Crime & Courts

Police say manhunt suspects died by apparent suicide by gunfire

The RCMP say two British Columbia men who led police on a cross-Canada manhunt died by what appears to be suicide by gunfire.Police say Bryer Schmegelsky and Kam McLeod appeared to be dead for a numbe...

Aug 12, 2019 Bryer Schmegelsky and Kam McLeod (Photo: The Canadian Press)

70-year-old Green Lake resident facing drug charges

A 70-year-old from Green Lake is facing charges for possessing cocaine for the purpose of trafficking. Rita Sinclair was charged after members of the Green Lake and Meadow Lake RCMP and officers with ...

Aug 12, 2019 (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)

Homicide victim's sister accuses fugitive's dad of failing to take responsibility

The sister of an American tourist says the father of one of the British Columbia men named as a suspect in the woman's death isn't accepting his share of responsibility for her family's sorrow. Kenned...

Aug 12, 2019

Meadow Lake resident recalls spotting B.C. murder suspects, informing RCMP

As coroners in Manitoba perform autopsies on two bodies believed to be that of Kam McLeod and Bryer Schmegelsky, the resident who spotted them in Meadow Lake is now reflecting on the interaction.RCMP ...

Aug 09, 2019 Kam McLeod and Bryer Schmegelsky were both wanted on Canada-wide warrants. (supplied/RCMP)

Bodies believed to be B.C. murder suspects found in Manitoba

nWINNIPEG - Two bodies believed to be British Columbia murder suspects who were the focus of a massive manhunt have been found in dense brush in northern Manitoba.RCMP assistant commissioner Jane MacL...

Aug 07, 2019 Image Credit: RCMP Handout

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)