Crime & Courts

RCMP officers, a drone, and an iPhone all help rescue stranded hikers east of Carrot River

A harrowing ordeal for a group of experienced hikers in northeast Saskatchewan. The incident happened June 16 near Rice River Canyon, about 95 kilometres east of Carrot River. Carrot River RCMP Staff ...

Jun 21, 2024

Lloydminster man gets three years for selling handguns illegally

A Lloydminster man will spend three years in jail for selling a handgun that ended up being used in an Edmonton homicide, a North Battleford Court of King's Bench judge has ruled. Brett Wangler, age 3...

Jun 20, 2024

P.A. Mountie handed 11-year jail sentence for fatally shooting lover

A former Saskatchewan RCMP officer who killed his lover with his police-issued service pistol received an 11-year jail sentence.Bernie Herman was found guilty of manslaughter in January and has been i...

Jun 18, 2024

Fire investigators find body in burned out home

Editors note: This story was edited at 1:30 p.m. on June 18 to clarify Saskatchewan RCMP Major Crimes is not currently investigating this fire, as previously reported.North Battleford firefighters hav...

Jun 18, 2024

Judgment day arrives for former Sask. Mountie, responsible for death of young lover

Emotions are expected to run high, when a former Saskatchewan RCMP officer, responsible for the death of his young gay lover, appears Tuesday at Court of King's Bench in Prince Albert for sentencing,B...

Jun 18, 2024

Greg Fertuck guilty of first-degree murder in death of ex wife Sheree

Greg Fertuck has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the 2015 death of his ex wife Sheree.The lengthy trial began in 2021 and was marked by numerous delays, including a lengthy process to dete...

Jun 14, 2024

PBCN searching for missing man from Deschambeault Lake

The leadership of Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation (PBCN) is asking for the public's help in locating Dominic Custer, a 27-year-old member of PBCN's community of Deschambeault Lake who has been missing si...

Jun 12, 2024

As healing continues, James Smith Cree Nation leadership calls for increased policing

Leadership from the James Smith Cree Nation continue to review an RCMP internal report and its findings on the policing response to the mass stabbing on the reserve in September 2022. Chief Robert Hea...

Jun 11, 2024

Saskatchewan RCMP overhauls existing incident command structure after James Smith Cree Nation stabbings

Shortly before a mass stabbing on the James Smith Cree Nation, the commanding officer of the Saskatchewan RCMP Rhonda Blackmore conducted a tabletop exercise with her team that she says was 'eerily si...

Jun 11, 2024

Sask. Party MLAs focus on law and order in leadup to election

Two provincial ministers and local MLA Alana Ross were at the Prince Albert Police Service's main station Monday to talk about changes to provincial laws that will give officers more tools to work wit...

Jun 10, 2024