Crime & Courts

La Loche man in custody after uttering threats and police pursuit

On Monday April 27 around 3 a.m., La Loche RCMP responded to the report of an intoxicated man verbally threatening harm toward occupants of a residence.Upon arrival, officers received information the ...

Apr 29, 2020 (file photo)

Parents urged to keep tabs on kids’ Internet interactions to stop online predators

Online predatory crimes against children have gone up significantly over the past few years.Police in Saskatchewan are noticing that while it's not spiking in this province, it has gone up as children...

Apr 27, 2020 (CJME News Staff)

Man arrested for unlawful confinement in Île-à-la-Crosse

A 42-year-old man is facing charges after an incident involving the Canadian Armed Forces last week.Aaron Gardiner, of le--la-Crosse, has been charged with several offences in relation to the incident...

Apr 27, 2020 The unlawful confinement of a female youth occurred last week. (file photo/paNOW Staff)

Sask. RCMP respond to 78 COVID-19-related calls in the past week, one charge laid

From April 17 to Thursday inclusive, Saskatchewan RCMP had 78 calls for service related to COVID-19 and laid one charge.RCMP received 43 complaints of social gatherings of more than 10 people, eight c...

Apr 24, 2020 (CKOM News Staff)

Canadian Armed Forces assist in rescue of minor confined at Île-à-la-Crosse cabin

The Canadian Armed Forces were called in to rescue a female youth allegedly being held against her will at a cabin on le--la-Crosse Lake. That's according to an RCMP press release, which stated the lo...

Apr 24, 2020 The rescue operation occurred early this morning. (file photo/paNOW Staff)

Four charged with multiple offences in Meadow Lake

Some residents in Meadow Lake were woken-up in the early hours by a heavy police presence at a local apartment building this week. On April 19 the Saskatchewan Emergency Response Team (ERT) executed a...

Apr 22, 2020 (File photo/RCMP)

P.A. city council pushes ahead on Alley Bylaw; hears petition against it

Prince Albert city councillors heard from the author of a petition against their proposed back alley curfew on Monday night, but remained unfazed in their resolve to move ahead on the issue. If implem...

Apr 21, 2020 According to a city report, up to half of all properties in P.A. abut onto a back alley. (Alison Sandstrom)

Nineteen-year-old charged with second-degree murder in Fond du Lac

A 19-year-old has been charged with second-degree murder and aggravated assault after an altercation in Fond du Lac early on Saturday morning. At 6 a.m., Fond du Lac RCMP were called to a residence du...

Apr 19, 2020 Fond du Lac. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)

RCMP respond to over 800 COVID-19 complaints

Between March 1 and April 16, RCMP in the province responded to 894 COVID-19 related calls. Calls for service include 229 complaints of social gatherings of over 10 people, 395 complaints of people fa...

Apr 17, 2020 (file photo/paNOW Staff)

‘I’ll never forgive him for doing any of that’: La Loche shooting victim

A sense of relief for many accompanied Thursday's news that the Supreme Court of Canada would not hear an appeal from a young offender who was sentenced as an adult in a mass shooting in La Loche.Rand...

Apr 16, 2020 Police outside the Dene High School building in La Loche, Sask. following a shooting in January 2016. (Bryn Levy/650 CKOM)