Crime & Courts

Meadow Lake lawyer recognized by Queen's Council

Fourteen Saskatchewan lawyers are being recognized for their contributions to the legal profession and public service with the Queen's Counsel designation including one lawyer from Meadow Lake. The 20...

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‘You were everything to me’: Kindersley family, community grieve after separated couple murder-suicide

A woman who was killed in a murder-suicide in Kindersley on Thursday is being remembered as a loving mother, grandmother and co-worker by family and the larger community.Elsie Gartner, 64, a health wo...

Dec 13, 2019 Elsie Gartner is seen in a photo dated 2014. (Elsie Gartner/Facebook)

Widow sues child and family services agency for wrongful death

Cora Laich, who's husband Simon Grant was murdered in La Ronge in April 2017, is suing the Lac La Ronge Indian Band Child and Family Services Agency Inc. for wrongful death caused by negligence.A stat...

Dec 13, 2019 Cora Laich and her late husband Simon Grant. (Submitted photo/Cora Laich)

Saskatchewan residents to see power bills rise; SaskPower warns about phone scam

Saskatchewan residents will be paying more for power in the new year.The carbon tax is set to increase Jan. 1 from $20 a tonne to $30. SaskPower spokesperson Joel Cherry explained what the increase wi...

Dec 13, 2019 The Crown-owned power company says bills are set to climb and warning residents about a phone scam. (File Photo/paNOW Staff)

UPDATE: Two found dead at Kindersley home following police standoff

Two people are dead following a long police standoff at a Kindersley home.According to a release from Saskatchewan RCMP, a man and a woman were located deceased in the home around 3 p.m.No other peopl...

Dec 13, 2019 Kindersley RCMP respond to report of a gunshot at a home on 1st Street West on Thursday, December 12, 2019. (submitted/Jenny Hagan)

RCMP searching for Meadow Lake woman

Police are looking for a woman believed to be in Meadow Lake. According to media release from RCMP, Natanis Derocher is wanted for several warrants dating back to October. She faces multiple charges i...

Dec 12, 2019 (Submitted/Saskatchewan Crime Stoppers)

Fifth person arrested in connection to drive-by shooting

RCMP have made another arrest in connection to a drive-by shooting in Meadow Lake last month.Lennox Merasty Morin, 31, was arrested on Tuesday and will make his next court appearance Wednesday. He fac...

Dec 10, 2019 (File photo/ meadowlakeNOW Staff)

Sombre 30th anniversary for 'Montreal Massacre'

A mass shooting no one in Canada will forget.Thirty years ago today, a lone gunman entered cole Polytechnique, and shot and killed 14 women in what has been called the 'Montreal Massacre'.Fourteen oth...

Dec 06, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff)

New judge appointed to Meadow Lake Court

The Government of Saskatchewan has appointed Michael Segu as a judge to the provincial court in Meadow Lake."We have a longstanding tradition of appointing some of the best legal minds in Canada to ou...

Cocaine and cash found at residence in Buffalo Narrows

Three people are facing charges in connection to a drug bust in Buffalo Narrows Thursday night. At approximately 8:30 p.m.,RCMP were at a residence on Barney Ave, and seized over 30 grams of packaged ...

Nov 29, 2019 (File photo/ meadowlakeNOW Staff)