Tag Archives: Crime & Courts

Battlefords launch drug treatment court as part of crackdown on crime and addiction; lobby for bail reform
A major step toward improving public safety and tackling addiction-related crime was made today as provincial and local leaders officially launched a Drug Treatment Court in North Battleford. It's a m...
Jul 09, 2025

RCMP investigating series of break-ins at Hudson Bay
A rash of break-and-enters in Hudson Bay has RCMP asking for the public's help. Someone broke into a trailer at Leason's Trailer Court during the overnight hours of June 15, and several items were sto...
Jul 09, 2025

Wellness check leads to list of firearm charges: RCMP
A 24-year-old man is facing multiple firearms-related charges after police went to his home for a wellness check. le--la-Crosse RCMP were called to a home in the community and observed bullet holes in...
Jul 04, 2025

Court of Appeal denies SGI death benefit appeal of Boden Umpherville’s mother
An appeal of an SGI decision to refuse death benefits for Boden Umpherville (Sasakamoose) was denied by the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal. Verna Umperville, Boden's mother and the executor of his estat...
Jul 04, 2025

RCMP searching for wanted man in Northern Sask
Pinehouse RCMP are asking the public to be vigilant and report any sightings of a 29-year-old man who's unlawfully at large. Devon Ratt was last seen leaving the Besnard Lake Correctional Centre at ar...
Jul 04, 2025

SIRT releases more details about police shooting on Flying Dust; RCMP lay charges
An officer with the Meadow Lake RCMP shot his service pistol twice, striking a knife-wielding man in the torso on Flying Dust First Nation Sunday.The Saskatchewan Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT)...
Jul 03, 2025
Tobacco settlement plays role in smaller Sask. government deficit
Saskatchewan's provincial government ended the 2024-25 fiscal year with a deficit nearly at what it budgeted for a year prior, but a good part of the reason it wasn't higher was a landmark tobacco set...
Jul 01, 2025

Man shot Idaho firefighters who had asked him to move his vehicle, killing 2, sheriff says
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) - A man shot firefighters battling a blaze in northern Idaho after they asked him to move his vehicle, killing two of them and wounding a third, a sheriff said Monday. The ma...
Jul 01, 2025

Missing Brampton teen may be in northern Saskatchewan
Ontario police are looking for a missing 16-year-old who was reported to be in Pelican Narrows. Saskatchewan RCMP were contacted by Peel Region's Criminal Investigation Division to help find Jay'siiah...
Jun 30, 2025

Beardy’s & Okemasis, One Arrow call legal win against former law firm ‘historic’
A dispute with their previous legal counsel over fees has been resolved in favour of Beardy's & Okemasis Cree Nation, returning around $900,000 to the band's bank account. In 2005, Beardy's hired ...
Jun 30, 2025