Crime & Courts

'He was ditched:' La Loche victim spiralled without support, now going to prison

A promising football player whose dreams of playing professionally were crushed after a deadly school shooting in northern Saskatchewan has been sent to prison and his family says it's because he didn...

Jun 16, 2019

Husky to pay $3.82M in penalties after guilty plea in 2016 oil spill

A judge has accepted a joint submission that will see Husky Oil Operations pay $3.82 million in fines for charges stemming from a 2016 oil spill near Maidstone.The company pleaded guilty to three envi...

Jun 12, 2019 Images submitted to court show an overhead view of the bridge over Highway 21 and oil slicks in the North Saskatchewan River. (submitted/Saskatchewan Courts)

MP calls MMIWG report 'very personal' for northerners

The final report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) found there's been a deliberate race, identity and gender-based genocide in Canada.The report call...

Jun 03, 2019 NDP MP Georgina Jolibois stated a national action plan would be extensive. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)

One arrested following aggravated assault

Members of the La Loche RCMP detachment members received a call from a residence in the town of La Loche on June 2 at 6:08 a.m, regarding an assault that had taken place.According to a release, one ad...

Jun 03, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff)

MMIW inquiry report represents "good first step," according to families with lost loved ones

The twin sister of a woman who was murdered in Prince Albert four years ago, says the final report from the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIW) Inquiry represents a step in the righ...

Jun 03, 2019 (File photo/ paNOW Staff)

12 people killed in Virginia Beach shooting; suspect dead

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - A longtime city employee opened fire in a municipal building in Virginia Beach on Friday, killing 12 people on three floors and sending terrified co-workers scrambling for cover ...

Jun 01, 2019 12 people are dead following a shooting in Virginia Beach.

Former RCMP officer known for giving now accused of taking

A former RCMP officer charged in connection to a $16,000 theft from a charity has a history of giving in northern Saskatchewan. In November of 2017, Jason St. Pierre was a corporal in the Assiniboia d...

May 30, 2019 A former member of the Assiniboia RCMP is facing a criminal charge for breach of trust. (file photo/JPBG)

Teen receives nine-year prison sentence for 'adult-like plan' in slaying of La Ronge restaurateur

aJudge Robert Lane called the killing of La Ronge restaurateur Simon Grant reprehensible, unjustified and evil as he sentenced the final teen involved in the crime to nine years in prison."This was a ...

May 30, 2019 Final killer sentenced to nine years in jail for death of Simon Grant. (submitted photo/Cora Laich)

Murder conspiracy case dismissed, accused found not guilty

The re-trial for two people accused of conspiring to kill their spouses was over before it even started on Monday.At a voir dire hearing that preceded the scheduled trial, Justice Catherine Dawson det...

May 27, 2019 Curtis Vey and Angela Nicholson. (File photo/ paNOW Staff)

One in custody after incident on Ministikwan First Nation

RCMP have one man in custody after an incident on the Ministikwan First Nation Saturday. Officers in Loon Lake sent out a press release late Saturday evening, asking for help locating a grey and blue ...

May 26, 2019 (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)