Tag Archives: Crime & Courts
CP NewsAlert: Killer of Calgary mother, daughter gets no parole for 50 years
CALGARY - A man convicted of killing a Calgary mother and her young daughter will have to wait 50 years before he has a chance at parole. A jury found Edward Downey guilty last year of first...
May 21, 2019
Liberals shrugging off concerns about rural crime, opposition MPs charge
OTTAWA - Conservative MPs say a Liberal-dominated committee's half-hearted report on the burgeoning problem of rural crime is an insult to Canadians. New Democrat MPs on the House of Commons public-sa...
May 21, 2019
Stony Rapids drowning focus of coroner's inquest this fall
Black Lake First Nation will be the location of a one-week inquest this fall by the Saskatchewan Coroners Service. The inquest will look into the death of Ryan Donard, 31, who RCMP believe drowned aft...
May 17, 2019 The inquest is scheduled to begin Sept. 9. (file photo/larongeNOW Staff)
Warrant executed at Île-à-la-Crosse home, several arrested, drugs seized
RCMP members from le--la-Crosse, along with the Prince Albert Integrated Street Enforcement Team as well as Mounties from La Loche, Buffalo Narrows, Beauval and the Meadow Lake Police Dog Services mad...
May 14, 2019 (file photo/paNOW Staff)
Estevan Police Service to conduct investigation into La Loche RCMP incident
The Estevan Police Service is launching an investigation in regards to an incident last month between La Loche RCMP and a member of the public. According to an RCMP news release, La Loche RCMP witness...
May 10, 2019 It's unknown how long the investigation by the Estevan Police Service will take. (file photo/larongeNOW Staff)
Widow pushing for adult sentence as court days wind down
After more than two years of court dates in La Ronge, the final sentencing in the killing of Simon Grant is likely to occur at the end of the month. That's according to Judge Robert Lane who adjourned...
May 01, 2019 Cora Laich and her late husband Simon Grant. (submitted photo/Cora Laich)
Secret recording could be tossed in Vey-Nicholson re-trial
The case against two Saskatchewan lovers facing a re-trial for conspiring to murder their spouses may be in jeopardy, as a Court of Queen's Bench judge considers whether to throw out the key piece of ...
May 01, 2019 file photo/CKOM
Teen guilty of killing La Ronge restaurateur could receive therapeutic sentencing option
Court heard Monday how a young man guilty of manslaughter in the death of Simon Grant was recommended for an Intensive Rehabilitation Custody Supervision (IRCS) program if Judge Robert Lane determines...
Apr 29, 2019 Provincial court in La Ronge is the location of the sentencing hearing. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)
What'sHappeningNOW April 29, 2019
Prince Albert News Director Glenn Hicks speaks with northeastNOW reporter Aaron Schulze about the court sentencing of Austyn Adamko, who shot and killed a man while hunting near Weirdale in 2017.
Apr 29, 2019
P.A. man sentenced in hunting death
A young man who accidentally shot and killed another hunter near Weirdale in 2017 will go to jail for seven months.Austyn Adamko, 24, was sentenced Monday on charges of careless use of a firearm and c...
Apr 29, 2019 Facebook/Jordan Darchuk