Crime & Courts

Diagolon founder denied release after bail hearing concludes in Saskatoon

SASKATOON - The founder of the online group "Diagolon" remains in custody after being denied release following a bail hearing in Saskatchewan.Jeremy MacKenzie was arrested on September 29 in Cole Harb...

Oct 10, 2022

Diagolon founder denied release after bail hearing concludes in Saskatoon

SASKATOON - The founder of the online group "Diagolon" remains in custody after being denied release following a bail hearing in Saskatchewan. Jeremy MacKenzie was arrested on September 29 in Cole Har...

Oct 10, 2022

Victim of Big River death identified as police look for sightings of vehicle

RCMP identified the man who died in Big River two days ago as 30-year-old Lionel Whitehead of Pelican Lake First Nation. As part of the investigation into the suspicious circumstances of Whitehead's d...

Oct 07, 2022

Man facing charge connected to Battleford attack back in court

The case for a man facing a charge in connection with an attack caught on video in Battleford was back at North Battleford provincial court Thursday. Adam Lesmeister, 46, of Battleford, was originally...

Oct 07, 2022

RCMP investigating suspicious death on Big River First Nation

The Saskatchewan RCMP Major Crimes Unit say they are looking into a suspicious death on Big River First Nation. RCMP said the report came in of a deceased person in a trail area on Big River Wednesday...

Oct 06, 2022

Battlefords RCMP report 35 assaults over the last week

CORRECTION: This story has been updated to clarify that the 911 call was traced back to a home north of Cochin. The original version of the story indicated the call was traced back to a home in Cochin...

Oct 05, 2022

Man killed in vehicle collision near Maidstone

A 45-year-old man has died in a vehicle collision near Maidstone. According to police, on Oct. 2 at about 4:30 a.m., Maidstone RCMP received a report of a vehicle collision on the eastbound lane of To...

Oct 03, 2022

Crookedneck receives three years for apartment building fire charges

One of the people facing charges in connection with the Jan. 3 apartment building fire in North Battleford has been sentenced to three years in prisonKeeanu Crookedneck, 22, of North Battleford, plead...

Oct 03, 2022

RCMP charge man in connection to robbery at online sale meet up

RCMP have made an arrest in connection with an incident last week where a man was robbed at gunpoint. Police said they received a report of a robbery just before 1 p.m. on Sept. 25. The victim had arr...

Oct 03, 2022

RCMP say 5 kilograms of cocaine seized in North Battleford last August

We're learning more details about a major cross-Canada drug bust with a connection to North Battleford.Five kilograms of cocaine were seized in North Battleford as part of Project Cobra, a cross-borde...

Sep 29, 2022