Crime & Courts

Makwa Sahgaiehcan man charged with second-degree murder

A 22-year-old man from Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation has been charged with the second-degree murder of 32-year-old Dedrick Stick. The case dates to early February when the Loon Lake RCMP were called ...

Mar 11, 2024

Hudson Bay man charged after large amount of guns, ammo seized in firearms investigation

A Hudson Bay man faces several charges after a firearms trafficking investigation.The RCMP's Prince Albert Crime Reduction Team (CRT) investigation began earlier this year, and as a result of that inv...

Mar 08, 2024

Vehicle thief told to get cleaned up or get used to jail

A woman who was found driving a stolen car, and who had admitted to police she took it after the previous stolen vehicle she had been driving was towed, is facing a six-month jail sentence.Dakota Bird...

Mar 08, 2024

Two adults, four children found dead in Ottawa-area home, police say

UPDATE: The names of the victims and the suspect in custody have been released.Darshani Banbaranayake Gama Walwwe Darshani Dilanthika Ekanyake, 35; her four children Inuka, 7, Ashwini, 4, Rinyana, 2, ...

Mar 07, 2024

Man shot by P.A. police last year had guns, ammo in backpack and outstanding warrants

Johnathon Gardiner, the 34-year-old le--la-Crosse man shot dead by a Prince Albert Police officer early in 2023 was carrying a replica handgun and a sawed off .22 rifle with a missing stock along with...

Mar 06, 2024

Meadow Lake CRT makes a dent in local drug scene

During patrols by Meadow Lake by RCMP's Meadow Lake Crime Reduction Team (CRT) on Feb. 27, a traffic stop yielded a successful seizure of weaponry and drugs. The officer found a machete, 13 pills and ...

Mar 05, 2024

Dangerous offender status for man behind attack at Sask. Penitentiary

A man with a history of violent assaults and stabbings in northern Saskatchewan received an indeterminate prison sentence after the courts declared him a dangerous offender, seeking to protect the pub...

Mar 05, 2024

James Smith looking for justice system changes following second stabbing inquest

The leadership of James Smith Cree Nation is happy with how RCMP handled the arrest of Myles Sanderson, the man who stabbed and killed 11 people and injured 17 more in a spree attack on the reserve ea...

Mar 01, 2024

Jury in Saskatchewan mass killer inquest makes recommendations to improve arrests

Jurors at a coroner's inquest into the in-custody death of a mass killer in Saskatchewan have issued four recommendations for police to improve arrests.After a few hours of deliberations Thursday, the...

Feb 29, 2024

Several Western Canadian cities ask Stats Can to halt release of CSI rankings

A municipal leaders conference discussing the negative impact on smaller cities from the Crime Severity Index (CSI) concluded on Thursday.Representatives from 11 communities across Western Canada met ...

Feb 29, 2024