Crime & Courts

RCMP ask for help to identify woman after business theft

RCMP hope the public can help identify a woman wanted for theft under $5,000 from a local business. Officers said in a media release the theft occurred shortly after 11 a.m. at a business on 11 Ave. a...

Aug 08, 2019 RCMP want help identifying a woman who stole from a local business. (supplied/RCMP)

Suspect in Mark Douglas Jonson homicide remanded until late August

One of two men charged in the death of Mark Douglas Jonson made a brief court appearance in North Battleford on Thursday.Jonson, 61, was found dead at a home on 15 Ave. and 100 St. on July 5.David Kel...

Aug 08, 2019 Mark Douglas Jonson was found dead in a home on 15 Ave. and 100 St on July 5. (Tyler Marr/battlefordsNOW Staff)

Sixth suspect in Laverdiere homicide investigation remanded after first court appearance

The sixth person charged in connection to Tiki Laverdiere's death made her first court appearance on Thursday and will return at the end of August.Soaring Eagle Whitstone was arrested on Aug. 6 in Llo...

Aug 08, 2019

Family, supporters still hoping for answers on Ashley Morin's disappearance

As six suspects in Tiki Laverdiere's homicide begin to move through the courts, the family of Ashley Morin are still looking for answers.Morin, 31 at the time, has been missing since July, 10, 2018. E...

Aug 08, 2019 Tiki Laverdiere's mother Carol, centre right, with Ashley Morin's mother Diane, centre left, Ashley's sister Janine, front left, and Krista Fox, right, outside court in North Battleford Friday. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)

Bodies believed to be B.C. murder suspects found in Manitoba

nWINNIPEG - Two bodies believed to be British Columbia murder suspects who were the focus of a massive manhunt have been found in dense brush in northern Manitoba.RCMP assistant commissioner Jane MacL...

Aug 07, 2019 Image Credit: RCMP Handout

Onion Lake woman sixth arrested in Laverdiere homicide investigation

RCMP have made a sixth arrest in the Tiki Laverdiere homicide investigation. The Major Crimes Unit North and Lloydminster RCMP arrested 33-year-old Soaring Eagle Whitstone at a home in the Border City...

Aug 07, 2019

Manitoba RCMP find items linked to B.C. murder suspects

GILLAM, Man. - RCMP in northern Manitoba say they have found several items linked to two murder suspects from British Columbia. Mounties did not say what the items are but that they were found on...

Aug 06, 2019

P.A.lawyers react to free cannabis pardon process

There's a varied reaction from some in Prince Albert's legal community to the federal government's move to offer a free pardon process for people convicted in the past of simple pot possession.One law...

Aug 06, 2019 (File photo:Tyler Marr/paNOW staff)

A timeline of events in Tiki Laverdiere homicide investigation

Tiki Laverdiere travelled from Edmonton to North Battleford and attended Tristen Cook-Buckle's funeral on the Thunderchild First Nation on April 27, 2019.Fifteen days later, she was reported missing. ...

Aug 05, 2019 Edmonton's Tiki Laverdiere. (supplied/RCMP)

Local dancer has traditional regalia stolen from vehicle

A local dancer had his vehicle broken into in front of his mother's house in North Battleford and the thieves took off with his traditional powwow regalia.Christopher Ochuschayoo, 18, has danced for t...

Aug 03, 2019 Christopher Ochuschayoo had his regalia stolen from his vehicle on July 26. (supplied/Delia Duquette)