Crime & Courts

Meadow Lake resident recalls spotting B.C. murder suspects, informing RCMP

As coroners in Manitoba perform autopsies on two bodies believed to be that of Kam McLeod and Bryer Schmegelsky, the resident who spotted them in Meadow Lake is now reflecting on the interaction.RCMP ...

Aug 09, 2019 Kam McLeod and Bryer Schmegelsky were both wanted on Canada-wide warrants. (supplied/RCMP)

La Ronge day care scene of multiple acts of vandalism

The executive director of La Ronge Child Care Cooperative is frustrated by multiple instances of vandalism in recent weeks. So far this summer, Daisy Kereluk stated there have been three instances whe...

Aug 08, 2019 Anything left outdoors at the La Ronge Child Care Cooperative has become a target for vandals. (La Ronge Child Care Cooperative/Facebook)

Manitoba RCMP find items linked to B.C. murder suspects

GILLAM, Man. - RCMP in northern Manitoba say they have found several items linked to two murder suspects from British Columbia. Mounties did not say what the items are but that they were found on...

Aug 06, 2019

P.A.lawyers react to free cannabis pardon process

There's a varied reaction from some in Prince Albert's legal community to the federal government's move to offer a free pardon process for people convicted in the past of simple pot possession.One law...

Aug 06, 2019 (File photo:Tyler Marr/paNOW staff)

Mother of man whose funeral Laverdiere attended now charged in her homicide

Tiki Laverdiere attended the funeral of Tristen Cook-Buckle on the Thunderchild First Nation in the days before her death. Now, Cook-Buckle's mother Nicole Cook, 36, is charged in Laverdiere's homicid...

Aug 01, 2019 Edmonton's Tiki Laverdiere. (supplied photo/RCMP)

‘He wanted to talk:’ Saskatchewan woman recalls finding Mountie killer in field

SPIRITWOOD, Sask. - For a Saskatchewan woman who discovered a fugitive Mountie killer hiding in her family's hayfield more than a decade ago, the intense search for two young murder suspects in northe...

Aug 01, 2019 (Submitted photo/Canadian Press)

Fired Saskatoon cop found not guilty of arrest assault

A former Saskatoon cop is looking to get his job back after a judge cleared him of assault on Tuesday.Cheers erupted in the courtroom after Justice Richard Danyliuk found Jarrett Gelowitz not guilty o...

Jul 31, 2019 Jarrett Gelowitz arrives for Saskatoon Court of Queen's Bench. (Global News)

RCMP scaling down search for murder suspects in northern Manitoba

WINNIPEG - The RCMP are scaling back the search for two British Columbia murder suspects in remote northern Manitoba.Assistant Commissioner Jane MacLatchy said over the past week officers have searche...

Jul 31, 2019 THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, Twitter, Manitoba RCMP, @rcmpmb

Sixth suspect in January shooting case arrested

Lariviere was arrested yesterday, Aug. 5, in Saskatoon. He is set to appear in La Ronge Provincial Court Aug. 8. - La Ronge RCMP are searching for a sixth suspect charged in the January 2019 shooting ...

Glynn Brothen Jul 30, 2019 Riley Andrew Lariviere, 29, of Pinehouse Lake. (submitted photo/La Ronge RCMP)

RCMP getting air support from military in hunt for homicide suspects

The RCMP are getting some help from the Canadian military as they continue the hunt for two young homicide suspects in northern Manitoba.Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale tweeted last night that th...

Jul 27, 2019 (Submitted photo/CKOM News)