Crime & Courts

Focus on distracted drivers in March

The traffic safety spotlight in March is on distracted driving.SGI said in a news release that 87 people lost their vehicle for a week because of cell phone tickets last year, the most SGI has seen si...

Feb 28, 2019 SGI is highlighting the dangers of distracted driving. (Cam Lee/northeastNOW)

Guilty pleas in Darchuk hunting death

There will be no trial for a Prince Albert man accused in the shooting death of another hunter in the fall of 2017.At a hearing in Nipawin Monday, Austyn Adamko entered guilty pleas to the lesser char...

Feb 26, 2019 (File photo/ paNOW Staff)

Man found behind the wheel not guilty of impaired driving

A man who had a safe ride home lined up, but still ended up behind the wheel has been cleared of impaired driving charges. Jeremiah Wade Bucko was found not guilty of impaired driving and being over t...

Feb 25, 2019 Melfort Provincial Court. (file photo/ paNOW Staff)

Case involving death of Prince Albert man moves to preliminary hearing

Three days have been set aside this week for a preliminary hearing involving a Prince Albert man, charged in the shooting death of another hunter...Austyn Adamko has been charged with four offences in...

Feb 25, 2019 Jordan Darchuk was shot and killed in September of 2017. (File photo/ paNOW Staff)

Impaired driving remains a problem: SGI

January's traffic safety spotlight results are in, and it seems that too many people aren't getting the message to find a safe ride home.There were 224 impaired driving related offences province-wide ...

Feb 22, 2019 (file photo/paNOW Staff)

Man arrested in shooting incident

RCMP have arrested one man in connection with a shooting incident on the Lac La Ronge Indian Band earlier this month.The RCMP have now arrested Preston Gordon Ratt, 21. Ratt is facing numerous charges...

Feb 18, 2019

Big fine for second man convicted for illegal Canoe Lake fishing

The Ministry of Environment says the case against two men for taking fish from the protected waters of Canoe Lake in the North and illegally selling it, has now wrapped up. The ministry said it was im...

Feb 15, 2019

Privacy commissioner finds doctors snooped in Humboldt Broncos patient records

REGINA - Saskatchewan's privacy commissioner has found eight people inappropriately gained access to electronic health records of 10 Humboldt Broncos team members involved in a bus crash las...

Feb 11, 2019

UPDATE: Peaceful ending after police incident in La Ronge

UPDATE: While the investigation remains ongoing, an early morning police incident has ended at the Lac La Ronge Indian Band. Around 2:30 a.m. officers received a complaint of shots fired at a vehicle ...

Feb 08, 2019

'A lot of courage': Men recall fateful night caused by drinking and driving

The effects of impaired driving were apparent at a special presentation in La Ronge this afternoon where two men talked about the traumatic circumstances which brought them together. Students at Churc...

Feb 04, 2019