Crime & Courts

Update: 21-year-old dies after two-vehicle collision south of Lloydminster

Update: RCMP said the 21-year-old male driver was treated in hospital in Lloydminster before he was transported by STARS to Saskatoon where he was pronounced dead. Police said no charges are pending a...

Oct 02, 2019

Case involving man facing a charge of accessing child porn adjourned

A man charged with accessing child pornography returned to North Battleford Provincial Court on Monday. Cameron Froese, 54, was arrested following a search by the Saskatchewan ICE unit and members of ...

Sep 30, 2019 The case involving a man facing a charge of accessing child pornography has been adjourned to November. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)

Suspects confessed to B.C. murders in videos but showed no remorse: RCMP

SURREY, B.C. - Two suspects confessed to the murders of three people in northern British Columbia in several videos taken before they shot themselves in a suicide pact, the RCMP said Friday.The Mounti...

Sep 28, 2019 RCMP Asst. Comm. Kevin Hackett, who oversees the RCMP's federal organized crime investigations in B.C., reads a statement about Bryer Schmegelsky and Kam McLeod and the homicides of three people in northern B.C., during a news conference in Surrey, B.C., Friday, Sept. 27, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Suspects confessed to B.C. murders in videos but showed no remorse: RCMP

SURREY, B.C. - Two suspects confessed to the murders of three people in northern British Columbia in several videos taken before they shot themselves in a suicide pact, the RCMP said Friday.The Mounti...

Sep 27, 2019

Case for two suspects in Tiki Laverdiere murder adjourned pending further disclosure

Two of eight facing charges related to Tiki Brook-Lyn Laverdiere's homicide investigation returned to North Battleford Provincial Court on Friday. Soaring Eagle Whitstone appeared in court via CCTV fr...

Sep 27, 2019 Edmonton woman Tiki Laverdiere, 25, was last seen in North Battleford. (supplied photo/Battlefords RCMP)

Co-accused in Jonson murder awaits bail supervision report

One of two suspects facing a murder charge in the death of Mark Douglas Jonson is awaiting a bail supervision report.Nicolas Buck, 22, appeared in North Battleford Provincial Court via closed-circuit-...

Sep 27, 2019 Nicolas Buck, 22, is facing a charge of first degree murder. (Submitted photo/North Battleford RCMP)

Man to serve sentence in community, pay restitution for defrauding grain handler

A man facing charges for defrauding a large grain handler was sentenced in Court of Queen's Bench Thursday. David Glassford was handed a conditional sentence of two years less a day to be served in th...

Sep 26, 2019 A man was sentenced for defrauding a grain handler in the Wilkie area in court Thursday. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)

Prince Albert police asked to investigate actions of Battlefords RCMP officer

The Saskatchewan RCMP have asked police in Prince Albert to investigate allegations of assault after internal and external complaints about the level of force used by a Battlefords RCMP officer in May...

Sep 26, 2019 (file photo/NOW News Staff)

Officer sustains non-life threatening injury during shooting outside Turtleford

An RCMP officer is out of hospital after they were shot outside of Turtleford Tuesday morning.Police said in a media release that officers from the Turtleford detachment were called to multiple report...

Sep 24, 2019

Alberta property owner who shot suspected thief facing lawsuit

CALGARY - A southern Alberta man who shot at suspected thieves on his rural property is being sued by one of the people.A statement of claim says Ryan Watson entered Edouard Maurice's property near Ok...

Sep 24, 2019