Tag Archives: Crime & Courts
Year in Review: The city's six homicide investigations
Prince Albert's first homicide victim of 2019, was described by people close to him as a talented cook and a family man.Cody McAdam, 27, was stabbed early in the morning of Feb. 9. According to police...
Dec 23, 2019 (File photo/ paNOW Staff)
Man remains at large after officer dragged by vehicle
An RCMP constable from the La Loche detachment suffered injuries after being dragged by a vehicle on Hwy 155 south of La Loche. It happened Saturday night around 8 p.m. The officer was speaking with t...
Dec 23, 2019 Colin Lemaigre remains at large. (submitted photo/RCMP)
41-year-old man dies after getting trapped in grain mixer
A 41-year-old man has died in a workplace incident in the RM of Corman Park.On Friday night at about 11:40 p.m., Warman RCMP responded to the report of a man trapped in a grain mixer.Emergency crews a...
Dec 21, 2019 (File photo/CJME News)
Man shot and killed at Walmart in south Red Deer
A 69-year-old man is dead after he was shot at the Walmart Superstore in south Red Deer.Cst. Shelly Nasheim with Alberta RCMP said the man was shot in the entrance to the store at around 6:45 p.m.He w...
Dec 21, 2019 (rdnewsNOW/Sheldon Spackman)
Accused pleads guilty to accessory after the fact in Tiki Laverdiere homicide
Brent Checkosis, one of the eight accused connected to the Tiki Laverdiere homicide investigation, entered a guilty plea to one of his charges in Queen's Bench Court in Battleford Friday.Checkosis ple...
Dec 20, 2019 Edmonton woman Tiki Laverdiere, 25, was last seen in North Battleford before her remains were discovered outside the city. (supplied photo/Battlefords RCMP)
Sask. RCMP release information about safe driving week
The Saskatchewan RCMP have released some of the highlights from this year's National Safe Driving Week.One of these highlights involved a driver in Prince Albert who received just over $1,300 in fines...
Dec 20, 2019 Saskatchewan RCMP did some targeted enforcement work as part of National Safe Driving Week Dec 1 to 7. (File photo/paNOW Staff)
Sask. RCMP handed out 2,100 tickets during safe driving week
The Saskatchewan RCMP has released the results of its officers' work during National Safe Driving Week.Between Dec. 1 and Dec. 7, RCMP officers in the province stopped 10,441 vehicles and laid 2,137 r...
Dec 20, 2019 (980 CJME file photo)
Local police go Christmas shopping with kids
Twenty-five Prince Albert police officers reported for special holiday duty on Wednesday.They were at Canadian Tire to do some Christmas shopping.The annual yuletide tradition gives kids the chance to...
Dec 19, 2019 (Alison Sandstrom/paNOW Staff)
Special P.A. police task force makes headway on B&Es
The Prince Albert Police Service (PAPS) says it has recorded positive results from their break and enter task force initiative launched in the summer. It was set up to target property-related offences...
Dec 19, 2019 Prince Albert Police are reporting success with their special break and enter task force launched as a result of sky-rocketing incidents in the summer. (File photo/paNOW Staff)
Police say drunk driver responsible for smashing family's living room window
panwPrince Albert Police say a drunk driver was responsible for a crash Tuesday morning at Carlton Park Suites on 28th St. E.Around 11:30 a.m., a vehicle plowed straight into a family's living room wi...
Dec 18, 2019 A photo taken after Tuesday's incident at Carlton Park Suites. (Nigel Maxwell/paNOW Staff)
