Tag Archives: Crime & Courts
Youth from viral Facebook video, to appear in court next month
paNOW has learned more about the young man whose arrest was shown this week in a controversial Facebook video.The suspect who cannot be named because he is under the age of 18, was scheduled to make h...
Jul 04, 2019 (File photo/ paNOW Staff)
Pelican Narrows officer re-assigned as RCMP review online video, launch investigation
After a video of a police officer yelling expletives and threatening remarks surfaced on social media over the weekend, the Saskatchewan RCMP have confirmed the Mountie was re-assigned pending an inte...
Jul 02, 2019 An officer pulls his weapon and uses threatening language toward a suspect in Pelican Narrows. This is a screenshot from a video taken of the incident and posted online. Police say a machete was seized during one of three incidents involving the officer they are reviewing. (Facebook)
Officer appears to utter threats during arrest
RCMP say the language used by one of their officers is "concerning" following the arrest of a suspect in Pelican Narrows early Sunday morning. That language appears to include an officer uttering thre...
Jul 01, 2019 A screen shot of a video posted to social media includes audio of an officer using language RCMP have labelled concerning. (Facebook)
Member of Cowessess First Nation appointed as judge to North Battleford provincial court
A member of the Cowessess First Nation has been appointed as a judge to North Battleford Provincial Court.Murray Pelletier started his career as a lawyer with Legal Aid Saskatchewan and worked with Su...
Jun 28, 2019 (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Utah anglers net more than $6,000 in fines after overfishing
Eight Utah anglers are on the hook for more than $6,000 in fines after conservation officers confiscated 51 walleye at a float plane base in La Ronge. That's according to the Ministry of Environment, ...
Jun 25, 2019 These fillets were seized from the anglers and later donated to Scattered Site Outreach Program. (Government of Saskatchewan/Facebook)
City lawmakers receive preliminary data from community safety survey
How do residents perceive safety and crime in their community?That question was centre stage as early results from the community safety survey were presented to municipal lawmakers Monday night.Projec...
Jun 25, 2019 (file photo/paNOW Staff)
'He was ditched:' La Loche victim spiralled without support, now going to prison
A promising football player whose dreams of playing professionally were crushed after a deadly school shooting in northern Saskatchewan has been sent to prison and his family says it's because he didn...
Jun 16, 2019
North Battleford man wanted for arson, firearms offences
A 33-year-old North Battleford man is wanted by the RCMP for arson, uttering threats, failing to comply with a court order, pointing a firearm and other firearm offences.Kevin Richard Petit is five-fo...
Jun 13, 2019 Kevin Richard Petit is wanted by Battlefords RCMP. (supplied/Battlefords RCMP)
Husky to pay $3.82M in penalties after guilty plea in 2016 oil spill
A judge has accepted a joint submission that will see Husky Oil Operations pay $3.82 million in fines for charges stemming from a 2016 oil spill near Maidstone.The company pleaded guilty to three envi...
Jun 12, 2019 Images submitted to court show an overhead view of the bridge over Highway 21 and oil slicks in the North Saskatchewan River. (submitted/Saskatchewan Courts)
Charges laid after weekend high-risk search warrant
Charges have been laid against a 36-year-old man after officers executed a high-risk search warrant over the weekend. Jamie Lynn Musqua is facing a number of firearm and stolen property charges. He wa...
Jun 11, 2019 Officers executed a high-risk search warrant at a home on 11 Ave. and 106 St. early Saturday morning. (battlefordsNOW Staff)