Crime & Courts

'You made us bury our brother': sentence hearing for P.A. man accused in hunting death

A Melfort Provincial Court was filled to capacity Monday for the sentence hearing of the man who shot and killed a Prince Albert hunter.The statement of facts presented in court said Jordan Darchuk,23...

Lisa Brady Mar 25, 2019 (file photo/northeastNOW Staff).

UPDATE: Police charge five in death of 22-year-old man

UPDATE: Prince Albert Police say five people have been charged in connection with the death of a 22-year-old man on Friday. Police have charged four men, age 31, 23, 23, and 21, and one woman, age 19 ...

Mar 23, 2019 (File photo/Nigel Maxwell paNOW Staff)

‘Lucky’ impaired driver reflects on crime

A person convicted of driving impaired has shared the consequences of their actions, and the decisions that led to them driving impaired, in an exclusive interview with paNOW.Through an arrangement wi...

Mar 22, 2019 (File photo/paNOW)

What'sHappeningNOW March 22, 2019

Reporter Charlene Tebbutt speaks with northeastNOW reporter Angie Rolheiser about the sentencing of Jaskirat Singh Sidhu, the driver responsible for the Humboldt Broncos bus crash.

Mar 22, 2019

Judge to sentence driver who caused Humboldt Broncos crash today

It's been nearly one year since the fatal Humboldt Broncos crash, and today semi-truck driver Jaskirat Singh Sidhu is expected to learn his fate. Judge Inez Cardinal is set to deliver her sentencing a...

Mar 22, 2019 Jaskirat Singh Sidhu is expected to be sentenced Friday morning in Melfort. (file photo/Canadian Press)

'We're still dealing with the repercussions': P.A. couple hit by impaired driver 36 years ago

Rod and Della Hicks don't remember much the night of a fateful crash in 1983, but they're still feeling the effects of it today, and say they will for the rest of their lives.On July 12, 1983 Della an...

Mar 19, 2019 March 17 to 23 marks National Impaired Driving Prevention Week across Canada. (File photo/paNOW Staff)

Lawyers looking for resolution in Husky case

The lawyers involved in the Husky Energy court case say they are making progress in their resolution effort. Judge Lorna Dyck received an update from provincial Crown prosecutor Matthew Miazga, federa...

Mar 19, 2019 The Husky Energy case returned to North Battleford Provincial Court Tuesday. It has been adjourned to May 14. (file photo/battlefords NOW Staff)

Man sentenced to penitentiary time for firearms charge

A man who fell asleep behind the wheel wearing body armour with a sawed-off shotgun by his side will serve time in a federal penitentiary. The lawyer for Jeremy Bird requested that her client serve hi...

Mar 18, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff)

RCMP make arrest in manslaughter case

Following two weeks of investigation by the RCMP's Major Crime Unit North, Flora Marie Ratt from Pinehouse Lake, Sask., was arrested and charged with manslaughter, in relation to the death of Lloyd De...

Mar 15, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff)

Global condemnation, condolences after NZ mosque attack

baBRUSSELS - World leaders expressed condolences and condemnation Friday following the deadly attacks on mosques in the New Zealand city of Christchurch, while Muslim leaders said the mass shooting wa...

Mar 15, 2019