A large quantity of cocaine, cutting agent and cash were seized by PAPS from two homes recently. (submitted/PAPS)

By Susan McNeil

Sentence delivered

Trafficking and gun violations put P.A. man behind bars for 5.5 years

Oct 20, 2025 | 4:10 PM

The volume of drugs he had added to the fact that he had a 9 mm Glock handgun put a local man behind bars for the next 5.5 years.

Nathan Peeteetuce apologized for his crimes and told Judge Healey in Prince Albert Provincial Court that he plans to do better.

“I made some mistakes that I’m not proud of,” Peeteetuce said. “I apologize to my family, my wife and my kids.”

Healey agreed to a joint submission of three years for trafficking, followed by two years for the gun charge and six months for breach. He said he found the submission appropriate, given the impact of cocaine in the community.

“Denunciation and deterrence and protecting the public are primary,” he said to the courtroom that held about eight members of Peeteetuce’s family.

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He said he was glad to see the efforts made in the year since Prince Albert Police arrested Peeteetuce and that he had no breaches of his bail conditions in the time since.

“I’m pleased to know the system somewhat worked,” Healey said. “I’m hopeful for you, Mr. Peeteetuce.”

Members of the Crime Reduction Team of the P.A. Police began investigating Peeteetuce in September 2024 after getting information that he was selling cocaine.

They watched on four different days as he moved between a residential address on 5A Avenue and a camper at a lot on 40th Street East. He got a lot of short term visitors on those occasions.

When they arrested him and searched both places, officers found three grams of cocaine, and over $1,300 on his person. They also found $34,000 in cash, the Glock, 10 rounds of ammunition, a .303 rifle, and four cellphones in the house.

In the camper, they discovered 44 ounces of cocaine, 48 ounces of cutting agent, two scales and bags.

Peeteetuce is a member of the Beardy’s and Okemasis Cree Nation and grew up in Duck Lake. He had a loving family and very protective parents but they lived in poverty with a dirt floor.

As a teen, he began rebelling against his parents, started drinking and using drugs and became a father at 21, now having three children.

He managed to obtain sobriety before after his first stint in the Penitentiary, using sweat lodges to help him. He has committed to doing that again and is working with a community Elder, who has seen significant changes in Peeteetuce in the last six months.

It was not being able to stay away from his previous bad influences that gradually led him to re-offend, according to his lawyer.

Charges against Jessica Naytowhow were stayed by the Crown as part of the sentencing agreement.

In addition to his time in jail, Peeteetuce will have a lifetime firearms ban when he gets out and must submit a DNA sample to the national database.

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