Crime & Courts

Former Regina hockey coach Bernie Lynch handed three-year sentence

A former junior hockey coach in Regina has been handed a three-year sentence for sexual assault.Bernie Lynch, 69, was found guilty last month of assaulting and sexually assaulting a teen boy in 1988. ...

Jan 19, 2024

“He was evil”: Skye Sanderson describes Myles Sanderson at inquest

Despite some conflicting testimony from Skye Sanderson, one thing she and her deceased husband Damien agreed on about Myles Sanderson was that he was "the devil" and "evil". Both Skye and Vanessa Burn...

Jan 18, 2024

RCMP member recalls disturbing scene during mass stabbings at James Smith Cree Nation

**Editor's Note: Some details in this article depict graphic scenes of violence.An intense moment unfolded between retired staff sergeant Darren Simons and the daughter of Earl Burns at the inquest in...

Jan 18, 2024

170 km/hr drive to James Smith Cree Nation - responding officer testifies

Editor's note: This article contains some graphic descriptions of the events on Sept. 4, 2022. Both of the officers that were the first to respond to reports of stabbings on the James Smith Cree Natio...

Jan 17, 2024

First-degree murder charges laid in 2022 Onion Lake death

Two people have been charged in an Onion Lake homicide that happened over a year and a half ago.On July 1, 2022, RCMP received a report of an injured man located in a camper next to a home in the Onio...

Jan 17, 2024

Detailed timeline of James Smith Cree Nation, Weldon stabbing deaths revealed

**Editor's note: this story contains graphic descriptions of violence and coarse language that is disturbing.Day 2 of the Coroner's Inquest into the stabbing murders on the James Smith Cree Nation (JS...

Jan 16, 2024

'I'm down to die': Chilling texts, interviews describe days before James Smith killings

The jury at the Coroner's Inquest on the deaths on the James Smith Cree Nation (JSCN) and Weldon being held in Melfort heard some increasingly ominous messaging leading up to the stabbings.Staff Serge...

Jan 15, 2024

Battlefords RCMP Gang Task Force sees success with SGI support

The Battlefords RCMP Gang Task Force have been better able to tackle crime in the community with help from SGI.The RCMP reports the Gang Task Force received covert surveillance vehicles from SGI last ...

Jan 15, 2024

'Dealing with a lot': Coroner's inquest into Saskatchewan mass killing set to begin

A coroner's inquest into the mass killing on a Saskatchewan First Nation is set to begin today (Jan. 15).Myles Sanderson killed 11 people and injured 17 others on the James Smith Cree Nation and in th...

Jan 15, 2024

'Our family has fallen apart': Sentencing begins for Winnipeg man who killed Saskatchewan Mountie with stolen truck

Melanie Patton says the loss of her only son, a Saskatchewan Mountie who was run over and killed more than two years ago, has left a void that can't be filled.She told a sentencing hearing Thursday th...

Jan 13, 2024