Crime & Courts

Impaired driving remains a problem: SGI

January's traffic safety spotlight results are in, and it seems that too many people aren't getting the message to find a safe ride home.There were 224 impaired driving related offences province-wide ...

Feb 22, 2019 (file photo/paNOW Staff)

Northern Saskatchewan mother sentenced in assault on son

A northern Saskatchewan woman who assaulted her young son has been handed a conditional discharge and probation. The 31-year-old woman, whom paNOW has chosen not to name, was ordered to abide by numer...

Feb 21, 2019 Meadow Lake courthouse (file photo/paNOW Staff)

Damaged mailboxes repaired, police continue to investigate post office break-in

RCMP continue to investigate following a break-in at the Battleford Post Office on the weekend that resulted in damage to many of the mail boxes.RCMP initially received a complaint on Saturday at 8:14...

Feb 21, 2019

Police investigate break and enter at Battleford Post Office

Battlefords RCMP are investigating after the Battleford Post Office was broken into Saturday night. Police were called at around 8:14 a.m. but believe the incident occurred in the overnight hours. The...

Feb 17, 2019

Big fine for second man convicted for illegal Canoe Lake fishing

The Ministry of Environment says the case against two men for taking fish from the protected waters of Canoe Lake in the North and illegally selling it, has now wrapped up. The ministry said it was im...

Feb 15, 2019

Security measures detering shoplifting issue

Shoplifting continues to be a growing issue in the Battlefords, and it's not just the retailers seeing the effects of the problem. Pinnacle Protections is a large security company that offers these se...

Feb 13, 2019

Privacy commissioner finds doctors snooped in Humboldt Broncos patient records

REGINA - Saskatchewan's privacy commissioner has found eight people inappropriately gained access to electronic health records of 10 Humboldt Broncos team members involved in a bus crash las...

Feb 11, 2019

Shoplifting growing issue in the Battlefords: RCMP, local business owners

Nearly $80,000. That is the value of product that grew legs and walked out of Brett Payne's store in 2017. The local business owner says shoplifting is a growing issue in the Battlefords, added securi...

Feb 07, 2019

RCMP search for information following armed robbery

Battlefords RCMP are investigating an armed robbery shortly after midnight Tuesday.submitted/Battlefords RCMPThe suspects entered a business on the 1700 block of 100th St. One male was in possession o...

Feb 06, 2019

RCMP search for information following armed robbery

Battlefords RCMP are investigating an armed robbery shortly after midnight Tuesday.submitted/Battlefords RCMPThe suspects entered a business on the 1700 block of 100th St. One male was in possession o...

Feb 06, 2019