Crime & Courts

Conservation officers find wasted fish at Bigstone Lake boat launch

Saskatchewan's Ministry of Environment is encouraging residents to call its Turn In Poachers (TIP) hotline if anyone has information about wasted fish at Bigstone Lake.According to a media release, on...

Jun 17, 2019 This photo shows some of the fish found at Bigstone Lake. (submitted photo/Sasktip)

RCMP arrest teen in connection to five-year-old boy who was shot

An arrest has been made in connection to a shooting that happened Jan. 13 when a five-year-old was left with serious, but non-life threatening injuries. That's according to an RCMP media release, whic...

Jun 13, 2019 RCMP were investigating this house on Mikisiw Drive back in January. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)

Man facing charges after Sucker River standoff

A 22-year-old man is facing charges including possession of a weapon for dangerous purposes after barricading himself with a woman in a residence on the Sucker River First Nation.That's according to a...

Jun 13, 2019 An adult female was also barricaded in the residence. (file photo/paNOW Staff)

Husky to pay $3.82M in penalties after guilty plea in 2016 oil spill

A judge has accepted a joint submission that will see Husky Oil Operations pay $3.82 million in fines for charges stemming from a 2016 oil spill near Maidstone.The company pleaded guilty to three envi...

Jun 12, 2019 Images submitted to court show an overhead view of the bridge over Highway 21 and oil slicks in the North Saskatchewan River. (submitted/Saskatchewan Courts)

Reported standoff north of La Ronge

There are unconfirmed reports of a standoff currently underway in Sucker River, a small community 30 kilometers north of La Ronge.Lac La Ronge Indian Band Chief Tammy Cook-Searson stated late Wednesda...

Jun 12, 2019 (File photo)

RCMP evacuate apartment complex after pot forgot on stove

It was a close call for residents of a six-unit apartment complex in Deschambault Lake.On the afternoon of April 7, 2019, two members of the Deschambault Lake RCMP were on patrol and spotted heavy smo...

Jun 12, 2019 Two officers and a resident were treated for smoke inhalation. (file photo/paNOW Staff)

Prisoner escapes correctional facility

Update: As of 9:30 a.m. on June 19, Randy Timothy Venne was located in La Ronge and has been returned to custody.---- Police are looking for an inmate who escaped from a correctional facility on the w...

Jun 10, 2019 RCMP reported Randy Timothy Venne, 30, escaped from Besnard Lake Correctional Facility. (submitted photo/RCMP)

Online bootleggers emerge as alcohol-related RCMP calls rise

La Ronge RCMP are experiencing an increase in the number of alcohol-related calls for service. That's according to data provided from the detachment, which shows there's been a 15 per cent rise in cal...

Jun 06, 2019 Local residents have been willing to pay twice as much for alcohol online compared to store prices. (file photo/larongeNOW Staff)

MP calls MMIWG report 'very personal' for northerners

The final report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) found there's been a deliberate race, identity and gender-based genocide in Canada.The report call...

Jun 03, 2019 NDP MP Georgina Jolibois stated a national action plan would be extensive. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)

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)