Tag Archives: Crime & Courts
Teen receives nine-year prison sentence for 'adult-like plan' in slaying of La Ronge restaurateur
aJudge Robert Lane called the killing of La Ronge restaurateur Simon Grant reprehensible, unjustified and evil as he sentenced the final teen involved in the crime to nine years in prison."This was a ...
May 30, 2019 Final killer sentenced to nine years in jail for death of Simon Grant. (submitted photo/Cora Laich)
Murder conspiracy case dismissed, accused found not guilty
The re-trial for two people accused of conspiring to kill their spouses was over before it even started on Monday.At a voir dire hearing that preceded the scheduled trial, Justice Catherine Dawson det...
May 27, 2019 Curtis Vey and Angela Nicholson. (File photo/ paNOW Staff)
One in custody after incident on Ministikwan First Nation
RCMP have one man in custody after an incident on the Ministikwan First Nation Saturday. Officers in Loon Lake sent out a press release late Saturday evening, asking for help locating a grey and blue ...
May 27, 2019
SARM unimpressed with national study on rural crime
The Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) was eager to sift through a national study on rural crime when it was released earlier this week.President Ray Orb was expecting a binder of...
May 25, 2019 SARM President Ray Orb speaks in Regina on Dec. 4, 2017. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
CP NewsAlert: Killer of Calgary mother, daughter gets no parole for 50 years
CALGARY - A man convicted of killing a Calgary mother and her young daughter will have to wait 50 years before he has a chance at parole. A jury found Edward Downey guilty last year of first...
May 21, 2019
Liberals shrugging off concerns about rural crime, opposition MPs charge
OTTAWA - Conservative MPs say a Liberal-dominated committee's half-hearted report on the burgeoning problem of rural crime is an insult to Canadians. New Democrat MPs on the House of Commons public-sa...
May 21, 2019
Battlefords RCMP lay 207 charges within National Impaired Driving Week campaign
It was a busy week for the Battlefords RCMP. The detachment participated in the National Impaired Driving Week enforcement campaign, and in two-stop checks conducted at peak times they stopped over 50...
May 21, 2019
Family of missing woman whose disappearance considered suspicious pleads for help
Carol Laverdiere wants to bring her daughter home.She is the mother of Tiki Laverdiere, who was last seen in North Battleford and last made contact with her family on May 1.The 25-year-old's mother, s...
May 17, 2019 Carol Laverdiere holds a picture of her daughter Tiki Laverdiere, 25, who has been missing since May 1. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Man who stole cab, fired shots at police receives 13 year sentence
A man who stole a cab and fired shots at police will spend just over 11 years behind bars after being sentenced to 13 years in prison in a Queen's Bench courtroom.Tristan Pinder, 20, previously pleade...
May 16, 2019 Tristan Pinder was sentenced to 13 years in prison during Thursday's sentencing hearing. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Husky case returning to Lloydminster court in June for plea
The case involving Husky Energy Inc. will be moving back to Lloydminster Provincial Court in June for plea, now that case management conferences have concluded at North Battleford Provincial Court. Th...
May 14, 2019 Husky Energy Inc. returned to North Battleford Provincial Court Tuesday, for charges related to the July 2016 oil leak near Maidstone which impacted the North Saskatchewan River. (The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh)