Crime & Courts

Naked man arrested at P.A. grocery store

A fifty-year-old man appeared in court Monday after being arrested while causing a disturbance in Prince Albert that attracted a lot of attention.Pictures and video of the man, who was completely nude...

Mar 04, 2019 A 50-year-old man was arrested at the Prince Albert Superstore Sunday evening after causing a disturbance. (Facebook/Cody Futerko)

Feds green-light formal extradition process for Meng Wanzhou

OTTAWA - The federal Justice Department is giving the go-ahead for an extradition case to proceed against Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, who is wanted in the United States on fraud allegations.The dec...

Mar 01, 2019 (Submitted photo/Canadian Press)

Nipawin man charged with threatening Justin Trudeau

A Nipawin man is facing criminal charges after allegedly threatening the Prime Minister.RCMP said in a release Thursday that the threats were made during a call to an employee at a Canadian government...

Feb 28, 2019 File photo/northeastNOW Staff

Focus on distracted drivers in March

The traffic safety spotlight in March is on distracted driving.SGI said in a news release that 87 people lost their vehicle for a week because of cell phone tickets last year, the most SGI has seen si...

Feb 28, 2019 SGI is highlighting the dangers of distracted driving. (Cam Lee/northeastNOW)

Judge grants bail for Melfort man charged with attempted murder

A Melfort man facing 10 charges related to a stabbing in January - which includes attempted murder, assault, break and enter, and possession of weapon - has been granted bail.Twenty-two-year-old Trist...

Lisa Brady Feb 26, 2019 Melfort Provincial Court. (file photo/northeastNOW Staff).

Guilty pleas in Darchuk hunting death

There will be no trial for a Prince Albert man accused in the shooting death of another hunter in the fall of 2017.At a hearing in Nipawin Monday, Austyn Adamko entered guilty pleas to the lesser char...

Feb 26, 2019 (File photo/ paNOW Staff)

RCMP investigating break-ins in Smeaton, Choiceland

RCMP are investigating a series of break-ins in two local-area communities recently.Police said in a release that civic buildings in both Smeaton and Choiceland were broken into Dec. 4. In Smeaton, th...

Feb 26, 2019 file photo/ paNOW Staff

Man found behind the wheel not guilty of impaired driving

A man who had a safe ride home lined up, but still ended up behind the wheel has been cleared of impaired driving charges. Jeremiah Wade Bucko was found not guilty of impaired driving and being over t...

Feb 25, 2019 Melfort Provincial Court. (file photo/ paNOW Staff)

Case involving death of Prince Albert man moves to preliminary hearing

Three days have been set aside this week for a preliminary hearing involving a Prince Albert man, charged in the shooting death of another hunter...Austyn Adamko has been charged with four offences in...

Feb 25, 2019 Jordan Darchuk was shot and killed in September of 2017. (File photo/ paNOW Staff)

Impaired driving remains a problem: SGI

January's traffic safety spotlight results are in, and it seems that too many people aren't getting the message to find a safe ride home.There were 224 impaired driving related offences province-wide ...

Feb 22, 2019 (file photo/paNOW Staff)