Tag Archives: Crime & Courts
P.A. to serve as launch site for new justice initiative
The Government of Saskatchewan is hoping to keep more divorce cases out of the court system.Starting next year Prince Albert will be the launch site for the province's new divorce separation resolutio...
Dec 05, 2019 The Government of Saskatchewan is hoping to keep more divorce cases out of the courts. (File Photo/paNOW Staff)
Hockey manager pleads not guilty in P.A. sexual exploitation case
A former manager of the Prince Albert Northern Bears' hockey team, has pleaded not guilty to a charge of sexual exploitation. Jamie Engen, 38, was surrounded by family at his latest court appearance T...
Dec 05, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff)
Second trial date set for man accused of assaulting and robbing senior couple
A little more than four years after witnessing a man assault her father, a woman from the MacDowall area is hopeful she can finally have closure.Andrea Hlewka was asked by paNOW to comment on news of ...
Dec 05, 2019 Matt Olson has been scheduled to face trial Oct. 12, 2020 at Prince Albert Court of Queen's Bench. (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)
Officers who supervised inmate before his death testify in inquest
Two men who had contact with Ryan Kereluk on the morning of his death were on the witness stand Wednesday morning at a coroner's inquest held at Prince Albert Court of Queen's Bench.The 34-year-old wa...
Dec 04, 2019 Police cellblock. (File photo/paNOW Staff)
"He was the kindest person I ever met": friends pray for missing man's safe return
As the search intensifies for Dylan Chretien, the people closest to him are speaking out in hopes their friend may see their words and return home.Dylan Chretien, 30, was last seen in Prince Albert on...
Dec 04, 2019 Dylan Chretien (middle) has been missing over a month. (Submitted photo/ Jesse Schroeder)
Professor says proposed back alley bylaw likely to be challenged
A Prince Albert-raised criminal justice professor says council's proposed back alley curfew would likely be challenged in court if passed. For Kevin Walby, associate professor at the University of Win...
Dec 03, 2019 (Alison Sandstrom/paNOW Staff)
Coroner's Inquest hears testimony from investigating officer
A coroner's inquest into the death of a Prince Albert man last year has revealed the official cause of death was methamphetamine toxicity, but there are still many more questions left to be answered i...
Dec 03, 2019 A photo taken of a cell like the one Ryan Kereluk had been in prior to his death on May 18, 2018. (File photo/ paNOW Staff)
"I would like to see a lot of changes made": mother learns details of son's death
An emotional week lies ahead for Tina Vermette, as she will hear in detail the circumstances surrounding her son's death in a police cell in May of last year.Vermette is attending the public inquest a...
Dec 02, 2019 Ryan Kereluck's mother Tina Vermette seen leaving Court of Queen's Bench on Monday. (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)
Police seeking male suspect after cab driver robbed at gunpoint
Another cab driver has been robbed at gunpoint in Prince Albert.P.A. Police confirmed Monday afternoon they are looking for a male suspect who held up a taxi driver at gunpoint for money and his cellp...
Dec 02, 2019 P.A. Police are looking for a suspect after a cab driver was robbed Friday. (Nigel Maxwell/paNOW Staff)
Man found unresponsive in police cell, subject of coroner's inquest
The circumstances surrounding a man's death in Prince Alber last year will be analyzed and discussed in detail this week at a Coroner's Inquest.Ryan Kereluk, 34, was found unresponsive in his cell at ...
Dec 02, 2019 The coroner’s inquest into the death of Ryan Kereluk has been scheduled for Dec. 2 to Dec. 6 at Prince Albert Court of Queen’s Bench. (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)
