Crime & Courts

RCMP investigating report of mail theft

Battlefords RCMP are investigating a report of a break and enter, and theft of mail from a building on the 1500 block of 100 Street in North Battleford. The incident happened in the early morning hour...

Feb 03, 2023

Break-in at Cenovus Energy site to cost over $100,000, says RCMP

Cut Knife RCMP are seeking the person or persons responsible for a break-in at the Cenovus Energy site in the Rural Municipality of Manitou Lake.The incident happened between the hours of 6 p.m. on De...

Feb 02, 2023

Preliminary hearings set in Megan Gallagher homicide

Four of the nine people charged in connection with the death of Megan Gallagher, whose remains were found near St. Louis in September, have had their preliminary hearings set. Robert James Thomas, 27,...

Feb 02, 2023

RCMP say unsecured child found in vehicle, driven by drunk driver

A 34-year-old man is facing a number of charges following a traffic stop in Cut Knife Friday night, where a young child was found sitting on a tool box and the driver arrested for being impaired.The t...

Jan 30, 2023

Courts continue to support homeless encampments. Could designated tent cities be a good middle ground?

At least one homeless advocate hopes to see communities struggling with a large homeless population put their support behind designated encampments.Whatever you call them - tent cities, tent communiti...

Jan 30, 2023

Hunt on for suspect after girl sexually assaulted at hockey rink

Police are looking for a man wanted for sexually assaulting a girl who was under the age of 10 at the Lashburn hockey rink on January 29. Maidstone RCMP said the assault was in a dressing room of the ...

Jan 30, 2023

Roughly 35 ‘sextortion’ reports since November, says ICE co-ordinator

Parents should speak to their children about the dangers of the internet, according to Saskatchewan police.Especially about what police like to call "sextortion" schemes."Sextortion" describes an onli...

Jan 29, 2023

Cryptocurrency scams on the rise around Maidstone, $570K lost in 2022

Maidstone RCMP were busy in 2022 responding to different scams, many of which involved cryptocurrency. In total, police received 37 reports of people being victimized by fraudulent calls, losing a com...

Jan 23, 2023

RCMP arrest wanted man in Red Pheasant First Nation

A man from Saskatoon who was unlawfully at large was arrested at a home in Red Pheasant First Nation.Last Thursday, the RCMP Warrant Enforcement and Suppression Team (WEST), discovered that the wanted...

Jan 23, 2023

Alberta premier promises email search amid questions over prosecutor interference

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has asked for an email search this weekend to determine if her staff have been contacting Crown prosecutors and interfering in cases involving the Coutts, Alt...

Jan 21, 2023