Crime & Courts

Feds must enforce vaping penalties to protect kids: advocates

Advocates on both sides of the vaping debate say the government must do more to enforce penalties for selling vapes to kids after a review concluded no changes to the legislation were warranted.The To...

Jan 07, 2023

SIRT will bring ‘oversight of the oversight,’ says head of Public Complaints Commission

Saskatchewan's new civilian-led investigation team is now active.Greg Gudelot, the executive director of Saskatchewan's Public Complaints Commission (PCC) and the Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT)...

Jan 07, 2023

Maidstone RCMP investigating sexting scam targeting young men, teenage boys

Maidstone RCMP is warning the public about a sexting scam.From October to December 2022, investigators received several reports of young men and teenage boys being enticed to send naked photos of them...

Jan 03, 2023

Homicide victim purchased Margo duplex days before death

Nice is the first word that the friends and family of Sharon Littlewolfe use to describe her. She was also a mother of three, a powwow dancer, and did her best to live an honest life.Littlewolfe, age ...

Dec 29, 2022

RCMP investigating sudden death at Meadow Lake care home

An altercation between two residents at a continuing care home in Meadow Lake resulted in one of the residents passing away. That's according to information provided by the RCMP on Thursday.The incide...

Dec 29, 2022

Meadow Lake RCMP searching for Thrift Mission robber

Meadow Lake RCMP are asking for the public's help in identifying the person involved in a theft at a local business. On the morning of Dec. 27, a suspect broke into the Meadow Lake Thrift Mission and ...

Dec 27, 2022

Lloydminster man facing assault and murder charges in Saskatchewan

A 56 year-old man is facing a number of charges following the death of a woman he was in a relationship with, an assault of a woman and a baby and another assault in town.On Christmas Eve (Saturday), ...

Dec 27, 2022

RCMP psych nurse program to be permanent

After a year-long test run, the Saskatchewan RCMP will have psychiatric nurses permanently on staff at the operational communication centre. RCMP say that during the 12 months of the trial, 99.8 per c...

Dec 23, 2022

Trial set for man facing child pornography charges

The trial date has now been set for a Marshall, Sask., man facing 11 charges, including sexual assault and distribution of child pornography. Joseph Sproull, 42, is charged with one count of possessio...

Dec 22, 2022

Over 500 complaints made this year by Pine Grove inmates, ministry confirms

Over the course of 11 months this year, there have been 512 formal complaints issued by inmates at the Pine Grove Correctional Centre in Prince Albert.That's according to information provided to paNOW...

Dec 21, 2022