Tag Archives: Crime & Courts
12 people killed in Virginia Beach shooting; suspect dead
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - A longtime city employee opened fire in a municipal building in Virginia Beach on Friday, killing 12 people on three floors and sending terrified co-workers scrambling for cover ...
Jun 01, 2019 12 people are dead following a shooting in Virginia Beach.
Man facing drug, weapons charges after speeding past officer with lights on
An Alberta man who was going more than 60 km/h when he drove past a police cruiser with its lights on is now facing a number of drug and weapons charges. On May 30, members of the Saskatchewan Roving ...
May 31, 2019 (supplied photo/Saskatchewan RCMP)
Former RCMP officer known for giving now accused of taking
A former RCMP officer charged in connection to a $16,000 theft from a charity has a history of giving in northern Saskatchewan. In November of 2017, Jason St. Pierre was a corporal in the Assiniboia d...
May 30, 2019 A former member of the Assiniboia RCMP is facing a criminal charge for breach of trust. (file photo/JPBG)
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