Tag Archives: Crime & Courts
Sexual assault rate in 2021 highest since 1996, violent crimes up: Statistics Canada
Statistics Canada says the rate of police-reported sexual assault in Canada has reached its highest level since 1996.There were more than 34,200 reports of sexual assault countrywide in 2021, an 18 pe...
Aug 02, 2022
P.A. homeless advocate says high-pitched squeal not answer to stopping unwanted traffic
Anyone passing through Prince Albert's downtown core in the past few weeks may have noticed a high-pitched squeal coming from a building that houses a number of government-related services.paNOW has l...
Aug 02, 2022
Sask. RCMP warn public of release of high-risk, violent sex offender
Saskatchewan RCMP are warning the public about the release of a violent sexual offender who they said is at a high risk of offending again. Roland Clifford Morissette, 54, was released from prison Tue...
Aug 02, 2022
UPDATE: One of two missing girls last seen late July is now found
Update: Prince Albert Police Service announced on Thursday that Autumn Barrett was located.Police are looking for information on the whereabouts to two teen girls last seen about 11:30 pm on Sunday. K...
Jul 28, 2022
'Where is Robert Wiggins?' Police release new photo in 42-year missing persons case
More than 40 years after he disappeared, police are still searching for a missing Prince Albert man.On July 28, 1980, Robert Wiggins was dropped off at a home on 11th Street East and Fifth Avenue just...
Jul 28, 2022
Six people charged with first-degree murder in La Ronge death
Six people, including two youth, are facing charges of first-degree murder in connection with the death of 24-year-old Edgar Ratt of Bells Point.Along with a 17-year-old girl and a boy of the same age...
Jul 28, 2022
Final suspect arrested in Megan Gallagher death
The last of four people has been arrested in the death of Megan Gallagher, who had close ties to Cumberland House. John Wayne Sanderson, 44, was arrested in James Smith Cree Nation by officers from th...
Jul 27, 2022
RCMP searching for suspect after truck stolen in P.A.
UPDATE: At 3:00 p.m. RCMP confirmed the suspect, in this case, has been found.----RCMP are searching for a man who fled police after stealing a pickup truck.On Wednesday morning Big River and Ahtakako...
Jul 27, 2022
Public inquest into death of Ahtahkakoop man scheduled for August
A public inquest into the death of a man at the Prince Albert Correctional Centre will be held starting next month.The inquest has been scheduled for Aug. 29 to Sept. 2, 2022, at the Coronet Hotel in ...
Jul 27, 2022
P.A. police welcomes four new recruits
Four new recruits have been sworn in as city police officers, with one having taking part in a partnership with the Prince Albert Grand Council. (PAGC)Prince Albert police and the PAGC said priorities...
Jul 26, 2022
