Crime & Courts

Wade Frenchman committed to trial, charged with three murders

Wade Frenchman has been committed for trial to the Court of King's Bench after being charged with three murders in May. The man from Moosomin First Nation was scheduled to make his first appearance vi...

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

Pickup driver killed in Highway 17 crash

The driver of a pickup truck that collided with a semi north of Lloydminster two days ago died at the scene, RCMP have confirmed. He was a resident of Lloydminster and further details will not be rele...

Jun 13, 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

Lloyd RCMP seek four in connection with a home invasion

Two people have received life threatening injuries after a home invasion in Lloydminster resulted in a fight that led to shots being fired. In the preliminary RCMP investigation, it was discovered tha...

Jun 11, 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