Crime & Courts

Prince Albert police investigate fentanyl overdoses

The Prince Albert Police Service is alerting the public of potentially fatal fentanyl circulating in the city, "Our members are currently investigating multiple overdoses in the past 24 hours involvin...

Mar 16, 2025

Alleged car jacker enters not guilty pleas

A Prince Albert man charged after multiple carjackings, is maintaining his innocence and has elected to be tried by judge alone at Court of King's Bench.Angus Heathen's attendance was waived when his ...

Mar 14, 2025

No criminal offences by police; Umpherville's death caused by cardiac arrest

Nearly two years after his death, an investigation determined police did not commit any criminal offences during the arrest of 40-year old Boden Umpherville in Prince Albert and their use of force was...

Mar 14, 2025

Lloydminster man receives life sentence for murder of former partner

A man responsible for the death of his former longtime partner, has received a life sentence and won't be eligible for parole for 12 years.Brian McLeod was sentenced on Wednesday at Court of King's Be...

Mar 14, 2025

Search continues for sexual assault suspect

A man facing outstanding warrants for sexual assault could be in the northeast. Jonathan Bird was last known to be in the Melfort or Red Earth Cree Nation areas. The 37-year-old is wanted on warrants ...

Mar 14, 2025

Suspect wanted after post office break-ins in Codette, Love

Nipawin RCMP are looking for a suspect in a couple of local post office thefts. Police were called to a break-and-enter at the post office in Codette early in the morning on Feb. 18. A door was damage...

Mar 14, 2025

Father searching for missing daughter calls on province to declare opiod crisis emergency

Carson Poitras believes there is a connection between the province's drug crisis and missing and murdered Indigenous men and women.Poitras, whose daughter Happy Charles has been missing for nearly 8 y...

Mar 14, 2025

Armed robbery suspect goes out on a limb trying to evade police

A traffic stop of suspects wanted in an armed robbery hit new heights when one of them climbed a tree to evade police custody.Lloydminster RCMP and the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team (ALERT) we...

Mar 13, 2025

Three-vehicle collision in Melfort leads to minor injuries

Emergency crews were called to a three-vehicle crash in Melfort Thursday morning. The collision happened shortly before 9 a.m. at the corner of Main St. and Stovel Ave. E. (Cam Lee/northeastNOW Staff)...

Mar 13, 2025

DNA helps solve historic human remains case in Lloydminster

Science has helped solve the mystery of who a set of human remains found near Lloydminster in 1997 belonged to. A man's body was found near the North Saskatchewan River in November of 1997. The Corone...

Mar 13, 2025