Tag Archives: Crime & Courts
Murder conspiracy case dismissed, accused found not guilty
The re-trial for two people accused of conspiring to kill their spouses was over before it even started on Monday.At a voir dire hearing that preceded the scheduled trial, Justice Catherine Dawson det...
May 27, 2019 Curtis Vey and Angela Nicholson. (File photo/ paNOW Staff)
SARM unimpressed with national study on rural crime
The Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) was eager to sift through a national study on rural crime when it was released earlier this week.President Ray Orb was expecting a binder of...
May 25, 2019 SARM President Ray Orb speaks in Regina on Dec. 4, 2017. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
Three charged after traffic stop in Nipawin
Nipawin and Smeaton RCMP have charged three people after a traffic stop in the Town of Nipawin.On Monday, May 20, as a result of the traffic stop, RCMP found 63 grams of methamphetamine, 23 hydromorph...
May 24, 2019 (File Photo/paNOW Staff)
Two accused in Nipawin assaults set for election and bail hearing
A man and woman accused in three Nipawin assaults will appear in Saskatchewan Provincial Court on the same day.Twenty-eight-year-old Carline Bear will have defence election in Nipawin court on May 29 ...
May 23, 2019 (File photo/northeastNOW Staff).
Alleged bee thief netted by RCMP
A sticky fingered thief in northeast Saskatchewan has reportedly been arrested, and will appear in court next month. The 47-year-old from Arborfield has been charged with theft over $5,000, in relatio...
May 21, 2019 (File photo/ paNOW Staff)
CP NewsAlert: Killer of Calgary mother, daughter gets no parole for 50 years
CALGARY - A man convicted of killing a Calgary mother and her young daughter will have to wait 50 years before he has a chance at parole. A jury found Edward Downey guilty last year of first...
May 21, 2019
Liberals shrugging off concerns about rural crime, opposition MPs charge
OTTAWA - Conservative MPs say a Liberal-dominated committee's half-hearted report on the burgeoning problem of rural crime is an insult to Canadians. New Democrat MPs on the House of Commons public-sa...
May 21, 2019
Re-trial in murder conspiracy case set back
The re-trial in a case involving two lovers accused of plotting to kill their spouses will not move ahead next week as planned. The re-trial for Angela Nicholson and Curtis Vey was scheduled to start ...
May 17, 2019 file photo/paNOW Staff
Bee bandits strike Saskatchewan farm
The equivalent of a semi-load of honey was stolen from a farm in northeast saskatchewan, according to the beekeeper who runs the operation.Derek Moyen farms north of Zenon Park and said losing 148 bee...
May 17, 2019 (File photo/ farmnewsNOW Staff)
Man accused in Nipawin assaults makes first court appearance
One of three people accused in three assaults in Nipawin has his show cause hearing scheduled.Nathaniel Roderick Crate, 24, made his first appearance in Nipawin Provincial Court on Wednesday where his...
May 16, 2019 (File photo/northeastNOW Staff).