Tag Archives: Crime & Courts

Numerous arrests after multiple guns, drugs seized in Pelican Narrows
Members of the Prince Albert Crime Reduction Team and frontline officers of the Pelican Narrows detachment arrested 31 people and made several seizures of illegal drugs and firearms this month. On Jan...
Jan 29, 2025

Saskatoon man charged after GPS trackers found on vehicle
Saskatoon Police are looking for public assistance after they arrested a 46-year-old man in connection with the discovery of two tracking devices on a vehicle. Marty Glen Schira is charged with harass...
Jan 29, 2025

Sask. RCMP report record homicides in 2024
A record number of homicides were reported to Saskatchewan RCMP in 2024, over half in northern Saskatchewan and many of the people charged were on release conditions. Numbers released on January 28 sh...
Jan 28, 2025

Charges laid after high profile vehicle theft in Watson
The investigation into a vehicle theft in Watson that grabbed provincial attention because a family's dog was in the back seat, has an update.Lawrence Desjarlais, 27, from Fishing Lake First Nation wa...
Jan 25, 2025

White Fox woman makes court appearance on drug charges
A White Fox woman facing multiple drug and other charges after an incident in December will be back in court in February. Nipawin RCMP were called about a vehicle stuck in the ditch near Weirdale on D...
Jan 23, 2025

RCMP Blackhawks take to the sky
The illegal crossing of people, goods and drugs will be that much harder at the Canada-US border with the addition of two Black Hawk helicopters added to the RCMP's existing fleet of nine.The Black Ha...
Jan 23, 2025

Break-ins in Lanigan under investigation
Humboldt/Lanigan RCMP are investigating a pair of break-and-enters in the town of Lanigan a couple of weeks ago. RCMP say the incidents happened between 10 p.m. Jan. 7 and 7 a.m. Jan. 8 on Downing Str...
Jan 21, 2025

Trial date set in murder case at Yellow Quill First Nation
A man charged with second-degree murder after the death of a woman at Yellow Quill First Nation will have his trial next month. 26-year-old Cole Smokeyday will stand trial at Melfort King's Bench Feb....
Jan 20, 2025

RCMP body cameras aim to build trust, but expert says can be "problematic"
Police promote body-worn cameras as a way to gather evidence and improve public trust and transparency; however, a police studies expert believes that their use could be "problematic.""Subsequent stud...
Jan 17, 2025

RCMP pools resources to catch offenders
Last year, Saskatchewan RCMP Enforcement Response Teams (SERT) executed 662 warrants for arrest and found 17 electronic monitoring arrests. In order to get those arrests, the force pulls officers from...
Jan 15, 2025