Crime & Courts

As healing continues, James Smith Cree Nation leadership calls for increased policing

Leadership from the James Smith Cree Nation continue to review an RCMP internal report and its findings on the policing response to the mass stabbing on the reserve in September 2022. Chief Robert Hea...

Jun 11, 2024

Woman from Humboldt faces deportation after multiple convictions

A UK citizen who moved to Humboldt when she was 13 has lost her attempt to overturn criminal convictions that could see her deported. Rachael Johnson pleaded guilty in 2021 to multiple crimes involvin...

Jun 11, 2024

Saskatchewan RCMP overhauls existing incident command structure after James Smith Cree Nation stabbings

Shortly before a mass stabbing on the James Smith Cree Nation, the commanding officer of the Saskatchewan RCMP Rhonda Blackmore conducted a tabletop exercise with her team that she says was 'eerily si...

Jun 11, 2024

Sask. Party MLAs focus on law and order in leadup to election

Two provincial ministers and local MLA Alana Ross were at the Prince Albert Police Service's main station Monday to talk about changes to provincial laws that will give officers more tools to work wit...

Jun 10, 2024

Police searching for man after firearm incident on Kinistin Saulteaux Nation

Tisdale RCMP are searching for a man who pointed a gun at two people at a home on Kinistin Saulteaux Nation. The incident happened on Tuesday. RCMP say a man approached the two individuals, who were k...

Jun 07, 2024

Sask. RCMP ‘proud’ of JSCN response, reviews recommendations

While the review of the Saskatchewan RCMP's response to the James Smith mass stabbing gave 36 recommendations on how to improve, the division's commander said she's proud of their work."Despite the ma...

Jun 06, 2024

RCMP responds to JSCN and Myles Sanderson inquest recommendations

About three months after a pair of inquests into the 2022 stabbing attacks on the James Smith Cree Nation and in Weldon, the Saskatchewan RCMP is responding to recommendations made by the juries and p...

Jun 06, 2024

RCMP report reveals police actions, recommendations after James Smith Cree Nation, Weldon murders

An internal review on the RCMP's response to the mass murder on James Smith Cree Nation (JSCN) and in Weldon is being released today, with a summary of 36 recommendations and effective practices Mount...

Jun 06, 2024

Melfort skate park vandalism under investigation

Melfort RCMP are hoping you have some knowledge of vandalism at the Skate Park at Spruce Haven. The concrete surface of the skate park was vandalized around 8 p.m. May 8. (submitted/Melfort RCMP)(subm...

Jun 03, 2024

Civilian motorist aids police by ramming suspect vehicle

A dangerous situation for RCMP on Hwy 40 near Neilburg, SK Thursday could have ended much worse had it not been for the help of a civilian.The passing motorist disabled a vehicle that had been strikin...

May 31, 2024