Crime & Courts

Manitoba RCMP find items linked to B.C. murder suspects

GILLAM, Man. - RCMP in northern Manitoba say they have found several items linked to two murder suspects from British Columbia. Mounties did not say what the items are but that they were found on...

Aug 06, 2019

P.A.lawyers react to free cannabis pardon process

There's a varied reaction from some in Prince Albert's legal community to the federal government's move to offer a free pardon process for people convicted in the past of simple pot possession.One law...

Aug 06, 2019 (File photo:Tyler Marr/paNOW staff)

Mother of man whose funeral Laverdiere attended now charged in her homicide

Tiki Laverdiere attended the funeral of Tristen Cook-Buckle on the Thunderchild First Nation in the days before her death. Now, Cook-Buckle's mother Nicole Cook, 36, is charged in Laverdiere's homicid...

Aug 01, 2019 Edmonton's Tiki Laverdiere. (supplied photo/RCMP)

‘He wanted to talk:’ Saskatchewan woman recalls finding Mountie killer in field

SPIRITWOOD, Sask. - For a Saskatchewan woman who discovered a fugitive Mountie killer hiding in her family's hayfield more than a decade ago, the intense search for two young murder suspects in northe...

Aug 01, 2019 (Submitted photo/Canadian Press)

Fired Saskatoon cop found not guilty of arrest assault

A former Saskatoon cop is looking to get his job back after a judge cleared him of assault on Tuesday.Cheers erupted in the courtroom after Justice Richard Danyliuk found Jarrett Gelowitz not guilty o...

Jul 31, 2019 Jarrett Gelowitz arrives for Saskatoon Court of Queen's Bench. (Global News)

RCMP scaling down search for murder suspects in northern Manitoba

WINNIPEG - The RCMP are scaling back the search for two British Columbia murder suspects in remote northern Manitoba.Assistant Commissioner Jane MacLatchy said over the past week officers have searche...

Jul 31, 2019 THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, Twitter, Manitoba RCMP, @rcmpmb

Both suspects wanted in La Loche shooting arrested

Both Ronald Park and Cody Robertson are now in custody. - One man was arrested and two more are wanted by police following a shooting in La Loche. RCMP said they received a call that a vehicle parked ...

Glynn Brothen Jul 30, 2019 Ronald Park and Cody Robertson are wanted after a shooting in La Loche. (supplied/RCMP)

Man with outstanding warrants arrested near Ministikwan Lake Cree Nation

A 24-year-old man wanted on several charges was arrested by RCMP near Ministikwan Lake Cree Nation.At around 1 p.m. on July 29, RCMP stopped a vehicle in between the Cree Nation and the town of Loon L...

Jul 30, 2019 (file photo/meadowlakeNOW staff)

Police following tip that B.C. homicide suspects were seen in York Landing, Man.

Police are following up on a tip that two B.C. homicide suspects were seen southwest of Gillam, the northern Manitoba community that has been the focus of their search since last week.RCMP posted an u...

Jul 28, 2019 Officers look through a remote lake area alongside a landed helicopter in the Gillam, Man., area in July 28, 2019, police image published to social media. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Twitter, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, @rcmpmb)

RCMP getting air support from military in hunt for homicide suspects

The RCMP are getting some help from the Canadian military as they continue the hunt for two young homicide suspects in northern Manitoba. Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale tweeted last night&n...

Jul 27, 2019 Military air support arrives for manhunt in Manitoba. (Manitoba RCMP)