Crime & Courts

Father searching for missing daughter calls on province to declare opiod crisis emergency

Carson Poitras believes there is a connection between the province's drug crisis and missing and murdered Indigenous men and women.Poitras, whose daughter Happy Charles has been missing for nearly 8 y...

Mar 14, 2025

Sproull appeals child porn conviction, sentence

Joseph Sproull, the man who was sentenced to 15 years for child pornography and sexual assault last month, filed his appeal to both the conviction and sentence Thursday on the grounds that the sentenc...

Mar 13, 2025

Armed robbery suspect goes out on a limb trying to evade police

A traffic stop of suspects wanted in an armed robbery hit new heights when one of them climbed a tree to evade police custody.Lloydminster RCMP and the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team (ALERT) we...

Mar 13, 2025

DNA helps solve historic human remains case in Lloydminster

Science has helped solve the mystery of who a set of human remains found near Lloydminster in 1997 belonged to. A man's body was found near the North Saskatchewan River in November of 1997. The Corone...

Mar 13, 2025

Four arrested after gun incident on Moosomin First Nation

A tense moment on Moosomin First Nation has resulted in charges being laid against two people.RCMP say a suspect pointed what looked like a gun at a group of people but didn't fire and no one was hurt...

Mar 12, 2025

Province opens emergency centre to deal with drug crisis

Hundreds of overdoses in Saskatoon have prompted the government to activate the Provincial Emergency Operations Centre (PEOC). The Sask. Public Safety Agency, the City, and the Ministry of Health will...

Mar 12, 2025

P.A. Crime Stoppers, police look for woman wanted in forcible confinement case

Public help is being sought finding a 31-year-old woman wanted on weapons charges and forcibly confining a person using a weapon. Nika Okemow also has outstanding warrants for breaching a release orde...

Mar 12, 2025

19-year-old man confirmed dead following shooting on MGBHLM

A 19-year-old man from Red Pheasant Cree Nation was discovered dead in a vehicle following what police are referring to as an altercation between two groups on the weekend. His family has been notifie...

Mar 10, 2025

Fatal stabbing of teenage girl at Big River First Nation results in five-year sentence

A young woman responsible for the stabbing death of a teenage girl had been using meth for two weeks and was experiencing hallucinations and hearing voices.Those details were shared Thursday morning a...

Mar 06, 2025

Woman arrested after drugs, cash seized in Meadow Lake traffic stop

A woman was arrested after RCMP seized drugs, cash, and an imitation firearm during a traffic stop on February 26.Officers with the Meadow Lake Crime Reduction Team stopped a vehicle around 10 p.m. on...

Mar 05, 2025