Crime & Courts

Preliminary hearing set for pair charged in PA shooting

Two of the group of four people suspected to be involved in the shooting of Orlan Peterson last October have had their preliminary hearing dates set. Melissa McCallum, age 21 and Angus Heathen, 33, wi...

Aug 18, 2025

18-year-old shot and killed in Pelican Narrows

On Saturday, August 16 at 8:00 a.m., Pelican Narrows RCMP responded to a report of an 18-year-old male who had been seriously injured by a firearm on Kaskew Crescent in Pelican Narrows.The male was qu...

Aug 17, 2025

Man sentenced after firearms incident on Red Earth Cree Nation

A man charged with firearms-related offences after an incident on Red Earth Cree Nation has received his sentence. Jeff McKay of Red Earth will spend two years behind bars for discharging a firearm wi...

Aug 15, 2025

Sawed off rifle, knife and drugs seized in Red Wing traffic stop

A traffic stop in Red Wing on Wednesday ended in positive results for Prince Albert RCMP and a less positive outcome for the people in the vehicle. Officers were doing proactive patrols on Aug. 13 aro...

Aug 15, 2025

Two P.A. residents face gun-related charges following Duck Lake video

Two people from Prince Albert are now facing gun-related charges after RCMP launched an investigation into a video showing a group of people holding firearms and driving around the Duck Lake area. The...

Aug 14, 2025

Wadena RCMP seize drugs, weapons after two arrests

Two men face charges after separate incidents in the Wadena area. The first happened Aug. 6., when Wadena RCMP stopped a vehicle in Kylemore. The driver didn't stop for police and pulled into a drivew...

Aug 14, 2025

RCMP arrest four on Most Wanted list, five added

Four of the multiple offenders wanted by Saskatchewan RCMP have been arrested in the last month, including two people in the La Ronge area, one in Sandy Bay and another in Dillon. Cassandra Isbister w...

Aug 14, 2025

SIRT; teen had pointed gun at police before shooting that killed him

The 19-year-old man who was shot and killed by RCMP officers near Deschambault Lake had pointed a gun in their direction right before he was shot, according to an update by the Saskatchewan Serious In...

Aug 14, 2025

Seven-year prison sentence in Yellow Quill First Nation manslaughter case

A man originally charged with second-degree murder in a death on the Yellow Quill First Nation last summer has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge. Cole Smokeyday of Yellow Quill was sentenced at Melfor...

Aug 13, 2025

Trial date set for pair charged with assault, break-and-enter in Nipawin

The two people accused in a break-and-enter and assault case in Nipawin earlier this year will be tried together. Thirty-six-year-old Scott McKay of Red Earth Cree Nation and 33-year-old Noreen Head w...

Aug 13, 2025