Tag Archives: Crime & Courts
Number of drivers suspended for drugs growing ‘higher and higher’ in Sask.: SGI
April 20 - commonly referred to as 4/20 - has long been associated with cannabis culture in Canada and around the world.But while many will be lighting pipes, sparking up joints and munching on edible...
Apr 20, 2024
Sask. man guilty of abducting daughter to keep her from getting COVID shot
A man accused of taking his young daughter away so she wouldn't get a COVID-19 vaccination has been found guilty of abducting her.Global News has confirmed for 980 CJME that Michael Gordon Jackson, 55...
Apr 19, 2024
Jurors to hear closing arguments in trial for three men charged after Coutts blockade
Closing arguments are scheduled today for three men accused of orchestrating the border shutdown at Coutts, Alta., in early 2022. Alex Van Herk, Marco Van Huigenbos, and Gerhard Janzen have pleaded no...
Apr 16, 2024
RCMP warn of fentanyl use in Thunderchild First Nation
Two sudden deaths on the Thunderchild First Nation have prompted a warning from RCMP regarding illicit drugs.On April 11, Turtleford RCMP starting investigating two deaths in the First Nation and beli...
Apr 13, 2024
Sask. mother, FSIN want longer sentence for impaired driver who hit son
Darnell Fineday suffered life-altering injuries when he was struck by an impaired driver at the intersection of Hart Road and 22nd Street last April.Now, the 28-year-old from the Mosquito First Nation...
Apr 11, 2024
New report slams RCMP treatment of homeless Indigenous women in Northern Canada
Homeless Indigenous women in the North do not feel well-protected by the RCMP and instead face violence and discrimination by police, a new report from the Yellowknife Women's Society has found.The or...
Apr 11, 2024
UPDATED: Sask RCMP trying to track down 22-year-old woman
UPDATE: Savannah Burns was arrested by Saskatchewan RCMP's Warrant Enforcement and Suppression Team in the community of Little Red River on Thursday.--Saskatchewan RCMP are asking the public for help ...
Apr 10, 2024
Marshal service will focus on complex investigations, help municipal police
Saskatchewan's new police force - expected to be operational in 2026 - will be a full police force but is being created to assist municipal police with difficult, time-consuming investigations. Rob Ca...
Apr 08, 2024
Deportation hearing set for truck driver in deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash
CALGARY - A deportation hearing for the truck driver in the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash has been scheduled for next month.Jaskirat Singh Sidhu caused the 2018 crash that killed 16 people and inj...
Apr 08, 2024
Sask. court hears former banking officer responsible for stealing over $700K from clients
Over the course of six years, a former personal banking officer in Wakaw, was responsible for stealing over $738,000 in funds from 11 separate victims, the majority of which are seniors.That was among...
Apr 08, 2024