Tag Archives: Crime & Courts
‘You were everything to me’: Kindersley family, community grieve after separated couple murder-suicide
A woman who was killed in a murder-suicide in Kindersley on Thursday is being remembered as a loving mother, grandmother and co-worker by family and the larger community.Elsie Gartner, 64, a health wo...
Dec 13, 2019 Elsie Gartner is seen in a photo dated 2014. (Elsie Gartner/Facebook)
Widow sues child and family services agency for wrongful death
Cora Laich, who's husband Simon Grant was murdered in La Ronge in April 2017, is suing the Lac La Ronge Indian Band Child and Family Services Agency Inc. for wrongful death caused by negligence.A stat...
Dec 13, 2019 Cora Laich and her late husband Simon Grant. (Submitted photo/Cora Laich)
Saskatchewan residents to see power bills rise; SaskPower warns about phone scam
Saskatchewan residents will be paying more for power in the new year.The carbon tax is set to increase Jan. 1 from $20 a tonne to $30. SaskPower spokesperson Joel Cherry explained what the increase wi...
Dec 13, 2019 The Crown-owned power company says bills are set to climb and warning residents about a phone scam. (File Photo/paNOW Staff)
UPDATE: Two found dead at Kindersley home following police standoff
Two people are dead following a long police standoff at a Kindersley home.According to a release from Saskatchewan RCMP, a man and a woman were located deceased in the home around 3 p.m.No other peopl...
Dec 13, 2019 Kindersley RCMP respond to report of a gunshot at a home on 1st Street West on Thursday, December 12, 2019. (submitted/Jenny Hagan)
Accused in Thunderchild First Nation murder in process of seeking a bail hearing
A man charged in connection to a homicide on the Thunderchild First Nation last year will remain in custody until at least the new year. Ivor Antoine Wapass, 44, is charged with second-degree murder i...
Dec 10, 2019 Ivor Antoine Wapass, 44, remains in custody while facing a charge of second-degree murder connected to the death of Roger Standingwater on Sept. 15, 2018. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff).
Day of Remembrance honours all women affected by violence
It was a solemn occasion at Battlefords Interval House Friday when youth and community members gathered around a candle lit to honour all women who have been victims of violence.The vigil marked the N...
Dec 06, 2019 Left to right, Mandy Melanson (Catholic Family Services of the Battlefords), Debbie Kovalsky (Battlefords Interval House) and Erin Woytiuk (Living Sky School Division) gather for the Day of Remembrance in North Battleford Friday. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Sombre 30th anniversary for 'Montreal Massacre'
A mass shooting no one in Canada will forget.Thirty years ago today, a lone gunman entered cole Polytechnique, and shot and killed 14 women in what has been called the 'Montreal Massacre'.Fourteen oth...
Dec 06, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff)
"He was the kindest person I ever met": friends pray for missing man's safe return
As the search intensifies for Dylan Chretien, the people closest to him are speaking out in hopes their friend may see their words and return home.Dylan Chretien, 30, was last seen in Prince Albert on...
Dec 04, 2019 Dylan Chretien (middle) has been missing over a month. (Submitted photo/ Jesse Schroeder)
Three adults facing drug-related charges following RCMP investigation
Three adults are facing drug-related charges following an investigation that stemmed from a police traffic stop. Battlefords RCMP report a traffic stop led to a residence search in which the controlle...
Nov 28, 2019 Three adults are facing drug-related charges following an investigation at a residence in North Battleford that stemmed from a police traffic stop. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)
MLA says province using more strategies to curtail crime in North Battleford
While North Battleford didn't fare well in the Maclean's magazine article Canada's Most Dangerous Places again this year, the local MLA says progress is being made to improve the situation and battle ...
Nov 25, 2019 While North Battleford had the highest rating for all crime in Maclean's magazine's latest report, the province is working to improve the numbers, the local MLA says. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)