Crime & Courts

Two men arrested after threatening occupants with weapons in Beauval bar

Two men have been arrested and charged in an investigation that ended up with police seizing a plastic egg filled with Crack Cocaine.RCMP made the arrests following a December incident in a Beauval ba...

Jan 19, 2023

Jurors can discuss details of cases while seeking trauma support, Sask. lawyers believe long overdue

Jurors can now discuss all aspects of cases they've sat on while getting mental health support.The federal bill S-206 was officially passed last year but came into effect on Monday. It ultimately amen...

Jan 18, 2023

Impaired driving crash at Debden results in no additional jail time

Aaron Isbister says a court decision late last week does not offer his family any sort of justice. A man who cannot be named because he was 17 at the time of the time he was initially charged, has rec...

Jan 16, 2023

Trial for accused in Cindy MacKay death set for October

The trial for a man facing a charge in the death of Cindy MacKay in 2020 is now scheduled for the fall. Michael MacKay, 40, is facing a charge of first degree murder in the death of his wife Cindy Mac...

Jan 16, 2023

Nicole Cook receives life sentence after guilty plea in Laverdiere case

One more of the individuals facing charges in the Tiki Laverdiere homicide investigation was sentenced at the Court of King's Bench in Battleford. Nicole Cook, 39, of Edmonton, who was originally faci...

Jan 16, 2023

Man facing 12 sexual assault charges applies to change guilty plea

A Saskatoon man claiming to be a traditional healer pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting 12 women between 2013 and 2021 but now wants to change that plea.Last April, police said there were a number o...

Jan 12, 2023

Rural refuge losing appeal after two break-ins

When nurse Randi Walker bought an acreage in the Debden area at the start of the pandemic, she was looking for a place to recharge from the mentally exhausting workdays during a global health scare. T...

Jan 12, 2023

Hunt on for truck used in shooting, four female occupants

A truck with what police believe are four armed women is being sought following a shooting on Big Island Cree Territory. Pierceland RCMP said the silver 2010 GMC pickup may have gone into Alberta and ...

Jan 11, 2023

Trial postponed for accused in Tiki Laverdiere homicide case

The trial that was supposed to start this week for one of the accused facing charges in the death of Tiki Laverdiere has been delayed.Jesse Sangster, 26, of Edmonton, Alta., is facing charges of first...

Jan 09, 2023

Advocates, police warn online 'sextortion' of youth is on the rise in Canada

Mounties in British Columbia issued a warning Friday about a recent increase in "sextortion," saying police have received a "large number" of reports of money-motivated extortion targeting children an...

Jan 07, 2023