Crime & Courts

Courts continue to support homeless encampments. Could designated tent cities be a good middle ground?

At least one homeless advocate hopes to see communities struggling with a large homeless population put their support behind designated encampments.Whatever you call them - tent cities, tent communiti...

Jan 30, 2023

Hunt on for suspect after girl sexually assaulted at hockey rink

Police are looking for a man wanted for sexually assaulting a girl who was under the age of 10 at the Lashburn hockey rink on January 29. Maidstone RCMP said the assault was in a dressing room of the ...

Jan 30, 2023

Roughly 35 ‘sextortion’ reports since November, says ICE co-ordinator

Parents should speak to their children about the dangers of the internet, according to Saskatchewan police.Especially about what police like to call "sextortion" schemes."Sextortion" describes an onli...

Jan 29, 2023

Cryptocurrency scams on the rise around Maidstone, $570K lost in 2022

Maidstone RCMP were busy in 2022 responding to different scams, many of which involved cryptocurrency. In total, police received 37 reports of people being victimized by fraudulent calls, losing a com...

Jan 23, 2023

RCMP arrest wanted man in Red Pheasant First Nation

A man from Saskatoon who was unlawfully at large was arrested at a home in Red Pheasant First Nation.Last Thursday, the RCMP Warrant Enforcement and Suppression Team (WEST), discovered that the wanted...

Jan 23, 2023

Alberta premier promises email search amid questions over prosecutor interference

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has asked for an email search this weekend to determine if her staff have been contacting Crown prosecutors and interfering in cases involving the Coutts, Alt...

Jan 21, 2023

Attempted abduction on Highway 4 near Meadow Lake

Meadow Lake RCMP are asking for help in finding a suspect or vehicle after an attempted abduction on Highway 4, about 40 kilometres south of Meadow Lake. Shortly after midnight on Saturday morning, po...

Jan 21, 2023

Warrant out for arrest of 29-year-old man unlawfully at large

Saskatchewan RCMP are looking for Nakota Pooyak, 29, of Sweetgrass First Nation, who is unlawfully at large. Correctional Service Canada (CSC) issued a warrant for Pooyak's arrest. Pooyak stands 5-10 ...

Jan 20, 2023

Woman convicted in Bradley Ham homicide dies at healing lodge

Cassandra Fox, one of two people convicted in connection with the death of Bradley Ham in North Battleford has died. The Correctional Service of Canada said that Fox was an inmate at the Okimaw Ohci H...

Jan 19, 2023

Not guilty pleas entered in Mistawasis drug bust case

A Prince Albert woman, facing over 30 charges related to guns and drugs, is maintaining her innocence and opting to face trial. Faith Girourard, who was 30 at the time of her arrest earlier this month...

Jan 19, 2023