Crime & Courts

RCMP make second arrest in death of Tiki Laverdiere

RCMP have arrested and charged a second person in connection to the death of Tiki Brook-Lyn Laverdiere.Danita Thomas, 32, has been charged with first-degree murder, kidnapping, improperly interfering ...

Jul 23, 2019 Edmonton's Tiki Laverdiere, 25, was last seen in North Battleford. (supplied photo/Battlefords RCMP)

Woman facing charges in death of Tiki Laverdiere appears in court

A North Battleford woman facing charges in relation to the death of Tiki Brook-Lyn Laverdiere appeared in North Battleford Provincial Court Tuesday.Shayla Orthner, 27, who is in custody, is charged wi...

Jul 23, 2019 Edmonton woman Tiki Laverdiere, 25, was last seen in North Battleford. (supplied photo/Battlefords RCMP)

North Battleford woman charged in death of Tiki Laverdiere

A North Battleford woman is facing charges in relation to the death of Tiki Brook-Lyn Laverdiere. The Saskatchewan RCMP arrested 27-year-old Shayla Orthner on July 20 and charged her with first-degree...

Jul 22, 2019 Edmonton woman Tiki Laverdiere, 25, was last seen in North Battleford. (supplied photo/Battlefords RCMP)

Crime rate rose in 2018 but country still safer than a decade ago

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the country's crime rate ticked up again in 2018, for a fourth year in a row, though it was still lower than it was a decade ago.The severity of crime also rose by two ...

Jul 22, 2019

Defence calling no evidence in case of German tourist shot west of Calgary

CALGARY - The defence is calling no evidence on behalf of a youth accused of shooting a German tourist in the head on a highway west of Calgary last summer. The teen from the Stoney Nakoda First ...

Jul 18, 2019

Sask. RCMP officer charged with unsafe storage of gun

A Saskatchewan RCMP officer is facing charges in connection to an incident that happened in Saskatoon last fall, involving a gun being stolen from inside an unmarked RCMP vehicle.Const. Shannon Drall ...

Jul 17, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff)

Interviews with family of highway shooting victim heard in Calgary court

CALGARY - The trial of an Alberta youth accused of firing a gun at a German tourist on a highway west of Calgary is having to rely on police interviews done with the family after he was shot...

Jul 17, 2019

Remains found outside North Battleford identified as Tiki Laverdiere

Human remains found in a rural area outside of North Battleford last week have been identified as Tiki Brook-Lyn Laverdiere. During the search on July 11, a police dog with the North Battleford RCMP l...

Jul 17, 2019

Total calls down, property crime up in Battleford: RCMP

While the overall number of calls for service in Battleford has declined, property crimes and criminal code offences are up, according to an RCMP report.Insp. Tom Beck provided an update on crime in t...

Jul 17, 2019 (file photo/paNOW Staff)

Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman sentenced to life in prison

NEW YORK - The Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman has been sentenced to life behind bars in a U.S. prison, a humbling end for a drug lord once notorious for his ability to kill, bribe or t...

Jul 17, 2019