Crime & Courts

Family of victim afraid youth will kill again, Nipawin court hears

CONTENT WARNING: The following story contains disturbing descriptions of violence.-The family members of a 37-year-old pregnant Choiceland mother believe the teen who bludgeoned her, wrapped a USB cab...

Dec 13, 2022

Sask homicide numbers jump with James Smith stabbings

The RCMP have released their homicide statistics for the last seven years with a large jump this year due to the volume of victims from the James Smith killings. Starting in January until December 9, ...

Dec 13, 2022

Sask. MP bringing constituents' worries about crime to Ottawa

The MP for northern Saskatchewan says he is hearing more from people worried about crime.Earlier this month Gary Vidal, the MP for Desnethe-Missinippi-Churchill River, delivered around 40 letters to t...

Dec 12, 2022

Sandy Bay man accused of murder, pleads guilty to manslaughter, avoids trial

A trial will no longer be required for a man who faced a charge of second degree murder. Lenny Sinclair, 25, has instead pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter. The case was spoken to Mon...

Dec 12, 2022

Three snowmobiles and trailer stolen from business in Tisdale

Melfort and Tisdale RCMP are asking for the public's help to find an unknown number of suspects.This comes after three snowmobiles and a home-built four-place trailer (which was carrying them), were s...

Dec 12, 2022

Lawyers from far and wide called to the bar in Prince Albert

The legal community in Prince Albert officially grew by a dozen people on Friday, all with varied backgrounds, with some coming from as far as Ukraine and South Africa for their new position.Robyn Erm...

Dec 12, 2022

Nipawin store clerks take down armed robber

A football tackle, a folded chair, and a baseball bat were used by three convenience store clerks at the Nipawin Esso Paramart to stop a robbery attempt in its tracks Thursday afternoon. In a video ma...

Dec 09, 2022

RCMP investigate break-and-enter to Archerwill gas station

RCMP are searching for four suspects in connection to a break-and-enter that happened early Friday morning at Archerwill.At approximately 3:40 am, Greenwater RCMP responded to a gas station in the com...

Dec 09, 2022

Provincial Auditor's report shines spotlight on segregation incidents at province's jails

Some red flags have been raised by the provincial auditor with respect to policies involving segregation at the province's jails. Tara Clemett's 2022 report was released on Tuesday.In 2021, the Minist...

Dec 08, 2022

Three people arrested after Melfort traffic stop leads to seizure of drugs, guns and cash

What was originally just supposed to be just a regular traffic stop, turned into a whole lot more.Back on Friday, Dec. 2, Melfort RCMP Combined Traffic Services Section (CTSS) conducted a traffic stop...

Dec 06, 2022