Crime & Courts

Court allows six Trans Mountain appeals focusing on Indigenous consultation

VANCOUVER - The Federal Court of Appeal says it will hear six challenges of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion focusing on Indigenous consultation, while dismissing several claims centred on enviro...

Sep 05, 2019 (File Photo/The Canadian Press)

Wakaw RCMP looking for break and enter, theft suspects

Wakaw RCMP are looking to the public for help in identifying the suspects in a break and enter and theft.The incident happened on Aug. 3 at around 6:40 p.m. when three men broke into a farmyard west o...

Sep 05, 2019 (Saskatchewan Crime Stoppers/Facebook)

Trial begins for Nipawin man accused of threatening PM

The trial involving a Nipawin man facing charges of threatening Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Parliament buildings will require another day of proceedings after hours of evidence and witness t...

Lisa Brady Sep 05, 2019 Nipawin Provincial Court (File photo/northeastNOW Staff).

Victim services group welcomes new staff member

Gateway Regional Victim Services' (GRVS) newest employee is now on the job.Facility Dog Quinn has been reporting for duty for around five days now at the organization's P.A. office. Jillian Doucet, Qu...

Sep 04, 2019 Quinn, a trained facility dog, is now working with Gateway Regional Victim Services. (Twitter/Saskatchewan Health Authority)

Drugs valued at $750K, weapons seized after search in North Battleford

Charges are pending after RCMP executed a search warrant in North Battleford Sunday at a home on 12 Ave. and 107 St.Officers first attended the home on Saturday, and after investigating, were able to ...

Sep 02, 2019 Weapons seized from a home in North Battleford on Sunday. (supplied RCMP)

Beatty man accused in police pursuit to get treatment, set for defence election

A 24-year-old man from Beatty, Sask. facing impaired driving charges will enter a recovery program.Justin Umperville appeared in Melfort Provincial Court on Thursday, Aug. 29 where his lawyer announce...

Lisa Brady Aug 30, 2019 Melfort Provincial Court. (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff)

City continues to recover money lost to fraudster

The city says it has now recovered $380-thousand in funds it lost earlier this month to a fraud scheme.Most of the money the city lost is still frozen by court order.On Aug. 12 the city discovered tha...

Aug 30, 2019 (File photo/CKOM News Staff)

Nipawin man facing drug, theft charges appears in court

A 41-year-old man from Nipawin facing drug and assault charges will have a defence election and trial in the coming months.Randy Norman Hamilton appeared in Nipawin Provincial Court Aug. 28. He is cha...

Lisa Brady Aug 29, 2019 Nipawin Provincial Court. (File photo/northeastNOW Staff)

RCMP involved shooting at Fishing Lake First Nation results in death of one man

A police shooting at a home on the Fishing Lake First Nation has left a man dead.RCMP said in a release that at around 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon, Wadena RCMP got a report of a man who was armed w...

Aug 28, 2019 (File photo/northeastNOW Staff)

P.A. area man pleads not guilty to illegal hunting charge

A 59-year-old man from the Prince Albert area will have the opportunity to share his side of a hunting story, when he appears for trial in December.Doug Risling has pleaded not guilty to a charge of b...

Aug 27, 2019 (File photo/ paNOW Staff)