Crime & Courts

La Ronge RCMP seize 425 grams of cocaine, handgun

La Ronge RCMP seized hundreds of grams of cocaine last week. That's according to an RCMP weekly update, which states on June 19 at approximately 9:10 a.m., police received a report of a break-and-ente...

Jun 30, 2022

Two officers undergo surgery, third in hospital after deadly B.C. bank shooting

Police in Saanich, B.C., kept an area near a bank evacuated overnight as they continue to investigate a possible explosive device linked to a deadly gunfight with two suspected bank robbers.Both suspe...

Jun 29, 2022

La Ronge RCMP searching for missing women

RCMP confirmed Wednesday afternoon that both women were found safe.------------La Ronge RCMP is asking for help in finding two missing women. An RCMP media release states on June 27 at about 12:40 p.m...

Jun 28, 2022

RCMP still searching for two people after La Ronge shooting

Two people are still wanted by police in connection to an incident that prompted an emergency alert in the La Ronge area on June 19.RCMP said shots were fired at police, hitting a vehicle's windshield...

Jun 27, 2022

Man takes responsibility for setting house on fire after finding spouse with two strange men: court

A man who set his house on fire after finding his spouse in the company of two men has received a 15-month jail sentence.Scott Bird, 55, has been in custody since the incident last Fall on the Montrea...

Jun 23, 2022

Federal Court to hear injunction request of PBCN planned by-election

Members of Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation (PBCN) are scheduled to vote next month in a by-election but in the meantime a woman who was ousted last month as Chief aims to put a halt to the proceedings an...

Jun 22, 2022

FSIN, RCMP urge suspects in La Ronge shooting to turn themselves in

UPDATE: On June 23, RCMP confirmed that Terrance Daigneault was arrested in Saskatoon. An adult woman was also arrested.Celine Charles and Allan Sanderson have not been found and are still wanted.----...

Jun 22, 2022

'Permanent exile': lawyer for trucker in Broncos crash hopes to argue deportation

The lawyer for the former truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash hopes he will get a chance to argue against his client's possible deportation before the Federal Court of Canada...

Jun 22, 2022

RCMP name two suspects in relation to emergency alert

La Ronge RCMP are asking for help to find two people wanted in relation to a firearms incident on the weekend. According to a media release, the incident prompted an emergency alert in La Ronge, Air R...

Jun 20, 2022

RCMP fired upon, several suspects still at large in connection to weekend alert

Saskatchewan RCMP are providing more information in regards to a community-wide lockdown that occurred Sunday. An RCMP media release states at around 11:30 a.m., two La Ronge RCMP officers were conduc...

Jun 20, 2022