Crime & Courts

Crime rate rose in 2018 but country still safer than a decade ago

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the country's crime rate ticked up again in 2018, for a fourth year in a row, though it was still lower than it was a decade ago.The severity of crime also rose by two ...

Jul 22, 2019

Defence calling no evidence in case of German tourist shot west of Calgary

CALGARY - The defence is calling no evidence on behalf of a youth accused of shooting a German tourist in the head on a highway west of Calgary last summer. The teen from the Stoney Nakoda First ...

Jul 18, 2019

Sask. RCMP officer charged with unsafe storage of gun

A Saskatchewan RCMP officer is facing charges in connection to an incident that happened in Saskatoon last fall, involving a gun being stolen from inside an unmarked RCMP vehicle.Const. Shannon Drall ...

Jul 17, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff)

Interviews with family of highway shooting victim heard in Calgary court

CALGARY - The trial of an Alberta youth accused of firing a gun at a German tourist on a highway west of Calgary is having to rely on police interviews done with the family after he was shot...

Jul 17, 2019

Remains found outside North Battleford identified as Tiki Laverdiere

Human remains found in a rural area outside of North Battleford last week have been identified as Tiki Brook-Lyn Laverdiere. During the search on July 11, a police dog with the North Battleford RCMP l...

Jul 17, 2019

Total calls down, property crime up in Battleford: RCMP

While the overall number of calls for service in Battleford has declined, property crimes and criminal code offences are up, according to an RCMP report.Insp. Tom Beck provided an update on crime in t...

Jul 17, 2019 (file photo/paNOW Staff)

Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman sentenced to life in prison

NEW YORK - The Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman has been sentenced to life behind bars in a U.S. prison, a humbling end for a drug lord once notorious for his ability to kill, bribe or t...

Jul 17, 2019

Murder suspects make first court appearance

Two men charged in the murder of a North Battleford man will be back in court at the end of July.Nicolas Buck and David Keller are charged in the death of Mark Douglas Jonson, 61, who was found dead a...

Jul 15, 2019

Trial begins for Alberta youth charged with shooting German tourist

CALGARY - A court has heard that a German tourist shot while driving on a highway west of Calgary last year had eight bullet fragments removed from his brain during surgery. A trial has begun for...

Jul 15, 2019

RCMP contact families of Morin, Laverdiere after human remains found outside North Battleford

The families of two missing people whose disappearances are considered suspicious have been contacted after human remains were found in a rural area outside North Battleford on Thursday.Police said in...

Jul 13, 2019