Tag Archives: Crime & Courts
Tisdale lawyer sworn in at Bar Admission ceremony
This week marked a pivotal point in Jessica McKee-Howes' life.The Tisdale local had rows of family, friends, and loved ones - including her husband and toddler son - at Melfort's Court of Queen's Benc...
May 28, 2019 Jessica McKee-Howes (middle) stands alongside her colleagues following her Bar Admission ceremony (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff).
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)