about the ongoing work at the detachment. During a recent traffic blitz by provincial RCMP officers in t...

Feb 28, 2019 Gang and traffic police were both in La Ronge in recent weeks. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)

Nipawin man charged with threatening Justin Trudeau

A Nipawin man is facing criminal charges after allegedly threatening the Prime Minister.RCMP said in a release Thursday that the threats were made during a call to an employee at a Canadian government...

Feb 28, 2019 File photo/northeastNOW Staff

RCMP investigating report of missing woman

Prince Albert RCMP are asking for the public's help in locating a missing woman who hasn't been seen since Feb. 17.Police are asking for information about the whereabouts of 22-year-old Courtney Sincl...

Feb 28, 2019 RCMP are asking for information about the whereabouts of missing woman Courtney Sinclair. (submitted photo/ RCMP)

City police issue warning over phone scams

CIty police are warning the public not to give out personal information following several reports of phone scams.Callers posing as officials with the Canada Revenue Agency have been calling people in ...

Feb 28, 2019 file photo/paNOW Staff

Focus on distracted drivers in March

The traffic safety spotlight in March is on distracted driving.SGI said in a news release that 87 people lost their vehicle for a week because of cell phone tickets last year, the most SGI has seen si...

Feb 28, 2019 SGI is highlighting the dangers of distracted driving. (Cam Lee/northeastNOW)

Local lawyer disbarred over questionable practices granted appeal

A Prince Albert lawyer banned from practising law last month has been granted a stay while his case is under appeal.Peter V. Abrametz will be allowed to practise law until an appeal of his disbarment ...

Feb 28, 2019 (file photo/ CJME)

Crime numbers dropping in lake country

Work being done by residents living in the Emma Lake and Christopher Lake areas to deter criminals has shown some good results, according to new statistics provided by the RCMP. Comparing 2018 to 2017...

Feb 27, 2019 (File photo/ paNOW Staff)

Police, city looking for options around alcohol consumption

Local officials say they're being challenged when it comes to curbing alcohol consumption and are looking for options to limit or restrict the purchase of large quantities of alcohol.Both the Prince A...

Feb 26, 2019 file photo/ paNOW Staff