Tag Archives: Crime & Courts
Update: assumed stolen ducks found safe and sound
There is some good news related to a reported duck heist in Prince Albert.According to City Councilor Don Cody, who helps coordinate the annual duck launch at Memorial Gardens, the ducks are safe and ...
Jun 04, 2019 Students from local schools released ducks into the Memorial Gardens pond. (File photo/ paNOW Staff)
Men accused of robberies in P.A. elect trial
Two 20-year-old men accused of committing a string of robberies will be tried by a judge alone in Melfort's Court of Queen's Bench.Brandon Peeteetuce and Dorion Loessel appeared in Melfort Provincial ...
Jun 04, 2019 Melfort Provincial Court. (File photo/northeastNOW Staff)
Teenage boy accused of taking front loader for joy ride
A 13-year-old boy is facing multiple charges in connection to a break-and-enter, and subsequent hit and run Sunday evening in Prince Albert.According to police, a front loader smashed into a retaining...
Jun 04, 2019 (submitted photo)
One arrested following aggravated assault
Members of the La Loche RCMP detachment members received a call from a residence in the town of La Loche on June 2 at 6:08 a.m, regarding an assault that had taken place.According to a release, one ad...
Jun 03, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff)
MMIW inquiry report represents "good first step," according to families with lost loved ones
The twin sister of a woman who was murdered in Prince Albert four years ago, says the final report from the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIW) Inquiry represents a step in the righ...
Jun 03, 2019 (File photo/ paNOW Staff)
12 people killed in Virginia Beach shooting; suspect dead
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - A longtime city employee opened fire in a municipal building in Virginia Beach on Friday, killing 12 people on three floors and sending terrified co-workers scrambling for cover ...
Jun 01, 2019 12 people are dead following a shooting in Virginia Beach.
Former RCMP officer known for giving now accused of taking
A former RCMP officer charged in connection to a $16,000 theft from a charity has a history of giving in northern Saskatchewan. In November of 2017, Jason St. Pierre was a corporal in the Assiniboia d...
May 30, 2019 A former member of the Assiniboia RCMP is facing a criminal charge for breach of trust. (file photo/JPBG)
Teen receives nine-year prison sentence for 'adult-like plan' in slaying of La Ronge restaurateur
aJudge Robert Lane called the killing of La Ronge restaurateur Simon Grant reprehensible, unjustified and evil as he sentenced the final teen involved in the crime to nine years in prison."This was a ...
May 30, 2019 Final killer sentenced to nine years in jail for death of Simon Grant. (submitted photo/Cora Laich)
Crown seeking 15-year sentence for manslaughter of La Ronge businessman
Final arguments concluded Monday in the adult sentencing hearing for a teen who plead guilty to manslaughter in the death of La Ronge restaurateur Simon Grant.Crown prosecutor Ruth Fafard told Judge R...
May 27, 2019 Cora Laich and Simon Grant. (submitted photo/Cora Laich)
Murder conspiracy case dismissed, accused found not guilty
The re-trial for two people accused of conspiring to kill their spouses was over before it even started on Monday.At a voir dire hearing that preceded the scheduled trial, Justice Catherine Dawson det...
May 27, 2019 Curtis Vey and Angela Nicholson. (File photo/ paNOW Staff)
