Crime & Courts

Melfort RCMP expected to have interim detachment commander for several months

The Melfort RCMP are now in search of a new detachment commander, after Darren Simons retired last week.In the meantime, they have turned over the officer in charge duties to Corporal Geoff Applegate....

May 12, 2023

Province hiring victim witness specialist for Melfort area ahead of inquests into James Smith attack

The province is aiming to hire a victim witness specialist for Melfort and the surrounding area.These workers support children and vulnerable people who are required to testify in court by helping red...

May 12, 2023

Christmas Day shooting at Muskoday First Nation results in prison sentence

A man who shot and killed his friend on Christmas morning was high on meth and believed there was a robber at the door.Those were among the facts read, during David Duong's sentencing hearing Tuesday ...

May 09, 2023

Police ask public to report sightings of man with warrants

UPDATE: Saskatchewan RCMP's Warrant Enforcement and Suppression Team (WEST) found Cory Knutson in a home in Prince Albert Tuesday afternoon. He was arrested and taken into police custody without incid...

May 09, 2023

Alert issued for communities in northeast Sask. after two inmates escape in Manitoba

UPDATE: One of the two inmates who escaped from The Pas Correctional Centre on Monday evening was recaptured Tuesday afternoon.According to the RCMP, 19-year-old Xander Tardiff was arrested. The Mount...

May 08, 2023

Police dog who saved Humboldt suspect dies

A RCMP service dog who is credited with saving the life of a suspect near Humboldt this past winter has died, the service said.PSD Nazz was on a course in Alberta this week and died unexpectedly, the ...

May 05, 2023

Humboldt RCMP looking for two suspects who pointed gun at moving vehicle

Humboldt RCMP is still investigating the report of a firearm being pointed at a group of people travelling in a vehicle.Further investigation has determined that back on April 21, around 8:20 p.m., th...

May 04, 2023

Victim's family react to preliminary timeline from Saskatchewan RCMP

On Thursday morning Saskatchewan RCMP presented its preliminary timeline of the stabbings at James Smith Cree Nation and Weldon last fall.Police went through a full walkthrough of the moments leading ...

Apr 27, 2023

Rally outside murder court hearing in Cumberland House

Dozens of people rallied against violence in Cumberland House on Thursday morning, outside the preliminary hearing of a man charged with second degree murder in the death of a Cumberland House woman.P...

Apr 27, 2023

RCMP timeline shows Damien Sanderson first to die in James Smith killings

After stepping between his brother Myles Sanderson and someone he was was attacking with a pair of scissors, Damien Sanderson became the first fatal victim in the killing spree that ended 11 lives las...

Apr 27, 2023