Tag Archives: Crime & Courts
SARM unimpressed with national study on rural crime
The Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) was eager to sift through a national study on rural crime when it was released earlier this week.President Ray Orb was expecting a binder of...
May 25, 2019 SARM President Ray Orb speaks in Regina on Dec. 4, 2017. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
CP NewsAlert: Killer of Calgary mother, daughter gets no parole for 50 years
CALGARY - A man convicted of killing a Calgary mother and her young daughter will have to wait 50 years before he has a chance at parole. A jury found Edward Downey guilty last year of first...
May 21, 2019
Liberals shrugging off concerns about rural crime, opposition MPs charge
OTTAWA - Conservative MPs say a Liberal-dominated committee's half-hearted report on the burgeoning problem of rural crime is an insult to Canadians. New Democrat MPs on the House of Commons public-sa...
May 21, 2019
Several vehicles stolen over past week recovered
Seven of nine vehicles reported stolen over the past week from in and around Meadow Lake have been found.RCMP said they were recovered between Meadow Lake and Bonnyville, Alta.Two people are facing ch...
May 17, 2019
Stony Rapids drowning focus of coroner's inquest this fall
Black Lake First Nation will be the location of a one-week inquest this fall by the Saskatchewan Coroners Service. The inquest will look into the death of Ryan Donard, 31, who RCMP believe drowned aft...
May 17, 2019 The inquest is scheduled to begin Sept. 9. (file photo/larongeNOW Staff)
Warrant executed at Île-à-la-Crosse home, several arrested, drugs seized
RCMP members from le--la-Crosse, along with the Prince Albert Integrated Street Enforcement Team as well as Mounties from La Loche, Buffalo Narrows, Beauval and the Meadow Lake Police Dog Services mad...
May 14, 2019 (file photo/paNOW Staff)
Estevan Police Service to conduct investigation into La Loche RCMP incident
The Estevan Police Service is launching an investigation in regards to an incident last month between La Loche RCMP and a member of the public. According to an RCMP news release, La Loche RCMP witness...
May 10, 2019 It's unknown how long the investigation by the Estevan Police Service will take. (file photo/larongeNOW Staff)
Amber Alert in Meadow Lake avoided after RCMP locate suspect, girl
A suspect who took a three-year-old girl from a home in Meadow Lake was found by police just as the RCMP were about to issue an Amber Alert.Sunday afternoon at 12:40 p.m., Meadow Lake RCMP received a ...
May 05, 2019
Youth wanted after cannabis shop vandalized
A male youth vandalizing a cannabis shop in Meadow Lake has lead to a warrant being issued for his arrest.RCMP said in a press release that early Wednesday morning, a young man was caught on camera ap...
May 01, 2019 A youth walked up and broke a glass window on the cannabis shop in Meadow Lake early Wednesday morning. (Nikita Ganovicheff/meadowlakeNOW Staff))
Secret recording could be tossed in Vey-Nicholson re-trial
The case against two Saskatchewan lovers facing a re-trial for conspiring to murder their spouses may be in jeopardy, as a Court of Queen's Bench judge considers whether to throw out the key piece of ...
May 01, 2019 file photo/CKOM