Tag Archives: Crime & Courts
City police issue warning over phone scams
CIty police are warning the public not to give out personal information following several reports of phone scams.Callers posing as officials with the Canada Revenue Agency have been calling people in ...
Feb 28, 2019 file photo/paNOW Staff
Focus on distracted drivers in March
The traffic safety spotlight in March is on distracted driving.SGI said in a news release that 87 people lost their vehicle for a week because of cell phone tickets last year, the most SGI has seen si...
Feb 28, 2019 SGI is highlighting the dangers of distracted driving. (Cam Lee/northeastNOW)
Local lawyer disbarred over questionable practices granted appeal
A Prince Albert lawyer banned from practising law last month has been granted a stay while his case is under appeal.Peter V. Abrametz will be allowed to practise law until an appeal of his disbarment ...
Feb 28, 2019 (file photo/ CJME)
Crime numbers dropping in lake country
Work being done by residents living in the Emma Lake and Christopher Lake areas to deter criminals has shown some good results, according to new statistics provided by the RCMP. Comparing 2018 to 2017...
Feb 27, 2019 (File photo/ paNOW Staff)
Police, city looking for options around alcohol consumption
Local officials say they're being challenged when it comes to curbing alcohol consumption and are looking for options to limit or restrict the purchase of large quantities of alcohol.Both the Prince A...
Feb 26, 2019 file photo/ paNOW Staff
What's HappeningNOW- Feb. 26, 2019
paNOW Senior Reporter Nigel Maxwell and News Director Glenn Hicks talk about a tragic court case in which a local man was killed while hunting.
Feb 26, 2019
Guilty pleas in Darchuk hunting death
There will be no trial for a Prince Albert man accused in the shooting death of another hunter in the fall of 2017.At a hearing in Nipawin Monday, Austyn Adamko entered guilty pleas to the lesser char...
Feb 26, 2019 (File photo/ paNOW Staff)
RCMP investigating break-ins in Smeaton, Choiceland
RCMP are investigating a series of break-ins in two local-area communities recently.Police said in a release that civic buildings in both Smeaton and Choiceland were broken into Dec. 4. In Smeaton, th...
Feb 26, 2019 file photo/ paNOW Staff
Man found behind the wheel not guilty of impaired driving
A man who had a safe ride home lined up, but still ended up behind the wheel has been cleared of impaired driving charges. Jeremiah Wade Bucko was found not guilty of impaired driving and being over t...
Feb 25, 2019 Melfort Provincial Court. (file photo/ paNOW Staff)
Case involving death of Prince Albert man moves to preliminary hearing
Three days have been set aside this week for a preliminary hearing involving a Prince Albert man, charged in the shooting death of another hunter...Austyn Adamko has been charged with four offences in...
Feb 25, 2019 Jordan Darchuk was shot and killed in September of 2017. (File photo/ paNOW Staff)
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