Crime & Courts

Defence calling no evidence in case of German tourist shot west of Calgary

CALGARY - The defence is calling no evidence on behalf of a youth accused of shooting a German tourist in the head on a highway west of Calgary last summer. The teen from the Stoney Nakoda First ...

Jul 18, 2019

Sask. RCMP officer charged with unsafe storage of gun

A Saskatchewan RCMP officer is facing charges in connection to an incident that happened in Saskatoon last fall, involving a gun being stolen from inside an unmarked RCMP vehicle.Const. Shannon Drall ...

Jul 17, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff)

Interviews with family of highway shooting victim heard in Calgary court

CALGARY - The trial of an Alberta youth accused of firing a gun at a German tourist on a highway west of Calgary is having to rely on police interviews done with the family after he was shot...

Jul 17, 2019

Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman sentenced to life in prison

NEW YORK - The Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman has been sentenced to life behind bars in a U.S. prison, a humbling end for a drug lord once notorious for his ability to kill, bribe or t...

Jul 17, 2019

RCMP release sketches of two suspects involved in home invasion, shooting

Composite sketches of two suspects involved in a home invasion and shooting last month have been released by the RCMP.Police say officers attended a Meadow Lake apartment June 30 to respond to a compl...

Jul 15, 2019 (submitted photo/Meadow Lake RCMP)

Trial begins for Alberta youth charged with shooting German tourist

CALGARY - A court has heard that a German tourist shot while driving on a highway west of Calgary last year had eight bullet fragments removed from his brain during surgery. A trial has begun for...

Jul 15, 2019

Suspect arrested after man assaulted with machete

La Loche RCMP charged one man with aggravated assault after another man was assaulted with a machete earlier this week. On July 6 around 3 p.m., Mounties responded to a 911 call on the Clearwater Dene...

Jul 10, 2019 (file photo/larongeNOW Staff)

RCMP now believe Ashley Morin was victim of homicide

After a year-long investigation into her disappearance, RCMP believe Ashley Morin was the victim of a homicide. In a media release marking one year since the now 32-year-old was last seen, the Saskatc...

Jul 10, 2019 Ashley Morin was last seen July 10, 2018. (supplied photo/Saskatchewan RCMP)

Alcohol believed to be a factor in fatal collision near Shell Lake

Alcohol is believed to be a factor in a motor vehicle collision near Shell Lake, which resulted in the death of a woman.Around 10:30 p.m. on July 5, Spiritwood RCMP attended the scene of a two-motor v...

Jul 08, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff)

Saskatoon police search for missing 18-month-old toddler

Saskatoon police are asking for the public's help to find a missing toddler.Itzel Delreal-Daniels, an 18-month-old girl, was last seen at her mother's home on Summers Place in the College Park neighbo...

Jul 05, 2019 (Submitted photo/CKOM News)