Crime & Courts

Significant enforcement project in Pelican Narrows yields drugs, weapons

A five-day enforcement project in Pelican Narrows has led to a number of charges.The RCMP's La Ronge Crime Reduction Team (CRT) and Pelican Narrows detachment joined forces for an enforcement initiati...

Dec 22, 2023

Shotgun recovered from fatal Red Earth shooting involving RCMP

With the Serious Incident Response Team investigating a fatal shooting between a man on Red Earth Cree Nation and a responding member of the RCMP, investigators said that they recovered a shotgun at t...

Dec 22, 2023

Maxime Bernier guilty of violating health orders in Sask.

The leader of a fringe political party in Canada has been found guilty of violating public health orders in Saskatchewan.Maxime Bernier, a former MP and current leader of the People's Party of Canada ...

Dec 21, 2023

At least 15 people are dead after a mass shooting at a Prague university, police chief says

PRAGUE (AP) - An armed man opened fire in a university building in downtown Prague on Thursday, killing 10 people and sowing widespread panic with one of the Czech Republic's worst mass shootings of i...

Dec 21, 2023

One dead, RCMP officer injured after incident on Red Earth Cree Nation; SIRT investigating

One man has died and an RCMP officer was injured after an incident on the Red Earth Cree Nation.At around 3:40 Tuesday morning, Carrot River RCMP were called to the community for reports of a gun bein...

Dec 20, 2023

Man gets 7 years for role in Prince Albert’s record cocaine bust

While he was not the directing mind, Jim Lakatos of North Battleford was still involved at a high level in a drug trafficking operation running out of a mobile home north of Prince Albert. Today, the ...

Dec 19, 2023

Drunk driver who killed Aylsham couple loses parole appeal

The man who was drunk when he hit and killed Gord and Marjorie Classen in 2020 was not successful in convincing the Appeal Division of the Parole Board of Canada that he should be released from jail. ...

Dec 18, 2023

Sandy Bay man receives life sentence for death of ex's baby girl

A man responsible for the death of his ex-girlfriend's baby girl, has received a life sentence and won't be eligible for parole for 13 years. Robert Alexander Bear's case was discussed last Friday at ...

Glynn Brothen Dec 18, 2023

RCMP warn about spike in online extremism among Canadian youth

RCMP are warning about a rise in violent extremism among Canadian youth and Jewish leaders are urging community members to be diligent after two teenagers were arrested on terror-related charges in th...

Dec 17, 2023

Woman released, man charged after teens shot in Pelican Narrows

Mounties in Pelican Narrows say a man is facing charges in connection with a shooting that left two teens injured.The RCMP said officers got a report of a shooting in the early-morning hours Tuesday, ...

Dec 16, 2023